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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22
Electric BitterS.

This remedy is becoming so well
known and SO popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise.-A purer medicine does not
exist and it is guaranteed to do all
that is claimed. Electric Bitters will
cure all diseases of the Liver and Kid
neys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt
Rheum and other affections caused by
impure blood. drive Malaria
from the system and prevent as well
as cure all Malarial fevers.-For cure
of Headache, Constipation and Indi-
gestion try Electric Bitters-Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money re-
funded.-Price soc. and s1.00 per bot
tie at w. II. Prideaux's Drugstore.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22

The Wilson tariff bill is now before
the house. The majority report on
the bill opens with the declaration
that "the American people after the
fullest and most thorough debate ever
given by any people to their fiscal
policy, have deliberately and rightly
decided that the existing tariff is
wrong in principle and previously un-
just in operation " and that "the
power Of taxation has no lawful or
constitutional exercise except for pro-
viding revenue for support to the
government" The report says that
, the bill no more processes to be purg-
ed Of all protection than to be free
from error in its complex and mani
fold details, but that 8 in dealing with
the tariff question, as with every other
longstanding abuse that has inter
woven itself with our social or indus
trial system, the legislator must
always remember that in the begin
ming temperate reform is safest,
having in itself the pricniple Of
growth"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22

COdman'S Extracts
Are first class. Try them, at J. A.
Spratler's.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22
Becoming MOnOtOnous.

PlaCJeVllle news.
The cry of hard times voiced just
now, voiced in such promiseuous fash
ion, is becoming monotonous to ears
of many thinking people Seed time
and harvest are bound to come just
the same, and whether the winter be
severe or the summer hot, good old
Dame Nature always equalizes her
affairs and divides discrepancies ulti-
mately. In the farming section
around Platteville there have as yet
been no hard times, no people out of
work, no restitution whatever. A
glimpse through our stores or streets
any day would disabuse the minds of
croakers of the idea that idleness and
business stagnation prevail every
where. Our city is as lively place as
can well be imagined.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22


placed large fiat blocks of smooth lava
well joined together, forming an even,
uniform surface, an1 although 1000
years have passed since its construction
yet ruins of the splendid viaduct are still
extant. Traces of these old Roman high
ways are still found in England and 9TH
er parts of Europe. The fall of the en-
pire brought an end to the construction
of roads.
John Loudon Macadam, the Scotch in
ventor, who died in 1886, repudiated the
theory that the road needed a stone
foundation and maintained that the soil
itself, if properly drained, formed suf-
ficient support for the heaviest loads.
He drained the roadbed thoroughly and
covered it with a surface, not less than
seveninches in thickness, of small broken
stone not to exceed the size Of a walnut.
Macadam was the first to discover that
stone broken into small segments would
concentrate into solid mass under pres
sure and form durable surface. The
popularity of this road soon became
widespread. Over 10000 miles of it
were quilt III EnSlanu IN less IMAM III
years.
1t is generally conceded that the stone
road on the macadam plan that is a
well drained bed covered with small,
uniformly broken stone to the depth of six
to eight inches, well pressed with heavy
rollers-is the best and cheap, road
that can be built. The French boule-
wards are mainly constructed according
to this plan, and thousands of miles
have been built in the United States.
1t is evident that the time is rapidly ap-
preaching when this system of road
making will become universal. High
way Manual Of New York.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22
Shullsburg W. r. C. Officers.

Pick and Cad.
The regular meeting of the W. r. c.
for the election of officers was held
last Friday evening and the following
officers elected: Mrs. Ellen Weatherby,
reelected President; Mrs. Bessie
Chamberiin, Senior Vice-president;
Mrs. Jennie Freeman, Junior Vice
president; Mrs. Emma Roy, Chaplain;
Miss Belle Ricket. Treasurer; Miss
Josie Weatherby, Conductor; Miss
Clara Osborne, Guard. The secretary
assistant conductor, assistant guard
and organist to be appointed. Mrs
Dora Osborne was elected delegate to
the next conference to be held in
Janeville and Mrs. Ella Warner as
alternate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22

President Cleveland transmitted to
congress on Monday his message upon
the Hawaiian question. 1t is printed
on another page Of this paper.
No one who reads it can deny that
the president has given the whole
subject intelligent consideration, or
that in his treatment of it he is actu-
ated by a sense Of right and justice.
He clearly shows that the project to
overthrow the constitutional govern
ment of Hawaii was zealously pro-
NOTED by ex-Minister Stevens, who
ardently desired that the annexation
of the islands to the United States
.'should become fact accomplished
by his agency and during his ministry,
and was not inconveniently scrupu-
lous as to the means employed to that
end" The president also clearly
shows, by correspondence and other
documents submitted to congress,
that the United Statse forces were
not landed on the soil of Honolulu to
protect the life and property of Amer
leans, but to take possession of
Hawaii, without the wish or consent of
the people there, or of anybody else, so
far as shown, except the United States
minister. The president believes
that ex-President Harrison and the
senate were misled by false state
ments in regard to the real condition
of affairs. He boldly defends the
position which he has taken as to our
relations with the Hawaiian govern
ment, and expresses the belief that a
thorough examination of the facts
will force the conviction that the pro-
yisional government owes its existence
to an armed invasion of the United
States.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22
AnlOline,

the finest washing powder on earth.
All grocers sell it. 3tf
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22
ANCIENT AND MODERN ROADS.

Massive Structure CT the Splendid Appian
Way-Macadam's Plan.
The ancient Carthaginians built roads
for the transportation of troops and
military supplies, but well defined roads
did not exist until the golden age of the
Roman empire. III no one thing does
Roman civilization appear to greater
advantage than in the durable, massive
structure of her highways. The most
important Of these roads was the Appian
way, Via Appia, which extended from
Rome to Brundisium, distance of $50
miles
1t was constructed by digging twop
allel trenches, 2 or feet in depth, at the
bottom of which were placed two layers
of fiat stones in mortar, upon which
layer of cobblestones was placed, also
laid III mortar; then came a course Of
pebbles or concrete; over this were
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22
COMFORT.

If the mans head were thus kept in a
perpendicular position, he could not so
readily see where to step and would be
more apt to stumble; so also with the OK
or horse.
No one in the saddle would thus tieup
the head of his horse, and no one would
expect a horse thus tied up to win a
race, nor would any one think it an ad-
vantage to put checkreins on oxen.
The ''London Horse Book" says: 'The
checkrein is, in nearly every case, painful
to the animal and useless to the driver, be-
cause it fastens the head in an unnatu-
raj posture, and as the horses shoulder
and head fall together cannot be of any
real support in case of stumbling.
"When from some defect in the ami
NAL Or other cause the checkrein is
used, it must be slackened, because in
addition to the easier position of the
neck greater portion of weight can be
thrown into the collar, especially going
up hill, thus saving a great and unnec-
essary expenditure of muscular power.
There is an important difference be-
tween tight :checkrein and a frightened
rein, although not generally understood.
The first is injurious and cannot help
the horse, while the latter is often use
full, because the latter is steady sup
port to the animals head from distant
and intelligent source-the driver"
Mr.. Fleming, veterinary surgeon of
the royal engineers, London, says:
81 think nothing can be more absurd
than checkreins. They are against rea-
son altogether. They place the animal
in a false position. The horse stands
with checkrein exactly as man would
stand with stick under his arms, be-
hind his back, when told to write. It is
extremely cruel also. I have no doubt
if the public could only realize the fact
that it throws away a large portion of
the horses power altogether and is very
cruel besides this rein would be discon-
tinued. 1t is not only the head that suf-
fers, but from his head to his tail, from
his shoulder to his hoof and over his
whole body he suffers more or less"
To sum up in word: The checkrein
lessons the horses strength, brings on
disease, keeps him in pain, frets and in
jures his mouth and spoils his temper.
I can only conclude that the custom Of
tying up horses heads with checkreins,
like the custom of bleeding calves before
they are killed, is a relic of barbarism,
contrary alike to common sense and
scientific opinion, and which has been
permitted to exist so long because it has
been nobody's business to call public at
tention to it.-G. T. Angels in Good
Roads.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22
There is a strong nrobabiIty that

There is strong probability that
Charles Noble Gregory, of Madison,
will be appointed as member of the
civil service commission. Mr. Gregory
is an enthusiastic civil service re-
former, and cultured and high
minded man. AS a member of the
commission, he would bring to the
discharge of his duties thorough
knowledge of civil service reform and
of the law under which it is being
carried out, having given the subject
earnest study for many years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22
CRUELTY OF THE CHECkREIN.

1t Is Painful to the Horse, Useless to the
Driver and a Relic of Barbarism.
if a man has heavy load to push or
draw, he lowers his head by bending for
ward and throws the weight of his body
against, Or to propel, the load; so does
the OK or horse under similar circum-
stances if permitted. If the mans head
were tied to belt around his body so
that he could not bend forward, he
would lose the advantage of his weight
and could only pull or push with his
muscles; so also with the horse or OK.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22
For Sale.

I offer for sale 12) acres of choice
land, lying four miles west of Mineral
Point. One hundred acres under cult
walton, the balance fine young timber.
There is IA never failing spring on
the place. l will sell all or part to
suit purchaser. Will be sold on easy
terms. For particulars apply to J. j..
Collins.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-22
"NOT WORK ENOUGH"
Hamlin Garland Lectures Inter
estingly on This Topic

Hamlin Garland Lectures Inter-
estingly on This Topic.
Hamlin Garland occupied the plat
form for DR.. Sample, at the Lyceum.
last evening. Not Work Enough"
was his theme. Mr. Garland gave in
stances coming under his observation.
In Lowell Workmen were found cutting
iron girderS with chisel when it could
done mucn cheaper in other ways. In
California it took the form of opposition
to the Chinese. In other quarters there
was prejudice against women entering
the ranks Of wage-earnerS because there
was not work enough for the men. In
general, it was fear of immigration.
definite quantity, like piece of pie,
and the more there are to share, the
smaller the pieces will be.
"As long as there is human wish
unsatiffied there is something to do"
the speaker asserted. "What we want
is wages, not work. 1t is fact that
there is scarcity of work. Through
out the past century the farming busi-
ness mas been the catch-all for
every one who could not find
anything else to do. AS a last
resort every person who failed at every
thing else was told he had better 20 to
farming. But today Dakota farmers are
selling wheat for so cents a bushel !;
Southern planters are raising cotton at
a loss, and farmers in Kansas are raising
corn for 10 cents bushel. Conditions
are not the same as they were twenty
five years ago. Things are fenced III
now"
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-22
JOHN DOES NOT VOTE.
Rev. G. L. Morrill, Says That's
Why He's Not Wanted.

Why He's Not Wanted.
+ G. L. Morrill, spoke on the status of
the Chinaman before the patriotic or
ders of the city yesterday afternoon at
Rawlins Post hall, Masonic Temple.
"The dark side of Chinese life."
said he, ''has been its atheism,
gambling, opium eating and smok-
Ing, drunkenness. lasciviousness,
obscene art, degradation of wom-
EN- and infanticide. Inordinate
conceit and pride of their ancient
ethics, religion and civilization made
China the most difficult of civilization.
Providence at length opened the door,
and our missionaries went there and her
merchants came here. We have full
filled our part by systematic outrage,
which impeaches us for perfdy before
all the world. Our declaration of mans
rights has been denied by demagogues
for whom no defense can be made.
"Retaliation upon American mission
aries and merchants may be looked for,
unless In the future, as in some respects
in the past, the 'Heathen Chnee' is
found to be more Christian than we who
send missionaries to evangeliZe them
abroad, and then, by ways that are dark
and tricks that are vain, act very pecul-
lar at home. The question of immigra-
tlon must soon be settled in America, or
we shall become a sink hole of refuse
instead of an asylum for refuge. But
so long as the Chinese are not as unde-
sirable as many other foreigners whom
we welcome with open arms, we are
neither right nor righteous in class
distinction. after all we have said about
the inalienable right to migrate If
John Chinaman could vote, and had in
fiuence in politics that the alien mob
had demanded, Democrats and RepuD-
licans, instead of inserting anti-Chinese
planks in their platforms. would vie
with each other in lauding his
virtues it he were a citizen. The
voice of the people is not always
the voice of God and the voice of the
average politician is farther away still.
If the fateful hour is ever struck when
our American republic loses its hold
and hope it will be when the govern
ment OF, by and for the people is in the
hands of professional Gearys, Kearneys
and O'DonnellS who seem to think more
OF gold than God, more Of party than
principle, more of a cardinal than the
constitution.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-22
ADJUSTMENTS.

Everything is in readiness for the
opening of the G. B. Jefferson, Klaw "
Erlanger Country Circus" engagement
at the Grand tonight. The sale of seats
is remarkably large, 1t being almost i'm
possible TO get anything at all for this
evening. There will be matinees
Wednesday and Saturday at popular
prices.
"a Fair Rebel" commenced weeks
engagement yesterday at the Bijou to a
good business. The play belongs to the
hold on the affections of the public at
this time. The present generation goes
to see portrayed the stirring scenes
through (which their fathers passed.
The martial spirit which runs through
out. contrasted, as 1t is, with romance
and homely life. is full of interest.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-22
DIED OF MENINGITIS.
Such Is the Conclusion Reached
as to Murderer Olson.

Such Is the Conclusion Reached
as to Murderer Olson.
An autopsy was made on the body Of
Hans Olson, the murderer, yesterday.
He died of meningitis. Nothing peculiar
was found about the vital organs. The
man seems to have been in fair health
OF the three gun-shot wounds made by
shooting himself in the eye was the
most serious. The ball had penetrated
the skull and was lodged in the brain.
The bullet fired into his chest had gone
through the lung, and that shot into his
neck was lodged in the throat.
During his lucid moments Olson told
the story of the tragedy to Deputy
Sheriff Johnson, who was with him
much of the time. He claimed that tn !
attempted murder Of his wife was en-
tirely unprecedented, and he had not
the least intention 10 harm her sister.
He stated that some days previous he
came across an old revolver i'll his
his trunk, and taking the weapon
cut, he cleaned and loaded
it and put it in his pocket on the day
of the murder he had been drinking.
but not to excess, and in the evening,
as he saw his wife apparently happy
with her sisters, chatting and laughing,
blind rage seized him and the terrible
deed was committed. He told Johnson
that he intended to plead guilty, and
wondered how long a sentence he would
get. Undertaken Connolly telegraphed
his brothers at Mason City, To-, last
evening to know whether they intend
to take charge of the body. II not, the
county Will bury the remains.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-22
A CLASH OF COLORS.
Red-Hot Time Experienced by
a White Man With "a
Jag On"
Not Satisfied With One Iniuri-
Gus Collision He Invites
Another.
Threatened With Quick Death,
the Misguided Chump Es-
eapes for the Time.
Hans Olson Is Officially Re-
ported to Have Died Of
Meningitis.

1t is said that coming events cast
their shadows before them, and this
maxim was fully substantiated last
evening when the thunder clouds
gathered on the south side of Washing
ton avenue, between Hennepin and
First avenue north, and worked storm
as private syndicate just before the
threatening mutteringS of the genuine
article were heard.
A white cloud with troublesome jag
started the ball by alluding to three
colored clouds standing peaceably by,
that their color was obnoxious to his
presence. One of the coored men, at
the insult, gripped his cigarette tighter
between his teeth and started for the
white man, with vengeance in his man
ner, wIpening him off the sidewalk in
careful and precise manner.
The white was up in an instant and
went for his duSky opponent, who there
upon took him by the neck and care
fully held the white head against the
cool sidewalk for a whole minute, all
the while hanging to his cigarette and
occasionally putting out a beautiful
wreath of smoke. The treatment sup
piled the white mans longing for
trouble for the moment, and the black
men drifted rapidly out Of sight as
suit decorated with brass buttons was
seen approaching. The white soon re-
covered his
Longing For Trouble.
however. and walking across to the
south side of the street, encountered
nnOn whom he vented his
pent-up spite. Calling her vile names
he ierked her about and slapped her
across the face.
The trouble that he longed for came
here also, and with great rapidity.
Hardly had his hand removed itself
from her dusky countenance than her
hand came from the depths of her dress
pocket holding a beautifully nickeled
revolver, while a mob of very dark
clouds sprung up with great rapidity
and proceeded TO 90 for the man with
the Jag He did not await their COM
ing, but made a rapid exit through
door.
The pursued man barred the door and
shot through the building out the back
door into yard Surrounden by high
board fence. A boy came to his rescue
here with a stepladder, and, using this
as means of escape, he carefully but
earnestly drew his feet over the fence
after him and was gone.
A mutinOus mob waited Oh the out
side of the building for some time, but
without seeing their man, after which a
still hunt was inaugurated. This was
unsuccessful also, but the colored men
say they know their man, and will "do"
him sooner or later.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-22
PLEA FOR PREACHING.
Rev. Mr.. Merrill Presents Minis
teriaI Views to Students,

Rev. Mr.. Merrill Presents Minis
terial Views to Students.
Rev. George r. Merrill yesterday
morning, at the First Congregational
church, presented the claims Of the
ministry to students. Instead of ap-
pealing so strongly to the higher mo-
tlves, as is generally done in such SER
mons, Mr.. Merrill began by laying
emphasis upon the temporal ad-
vantages of the calling. 1t was the
only profession not overcrowded.
"A minister was sure of living
as good as that of the average of the
community IN which he lived without
the accompanying anxiety. The cases
of starving ministers with unpaid sala-
ries were rare. The young lawyer or
doctor must wait for practice and a
home. The young minister had a field
at once, and could take bride within a
month after ordination il he desired.
The opportunities for self-development
in the minister were unequaled. His
work was done under healthy condi-
tions. Ministers were long-liyed.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-22
What Causes Gray Hair.

Million.
"Gray hair Is so common now," said a
barber the other day, "that one wonders
what it comes from. Young men have
it in profusiOn, and Young women are
very proud when they have coiffure
in which gray has prominent part.
attribute the prevalence of gray hair to
frequent cutting and soap. The doctors
speak of inherent tendencies, and old
women gabbe of early piety, but soap
and the barber do more toward taking
color and strength out of hair than any
thing else.
"The singeing of hair is done TO pre-.
vent the oils from eXuding from the
ends of clipped hairs, and singeing is in
this regard better. But ammonia-lOaded
soaps are the worst factors. Many per-
sons use ammonia when washing their
head. and it enters into all shampoo
mixtures. 1t is also an ingredient of
most soaps. 1t dries up the scalp and
robs the hair of all its moisture. That
is where the most of the gray hair OF
TODAY comes from"
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-22
DR.. Nelson
226 Washington Av. S., i
Corner Third AV., Minneapolis, Mimi

This o1d-established office oS
Is years standing is noW
strictly under the care of the
old doctor himself, personality
Persons taking treatment here
can rely upon safe, sure and
speedy cures as in the many
years gone by. Remember that
this is the only office in Min
nesota where a specialty.is made
of diseases of the Genito Urin-
ary Organs and of the Chronic
Nervous and Skin diseases
arising therefrom. This is the
only medical office in the state
where every disease of every
name and nature known to
suffering humanity is not treatH
ed for money, and where q
speciality is made with tho
greatest success OF the above9
named diseases.
af-Private and separate reception rooms. M
one but the doctor sees you. Office hours-lO t0
- n. m, . to y. IN. 0nd1 10 y. III.
Mention this paper.