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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-10

He eats sparingly, is seldom a drunk
ard and has a fine physique and an
abundance of good looks. But his wife,
or sister, while sharing the good
health, is seldom pretty. She does
much of the hard labor, and under the
ceaseless strain is worn and bent at
thirty. The young girls are fair to
look upon, but in a few years, under
the drudgery they willingly submit to,
they are barely commonplace
Gluttony is not one of the crimes of
the Greeks. They eat little meat. A
hountiful repast is made up of barley
bread, goats cheese. black dried olives
and wine. Bread and wine in many
cases form the principal meal of a Dig
strong man. Others chew raw beans
and wash them down with wine. Every
one drinks wine for the reason that
water is very scarce in most of the
smaller towns, and what there is of it
is not exceptionally good. In some
places water Is sold in streets by ped
oilers, but the natives seldom buy it,
for wine is just as cheap ard more
neallny. Nearly all Oh Inc ndllNe Wlhc
is favored with rosin. The people
seem to fancy it, although it takes an
American some time to become accus-
toned to the taste. Fair wine can be
bought for three and four cents
quart, and good wine for eight cents.
Olive oil is an important figure in the
diet of the people 1t is used as butter,
cream, lard and suet, and in every
cooked dish. 1t is unquestionablY
healthy, but it becomes dreadfully
monotonous to strangers. Honey Is
used instead of sugar, but tea is un-
known in the country districts. COT
fee is served black and never with
milk. Lamb and goats flesh are the
meats mostly used. Beef is expensive,
being imported from the Black sea.
The tobacco is cheap and mild ana IS
generally smoked in cigarettes, which
are rolled by the smokers.
The houses of the country folks DO
not compare favorably even with me
negro cabins in the southern states at
home. They are never very high, even
in the cities, because the people dislike
the labor of climbing stairs, and, more
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-10

was hurled about by the rising and
falling OF the water, which varied from
less than eight feet to more than forty
feet.
Captain H. A. Adams wrote of the
Slmoda disaster that the sea rose Ave
fathoms above its usual height. over
flowing the town and carrying houses
and temples before it in its retreat.
When it fell it left but four feet Of
water in the harbor. 1t rose and sank
this way, five or six times, covering
the shores of the bay with the wreck
of boats, junks and buildings. Only
sixteen houses were left standing in the
whole place. The entire coast of Japan
seems to have suffered"
That terrific happening was recorded
by the tide register at San Francisco
twelve hours and thirty-eight minutes
later. The distance between Simoda
and San Francisco is 4,527 nautical
miles. The wave transmission varied,
according to two estimates, from $50
miles per hour to $40 miles per hour, or
6.2 miles per minute, which is about
six times faster than the most speedy
railroad train travels.
The tlde-gauge was established at
Fort Point about 1852 and was removed
to Sausalito by Professor George
Davidson in 1877. The first large
earthquake wave recorded on the gauge
at this port was that of Simoda. The
great convulsion at Krakatoa, in The
strait of Sunda, which took place only
a few years ago, was registered at the
Sausalito tide gauge, and the news that
a great earthquake had occurred was
made public by Professor Davidson
weeks before the information was
otherwise known. From calculations
based on the record made by the tide
gauge at Fort Point after the Simoda
disaster of 1854 the coast and geodetc
survey estimated the average depth Of
the Pacific ocean, and the accuracy of
the estimate has been subsequently
demonstrated by deep-s2a soundings
1t is an interesting fact, in view of the
recent calamity at Yesso, that the loss
of life by earthquake disturbances up to
1896 on the entire earth has been at
least 13,000,0 00.-San Francisco Call.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-10
CAMPAIGNING AGAINST BUGS.
How to Kill Some of Them and Keep
the Rest Out.

Among the most contumacious and
annoying of spring visitors that con
front the housekeepers are the reaches,
or water bugs, who appear without
solicitation and pitch their tents
wherever water is constantly kept.
They breed with prodigious rapidity,
and unless exterminated or driven off
will soon take possession of the whole
house. Prevention in this case is in
tinitely better than cure. Powdered
borax or Persian powder should be
sprinkled around the spots that they
would like to call their own, and at
least twice week boiling water should
be poured down sinks, closets and
drains. Hellebore rubbed over with
molasses and put around their haunts
is also considered a specific.
Still more persistent regarding en-
trance, and still harder to put to flight
once in, are those evilly disposed Great
ures whose very name sends chills up
and down the housekeepers spinal
column-the bedbug
They are exceedingly partial to some
kinds of wood, and are not infrequently
built into the very house itself. If not
already in there are hundreds of ways
by which they smuggle themselves in
in boxes and baskets, in the hem Of
garment from the tailor's or the clean
clothes from the laundress. SO prolific
are they that two or three stock
house in one summer if undisturbed.
Scrupulous cleanliness and eternal Wig
lance are the only safeguards.
All beds and bedding should be eX-
amined once a week in summer and il
any traces of interlopers are seen the
bed must be taken apart and thorough
Iy scrubbed with cold water and soap
This is the only way to destroy the
eggs which are deposited in every
crack and creyice, and unless this Is
done the bugs will continue to in
crease. After the scrubing the differ
ent parts of the bedsteads should be
washed with spirits of turpentine or an
ounce of corrosive sublimate mixed
with a half pint of alcohol. A feather
is the best medium for applying this
to the cracks. The Persian insect pow
der applied with a blower is very ef-
ficacous when it can be founl una
dulterated 1t should be showered in
every crack or crevice of the bed, be-
hind the pictures or mantlepieces
along the Dashboard and under any
lose place in the wall paper. Plaster
is favorite trysting place Of these
barbarians, but unless there is a crack
they cannot bore through it. The for
mula for poison that can be applied
with a syringe or sponge fastened on
tie end of a stick is as follows:
One-half pint spirits Of wine, one
half pint spirits Of turpentine one
ounce of crude sal ammoniac, one
ounce of corrosive sublimate and one
ounce OF camphor, Kansas City Star
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-10
SPEED OF A TIDAL WAVE.
Indications on the Pacific Coast of a
Recent Disturbance

The tidal disturbances observed at
Vancouver Island and at New River, in
Mendocino county, within the last few
days, indicate unerringly, accordingly
to the gentlemen locally connected with
the coast and geodetic survey, that one
or more earthquakes have taken place
since the awful wave that caused the
loss of 10000 or more lives at GesSo.
The exact date of the tidal disturbance
al Vancouver Island is not known, so
that there may be a question whether
the manifestations there and at New
River worked the same natural convul-
sion. The register attached to the tide
gauge at Sausalito told of the Yesso
calamity before many of the facts had
been received by cable. But the cX-
tent Of the information traced on the
maregram at Sausalito, as it is called
was only that there had been an earth
quake which had caused the ocean to
undulate in an unusual way The OBJ
server at Sausalito reports that when
the pencil attached to the tide register
was recording the Japanese tidal wave
he could Lot see anything unusual in
the appearance of the water.
Earthquake waves or those given rise
by earthquakes are transmitted with
such enormous speed that the Japan
disaster was recorded at Sausalito
about twelve hours after it occurred.
There are valuable records in the of
flee of the coast and geodetic survey
which show beyond question that a
speed of six miles minute, or $50
miles an hour, is to be expected under
such conditions
The overwhelming of Simoda, town
on the island Of Nippon, appears to
have been almost a complete parallel in
physical manifestations with the e
cent occurrence at Yesso. On the Esd
of December. 1854 a sharp earthquake
shock was felt in Simoda and upon the
shipping at a. m This was followed
at quick intervals for half an hour At
$50 the sea was observed washing into
the bay in one immense wave, thirty
feet high with awful velocity.
In an instant the town OF Simoda
was overwhelmed and swept high from
its foundations This advance and 70
cession Of the water occurred many
times The Russian frigate Diana
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-10
FOREIGN

Phince Lobaorf, Russian foreign min
lister, died suddenly.
Tho Armeninns are determined tc
/ continue their agitation.
Tho ear and c2arina Of Russia ar
rived In Vienna and were received with
great honor
Many of the killed at Constantinuplc
worc thrown into the sea to save the
IL cubic of burial
great fire In the suburbs of Ham
cral million marks.
The Spray, Il thirtC"n ton ketch
from Boston arrived II few days ago
Order has been restored in Constan
tiroplo Minister Ferrcll photographed
hundreds of Armcnians were killed in
the riots.
Tho struggle over the Chilan cleo
ton may result IN revolution One
candidate has used $500. goo for political
purposes,
Tho report has reached Saa Francis
90 that the monarchy Is to be restored
In Honolulu and Princess kauani to
lw recalled
In consequence of the adoption ny
the Spanish chamber OF the tobacco
monopoly ami the leasing of the Alma
den silk mills. the government has sui
tlcicnt resources to continue the Cuban
war
\ great rcte win hc given by the
duke and duchess ut Marlborough ut
llcnhcim Sept 3. TO over 1000 mem
hrrs of the associated cuuseN alive
clubs from Mdlauds, hu0n counties
aud the metropolis,
Au italian warship with an envoy
plcnipotnntary aboard has heru or
drrrd IT, proceed to Rio de lauriro to
dcmarl and obtain from the brazilian
government suitable redress for the re
cent attacks on Italians in Rio
rho British fleet nj Xanaihar bonn
hardod and destroyed the sultans pal
acc. which had been seized by Said
khalid, who proclaimed himself sultan
IN defiance Of British opposition Said
khalid took refuge in the German con
sulatv After lauding Il force of Brit
t@h marines NamirAl Rawsun appointed
llamoud sultan All American Interests
are safe
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-10
THE MODERN GREEKS
CURIOUS PEOPLE NOW AIDING
THE CRETAN REVOLUTION.
PRIMITIVE WAYS OF LIVING
In Country Districts the Houses Are
Absolutely Bare Of FurnltGre-ln.
habitants Are Frugal, but Lazy
Women Kept in Semi Oriental Sc.
clusion.

Athens, Aug. 3O-Just now Greco,
is of more Importance in the politica
affairs of Europe than for many zen
turtles past 1t is argued that the aid
Greece Is giving to the Cretan reyolu,
tionists will hasten the partition OF the
ottoman empire among the European
powers, thus forcing q great change IN
the map of Europe.
For these brief reasons the people OF
Greece are of more than ordinary IN
terest just now. But there will be nc
discussion of the political situation
here. The cable attends to that. AS
matter of fact the average American
tourist can find more to interest him in
u study of modern Greece than in try
ing to solve the political problem OF
the day.
The Greek people are queer jumbo
Of the misty past and the present, with
the past predominating. This does
not refer to the Greeks residing in the
larger cities, but to the people Of the
country districts, whose native ideas
and habits have not been disturbed by
contact with the floods OF foreign sight
seers who overrun certain localities tc
view the famous antiquities.
Greece Is u little place, but the march
OF progression has moved SO slowly in
the rural districts that ii is more diff
cult to make n journey of fifty miles
here than ii is to travel 1000 miles in
the United States. In size the who'll
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-10

kingdom Of Greece is about rs large as
the state of West Virginia, being about
Is, OO0 square miles in extent. 1t lies
between the fortieth degree of latl-
tudc on the north and the thirty sixth
on the south. or on the same lines as
philadelphia and Knoxville. Athens
Is between these two, corresponding
with Richmond.
The sea cuts into the country in hun
Ir"ds OF different places, II has more
bays for its size than perhaps any
other country ON earth, Net all of
the important cities are located inland,
The reason Of this is that the aneicuts
feared inyasions by foreign foes md
huildcd their cities where they would
be less open to sudden attack
The Greek of today is like his eoun-
try, queer mixture, He Is moral but
indolcnt lie has few vices except
that of laziness He is not ambitious
and he is more ready TO boast 81 his
ancestors than to emulate them lie
ehcrtshes the ancient elorios Of Nhens
and Sparta. and he abhors the Turk.
In this latter he Is SURPRISINGLY ene:-
eetie lie is hospitable democratic
ami talkatyc lie is superstitions is
much SO rs The peasant Of lreI0i If
IL has i disturbing dream in thr night
10 tells Of il to the rising sun ~ ward
oil the threatened disaster Kindly
and evil spirits and fairies abound III
thc land. and every hill to him has
ifs ahostly inhabitants lie Is cheerful
ANA Ill adversely is patient
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-10

over, they stand in perpetual fear of
earthquakes The sides and roofs OF
many houses are made of bamboolike
weeds plastered with mud. or furnl-
ture there is next to nothing.
An average interior is divided INTO
two sections by 4 heap of dry furze.
One side forms the abode of the dom"S-
tic animals, in some cases consisting
only of the family donkey. The other
side is where the family lives, and in
ii there is neither bed. table nor chairs,
There are no windows, floor or chin
ncy. The smoke from the tile finds its
way out MS best it can. which Is but
poorly. Pieces OF mating spread en-
the earth floor, with perhaps, rug en-
top, furnishes sleeping place at night,
Even in some of the fair sized towns
in the interior the hotel accommodate
tions are slender. Some hotels boast
Of three rooms for guests, and the pro
prietor is cook, porter, waiter aud
clerk. There is usually one wash bowl
for all the guests. and the bed clothing
has Il suspicious look, After sleeping
n night in one OF these places, Il IS
necessary 10 use Persian powder freely.
In the country districts there are ne
hotels or inns. khan being the orIi-
nary place az shelter for travellers.
Every one sleeps on the earth floor
wrapped in a rug rs close 70 the IRE
Al he can conveniently get. Stores
are kept in one corner Of the khan by
the koerer and ii is possible u get cold
roast lamh bread, cheese and wine
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-10
I which crime Dell swartz is serving

which crime Dell Swartz is serving a
life sentence in jackson prison.
| Mrs Frankisce Alkohser, woman
| OF advanced age, died on the grave OF
her husband in a Chicago Catholic
cemetery He had been dead three
months. she died of heart disease.
Workmen employed in the Illinois
Steel company's plant at Hammond,
Ind, have been informed that the fur
mace fires will be drawn and the con-
Germ be closed for an indefinite period.
Clifford Sifton, attorney general Of
Manitoba in the GreeDway ministry,
has accepted the vacant portfolio Of
the interior in the new dominion min
istry Just organized by Premier Lau-
ricr.
presiden, Cleveland officially wei
coined III Hung Chang. The president
came from .,uzzard's Bay and received
the yceroy at Mr.. Whitney's house, in
New York. Each made "A friendly
speech
In Kalamazoo hundreds Of bicycle
riders created great sensation with
Cowbells, sleighbells ana screech whiS-
ties in condemnation Of the ordinance
compelling all riders to carry lamps
and bells.
The theatrical high hat law has
gone into effect in New Orleans. Every
time lady presented herself with a
hat that came within the provision OF
the law she was compelled to remove
It and given IA check.
In Memphis, Mo-, man got $1,000
damages. The defendant put upon the
gra vestone of his son that he was killed
by the defendant, who was acquitted of
the charge. This case Is said by law
yers to be without precedent.
The inability Of former Judge Henry
Hilton to raise money TO keep Hilton,
Hughes Il Co. alloat Is in Il measure eX-
pIaincd by the lis pCndens on his prop
erty that ties 1t all up until the suit of
IGuphcmia Deans against the A. r..
Stewart estate IL settled.
A Jefferson, s. d.. physician was
called In to release patient from u
porous plaster The latter sues for $500
damage not only for the suffering, but
for relating the circumstance to his
friends, and so holding him up to pub
lie ridlculc and contempt
The worlds bicycle record for trip
let's was broken AT Philadelphia by
George Pierre, Owen O'Neill and Archie
Oracle They rode one hour and coy
cred rs miles and 1873 l-3 yards. The
best previous record made in London
July g. 1896 was In one hour 90 miles
! and i02 yards.
The fire was death blow to Ontona-
gCn Mich. Many of the people are
! leaving for other fields. There Is no
prospect ahead for those who remain
ana they, too, are considering the qucs-
/ ton of abandoning the town. The suf
! fcrcrs are housed In tents from Wlscon-
sin. The loss IL now estimated at ST.
! 100000 The fall fires in northern
1 Wisconsin are beginning,
In San Francisco Big Joe McAulilfe
was knocked out in the fourth round
/ by Joe Choynski, In what was to have
been ten-round contest Choynski
assumed the aggressive from the start
and hit McAulIffc when and whore he
( pleased McAuli. Q, the mission
giant" IL the first man defeated by
Peter Jackson when the latter came to
this country six years ago.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-10

In the cities the natives affect Eu.
ropean clothes, but in the country dis
tricts the people adhere to the white
fustanella, or kits, gay jacket and red
Fez. Some wear capuchin cloaks in
cold weather, the hood being drawn
over the head. Hats and bonnets are
unknown among the women in the
country. Handkerchief are wound
about the heads, and sometimes wells
are worn to conceal the face from
strangers. Gay colors, usually red,
are worn. Women are kept in semi
oriental seclusion, and, although they
work in the fields, they do not appear
freely on the village streets
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-10
tCQl ISIrlON

Mud then. related The shade If II
cNander I laid pipes 10 acquire TIE
resi- Of the world"
The shade Of the plumber showed
signs Of intclligenCc
nh. see II exclaimed Nau / i
L for the hill Well. declare taa
ttat was 2,3oo years ago"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1896-09-18

CastOria is DR.. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. 1t is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil.
1t is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years. use by
Millions of Mothers. Cast0ria is the Children's Panacea
the Mothers Friend.
Castorla. Castoria.
"CastoIfaEso weladptedt ochndrnth that CaHoriac cures Coli, Constipation.
RECOMMEND tas superior hm prescription SourSt Stomach Dmrhua, Euctatou
kno"n TO me-" H. ARcHER, NJ D, KMs Worms ives sep, and promotsd d.
Iii So Oxford St., Brooklyn !, geson,
Without injurious edcauon.
"Theu of sCashra' is som ucrala and "
its nertsso well known hal it seems a work "r.. ou,- u = ,,, o.~--,,
OF superrogatonb endowei,F Few are the .ru..s, 49, Jn 49,. -oI
intelligent families who 10 not keep Casnria ca &c ~ hoe ;,ru.hL, u.aa.oas -,
within easy reach" ro,ns ~ f"N"N" ""A
CARLOS MARTIN 1. ID, EDWIN .PARpEE NJ d..
New York City,. rh Sheetad 18th Ave, New Yor CITY.
HE CRsTAuR COMPANY n MURRAY STREET. New York Cry
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1896-09-18
Proposed Amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the State of North
Dakota.

The Fourth Legislative Assembly of the State
OF North Dakota proposed the following Amend
ment to the Constitution of the State by a
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Resolved, by the House of Representatives of
the State Of North Dakota, the Senate concur
ring, that the following amendment of the Con-
%stitutiOn of the State of North Dakota be sub
mitted by this Legislative Assembly of said
State, to be by said Legislative Assembly sub
mitted to the qualified electors of said state for
rejection or adoption:
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
~First-That section 121 of the Constitution be
amended 50 as to read as follows: Every male
person OF the age of q years or upwards belong
ing to either Of the following classes, who shall
have resided in the state one year and in the
county six months and in the precinct ninety
days next proceeding any election shall be
deemed a qualified electOr at such election,
First, citizens of the United States; second, civ
lhZed persons of Indian descent who shall have
severed their tribal relations two (2) years next
preceding such election.
That section 17 be amended to read as fol-
lows. Section 1877. No person who is under
guardianship, non cOmpOS mentis or insane shall
disqualified to vote at any election. nor shall any
person convicted of treason or felony unless
restored to social rights, and the legislature
shall by law establish an educational test as a
qualification and may prescribe penalties for
failing. neglecting or refusing to vote at any gen
eral election.
The aforesaid proposed amendment will be
submitted to next Legislative Assembly,.
Dated at Bismarck, n. d., this 1st day Of
August, 1896.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1896-09-18
Debarred.

"Look here, " said the city editor to the
new reporter, "you allude in this story to
Mr.. ROCKWELL as a fnancier."
"Why, he handles a great deal of mon
ey."
II don't care if he does. 1 don't want
you to call him a fnancier. He hasn't any
side. whiskers. Washington. Star.
The free silver boilers from the St..
Louis republican convention were off in
thinking that all the friends of silver
would follow them out of the republican
party into the demo-pop party. United
States Senators Walcot of Colorado,
Mitchell of Oregon, Shroup of Idaho,
Warren of Wyoming and Garter of
Montana did not bolt; on the contrary,
they are loyal to the republican ticket
n their own states, also the national
tickets. Tom Garter is out in a strong
letter urging the Montana republicans
to stand together and support Mckinley
that free trade and free silver cannot
work together.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1896-09-18
AMT of

Among the Arecunas both men and
women encourage personal vanity to an
extraordinary degree and pass the greater
part of the day decorating their naked
bodies with all the colors they can obtain.
These they prepare from different fruits,
that OF the cusarapeu producing a bright
scarlet and the bark of the cuare a deep
black. Around tho wrists, forearlns and
ankles the women wear bracelets made
from the teeth of wild animals, and they
paint the legs, breasts and last, but not
least, the faces. The designs are often
artistic and enable them to conceal their
ages more successfully than all the modern
lotions, powders and "blooms of youth"
w. Nephew King in Century.