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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-14
The Thing Was Loaded.

1HC 1HluS W dts LDuueU.
Shullsburg Pick and Cad.
Earl Murley and Gilbert Glines ex-
perimented with a toy cannon one
evening last week. Murley's face was
badly burned and his eyesight en-
dangered. He will be confined to his
home for some time. Young Glines
carries one hand and wears a bare spot
on the side Of his nose. They are
sure now that the thing was loaded.
All that honesty, experience and
skill can do to produce a perfect pill,
has been employed in making DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. The result is a
specific for sick headache, biliousness
and constipation. As
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-14
Residence for Sale.

desire to sell my residence, situated lust
north of the First ward park, and known as
the Wilson property. For particulars and
terms enquire OF William Lanyon, sr, or nj
the house, or a. 5. Whites law office.
req. ~ 1898. JOSIAH LANYON.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-14
about SIS.

My little boy was very bad off for
two months with diarrhea. We used
various medicines; also called in two
doctors; but nothing done him any
good until we used Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy,
which gave immediate relief and soon
cured. him. I consider it the BEST
medicine made, and can concientiously
recommend it to all who need a diarrh-
ea or collie medicine. j. E. Hare,
Trenton, Tex. 25 and 50 cent bottles
for sale by r. d. Pulford. 48m1
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-14
LOCAL PRESS POINTS

A Plan to Exterminate Rattle Snakes.
| Lancaster Herald
We guess Charley Chappell was
about right when he tried last fall to
get The County Board to put a bounty
on rattle snakes killed in the county.
They are certainly becoming more nu-
merous than for years in certain sec
tions of the country. They are espec-
tally common along the banks of the
Mississippi river and not day passes
but some are killed by section hands
along the line Of the C. =. e n. Rail-
road. The fact that farmers are al
lowing their hogs much less range
than formerly seems to account some
what for the rapid increase in the
number Of rattlers, for hogs are deadly
enemies of all snakes and especially
SO of the rattle snake. When a hog
finds one he seldom fails to kill it.
The deer used to do the same thing
but since they are practically extinct
in this county, their task has fallen to
the porkers and as soon rs they are
closely penned up we may expect the
deadly yellow back to take possession
of the unfrequented bluffs and cliffs
along our rivers and small streams.
The county may have to adopt Charley
Chappell's plan after all.
Chamberlain Eye and Skin Ointment
A certain cure for Chronic Sore
Eyes, letter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head,
Old Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Itch,
Eczema, Prairie Scratches, Sore Nip
pies, and Piles. 1t is cooling and
soothing. Hundreds of cases have
been cured by it after all other treat
ment had failed. 1t is put up in Is
and so cent boxes. For sale by r. D.
Pulford. 9y
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-14
Work Of Burglars.

Warren Leader.
Some burglars effected an entrance
to the Illinois Central depot at Wad-
dams Grove last Saturday night.
They took what small change was left
in the drawer, a pistol and few other
valuables that in all it amouted to
about SIS.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-14
Receivers His SDeech.

Alphonce Hemphling, of Summit
township, Butler county, Pa, made an
affidavit that his twelve-year old son,
who had st. Vitus dance for twelve
years, lost his speech, was completely
cured after using three bottles of DR..
Miles Restorative Nervine, and also
recovered his speech. Thousands tes-
tify to wonderful cures from using it
for nervous diseases, dyspepsia, ner-
vous debility, dizziness, confusion of
mind. headache, etc. Four doses of
this Nervine cured Mrs. w. E. Burns,
South Bend, Ind, who had been suf-
fering with constant headache for
three months. Trial bottles and ele-
CANT book free at w. II. Prideaux's. 4S
Thirty Bushels from Three Pints.
Lancaster Teller.
AS pretty samples Of wheat as we
ever saw growing in this county were
brought to The Teller Office last Satur-
day by Joseph Matthews. There
were two varieties. One has short,
thick, compactly set heads, the other
long heads, also very evenly filled.
The straws are many of them five feet
long, and they are stooled out to over
thirty to the kernel. For his three
pints sown, Mr.. Matthews has pros
pect of more than thirty bushels of
wheat.
Miles Nerve and Liver Pills
Act on a new Notwithstanding
the liver, stomach and bowels through
the nerves. A new discovery. DR..
Miles Pills speedily cure biliousness,
bad taste, torpid liver, piles, constipa-
ton. Unequaled for men, women,
and children. Smallest, mildest, sur
est! 80 doses, Is cents. Samples free
at w. III. Prideaux's drug store.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-14
Notice..

Notice is hereby given that persons
found tresspassing on the land owned
by us in the town of Ridgeway (the
old Venning farm) will be dealt with
according to law. JOHN BoYLAN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-14
T.. G. FIEDLER.
PHYSICIANS


physician and Surgeon, Mineral Point,
Wis. Office in Lenahan's block, opposite
First National bank 41y
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-14
BUSINESS CARDS.
L AWYERS-
J. MONTGOMERY SMITH.

"A TTORNEY ut Law Mineral Point, Wis.
~ Will practice I'm the State and United
state courts. lG-44ly
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05

Amid all his troubles DR.. Cornelius
Herr can still make fair attempt at a
joke. One of the few gentlemen who
have been able to see him in his hotel
during his mysterious visit to London.
where he has lived the life of a hermit,
writes that the other morning DR.. Herr
found a small spot of grease on his coat
and called his servants attention to it.
"Yes. sir, replied the domestic; Il can
soon remove that, sir. A little eau de
Panama will put it all right"
Eau de Panama. it should be mention
ed, is decoction which has long benin
universal use in most French households
as cleansing fluid and is continually
employed by servants. DR.. Herr looked
at his man for moment and then said.
with a smile: Il am glad to hear it
Some of my friends say it put them al
wrong. g."-London Telegraph.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05
The Heart Not In the right place.

When Moliere made his physician say
1--WE have changed all that" because his
attention was called TO the fact that he
had placed the human heart on the right
hand side of the body, it was thought he
was poking fun at statement in
learned publication of the period which
dealt with remarkable case of the kind
alleged TO have been discovered Quite
recently, it seems, q genuine case has
cropped up.
A gentleman of Independent means
named De la Salvaniere died the other
day quite suddenly in Paris in the Rue
Saint Louis-en-r lie. DR.. Descouts, who
performed post mortem examination,
was astounded to find the heart. liver
and other organs on the wrong side, ac-
cording to all accepted notions on the
subject. The news got spread abroad,
and The Temps, the grayest perhaps of
all the French papers, sent an inter
viewer 20 question the doctor upon the
subject. The latter confirmed the truth
of the story. The dead man, he said. in
spite of his little peculiarities Of con-
struction, had lived to the good old age
of s. years.-Paris Letter.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05
HOW Corn was crouud at one Tim,


The watermill is older than the wind
mill. but prehistoric corn-such wheat.
for instance, as Pytheas. the first trav-
eler from civilization TO Great Britain,
saw the natives of Kent drying in large
sheds ON account of theabsence of sun
was ground in hand mills, as is still done
in the east. Quernes, as these mills are
called, are frequently found in the CYCLIC
pean underground dwellings of Scotland.
Their simplest form consists of two thin
circular stones, the upper of which is
pierced in the center and reyolves on q
wooden or metal pin inserted in the low
er one The grinder dropped the grain
into the central hole with one hand, while
the other caused the upper stone TO re-
volve by means of a stick inserted in q
small hole near the edge.
The laboriousness of this operation is
wellillustrated by a story told of Column
ba- He was studying under St. Finnian.
and every night on which it fell to his
lot to grind the corn with the querne he
performed his task so quickly that his
companions enviously asserted that he
had the assistance of an angel in turning
the stone Wilson thinks that at this
time (the early part OF the sixth century,
the querne WAS the only mill in use.
Large water mills We're introduced in the
thirteenth century into Scotland, and
legal means had to be employed to rem
der their use compulsory.
MagaZine
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05
AIaharsr.. se,r sacrifice.

There is self sacrifice much oftener In
the common walks of life than the ma
iority OF people believe. a gentleman
largely engaged In business IN Albany
makes II a practice al the beginning Of
every winter, because of the slackness
in trade, &c discharge several Of his la
boring men. Usually this is done by
lot, SO that no man can feel that he has
been Disseminated against uajustly.
This winter among the laboring men
employed in the establishment was
poor fellow from England, who had
come 70 this country and worked hard
to support a large family. He had with
great difficulty found employment, which
had stood between him and his family
and starvation III luck pursued him.
and when the lots were drawn he drew
the choice of unemployment.
There was nothing for him to do but
give up the place and look for work else
where at season Of the year when work
is most difficult to be found. At this
juncture an unmarried fellow laborer
came forward and said, no, you stay
and viii go."
The employer was so touched when he
heard the story Of self sacrifice that he
kept both men at work.-New York Mail
and Express.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05
inc NreanInr of TeIepathr.

Few people would be apt TO under
stand what you meant if You talked &c
them about '-telepathy." New sciences
spring up so rapidly nowadays that it is
hard work TO keep track of the new
words coined for them. Telepathy is re-
lated IN meaning TO telegraphy, in that
it Is a sort of mental telegraphy, or feel
ing ut a distance, being derived from the
Greek, pathos, feeling and tele, at dis
tance. 1t is only new and more scien-
tific name, however. for what we com
monty speak of as mind reading. though
not all mind reading is telepathy.
Richard HOdsOn, secretary Of the So
ciety for Psychical Research. defines te.
lepathy as the ability of one mind to i'm
press or be impressed 10y another mind
otherwise than through the recognized
channels Of sense, and cites some remark.
able instances Of mind reading and
thought tranSference investigated by the
society. These. Ee thinks, confirm the
conclusion that thought transference is
reality.-New York Commercial Adver.
riser
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05
The WeaI,b of the Ex-President.

The ex-president cannot have any neod
of making money. He must be at least
comfortably fixed, as indeed he was be-
fore he became president. There Is no
reason TO believe that he has spent one
half Of the 5000, 900 which he has received
in salary during the past four years. He
is man Of frugal habits. with no ex-
pensive tastes or freaks. He has lived
plainly in the White House. He has
given very few costly entertainments.
He can have spent but little of his own
income upon official account. His name
has not been associated with any specu-
lative adventures. He has not am ex-
pensive family. and the wife whose death
he mOurns was an example of the home
" virtues, a model American woman
and wife. All through his presidency
he has illustrated that republican SIM
plicity' of life which Is tradition of the
White House.-New York Sun.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05
Remaining a Damaged shaft.

There are few points in regard to the
Umbria breakdown, from an engineer
ing point of view, which might not ap-
peal to the ordinary observer. Engineer
Tomlinson got a great deal of credit for
repairing the shaft, whereas a consider
able part of the credit was due him and
his assistants for their cautions watch
fulness of all the machinery. Reports
show that the shaft was not entirely
broken off-the fracture was not COM
plete. 1t had been noticed that it was
not working smoothly, and the cap was
taken off the thrust bearing and the flaw
discovered.
The mending consisted of strengthen
ing the parts so that the fracture could
not become any greater, and this was
practicable, while if the break had been
complete and the solid part had made
one revolution against the broken of
end of the other part repairs would have
become almost, if not quite, impossible
with the facilities on board the ship.
Our engineer friends who in the future
may stand in danger of being called upon
to mend a broken shaft may well bear
in mind, therefore, that TO discover a
fracture before the shaft breaks goes q
long way toward successful repair.-Ma-
rine journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05
rorhlhaen TO ri.it ,larr.s romh.

Several lady and gentlemen Jacobites
visited Westminster abbey on the ami
versary of the decapitation of Mary,
queen Of Scots, for the purpose of plac-
ing upon her tomb wreaths of flowers.
But the dean had given orders that there
was to be no admittance to the aisle Of
King Henry Wis chapel and the lie
gitimists" and White Roseists" were
therefore compelled to pay their homage
from a distance and to content them
selves with repeating the adore, i'm
ploro, ct hberas me"-supposed to have
been written by the unhappy sovereign
on the eve of her death-outside the iron
gates. The demonstrants made no un-
seemly disturbance, as they did last
year, when told that their intentions
could not be realized, but quietly tramped
with their flowers and wreaths through
the muddy streets to the statue of
Charles / at Charing Gross and placed
their memorial emblems around the feet
of that equally unfortunate monarch's
horse.-London Telegraph.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05

There is a young lady now prominent
in Washington society TO whom as s
little girl Lamar revealed one blood
curdling reminiscence. He was accus.
toned 20 visit her fathers house and
had often noticed her gazing curiously
at his hair, which he wore very long
and fiat to the sides of his head. One
day he said TO her: MY dear, you loob
as if You wanted to ask me something.
What is it,
IF you please, Mr.. Lamar" she an
swered. why do you wear your haiI
that way at the sidesg' Lamar drew on
his most serious expression, and in low,
hoarse whisper between his lifted palms
he replied, Because, my dear, I-once
-hand-a-fght-w "a man - and
-he-cut-of-my-ears" For long
time afterward the little girl was struck
with chill of horror every time she
looked at him, until one day in the
midst of q gesture he swung his hair
back far enough to assure her that his
head was supplied with its normal com
plement OF members. But she never, to
the day Of his death, entirely got over
the effect made upon her by the pretend
ed dread secret.-Kate FIELDS Washing
ton
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05
De.traeti,e German ArtIIlery.


SO destructive in It's effect is the new
German artillery that it is asserted. once
the range were found. a battery would
aunihilate an entire division in very
short time. Prima facie, this seems rath-
er TO border On the impossible, but when
the results Of the experiments which
were recently made in the presence of the
emperor with the new weapons are con-
sidered the task does not appear to be so
impracticable after all The first shot
fred IN the course Of these experiments
was at target placed 50 PAGES from
wood. The missile missed the target,
but plowed its way for 500 yards through
the wood. Shortly afterward large area
Of the wood was discovered TO he on FIRE.
This was due to the shell being charged
with a certain kind of powder, the COM
position Of which is a secret known only
10 the German government.
The splinters from shells burst by
this powder and fired by the new gun
cover circle of 500 feet. This is great
improvement on the limited area of
ground that was covered by splinters
from shells fred by the artillery weapon
of 90 years ago. Then it was considered
effective shooting if splinters from a
shell were thrown within a circuit Of 10
or 80 PAGES and seven or eight men
wounded, but the new gun has far
greater destructive power than this.
Another shell fred at an enormous tar
get, constructed by the emperor's or
ders, covered it with thousands Of holes.
London Court Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05
The Word "Busom -

When we now speak Of a buxom per-
son. we think of such one as Mrs. Lu-
pin in Martin Chuzzlewit,r a plump.
middle aged, good looking. good ma
tured, kind, agreeable woman. We do
not usually apply the term to a thin
woman, or to a young girl, or to an old
woman. Assuredly we should never
think Of calling man or a boy buxom.
The word, however. once really meant
pliable or flexible, and afterward obedi-
ent II is the same as the Anglo-Saxon
bocsum, or the high German beugsam,
from beugen TO bendl, which root ap-
pears in bough and bon lin ali its mean
ingsl
In the Salisbury Manual the woman
al the marriage service promised to be
~bonair" and ''blxOm. which is ex-
planned in the margin 10 mean meek and
obedient. We are hereby reminded cf
Millions line in the most beautiful Of all
odes. 80 buxom. blithe and debonair." {"
This original meaning Of the word ap-
pears in Chaucer's Merchants Tale, -
For who can be so buxom as a wife:"
The word, in its application. was not
limited TO women. In THE Clerks
Tale" we are told of men. And they
with humble heart full bnxonly." In
Henry Cochranes Dictionary "A. D.
1926 buxom is defined as plant. obedi-
ent.-National Review.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05
The White City.

The White City" as the Worlds fair
grounds and buildings are termed, has
the equipment of model municipality.
II has combined water capacity of 54,-
0O0.OO gallons day and will soon have
100, ,000,0 1t has % miles of water
mains and 291 hydrants. A hundred
more viii be provided. There are 3 steam
fire engines, chemical engines, ladder
truck, water tower, 40 hose carts, 26, ,750
feet of hose. 1850 hand fire extinguishers,
$500 fire pals, steam fireboat. IS fire
men, 80 alarm boxes, $50 patrol tele-
phones, 5OOguards, completeelectric light
and sewerage systems, etc. BY the time
the fair opens many of these facilities
and equipments viii be greatly increased
and perfected. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05
The Telephone Fifty Years Ago.

The first telephone that was ever used
was not electrical, nor was it a scientific
instrument in any sense of the term. A
little more than 80 years ago the en-
ployees Of large mandatory beguiled
their leisure hours by ktehying. Kites
large and small went mp daily, and the
strife was TO see who could get the lar
gest. The twine which held them was
the thread spun and twisted by the ladies
of the village. One day to the tail Of the
largest kite was attached kitten sewed
in canvas bag, with netting over the
mouth 10 give it air. When the kite was
at its greatest height-200 feet or more
the mewing could be distinctly heard
by those holding the string. To the clear
ness of the atmosphere was attributed
the hearing of the kittens voice. This is
the first account we remember of speak
ing along Sheffield Telegraph.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-04-05
1hE EVERLASTING eHosI.
= PA-nroA rA-n H4. Made Little Prog

A PEa1tcm that Has Made Little Prog
ress In Thousands OF lears-
We are asked 10 believe in ghosts be
cause in every age there have been ghost
stories. But would it not be more nat
ural TO suppose that in every age the hu-
man mind has been subject to aberra-
tions, and that some specific weakness OF
irregularity of the mental constitution OF
Of the physical organ, the brain, ON which
all thinking, so far as we are aware, de-
pends, has probably given rise 70 this
particular class Of Authorizations
We cannot pretend as vet to know the
mind thoroughly in health and disease,
but thin We do know. that there are thou
sands ind millions Of persons whose lives
are never .intruded on by ghosts and
who know absolutely nothing Of occult
phenomena According TO reverend
gentiensn's figures, only one woman IN
twelve and one man in ten has had any
occult" experiences. Now, what We
should ike very much to have would be
a further analysis Of these figures show
ing the percentage Of fighty or other
wise III balanced minds among the ''oc.
cult" and the ''nOnoccult" Of we may sc
apply the words) classes respectively.
Our own experience would lead us tc
believe that the proportion would be
vastly larger in the former class than IL
the latter. Who has not known many
examples of the tremulous, nervous, by
persensitive, wonder loving, hysterical
or semihysterical type of constitution
among the devotees of ghost lore. AnG
if such examples occur, as we believe
they must, TO the mind of every one, Is
it not at least probable inference that
"occultism- in its various phases has
something to do with that kind Of mind
The ghost may bevery ancient. but We
do not believe in him the more. The
trouble about him is that he has made
no progress since the earliest times. In
fact, on the whole, he has fallen back.
We should not be disposed TO talk of the
'levitation" of Elijah ourselves had moi
the Rev. Mr.. Haweis used the term be
fore us. But if. following the reverend
gentleman S lead, we consider the proph-
cts alleged translation in that light
surely IL was a most successful feat IL
deviation" and a little ahead Of any.
thing the modern world can show
And, speaking generally, the appari.
tions and visions and other spiritual OF
occult phenomena of ancient times had
more body" to them than those of om
own day. If therefore the ghost has
made no progress III the course Of three
or four thousand years, if he is just as
uninstructive and inconsequent a phe
nomenOn now as he was when we firsi
encountered him. if not a little more so.
We may perhaps be pardoned for think
ing that he may be safely and fairly ig
nored by people who have an average
amount Of business TO attend to.-Pop
ular Science Monthly.