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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
THE HAIDAH INDIANS.
Great Gamblers and Play for a Hours
at & Stretch.


at & Stretch.
AT Victoria, B. c., there are MANY
Haidah Indians from the Queen Char
lotte islands, who came down the
gulf of Georgia in canoes hewn from
single cedar trees and capable of hold
ing 100 persons. The Haidah women,
like the women Of Alaska, wear pieces
Of bone or pearl stuck through their
lower lips. They are clever workers,
making ornaments of chased silver
and baskets of birch fiber, woven
closely enough to hold water.
The HaidahS also curve polished
columns of coal slate, soft when first
cut, but hardening on exposure to the
air The figures are bears, crows,
frogs and lizards. They have a curl
GUS mythical bird called the thunder
bird, which, when he flaps his wings,
makes thunder, and when he winks
his eye, lightning. They are great
gamblers, using round, polished sticks
Of yew, sometimes inlaid with bits Of
pearl. The sticks are Shuffled under a
covering of cedar bark, the gamblers
grooming a low chant the while They
will gamble away all they possess
and become so much absorbed that
they sit whole day and night without
food. AS warm clothing they wear
BLANKETS woven of dogs hair.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
CANNY TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
How Stewart Kept Carriages Stand
ing Before His Store.

New York Sum:-HundredS Of men
look back upon A. L. Stewards estab-
lishment as both a primary and Il
grammar school for the dry goods
trade in this city, and one Of these
hundreds told this story the other
night: "Stewart's store he said,
was opposite City Hall park. Ball,
BLACK & Co., jewelers., and Leary, the
halter, had stores on the block below.
Stewart noticed eveIy day that there
were private carriages in tie front Of
these stores while the occupants We're
inside, and there seldom were any in
front of his store. Private carriages
were conspicuous in New York at that
time, for there were very few of them.
Stewart wanted them to stand in front
of his place as an advertisement. 1t
would give the impression that the
occupants, who represented the wealth
of New York, were inside buying
goods. He hit upon a scheme that kept
Il row of private carriages in front of
his store all day. He paid the driver
Of each carriage Il shilling Il day to
drive up to his door and wait until they
were wanted"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
CHAIRMAN SPRINGER COM
PLETES IT'S PREPARATION.
IT PROVIDES FOR A NATIONAL
COMMISSION.
To BE Composed of the Secretary O
the Treasury. [. S. Treasurer an,
Comptroller Of the Currency-Estab
fishes New Method Of Issuing Notes
Bits Main Points

Washington. Dec. ~. Chairman
Springer, of the committee on banking
and currency, has completed the pre-
paration of his currency bill. 1t pro
yides for the creation of q national
currency commission, to be composed
Of the secretary of the treasury, tn,
treasurer of the United States and tht
comptroller of the currency, which
shall be charged with the execution
of the provisions of the act.
The commission shall have legal ten
der notes printed at the bureau OF
engraving and printing, which shall be
redeemable in coin. Such notes shall
be issued to any solvent bank hav,
ing q paid UP capital over $4,000 Cd
deposit of certain bonds required by
the act These bonds may be either
United States or those of state. county
parish Or city with a population Of
5000 or over when the bonds have
been at par for two years and all in
tcrest paid up.
Circulating notes are exempted from
The 10 per cent. tax on state bank
lSSucS, anu JULIUS dIc dlSO cAelupt
from all taxation, federal or local
Banks depositing other than national
bonds may receive 90 Ter cent. in
ToteS.
The United States assumes all re
sponsibility for the redemption Of
notes. The banks must guarantee the
payment of bonds deposited, and al
assets Of the banks are liable there
fore. On notes issued to the amour,
of half the capital stock, the banI
must pay a tax of 1 per cent. per an
mum; on additional % per cent, {
per cent. tax is imposed, and on the
remaining p per cent. Il 4 per cent
tax will be required. The faith an(
credit of the United States is pledged
to the redemption in coin, on demand, Of
the national currency notes, and Il re
serve fund i'll coin is provided equa
to 20 per cent. of the sustaining notes
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
found on the roads now in use-Massa
chusetts Ploughman.
Peach Trees.


The peach crop has been a very
profitable one for most growers for
several years past, and while there
will come some years of total failure
and others of crops too large for
profit, it is still fruit which it will
pay to plant more widely. Peaches
might be grown in many places where
they now are not if they were shell
tered upon the north and east from
the cold winds. This shelter could be
given by means of an evergreen hedge,
by buildings, or even by high board
fence. but when such protection is
given it will be found necessary also
to mulch around each tree as far as
the roots extent to prevent the warmth
Of the sun in the early spring from
starting them too soon, and so sub
jecting the buds to the probability
Of being killed by later frosts. 1t is
not so much an object to procure ex-
IRENE earliness rs it is to have a
full crop Of fine Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
Good Roads.

Good roads will do more to increase
the value of farm property than any
other one thing. In a recent article
from gentleman who had a personal
acquaintance with some of the aban
doned farms in the eastern states
the writer gave as one of the prime
causes of their abandonment the
wretched condition of the roads We
heed thoroughly TO understand that
the condition of our public roads
largely determines the value of our
farms. The grades should in very
many cases be remedied. To this
there are two objections-first, the ex-
pense; and second, the fact that the
change would in many cases place
the highway from ten TO thirty rods
from the buildings. The first is an.
swered in showing the extra needless
expense incurred by farmers in hauling
loads. This item alone would very
soon pay the expense of making the
change. As to the second objection.
there could be lane or short roadway
from the main highway, which in some
instances might necessitate climbing n
hill, but not as steep as many already
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
POET AND ATHLETE.

Daniel l.. Dawson, who died O few
days ago at his home in Philadelphia.
occupied a unique position as man
Of business, poet, litefateu., athlete
and bohemian. He was educated at La
Sale college, and then went into bust
ness with his father and afterwards
with his brother. Of late years, how
ever, he gave most of his attention
to social and literary pursuits. Much
of his spare time was given to ath-
letics, and he became well known as
a clever boxer, being of extraordinarily
powerful build. He was fond of as
sociating with pugilists and other bo-
hemian characters. When young he
had an ambition to go ON the stage,
and he was always ready to help an
impecunious Thespian. His poems
have found numerous admirers, and a
volume collected from the magazines
was published last August under the
title The Seeker in Marshes and Other
Poems. A recent critic has Hkened
him to that other literary athlete,
North.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
Corn Fodder.

One of the objections urged against
corn fodder is that when it is fed
whole the cattle waste much of it by
trampling, and that if cut up they
pick it over and refuse a large por-
ton This depends on education and
circumstances. If the cattle have been
accustomed to good hay and ground
grain they will with reluctance accept
that Of lesser quality, but on some
farms cut cornfodder that has been
given with ground grain has been
readily accepted by all classes of stock
except swine, and even horses have
been wintered on it, coming out i'll
good condition in the spring. The
advantages in the use of enSilage and
corn fodder, when properly prepared for
stock are less waste, lower cost of food
and a saving Of hay. Straw may also
be included in the list of substances
wasted which could be put to excel
lent service with a small expenditure
of labor in its preparation for the
animals Philadelphia Record.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
EASY TO HAVE PRETTY HANDS
simple Methods by Which They Nav
be Kept Soft and White.

ANY woman can have pretty hands
VINO Is willing TO 20 to rhe lesst
trouble with them. The hand is easily
nodded and can be shaped or whiten-
ed or the texture changed almost at
me Will of the owner. In the first
place the hand has a rounded palm and
hVe graceful fingers that are bound
10 De pretty. no matter how treated.
The only things to be done are TO
make tho flesh soft, the skin white
ana the nails an oval which shall be
becoming to the Style of the hand.
According to the Boston Post these are
the most difficult things to accom-
lhlSh, unless one knows exactly how,
and the easiest of the secret has been
learned. But of ultimate success there
need be no doubt The best hand
bleach is pure soap. Get enough TO fill
a teacup when shaved tinely-castile is
very good for this-and melt with a
pint OF water until it is Il thin soft
soap. Add little cologne and set
away to cool i'll Il big jar Now, when
washing the hands, lather th.cl1ly with
this soft soap and hold them in water
soap with hot water and after shaking
the hands we'll dry them in a box OF
Cracked oatmeal. Rub softly until
thoroughly dry and then dust them
lightly with Il towel, and il in one
week the hands are not beautifully
Write they may be- given up as the
only hands in the world that are wholly
incolrigible.
Bony hands, even, can be improved.
The skin of the hands is very sus-
ceptible to oils and If mutton tallow,
cream OF a quantity of good almond
oil is diligently rubbed in twice a
day, for ten minutes at time, in
month the hands vii begin to be plump
and pretty. VaSeline Is not so good for
this, as on some skins it is apt to
produce light though undesirable
growth of hair. Lord ByTon's old
recipe for pretty nail still holds good:
"A rose leaf with a crescent in It,"
And as most rose leaves are oval let
the nail be as much that shape as pos
siblc; and if you can shape it SO, let
it curve at the tip exactly as it does
at the end where the moon" lies
This will accomplish the oval. After
Il woman has made her hands soft and
white and pretty she wants something
else, and that something is the polish
which still continues to be fashionable
among society beauties, in spite Of
the verdict that the manicures are
against it. 1t takes longer to mani
cure Il polished nail than it does a
MI Ilr,f iG n hn
it is more elegant thus.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05

knows the Dormice are one of the very
nrst families of Pennsylvania. Ger
Dormouse, it may be remembered. wo>
drunk at the battle of Long Island. and
DIDN'T get his troops up in time.
Ii was very select little ,l;nnar
that Mrs. Tallyho Van Shekel gave to
a few friends last Thursday. EVERY
tinng was expensive, and although
the conversation was rather fat a,,
through the dinner. everybody was
eXquisitely dressed and it passed off
unusually We'll Mrs Tallyho Van
Shekel Is extremely careful in choosing
her ASSOCIATES. Her ancestors have
owned property on this island for
several generations and none of them
nave ever been in states prison, or. in
fact, distinguished themselves in anv
, other way.-Life.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
Apples,

The president of the Ontario Fruit
Growers association gives the fol
lowing good directions for packing
ground and place Il barrel upon Il
solid piece Of plank. Lay the first
coIl Sc of apples With the stems down.
The packer should not take special
samples for this course, but just take
tn, III us they come and place them So
as to make Il solid row in the bottom.
The next row should also be put in
carefully. with the blossom end down.
After that. as each baSkettul is put
in, the barrel should be carefully
shaken down on the plank. When
the packer comes TO the top Of the
barrels he eyens them on according to
the variety. One variety will press
down closer than another, and that
is where Il little Judgment and eN-
perience are required. A man must
know every variety he is packing in
order to know how many to put in
the barrcl-whether he will fit it to
the chine. IN inch above the chine,
or further Then the last row has to
be placed so as to be in an oval posi-
tion before you put the press on With
the stems up. so that they will press
down evenly and level, and afterward
on opening the barrel you can not tell
at what end you commenced. That
is, when a barrel is packed properly,
and it will carry and carry thor
oughly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
NOTHING NEW.
The Weary Man Winds Up the Argu-
ment With Il Fact.

Chicago Tribune:-"ThR croWIKn =
infamy of the age roared The demo-
cratic orator, shaking his fist as if
defying the entire republican party,
lis the force bill! Never in the history
of civilization, nay, never before in the
history of the world, did the fiendish
malignity of power devise such L
scheme to crush the liberties of great
people The mind of man did not con-
cieye in the darkest ages Of the hui
man race 4 measure so atrocious, SO
horrible, so full of venom!
The force bill, with which the re-
publican party has sought to reduce
to bondage the free white citizens of
eleven sovereign states, is the first
measure of the kind in the annals of
the world. Ransack the pages of his
tory. Search the musty tombs Of the
vanished paSti Explore the ruins of
antiquity and decipher the hierogly
phicS that record the deeds Of heroes
and tyrants before the science and in
tellect of mankind had given an alpha
bet to the world, and never, l repeat
it, never will the story of an injustice
so fiaSrant, so outrageous, so abhor>
rent, he found to defile the page of the
record! This is the first, as it will be
the last, force bill. 1t is
DO l understand you to say" in
terrupted q tiredlooking man in the
crowd, rising up, that there never
was Il force bill before?'
THAT is what l said, sir
Il say there was
The proof, SIR demanded the
orator, pointing long, quivering finger
at him, and, speaking in a voice of
thunder. When and where did that
force bill exist? What was it called?'
William the ConQueror'. replied the
man. sitting down again and yawning
drearuy
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
THE SUCCESSOR OF POWDERIY.
X. Sovereign of Iowa, With Some
Facts Regarding His life.

James X. Sovereign, the successor
Of NJ. Powderly as master workman
of the knights of labor, was born in
Wisconsin about 40 years ago. At the
age of 10 he went to Texas and lived
for some time with the cowboys on
cattle ranches. Later on he drifted to
Kansas, and finally in 1872, he went
to Iowa, where he has since lived and
worked. Mr.. Sovereign learned the
mmble-cutterS trade, and picked up
what education he could by general
reading. For nipc years he worked ut
marblc-cutting, and he became Sccre-
tary Of the marble cutters union In
1882 he joined the knights OF Dor,
and in that same year he ran for con
SresS as Il greenbacker in the 9th dis
rict. Mr.. Sovereign was the green
back candidate for governor of Iowa
i'll 1887, and in 1888 he ran for con
gress again. Thus he became an
a|;tatOr and labor leader of consider
able prominence i'll the west MI
Sovereign was a delegate to the gener-
al assembly of the knights from the
local ASSEMBLY, at Storm Lake, Ia, for
nine consecutive years, and for the
past six years he has been master
workman of the Iowa state assembly
He is now serving his second term as
Iowa labor commissioner, by appoint
ment from Gov. BOieS.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
u THE WORLD OF FASHION.

Mr.. ]. Hanson Noseleigh selects his
own suspenders. He is one OF the best
dressed men il the smart set, and al
though his suSpenders do not show
when he is fully attired we think it
well to get ahead of the daily press
and publish any important news of this
nature that comes in our way.
Last week there was wedding on
Fifth avenue and everybody wore
clothes. Just what the clothes were
and who owned them may be ascer-
tain by studying the daily papers of
the next morning.
Missile Iissie Kissie is engaged to J.
GUtchinGs VIKING, of Philadelphia.
Mr. VIKINGS grandmother was Dor
mouse, and everybody in good society
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
Seed Potatoes.

Successful growers of potatoes have
learned that to insure good crop
the seed must be selected carefully
the previous fall. The best results
come from making the hills as they
are dug, choosing well formed potl-
toes, free from scab or prongs and
with smooth surfaces Neither the
very large nor very small should be
taken. The first will be misshapcn
ripened. Something depends OH how
the potato has been grown. If the
vines kept healthy until the crop of
tubers was fully ripened, the very
smallest may make good seed. After
selection tn" main\ point is to keep
the seed 1T rs low Il tempcra ture as
possible without danger Of frost. These
conditions arc 5eSt secured by keeping
potatoes in dry ont of doors pits. In
or northern climate after the covering
Of the pit has frozen over it will not
thaw out again all winter. If there is
danger Of thaWing too early, Il covering
of straw will maintain IN even degree
of temperature below freezing, while
protecting the potatoes from too much
cold. The tubers will come out with
eyes rs dormant rs when they Were
put in the pit. The potatoes will be
harder by evaporation of their mois
ture. while those kept in cellars will
he made soft by starting of the eyes
which rapidly take out the substance
needed to give the potato SET It's first
Start after being planted.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
Poultry.

Use pure bred cocks always. A
mongrcl does not pay, and causes
loss of time.
Never bring Il hen from another
yard into your own, or you may III
troduce lice and disease.
Always have your nests removable
and kerosene the roots (lnder the upper
Sides) once Il week.
When your hens get sore feet, OF
have bumble-foot, it means that your
rooSts are too high.
Feed sulphur sparing4y, as it will
cause rheumatism or leg weakness
Never give it in damp weather.
Give water to chicks so as not to
allow them to get their bodies wet,
rs daRpness is fatal to them.
Mating for the how-room and mat
ting TO produce sl4ow-birdS from the
prize winners are different.-Poultry
Keeper.
\ mixture of two parts of lard and
one part of kerosene oil will remove
the rough, scabby formation on the
legs Of fowls.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05

The condition of the AVERAGE stova
oven in which food and nastrv arr.
Daheu Is not such as to inspire adj
miration. In fact, perfunctory sort
Oh sweeping is about all the cleaning
our stove ovens ever receive. In a
great many cases remnants of dishes
which have boiled over remain for
nlon.ns cnarred On the oven bottom
NOW, all this negligence in the care
q the oven undoubtedly affects the
food cooked in it. In some narts of
England where brick ovens arc usod
the walls Of them are whitewashed.
Inls pur1fies them, as common white
wash, 1t is well known, is an elegant
dlslnfectant. Of course, it would not
De possible to treat an ordinary iron
stove oven in this way, as the lime
would corrode the oven. In some
parts OF Europe the ovens are tiled.
and these may be easily washed clean.
Ihefe is no possible objection to wash
ing out the oven Of an iron range. If
TINS is done Systematically at least
once a week from the beginning. the
oven will never get in the black, sooty
condition in which it is so frequently
found
When anything boils over in the
oven, 1t should be allowed to burn to
char, as it then may be easily scraped
Oh and brushed out After this the
oven should be thoroughly aired. It
Is great mistake to bake delicate
dessert, Or cake, or pie III the same
oven with dish of meat which has
been favored with onions or strong
spices. The flavor of the meat will
invariably affect the more delicate
dishes. The fiues of every oven should
be cleaned out once a month.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
CURIOUS AMERICAN HOUSES,
Village of Balize, at the Mouth Of the
Mississippi, Built on Piles.

Among the 65,OOO,OOO people in the
United States there are probably not
5OO-outside of the locality-who are
aware that at the mouth Of the Miss
issippi there is a little village built
upon wooden piles standing far out in
the water According to Harper S
Young People, this village, which is
called BaliZe, is reached from the main
Land by canoes or boats, and it's inhabi-
tants have to climb kind of pole-lad-
der to get to the doorways of their
homes. This is probably the only place
in the United States in which pile
dwellings occur; but all along the
Venezuelan coast and at the mouths
of the OrinOco and Amazon similar
villages are frequently met with, many
of them being inhabited by the Indian
fishing tribes of the Amazon estuary.
These strange inhabitants were first
discovered by Alonzo. de Ojeda, who
accompanied Columbus on his second
voyage To this continent. In 1890 he
undertook an Independent voyage to
explore the northern part of South
America, and he took with him Amer
igo NeSpucci. who wrote a graphic ac-
count of the expedition The following
extract from a translation of Vespucci's
work gives the origin of the name
Venezuela, and tells of the connection
between the curious village discovered
there and the name Venezuela: PRO
ceeding along the coast they arrived
at a vast gulf resembling a tranquil
lake, entering which they beheld on
the eastern side a village the construc-
ton of which filed them with surprise.
1t consisted Of twenty large houses
shaped like bells, and built on piles
driven into the bottom of the lake.
which in this part was limpid and but
of little depth. Each house was provid-
ed with a drawbridge and canoes.
From the resemblance to the Italian
city, Ojeda gave the bay the name
of the Gulf of Venice (Venzia." The
country itself was afterwards called
Venezueia, or Little Venice, the origi-
nal Indian name being Coquibacoa.
In Lake Maracaibo, south of the bay
of Venezuela, similar pile buildings
are still erected by the Goajoir Indians.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
The Medium Hog.

There are several reasons why the
medium hog is more profitable than
the big one 1t is the hog that butchers
and packers want. 1t natures early,
and so can be marketed without be-
ing fed through a major part of the
cold winter-the time when feeding
costs money. And it can be brought
into marketable condition ut short
notice, so that you can take advan-
tage of almost any temporary rise in
prices.