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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
a + earfu| Experience
A POSTMASTER LOSES the USE OF HIS
LEGS AND ARMS.
Edwin R. Trip, Of MiddIefeId Center, Meets with
Hazardous Encounter Which Renders
Him Helpless.
F,rm ossrSo HcpuhIjcon, oOopersN,vr, NJ Y

Mr.. Edwin L, Trip, the postmaster at
Middlc6rld Ccntcr, \, y, recently had Il
dangerous experience which len him in u
helpless state, His system was SO much
shattered that il WAS feared he might never
recover.
In an interview with u reporter vt the
RepHhhein regarding this experience Witch
had attracted considerable attention. MIR,
Trip stated:
"ln March, 1892 | was taken with what
Rhcrward learned was locomntor ataNia, and
was unable to walk, and kept getting
worse until lost the use vt my arms.
doctorrd with two skilltMl doctors hut re.
ceivcd no benefit, aud also used u galVaQic
battery but kept getting worse aud the dM.
tors told me they could do 10 more, This
was in May and June, 1892. | gave up all
hope OF ever having the use of my limbs
again, and did not expect TO live very long,
! was unable to dress or undrcsS myStlf, aud
could not get around the house unless | was
nuN cd in chair.
81 think il was in June thnt | read of the
case of a man IN Saratoga Co, n, v, who
was taken very much as myself Tie hnd
taken DR., Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People which contained, in II condensed form,
all the elements necessary 10 give new life
and richness TO the blood and restore shat.
tered nerves. and had been cured ny their
use.
a. learned that the pills were prepared by
the nr. Williams Medicine Company, Schc.
nectady, n. y, and only cost 80 cents box
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
CATTLE FOR BEEF.

The distribution of the largest pro-
portion of the best quality of flesh on
the parts of the carcass which COM
mand the highest price is a point which
should be constantly kept in view in
the breeding and feeding Of animals
intended mainly for the purpose of
beef production. a great change in
the last few years has taken place in
the requirements of the trade in this
line The big, heavy full-grown bull
lock of four or five years OF age, weigh
ing 1900 pounds, is no longer wanted,
and the demand now is for wellbred,
early maturing animal, which at say
two and half years is fully finished,
ready for the market and the block,
and weighing from 1920 pounds to
1900 pounds. In looking over the re-
ports of the principal cattle markets it
Is not unusual to observe difference
of from one and half to two and a
half cents a pound in the range of
prices, and tle difference in almost
every case is determined by quality
rather than size. The shrewd and
capable buyer and dealer must be able
at a glance TO determine the dressing
qualities of a breast and the percent
age of high priced meat he.will pro-
duce. The animal may be fat enough
and heavy enough, but the weight may
be in the wrong place to bring the
highest price, so he has to be classei
with a lower grade. The tallow candle
has been superseded by such produc
auctions as coal oil. gas and electric
light Cottolene and other substances
are now used for the purposes for
which tallow was formerly used, and
the loose products of fat cattle now
sell at very much lower price than
formerly. With talow quoted at three
cents pound, the buyer naturally
hesitates to pay five cents pound for
cattle when he knows from their form
there must be in the animals he is
buying an unusually large amount Of
pure tallow, which is only worth three
cents pound in the market. Cattle
which have been carelessly bred and
fattened, being uneven and lumpy,
with bare backs and big bellies, will
certainly be Disseminated against, for
the simple reason that there will be
an undue proportion Of the weight in
the parts thai will bring low price
When the cattle show evidences OF
good breeding and are smooth in form,
and have broad backs, thickly feshed
loins, level quarters, well sprung ribs,
thickly covered with natural flesh.
mellow to the touch, yet firm and not
fabby, the buyer will confidently pay
the highest price the markets will jus
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
LINSEED CAKE.

AS milk and butter producer,
ground linseed cake has no equal. 1t
not only increases the flow of milk
but adds greatly to it's richness in
cream. With a COW accustomed to-
corn meal, bran, shorts and the like,
the increase will be from one to two
quarts at each milking, within "A hours
after beginning with the ground lin
seed cake. A COW, to be able to give
a full flow of milk must have food
richer in nitrogen than would be re-
quired for any other animal, since
milk is composed largely of albumi-
noids, and this can only be supplied
from food containing this substance.
The first demand of COW upon the
nitrogen of food is to supply waste
tissue, and only the surplus will go to
milk.-Coleman Rural World.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
DIDN'T BREAK RECORDS.

Louisville, Oct IS. Joe Patehep
went against the worlds records yes
terday Mt the Driving and Fair MS
sociations track. He first went
against the high wheel sullSy record
Of 2;0Gh, Paced by runner, he made
the first quarter in 81, the half la
102&, the three-quarters In 1.3iA.
The last quarter was slow and tho
mile was finished In 2:07A. After
this he went against tho four wheel
wagon record and paced mile In
206 which Ia better than any pre-
ylons record except his Joliet record
OF 204%, Lady Nottingham won the
unfinished 2:12 pace
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
MILKING MACHINES YET THEOR-
ETC.

In spite of the fact that it has been
many years since the first appearance
of the milking machine in some form,
we yet have practically only milking
machine in theory. That is, it has not
passed beyond the experimental stage
1t is true, few of these machines are
being used by the experimental farms
and by a few big dairymen, but even in
those cases the use is merely to demon
strate the possibility of using the ma
chimes and not because any great ad-
vantage is gained by them We would
be glad to see them a success, for they
would remove from dairying some of
It's worst features, but to the present
time the progress has been so slow that
the encouragement for the immediate
future is not great.-Farmers Review
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
GIRLS OFF FOR KLONDIKE.
Two Kansas City Newspaper Women
Who Have the Fever

Miss Emma l.. Kelly and Miss Mil
dred M. Hurlbut from Kansas City,
are in Chicago fitting ont preparatory
to an early departure to Klondike.
Miss Kelly is a daughter of former
Senator II. b, Kelley, whose home is
now in Topeka, and Miss Hurlbut is
her cousin. Miss Kelley is % years
of age, Of the blond type, lively, bright
and an interesting talker. Her cousin
is also light in complexion and equally
comely and pleasant. These two dar
ing girls will sail for Alaska on the
City of Topeka from Seattle Sept II.
They will go to Dawson City, and from
there seek the gold camps east Of
Dawson by dog train. The Chilkoot
Pass will be braved by sledge with
dogs for the motive power.
The aim and purpose of this danger
GUS undertaking is adventure and gold
dust. They expect to get some claims
and come home wealthy. Their Alaska
costumes, including everything from
boats to caps, have been bought in
Chicago. Their Klondike beds-or
sleeping bags-made of water proof
duck canvas, lined with sheep skin, are
already stretched out on the floor Of
the room in the Saratoga hotel.
An interesting item In their list of
supplies is 700 pounds of tobacco.
This the young women will use TO as
sist them in locating their claims.
They will hand it out to the miners.
and by making good fellows" Of
themselves expect to get some valuable
tips as TO gold claims. Each of the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
A CITlFIED PLACE .
Thugs Held High Carnival Ut Man.
a-~-
itowoc.

Manitowoc. Wis, Oct. 30.-William
Zahn was held up by three men. One
OF his assailants struck him on the
head with some hard instrument
knocking him insensible. He waa
then relieved Of 40 cents, all the money
on his person. One OF the rufiians lost
his hat In his haste to get away. Mr..
Iahn was carried into a nelghboring
house and a physician called who
found that he was seriously injured.
A tramp entered the residence Of Rev.
Machmuller last night and refused to
leave. saying that It was money he
was after and he would not leave the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04

or six boxes for $50 at any druggists, and
sent tor two boxes, used the pills faith.
fully and they gave me an appetite, | then
sent for four mare hoNe>, aud before had
taken all vt them my feet and legs which
had been cold began 10 get warm,
=" was u member OF the Town Board that
summer and had to he carried and put into q
Wagon to ~ to the meetings, and in fact was
helpless, as my ncighhorS Know, In August
could walk around the house by pushing
chair, | kept getting better and managed
IL move around more, until NJ election timo
that Year, | walked with u cane 20 the polls,
a short distance from my home, continued
TO take pr, Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People until ! had taken eighteen boxes, /
could then get around, and to-day walk to
tho post office and back. 4 distance of ono
quarter OF u mile, three times day, and
attend to my duties as postmaster.
"lu the spring of tSaS was elected town
clerk, which office held for three years, l
had previously been u justice of the peace
for thirty.two years. | ann now 20 years OF
nEc, and have lived in this town for about
tarty.SiN years. Fer nearly bny years l
worked AZ the hlacksmith's trade, | am
able 80 do work IN my garden now, AMI saw
some OF my wood, consider that my res
toratiou to health Ia due 10 the use Of DIR,
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
EDWIN Il, TRlrp."
Subscribed and sworn TO before mo this
2Sd day of June, 1897.
HOMER HANNAH, Notary Public
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
HOW TO PREPARE TOBACCO DIP.

Speaking of tobacco dip, a writer
says it will require for 100 sheep 100
gallons Of water, and to make that
strong enough to kill ticks and the
scab it will require the addition of all
the fluid that can be extracted from
rs pounds of tobacco should be thor
oughly stepped and boiled so as to get
all the strength out of it. To this
mixture 10 pounds of sulphur should
be added. The sulphur should be
mixed separately in pail of hot wa
ter and after being thoroughly stirred
should be added to the dip. If tobacco
stems are used, at least three times the
weight mentioned should be steepeG
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
AMONG THE POULTRY.

One way of preventing sapes is to
feed on clean surface.
Do not try TO keep too many Hens
that are crowded will not lay.
II chickens are raised in II brooder
care must be taken to keep the heat
uniform.
Gather the eggs regularly now,
otherwise they are liable to become
frozen and broken.
Small flocks, well cared for, will
give the best results. Fifty is as many
as should be together.
When the hens are closely confined
they will thrive better if they can have
something to do,
The purposes for which fowls are
fed are several, and each purpose re-
quires the food most naturally suited
to it in order to secure the best re-
sults.-St. Louis Republic.
A good supply of pine or cedar
shavings should be kept on hand and
deposited occasionally in each nest
They are preferable to hay or straw, as
the odour is obniXious to the lice
Crushed bones and gravel should be
at their disposal; also fruit and vege-
tables of all kinds cooked, except such
as are pungent, like onions or celery
and produce an undesirable flavor.
With eggs so low in summer as
barely to cover the cost of production
poultrymen must produce them in the
fall and winter to get the best returns
! From October to March, one year with
another, the market is the best
In the winter scatter chaff on the
ground and the grain among it, This
will cause the hens some trouble and
! KEEP them active, promoting health.
! without pains, no gains, is an Ole
| proverb, and proves itself true in the
care of poultry,
| Poultry, like every thing else, needs
n warm place in winter and plenty OF
| light. Windows should invariably be
on the south or east side of the coop
and should also be thoroughly venti-
lated The rooms should be kept clear
and tidy, and good supply Of water
or milk should always be kept near
/ them, the latter being preferable.
| If your object is TO produce eggs, il
/ Is better to raise a new flock yearly
from selected birds kept separate ant
not forced. Pullets Matched in Marcel
+! and early April make good autumn ant
winter layers. and the Cockerels bring
a fair price for broilers Leave high
| bred high priced fowls TO the fancierf
ard keep a standard breed.
An accuate daily record will be founC
convenient for reference, and by Its
| use one can arrive at a truer estimate
Of what flock will lay. II each days
eggs are wiped clean when brought in
! 1t is not an arduous task to prepare
/ them for market BE very particular
about hunting eggs and let none at
! all questionable 20 among those for
market In this way one can warrant
( every egg
There are two ESSENTIAL points gained
1 in raising early chickens: First, they
VIII be ready for early marketing when
| Prices are high. ard the rest (Which
should be pullets reseryedl will be
ready to begin laying by September or
! October, and will continue usually
through the winter, when eggs are in
good demand Any ordinary hen will
lay in the spring. The hen that lays
while it is snowing*or when the Their.
mometer marks below zero. is the hen
for profit.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
HAVE PENS FOR SICK BIRDS.

Every poultry yard in which, say
even 100 birds are reared annually
should be provided with a place spe-
cially devoted to penning sick birds
where an invalid can be at once lsoIat-
ed and properly doctored. This place
must be open to the sun, screened from
east wind, dust dry, freely ventilated,
yet free from draught, and warm. The
hospital should be whitewashed with
hot lime frequently, and perfect clean
illness ed-Farmers' Voice.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
agricultural
PROFITABLE DAIRYING.

Charles King, farmer of White
water, tile-drained forty acres of marsh
land last year and now has crop Of
corn ON the tract that will yield be-
tween 5000 and 1000 bushels. There
was no work done on the crop after
planting until the time came for harry
esting. This single crop will pay for
the thing
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
CRANE, A COLOR RoMANcIsT.

Peter Jackson is out with another
challenge to FitzsimmoDs and Corbett
Peter realizes that he is safe because
he is on the black Iist.--Omaha World
Herald.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04

Canton, o.. Nov, 1.-The people of
Canton turned out in large numbers
Ia welcome President Mckinley upon
his arrival last evening He had no
sooner reached his home than he was
waited upon by the Commercial Tray
clcrs' association and large delegn-
ton of worktngmon. In response to
addresses of welcome the president
said: 1t gives me great pleasure to
be back ut my old home again. | as
sure you that when | entered upon my
public duties had but one aim, but
one purpose, the good of my country
and the welfare of my countrymon and
nothing could be more encouraging to
me, nothing could SIMULATE me to
greater effort than to be assured by
my fellow citizens, rs | have just been
assured, that they are now employed
and have steady work. | am deeply
Interested In the prosperity Of my
home city and The greater lts prosper
ity, the greater VIII be my sutisrac-
ton will not detain you in tnis In
clement weather only long enough to
assure You from the bottom of my
Heart that ! tliank'you for this gcner.
welcome ht me,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04

Women. lovely women, Is In great
demand In the Klondike. and Dawson
City 10 said to be the greatest matri-
monial market on earth. AnG yet
Kipling says:
"A woman is only a woman.
But good cigar Is Smike."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
GAME WOULDN'T WORK TWICE
Shrcwd Fellow Charged with Getting
Goods Under False Pretenses

Kenosha, Wis, Oct, 20 A man CIV
ing tho name Of John Conway, but
whose real anne is said To be James
Dyer, has been arrested on the charge
Of obtaining goods under false pre-.
lenses. II Is alleged that Dyer went
10 certain stores in this city, among
them being George Iales grocery, G..
II Ernst's grocery, G. A. Dewey's
hardware store, lscrman Brothers dc
partmCnt store and Matthias Huck'3
store, and by representing that he was
Ia the employ OF M c.. Kelly. n pros
porous Pleasant Prairie farmer. and
was sent by him to secure the goods
ordered, purchased large number of
articles and had them charged to Mr..
Kolly's account. This Ii said to have
occurred last Tuesday Thursday he
tried the same game II is alleged, but
it happened that Mr.. Kelly was in the
city and was seen by one OF the vic
timized merchants. and the fellow was
at once caught and landed in Jail. II
is said that he lives In the town OF
Pleasant Prairie.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04

duo has done newspaper work, Miss
Kelly having been with the Kansas
City Star for five years and her cousin
with The Times and other papers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04

Young Politician--"Throug what
means do you think can best lay my
views before the people In educating
them to my theories?"
Old What's the matter
With your hat?"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
A SENATOR'S POET BRIDE
Something About Mrs. llausbrouKh
Who looks her Calling,

Mary Bcrri Chapman, the Washing.
ton writer who was married to Sena.
tor llansbrough the other day Ia slen.
der and fair. with wealth of golden
brown hair and skin like pink tea
rose and features perfect In them
selves, and mobile, tender, exqulsitely
poetical IN expression. She IL, indeed,
enc Of the few women writer's of verso
who looks like apoot, snys the Allan.
Ia Constitution. Her figure Is fault
less and her throat has that pure
Greek roundness one seldom secs In
modern woman, She dresses artist.
cally In the best sense OF tho word,
never wearing grutosquo things but
always adopting most harmonlously
the texture and color OF her garments
To her tender. melting type of looks
Miss Chapman began writing when
but school girl and her verses very
acon found favor with editors OF the
leading magazines. Here Ia pretty
little verse which seems particularly
appropriate from her pen at this time:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04

premises without t. Rev. Machmul-
lor was forced to eject him bodily.
Capt, Cantoll of the steamer Roanoke
was knocked insensible and robbed OF
S295 and n gold watch.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04

Mr.. Stewart Is the latest member Of
the United States senate TO take TO BIZ
cycle riding.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-11-04
Love.

A flight OF fancy like CLEAN
OF sunlight over silkon hair
A chord Of subtle sympathy
An aspiration and Joy
That makes the lowllost king
A kiss, and all the universe
Encircled by n wedding ring.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-12-25
Pipe Made of q Seals Tusk,

A pipe made out of seals tusk was
seen at the Weare office recently. The
stem is nearly foot long and is
quantity illustrated with representa-
tions of life under the arctic circle.
The artist was an Indian, and the
little sketches in India ink show up
very well against the ivory background.
There is a reindeer about to fall I'M
der the arrow of an archer. There is a
sledge drawn by dogs. Fir trees tepees,
fishing scene, where the captives are
being brought to shore in a net, are all
true to life.
Another ornament of the same char
acter is pair of wal1us tusks, with de-
lineations Of other Alaskan scenes, with
the fox and the white polar bear in evil
dence; also an Eskimo leveling gun at
the latter.
1t is said that to add to the terrors Of
overland travel in the long winter
months the larger wild animals are Of
ten driven by hunger to attack the trails
men, and packs of ferocious wolves will
besiege camp for days, attacking the
horses and reindeer as well as the dogs
More than one caravan has been done to
death in this manner, as the whitened
bones strewn along the tracks show
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-12-25
An AGronted Dog.

A pet dog who had grown old and
gray in one family and had been always
used to much kindness and petting be-
came at last so fat that when the din
ner bell rang-a sound which used to
bring him rushing down stairs-he
would sit on the top step of the stair
case and whine piteously till some
member of the family went up to him
and carried him down.
Just at this time puppy Newfound-
land was introduced to the family,
greatly to the chagrin of the old terrier,
who would not make friends with the
newcomer On one occasion when the
dinner bell rang the puppy, seeing the
old dog sitting on the top step as usual,
ran up to him and in clumsy play upset
him so completely that the fat fellow
all the way
The sight was very ludicrous and
several members of the family who had
seen it could not refrain from laughter.
But the pampered dogs behavior was
curious. Gathering himself together, he
refused to enter the dining room as
usual, but slowly toiled up stairs again
and retired to the wicker basket where
he usually passed the night. Humble
apologies were made to him. more than
one child friend offered him dainty
food, but though he must have been
hungry, everything was refused and he
passed the evening fasting. His pride
had been too deeply wounded by the un-
feeling laughter of his friends and it
was not until another day had dawned
that he seemed to forgive the slight
which he had received
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-12-25
GOOD ROADS LEGISLATION,
The First Step Should BE to Provide For
Expert Control and Supervision.


The details of road laws would neces-
sarily vary with the resources, geolog-
ical formation and actual needs of the
several states. but where anything is
done i'll this direction the necessity for
intelligent expert control should be a
first consideration, so that what is done
may be i'll the direction at least of per-
manent and substantial improvement
BY the lack of system and intelligent
supervision in the past we have wasted
many millions on our country roads
with little or no lasting result
We now have an abundance of trained
men ready to tell US what we can and
should do in road construction. We
must have these roads in time, and if
cur Legislators will cast aside old usage
and Il dread Of the results of ignorance
and prejudice on the part of their con-
stituents and earnestly work for the
general good Of the whole community,
we will at least make speedy and in
telligent beginning i'll the good work
The further and proper development
will follow III the natural course SO soon
as we have enough Of better roads to
teach the masses the true public value
OF the Improvement. - Engineering
News,