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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-29
EFFECTIVE MATCHMAKING.
Simple and Direct Method EMPLOYED
by the Nez Perces Indians.

An old custom was revived by the Nez
Perces Indians and their visitors dur
ing the celebration on the Fourth of
July. The natives of the local tribe
are very wealthy people, and there are
designing mothers among the aborignes
as well as in the different classes of
civilized society. The young bucks of
the NeZ PerIes tribe are regarded
somewhat like the sciCns of royalty in
matrimonial circles. The maidens
from all visiting tribes We're brought to
Lapwai in find husbands. The customs
of the tribes, which were revived for
the occasion, were more effective than
the Boston mans way.
The ,marriageable maidens were by
common accord quatered in a selected
SPOT in the valley of the Lapwai. At AN
appointed hour the young men who
wanted wives to share their annuities,
their homesteads and the affections of
their hearts appeared in procession on
the hRIlowed campground. The hour
was midnight, and the scene was in
grove of trees made fragrant by the
wild flowers, and every heart danced to
the music of the ripping waters. The
young men marched forth, and none
but candidates for matrimoney Joined
the march. They were dressed in their
brightest colors, and each carried a
white willow cane AS they approached
the tents they chanted an Indian chorus
that was doleful as the song of the owl,
and kept time by beating upon the
tents with their canes. The drumming
was deafening to the distant spectator
and must have been distracting to the
waiting maidens in the tents. At last
the singing and the drumming had the
desired effect.
The maidens came forth, after a de-
lay just long enough to satisfy that
universal passion of the mind of a wo-
mah TO drive lover mad with doubt.
Thtre We're more men than maidens.
The former kept up the march and the
music without. The maidens counter
marched ON the line of the same cir
Gle, each selecting husband from the
line. The chosen ones fastened to fol-
low their brides away into the dark
ness The unfortunate suitors were
left TO spair.-Morning Oregonian.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-29

Fakirs is the name given to a cele-
brated class of fanatics found in many
parts of the east, but more particularly
in India. Some OF them will make a
vow of continuing all their lives in one;
posture, and adhere to it strictly;
others never lie down, but remain in
standing position all their lives, up
held only by sticks or rope under the
armpits. They pretend to have SUBJ
dued every passion OF mortals.
The water in the Columbia river.
Oregon, is SO cold that it is dangerous
to swim in it, Frank Thornberg was
swimming in about fifteen feet OF
water when cramps suddenly seized him
and he sank. Reaching the bottom.
by a vigorous movement he kicked
himself to the surface again, but, be-
ing powerless to move his arms sank
again. Seven times he sank and rose
in this manner before a boat reached
him and drew him in.
A new principle for keeping plants
through the winter without artificial
heat was lately tried in Regents park.
London. Glass bottomed tanks about
three inches deep are so arranged that
all light and heat must reach the
plants through thin layer of water.
The water exercises great control over
the temperature, protecting the plants
from frost in winter and from direct
excessive heat in summer,
A dog who has eaten up a farm and
a set of buildings has been found in
eastern Maine This dog killed a neigh
boris sheep. The neighbor offered to
call it square if the dog was killed.
The dogs master refused to agree to
this and a lawsuit came next. To nav
the costs and damages assessed bv the
court the owner of the dog had to
mortgage his farm for 500. The
mortgage had a bigger appetite than
the dog, and soon his farm was gone
and the owner had to move away.
1t is reported that the Russian gov
eminent intends to give up Siberia as.
a place Of exile, for the sake of colon
izing it, and will hereafter send con-
Vlcts to the remote provinces of Sag
halien, Afchangel, and the far northern
islands, which are as frightful as Tar
tarus for place of abode. This will
make the penal system of Russia even
more terrible than it is now. The
great rush Of peasants into the newly
opened districts is such that the great
Siberian railroad is congested, and can
not carry all the passengers who present
themselves.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-29
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Thieves turned up the corner stone
of a new church in London, Ont, and
stole the money deposited in it.
Trenton, Mo-, was so circus hungry
that 1t went on all excursion eighty
miles up into Iowa to have a look at
show.
The caterpillars are great caters the
different species consuming from five
to twenty times their own weight of
food each day.
Mandolin club serenades have become
81 oh nuisance in Lawrence, Kan,
that the papers are calling On the city
council for an ordinance which shall
wholly prohibit them-at least after II
p m.
England's neglect of her discharged
soldiers is shown by the fact that out
of 691 tramps relieved at the Winches-
ter work-house in eight successive
weeks lately 1863 We're discharged SOL
diers
The most curious use to which paper
is TO be put is that suggested by the
recent pattenting of blotting paper
towel, 1t is a new style Of bath towel.
consisting of full suit OF heavy blot
ting paper. A person upon stepping
out of his morning tub has only to
array himself in one of these suits,
and in second he will be as dry as
a bone.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-29
GOOD ADVICE TO A ROYAL COUPLE

The archbishop of Canterbury, when
he united Princess Maud and the youn
prince of Denmark in marriage, did
not deliver to them the antiquated
he iy set down In the Anglican pray
er-book MS charge to husband and
wife, but gave instead singularly
sensible eXhortation of his own, from
st. Paul's word to the disciples of the
new religion in Cornth, "Ye see your
calling" This is what good DR.. Ben
SOP said:--
This Of all ages of the world is that
of which 1t can least be said that the
character aud tone of those
who are highest placed are OF little
consequence except to themselves. 1t
IL rs true rs commonplace to point
the democratic interest in all organize
rank, 1t Is true. but too serious To be-
come commonplace, that royal right
and royal wrong. the world over, ar
watched, copied. even mimicked, to the
uplifting or the lowering OF myrads.
You see your calling" So st. Paul said
to the handful of Christians in the luz
uriaus. licentious town. Their own
calling was marked out for them by
the very character of heir surround
ings. And when a daughter OF Eng
land beloved from her childhood. weds
with son of Denmark, to which so
much Of what is best in England to-
day traces back its ancient descent. and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-29

where the ground Is literally sown with
the seed, and the plants are crowded
most unreasonably. With such
meager agriculture, Il may be asked,
how is Norway's population Of over
two million people supported? The
nations greatest interest is her com
mercial marine. Since the days OF the
vikings this has been maritime peo-
pie, and to-day Norway has more ships
than any other nation except Great
Britain. Her fishing industry Is enor-
nous, directly supporting over 1907
900 people, and bringing great wealth
from the exports TO other countries
The fisheries greatly aid the agricul-
ture. Formerly the refuge OF the cod
fish and the herings was thrown
away, but now 1t Is made into most
valuable guano. Whale fishing is ex-
tensively pursued on the northern seas
Steamers are employed, and the har-
poems are shot from cannon. 1he
whales are lowed TO conveniently Stu
ated rendering works on shore. Near
the North cape we saw steamer Tow
ing In two enormous specimens. one
OF these establishments was visited.
After the blubber Is removed for oil the
carcass, including the bones, Ii pre-
pared and ground for fertilizing pur-
poses. This establishment alone has
made over 400 tons thus far this sea-
son
The lumber industry Is very impor-
tant and great quantities are shipped
TO England.
Norway iron has long been noted for
It's excellent quality and remarkable
toughness. When horseshoe nails
were forged by hand, this iron was
almost exclusively used. | Well re-
member how carefully these nail rods
were guarded in the blacksmlthshop
on my graDdfathers farm. Its site,
alas! Is now marked only by the coal
dust In the soil.
Some mention should be made
of Norway trees, The
Norway spruce has been disseminated
throughout the world. 1t has been
matter OF interest to ondeavor to find
specimens of this tree In It's native
habitat, but the search has been in
vain. Nowhere do they attain The size
or the beauty that we have them In
America. In regions where the tim
Der has been cut, we do not expect
much in the second growth, but there
are immense tracts from which the
lumber cannot be removed to any mar
ket; but there the trees merely look old
without having attained great size or
remarkable beauty.
The Norway maple Is worry fine, but
nowhere better than 1t Is seen In Amer
lea. Quite singularly, Its foliage Is
largest and finest in the far north. The
birch ls found everywhere, and Is the
only treo In the more northern regions.
The northernmost forest In the world
Ia said to be one on the Lofoden Is
lands. The North cape region Is tree
loss. Bat nowhere does the birch
attain the size we sometimes see on our
side OF the Atlantic.
The horses and cattle Of Norway are
80 interesting that | hope to speak OF
them In another letter. This one Is
written from the northernmost town
in the world.-Norwegian Letter in
Country Gentleman.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-29
INSOLVENCY OF A CHURCH
Can't Raise Money TO Pay Interest on
Bonds.

In a sermon full of Indignation Rev.
W. Everett Johnson, "ector of the Pro-
teStant Episcopal Church of the Re
deemer in 81 street AMI Park avenue,
New York announced that the parish
was insolvent The parish mas been in
a very bad way for two years, ever
since the Rev. NJ. A. Adams, who rails
ed the ceremonials of the church to
such an extent that he incurred the
diSpleasure OF Bishop Potter, seeded TO
the Roman Catholic church. taking
with him Mrs n. s. Arnold, several
other very rich parishioners and the
sexton. The Trinity corporation in
May last notified the trustees that it
could no longer make the annual con-
tribution for the interest on mortgage
of S25 900 held by ]. Pierpont Morgan.
A mortga of $4,000 is also held
against the church by the city An eff
fort was made to raise the amount OF
the interest on these two mortgages
but II resulted in absolute failure.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-29

plies. We passed the night within the
zariba at Tanjur, at which pest half OF
the Fourth Battalion was stationed
Just before reaching the camp we saw
lying high and dry on the sand by the
waters edge the hull OF wrecked
steamer. This was the Gizeh, which
IAN on a rock and foundered at the
&C announcement OF the last Nile expedi-
tion.-L6ndon Times.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-29

Clerk-EXcuse me. sir, but guests
without baggage must pay in advance,
in moment.
Where are you going?"
Il am going out to buy trunk. -
Life.
Mother Severely did | see Mr.
DSshaway stroking your hair on the
piazza last evening?
May-Yes, Ma. but that's only force
Of habit.
Mother-Habit? What do you mean
May-Why, he stroked his college
beat, you know.-New York Press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-29

Mrs. SlimsonI have absolutely for
hidden Willie to so near the water.
Mrs. Twickenham for?
Mrs Slimson--l want him to learr
how to swim. Life,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-29
SUNDRY NEW JOKES.

"A man should live within his in
come" says the Manayunk philosoph
or; for he cannot live without it,
Philadelphia Record
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-11
Z a Tub SiIo.

For the benefit of a few inquiring
READERS, we give below a few directions
how TO build a tub silo. a form of silo
becoming very popular among the
small farmers and dairvmen of the
east. 1t is given in the Rural New
Yorker by L.. A. Clinton:
The tub silo is becoming more p
lar every day. / have examined sew
eral, and they all seem to be doing
excellent work. The farmers who are
using the tub silos are, in every case.
so far as / can learn, well pleased
with them. They can be built at half
the expense of the square or rectangu-
lar silo, and they commend themselves
in every way TO the small farmer and
dairyman. They can be constructed
of IKE scantling, but they should be
beveled, not grooved or tongued- The
reason for beveling is this: If put up
otherwise, they come in contact only
at the interior edge. Should there, be
a knothole, or an ~irregularity in the
scantling. or hould ii by shrinking
become slightly warped there. it would
be almost impossible to make it air
tight. Have the scantling beveled at
the mill. Tell the sawyer what sized
Silo you purpose to build, and he will
bevel them so that they Will exactly
fit. The additional expense will be
A&9k 0lAG1ll AACLA u ~ o1OD
up the cracks with rags. We do not
desire to stop all shrinking and swell
ing. When filled, we wish the silo to
swell some to aid in making tighter
joints; and then, when empty, we
want it to shrink SO that moisture can
not collect between the slaves and rot
them out. The coating of coal tar on
the inside, applied after the hoops are
drawn up tight, is entirely sufficient.
Hot tar is very penetrating and will
find its way into every %crevice, thor
Oughly excluding the air. Whether it
Will last longer, or be more effective
than when thinned with gasoline. I
cannot state. There can now be pur-
chased in the market tar pain ready
for application. In our experience
with this, the man who vas painting
the interior was twice overcome by the
noXious gases, and was compelled to
leave the silo. Gas tar may be pur-
chased very cheapiy, and when heated
slightly. make a very efficient paint.
Trinidad asphalt may be purchased
for about So a barrel. This. if used
alone, is so brittle upon becoming
herd, that it DOR cracks and is worth
less. Mixed in the proportion of nine
parts of Trinidad asphalt to one of
gas a I and heated. it makes q val
liable application for roofs, stable
floors or silos.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-11
The ountry Bows.

Commercial Bulletin: A writer in
an eastern paper strikes the point
squarely when he maintains that it is
not so much environment that counts
for success as individual effort. There
is a great deal said about the city boy
having an advantage over the countr
boy, and yet the record will probably
not uphold the claim pure and simple.
There are many country boys who sue
coed. Why is this? Because, after
all it is said about environment, the
result depends on the boy.
1t is not true that the city boy sue
ceeds better than the country boy, but
it is true that the boy in the city sue
ceeds to a greater extent than the boy
in the country. The boy in the city,
we say, not the city boy: the distinc-
cause the city affords greater oppor-
tunity than h country. and the boy
who appreciates the situation and
wants 10 get ahead, has the chance to
know more about any subject thar if
he lived in the country. But where
actual success is realized in either
city or country there must be a will
ingness on the part of the boy to sue
coed.
A great many boys are coming to
the city for a start who are not well
armed TO take up the fight. They do
rot nOW what nc city is, or what
they will have to contend with. They
have never inquired of those who do
know, an omission that no one in wis
dom, should permit to be realized.
Coming without understanding in
some degree of the difference between
city and country life. the tussle is
found a hard one. Temptation plays it's
part in the tearing down process, and
failure follows. No so with the
country boy who has gone over the
there is temptation and there must be
must be perseverance, and he goes in
hasn't done any more. Taking 100 boys
from the country and 100 boys from the
city. from the mass of the people, and
it is probably true that the 100 boys
from the country will, on the whole
make a much better record thar the
city boys. They have been better
trained when taken in a mass. The
city includes in its population a large
class of people with whom character
cuts but small figure. The children
follow on under the influence of i'm
home training, n results are
unfavorabIe. They could not be other
wise. There is nothing strange about
1t.
If there are boys in the northwest
have in mind a removal to the
city. let them go over the ground care
fully. talk with those who know of
city life. men Of character. good bust
ness men. Then having learned some
thing of the ground that must be gone
come on and make the fight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-11
A Good Creamery Bylaw.

An important bylaw usually found
in the cooperative creameries of Wis
consin provides that the manager of
the creamery shall visit and inspect
the barns of all patrons, investigate
the methods of caring for the milk and
see that the COWS have access to moth
ing but pure water. He is also en-
powered to reject milk improperly
treated, or drawn from COWS drinking
impure water Every cooperative
creamery should have just such a by
law and the inspection by the manager
should be increasingly rigid. Some
slight latitude should, perhaps, be al
lowed when business begins, but the
lines should be gradually drawn closer
until the milk production is carried
on as it should be. The returns for
cooperative work will largely depend
upon how the individual patrons man
age the production of the milk, and
no careless ones should be permitted
to reduce by their caTelessness the div
idends of those who manage well.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-11

VIGOROUSLY is not a good place to keep
them for n length of time) than by
packing in oats, writes an experienced
horticulturist in the Farm and Fire
side. I want none but perfect fruit of
choicest varieties for this purpose,
sound clear through, and without a
speck. Then | put a layer of oats in
apple-barrel. on this a single layer
of apples, so hat they hardly touch
n another; then another layer of
oats, then apples again, and so on I'M
til the barrel is full and can be headed
up. The barrels thus packed are left
in the barn or in some tight outbuild-
ing until the approach of real Winte
weather. 1t will take a very low tenn
perature to injure these apples. But
when there is danger of their freezing,
! simply take the barrels into the
callar, and leave them there until
wanted. The oats absorb the excess
of moisture, and keep the apples in an
temperature. Even if . speci-
men should rot it would not affect its
nearest neighbors. When the apples
fed to poultry or other stock, So that
there is no loss. l once tried bran for
packing material, but the apples and
bran together 500 heated. and the
apples We're spoiled for eating. Pine
sawdust, which I once tried for the
same purpose, seemed to keep h ap-
pies we'll, so far as their appearance
was concerned. but it impaired to
them a flavor of turpentine that was
abominable.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-11
The Humming Bird.

Have you seen the "Hummingbird,"
a little SOS separator, a still smaller
infant than the Baby De Laval, and
made by the same company? This
Hummingbird whirls the cream out
of Us pounds of milk. the average
mornings milk of five or six cows. in
one hour. The motion for running it
is to pull a strap out, the machine
pulling it back, while there is the
pleasant or otherwise hum of the busy
bee or iTidescent bird. If you do not
expect to keep more than three or -four
COWS, or less than that. by all means
get one of these HummingbiTds.
OF course, it does not take an hour
to skim the milk if you have less than
175 pounds of it to skim, and the
chances are a thousand TO you will
have less. unless for a short time when
all your COWS happen to come fresh at
II time. which should never happen
in a we'll regulated family. The ex-
pertinent station authorities tell US
hat the saving of butter fat of the
centrifugal machine or separator over
the ordinary gravity systems of set
ting milk amounts on the average to
about s. per cOw, and if the best kind
of work is not done with the gravity
system, the saving viii amount to
more.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-11
Shredded Corn Fodder.

Recent experiments al the Maryland
experiment station to ascertain the best
method of feeding corn fodder with an
accompanying grain ration show that
a mixed feed" made by wetting and
mixing shredded fodder n grain to-
gether, proved to be best. The feed
thus mixed was more digestible and
produced more flesh and milk than the
same food fed separately and dry.
There was also less waste when fed in
this way, and the digestibility of the
fodder was increased by wetting. AT
the same time, about the same amount
Of water was consumed when the feed
ing was by one method as by the
other.
The method of feeding grain and
coarse forage TO ruminant animals
was a favorite one with the late E. w.
Steward. the author of Feeding
Animals" 1t is based upon the idea
that grain fed separately does not
go into the first stomach at all. but
passes on and is therefore not brought
up with the coarse forage for re-masti-
cation. whereas, if the forage be wet
and the grain or meal intimately
mixed with it. it is in due time brought
up and thoroughly remasticated, which
is, of course, a great aid to getting out
OF it every particle of nutriment there
is in it.
There is a prejudice among eastern
dairymen against the new process west
ern bran. They say that it is of poor
quality and not nearly so good as
eastern, old-fashioned bran. Some of
them go so far as to say hat for feed
ing it is little better than
sawdust. AS the bulk of the bran on
the market is western bran the matter
is of some Importance to feeders, both
east T. west. The experiments above
referred to show new process western
bran to be about as digestible as that
nrnduced under the old process.