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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-06-09

Into each life some ruins must fall,
Wise people DON'T sit down and bawl;
Only fools suicide or take to flight,
Smart people take Rocky Mountain
Tea at night. j. A. Meserole
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-06-09
VILLAGE PROPERTY.

In the village of Edmund, Iowa
county, two corner lots with store building
and dwelling combined, Large store room.
Dwelling has eight rooms and pantry; two
ut a reasonable price and on easy terms.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-06-09

II. Enzenroth. new school building 1902 OF
John ope, 1S days labor, water w'ks ~ OF
Jackson Noble. @ days labor OF
VIM. Bambrough, n day labor /;
Jos. Marley, hours with team % - q
], Rink, 8dyss j 80, streets, less pix IL OF
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-06-09
Strayed!

Six year old brown mare, branded
Please notify undersigned at Blau-
A. Blanchard
The progress., 1904-10-01

GOOD SAMARITAN ANOSMlLED.r
He seemed oblivious to his surround.
ings, and his CLASSY eyes and livid pain
drawn features told unmistakably of the
near approach of death.
Around him We're the dead and the dy-
ing. Groans and curses and prayers
mingled with the roar of the battle, and
his feeble cries for water were drowned
in the fearful din. The noontide sun
Leat down urr,ercifully on -. Eve
head. oh, for some kind shelter, and
for one drop of water!" He dipped a
finger in the pool of blood at his side and
pressed it to~his lips. Heaven for just
one drop of water!" he groaned
Suddenly some one raised his head and
pressed a canteen to his parched l.L5.
The mist of death that was gathering
in his eyes, for moment cleared away.
He looked aup in the face of this good
Samaritan and smiled. Then look Of
recognition flashed into his eyes.
Arnold" he whispered, Give failed
to do my duty as citizenybut not as
soldier, For the sake of the flag under
which We are both fighting, will you-
can you forgive.
He paused as strength failed him. The
beseeching gaze he. rfvited on Capt
Vests face melted the heart of the be-.
reaved lover, and swept away the Bit
terness of years. He grasped the hand
of the dying soldier and bending down
over him with all the tendepuess of
woman, he said in a broken voice: !.
Eyes, Will, forgive-for Nell's sweet
sake, and for the sake of the flag!"
The progress., 1904-10-01
The Care That Prevented ! Horror.


A train was running away down q
steep grade on Saluda Mountain In
North Carolina. The speed increased
with every. foot Travelled. The air.
brakes would not work. Trainmen
were helpless, passengers in a state
Of hopeless fear.
Just at the moment when the worst
was expected the train ran. up q short
Incline and stopped. The next morn.
Ing in the New York papers. in place
of the lists of the dead and injured
that might have been, there was the
story of how safety-switch had
worked and had saved many lives.
This was story of preparation
The railroad company in North Caro-
lima knew of certain dread possibilities
on its route. It provided against them
and has reaped in the happy conclu
sion of terribly threatening incident
the reward for its forethought.
When the Slocum took fire in the
East river the first fact revealed about
the boat was lack of preparation
against the horror then impending.
Yet the possibility of what was hap.
pening had been demonstrated many
times-with what should have been
everlasting force in the case OF the
Seawanhaka.
What is the difference in tho edu.
cation of passenger-carrying corpora
ton which brings it about that IN
North Carolina they take care while
IN New York they take chances?-
New York World, July 8, 1904.
The progress., 1904-10-01
HERE AND THERE.

One of the cheapest and most ef
fective preparations to use as a dip
for lice on hogs is two per cent solp.
tion of creolin.
Don't let the windfails lie under
the trees and rot. II they are not yet
sufficiently matured to be cut and dried
profitably, have some pigs or sheep in
the orchard.
Every weed pulled before it has
seeded means the destruction of count
less plants. Right now is the time to
reduce the weed-pest Of next year
and the following years.
If the cows are made comfortable
and happy, it means more profit. Plan
to make the stable comfortable for the
fall and winter by putting in
a stall or tie that gives the COW free
dom; keeps aer clean and insures
more milk for the food consumed.
Enthusiasm is an important factor
in progressive Agriculture There Is
no better way to cultivate 1t than to
read farm papeH; have some expert
ment plats. keep a careful record of
ascertained facts. and then boil them
down and send them to the agricui-
tural press.
"A patch of late-plantedc corn should
be provided for the "burnt-out" period
this fall. Cut it = and feed to the
larry COW. and note the difference In
milk yielded as compared with the
'ame time last year. Sixty pounds of
green corn is a good. generous. daily
alton as a substitute for erass.
The progress., 1904-10-01
ANOTHER USE FOR RADIUM
If Adoption in Ocean Telegraphy
Proves Practical, Price Win
Surely Advance.

"A new use has been found for radi.
um," said Robert f. Amend, the repre-
sentative of chemical supply house.
IF it proves practical N probably will
go even higher than it now is. Ifradi-
um be placednear the. receiving end of
an. ocean cable the message>will be re-
ceived much more clearly and distinctly
than without It, This would be great
in ocean teleeraphy, but just
in what way this influence is supposed
to be manifested dc not know. The
price ofradium has gone up 40 Per cent.
in the last twoAor three months on ac-
count Of the large demand and the COM
paratively scarce supply. Our house
represents the Curiss of Paris, the origi-
nal discoverefs of the new metal, and
their product is by far the best manu-
factured. They have made little of lats.
however. Considerable radium of
cheaper grade is being made in Ger
many For medicinal purposes no proof
has yet been given that it has practical
value. Much is being bought however.
as curiosity"
The progress., 1904-10-01
THE SHADE.

& :. ~ Under oaks and popars and elms
6scahse the shadow thereof IL good
Hosea fla
4 xhis tree. which stands with arms out
spread,
With leaves like fingers tremulous
40 seize all GOODNESS overhead
And softly watt 1t down to us,
This, tree--it means hundred years
Of rain and sun, OF drought and dew,
Before this shade which rests and cheers
tnto to-day's perfection grew.
oonae kindly one-forgotten' now
May thoughtfully have placed the seed.
E6reseeing that each reaching Dough
/. Would satisfy a worn ones need.
Whoeer he was. that unknown one.
Who set the seed. or sproutlet slim,
He knew not that he had begun
What stands monument to him.
Tho trees--the kindly trees-thatsblaze
With springs green fiamesor autumn's
blush, MA
The sentry fires that line the ways
Into the woodlands peaceful hush
Throdkh all the years they slowly grow
Until they shield the .fowered sods
The trees--the kindly trees-they show
The patient thoroughness Of God.
This tree, which stands with arms out
Y spread,
Seems to pronounce while standing thus
A blessing, and to gently shed
I A benediction over u.s. -
The sunlight shuttles through the leaves
With threads Of gold that flash and play,
Across the warp Of shade it weaves
The mingled fabric of the day.
wv. d. NJ. In Chicago Daily Tribune.
The progress., 1904-10-01
Doesn't XIII Quail Now.

One of. our best practical farmers
related to us the other day how he
came to change his mind about kill
ing birds. He said he formerly took
great deal of pleasure with his = n
and dogs. About six months after
coming to the territory he told his
wife he would 60 out and kill few
quail. 1t was about o'clock; so cali.
ing his dogs he started out on his own
farm. He soon shot three quail, and
his wife, knowing that If ne got thor.
Oughly interested in the pursuit of
game he would be out till long after
supper time, persuaded him to come
back to the house and they would
have supper, when he could go again.
"A!l right" said the farmer; Il will
dress these and we'll have them for
supper" His wife remarked on the
'fulness of the craws of the birds, and
on opening one 1t was found packed
full Of chinch bugs! Out of curiosity
they counted and found over 400 dead
chinch bugs in the craw of one quail!
Said the farmer in relating the cir.
cumstances to us: II just cleaned up
the gun and Lave not shot q bird
since, and Il you'll come down to my
place Of a morning or evening and
see the birds coming to my farm you'll
think they know their friends. Hen.
merry (Ok1ahoma) Clipper.
The progress., 1904-10-01
A. Il Was Intended.

A certain clergyman reports the fol
lowing incident as occurring just In
side the entrance to one Of the largest
and most popular New York churches
during a crowded service.
ut was during the reading of a pray
er, and the entire congregation were
kneeling. A man OF rough appear
ance, evidently unused to ecclesiastt-
cal surroundings, strolled through the
open doors and stared In apparent
wpnderment at the silent and knesl
ing congregation. He looked mo.
uent, then, turning to the sexton, who
STOOD nearby, remarked, briefly
.-Well, this beats the devil!"
The sexton turned serene eye on
him.
"That is the intention" he replied.
-Harper's Weekly.
The progress., 1904-10-01
DeesandFruit Growing.

The beekeepers of certain fruit
growing section of California once got
into altsrcation about pasturage for
their bees, and. as result sbeekeepipg
was abolished In shat part of the state.
During the next few years thefruit crops
fell of fully one-half. The question was
investigated by alarmed growers. and it
was found that the decrease in fruit had
been coincident with the giving up of
beekeeping, the polarization, Tor the
most part, having bee neffected by the
bees. To remedy this, bees we're brouezt
in in large Numbers. and, in a year or
two, the fruit output went back to its
normal capacity-a big arguf mt why
every fruit grower should keep pat least
a few colonies of bees to insure the
proper fertilization of his fruit blossoms.
Country Life in America.
The progress., 1904-10-01
The Persistent Appendage.

Once upon a time there was a
primordial cell of protoplasm that put
out short, slender thread, which it
wiggled, and then rejoiced in a tail.
After that came fish, and saurian.
and a bird, and the long list of nam.
mails, to the monkey.
Behold" said the scientist among
the monkeys, "all living creatures are
troubled with tails, and the higher
civilization the longer the tails"
Then one of his auditors insisted
that they had cousins, called men, who
had no tails.
I'VE will see," answered the scien.
tist. go where the men are and VERT.
fy your statement If you can"
The other monkey went, and after
while returned.
"At first thought that was right"
he reported, "but l must admit that
was wrong, for after hearing the men
talk learned that each one had an
extremely long tale of woe."
Moral-A tail by any other spelling
may be as long.-New York Herald.
The progress., 1904-10-01
AN OLD SMOKERS DREAMS
He Had to Give up His Pipe and
Cigar, But Still Enjoyed
Them.

"It has been 1S years since was
told ito break loose from tobacco, as
over-indulgence insSnioking was about
to knock me out" said S. J. Mason, of
Chicago, reports local exchange.
From that day, though SO dear
lover Of the. weed, haven't put
a cigar or pipe between my lips, and
yet, strange as itfmay sound. on nu-
merous occasions find myself putting
out huge clouds of smoke drawn from
the most fragrant Havanas that ever
were given to solace mankind.
"These smokes, let it be understood,
come in my dreams, but the enjoyment
they confer is as solid and substantial
as in the old days whenkthe indulgence
was a reality. Curiously enough, too,
the visions always present a group OF
friends l can see them putting away
vigorously. catch the aroma they
blow forth; hear their conversation
as = the old lays. and the whole at
mosphere is OF tobacco. Yet, dssuite
these vivid pictures, awakening brings
no desire to resume the ancient habit,
and so expect to continue dreaming
of smoking to the end of the chapter
without ever putting it in practice"
The progress., 1904-10-01
CARE OF PIGS IN SUMMER.
The Principal Things Are Clean
Food, Pure Water and Sant-
tary Surroundings.

A farmer in Indiana writes me that
the past two years he has lost most
of his pigs by cholera during the
month of August. He says: II have no
trouble with them at any other time
of the yesi, and always have a fine
lot Of spring pigs which can get
along as far as August, when l lose
most of them. The trouble seems to
be just plain cholera. 1t may be
something else, but If it is l don't see
what It can be-" l rather suspect 1t
Ia disease brought on by bad water
probably a disease of the liver. He
says their water supply comes from
. snail stream that flows through the
lo.. and he admits that 1t becomes "a
little foul" during the summer. It
seems strange that there are still quite
q number of farmers who think that
any old stuff Is good enough for
hog, and that it should remain healthy
no matter what 1t eats or drinks. The
fact Is that to be healthy a pig needs
clean food, pure water and sanitary
surroundings, the same as any other
animal. Without a doubt that little
stream Is the real source of the dis
ease that has destroyed this mans
pigs the past two summers. One
would think that this would occur to
him, and that he would promptly take
measures for keeping them away from
it, but he continued to allow them |
access to it, and relied on some quack |
compound to prevent disease. Many
farmers think that hogs should have |
! mud-hole to wallow in to keep COO;
during hot weather. and some provide
one in the form of nasty puddle that
gets covered with green scum in hot
weather and is about as foul as any
thing can be. There is no necessity
'or anything of this sort. The shade
,f trees is vastly better. During the
Jummer months hogs need lots of pure
Thinking water and succulent green
eed. The water should be kept In q
arge covered trough, all outside of
he yard or pen except about a foot
II one end which should protrude
through an opening In the fence. Make +
his end Of the trough especially
trong, and the opening to the water
ust large enough for one hog at q
ime to drink. This Arrangement will
The progress., 1904-10-01
DENIED BURIAL IN SIBERIA.
Body of Unfortunate Killed on Rail-
road Travels 1000 Miles
Not Yet. Inferred.

The unidentified body of man killed
on the Trans-Siberian railroad near
Tomsk last summer is still unburied.
He was believed to have come from
Irkutsk, whither the body was sent.
only to be returned to Tomsk by the
police. Once more it was sent to
1rkutsk and once more returned by the
police as being unknown In that town.
lnnumerable kilograms were sent and
replied to. no town would receive the
body, which was sent hither and thith-
er by railway, always being returned
to Tomsk. At last it was offered to the
Anatomical museum at Tomsk, where
1t was preserved for nine months, no
one daring to dissect it without per-
mission from the higher government.
Now the museum is being rebuilt and
the body has been once more. handed
over to the Tomsk police. They again
refuse to bury 1t without the docu-
menfs without which nothing can be
done in Russia. andthe unhappy body,
which is said to have already travelled
over 1000 miles. is once more upon
its unending travels.
The progress., 1904-10-01

irru1 eI3an VStSr N fhSs
4S. 15 ~ 4 unu9 h q ln1i6S b &l1
'the ho9 ~ certain "a hsf0ul ~ 49,:
ter mor4 or less, and Also upsee -
damage the trough unless at y made
very secure to strong posts. u friend
u nina who annually raises about
twenty pigs and does little else haS
arranged Z fountain, which he allows
u play on the herd during tho mid
die 81 hot days. and never saw ant
mails enjoy anything more than they
do this.x His tank ID barrel set up
On ! frame about nix feet II height.
Tho stock well Is fltted with force
pump. and to this Is attached = piece
Of hose fifteen feet long reaching up
to the top of the barrel. Tightly
screwed In the bottom Of the barrel
is Z piece Of iron pipe. covered at the
outer-end and having hve very small
holes through this cover. When there
Is water In the barrel, five tiny streams
flow out of these holes with consid-
cradle force, and fall on q section OF
the yard that is paved with brick. II
the day is sultry the barrel is filled
by means of the force pump and hose.
the cutoff in the iron pipe opened.
and the fountain begins to play on tho
brick pavement, which Is sheltered
from the sun by three large maple
trees. The hogs gather there. and
appear to enjoy the shower bath AZ
much as boy does plunge In the
old swimming hole in the creek. My
friend thinks that thisEclean shower
bath on hot days (the fountainefows
about an hour and half has much
to do with preventing his little herd
from taking cholera when 1t fs preva'
lent in the locality. At any rate his
little herd has never been attacked
by this dread disease during the nine
years he has lived on the place, while
his neighbors have lost all their stock
at two different times. rather think
that +his careful methods of feeding
and Clean housing are more potent
factors in warding or disease than the
shower bath, but 1t is mighty nice
thing Tor the pigs, and It is pleasure
to see them enjoy it-Fred Grundy,
in Farm and Fireside.
The progress., 1904-10-01
COST OF FEEDING PIGS.
After the SIX or seven Months Re.
Quired to Attain Full Growth
the Cost IncreaGes.

It Is claimed by the Indiana expert
ment station that for pigs farrowed in
March. April, Or May. October and
November is the proper time for profit
ably converting them into pork. 1t is
late enough tousually avoid the severe
weather of the season, and enables
them to be grown during the summer
season and fattened before the winter
sets In.
T 1t offers an opportunity to have tho
pigs do their growing during that sea-
son of the year when grass or pasture
is in condition to be used. They can
aotAally be reared at less cost than
during any other period of the yea-.
1t Is possible to plant green spring
crops that will furnish cheap feed for
the litters and sows, and do much to-
wards promoting the development of
bone and flesh. From experience of
feeders at the experiment stations. the
pig increases with greatest profit un.
til six or seven months old, when 1t
has reached the maximum. After that
the gains require larger amount of
grain to produce a given amount of
pork, and they should be fattened and
disposed~of.
One bushei of corn made 13 1-3 lbs.
of pork at six months old, at seven
months old one bushel made 1872 lbs,
and at eight months old one bushel
made 1875 lbs. While there are vary.
ing conditions that have their influ-
ence upon the amount of grain made,
it is general principle that after
six or seven months the amount of
gain from a bushel of corn is on q
decreasing scale. These gains do not
come up to the ones that have been
secured by individuals. 1t may have
been partially in the quality of the
pigs, as there is great deal in the
characteristics of the animals. We
know farmers who have sows and
boars that they can scarcely feed lit
tie enough to keep them from getting |
loo fat. They have such a propensity |
If assimilation which is out sof all |
proportion compared with Others
Midland Farmer.
The progress., 1904-10-01
The Unknown Great.

WASN'T famous man born around
here somewhere" asked Sightseeing
visitor in caldwell, N. J.
"Huh?" queried his driver.
Wasn't a former president of the
United States born in this neighbor.
hood?"
"H-m. Not as ever heerd of. What
was his manner"
"Cleveland-Grover Cleveland"
"Was he PRESIDENT"
"Yes, indeed-twice?"
"Sho! An was he born up here?"
eyes"
"There goes Jim Duggs. I'll ask
him. Hi, Jim"
Mr.. Duggs sauntered up.
did you ever hear about man
bein' president up here-feller named
Cleveland?"
NAV. He lived in Brooklyn OF
somewhere, didn't he?"
"Ee lived in Buffalo," explained the
visitor. "He was born in Caldwell"
II never knowed anybody by that
name," replied Jim Duggs, "an' I've
lived here thirty years."
Cues you must be mistook, Mister"
said the driver "If there'd ever been
a president in these parts Jim'd ha'
knowed about it long ago."-Exchange.
The progress., 1904-10-01
FIRST BOOKS TO BE..MADE
Every Civilized Nation from Its Earl
isst History Knew the Art
of Writing.

The Oldest bod in existence are
doubtless, those or the Babylonians;
but the great permanency Of these is
explained by the material of which
they are Composed, and it does not
necessarily folloY that they were the
first books to be- made, says Harper s
Magazine. We know that the Egyp-
tians employed a ,papyrus Foil from
the earliest historical periods, and
that the Hindoos made their palm-leaf
books at very early day. In short,
every civilized nation is discovered at
the very dawn of Its history in full
possession of system of bookmak-
ing. -
1t is impossible to decide the ques-
ton as to whether one nation borrowed
from another In developing the idea
of bookmaking.
Limiting our view strictly to the MIS-
toric period, We find, as has been said,
the five types of books in general use
We have now to consider briefly the
distinguishing characteristics of each
of these types before going on to note
the steps of development through
which the modern book was evolved.
FirsDlet us give attention to the
papyrus roll Of the Egyptians. AS
has been said, this type of book was
employed in Egypt from the earliest
day of the historical period. AS is
well known, papyruss is a species of
primitive paper-the word paper" be-
ing, indeed, derivative of "papyrus
which was made of strips of the papy-
rus plant placed together to form two
thin layers, the fibers of one crossing
those of the other, and the whole made
into. thin, firm sheet. with the aid of
glue and mechanical pressure. The
strips of papyrus were usually from
8 to IA incheS in width. and from
a few feet to several yards in length.
This scroll was not used, as might
perhaps have been expected, for the
insertion of single continuous col
umn of writing. A moments consid-
GRAFTON will make it clear that such a
method would have created difficulties
both for the scribe and for the reader.
therefore the much more convenient
method was adopted of writing lines
few inches inS1ength, so placed as to
form transverse columns, which fol-
lowed one another in regular sequence
from the beginning to the end of the
scroll.