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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08
Louisiana's Prairie Parlshes.

One night the wife Of northern
farmer lately come south heard pit
cous blcuting from the rice marsh
She supposed that q lamb was lost
there She took a lantern and went ia
the pond IN the marsh to see If a LAM
had rot fast In the miro and TO rescue
It, When she got to the pond she
found little green frog. It wal
bleating like a lamb II is commonly
known in Louisiana as the "lanl
frog" or sheep frog OFTEN after q
rain one may walk through the yellow
pine woods and hear the bloatngB OF
thousands of these tiny frogs ThcJ
give one the impression that vast
flock of sheep is roaming IN the forest
The sensitive plant Is found IN the
north in poetry only Here the woods
are Carpcted with II. The plant grows
wild AS "a long trailing vine, lying on
the ground If you touch one Of rs
stems all the narrowpointed leaves on
the stem slowly fold up; and then In
turn all the leaves on the vine, which
MAJ. be 20 or 30 feet long
In the north the prickly pear leads a
langnorous life I'm hothouses. and
yields no fruit Here It nourishes out
OF doors from Christmas to Christmas
and bears a wholesome fruit with q
pleasant flavor. The juice OF this
fruit IS deep purple, and is used Ia
color frOstings on cake. The farmers
wives make preserves Of the fruit and
flavor them with lemon.
The French inhabitants hold the
prickly pear in much esteem as a medi.
cine. They peel the leaves. take the
pulp from them and place II IN a bowl
OF water The patient drinks the wa.
ter. and In a short time II breaks an
ordinary fever The northern settlers
have borrowed this novel fever quelle
from the French and use II success
fully.
At this season one may look abro1r
at night and see 8 or 10 prairie fires -
once. They are burning at ever,
point OF the compass. and make
great but broken circle OF fire. Tho
farmers light them to burn of the dry
grass. which Is from three TO five fes
high. 10 permit the tender green herb
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08
STAMP BOOKS POPULAR.
Everybody Finds New System Very
Great Convenience.

The scheme of issuing postage
stamps in book form, introduced by
the pOstofice department, has proved
in every way success, and the pub.
lie is not slow in coming to an appre
citation of the convenience of system
that enables one to carry supply of
the article in the vest pocket with no
danger of their running together in
mucky weather. Local postal clerks
report the books as steadily growing in
popularity and their sales constantly
increasing The demand is greatest
for the 25-cent book, though the 40 and
97-cent books are also selling well
Travelling men and business firms
having representatives on the road
are among the largest purchasers. La
dies are delighted with the convenient
method of carrying stamps, and have
almost ceased to buy them loose, as
formerly. WOrkmen and farmers who
as a rule have no desk conyenienccs
for keeping stamps in sheets find the
little books very handy and are puT-
chasing largely in this form, while stu
dents and others have to a consider.
able extent given up the old method
and are taking advantage of the stamp
book innovation.
Designs have been accepted by the
postofice department for a new series
Of special postage stamps in honor Of
the pan-Amcrican exposition at Buf.
falO next year. The stamps are to be
Of the six lower denominations, ], 2, 4,
5, s and 10 cents, and will be on sale
Jan. /. They will be in two colors, the
border varying in color with the de-
nomination of the stamp, and the cen
ter design Of all being in black. All
the center designs will show some
form Of transportation, such as the 10.
connective, the automobile, steamboat,
etc. These will be the first United
States postage stamps printed in two
colors since some of the very early
issues, and they will be smaller in
sire tran the Columbian and Omaha
special issues.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08
Cost of a Trip to South Africa.

In spite OF the large American inter-
eSts In the transNaal and oIheF p"f's
OF South Africa, no dIre-I llneS OF
passenger communication between the
United States ana that country nave
ever been established, All passenger
traffic lot the scene OF the present wa
between the hoef and the 6I'JoA must
be by way OF Europe. IRON Ihefe one
may have the choice o. several lines
The steamships OF the German Last
African line touch at Amsterdam
twice month on their way 10 peI'eo"
bay ana buroah. steamers OF the
Union and castle INES sa'I each oa'u''
day from southampton Eng" LOT
south African ports, nut hrSt go TO
Holland to pick up passengers ana
freight The BRITISH ana coleman
steamships SAL every fortnight direeI
from London to Cape Town. Ihey
are OF light draught, especially de-
signed to cross the bar at f'ast LONDON
and Natal, but carry only hrst-clasS
passengers. Rates OF passage from
London to Cape Town "Ange from
$66.43, third class, up to $l992S, first
class. The distance from London is
1881 miles, and the average time oil
the voyage by royal man steamers Is
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08

The Philadelphia Medical journal OF
April is u particularly interesting
and valuable number. containing a
seroa OF practical articles ON The
Soldiers On the Tropics, The Sanitary
Condition ot the Far East as II Affects
the United States, Buhonic Plague.
Cuban Malaria. Control OF lcprosy IN
tho Hawaiian islands, Notes ON the
Philippines, etc, Tho aforementioned
| article, by u surgeon of our army,
shows that The Philippines can hardly
! become the home of Americans,
MANY OF our older officers" Il rs
stated, have undergone q process. Vt
rapid aging here without any dehuttc
| atlUvut to account for their condition.
They simply grow thinner day by day,
running down gradually in physical
| strength as omaCiation goes on, until
finally the general takes pity and
sends them home. II Is not country
| for American ladies', particularly those
who arc married Ii Ia all very niCN
| aa loEg as one Is we'll but those who
| get sick don't easily recover here
| N.hN'A WV AN 'A'l w i#ANNlE VI N'tlAl"
poignIug' the writer's, after mention
ing the uusauitary situation due TO tho
! swampy character OF the country, OK.
! posture to tho sun and ram while
marching and hghtlng and the con.
slant strain ON the nervous system
! from being under the nightly fire ot
| the Filipino Hharpshooters, says that
| a., IA l..
first San Fernando campaign thcro
were GOA eICll or wounded As to the
2,So7 on the firing line the brigade
| commander estimated that not 100
could march Eve miles under existing
! conditions In ono of the rorlWcuts
upon careful medical examination,
| OF the biO not reported sick only SO
! were found In normal condition, t79
had q pulso rate of S5t to 100 and lgl
ranged from 100 to $50" Tho com
! plant OF the men was that after
moderate oXortion they hreathed very
lupidly and that any sudden noise MP,
set their noryoua holance" II is made
clcnr TINT the nerves suffer- while
viEur diminishca, 80 that We are not
surprised at the large proportion of
our soldiers who become insane, The
Diseases that prevail are dyacnteY.
obstinate dlurrhooa. typhoid FOYER,
rheumatism, malaria. "Washormana
Itch" It is added. exists in an ny
grayutod form, making marching i'm
possible, while boils and ulcers affect
the limbs from the irritation caused by
soaking In mud and water, Boils and
othor suppuratlvo Diseases are prov
alcnt and ultimate. Tuberculosis
proceeds rapidly to fatal Issue.
Heat exhaustion Ia daily soon and Ic-
Covcry Ia long delayed, The climate
IL not pornicious for those who can
avoid exposure. but for those who are
broken down by hardship or incidental
disease complete recovery ia doubt.
fun" Upon the whole, tho Philippines
are a Rort Of climate inferno tor
American soldiers who have TO cam.
paign under conditions almost sure TO
be fatal I'm their results
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08

A person with a mathematical mind
recently announced that in a pro
gramme of twenty waltzcs, four pokaa
and two quadrillcs dancer covers
nearly twelve miles. Young women
should make a note of this, so that
when old fogy parents advise sweeping
as an exercise they can triumphantly
quote the mathematician to prove that
dancing excels it by far
That children tall for their ages are
generamy born in the summer is a
novel theory. As far as boys alone
are concerned, those who first see
light during autumn and wiGtcr are
not so tall as those born in spring and
summer. Those born in November
are the shortest in July the talleet.
Averages for girls show that those
born in winter and spring have less
length Of body than those born in
summer and autumn. The tallest girls
are born In August
Servant girls In Boston who read
Homer. Goethe and Schiller are spoken
of in the labor bulletins Of Massa-
just issued. Boston kitchens
showed that while cook books OF
various makes are the most common
good books OF other kinds were not at
all unusual. In two or three cases
history. either Of the United States or
England. seemed TO be preferred. In
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08

JoDe in that reporters body II he ever
.aught him. Al first his ferocity was
20 intense that few Of them dared
o.ayc him, out finally one Of them
GsNli him in the most diplomatic way
possible what was the matter, and he
said:
Matter? Matter did you say?
Wei, matter enough! Do look like
u drunkard@ DO You think that my
children are going to stagye to death
because l drink up all make? Am /
a sot. a topper, an outcaSt, a humg'
What do YOU mvau" pus in three
ar four at the same time.
81 mean this: That scamp Went up
TO the high school which my daughter
attends and spread the report that |
saw p serpent in a fit OF tho tremons.
Gah! I'll Kill him. III Kill him. l
VIM" and uttering male3ictions he
>,ormcd ont to cool himself, bUt he
never told that sea serpent story
again to Il green re2orter,-Cleyelard
Leader.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08
FACTS REGARDING COFFEE.
Both Consumption and Production

Both Consumption ana PRODUCTION
Largely Increasing IN the World.
In lS9G-97 the amount Of coffee, raw
and manufactured, upon which duty
was paid in our custom houses
was only about 1900 tons,
whereas, according TO "Lc
Bulletin de StatisQuc ct dc LcgIsla
ton ComparCc"-a French official pub.
Hcation-the total amount consumed
in Europe and the United States was
no less than G23,220 tons. HOLLAND.
we learn from the same authority, IS
the country whore the drinking #
coffee is most in vogue the quantity
disposed of per head per annum being
upward Of 10 Kilograms. Denmark
and Belgium come next with seven and
five Kilograms respectively, while In
lranch the allowance per inhabitant is
no more than ~ Kilograms. On the
continent it is apparently the sum
levied as duty which determines he
amount consumed. In Holland coifc"
is entirely untavod. In Denmark and
belgium the charge i8 insignificant
but In France it amounts to the almost
prohibitive rate of 1877 francs per 100
kilograms, or about ID. a pound ayoiH
dupois The tax with us rs only / lad
pound for the raw article and 3D.
when IT is manufactured so our triflinR
consumption of about a third Of n
kilogram per head cannot well be due
to fiscal causes The production Of
coffee is said to be increasing rapidly
tn South America and to be assuming
large proportions in central Africa In
The Rio districts alone the augmented
output for the four years ending In
1891 was equal TO 100000 sacks, or
ah0ut 10000 tons. Writing I'm the
Revue dos Dcuy Mondes for July. 1898,
NJ. De Castrios says. "Thcy are plant
ing at least coo 900 coffee plants every
year in the Congo Free state, and
everything favors the hope that In q
f.w years the output viii have risen 10
Upward Of 2G,0O0.000 kilograms" If this
In the case the price Of coffee should
soon fall, when in all probability our
consumption OF six pounds Of tea per
head per annum Will suffer a diminu
ton. There can be no doubt that
aoffee affects the human economy in q
peculiarly agreeable and benencent
manner 1t is fairly cheap, easily pre-.
pared, although less so than tea, an ad.
mirable calorifacicnt, and there is
nothing whatever to forbid its habit.
val use I'm moderation, whether with
meals or at other times. On the
whole. it would seem that IT'S more OK
tended utilization is highly to be de.
sired.--Medical Record
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08

aSc TO come up Tor the great herds OF
cattle TO craze on, These fires may
easily be seen 10 miles away The
farmers select stjll nights for them
when the winds are laid. and the dews
are SO heavy that the flames make only
4 gradual progress, They burn all
night,
Sometimes these prairie fires be,
come dangerous. threatening houses,
NarUs and crops, Under ordinary CIR,
cumstauCes they move slowly. They
a0 not travel as fast as u man waits.
Hut when the grass is dry and the
wind is strong the prairie fire gallops
throuEh the field, Then the farmers
plow burrows and blackburn to make a
barrier against the flames and dnallv
ilGht thom with wetted rice Sacks
Louisiana Letter in New York Press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08
REPORTER GOT EVEN.
Mariner Told His Sea Serpent Yarn
Once Too Often.

In the haunts of the marine men are
a number OF both real and wOuld-be
practical jokers. They usually vent
their surplus energy on The newest
Newspaper man, or the 'onng fellow
who is Just trying to learn the intrica.
c.cs Of the marine business. A few
stories that are usually told these new
reporters are so old that the old
timers can spy them ont when they
see the headlines over them. They
are told to every new man IN the bust,
rea5 and sometimes get into print.
Ore Of them is about phantom ship
that in years past made its appearance
evcry spring Another is Of a
schooner which never existed that
comes from some unhcard-of and
equally mythical island, with a
strange cargo The thir3 is a sea ser
peat story. the latter probably having
been worked the hardest
There is one old seaman who will
probably never tell the snake story
a-a.1. He told it to a reporter for an
afternoon paper some years ago, and
the next morning he went into the
tug Office in high glee with a copy Of
the paper in his hand The reporter
had written up a narrowing ex-
per,ence that this man Yves supposed
to have had with the sea serpent, and
entered into details as 10 what the
beast or reptile or fish looked like.
All had a good laugh over it and the
company separated. That afternoon
the old tar made his appearance in the
tug office. but this time lie was white
with rage and swearing yariegated
oaths. He swore he would annihilate
that reporter on sight, and as some OF
them took him seriously they tele-
oho-ed the scribe to favor that office
with his absence that afternoon.
The tar foamed and fretted and
swore for the better part Of two hours
ard said he would not leave whole
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08

81. patrickg day this year being the
most popular one ever celebrated,
thanks 10 her maInsty's recognition Of
the deeds of her brave Irish sol
diors." 1t VIII be interesting to give
the names Of the vauon8 lriah rcgi-
mcuts now at Tor proceeding ton the
front, as obtained by a Daily Chronicle
representative yesterday They are
as follows:
First Royal Munster fusileers.
First Royal Irish rifles,
First Royal Irish fHiloers.
Second Royal Irish fuBiloers
First Royal lunlatilIIng fuslleers,
First Connaught rangers,
First Royal Dublin fusilcers
Second Royal Dublin fuslecrs
Fifth Royal Dublin fusilecrs (mil
itlaD.
Fifth Royal Munster fusleers (mili.
tia, on the way OUT,
Third Lenstcr regiment militia on
the way OUT.
Third Lcinstcr regiment (militia, on
the way OUT,
Fifth lancerg CRoyal Irish).
Sixth dragons Unnlskillngs).
Eighth hussars (King's Royal Irish
with the exception of the cavalry
regiments, the above are mainly com.
posed Of men Of Irish birth and par
entage, but. for some reason or other
the cavalry regiments contain a far
smaller percentage.
Although not necessarily belonging
TO the Irish regiments. many of our
notable generals ut the front are Irish.
men. They include:
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, v c
MaJ.Gon. French.
Gen. Sir George White, " G.
Lieut-Gen. Sir G. r. Clery, X. c. B.
Lieut. Gen Kelly.Kenny.
Mai Gen. Lord Kitchener.
The last named, although not 81
pure Irish blood was born In Ireland.
London Chronicle.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08

The Madison Audubon society, by
special arrangement with the educa-
tional department of our state and
that of New York, has recently pur-
chased seventy colored bird slides
from the American Museum OF Natural
History of New York city. 1t is the
desire of the society to make such use
Of the slides as will arouse an interest
in the study of birds among the school
children throughout the state Other
sets of slides are being made from
photographs of living birds in the VI
entity of Madison and elsewhere and
these will be used for the same pur-
pose. All money which the society re-
Ceives over and above expenses will be
expended in the preparation OF these
additional slides. 1t is hoped that in
this way the children of the state can
be made familiar with most of our ma
tive birds and an interest be thus
aroused which will prove an efficient
means of defending them from wanton
destruction. Bird study, as method
of interesting both old and young in
nature work, can thus be popularized.
The society earnestly solicits the aid
of all bird lovers in this work. 1t is
the ultimate purpose of the society to
have made a number of sets of slides
covering the whole range of the ami
NAL world All amateur photog-
raphers who have negatives of living
animals are asked to aid the society by
the loan or gift of such negatives as
are available for the making of slides.
In order that the various schools in
the state may have convenient access
to these slides, the following rules are
deemed advisable.
l. The payment of S. entities any
school, public or private, to the use OF
the slides for a period of time not cy-
ceeding three days, from the receipt OF
the slides to their return shipment.
Any society or other organization may
have the same privilege of using the
slides, provided that the schools shall
have the preference as to dates.
2. An additional fee of So entities
any school to a further use of the same
slides Tor of any others which the so
CleJy may puICndStl uullhS IHS NNi
rent school year on the same cOndi-
tions as before.
g. In order to secure the Audubon
society from all loss by accident or
otherwise, the school, society, or other
organization to which the slides are
sent shall furnish a guarantee signed
by three responsible citizens that the
slides will be returned in good condi-
ton.
4. The following additional ex-
penses must be paid for the use Of the
slides: a. Express charges both
ways. CD In case a lecturer is sup
piled by the society his expenses must
be paid. CD If lantern is required
to be sent with the slides, the expenses
will vary with the kind of lantern de-
sired and whether an operator is fur
uished by the society
Prompt application to Prof w. S.
Marshall, president of the Audubon
society, will assure preferred dates.
The slides will be sent out to the
schools from Dec to June Is Of the
current school year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08
Just a BIT Of Humor.

Penelope What made George and
al Alice break up?
Clarissa He claimed that she was
too 'cffemInate for the present day
London Answers
PA, what Is the partition OF China?
1t is the art OF cutting II into as
many slices as there are hungry pow
ers, my son, and doing IT so skillfully
that each power viii think II has the
biggest piece" 49, Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08
Do-hLc Pmnder Of a corporatLen.

Ne" Norl, has just Witnessed one Of
the most outrageous proceedings IN
conu.It ion with public franchise that
the world has ever known, Those re
spoU- .h.o for the management OF ,hc
Thru Avenue railroad company sue.
Coedrj in running up a road debit OF
$2i>ll9l7, in utterly running it's CvCdU
SO that il could not borrow money
enouah to keep it from bankruptcy
and In forcing the price OF stock from
$2l& a share down to S47. by the nest
step they Effected an ARRANGEMENT
with q rival company and the price "
STOCK yosc to $1l2 last week. ono e
meut the road was wrecked is said to
have made more than n million dollars
out of the operation. Wall street calls
this a brilliant speculation, and society
applauds the lucky investor by whose
manipulation the property of the
many was transferred to n few, II
was an done underline protection ofthy
laws which seem tohe framed with these
ends in view II Is in strict accord
anCo with n code OF business ethics
that is a disgrace to Christian Civiliza
ton, but, stripped OF all it's DISCUSSES
lit is only another form OF highway
robbery 1t is true that men of large
wealth we're caught In the net, but II
such mon are unable to find redress
what hope Is there for the small N
In, l,, q ,F
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08

The grain elevator and plant OF
Aaron Walter & Co. at Henderson, Ky.
was destroyed by fire, entailling loss
estimated at 100000, insurance, s72.-
500.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08
AID TO BIRD STUDY
MADISON AUDUBON SOCIETY So,
CURES coLoREo SLIDES.
FROM NEW YORK: MUSEUM

Society's Purpose to Make Children CT
the State Familiar With Native
Birds as Means Of Preventing Their
Destruction-SIides Are to Be
Loaned to Schools.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08

Sheriff tof Frozen Dog) The re.
ward says. Dead or alive.
Bronco Bill-All right, sheriff, I'm
yours,
sherlff-Thanks, Bill. The boys Is
all ready an waitin' fer ter lynch yer.
an ! should certainly feel cheap an
mean IL ! took yer back iead.-Judge
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08
yellow Fever Comes.

Jackson, Mrs. Nov, 6.-There IL a
case Of yellow fever at hatcher.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-08

The late Norman II. Brokaw OF Kau
kauna carried .S5,0 900 life insurance.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-08-10

Mr.. Bryan, who poses as the
poor mans candidate, is opposed
to the policy of expansion, which
has already opened new markets
for the products of our farms and
workshops, and which are neces-
sary to meet the increasing pro-
duction of this country. To de-
velop these markets is to confer a
direct benefit upon every American
workingman, in factory, farm
mine, workshop or railway; and
this policy will be supported by
every workingman who looks to
his own interests. Bryan is a
strong supporter of tariff for
revenue only-or virtually free
trade. The effects of such policy
have been seen in the closed manu-
Factories and idle workipgmen,
and a deficit in our treasury. The
tariff for revenue did not produce
revenue sufficient for our needs,
while protective tariff has not
onlp paid expenses, bat has aided
IN making surplus of eighty mil
lions in the treasury.-Tacoma
Ledger.