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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12
ONE FlEND TOO MANY.



Up to the year l7id thcro seems tu have
been no regular and permanent theater In
Scotland In that year tho foundation
stone of tho CnnonRnte thoater was laid by
Mr. Lacy Ryan of tho Covent Garden thea
ter, London. At tho prices then customary
(yiz, as Cd. IL. O. aud is,l u full house
was worth from 800 to 600 On special
occasions, such ns the benefit of popular
actor, ms much as f70 was taken, but only
by admitting spectators TO tho wings and
oven TO tho stnge itself. Sometimes tho
stage was 80 crowded In this way that tho
actors had not sufficient room to carry out
their business properly, and, II engaged
In Il duel had to shorten their lunges for
fear of plnking n patron. IL Is to tho credit
of Garrick that he was tho first to sot his
face against this abuse md To close the
stage door even to a prince of tho blood.
Those were days In which every thoater
led preearous existence, Actors were
barely tolerated. They were legally, 'yag.
abonds Their profession was considered
immoral, not only by tho great bulk Of the
public, but, In u way by themselves A
curious illustration Of this hnd beon Afford
ed a little while before Mt a thChtcf In Lon
don. In play called "Fhe Sorcerer" (ti.
tics repeat thomsclyos) dance OF flends
was To DO performed They were masked
and dressed In tho usual manner, With all
tho Duntesquo accessories 10 mako them
terrible. They were IL In number. But,
In the midst Of their performance, they
discovered to their horror that n thirteenth
had Joined himself to them This was too
much for tho actors.
Conscious Of tho fact that they were
considered by most men III candidates for
the special attentions Of tho arch fend,
they fled In NIL directions before tho un
welcome visitor, Ii haply they might yct
escape the destruction which they believed
was coming upon them. Owing TO thi,
general stampede, the supernumerary devil
was never unmnsked But when tho panic
was over it was remembered that thcr,
was q thirteenth Internal toilet, which
might have been assumed for tho occasion
by some practical joker. At the time
however, the direct intorposititn OF sntar
was firmly believed by the actors and tho
audience. Tho actors fed the audience dis
persed To carry 10 their homes tho tiding'
OF this terrible nyntar. And 10 profoundly
did IL affect tho Imagination Of some ol
the spectators that they profossod 10 have
seen the intruder fly away through the
roof Of tho theatcr, and 70 have been them
selves almost suffocatcd by the rcsiduarj
stencil. --Gentlemnn's Magazine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12
p,c.ure.ou. General wolford.

The late General Frank Wolford was a
picturesque survival of the old time Ken
tuekian. 1t has been said Of him that he
was cross between Davy Crockett and
Bishop Bascom, and while he said "whar'
and thar and pint" flor point) and
s'sot " he knew the Bible almost by heart.
Once, when asked at Chamberlin's what
dishes he preferred to choose from the elab.
crate bill Of fare, he replied, . rap dump.
Inns and billed hen" He was an ideal
.oldier--the Forrest Of the Federal army
yet he could not discipline his troops.
When rebuked for this in a review OF the
Army Of the Cumberland he said: u know
nothing about your drills and maneuyers,
but my boys know how to shoot. You
may take any two regiments in the army,
station them whar you please, and will
take my regiment, and what | don't kill
of them will chase out of the state Of
Tennessee in 4S hours. Exchange.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12

A very simple and interesting electrical
experiment may be made with sheet of
brown paper, illustrating in remarkable
manner how the most astonishing effects
may be produced by the simplest means.
Take IA sheet of coarse brown paper and
after holding it before the fire until it is
perfectly dry fold it up into long strip
about two inches wide The magnet is
now complete To exhibit its attractive
power cut some strips of writing paper
about three inches long and about as wide
as one of these lines, then place them upon
the table three or four together. Now
take the magnet and draw 1t briskly I'M
der the arm two or three times Its cleo
tro magnetism Is instantly developed and
becomes apparent when held over the
small strips of writing paper, for they fly
up from the table toward the paper mag
net yeritably by the wings of lightning "
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12
Conductors and Pennies.

"Why is 1t, " asked bright young wom-
an, "that tho conductors always give their
pennies To womeny | never saw man
get any The other day | got pennies
from six conductors, | had started shop.
ping early in the morning, and on the very
first car got into the conductor gave me
five pennies in change when handed him
q dime got rid Of those In n store, and
when got into the second car | had to
changea quarter Again got five pennies.
Then got mad, because there were lots OF
men who hadn't the right change end
not one of them received pennies. did
not say anything, though, and handed
tho pennies over to the clerk at tho next
store.
1.-The next time ] rode had tho right
change, and the fourth time tho conductor
was gentleman and gave me two dimes
for my quarter OF the remaining six con.
ductors that encountered four gave me
pennies, and one actually gave me Id of
them. gave him n bit Of my mind he
won't forget very soon, ! flank, although
Of course didn't benefit any from IL.
"Now, why do they do lit Women have
no pockets In their dresses now, and good.
ness knows their pocketbo 3ks are heavy
and awkward enough, stuff cd with their
ordinary change cards, SAMPLES and what
not, and the men, with NIL their pockets,
escape. It's an outrage. New York Sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12
MINUS THE PISTOL,
Getting Over n Difficulty In Country
Town Theatrical Performance.

Town Theatrical Performance.
A company of amateurs were playing u
thrilling mclodrama In country town In
the south of England The feelings OF the
audience were wrought up 10 tho highest
pitch of excitement by the Villains deeds
of evil At last the wicked man was
tracked to his den and eornorod by tho
hero, whose duty 1t was to murder him.
The two men faced each other and glared
rs stage enemies generally do.
"Now, Jack Jetfries, you arc at my
mercy" cried the hero.
He put his hand to his poellet-horrors,
the pistol was not therel The hero had
not armed himself Tho villain waited to
be shot, and the hero hesitated Then u
bright thought struck the hero. Ho took
the audience into his confidence, I've
got him at my mercy now, " said the horo
in stage whisper; "I'll go and got n pis-
tol and shoot the rogue dead.
He boltcd of tho stage to search for the
murderous weapon, leaving tho doomed
villain to await his return. Moments
passed, villain and audience grew impa,
tient but the hero did not como to put the
villain out of his misery The pistol could
not be found among tho stage properties
either The villain, in despair, thought
he, too, would take the audience into his
confidence
II know what TINT mans nfter. III so
and help him to find that pistol, p"
A roar of laughter followed the villain
rs he left the stage, which was resumed
when the two men returned with the miss.
ing pistol, and the villain was shot accord
ing to the book. London Tit Bits.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12
FIG. l.

low, would get them into lot of trouble
for they are told to make n still dough of
-four and water and to mix SCOT with 1t.
What cook would tolerate such a mess on
her kitchen table? But girl who is used
to handling flour and water and keeping
it in q bread bowl could contrive to mix
the SCOT with it in n pan and make but
little trouble for any one.
Mold the dough into the shape of a
mouse (sec Fig. -. At the point \ on each
side make deep puncture with large
skewer. Take some fine wire and cut 1t
into short lengths for whisiers which
should be fixed at the sides of the nose.
They should be twisted ut the ends where
they are fastened, SO that they will hold,
The eyes are best made by using small hat
pins with black glass heads. Put the mouse
into very hot oven and bake it just
enough to crust. Take it out and remove
all the inside from B to c. You can make
it highly realistic by coating the back
lightly with gelatin or gum arabic dis
solved In water and "fluffing" him by
shipping gray worsted finely and letting
it fall all over him.
Get an empty spool of the right size (see
Fig p, yard of fine Irvine and rubber
band. Pass the band through the hole in
the centerof the spool and fasten it with a
piece of wood or cork SO that an equal
length Is at either end. Wind the Irvine
around the spool, leaving six inches un.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12
Advice For Boys,

A strong and sensible writer administers
a wholesome dose for boys who use tobacco
in any form. assuring them that tobacco
has utterly spoiled and utterly ruined
thousands of boys, inducing dangerous
precocity, developing softening and weak
ening OF their bones and greatly injuring
the spinal marrow, the brain and the
whole nervous fluid. A boy who early and
frequently smokes or in any way uses large
quantities OF tobacco never is known to
make man Of much energy Of character
and generally lacks physical and muscular
as well as mental energy. We would par
ticularly warn boys who want N be any
body In the world to shun tobacco as a
most banefui poison -PhiIadelphia Call.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12
90 PLANTS FEslr


VINO feAeNcs they ksN.
"lt seems incomprehenSible to mo how
people 'Vsu believe that plants do not feel, !"
said w2man whose hobby Is her garden.
They MT only tcol, but they have their
noodS and apparent reasoning powers.
Take roses, for instance They are won.
dcrfulN intelltgent il the term may be
USED They actually sulG II they find what
they do not wish TO cling To in their path
and refuse ~ grow and then rush past IL
rs If shey had made up their minds To IL
and wished to have II over,
Il watched u crrepcr which had grown
IL certain height ON string which WAS
attached to the side of u shingled house
with nail. When tho vine reached the
side Of tho house 1t hesitated, several OF
the branches threw themselves back and
appeared to protest and swayed helpleSsy
In the wind, Finally younger branch
arrived on the scene OF action, 1t actually
appeared to grasp tho situation and after
u day or two of apparent hesitation It com,
pletely changed its tactics, and in place of
the tendrils that had chung Ia the cords 1t
threw out suckers like the foot of fly and
made u new start upward. Tho funny
part Of 1t was that the others literally fol-
lowed Its example, although apparently
they did not have the sense to think of the
plan themselves all hut ono or two who
could not bring themselves to change their
habits and So remained Stunted forever,
Il had another experience with vine
last year that was curious, 1t was Ger.
man ivy, and when planted It In u hang.
ing basket in the veranda 1t was TO all ap.
pearance u healthy happy little plant with
no morbid tendencies whatever; But 1t
suddenly developed in the strangcst way.
1t shot ont ono, and only one, long green,
thick, creepy stem without single leaf
and grow along the raftors of the veranda
In and out like n horrid green hoadlcss
worm 1t grew SO fast that 1t seemed
nncanny, and you will laugh To hear that
l became actually nervous about II, When
1t had attained tho extraordinary growth
of II or moro feet, resolved 10 destroy IT.,
and when cut off the thick succuleut stem,
and throw the long, curious development
wrthing upon the floor | felt rs II had
killed a monster. What tho lifc was In
that creature | cannot tell, but 1t was cor
tainly not natural. Now York Tribune,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12
Anxious Daughters.

Anxious Daughter Mother, did papa
nave his salary increased hen he was
marriedp
Mothcr-No dear.
Anxious Daughter--I don't suppose he
had any money saved up, had heS
Mother--Not q pcuny. lie spent all he
earned.
Anxious Daughter--Did you get along
comfortably
Mother--We were very happy.
Anxious Danghter--Well, yon know,
George hasn't been able 10 snye penny.
but
Mother-Now understand me, II that
poverty stricken fellow dares TO show his
face here again shall certainly get your
father to turn him bodily out.--London
Tit. HIta
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12
Tn. borrowing seig hbor.

"There do be only wan way To get the
besht nv borryin neighbors, said Mrs.
Dolan, IAN that Is 10 move"
"Hov the RaGerties been calltn an yen
againf'
"They how An It's the wan that owns
the utinsiis thot hov 10 b. Roin widout
EN-. In the winter they borry tho cook
shtoye, an In summer they come over fur
the loan ay the dice chist. .--Yashington
Star
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12
A Pnzzling Question.

Grandma says Though ! don't see Why
That am the apple o. her eye;
Brother calls me Ounce; Aunt Fan
Says she thinks I'm little man;
Father says | m reg lar boy,
And mother calls me her pride n joy.
Now this IL what would like 70 know
How in the world can . fellow grow
Who's pride n Joy, an apple. Ounce.
A reg lar boy n q man ut oncet
Anna VI Pratt in Youth Companion
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12

wound to make tho tail Pass tho ends of
the rubber bands through tho holes at A
and A and fasten them securely there with
pegs, as represented i'll Fig. 2, or if your
rubber band be too long you can twist 1t
over and fasten 1t on the inside with q
gimp tack You now draw the end of the
Irvine out to form the tail, and the mouse
is done Placed on the floor and it's tail
pulled, then suddenly let go, twill scamp
er with such lifelike motion that you may
possibly be afraid of your own handiwork
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12

Street Car Conductor--f cant take this
Canadian money. The company won't
take Ii from US.
Mrs. Dear me II that's the case, /
should think you'd be glad 70 take it,
Roxbury Gazette,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12
The Camel,s Pace.

Seven miles an hour is the camel's best
pace, nor can 1t maintain this rate over
two hours. Its usual speed Is about five
miles an hour--a slow, lounging pace, be-
yond which 1t Is dangerous, with nine
oa1nels out Of ten, to urge them, or else as
Asiatics say, they break their hearts, =
and die literally on the spot. --Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
MODELLING IN DOUGH,

How the Girls Can Make = Mouse That
VIII Scamper Over the Floor.
Girls who have brothers do not need TO be
told that boys books contain much that
is equally interesting to girls But for
the benefit of those who imagine that
books which teach boys "how TO do
things" are solely for boys, be it told that
girls could make use of the directions to
much greater advantage, For instance,
in book called Boys Useful Pastimes"
is suggestion which, If boys were TO fol.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12

Mr., Geo, l., Smith. OF tho Geo, l., Smith
Mantcl Co, Louisville, Ny, writes Feb, %,
1894: FOR about a year was n terrible sui
ferer from heart trouble, which got SO bad
| was obliged To sit np In bed To got my
breath, | had TO abandon business and
could hardly crawl arourd. My friond, MIR
Julius G, Norht, ono OF our leading pharma-
cists, asked me to try nr, Miles Heart Curc,
had used littlo moro than bottle whom
tho pain ceased and palpitattons entirely
disappeared | have not had tho slightest
trouble since, and today am attending to
business as regularly as ovor,"
Sold by druggists evcrywhere Rock ON
Heart and Nerves sent free Address pr
Miles Medical Co, Elkhnrt, Ind,
mr. HlrS' kama|ipS Rm'arN E0NIih
Sod by w. II, PRlDEAUN, Druggist
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12
Heart Disease Kills

Suddenly; but never without warning symp-
toms, such as Faint, Weak or Hungry Spells,
Irregular or Intermittcnt Pulse, Fluttcring
or Palpitation OF tho Heart, Choking Scnsa-
tions, Shortncss OF Breath, Swelling OF Feet
and Ankles et.,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-12

Jefferson Was Extravagantly Fond of Girl
Babies-His Letters to His Daughter and
Lincoln Was q Big Play
fellow With His Boys.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-12
MEMBERS of the peoples

MEMBERS of the peoples
party mingle, shout and hur-
rah with the IS to l Oners,
while their office seekers are
abusing a democratic admin
istration; but the BULLETIN
is reliably informed that the
peoples party, while extend
ing a most cordial invitation
to their brethren in faith
to cast their lot with them,
still are most positive in their
assertion that they will not
support any of that number
under the nom de plume of
free silver democrats. The
position of the peoples party
in this respect is exactly
right. If it were possible for
vitue to be contained in the
Is to l fallacy, the peoples
party, and not the Is to |
Oners should be accredited
because while the latter were
endorsing the platform Of a
convention which refused,
most emphatically to incOr-
porate into the platform a
plank declaring in favor of
free coinage, at the ratio Of
is to L, the peoples party
was zealously endorsing the
IS to l plank in their plat
form. "Render therefore
unto Caesar the things which
are Caesars, and unto God
the things that are Gods"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-12
A Day Of Shopping and Sight
S6eInJ.
EDITORS BULLETIN


The first Of July dawned auspi-
ciously for party of two, who had
previously planned to spend the day
in what might be called the second
city of magnificent distances" A
drive of four miles from Waubon-
sic farm to meet the 100 suburban
train for Chicago was very much
enjoyed The city was reached at
8. As. OF course the indispensable
shopping had to be attended to first,
tho judging from the number of ar
ticles bought by this party of two,
one might think this work filled
very small part of the days pro-
gram, but the minutes were pro-
lOnged into hours and the hours
heightened out until noon, still the
mammoth stores of State Street
were the center of attraction.
Finally at l o'clock an l. G. ex-
press was taken. Jackson park was
quickly reached, where lunch was
eaten, facing that lovely body of
water lakeMichigan. As far as the eye
could travel white caps could be seen
rising and falling and chasing each
other over the blue expanse of wa
ter, and at last uniting in one grand |
roar, then dashing high their spray
against the breakwater.
The south side lake shore of '95 |
presents a very different aspect from
hat of '93. Then it was buzzing and
-eemIng with peoples and nations
rom each habitable portion of the
globe. Stupendous buildings COW
cred acres and acres of the spacious
park. Now very few traces are left
o mark the site of the once famous
White CITY"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-12

thisquestion with an attention
that had no break, except the
frequent Outbursts ofapplause
that greeted the speaker. Col.
Patterson must have thought
that when he mentioned the
name of that great democrat
ic statesman, Grover Cleve-
land, that the cheering would
never cease. He paused, and
tried once or twice to begin
but the yells would break out
in spots all over the house,
and the audience would take
it up again. Scores Of men
jumped to their feet and
waved their hats and hand
kerchiefs. Then Mr.. Patter=
son would make another eff
fort to speak, and then he
would be drowned by the vo=
ciferOus cheers. The audi
ence was hoarse when he fl
nally- proceeded"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-12

TT would have been almost
impossible for the democrat
ic party to have acceded to
power at a more inauspiciOus
time than when President
Cleveland was indicted into
office. The change wrought
between the close of his first
presidential term and on his
resuming the reigns of gov
eminent the second time was
so detrimental to the interest
of this country because of re-
publican misrule, that it has
taken time and judicious
management for it to regain
a firm footing. The change
for the better has been neces-
sarily gradual, but with the
flight of time the clouds that
have been barriers to pros
perity are being permanent
ly dissipated. The breech
between government receipts
and disbursements are beingI
narrowed, and the numerous
clashes between capital and
labor are now thing of the
past. Twelve months ago
bank suspensions were almost
daily occurrences, but are
now exceptional. Soup hou-
ses for the unemployed in the
large cities are no longer me-
cessaries, but instead there is
an increase in toe demand |
for labor; besides there has
been an increase in the pri-
ces of many articles that the
farmer produces and a de-
crease in the price of many
that he purchases. But not
withstanding all this, it will
be impossible i'm the short pc
rod of four years for the
country to become as prosper
lus as it would had it &
lot been brought to the t
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-12
History Repeats Itself.

The Chicago-Times Herald finds
in the triumph of sound money in
the Kentucky democratic conven-
ton a repetition of history.
"For the second time" it says,
ga border Southern State has staid
the tide of political heresy and Civ
ell time to reflection and reconsider
alton as to the issue involved.
"Forty years ago this very sum-
mer a new party, which had had
It's origin a few years before, was
sweeping the country with almost
irresistible energy.
1.-The silver hereto of the present
day is nothing in comparison with
the know-nothing enthusiasm of a
generation ago, when the American
party, so called, swept New Eng
land, and was making immense
Roadway in the Middle and South
ern States.
''In 1855 the issue was made in
Virginia strong and clear between
Henry A, Wise and Thomas S.
Flournoy, and an unparalleled po-
litical campaign followed. Gov. Wise
addressed the people in every county
in the state and in almost every town
ship, and Flournoy was quite as ac-
tive.
1.-The result was an OVerwhel-
ming victory for Wise, and from
that time the American party began
to decline. 1t retained a certain
amount OF vitality for a year or
two, and IN the presidential cam
paign of 1856 carried Maryland for
Fillmore, but the Virginia defeat
was the beginning of the end.
Had the party triumphed in Vir-
ginia in 1855 it would have swept
the South in 1856, and elected a
President in all probability. What
the current of historic events would
have been after that can only be left
to conjecture.
"Kentucky in breaking the force
of the silver tide has stood like a
rock, as Virginia stood in an equal
ly crucial moment.
cit is curious historic parallel,
and will no doubt hold even to the
extent of modifying the issues of
the next Presidential campaign.
The silver issue is practically dead. ;"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-12
x-Confederates. Attention

The BULLETIN desires to publish
muster rolls of every Company or
gained in Hardeman County, who
served IL the Confederate Army.
A few weeks ago, we published a
list of the "PIllow Guards" This
week, we give the names of Captain
Robert III. Woods Company. We
will thank any of the surviving
members to furnish us with the
names of those who composed the
following Companies: middleton
Tigers" Captain 7. II. Hancock's
Company, Captain Richardson's
Company, Captain Kizer's Compa-
ny, Captain J. J. Neely's Company,
Captain NJ. T. Folks Company, OF
any others, not mentioned above,
organized in this county. The idea
of the BULLETIN in publishing
these muster rolls is to preserve a
correct an accurate list of the pa
triotic sons of Hardeman who es
poused the Southern cause.