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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
TIMELY HINTS.

]. Get the hens into healthy grow
to remove surplus fat, or adding to,
IL poor. In the first instance, feed
only on cooked vegetables and oats
or bran; in the latter give more corn
2. Nuke the ration one rich in egg
materials. Let certain per cent. OF
animal food, meat scraps meat, meal,
or food Of this nature be given daily.
One pint to paiful of cooked food is
enough.
3. Feed to promote health rather
than destroy, and temper the quantity.
A wooden pail full OF cooked vege-
tables, or cooked clover, with two
quarts of mixed ground .;raln worked
well into the mass, is breakfast
enough for 80 hens. Reduce rather
than exceed this, the s)lc object Re-
ing to satisfy the claims Of hunger
and promote activity. l..t he night
mixed grain (whole) to II hens, be SO
scattered about the chaff, leaves,
straw or earth that only kern 81 VIII
be found at a lime. This mchE 'hs t
the hens will scratch buiily Until
dark, and this it Is which promotes
egg building. In the coolest weather
fill the crops just at night with corn,
for the same reason that you fill the
stove with coal-to keep warm.
4. Three or four times a week feed
cooked or chopped clover with ground
grain In the morning mash.
Glover, animal meat, meal or scraps,
wheat vegetables and oats If fed as
indicated to hens having comfortable
pens will insure steady egg produc-
ton. Rural World.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
SUN BONNETS FOR HORSES TO
WEAR,

Horses in London are wearing
straw hats this season. For some
time the English Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals has
been agitating the question of pro-
tecting the heads of horses during the
hot weather. This agitation has fin
ally had a good effect, and nearly
every horse that Is compelled to draw
heavy loads through the London
streets Is now protected from the
suns rays by a bonnet. This plan has
long been followed in France and
the hat adopted in England Is the
same US that used in Bordeaux. 1t
looks much like the straw hats ia
miliar to visitors to American sum-
NOR resorts and bathing beaches.
The brim Is wide and there are holes
through which the horses ears project.
1t is held in place by being tied to the
Bride. Manufacturers of straw goods
are delighted with the innovation, as
they have been kept busy all summer
making the hats. They sell for a
tiite, but such tremendous numbers
are used that the total cost Is consid-
cradle. The mortality among horses
has decreased greatly since the use
of tho hats became common. AS the
hats have high crowns, there Is
plenty OF room for ventilation. Dur
ing extremely hot weather In New
York City the mortality among horses
Is very large. Truckmen here have
the custom Of tying wet sponges to
the ears Of their horses, and 1t doubt
less saves many lives, but there is no
doubt that they would guard against
loss even more If they should adopt
the humane practice Of Londoners,
even though he animals do look
rather grotesaue.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
Harm ppre>
AMERICAN AGRICULTURE.

The civilized world stands amazed
at the vast accumulations of the
American people, and the query from
home and abroad is from whence il
came, and what is its true sources
We answer that our success is due to
two agencies, both Of which the
American people posses in the high
est degree, namely, labor and its in
telligent application to the richest
natural resources Of any country
In the consideration of the true
source of our national wealth We
must combine these two elements as
one and inseparable. Man must fur
nsh labor and nature must furnish
all the material upon which labor is
expended. Our labor has always been
of the highest type, from the fact that
the people of the United States are
the remote, If not the direct, descen-
dants OF representative foreign
element that had learned to think
for itself, and when debarred from
acting for itself, to seek a country OF
equal social and political rights where
it could plant the banner of the larg-
est freedom and where it could enjoy
to the fullest extent the fruits of its
own labor.
Our poulation is made up of an en-
ergetic class that b willing to leave
the scenes of childhood, the home of
youth, the mother tongue and native
land to cast their fortunes with a
strange people. The American citi-
zen, whether native or foreign born
is quick to recognize the rights of
all who would come to our shores to
better their condition and to throw
around them all the safeguards of
protection in every social and politi-
cal right. From the landing of the
Pilgrim Fathers there has been a
healthful growth in the spirit Of free
dom, morality, industry and econ
omy. The environments that sur
round the American citizen are an
tagonistic to royal eXclusiveness
They regard labor as respectable and
measure men by the standard of vir-
tue and personal worth.
The natural product of the soil,
aided by intelligent labor, is the great
creative force, the only source from
which wealth may be blamed to
meet all obligations. The street car
fare, interest on bonds, dividends on
stocks, the soldiers pensions the fees
of the professional, the dry goods and
the grocery bills as we'll as the cost
of conducting all the intricate ma
chinery of the government, must be
paid by the revenues from the SOIL
North American Review.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

Nicaragua Is trying to establish a
gold standard.
Miss Cisneros has escaped from her
Cuban prison.
Captain General Weyler has been
called from Cuba.
Marshal Blanco was appointed to
succeed Weyler as captain general OF
Cuba.
The government of India has noti-
fed tho British cabinet that Il will
not be party to reopening Its minis
Ten or twelve lives are reported TO
have been lost In forest fires in Mani
toba.
A dispatch received at Vienna f!om
TOXIC, Japan, announces that the
King of Corea has proclaimed himself
Emperor of Corea.
The finance committee Of the Ar
gentina chamber of deputies has APP
proved n bill imposing retaliatoly
tariff on American products.
Max Stewart an ex-confeneio,o
soldier, is under sentence of death in
mSAlCo anu VIII w bItot III - w"
days for the murder of policeman.
Letters from Queen Victoria to Lord
Tennyson, published in the poet s
biography, disclose the queens oppo-
sition to Mr.. Gladstones homa-rule
policy.
Professor Slaby, experimenting with
Marconl's wireless teleg'apny In Ger
many, exchanged messages without
wires at distance OF about twelve
miles.
Congressman Towney, Berry and
Cannon. who have been to Hawaii In
connection with the annexation pro-
posal stopped at Winnipeg on their
return
A dispatch from Paris says tie
French Steamship line will shortly
construct feet of steamers with an
average speed of % knots m hour
The Spanish cabinet decided tt
grant autonomy to Cuba unler the
su2eranity of Spain and 10 continue
the compaign rs long as may be hec.
essary.
Count HeinrIch Wurmbranl aged
nineteen years. committed suicide III
, Vienna because an English gorcl ness
employed In the family refused t
marry him.
The national council OF Sw.tzeriaa,
has adopted u bin providing 70, IT,,
purchase Of the tlvo principal 'ailrcad,
OF Switzerland at cost Of aAou
$500, 900 600
The German government mas rcfus
ed to recognize Ferdinand Neumurn
of Illinois, who was nominated h,
President Mckinley, to b mite
States consul Mt Cologne
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21

The president has made the follow
ing appointments: Consuls, John c
| Ingersoll, Illinois, at Copenhagen
Joseph T. Hoke, West Virginia. a,
Windsor. Nova Scotia. Postmasters:
Wisconsin. Beioit, Chalmers niger
soil; Elroy. J. c. Jacobson; Marsh
field, John l.. Cole
In Chicago Mile. Helena Mold made
her first appearance before an Ameri-
can audience in concert at Central
Music hall before large and fashion
able audience. The debut was a pro-
nounced success, the new singer be-
ing recalled number OF times. Noldi
Is Miss Helen Russell Ulrich of this
city.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse ran from
New York to Plymouth, Engll1d. in
days, Is hours and 10 minutes,
breaking all previous records to Ply
mouth and Southampton by more
than half n day.
Col Jacob Rupert, Jr., Tammany's
candidate for president of the coun-
ell of greater New York, withdrew
from the ticket. The name Of Thomas
+. Grady was taken off the Tam
many ticket by the executive commit
tee of the organization and that OF
Col. Asa b. Gardner substitute, for
district attorney.
John II. Stats, the ex-superinten-
dent OF the Waldorf hotel, who stole
a lot OF property from that hostelry
and other places, which he Kept
stored in his room, was arralgned In
the court of general sessions at New
York and pleaded guilty to grand lar
ceny in the second degree. He was
remanded for sentence.
The political sentiment In Brooklyn
is 30 strong for Seth Low that the re-
publican leaders In that city have
given up hope of electing General
Tracy their candidate, mayor The
political situation in New York at
present indicates that the mayoralty
contest in that city will be between
Seth Low and Henry George.
The transfer of the congressional
library from the capitol to the new
library building in Washington has
been completed. The library has been
closed since the first Of August, and 1t
Ia claimed that the removal, with the
incidental displacement and packing
OF books and papers, etc, Is the quick
est ever made in 80 extensive a
library.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
Suspicious OF A MOTHER.

The course of teacher in some
rural schools is not unmarked by
pitfalls. One young lady thus en-
gagged an amusing story Of the anx-
iety her conduct unwittingly caused
the mother of one of her pupils. The
pupil in question was an over-grown
and stupid but well-behaved boy of
10, named Tobias Hodge. He was
older by several years, and far bigger,
than any other pupil in the school,
but he was not so well advanced in
his studies as some of the younger
ones. He seemed so anxious to learn
that the teacher often got him to re-
main after school for the purpose of
assisting him in his studies
Their homeward way lay over the
same road and they would walk home
together after the hard places in the
lessons had been made easy for To-
bias.
Often in the morning. when she left
home to go to the schoolhouse, the
teacher would find the boy waiting
lOI uCl anu olC tdSIlully save hlhi
several lessons in politeness, such as
lifting his hat to her and other ladies'
and assisting her over bad places in
the road. She was beginning to feel
that she might really make something
out of Tobias, when her efforts on his
behalf received a sudden check by the
receipt of the following note from his
widowed mother"
"Maddum: / just want to say that
have heerd how you are carryin' on
with my son, lobe, and all l got to
say is, that he amt of marryin' age,
an l am his garden. A word to the
wise ought to be suffishent."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
RULES FOR A WIFE.

The rules for Wife" which | ex-
tract below from the Romance of lsa-
bel Lady Burton. and which are the
rules she laid down for her guild
ance with her erratic and hayward
husband, Will be read with interest by
a good many people Of beth sexes:
1. Let your husband fird in you a
contidante, that he may miss nothing
at home and let him find in the wife
what he and many other men fancy is
Only to be found in a mistre ss, that he
may seek nothing out Of his home.
9 Be careful nurse when he is all
ing, that he may never be i'll low
spirits about his health without Il
serious cause.
3. Make his home snug. If it be ever
so small and poor, there can always
be certain chic about it. Men are
always ashamed of a poverty-stricken
home, and therefore prefer the club.
Attend much to his creature comforts;
allow smoking or anything else; for
If you do not, somebody else will.
Make it yourself cheerful and attrac-
tive. and draw relatives and intimates
about him. and the style of society
that suits him.
A. Improve and educate yourself in
every way, that you may enter into
his pursuits, and keep pace with the
times.
5. BE prepared at any moment to
follow him at an hours notice and
rough it like man.
6, Do not try to hide your affection
for him, but let him see and feel it in
every action. Never refuse him any
thing he asks. Observe a certain
amount of reserve and delicacy before
him. Keep up the honeymoon ro-
nance, whether at home or in the des-
ert. At the same time, do not make
prudish bothers, which only disgust,
and are not true modesty. DO not
make the mistake of neglecting your
personal appearance, but try to look
we'll and dress we'll to please his eye.
Z. Perpetually work up his interest
/ Win lHS W0llu. Lei Hlu lSSl, WHEN Hc
has to go away, that he leaves sec
ond self in charge of his affairs at
home; so that IL sometimes he is
obliged to leave you behind. he may
have nothing OF anxiety on his mind.
Take an interest in everything that
interests him. To be companionable, a
woman must learn what interests her
husband; and If it is only planting
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
Poultry for Profit.

We have been asked how much
land is necessary to proiitably con-
duct poultry farm. This question
has not only come once to US, but
scores of times. Now the truth of
the whole matter is that the size of
the farm does not always measure the
crop. We have seen big poultry farms
on a few acres, and, again, we have
seen small affairs on ten times the
amount OF land. The size" of the
farm must be measured by the out
put AT the present time, Michael X.
Boyer, editor of A Few Hens, Is max
ing an interesting and practical ex-
pertinent at Hammonton, N. j. On
two acres he Is starting a poultry
plant, with the determination of max
ing a living by it. He aims to de-
monstrate the fact that two acres will
be enough, and is testing different
combinations to ascertain in which
ther is the most money. The general
idea Is to run broilers and eggs in
winter and ducklings mainly in sum-
mer and he believes that In two or
three years he will have plant that
will pay him 5000 to $1,000 year.
Now if Mr.. Boyer makes a success of
this experiment, 1t will go far to
prove the profits in poultry of land
needed to make success.
But 1t must not be forgotten that
land alone is not the only thing
needed Neither is stock, or other
facilities. All are needed, but the
whole thing depends upon the en-
ergy. push and perseverance of the
man in charge. Without n good en-
gineer the engine will never show its
power. Can we expect more Of the
poultry business? Is there farmer
living who can average more than
from three to five hundred dollars on
an acre?
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21

turnips, she must try to understand
turnips.
s. Never confide your domestic af-
fairs to your female friends.
8. Hide his faults from everyone,
and back him up through every diff
Guilty and trouble.
10. Never permit anyone to speak
disrespectfully of him before you; and
if any one does, nc matter how diff
cult, leave the room. Never permit
any one to tell you anything about
him, especially of his conduct with
regard to other women. Never hurt his
feelings by rude remark or Jest.
Never answer when he finds fault; and
never reproach him when he is in the
wrong. especially when he tells you
OF it, nor take advantage of it when
you are angry and always keep his
heart up when he has made failure.
IL. Keep all disagreement for your
own room, and never let others find
them out. ~
u. Never ask him not to do any.
luluS-lOT luSlduCSt Will lSSddu W
visiting other woman OF any one yon
p9rticul,.h d.s1ikl; Eust hll, and
persons secret.
IS. Do not bother him with relig-
ious talk. Be religious yourself, and
give good example; take life seriously
and earnestly; pray for and procure
prayers for him, and do all you can
for him without his knowing it, and
let all your life be something that will
win mercy from God for him.
IA. Cultivate your good health,
spirits, and nerves to enable you to
carry out your mission.
Is. Never open his letters nor ap-
pear inquisitive about anything he
does not volunteer to tell you.
16 Never interfere between him
and his family; encourage their be-
ing with him and forward everything
he wishes to do for them, and treat
them in every respect (as far as they
will let YOU as il they were your
own
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
How to Eaten Turkeys.

Turkeys will not fatten if confined
in close coops, as they pine If deprived
of liberty, but if several turkeys are
confined together in a small yard for
in that length of time. Feed three
times day as much as they will eat.
giving corn meal, ground oats, mid
dlings and ground meal, equal parts
by weight, scalded, morning and
noon, and wheat and corn at night.
Keep a head of cabbage in the yard
also sharp gravel, ground charcoal
and fresh water. A few turkeys can
be fed with chickens, if preferred. 1t
is not necessary to force them to eat.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21

Baltic provinces, petitioned the late
car to withdraw this order, but In
vain; and the Protestant priets of
those provinces suffered terribly. as
they preferred exile, imprisonment and
poverty to obedience. The ukase now
issued DEGREES that the children CT
mixed marriages may be brought up
in the religion of their parents, name
ly. sons in that Of their father, and
daughters in that Of their mother.
1t Is worth remembering that SINH
lar but secret ukase emanated from
the Car Alexander H., who was the
son OF the late German Emperor VIII.
liam sister.-New York Post.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
RELIGIOUS TOLERA TIOS
RUSSIA.
IN

1t Is said that on Christmas eve,
which was celebrated In st. Peters
burg by the car and czarina In the
German manner. the czarina, when
asked by her husband to express a
wish, Whispered. Please permit lit
tie more religious federation" The
car, 1t Is said. answered with u smile,
THAT will come by and by" The
car, 1t seems. has not forgotten the
reported promise for 1t is announced
that he has issued u ukase canceling
that Of his father, which ordered every
orthodox person In Russia. ex-
cept Finland. when marrying an
orthodox person, to sign a document
promising to have any children hap.
tised In the Russian orthodox faith.
The inhabitants. especially of the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
THE GREAT HEATHEN TEMPLE

The greatest heather temple is at
Seringapatam, the city Of Vishnu, in
India. This immense temple COM
prises n square, each side being mile
in length. and inside of which are six
other squares. The walls are twenty
feet high and five feet thick, and the
grand hall, in which the pilgrims as
semble, Is supported by 1000 pillars,
each cut from single stone. There is
very large and magnificent Buddhist
temple Mt Rangoon, standing on a
huge mound Of two terraces, the upper
one being l66 feet above the ground
outside, and in extent 900 feet by 6S5
feet. The underground temple Of kasl
Is another large temple, all oxcavated
out OF the solid roCk-so are the tenn
rles of Elcphanta. Amongst modern
temples, that Of the Mormons at Salt
Lake City takes leading place. 1t Ii
building of fine proportions and ac-
commodities 900 persons. Its dome Is
ono OF the finest in existence. the
acoustic properties are the most per
feet. 1t occupied forty years In build
ing and cost $5,0o0,000 The interior
Is adorned with costly work in marble
metal, cane woods and draperles. 1t Il
warmed with hot water, lighted by
electricity and fireproof throughout.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
FlOor for Stnbles.

In the stern prairie states wood
is perhaps the most extensively used
material for flooring stables for stock.
1t Is largely used on account of its
convenience and general adaptabilty,
though there is a growing feeling that
II Is on the whole quite satisfactory.
Tho plank floor is short lived; it is
made water-tight with difficulty, and
above all 1t is Objectionable for horses
that are confined much to the stall.
For cattle and hogs the same objec-
lions prevail to considerable degree
Cement floors are gaining in favor
and ere quite Acceptable though rather
expensive They should also be cover
ed with plank for horses. The cement
floors in the new station barn have
been in use over year now and have
given good satisfaction. When we'll
beddcd they, are very satisfactory for
cattle. hogs and sheep. The station
floors OF concrete composed Of five
parts OF clean, sharp sand to one OF
Portland cement, we'll mixed and
packed we'll on a foundation of sand
and gravel and the sTface was then
finished with three-quarter inch GOV.
ering OF cement and sand in proper
ton OF four OF cement to seven OF
sand and ttowled smooth and level
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
Feeding Whole Ears to Steers.

The most profitable method of feed
with sheds nicely bedded We use
troughs. because with horned cattle
we cannot spare the room for self
feeders. Every day each trough is
cleaned out and the cobs and half
eaten ears are taken to big, fiat
trough for the stock cattle. We be-
lieve that we get the best results
from feeding whole ears, for when
broken pieces are taken into the
mouth, the grains are shelled off the
cob, and possibly both corn and cob
are swallowed without being properly
masticated. With whole ears but lit
tie of the corn is shelled while it is
being eaten.-Elmer Laughlin, in
Prairie Farmer.
Hens Need Supply Of Salt.
We have refereed tn the matter Of
furnishing salt for fo Wis in these col
omns once or twice, aid expressed our
belief that the moderate use of this
condiment is beneficial. Now we find
that by experiment in the New York
experiment station it has been demon
strated that the use of salt at the rate
of one ounce to 100 hens each day is
beneficial, and at the trials the hens
that were fed salt produced more eggs
than those that were fed without salt
ing their feed. 1t has been our prac-
tce to salt all soft feed given to our
poultry, at about the rate food for hui
man use is sailed. This, we believe, is
about the proper condition in which to
give it, and that benefit will result we
are confident.-Farm and Fireside.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
WOULD YOU SERVE UNCLE SAM?
Civil Service Examination to Be Held
in Madison December 4.

The United States civil service COM
mission has ordered that an exami-
nation be held by it's local board in
this city ON Saturday, December 4,
commencing at 9 o'clock a. NJ, for the
grades of clerk and carrier in the post
office service. Only citizens of the
United States can be examined. The
age limitations for this examination
are as follows Clerk Is years or
over; carrier 81 and not over 40 years.
No application will be accepted for
this examination unless filed with
w. A. Devine, secretary of the board
of examiners of the postoffice service,
Madison, Wis, on the proper blank,
tefore the hour of closing business on
Saturday, Nov. 10. Applications
should be promptly filed in order that
tine may remain for correction If nee
essary. The commission takes this
opportunity of stating that the exam
irations are open to all reputable cit
liens of the United States who may
desire to enter the service, without
regard to race or to their political or
religious affiliations. All such citi-
zens are invited to apply. They shall
he examined, graded, and certified
with entire impartiality, and wholly
without regard to any consideration
cave their efficiency, as shown by the
grades they obtain in the examina-
ton. For application blanks, full in
structions, and information relative
to the duties and salaries of the diff
ferent positions, apply to Secretary
D wine at the postoffice.