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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
The Runawa Boy.


Richard Malcolm Johnson, 4 popular
southern writer, read some of his stories
at Indianapolis, after being introduced by
James Whi'comb Riley as follows:
There was once a boy, an aggrieyed,
unappreciated boy, who grew TO dislike
his own hOmo very much and found his
parents not at all up to the standard Of
MS requirements as son and disciplina-
rian. He brood-d over the matter, and
one morning before breakfast climbed
over the back fence and ran away. He
thought Of the surprise and remorse Of
his parents when they discovered That he
had indeed gone, and he pictured with
rainbow cOlOrs the place he would make
for himself in the world. He would show
his parents that he would not brook their
iiI-treatroent, and that he would get along
better without them than they could
without him. Some way this feeling of
exhiiaration died out DIS the long hot day
wore on. There came time when other
boys went home to dinner. He raided a
neighboring orchard. The afternoon
seemed endless. A knotted, rigid sort of
an aching spot came into his throat, that
seemed to hurt worse when he didn't
notice it than when he did. 1t was very
curious, self as sertiye, opirionated sort of
pain.
ut was nearly dark when the struggle
was given up and the boy slowly walked
along the dusty road towards home
When he reached the wood-pile he gath
cred I'D a load Of wood and carried it in
with him. The hired girl was washing
the dishes, but she did not seem glad to
see him. in fact did not seem to have
noticed that he had been away. He.
sauntered carelessly into the pantry, but
the cupboard was locked. He went out
in the back yard and washed his feet at
the rain barrel. Every thing seemed
pleasanter than it had been before. The
fre-hies fitted among the grape. vines, the
reflection of the stars in the rain barrel.
were soothing to the tired boy Then he
walked into the old sitting room. His
father didn't look up from his paper; his
mother was so busy sewing she didn't no.
tica his entrance.
He sat meekly down on the edge of a
chair. Why didn't somebody say some
thi g? He was ready to be scolded or
punished, anything lbut that terrible
silence. If the clock would only strike it
would be a relief. He heard the boys
shouting far down the street; he had no
desire to Join them-no, never again in
the world. he just wanted 70 stay IN or
nights, right there at home, always. He
coUghed and moved to attract attention,
but no one heard him or looked up. He
couldn't remember any prior silence that
at all approached it in point of such pro-
fundity of depth apd density of hush.
He felt that he himself must break it
Assuming an air of naturalness and old
time ease, he airily remarked:
Il see you've got the same old cat. "
That boy Mr.. Riley said, "was Richard
Malcolm johnson, III whose heart still
abides a love for the simple homes and
fresides of the humblest OF his fellows. -
Kind Words.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04

largely composed of printers ink and
gilded his trees While thus employed
In rainent suitable for the work a lady
sailed down the street and asked him
about the remedy. She explained that
the trees about her residence were injured
by the worms and asked MIN ie she could
not engage him to treat them. He said
he would If ne could get time. She asked
BIN his name and he said Hill" and
after exacting from him a promise to
come up and examine the trees, she went
home and proudly told her husband what
she had done. He recognized the divine
by her description and was appalled-but
DR.. Hill kept his promise, In spite of
the mortified ladys proteStatiou; and the
trees are alive and thrifty to-day.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
What Shall we Share,

Sharing what we have with others is
very well at times, and again it is very
far from well. 1t is right for hs to share
our bread with the hungry, but if weshave
food that is poisoned, we have no right to
share it with any one else. Our spiritual
encouragements can be shared with our
special temptations and evil imaginings
had better be kept to ourselves. We can
be forward in giving others a share of
our pleasures, but We should hesitate be-
fore asking another to share our griefs
and mental bewilderments Character is
shown in what we refrain from sharing,
as truly as in what we are ready to share.
$. S. Times.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
NJ IANIONOMAH.
This New Monitor as a Powerful Vessel In
Defense Warfare

The new double-turreted monitor,
"Miantonomah,' just completed, is the
type of vessel which we now need. She
was not built for speed, but can steam ten
Knots an hour, and is seaworthy. Before
going into action, she has been sunk until
her deck Is level with the waves, leaving
only rounded surface, with whale
back, and the two turrets above the water
line. These turrets are covered with
twelve inches compound steel and iron
armor, AID carry four guns, whQse shot
will pierce twenty inches of solid steel,
and sends 480-pound projectile seven
miles. In short, she is vessel for defense
and not for attack.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
FARM AND HOME,
A FIAT.
AUBYS BATTYE.

AUBYs BATTYE.
bird from affair."
A morning star
4 league of waste from a cottage door,
A purling stream,
A sunset CLEAN
Here is my kingdom ask no more
Softly go,
Kind-dealing snow
And wrap the crocus from the cold;
For spring advance
Through sufferance,
Has grown little OVERLOAD.
Yet even this
A lesson is:
For, hear the thrush-a morning wrath:
The sun, see,
From my tall tree,
Has lit the borderl Where is fuith!'
The snow is gone.
o bird! sing on;
Sing all thy numbers DER again:
So that each air
The burden bear
OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dearest pain!''
For winter breath
And winter death
The constant sum and impulse ask
OF life ) re-bleSt
In flower and nest:
And love is bending TO the task.
In dust and air,
And everywhere,
The little gentle pOpulaCe,
Beneath the spell
Of one clear bell,
Is instinct with sublinest grace.
In harp of earth,
In hymn of birth,
The throbbiDg tones swell wide and high.
To wake one mood,
One tidal flood,
From bourne to bourne, of ecstasy.
!;
A bird from far,
single star,
A sound of love at a cottage door;
And gentleness
For ali distress
Here is 3 kingdom prepared for the poor.
-Longman's Magazine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
Robhing the Soil.

1t Is urfcl TN ateIy true that clean cul
ture has a ten ie1cy to rob the soil of its
fertility. as well a to make the plants
grow better. 4 bare and exposed surface
OF land, on which no crop is growing, in
vites the evaporation of the nitrogen by
the sun and The movements of the at
mospheIe. On piece of land that has
been carefully cultured the loss of nitrogen
through the process and through under
draining is often very great. This loss Of
fertility is understood in England, and
''roboer crops" are sown Immediately
after the harvesting of the regular sum-
mer crops. Wheat is often sown IN the
star dir corn, not for the value which the
wheat may return to the sower. but for
the prevention of loss which il is sure to
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
DehorniDg.

The John March Co. s chemical dehorner,
which has so successfully dehorned many
of tie young calves of the country during
past years, when carefully applied, is now
beginning to attract still more interested
attention. Mr.. March, the originator,
claims to have now on lis Wisconsin
farm, young calves, some nearly one year
old, out of sires and dams dehorned by
the chemical fluid when but three days
old, and the offspring are born completely
polled, exhibiting IN several months no
signs of horns. Cattle men will be inter
ested in this, as the perpetuation Of the
polled condition through artlfcial.y polled
parents is new feature. If this can be
expended upon all one needs IS supply of
the fluid and soon the orD-growing ten
deDcy will be oyercome.-Ey.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
CHOOSING a WI Il
Don't DO II Rashiy-5cveru Things 10 be
Considered

Don't merry Miss A. because she has
dimpie on her chin This ISM Z enough tc
make happy marriage. DJn't marry
her, either, because her cousin is a great
man, or because her father = wealthy; at
the same time you mead not refuse her BE-
cause her father is rich, if other conditions
are all right.
Be sure Of two things-be sure she is
healthy, and be sure she is moral-then go
ahead.
Don't choose Miss A. because she has a
pretty dimple, but take stock of her all
round. If a man goes into the market to
buy horse he carefully examines it in all
its points; but when he goes to seek a
wife ne shuts his eyes, because be says,
Love is blind, and just allows himself to be
bedazzled and begiggled.
What absurd people we are.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
Mulch1ng Strawberries

The best time to mulch Strawberries is
while the plants are covered with a few
inches of snow. A very little manure APP
piled then will hold the snow down and
retard the blossomlng in spring enough
to prevent loss by late frosts. This is even
better than mulching the plants before the
snow falls. The first freezing does not
injure the plant. 1t is the alienation of
freezing and thawIng in spring that is
most hurtfuI.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
THE HOUSEHOLD.
The Love Light of the Hills.
AMY SEVILLE WOLFE.

Where the tender skies are sleeping,
With the sun gold sitting through
Broken lines of round, white Cloudlets,
Dimpling in ethereal blue
Where the clear lakes limpid bosom,
Nestled mid the mountains still,
Mirrors cool, gray, dusRy shadows,
Lies 1.-The Love Light of the Hills"
Perfumed memories there are lingering,
Bright-winged hope and faith arise;
Prophecies OF peace are written
For sad aching, tear-blinded eyes
and the far off life is shining
Down gold-dream path, until
Angel faces fair are smiling
Through "the Love Light of the Hillsl''
When the twilight's trailing garments
Scatter dream-empurpled haze,
And dying sunbeam S pencil
Points each peak with glittering rays
Ere nights stern, relentless fingers
Pin the shadoNy curtains chill,
Pure with liquid light a star falls
Down 'the Love Light of the Hnls!'
At the grave of buried DAYLIGHT
Ozark with peace is bowling there!
Breathed from far-off village belfry
Steals Il vesper note of prayer
Oh, the holy, heavenly Cityl
Love its palaces would build
Just above the star of evening,
And 1.-The Love Light of the Hillsi'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
UNSEEN FRIENDS.
p. c. HUNTINGTON.

How many are the friends we do not see
Nor hear az thro' the open door they come ana
With voice full Of wondrous melody
And footsteps soft as sunshine 10 ana no.
We cannot torch their hands, yet they are near,
Our lips are lmpotent their language 70 re-
peat
Their smiles beguiIe Us not, We see no tear
Nor walk their way adown the mystic street.
They lead us ar 1t we're with silken bond,
They bend above with yearning tenderness,
The songs they sing are breaths of memory
and CLINT Of heaven adorns their Inning
dress.
BY day, by night, in waiting hope or pain,
When the starved lips 30 long for one carers,
These friends, whoe they be, upright, IN
seen,
With Joy up-raise their willing hands TO bees.
And when towards home the soul returns alone,
And the drawn sob Of parting vets the wearied
eye,
We hear mellow murmur In the undertone
That bids the heart look into golden sky.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
straw berries

Mr.. L. J. Farmer says in his experience
the best six varieties of strawberries are
for early, WarfeId, Haverland, and
Michael's Early. For late, Eureka, Burt
and Parker Earle. The War6eld takes tie
place of the Crescent, fully as productive,
with larger berry which ships as well as
Wilson. His soil is a grayeIly loasl4. The
Eureka strawberry brought fifteen cents
per quart, while the Crescent brought only
I'VE when shipped to New York 1t does
not pay to ship poor fruit OF any kind on
commission. The best not only sells higher,
but makes d market for more.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
REMOVABLE SHOE SOLFS.
A Novelty Brought Forward In England
Is n Removable and Top Lift


Is Removable and Top Lift
The novelty in the shoemaking line
brought forward short time ago in Eng
land, consisting OF removable sole and
top lift, which can be changed when suf-
hciently worn 10y the person wearing it,
has been received with such d degree of
favor as to lead to the organization of a
company with large financial basis for
manufacturing the article on an extensive
scale. The simple feature or idea IN this
case is that of a metal plate riveted to the
bottom of the shoe when it is lasted-that
is, the sole, in the shape of a top sole, is
provided with a stitched welt and under
the welt is a thin band or strip of metal
which slides uLder the edges of the plate
riVeted on the bottom of the shoe; the
shank is of steel, japanned black, and the
jolut end of the half sole IS countersunk to
fit under the shank where it is fastened and
held in place by two screws. the top piece
of the heel being also fastened by three
screws. Shoes are to be made on this
plan, and an extra pair of soles and top
lifts furnished with each pair, the soIes be-
ing also for sale separately.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
Fence Corners.

An old rail fence with a nice lot of dry
soft grass makes splendid home for mice
and rabbits, and if near a young orchard
they will have sweet feast this winter
AND you sorry looking orchard next
spring. Clean out the fence corners in the
fall, or better still have no fence corners or
az few as possible
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
Potash for Fruit.

fOtash Tor fruit.
All kinds of fruit abound in potasn
more especially in their seeds. Lack OF
potash In available form for use is posi-
bly, one reason why fruit does rot perfect
as 1t used to do. In growing tthe finest
grapes French vineyardists use no fertiliz-
er excepting potash made by burning
clippings from the vines and twigs cut in
pruning trees. 1t is probably true that a
dressing of unieached ashes applied in the
spring will make the fruit rIpen earlier
and attain higher color and perfection.
1t is lack of potash that causes fruit at
to remain several days with
out change. This is particularly notice
able IL grapes where the vines have set
more than they can perfect. In such
cases mildew often set in and the fr,,it
never fully natures. Potash aids not
only IN perfecting the seed, but in that
mysterious process which changes the
acid, aStringent green fruit to the whole
some lnsclousness that the same fruit at
talns when ripe. Whatever of sweetness
the fruit has it receives through its leaves,
but it cannot do it unless there is solubee
potash to be taken up by its roots from
the soil
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
Count Your Resourc es.

Eternity is crying out to you louder and
louder as you near its brink. Rise, be
going. Count your resources; learn what
You are fit for, and give I'D wishing for it;
learn what you can do, and do it with the
energy of a man,-F. " Robertson.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
Two Lives.

Every man is conscious that he leads two
lives; one trivial and ordinary, the
other sacred and recluse; one which he
carries TO society and the dinner table, the
other in which his youth and aspiration
survives for him, and which is commence
between him and God Lowell.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
FARM NOTES.
Lime as a Fertilizer.

If lime is TO be applied during the
spring, the application should be made as
early as possible 1t should be air-slaked,
and in as fine condition as p ossible. 1t
benefits both light and heavy soils, and
from 20 to 40 bushels per acre may be
nSRd
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04

effect. The roots of the wheat crop hold
the nitrogen in the soil and prevent it
from leaving by evaporation or drainage.
As result the increase in the next corn
crop is very noticeable.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04

Photographer: THAT is certainly a
good picture for an amateur, veIy good.
How did you manage to get such pleas
ant expression on the gentleman's facet"
Amateur: 81 told him | wasn't going
to charge anything"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
Richness of Milk.

1t is safe to assert that bat few are
aware of the richness of milk from some
cows. 1t is reported that in the test of
the Jersey COW, Landseer's Fancy, she
made pounds and l024 ounces of butter
from 9 pounds and AZ ounces of milk. As
quart of milk is about two pounds, her
yield was pound of butter from about q
quarts of milk. At the same time it may
be noticed that while the cow produced
pounds and I024 ounces of butter she only
produced about Az quarts of milk
Whether it is an advantage to have q COW
make a large yield Of the product and but
little Of the other is a question being dis
cussed by the advocates OF the rival breeds
The Holstein advocates claim that milk
is valuable product as well as butter,
and that when a COW yields large
quantity of milk, and also produces a large
weight of butter, she is more valuable for
that reason. When it is known that some
hoisteins yield from forty to fifty quarts of
milk daily, and are great butter producers
as well, the claim is entitled to a consider
alton, though the Jersey will also retain
her many friends AS one of the best butter
producing breeds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04
THE OCEAN CABLE.
How the Submarine Cable Is Made Al
Wh at tt Is

How the Submarine Cable is Made and
VII at 1t Is
Let Us first see what Submarine cable
is and how it is made. To do this a visit
must be made to the enormous factory on
the banks of the Thames, few miles be-
low London. Here the birth of the cable
may be traced through shop after shop,
machine after machine. The foundation
of all is the conductor, strand of seven
fine copper wires This slender copper
cord is first hauled through a mass Of
sticky, black compound, which causes the
thin coating of gutta-percha applied by
the next machine to adhere to it perfect
ly, and prevents the retention Of any bub
bles or air in the interstices between the
strands, or Eetween the conductor and
the gutta-percha envelop. One enve-
lope is not sufficient, however, but the full
thickness of inulating material has to be
attained by four more alternate coatings
Of sticky compound and plastic gutta-
percha. The conductor is now insulated
and has developed into ''core.' Before
going any further the core is coiled into
tanks filed with water, and tested III
order to ascertain whether it is electrical
~ perfect i. e., that there is no undue
leakage of electricity through the gutta-
percha insulating envelope.
These tests are made from the testing
room, replete with beautiful and elabo-
rate apparatus, by which measurements
finer and more accurate :han those even
Of the most delicate chemical balance may
be made. Every foot of core is tested
with these Instrument, both before and
after being made up into cable, and care
full records are preserved of the results.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-04

Anxious Mother: "Wbat in the world
did you do during the terrible thunder
Storm
Little Dick: 81 got under a tree
Mother: ''Horrors Don't you know
that the shade of a tree is the most
dangerous of all places in a thunder
storm? p
Little Dick: "Oh, yes; but jumped out
every time it Numbered"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-02

SEA CANARIES.
Queer Shellflsh That Have Been Provided
with u Temporary Name.

Queer Shellhsh That Have Been Provided
with n Temporary Name.
A peculiar kind of shellfish, the like
Of which has never been seen ON the
sound, was fshed out of two hundred
feet of water near Five-Mile point the
other morning by rock cod fisherman,
says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The man felt a tug at his line and
began pulling in. Judging from the
weight he concluded that he must have
caught the grandfather of all the rock
cod in the sound. When he had taken
In all his line he was astonished to find
that he had not only landed a splendid
five-and-a-half-pound cod, but also a
rock full of perforations, to which were
attached six lively shellfsh, each as big
rs ones fist, and somewhat resembling
fish were imbedded IN the rock. and as
soon as the rock was taken out of the
water the fish craned their long necks
out Of the shells, just as turtlewould.
The necks of the fish were unlike
anything the fisherman had ever seenj
they resembled slightly the yellow
mouth OF the lamprey eel. Their
mouths were pointed and surmounted
by hard, brown colored beak, which
they opened and shut precisely as q
| robin does.
The fish and their abode were held
together by means of the stout roots
of a sea weed which had grown around
them, and the whole weighed eight and
a half pounds. The fisherman took the
curiosity to the Denver market, and
there it was placed on exhibition and
attracted considerable attention. In
the absence Of a more scientific name
one of the men connected with the
market named the shellflsh "sea CO
naries."
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-02
state Rnildines e. che Fair.l

Thirty-fve of the forty-nine states
and territories in the union have accept
ed the building sites assigned them ON
the Columbian Exposition grounds, and
have submitted to the construction
bureau for approval the plans of the
buildings they propose to erect Nearly
all the others, it is known, are about
ready to take like action Every state
and territory, with perhaps three excep-
tions, will erect a building. Quite .
number of these buildings will be re-
productions of historic structures such
as independence hall, Washington's Mt
Vernon home. old Fort Marion, etc.
They will occupy the northern portion
of the exposition grounds and will ba
surrounded by walks, lawns. shrubbery
and flowers They will be used as heads
quarters for state boards and visitors
and as receptacles for exhibits showing
state resources, etc.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-02
GRESHAM MAY BE NOMINATED.

But He Don't Like the Peoples Party's
Sub-Treasury Plank.
OMAHA, Ne5. July 2.-Delegates to the
National Convention of the Peoples
party are arriving slowly.
AS yet there are few indications that
tbs convention will be as large as the
Republican or Democratic conventions.
H. F. Taubeneck, chairman of the
National Committee, is among The
early arrivals. He is a strong Gresham
man, and when reminded that the Judge
had refused to accept the nomination,
said:
'tJudge Gresham has only one objec-
ton to accepting the nomination at the
hands of the Peoples party, and that is
the Sub-Treasury plank. Gresham will
be the nominee and the Sub-Treasury
scheme will be shelved.''
Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, is
talking of Stewart, of Nevada, and says
with him at the head of the ticket the
Peoples party would capture the cleo
toral votes of Nevada, Kansas, Colorado,
Nebraska, Idaho, North and South d.
kota, Montana and Minnesota. Fusion
between the Peoples and Prohibition
parties Is no longer talked of.