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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-31
RUSSIA ORDERED OUT.
Japan Seeks to Have Port Arthur
Vacated.

Yokohama, March 26.The report
that japan has requested Russia to
cvacuate Port Arthur finds credence
In the japanese press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-31
PREVENTS DAT SMUT
rRoF. GoFF TELLS HOW IT CAN
Bic DONE.
EXPERIMENTS ON SOW MILK

as Yield and Composition Studied at
the Universiy-Report OF Expert
ment Station Says the Milk Is Rich
cr Than Cows, but Has not Been
Developed by Breeding.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-31

The fourteenth annual report OF the
university for the year ending June
30 last has been issued. and contains
fund OF matter OF Interest and value
TO farmers. II IL nicely illustrated, the
frontispiece being picture OF the new
building Jointly occupied by the de-
partments of horticulture and agricul-
tufal physics, AT the university.
1t reports that at the university dur
Ing the past year Doctors Babcock and
Russell have devoted large portion
OF their time to study OF the compo-
sition of milk especially Ia its relation
10 cheese. and also To a study OF the
changes which cheese undergoes dur
ing curing. The final purpose OF all
this work Is to reach II possible a
rational system In the manufacture and
curing OF cheese, which at present ID
carried on by empirical methods, some
thing unwarranted, they say In these
modern times. Some OF the important
findings of these investigators are pre-
scented in this report. II is hoped and
planned TO continue this line OF study
In the belief that the results will war
rant the outlay OF time and energy.
Hundreds OF thousands OF dollars are
lost annually TO the cheese interests
OF Wisconsin In the imperfect manu-
facture OF cheese and through wrong
handling and care OF the product dur
Ing ripening. II is the ambition OF the
Wisconsin station to 30 advance our
knowledge In these matters that q
large part OF this loss can be prevented
and the quality OF our cheese products
improved.
The report states that no subject be-
fore our people Is OF more importance
than the home production OF the sugar
We consume. The annual expense to
this state for sugar Is about $4,000. 900.
This means that something like $15, 900
must be gathered from our people each
working day and sent out OF the state
TO other countries, TO pay for the sugar
we consume. Wisconsin IL In the heart
OF the sugar belt and It remains for
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-31

The smut OF oats. which causes an
annual loss to the farmers OF Wiscon-
SIN, amounting in the aggregate 10
many hundreds ot thousands OF dol
lars. may be entirely prevented by
treating the seed oats before sowioS,
AT n cost for labor and materials which
iced not exceed i've cents per acre of
oats sown, Prof, II. 5. Gofi, horti
oulturist OF the WISCONSIN university.
says that two methods of treatment
have been found satisfactory, These
he calls for convenience the formali0
treatment and the hot water treatment.
The first has the advantage OF being
the simpler, but II requires small
cash outlay tor materials, The second
requires no materials or apparatus en-
cept what the farmer already has. un-
less it be good thermometer.
For the formalin treatment soak the
seed oats one hour In solution Of
tormalin. made by adding one ounce OF
tormalin to every 81 gallons Of water,
Place the water in n barrel OF other
convenient vessel, add the formalin to
1t, and pour in one and one-halr bush
els Of seed oats for each Sta gallons OF
the solution AT the end of one hour
draw off or pour of tho part of the SO
luton that il not absorbed by the oats
and spread the oats out ON clean floor
to dry. They should be shoveled over
once or twice a day until dry enough to
SOW. Formalin Is n liquid that may
be purchased ut drug stores. Ii costs
from 80 to 60 cents per pint. and pint
contains IL ounces--enough for about
80 bushels of seed oats. 1t is sold In
smaller quantities at 10 cents per ounce.
II formalin Is purchased In consider
able quantities, 1t will DO we'll to have
the druggist weigh out ono ounce In "a
small bottle, and then mark on the bot
tie the height to which the ounce
reaches. This bottle may then be
used as measure In adding the form
alin to the water.
The hot water treatment consists In
soaking tho seed 10 minutes In water
at temperature OF 1873 degrees. Heat
the water in n large kettle, and close
by sinking barrel in the ground to
within foot of the top. Pour part of
the hot water into the barrel and take
the temperature with good Their
mometer Then add either cold or hot
water, stirring II In the mean time, UNI
I'll 1t shows temperature OF 1873.
Put about a bushel Of oats In II coarse
gunnysack; tic this to one end OF a
pole over a post thus making lever
by which the sack OF oats may be easily
raised or lowered. Now dip the sack
Of oats Into tho water In the barrel.
The water will be Immediately cooled,
and hot water must be added to keep
the temperature about 1873. Let one
person attend to tho temperature. and
another TO handling tho oats, Keep
the oats moving In the barrel, Take
them out at the end of 10 minutes, dip
the sack at once In cold water, then
spread on Il clean floor to dry. Shovel
them over three times day for few
days. when they may hr sown with II
force drill or in two or three hours
they may be sown broadcast. As the
oats absorb considerable water It Is
necessary to SOW about half bushel
seed Is used. This Is on the basis of
two and one-lalf bushels per acre. Two
men in one day can treat enough seed
to sow 20 acres.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08
Mosaic Regulation Of Dress.

Bishop Alfred Willis, OF Houoluiu.
recently dlsapproved Of women wear
ing the csssock and Gotta in vested
choirs, because, according 10 she book
OF Deuteronomy. God declares shat
The women shall not wear that which
pcrtaireth unto u man" wh.reupou
Hawaiian paper reminded him that
in tho same book it is commanded that
Thou shalt not wear mingled stuff.
wool and linen, together. Thou shalt
make three frirges upon the four bor-
ders Of thy vesture." II the Mosaic
law is to regulate the dress Of choir
girls II wants to know why il shall not
be held to regulate the dress Of every
body in general, in which case tbs
good bishop would have TO make aim
self conspicuous by wearing u fringe
on his hat, waisteoat aud trousers.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08
FANCY NAMES FOR PoISoNS.
Danger to Health and Life Turks in
Many Of the So-Called Head
ache Remcdiea.

In his quarterly report on the health
OF tho borough OF Chorley, Lancashire.
DIR. J. A. Harris. the medical officer
for the district, calls attention to the
ildlscriminate sale and purchase OF
the various so-called headache pow
ders. He states, says the British Med
ical Journal. that under his direction
the county police obtained six or
seven samples from the different shops
in the town and had them submitted
TO analysis. In every case the guam
tity Of tho active ingredient was.found
to be in excess Of the maximum dose
Of the drug allowed in the British phar.
masopoeia. These remedies belong
70 the class OF analgesics, the mem
bsrs of the group in common use for
the purpose being acetanalide or
phenylacetamide ,phauazonesandph pheu-
asetin or para-acet-phenesid sidin. Their
proper ties were fully considered in
the section OF pharmaoology and
hsrspoutos at the meeting at Edin-
burgh, whore Prof. Stockman (Glas-
gow) opened discussion on the
Therapeutic Value OF Recent Syn
thstis ADalgesics; Their Benefits and
AttenGant Risks" There was q gem
eral expression Of opinion that these
drugs required to be handled with the
greatest possible care, and that n
slight orror OF judgment with regard
to dosage might be followed by dis
ustrous results. All these substances
depress the heart S action, and in toxic
doses diminish the force OF the respira-
tory act. The danger i. not sbviated
by ceiling a poisonous drug under a
fanciful name
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08
Alarm Clock That YelIs.

An ingenious Frenchman has invent
ed sleep-disturber which is warranted
TO thoroughly rouse the heaviest sleep
es. His scheme utilizes clockwork and
the phonograph. Instead OF the clars-
ing bell that rings, stops and rings
again, and finally becomes useless be-
cause one gets accustomed to II, the
Frenchman's scheme contemplates call
ing n man in the morning with all the
force necessary 10 awaken him and
keep him awake by means Of power
full phonograph. Some OF the new
speaking clocks have been exhibited in
Paris. One is timed to shout at six
o'clock in the morning: Get up; it's
six o'clock. Don't go to sleep again"
This can be repeated until the sleeper
is awakened. gets up aud turns of the
Other calls are more em-
phatic; in fact there is no limit to what
can be said by the new clocks for all
that Is required is for one to talk any
desired message into the phonograph
cylinder and set the mechanism 70 that
the vocal pyroteehuics may be exploded
at given time.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08

Medical men are uniting In the opin-
ion that suicide may easily become epi-
demic, especially at time. Of excite
ment or when weather conditions are
depressing. Plaques OF suicide such as
Morcau described after the French
revolution, are rare, OF course, but
when one or two cases Of selfietruc-
tion are recorded In community 1t
often Is the ease that number of
others follow. This IS especially true
in continental Europe. In ancient
times one Of the Greek cities, Miletus,
was the scene Of an epidemic OF sui
eide among young women, until the
magistrate proclaimed that the body
OF the next victim would be exposed
nude In the marketplace. This harsh
decree. so contrary 70 the instincts
OF our modern civilization. promptly
put an end TO the appalling craze.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08
GENEROSITY AMONG SOLDIERS
There Seems to Exist Sort OF Rivalry
to See Who Can DO the
Most Good.

The sight Of war cured the writer Of
one notion-that the military profes-
sion may tend to make those who fol-
low II brutal and cruel, says the Boston
Transcript. On the contrary, It seems
to make them more generous and
kind. II is not TO be supposed that Il
is war that makes them so; il Is prob
able that the removal of the profess
sional soldier from the field Of COM
petition for existence among inde-
pendent workers and business men"
leaves him little chance to fall into
that hungry and fox-like instructive
hostility to ones fellows that is de-
veloped by the social struggle Off ex-
istence. All soldiers. whether officers
or privates, seem to be engaged, on
the other hand, in n kind of competi-
ton OF generosity. 1t is great point
with them-a kind OF invariable rule
Of conduct-to be ready to share what
they have with others. This rule OF
generosity does not, Of course, save
them from doing cruel things occa-
sionally, They have not ordinarily a
very delicate sensibility to one an
others pain. They do not seem to
waste much pity on one another's
physical sufrerings. They bear their
own without complaint, and sell
dom ask favors when they are suffer
ing. But when 1t comes to grub" or
shelter they will give comrade, or
even a stranger, better than they have
themselves, II they possibly can. And
the work Of an officer, even in the most
active and terrible campaigning,
seems to be easily consistent with the
finest manliness and most delicate
sympathy. And yet we should not
encourage war in the expectation OF
cultivatiuy fine sentiments any more
than we should invite yellow fever cpl
denies simply because yellow fever
epidemic develops fine cases Of heroic
! self-sacrifice.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08
Look! Look :!

WANrFD-SE SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY
w persons In this state to man ~ our busi-
ness IN their own and nearby counties 10 IL
mainly office work conducted At home. salary
straight 500 YEAR and eEpeuse.-d sfut..,
buuAtid" no more. no less salary Monthly
So. References Enclose "A .,li-ad,. .es-cC
.,ampd envelope NcrbcrtE lies, Irr,r. Dept.
VI. Chicago. y,.-lG.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08
Screen NANSa.

Screen doors, such - are used 70
keep ou, flee and other insects. are
made almost wholly BY machinery.
They can be bought in various s!ses in
stores, like any other merchandise.
and they are sold 50 cheap that they
are now moro commonly used than
ever. Like many other articles used
in summer. screen doors are made in
winter. In factories that may bs oscu-
pied In summer in the production Of
snow shovels. Screen deors are
shipped from the factories TO largv
Wholesale buyers in car load lots. The
wholesale trade in them begins in
April and ends about the lst OF July,
the retail distribution coutin uiuc
later. Screen doors are sold every
whore in this country and they are
also exported.-N. Y. Sun.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08

yob,s Of lls East Maine Street,
LOIS ava daughter Of Mr.. T.. NJ.
u igSu S;,, manufacturer, has accom-
ihs svork Which will net only benefit
sr1Soub,sdly bs Of service 70 many
Of Wv y, was q praiasworthy undertAk,
~ nh;sb she may feel proud Of mud
one Wiz, VI sar her indcfatigAbls efforts.
rpalu of IN. Prsss hearing Of her sue.
rspOS;e,omen, rspoSl;;e, sought Al interview with
vii. seemed cheerful. hopeful and
No''o Of health. Apparently she had
sssred any i'll Effects nom her enori.
l sDv were reported 70 have done mucn
,,o wears ago ,he accompanied her
Pau' WI The west, and resided among the
pts 20 % Sor several months. This was
nlsiIis he hopes that her health might be
10 ,"s a, .bs was suasrilg from ans,nia.
fOSIsaf the change Of climate bsnefting
Fsa v.,;dlv " became worse and her parents
she e.,.,nrned east with her. -.
rrnt,ble physicianc were summoned ana
s.'S their skill, but II was Of no avail
/ ,oudi,ion beeans verse and her face
"a a shostlike appearance. She wa
an. h.' ,usy = for want Of blood, and vha'
'hs did have, was watsry and in de-
~. .,st. Any slight exsrtisn oau,et
YEA Csirs ftisus, sa6 palpitston Of thu
Eshsb : sb. had ne appetite aad the dainties
~ ", did did not tempt her: Her condition
% %s.ulorabls and dsath sssned nigh
!, 's y her friends thought she was solnl
;s.iIY s.T'1 soms friends advised her 70 tr!
NH Williams Pink Pills fer Pale People
..'.d by the Dr. Williams' Nedicin
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08
|ayed From Death.
; VAS EDDlMo away WHILE IN The
FOUNTAINS.
Ion,an was Rescued when in a PeIIous Plight
The Novel Method Used to Save Her..
Rom ne Aess, Ottvmwa, Ie,oa.

Company, Schenectady, N. Y, a. they con.
tsipsd la q condensed form all tho elements
necessary to give new life and richpess to
the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They had learned Of casss similar to hers
which had been cured. The pills, they snid,
were inex pensive, only costing 90 cents box
or six boxes for & 80, and could be had ut
any druggists.
Miss Noble was reluctant to tyy them, for
ID seemed Us if all possible remeditA lad been
tried and tho expense had been considerable,
without teiug benefited. Her friends were
SO enthusiastic regarding the good qualities
of tho pills, that she finally decided 10 try a
box, aud purchased ono from b. n. d. Scott's
drug store.
A decided improvement was noticeable
after the pills had been taken and she pur-
chased some more. The change In her con-
dition was 50 great that after taking four
boxes Of the remedy, she considered herself
well, and stopped taking the medicine. But
her severe sickness could net be cured so
soon and she was obliged to commence taking
tho pills again. Aher using a few more
boxes, all traces Of her fearful disease Lad
disappeared. To-day, she is tho picture OF
health, her com mplexion being that of MI
ideally hoaltby young lady, and she is us
active as in her younger days
| Her father was so much impressed with
| the marvellous improvement wrought III the
health Of his daughter through the merits o
Dr. Williams Pink Pills, that he too is usini
them and is rapidly regaining his failing
health.
Several have beard Of Miss Mobiles cas-
and experience With these wonderful pill
! and arc using them with satisfactory result-
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08
Bis East Indian Tin Factory.

The largest tin factory in the world
is situated on sulo Srani, an iLand on
the Bay Of Singapore. 1t turns out
monthly 1900 tons Of tin, more than
the product Of Cornwall and more
than that OF Australia. The ore comes
from Selangor and Perak in Malacca.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08
WANTED-BRAINS

.:: " Is; ~ a. M1 M ~ ssa,; - !, sss, s.s,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08
Well Reasoned.

Teacher-What are microbess
Pupil-They are animals that one
never sees.
Teacher-Very good. Now give me
an example.
Pupil-The elephant.
Teacher-what! the elephant?
Vows that?
Pupil never saw one.-Judy.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08

An insect known as the water boat
man has . regular pair Of oars, his
legs being used as such. He swims on
his back. a. In that position there Is
less resistance to his progress.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08

Nv : "Aas< kSs. ever 70 the next tarn,,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08
Vacation Time.

Aud new come beck the vacation dayS
When to take . good rest man 10 frsA:
And he rests 20 hard IN ten dsys' tius
That for one whole year he's dseA Coz
tired.
--Phkfsds,vhia North American.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-12-08

Jones-Thsy accused her Of blowing
up q man-of-war?
BoHes-She scolded her soldier hus
hand.--Up TO Date,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25

B0rr0Wing . Horse.
In his interesting book, ''The Law.
yers Of Maine," Willis relates an aneo.
dote of Judge George Thatcher. who
was noted for bis humor.
Solicitor Davis and Judge Thatcher.
when boys, 9 neighbors in Barnsta.
BILE and Yarmouth, Mass. The day after
the battle of Bunker Hill the militia
Of these towns set of for Easton. The
boys accompanied the soia,ers. Davis
acting as fifer. A few mics out from
Barnstable an order came directing the
military to return home
In their retreat Thatcher aud Davis,
tired Of their march, mounted an old
horse they met on the road. without
saddle or bride. After riding some
miles they dismounted and abandoned
their steed in the highway
Many years after Davis, as solicitor
general, vas prosecuting a horse thief
before Judge Thatcher in the county Of
Kennebec, Me. In the course of the
trial the judge leaned wei the bench
and said in an undertone to the solic-
itor:
"Davy, this reminds me Of the horse
you and I stole in Barnstable."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
A Talk,nr o

The latest curiosity in Bethel. Me-,
Isl talking crow which entertains the
boys and girls. The bird was found in
the woods " a year ago. when young,
having fallen from its nest and broken
q wing. 1t was taken home and cared
Tor, but showed no inclination to talk
until q few months ago. It talks a.
we'll as parrots, but favors words con.
tanning TO-" and "Hello, hello, Moses.
Oral Whoa therei" cause the passers-
BY to turn quickly at times.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
Thunder In var,ou. Regions.

Java is said to be the region Of the
globe where it thunders ~oftenest, hav-
ing thunderstorms 81 days in the year.
After it n Sumatra, with SO days;
Hindustan, with Sc; Borneo. with 81;
the Gold Coast, with SO. and Rio de
Janeiro. with 81. In Europe. Italy o.
cupies the first place. with 80 days Of
thunder. while France and southern
Russia have l8 days. Great Britain and
Switzerland have each 2 days, and
Norway has 4. Thunder is rare at Cairo,
being heard only 8 days in the year.
and extremely rare in northern Tur.
kestan and the polar regiona-London
Standard.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25

Some old hawking gloves have the
hands and thumbs made in red velvet,
the outside Of the hand covered with
the finest embroidery in many tones Of
silk, mixed with metal threads. They
appertain to the days Of good Queen
Bess.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
Hay for Sale,

Fifteen tons Of we'll cured alfalf.
hay for sale-buy now while the roads
arc goodwill deliver Il In town.
FRANK K. EVANS.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25
Explained.

Explained.
Mrs. Differs Your old friend has
such a sad face. Why is it?
Mr.. Bliffers-Years ago he proposed
to a very beautiful girl, and
Mrs. Bliffers-And she refused him?
Mr.. Bliffers-No. She married him.
London Answers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25

st. Georges Bay. Newfoundland,
contains an immense coalfield fully 20
miles in length and 10 in breadth. II
has been estimated that if the output
were to reach 100000 tons per annum.
the coal bed would not be exhausted in
a century.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-25


Much interest has been excited in
America by the telegraphic accounts
of Hooley's apparently wholesale pur-
chase of British noblemen for use as
decoy ducks to his various stock
schemes; and his connection with the
highest political officials of the empire.
Theron G Crawford, who has been in
England for the Cosmopolitan. takes
up the subject in the November issue
of that magazine, and under the title
of "Hooley and his Guinea-P PIGS" gives
Q connected story of the derivation of
Hooley and his rise to the control of
millions through Unlimited cheek and
the .opportune. willingness of distin-
guished British arlstocrates to lend
their names for q financial considera.
ton to any sort Of q shady transaction.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-07-03

Idiots are nearly always to be piaed
bat the one Who penned the account OF
the wreeklng OF the steamers Game Cocb
ami staghound for the Seattle Pos,-In-
tcllinsencer should be held crlmmally re.
sponslble and kicked on that paper. Ia
over two columns OF the veriest rot,
wherein an EFFORT to elaborate IS plainly
apparent. this wiscacre in the mushroom
town takes occasion 20 mention ",hc
ireaehcrous Columbia river bar" and enc
deavors to create the impression that the
accident was due TO the "trJaeAery" Of
the "bar" The poor, enyious ser.5oler
probably knew the steamers were thrown
.osether like boxes, and not sufficiently
strong 20 withstand the ocean svegs. that
the disaster occurred s5 miles up the
Washington coast. when the weather was
apparently calm. but the gsneral desire
OF Sound people 20 SANDER Astoria led
him to dispay his mansvo.snoe Il ,ae f1oi
killer ever strikes Seattle he VIII iepopu-
late the town