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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-31

SAal)ower water OF the park and set
their second coating of spats. The
next spring they are taken up and
taken ashore, ,Ae boughS are chopped
on Into twigs about eight inches long
and the twjgs are spllced into strands
ol ropes, These ropes are then placed
in the parks attached to the corner
stakes, ana swing and vlhrate in the
currents SO that the oyster escapes
the sediments, but gets his full
hare Of the ever floating food In
this second year the oyster often
grows four times its original size
from March to October although It
Eenerally takes two aud a half years
to produce Tarantiue oyster OF the
first grade, 1t is estimated that n
rope fourteen feet long will rear
about 1000 oysters.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-31
LONGEVITY

Ii IL said that ninety-nne out OF u
hundred people have curvature of the
spine. and that the One-hundredth
man Is The octOgonarian, His spine Is
straight, he walks with erect carriage
aud his chest Is generally broad and
deep In other words, he carries him
self and maintains mis- body In po-
sltion where all the organs arc In
their natural positions and thus are
not hindered from performing their
regular functions Of providing food
for the tissues and carrying off tho
waste matter in an unimpeded man
ner. II is said that ccntenarians and
octoEenarians also almost invariably
have a large trunk with short legs
and m erect carriage even In old age.
Another characteristic Of longevity Is
a slow, deep respiration, which en-
ablos the person TO take In MS much
oxygen (the real food Of liIc) into his
system as possible, and nj the same
time to rid himself OF IA correspond
ingly large amount OF foul air from
the lungs Complete repose aud lack
of nervousness Of breathing or action
IL another adjunct Of beating the un-
dertakers, as Is mental quIetude and
light easy motion when walking or
in other exercise Old people in good
health are also found to be those who
have generally been moderate or fru-
gal eaters. and 1t Is recorded that
gourmands die young. II is not what
we eat so much as II is what we do
not eat and what we do digest that
contributes 10 our well-being ana
length OF life upon this terrestrial
globe. To be sure, climate, occupa-
ton. race and breeding have an in
direct influence on human life, but the
characteristics and conditions which
we have mentioned have a far more
general effect in producing longevity
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-31
HOME OF THE OYSTER.
Though the r, Is Not Here the Season
Has Really Just Begun,

Now that we have come to the first
of the four month without an r. in
them, says the Little Chronicle, the
oyster as an article Of diet goes out Of
season, or, as we say, the oyster
season is over" From true com
mercial point Of view, however, the
oyster season has just begun for II is
now that the seed is being planted in
northern waters for next winters
crop. Most Of this seed Is obtained
from virginia, at Hampton and Rap
pahanuock, and the first sloops from
there have arrived in New Jersey and
Connecticut waters with Cargoes OF
three and four-year-old seed for which
higher price was paid than at any
time in the past fifteen years, Last
spring the prices of seed oysters were
from forty to sixty cents per bushel;
this spring they are from sixty-fve to
ninety cents. The reason given IS
that times are more prosperous and
oeople can afford to pay more, but
the real reason is found in the IN
creased use of oysters
There is a popular error that Ser
glus Orator, a wealthy citizen OF
ancient Rome, invented oyster cui-
ture. but the best evidence Is that 1t
originated in the Tarantine gulf on
the southern coast Of Italy-that body
Of water which separates the So
called heel OF the peninsula from
the toe" laramie has been famous
for its fisheries as far back as there
are any records. At the head OF the
gulf is a bay called the Mare Piccolo
and there Is the ancient home OF the
oyster. It Is filled with small oyster
parks which are made by driving four
corner posts into the bottom Of the
bay and connecting them by net
work Of wire grass ropes. From these
ropes are suspended loose bundles OF
hazel, OF goose beHghsr called faseiHes;
The fascines gather the spat from the
oysters suspended on the ropes The
spawning season Is greatest be-
tween April and October, but expert
ments show that spawning occurs
during the whole year. In the early
spring the fascines prepared during
the winter are taken out Of the shall
low water and anchored in deep
water. In May they are placed In the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-31
A BLAMED SIGHT WORSE.

A bachelor, old and cranky,
Was sitting alone n his room;
His toes with govt were aching.
And his face o'erspread with gloom,
No little ones shouts disturbed him,
From noise the house was free;
In fact. from the attic to cellar
Was quiet as quiet could be.
No medical aid was lacking;
The servants answered his ring,
Respectfully heard his orders,
And supplied him with everything.
But still there was something want
ing,
Something he couldn't command:
The kindly words of compassion,
The touch of gentle hand
And he said, as his brow grew darker,
And he rang for the hireling nurse:
We'll, marriage may be a failure,
But this is a blamed sight worse!'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-31
PRAIRIE CHICKEN PROSPECTS.
The S1ooting Next Fan Promises 10
be Excellent.

This season win see the biggest
grouse crop brought TO maturity In the
northwest within the memory of
grouse shooters, The same may be
said of quail which are hatched, as
are the grouse, three weeks ahead Of
schedule and are now beyond danger
from rains, But Quails can at no time
be shot in Wisconsin
The conditions during the past
winter and throughout this spring
have been peculiarly favorable to
both these species which in most
wears are reduced to half or less than
half OF their legitimate increase by
the rigorS of western weather Begin
ming With the quail they have been
we'll protected IN Minnesota, the
nakotas, Wisconsin and Iowa for sew
eral years, and corresponding In
crease in their number has been
noted, but, despite all efforts to favor
these good game birds through legis-
atton and the rigorous enforcement
of laws for their protection, they have
suffered severely from extreme cold
and deep SHOWS, followed by heavy
rains IN the spring OF each year. A
very fascinating picture they make
scuttltng about IN the underground.
An important feature OF the early
Matching this season, however, Is the
certainty that quail will raise two
broods, as they invariably do in for
ward years, when favorable condI-
tons for breeding are presented In
fact there is no doubt that the first
brood as soon as Matched Is taken
care OF by the male bird. which at
tends to foragng for the early detach-
meut, while the hen immediately pro-
ceods to hatch out a second lot. This
statement will be borne out by all
familiar With the habits OF the bird.
The prairie chicken or plnnated
grouse Is seldom affected by cold or
snow, except extremely severe blis-
yards which bury them up and pre-
vent their being able to extrloate
themselves from the drifts in which
they have found shelter, There were
no drifts last winter and the prairie
chickens were thick IN the corn
shocks of Minnesota and South Dako-
Ia. Now the reports of Matching are
coming in from all quarters, and IA
these all toll of the birds being strong
on their legs and well grown, 1t is
patent that the hens came off at
least three weeks earlier than In
ordinary seasons, within the time
that has since elapsed there have
been no heavy rains in any of the
localities where birds are thlekest, so
that none OF them have been drowned,
the fun broods have been Matched, and
they are now too strong to be dam
aged by any ordinary weather cond-
tions that may be encountered. The
prospect Ia that 30 per cent OF the
birds Matched will reach maturity,
while with such weather as has char
actcrized the past four or Ave hatch
Ing seasons more than SO per cent, OF
the young have undoubtedly per-
ished.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-31
IN NELLOWSrONE PARK.
Scouts killing Mountain Lions Who
Become Too Aggressive.

INeHe is strong regulation regard
ing the absolute letting alone OF wild
things in the park. 1t is a proper in
tenJ,1n to let nature take is course,
but Still when the superintendent
clearly sees that band of mountain
lions will surely eat up all the noun
tain sheep in very short time il be-
comes necessary for the aforesaid Of
ticial to thwart the law OF the noun
tain, also when big grizzly gets to
mixing up socially with the tourists
Captain Brown has to step in in favor
of the latter, though | am not sure OF
the wisdom of this.
When these contingencies arise the
two scouts Whitaker and Morrison
glrG themselves with rifle and ski and
proceed to eQualize things, during
which these two young men have
some very exciting experiences. Last
winter they killed five mountain lions
at one time. SO far this year Whit
takcr has bagged three. and is still
hunting. As he has written; II had
a very narrow escape with these three
mountain lions. | was trailing the
first one when | came to large tree.
| could not see any trail, so was look
ing around when | heard queer
noise up in the tree looked up.
and there he was, not fifteen feet
from me- just getting ready to spring,
l shot him in the shoulder while he
was in the air.
THE second one trailed to the top
of hill walking along with my head
down, when | happened to look up,
and there he was, not five feet from
me- coming out from behind a rock.
Just about twenty feet from him were
three more When | fred they ran
away. Lieutenant Yates and myself
tracked the third one to a cave in the
rocks, He jumped at us, and we shot
him in the air while he was sprlnging
at us. He measured feet . inches"
This is the simple story Of the man
who did the thing, This is the way
the soldiers are working to keep the
Yellowstone Park for postority 1t Is
a pity the lions cant be allowed to
live, but they are too expensive,
Now and then the death sentence
goes forth against some overconhdent
grizzly always with great reluctance.
When one has borne down the forti-
iications of the hotel lighthouses time
and again, he, too, becomes aggressive
and his pelt comes in. 1t would be
better to trap these, however, and sell
them alive for the benefit of the park.
When the coyotes kin the young
antelopes and are warred against,
but | very much fear the broncho
white man of the adjacent regions Is
the worst of all If it were possible to
have him killed it would be good
thing for the rest of the population of
the United States. The panther, the
bear and the coyote can be excused,
but the white man Is a selfish brute
who knows he Is doing wrong. Fred
erck Remington in Golfers Weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-31
GOnss 10 COMMITTEE.
Question OF Revision OF Presbyterian
Creed

St Louis. May a. Advancement was
made IN the work Of the work Of the
general assembly yesterday by the
adoption OF the report Of the committee
on bills and oyertures asking the Pres
byterles what action they desire to take
IL any Ia +he-reglsleH Of the creed, ard
In the election OF Dr. william b. Noble
as permanent clerk. During the after
noon session the speakers for and
against revision occupied the floor and
a friendly spirit prevailed The adop-
ton Of the report OF the committee on
bills and oyertnres relating to the APP
poIntment OF a revision committee by
the assembly was received with great
satisfaction.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-31

names cut in EN-, too, I'm hlaw'd -
it amt queer, not twenty feet apart
a-aGhtjng against each other" He
held ont his precious booty as his
companion approached and turning
the light OF the lantern he carried
full Upon the choice relics spelled
Slowly ont on each the name, Hum
phrsy Bronson"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-31

The prince Of Wales will not visit
Paris because the French government
will not accept responsibility for his
presence unless be submits to rigor-
GUS police surveillance.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-31
Part II.

Along a winding dusty Georgia
road some two months later. their
horses tagged from hard riding, them
selves suffering from fatigue and the
oppressive heat Of a southern sun,
rode Captain Henry Humphrey, his
brother George, Sergeant Jennings,
and some dozen of their men, return
ing from a dangerous scouting expe-
dition in the enemy's country, but now
fortunately within a few miles Of Cen
eral sherman's lines, TO whose army
The Meeker herald., 1900-10-13

pacity of the waistband of his over
trolling spirit and that his hand was
always extended to help every honest
workingman. And he was ever after
ward Jim" to that man. He il in
touch with human nature; he is In
touch with the working classes; he Is
in touch with Colorado. As governor,
no man could have a more adequate
and complete conception Of actual con-
ditions. Probably no other man in
the state has been in position to 80
closely observe daily occurrences from
the point of view Of both the capitalist
and the workingman. This experience
In common with rare executive capaci-
ty, will make Jim Orman an ideal
governor. He knows Colorado; he
knows the people; that the people
know him will be demonstrated on No
ember 9th, when every workingmnn
in the state will put his little TX" OPP
posite the ticket headed by Jim" Or
man. our next governor.
The Pueblo Courier says that so far
unfortunate In the selection of speak
ers that were sent to Pueblo. The
WOlcott-R0osevelt combination was
frost, and the speech this week made
~, Ar% Ann
The Meeker herald., 1900-10-13
An Unvarnished Opinion Of
Wolcott.


The gall of Edward 0. Woie0tt Is
monumental and supreme when be
asks the people of Colorado to send
him back to the Senate. He led them
into the fight for silver. and then,
when the battle began, deserted to the
enemy, selling his birthright for the
federal patronage Of the state. When
he proclaimed from his seat In the Sen
ate that to repeal the Sherman silver
purchasing act would destroy Colora
do as Carthage of old was destroyed"
and "that the state might as well be
plowed up and sown with salt" he
warned the capital of the world TO
avoid US, and contributed more to our
trouble than the celebrated "bloody
bridle'' speech. His excuse Ii that
the silver cause has become hopeless.
One of the leaders of the American
Revolution, while still believing that
the cause was right, abandoned 1t be-
cause be thought ii was hopeless. His
name was Benedict Arnold. That
other cold-blooded traitor is IL. q. VOL
cott.-Carbondale Item.
The Meeker herald., 1900-10-13
FROM THE STATE PAPERS.
Drift of Public Sentiment.

Is
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A state ticket with F. G. Cloudy for
governor and A. M. Stevenson as Its
spopsor has distinct smell Of the
Seventh General Thieving Assembly
about tide Beque Bugle.
If Mckinley gets back, every foot of
free range in the western country will
be sold to the beef trust in eighteen
months. 1t will be appraised by local
land office registers and stolen from the
people. Guess the farmers Of the West
will sleep thus election.-Eagle County
Times. -A--i-i-s'i-
The poN Of Arapahoe county shows
such an ) Overwhelming fusion majority
impatiently awaiting the opportunity
to give the Wolcott crowd a final
thrashing that 1t would be useless
waste Of effort to attempt to add sin
single fraudulent vote to the number, If
the fusionists were so inclined, as the
virtuous opposition charges.-Coiorado
Democrat.
Frank Cloudy, the Republican nom
inee for governor, is corporation law
yer. :. was WI 49,
e.e.y io'e'sn e..
aiet''e ie .aan a. .ne 49, -.
all foreigners who did not like the man
ner In which the Republicans ran the
state government e"ou.u 'ee, w, e
eoua'ly. nv" s y. ~. n.s
inc nano tha' s'"''e' s"' A'-'
oc
The Homestead strike OF 1877 oe-
feated Harrison at the heels OF year
Of exceptional prosperity In exports.
What eject Will the strike OF the coal
miners have upon the present cam
paign, with Its full dinner pail CLAP
trap7 II party claims credit ZOE tne
crops 1t may justly De charged VAIN
situations which mock the hopes OF
toll. with policies which exaat the DOL
lar and debase the man.-Denver News
Every man and woman In Colorado
who Is at all acquainted with Mr.. J. b.
Orman knows him to be plain every
day business man who has obtained
his education chiefly in the hard school
Of experience; as railroad builder he
has been eminently successful, and as
q citizen he IL clean and honest. As
| Governor Adams suggests, 1t II bus
mess administration that Colorado
wants 1T this time, and this Mr.. Orman
will give the people.-Florence Rehner.
The Meeker herald., 1900-10-13
The Paramount Issue.

ne PARAMOUNT ISSUE
While there may be great deal of
discussion and difference Of opinion
in eastern cities relative to the promi-
nence of this or that issue in the CAM
paign. the paramount issue In the state
of Colorado is the retirement n Ed
ward o. Wolcott from th9'SenaN&Ht the
United States. The temper Of the psop-
pie Of this state has been we'll Illus
trated In the Roosevelt tour and in
which the governor OF New York vas
made the innocent victp Of the Esth
which the people were endeavorNak to
vent upon the junior senator Of this
state. No man. is more cordially detest-
! ed and despised than he, and even Re
publicans of lifelong standing md
Wolcott the worst dish of crow which
they have had In many years. IL
He has never failed, when it suited
his purpose or when he was out Of tem-
per, to heap obloquy and insult upon
the people whom he was alleged to rep
resent, and has at various tmeA and
In divers manners shown his utter con-
tempt for those principles Of political
economy which the people Of Colorado
most cherish. His record In Congress
has been continuous series Of betray-
ais Of the trusts reposed in him by the
people Of this state, and all for politi-
cal power and pelf.
The Telegraph yesterday discussed
the nomination Of the four fusion can
didates for the General Assembly.
Messrs. seldomridge. Montgomery.
Holienbeck and sprague. While there
are many things which will require the
care and attention Of these four mem
hers of the next General Assembly, the
chief and conspicuous thing which they
will be called upon to do is to ballot
upon a successor to Wolcott. Every
member Of this legislative ticket ia
pledged to vote and work against him,
and If there was absolutely nothing
else which could commend them to the
people of Ell Paso and Teller counties,
this one pledge should be sufficient.
The people Of Colorado Springs ought
not, cannot and will not vote for q leg
islative ticket whose members will vete
to return such a man as Wolcott to the
United States Senate. The shlfty, svas-
i've, brutal Wolcott. 1t 10 inconceiv-
able that the women Of Colorado
Springs are going to send men to the
Legislature who will cast their ballots
for such q man n Wolcott.
His abandonment Of bimetallism ID
only one Of the conspicuous ways IN
which he has misrepresented the go
pie Of Colorado, and despite his ball
desiAg. brow beating, purchasing
methods. he is going to be rebuff I'd in
signal manner by the decent and In
dependent citizens Of Colorado this
fall.
The feeling against him will be
shown better In the vote on the legis-
lative ticket than on anything else, and
the majority against him ought to be
so decisive that 1t will forever remove
him from the sphere of Colorado poll
tics. The people Of this city and coun-
ty will be called upon to do their share
in RELOCATING Wolcott to oblivion, and
the Telegraph does not doubt for mo-
ment that they will gladly do it.-Colo-
RADIO Springs Telegraph.
The Meeker herald., 1900-10-13


would be unpatriotic and ill-advised to
advertise them to the world, but when
the fact Is known that warrants are
at par and investors bidding to secure
them, the offense of the senator against
the good name Of Colorado merits Sc
we're ndemnation.-Lamar Sparks.
on the money question. and have left
him this year, are not explaining their
political conduct to the full satisfaction
of themselves or their friends. The
noise about the .'honor of the flag" h
falling pretty nat even when made by
SO prominent a man AZ Roosevelt. The
greatest men in the Republican party
say that Hanna, Mckinley and Roose-
welt are working towards an empire.
Sherman, Edmunds and Reed are not
traitors. They are the brainiest states
men in the Republican party. Our
friends need not go outside of their
own party to find the best authority
for contradictlng the Roosevelt Wolcott
alarms sounded to enlist the sympa-
thies of those who are easily excited
and thoughtless-Aspen Democrat.
The really most vital question before
Colorado voters at the coming election
is not the election Of Bryan and Stew
enson, but whether Senator Wolcott
shall be given another term in which
to mlsrepresent the people whom he
has 30 shamefully betrayed in the past.
That with Coloradoans is the para
mount issue. His defeat is not a mat
ter of revenge for past o6enses, but
matter of necessity, il the real SEN
timent Of this state Is to be properly
construed in the Senate Of the United
States. The Senator is entirely out Of
touch with the true sentiments Of a
large majority Of the people Of the
state. He does not represent single
interest common with his constituents.
It would be becoming act on the part
of Senator Wolcott to resign from q
position that to a man of honest pur-
poses would long since have proven
dhtasteful, but the Senator Is not cast
In such a mold, and 1t will be neces-
sary to knock him out. This intention
should be made manifest with empha-
sis.-Trinidad Monitor.
In his speech at Denver, Governor
Roosevelt said: 1.-THE states where la
Dor is best protected are those which
usually elect Republican executives and
legislators" Surely the man stamps
himself as the ridiculous freak that he
is depleted when he makes such state
ments as that. Is not Pennsylvania
the surest Republican state In the
Union? and the horrible conditions Of
labor as shown up by the present. strike
of 10000 coal miners should make
even Mr. Roosevelt blush with shame.
Then Homestead and Haxelton will
never be forgotten BY American labor
err. Whit about the shooting Of Ital-
ian workmen last year in New York
by state militiamen? The Italians were
compelled to strike for the enforcement
Of the state law fixing the hours of
employment on public works, and Ted
dy's militia made them go back to
work at the point of the bayonet.
What about the miserable and inhuman
conditions in the sweatshops and facto-
ries of New York, Massachusetts, and
other New England states, whose des-
TIMES are all controlled by Republican
| officials Pueblo Courier.