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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19

Gold was known much earlier than
silver, AMI WAS at first the cheaper of
thu two metals, but the price of silver
YVES lowered by the discovery OF silver
miles in Gilicia, Spain, and Laurium.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19

]hirty-livc years make II gcner-
alton. That is how long Adolph
Fisher, Of GAINESVILLE. o., suffered
from piles. He was cured by using
three boxes Of DcWitt's Witch Hazel
SalVc. }3
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19

DIGS WANTED Anyone having few
l young pigs for sale viii please. leave word
at the postotlice.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19

NOR RENTA house ON my farm-a miner
Il prcfe FRED, and will also rent dggings.
Inquire of w L. Jackson 40
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19

no CONTRACTORS--Any amount of
| choice sand for sale on the place or de-
livered Inquire of W. L, Jackson 40tt
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19

According to the registrar general $
LATEST blue book, Scotland still contains
many more women than men.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19
WANTS..

NOR Sale Half interest in No Austin
L Drilling machine. lnqntrc OF sherman
Phillips.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19
LEGAL NOTICES.
F. c. Fielder, Attorney.

g TATE OF Wisconsin, County Court for Iowa
~ County-ln Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at regular
term of the Iowa county court, to be held in
and for said county, at the court house, in
the city of Dodgeville, in said county, on the
9TH day of June, A. D. 1898, being the
first Tuesday OF said month, at one O'Clock
in the afternoon Of said day, the following
matters will be heard and considered:
The application Of Delos b. Babcock to
admit to probate the last will and testament
of William NJ. Babcock, late Of the town of
Waldwick, in said county, deceased
And it is further ordered that public notice
thereof be given to all persons interested
by publishing IA copy OF this order for three
weeks successfully, prior to said day of hear
ing, in The Iowa County Democrat, n weekly
newspaper published in said county.
By order of the court;
ALDRo jerks Judge.
Dated, Dodgevlle Wis, May 10, 1898.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04
NATURAL COKE.
1t Is Claimed There Is Deposit OF 1t
in the State OF Utah.

1t Is Claimed There Is n Deposit OF 1t
i'm the State OF Utah.
In works of mineralogy it is learned
that there is such q product as natural
coke, but so far as known there has
but one deposit of this commodity been
found in the United States, and this was
in the vicinity of Richmond. Va. 1900,
Although the deposits of coal in Utah
are immense in their proportions, it was
never dreamed that among it's commodi-
ties of trade and commerce the state
could boast of beds of this natural coke.
but such is the case, however, and the
Salt Lake Herald is informed that a
short time ago vein of this coke had
been discovered in a section of the coun-
try about 40 miles south of this city,
and within Is miles of a railroad.
This deposit crops out on the surface
for some distance, and 25 to 30-foot
tunnel has disclosed body of coke that
is all of five feet in width, and there is
every reason to believe that with depth
the size of this deposit will increase
In quality the coke is all that could be
desired, and at the assay Offices at which
it has been tested the statement is made
that it is pure article, and that it is
even superior to the manufactured coke
as it is entirely free from sulphur, btu
men, and that it gives out no smoke
when burned, and makes less ash than
the manufactured article.
The new find, which is considered as
being among the most valuable that has
been made in the state, is owned and
controlled by ex-Mayor R. n. Baskin
and several other Salt Lake gentlemen,
who have located $40 acres in the imme-
date vicinity of the discovery.
An officer of the police detail said re-
Gently: "When l was a mounted DO
Hceman learned of most humane
and kind method of curing a balky
horse. 1t not only never fails, but it
does not give the slightest pain to the
animal. When the horse refuses to 90
take the front foot at the fetlock, and
bend the leg at the knee joint Hold
it thus for three minutes, and let it
down, and the horse will go. The only
way in which | can account for this
effective mastery of the horse is that
he can think of only one thing at a
time, and having made up his mind
not to GO, my theory is that the bend
ing of the leg takes his mind from the
original thought. Farm and Field.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04
The Teller Resolution.

The expected has happened. The
Teller resolution, providing that bond
interest and principal shall be paid by
the United States in silver, has passed
the senate. The vote stood At to 80.
That is larger majority than the
friends of honest money believed it
possible for Senator Teller and his
coadjutors to bring to the support of
the resolution, but this is accounted
for upon the hypothesis that few OF
the senators supported the resolution
without intending to commit them
selves to the free coinage of silver.
The position of opposition to free
coinage of silver while lending support
to this resolution is al anomalous one.
Were it possible to carry out the policy
demanded by that resolution, it would
drive this country to a silver basis as
certainly as night follows day. It
would do this because to make the
obligations of the government payable
IN silver instead of gold would at once
destroy the parity of our gold and sill
Yer currency which only the faith of
the government pledge has maintained
since the great disparity in the bull
lion value of the two metals. The vote
for the Teller resolution by those who
do not believe in substituting the sill
yer standard for the gold standard is
1t cannot be justified.
1t is only further temporizing with
danger, which the vote for BryanIsm
in 1896 should have warned the sena-
tors against.
1t is the firm faith of the best minds
of the country that a substitution ut
silver Tor gold by the United State,
government in the discharge OF its ID
legations would at once DESTROY The
parity between gold and silver in our
circulation and drive gold into retire
ment.-Olympian.
The resolution was defeated in the
house bv a vote of 1872 to 1872. so there
is no danger from that source.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04
Better Born Lucky than Rich.

Chimes are better" remarked a 16
to l and n Chicago platform man the
other day. "'They couldn't help but
be better. High tariff and the Re-
publican party have nothing to do
with it, however. Just because the
Almighty has caused the sun to shine
and the rain to fall at just the right
time in the Uuited States and caused
the old earth to yield full harvest
h re, and at the same time withheld
the rain III other portions of the earth
and SO caused an unnatural demand
for Our bread stuffs, and consequent
h gh prices. Just because the AL
mighty I'D his own good time has seen
tit o disclose the hIdded treasure that
has been locked up in the Alaskan
hlllS and river beds tor countless ages,
at this particular time, is due to no
at OF the Republican parry and no
credit should be allowed them for it.
"You ask, how is it whenever
the Republican party has been in
power this same abundant prosperity
has followed in their foot steps? and l
answer it is just their I'D luck"
The above is always the position ia
ken by the incapable, vacillating
"ne',r 90 well" not only ia public but
private life.
Ion point out the successful man
In any community, one who by his
own indomitable pluck and energy
has m lde a position for himself, and
the Ia ger at the corner grocery will
tell y0l that he deserved no credit
whatever. Its just his id luck.
Carried INTO the affairs of state. the
party that has stood at the helm
through SC many difficult voyages and
perilous situations, whose prudent
counsel and keen foresight has ALWAYS
brought the old ship safely through
every danger, deserves no credit. It
Is Simply its id luck.-Elma
Chronicle.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04
4 matter Of Serious Consideration

There is one fact that the citizens
OF the Sound will do we'll to consider
seriously, and that is, the return wave
from Alaska. 1t is true that immense
fortunes have been made in short
time by many fortunate pioneers in
the Alaskan gold fields, and that the
number of fortunate ones will be large
ly increased.
There is no doubt that Alaska in ev-
cry section which can be reached is
rich with precious metals, and that
the number OF those who "strike it"
and secure p competence or a fortune
VIII be large one. 1t is equally prob
able that many are going to Alaska
who have staked their all upon the
venture, and to whom failure to "strike
it" ms ans disaster; that they have, no
resources outside what hey have put
into the venture; and will return bro
ken and .disheartened, to begin again
the struggle for existence with moth
ing bat their physical exertions to de-
pend upon. 1t is quite probable that
within.a year many OF these unfOrtu-
mates will be brought to the Sound
cities, and thrown upon the charity of
orr people. These are facts that must
be faced, and it will be we'll for the
people Of the Sound cities to bear
them III mind 1t is probable that
there will be victims of the Corona
wreck left penniless, unable to go for
ward, or to return to their homes, who
will be left here to do the best they
can, and they will be but the forerun-
ners Of the larger and more needy
crowd that will probably come later.
Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04

Mr.. Ward L. Smith, of Fredericlys-
town, Mo-, was troubled with chronic
dlarrh@a for over thirty years. He
had become fully satisfied that it was
only a question of short time until
ne would have to give it up. He had
been treated by some of the best phvs-
lclans Ill Europe and America but got
no permanent relief. One dav he
picked up newspaper and CHANGED to
read an advertisement of Chamber
laln's Collie, Cholera md Diarrhma
Remedy. He got bottle of it, the
hrst dose helped him and its continu-
ed use cured him. For sale by all
druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04
A New Way of Getting Rid of Bill Col

New Way of Getting Rid of Bill Col
Iector.
The death of Tom Hannum, one time
Il well-known habitue of the press gal
leries on both sides of the capitol, was
sincerely deplored among the old
timers the other day, and some anus
ing anecdotes were told of the popular
newspaper man by his friends in the
course of the day. One Of the best is
worth repeating.
Hannum was in the habit Of taking
late breakfast at the Press club every
morning. On one occasion, while he
was vigorously discussing a hearty re-
past of ham and eggs, bill collector
suddenly walked up to Hannum's side,
and laid his account before him. Han
num looked at the bill and then at the
gan:
You blamed fool, can't you observe
the amenities of ordinary civilized So
ciety. Don't you know that q mans
club is like his home, and that you are
in danger of being summarily elected
membership and without being intro
duced? The rules of this club require
that if you have business with q men,
Der you wait in the lobby outside until
Il waiter takes in your card and ascer-
tains whether the gentleman with
whom you have business is present.
Now, you go out into the lobby-taI<e
this bill with you-and comply with
the rules of this club"
The collector apologized for the in
fraction Of the rules of the Press club,
which, to tell the truth, were never eli
forced on anything, and waited until
the steward came to ascertain his
wishes.
"Piease announce me to Mr.. Han
num-" said the collector.
The steward told him to wait, and he
carried the mans card to Hannum
who looked at it carefully, then handed
it back to the steward, and said: Not
at home. "-Washington Post.
An Unusual Coincidence.
The Vienna correspond ent of the
London Standard says that on one of
the estates of Count Potocki in Galicia
the very rare event of mother, daugh-
ter and granddaughter each giving
birth to a son on the same day has just
occurred. The mother is forty-eight,
and the infant son is her sixteenth
child. The daughter, who has just
presented her husband with his eighth,
is thirty-three years old, and the grand
daughter, who was married last year,
is not yet quite sixteen. All the three
newborn sons are strong and healthy,
and the same may be said of their
mothers, who belong to the Polish
peasant class.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04

Germs Now Said to Be Absolutely Nee.
esSary to Proper Assimilation.

Germs NOW Said to Be Absolutely Nee.
! esSary to Proper Assimilation.
The ubiquitous microbe is known to
present two sides or phases to it's char
acter. One is that of a disease-produc-
ing organism, the other that of the
oenehcent remover of decaying matter,
writes DIR. Andrew Wilson, and of ac-
tually assisting the animal body to
perform certain of it's ordinary vital
! functions-digestion, to-wit. To what
extent the animal may be dependent
on microbes for it's actual welfare is an
open question, but if certain researches
undertaken by DR.. j. Kijanizin, of the
University of Kieff, are to be credited,
there may indeed exist closer alliance
between germs and their hosts than
has hitherto been deemed possible.
This Investigator experimental upon
animals, feeding them on food which
has practically been stelilized, and Civ
ing them air which had been rendered
wholly germless. One result of this
! regimen was to limit the assimilation
OF heterogeneous matter; the idea here
being that the presence of microbes in
the digestive tract is necessary to eff
feet this desirable end of nutrition.
: The microbes left in the intestine. or
originally present there, no doubt ac-
complished much of the work; but the
conclusion is that the microbes re-
ceived with the food constitute an es-
sential feature of healthy assimila-
ton. Death was not the uncommon
fate of many of the animals supplied
with the sterilized food and air. This
result may, perchance, arise from proc
esses Of self-poisoning such as the mi
crobes, naturally present in air and
food, obviate and prevent.
What seems specially interesting.
however, is the new analogy which DR..
Kijanizin's experiments reveal between
the animal and the plant worlds. Ger
tain plants can only assimilate nitro
gen through the action and aid of the
microbes which live in nodules on their
roots. In Fc:ae absence of these friendly
germs no assimilation of nitrogen is
possible. Therefore the case of the
plant would seem 70 be closely related
to that of the a74.nal if it be proved
that the nutrition of the latter cannot
proceed naturally without the aid of
the helpful microbes. ,a~--'
The drinks that quench thirst most
effectually are, according to an author
ity on the subject, those that possess lit
tie sugar and no salt. Among the
fiavors- to be combined with water are
lime and lemon juice, the juice of the
grape fruit, and phosphates of orange
and cherry. Cold tea and coffee with
slice of lemon and TO sugar are also
beverages that will satisfy thirst. Both
of the latter should be poured from the
not as soon as breWed.-N. Y. Post.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04

No 81
IN =, The r. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON, FOR THE COUNTY or
MASON. vi
MARY E. CARY Plaintiff
JOHN NESS, ANNIE X. NESS MASON
MORTGAGE LOAN COMPANY, and
KEENE GUARANTY SAVINGS BANK,
THE STATE OF WLsHIN SG5TT719Sii T6 tho cola
John Ness, Annie K. Ness, and Keena Guarent tU
Savings Bank, defendant: "n'y
You are hereby summoned to appear within
sixty days after the date of the first DubIication
OF this summons, to-wit, within sixty DAYS after
the 24th day OF December, 1897. and defend the
ABOVE emitted action in the above entitled
nd ad answer the Complaint of the plaintiff
anu serve copy OF your answer upon the un-
derslgned, attorneys for plaintiff at their Office
9eloW stated and in case of your failure so to
DO, judgment will be rendered against Won or"
cording to the demand of the Complaint. which
has been filed with the Clerk of said Court ''n
me OBJECT CT said action is to forecIose
mortgage upon the following described reoI
estate in Mason County, WaSbington to-u uIt.
the east half of the north east quarter fElS of
Of Of tba LOTS OF section seven "a and the west half
section eight (S), all in townsh IN twenty oi
north OF range one ~ west of the Willamette
I m1eeTld d containing one hundred and sxtv
siv9 deies more or less, together with all and
singular the privileges, tenements, heredita-
ments ana appurtenances thereunto belonging
OF IN anywIse appurtaining. Said mortgage
Mass e6he s h ny John Ness and by Annie K
Yes by her attorney in fact John Ness. on the
18th day OF October, 1891, and was given tic to
secure ecu tnelr note OF the same date for four hun
ntore uoiaIs, que three years after date, with
interest at nine per cent per annum Said
mortgage nao was filed for record in the Auditor,s
once o,i Oh SAID Mason County October 18th. 1891
ana was recorded in Book wv" of mortoaoeS 81
page AZ. Plaintiff asks that the defendants and
eacn OF them be forever barred and fOrecIosad
OF al right title, interest, lien and equity Of re-
ovna pto ~ III ana 10 SAID morteaged premises.
except the redemption provided BY the laws Of
the State OF Washington. avs VI
20 REID d MEAD. Plaintiffs Attorneys.
First pub. Dec, PAW. IL
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04
Doing Quite Well, Thank You

Friends from Lincoln, Neb., report
that William Jennings Bryan has
made large sum OF money bv his
lectures, and is laying it up for a rainy
day. His largest receipts were realized
at Wichita, Kan. where he got So, 400
for single lecture. At a little town
In Missouri he made 1915. His recu-
lar charges are $500 for every appear
ance, and one-half the net receipts
over and above that sum.-Chicaoo
Record.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04
America and "Manifest Destiny"

The real strength of the movement
for the annexation of Hawaii is to he
found in national feeling which CAN
not be understood except by those
who share in it. 1t is a feeling that
grows out OF our history and that
rests upon survivals of faith in the
old American doctrine of our "mani-
fest destiny" While we were Still Il
small and struggling power, our fore
fathers had the largeness OF view to
press our boundaries further and fur
Their to the westward, until at length
they acquired the splendid continental
domain which was won not for any
immediate benefit they could derive
from it, but for heritage to her
children and for the future glory of
the nation. They in their times met
with precisely the same sort OF opposi-
ton that confronts today the men OF
large vision and of faith in the future.
Most of us today are glad that Jeffer-
son made the Louisiana purchase, and
even that Seward bought Alaska, while
there are also well-informed men ready
to say that they think President Grant
was right and Senator Sumner wrong
in the bitter fight over the question OF
the annexation OF San Domingo.
The Pacific Ocean is to be the thea
ter of great events in the coming CEN
fury. The next two generations Of
Americans will insist upon playing a
large part in those events, in spite Of
the warnings of certain gentlemen
now living who shudder at a policy Of
expansion. II we should embrace the
present opportunity to bring the Ha-
waiian Islands under our flag, poster
ity would probably be thankful to Us
precisely as we are thankful to our
forefathers for their Acquisitions
From "The Progress of the World" in
American Monthly Review OF Reviews
for February.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04

A few months ago, Mr.. Byron Every
OF Woodstock, Mich, was badly a.
filcted with rheumatism. His RIGHT
neg was swollen the full length, caus-
ing MN great suffering, He was ad-
Nised 10 try Chamberlain's Pain Balm
Inc nrst bottle of it helped him con-
sioeraoiy and the second bottle effect
. cure. The % and so cent sizes are
for sale by all druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04

HERE are only thirty vessels of all
ages, conditions, sail and steam. bound
from the Atlantic coast for Alaska,
by way of Puget Sound.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04
1t was q Feeler,

The New York Journal explains
that the signed article on its editorial
page attacking Mr.. Bryan did not ex-
press It's own political opinions, and
that 1t stands ready to support Bryan
or any other Democrat who NAV he
nominated in 1900. But everybody
Will believe that the suggestion in re-
gard to the ratio was put out as feel
err The eastern Democrats are evil
IDENTIFY anxious to ascertain if the sill
yer men would not be satisfied with
higher ratio than 16 to 1-say 90 to l,
as suggested by Senator Wolcott-
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-01

attainment by Admiral Sampson, act
ing alone, the Fifth army corps was
dispatched to cooperate with him in
eliminating the four armored Spanish
cruisers from further consideration in
the present war. It was impossible to
send the American naval vessels
through the narrow entrance channel,
on account of the elaborate outfit of
mines which the Spaniards were known
to have established there, and it is re-
liably reported that he has since made
it impossible for any offensive battle
ship to approach the inner harbor, by
planting an additional effective system
of submarine explosives from the mag
azines of his own ships.
With the American land forces in
possession of the shore batteries, how
ever, the wires which operate the
mines could be speedily cut, and the
American feet could promptly counter
mine the channel, and, forcing an en-
trance to the deep water in the interior
of the bay, bring about such a con-
elusive short range battle with the
squadron as that of two months ago
at Manila.
For some time American naval Off
GERS have considered this plan-the
only one that gave any promise of eff
fecting a solution of the Santiago
problem, and it is we'll known that
it as the speediest method of destroy
ing Cervera, although at the time of
the army'S tedious delay in getting
away from Tampa he permitted Hob
son to try and sink the Merrimac in
the channel, having in contemplation
the complete investment of Santiago
by land and sea, and the eventual
starving out of the Spanish forces
afioat and ashore. The certainty that
the Merrimac now offers practically
no obstacle to the navigation Of the
channel is understood to have led Ad-
miTal Sampson and General Shafter to
agree upon the immediate seizure Of
the entrance forts, with their control
of the mine fields and unless some IN
foreSeen circumstance has arisen since
Monday to alter their plans. it should
have been carried out by this time.
Officials understood that Admiral
Sampson would open fire on MORO and
the other batteries yesterday morning
at daybreak, and continue firing with
all his vessels, including the Vesuvius,
until every Spaniard in the works was
either disabled or driven out Yester-
day morning General Shafter had a
large part of his corps, including all of
his advance forces. on the hills within
two miles of MORO. and everything
was arranged so that the castle might
be occupied within an hour after the
bombardment ceased. Perhaps this at
tack was postponed, but at any rate
army officers believe that it has al
ready occurred. and for that reason do
not worry about the reported advance
Of General Pando to reinforce Santiago.
when the United States forces have no
use for that city.