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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-06-06

right at this moment" sad Won
aide
1t will certainly become clear to
you if you ask yourself the question
whether You would treat me so rough
~ in my fathers house.
A deep pallor spread over Herr
Won Walde's face. He compressed mis-
lips and retreated step. Elizabeth
picked up a boon which he had laid
upon the window-sill and went toward
the bookcase to close it.
Under similar circumstances l
should have spoken precisely so in
your fathers house" he said. after a
pause, somewhat more quietly, and dp-
preaching the window again. You
made me impatient. Why do you ans
wer so uncertainty? How can | know
from monosyllable whether your
surprise was agreeable or disagree
able? MeII?"
He leaned far into the room and
stared into her face as though he
would read her reply. But she turned
away incensed. Horrible, How was it
possible to think Hollfeld could be
welcome? Must not her face, ner
whole being, always emphaticaIIy ex-
press her profound detestation of the
hated man?
At that moment Miss MeTtens en-
tered the room to carry off Elizabeth
She was dressed ready to leave the
house. Elizabeth fastened to her wiuu
sigh of relief, while Herr Won Waldo
left the window and strobe up and
down several times. As he approached
again Miss Mertens bowed profoundly
and went jOyfully up to him. She told
him that she had in vain sought &C
cess to him several times, and was
very glad to be able to thank him
row for all his kindness and his
provision for the future.
He made a deprecating gesture and
congratulated her upon her engage
ment He spoke very quietly. He
was suddenly clothed again, as ii by
magic, with the halo of majesty anc
Observation-Disclosures so that Elizabeth
could not comprehend where she had
lound courage to remind this man Of
the rules of common pOliteness. His
eyes, just now so passionately flaming
were directed calmly toward Miss
Merten's face. The deep, gentle reson-
ance Of his voice would not have let
any one surmise that in a few mo.
m9nts before it had been rasping with
biting irony, that every word had
been an expression of the deerest IL
r1tatiOn, and had sounded as though
1t were meant to wound vengefulIy.
Herr Won Wade was filled with bit
terness toward his cousin; this Eli
abeth had already seen once that day.
But why should she pay the pena,rv
for the appearance of the hated OBJ
ject? Had she not been insultef
enough by Hollfelds repeated intru
siveness? And now she must be made
the victim of an Indignation for
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-06-06

which Helene was chiefly responsible
A darting pain passed through her as
she remembered how tenderly and
forgivingly Herr Won Wade had tax
en- his sister in his arms: how no
glance of Misrepresentation had fallen
to her share at mention of Hollfeld's
visits. She, the poor musician who
was compelled to endure Hollfelds
presence, was made to serve as
ightning-rod for the fraternal scorn.
Or had ne seen Hollfeld throw the
rose into the book, and was he feel
ing in his aristocratic pride. deeply
insulted that his cousin should thus
do homage to maiden of humble
rank? This Thought came to Elizabeth
like a flash of lightning Illuminating
the surrounding darkness. Yes, thus
only could she explain his demeanor.
To be Continued.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-06-06
Fussing Among the Flowers.

New England aster, to feet tall
with flowers an inch across. evening
primrose, dragon head lily, cardinal
flowers, false indigo, and dozens of
others.
Window Gardening
The use of window boxes is not to
be recommended extensively except
in crowded downtown districts,
apartment houses and hotels, where
they are effective in relieving the
mOnOtOny of otherwise bare windows
and verandas. Where it is possil G,
however, to grow the hardy types Of
climbers in the ground. they will be
found far superior IL boxes planted
in the window 81 on the veranda.
A window box is usually eight
incres 10 foot in depth, and the
length varying. 1t should never be
less than six inches deep. 1t should
be made of seven-eighths inch lumber
and should conform in shape to the
window or veranda to which it is at
tached 1t should be either hung to
the veranda railing or rest on brack-
cts. 1t is often placed on the window
sill if the latter is wide enough.
1t is important to see that the box
has good drainage. Holes of good
size should be drilled in the bottom,
about eighteen inches apart, and these
covered with some loose material be
fore putting in the soil. Use rather
light soil, and preferably that which
has been made open with plenty of
COW manure. Heavy clay soil has a
tendency to become hard and unfit
for plants if allowed to become at
all dry.
Two excellent fertilizers for window
boxes are bone meal and bone shaw
mgs. especially the latter which
should be placed in the bottom Of the
box and thoroughly mixed with the
soil. 1t viii feed the plants later in
Fertilizers
Decidedly the best fertilizer that
can be used is well rOtted stable
manure. In most cases where com
mercial fertilizers are used some
manure should be used with it. 1t is
important in fertilizing soil to i'm
prove its physical condition, as well
as its chemical composition. 1t should
be made loose, so that the roots Of
plants may readily absorb the food it
contains. For this purpose manures
are Unexcelled.
The physical properties Of soil
have a large influence on its fertility.
The most common means Of loss of
fertility is through teaching, or the
mechanical washing away of nourish-
ing properties. Soil which is a large
proportion of clay are finely grained
and compact, thus making it easy for
the plant food they contain to be
washed away. At the same time the
compactness frequently retains the ele-
ments Of fertility tenaciously against
their use by plants.
If a commercial fertilizer is used
it should be a mixture that gives a
complete fertilizer supplying all the
elements needed to make rich soil.
The commercial fertilizer is prefer
red to manure for use on lawns, be
ause of It's. greater cleanliness and
the fact that it contains no weeds.
of weeds An excellent fertilizer for
use on lawns is a mixture of hard
wood ashes and bone meal This has
been declared to contain all the ele-
ments needed fer the successful
growth of grass
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-06-06
Fortunate Man.

FaIlon-Oi was born in 68, an
lucky ting it was fur me.
Kelly-Was it so? Phwy?
Fallon-Well. We see tn twinty-nint
iv Febr'ar is me birthday, an so # '68
hadn't been a lapeyear Oh w'u'dnt
a been born at all, at aII-PhiIadel-
Dhia Press
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-06-06
Convenient.

SO you have three pairs Of glasses.
professor"
Yes. One pair to read with. an
other for nearsi shtedness ard a third
par to look for the other two with. -
Fliegende Batter.
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Continued.

out of her hands. This time the we'll
know scarlet spots did not suffice,
Her brow, too, was bathed in a purple
flush.
Has the man lost his reasOn?" she
exclaimed, awakening from her stupe,
faction
Il think not He has just given
proof of possessing -" replied Herr
Won Wade composedly.
"NyeH 1 must say he is an antigua y.
What a youthful, charming, blooming
BRIDE" cried the lady, hooking and
laughing exaggeratedIy. HollfeId
joined in ne laughter, the first symp.
tom of participation in the conversa-
ton. Helene gave Inn a sorrowful
glance. That laugh cut Elizabeth to
the quick, and she felt a sort of rage
boiling within her.
Il hope" Jne baroness resumed,
you will not expect me, dear cousin
ITO do what
ITO have anything further to do
with this person"
l certainly canHoI io''7 YOU ANA
lie, any more than / can forbid my
secretary's marriage"
Du' you can ui9IliI99 INN II ~
residence under your roof impossible
,.>rot or,o., t ,l,, ~ ~ hoo biu ~
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hf,, .,.+co ,,a.gia 80 .e..1 49,
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that ~, 49, ~, " 1?s'.3,li'''
J.. ...'''7 - '''o WIZ IL 0''i' iil'''''S
tn be Trustworthy. annrove entire.
Nv Of Refnbardt's choice and bava ~.
RANGED for him toa nratt,, dwoITino, j.,
the north wing permanentIv He will
bring his motber-in-Iaw
80 congratuIata him, r,or Tho aa
eiralIo aro-,fsft,o,, >, .a;., ,.a.S,,I1,,
and hen. vatca sbonI, s,,itb s,,r,,roaeae,
furv ~ would only, COW ono ,,.o,.d
more rnop fine sHhiact oonnat
brin, INV nina 70 tnI.,..,+o Tho -,,a,
ancn of mic. r,roo,, go a..
Let her find . ONE until her. man.
riape Won MIN do,,rtIa.. -.
that tbis intoro.tino oa,,,,Io ,,,.t
under avfstino cfrcn,,stanca. Ianaa.
remain undo, opn roof,,
"Ir Won na,r,it, .oid r,I;,oto.,,
tIIrnin,, to tIoIono 80 would ,rI,,,,.
ask NV ra,.ants - ro,aiuo tI,o 2,'i.,'
We have room, anoroh y,
Yes do. the nrohInr, oo,,,d mot 10
botto,. eoI,.o,' ~, .,;, mo- O'
Waldo pfvino tlizahotb bar bona
Then the roatto,. is orroro,al =, =,
peDaraI eatisraotfa,, >, sa:5 60 ~ IL
ess maintaining ban oan,,,.a,-..,, -
dfftcuItv - Submit az ~, s s'
whether the futuro Fro,I ora 49, ~
will leave mo so,no bin,h,a 1,-a t'' ~ ,
cure from the rnnrIsiva sjab+ 'L ~ ,,o,.
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timed in Iinb+au 49,, 1'lI
slight pausa "it hoe met l,oo,,, ,,ot
mo rrbo honorart, .',,' C''So' ooo'I gu Il
has beop in tbo handa - o,'' is.','o 81
several davs Irst I,naaI- ny ili'''u ~ ~
and ebo win oi,,a . - ',+ 2o,I pass -
hin which ,Ioaro ,l,-.''t o"' WI" LII
~Rrt A,oaIt l'',' 1922 1922
enringina ,I,, - bo,,.ul,. '''''''e' ileIeII''
,o,I. 9'''II oOqS your orders, graclou:
i ,'''S rep, Ell hI'zaDeth calmly, She
m'tu seer" me angry ilame III Herr voI
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-06-06
Ikaera Point DodgeMlIe Stage Lima.

Morris Proctor Proprietor.
Stage runs daily. exc. DIT sunday. lsavtSg
Mineral Point a. 7;45 m, and Dodgevs.&
between ] and ? D. NJ
Connects at ba,t<4s lie with train ~
@ N. v. BY for N,5 on, Milwaukee, sss-,
and "a ntn.rpl F9tht TIN 4: 30 trails 81
@ H. 81 paul ~ ~ Plattevtlie. ps>.
hngton shuii>turg v. Iros and Jpnssvsibs
CAlls Ieft the hot AiaoSei Ye1xs -
sec~lys r,yoEn pS
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-06-06
How to Grow DahIias-

There are few flowers more pleas
ing than the dahlia. 1t is particular
J. useful for cut flower purposes as
it continues to produce beautiful
flowers longer than most plants. The
tubers of a hundred different varieties
each with a charm of its own, may
be purchased or the plants may be
grown from seed. The tubers are
separated into several pieces each,
leaving one eye for each piece and
planted in yard or field like potatoes
except that the planting must be de
layed until all danger of frost is
past.
The tubers should be planted about
, four inches deep and given a good
watering Immediately on planting.
They grow best in very rich, heavy
soil and should be planted two or
hree feet apart They should have
lenty of light nd air but not be
EXPOSED to the direct sun. They will
not long endure hot and dry weather.
All but the strongest shoots should
be removed as they appear, and the
plants should be tied to stakes four
feet high the tieing beginning when
| the plant is about a foot high. In the
fall when frost has killed the tops,
take up the tubers and store them in
a dry. cool room or cellar 1t is a
good plan to examine the tubers occa-
sionally during the winter to remove
h.
which the amateur may grow are
numbered by the hundred and every
year new varieties are added to the
list.
For a Wild Flower Garden
In the garden where flowers and
foliage plants gathered from the
woods and fields are grown natural
conditions should be initiated as near
Iy as possible. Most of the earliest
wild flowers prefer some shade,
There is no better way of providing
this than by planting them in q
rockeTy. 1t can be built of a few
loads of weather stained stones, ar
ranged in a mound, leaving recesses
Of varying sizes for pockets in which
to put soil and plants.
AS in a bed, the soil for the plants
should be thoroughly enriched with
well rotted manure or some CONNER
cial fertilizer. The flowers should
be carefully watered until they are
well established. The rockery may
be made beautiful with a score of
plant and ferns that grow in the
woods throughout the country, even
near the largest cities, only awaiting
some one who cares enough to dig
them up.
The columbines liverworts, saxi-
fragas, IadysIippers. anemones, wind
flowers, gentians, mayapples. violets
and many hardy ferns, including the
beautiful maiden hair are widely dis
tributed. Spring flowers which do
we'll in the sun are the bluebells,
buttercups, and spring beauties
Before the spring flowers have ceased
to bloom the summer wild flowers are
beginning. The wild rose blooms in
May and June and is followed by the
ox-eye daisy and butterfly milkweed.
Then comes host of SNOWY field
flowers which continue to bloom IN
I'll severe frost of late October and
November. They include the golden
rod of which they are several species,
all yellow, ranging from ? to 5 feet
high: asters, ranging from little
flowers half an inch across TO the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-16
WiIled Laundry.

When a perfectly strange woman
came for the soiled clothes three weeks
ago the mistress Of the house came tc
the conclusion that her own laundress
had simply employed a new messen'
ger, and made no comment on the cir
cumstance.
But when two weeks had gone by
and still the old laundress-known as
Susan, no last name having been men
tioned-did not appear, the mistress
of the house felt that she would be
lacking in her duty If she did not make
some inquiry about her.
"Where is Susan?" she asked the
tall and bony structure who came fol
the clothes.
"She has gone to Pennsylvania tc
live. yessum," returned this person
with composure. "She went to Penn
sylvania some time ago, an she lef
good by fer yuh, but s'long as yut
didn't seem tub notis didn't say nuf-
fin"
But why didn't she come and tel
me and allow me to make some ar
rangements about my laundry?" asked
Susan's ex-mistress.
well, she lef yo' clothes tub meh
She made a will an lef' dem clothes
tub meh. Wese allus been good frien's
and so wen she lef' she say I may
wash yo' clothes log ez I wush tub
an dere wuz no use worrying yuh
bout it, now, was dere?"
To which moderate and sensible
question the mistress of the house
could only remain speechless.-Balti-
more News.
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GROWING FLAX.
Fields Are Blue With Flowers Where
Linen Is to Be Made.

Fields Are Blue With Flowers Wner'
Linen Is to Be Made.
There is nothing prettier than
field of Irish flax in full bloom. Ih'
stems are about 80 inches high. They
are slender and a pale green.
On each stem is a flower In al
exquisite tone Of blue; something be-
tween a corn flower and a forget
me-not. The little flower Is not OF
robust constitution. The petals sooI
fall and then a seed pod forms which
when given time to do so, produce!
quantities of what Is called inseee
("lhin Is the Celtic name for fax)
But when the flax is grown for tht
manufacture of linen it is pulled VI
before the seed has had time to ma
ture.
After having been exposed to TIT
air for a few days the flax is laid II
water and during the fortnight tina
this process lasts the odious smell
with which it fills the offended air Ii
of a remarkably powerful character
AS the local guide says: "Shure it,
Just the flax fermentin.' It's power
full smell intirely, but there's no dan
ger in it, glory be to God"
The soaking makes it easy to sepa
rate the straw from the fibre by bruis
ing it between rollers and then sus
pending 1t through an opening in tn
top of the machine in which a horl
zontal shaft with wooden blades re
wolves at the rate Of $50 times a min
ute. Parted forever are the fiber, fla
and the straw, now torn.
Next comes the spinning into yarn
done in immense mills, and after tina
the yarn is woven into the fabric IT
self. Finally comes the bleaching
when the linen is laid out on the greer
field to be whitened by rain and SUI
and wind.
These long strips Of snowy white
ness on the green turf surprise th'
stranger He thinks it some sort o.
top dressing, spread upon the lane
to fertilize it. Belfast Is the centre
Of the linen trade.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-16
THE VANISHING GRIZZLY.
Once Numerous, and For Some Reason
Called the "White Bear"

1t is noticeable that the early vest
ern travellers speak of the grizzly as
the white bear" says II. S. Mosby, in
Harper's Weekly. 1t is so described
by Lewis and Clark, and James ..
Pattie, narrating his fathers eXpedl-
ton in 1924, spoke of the great num-
ber and unusual ferocity of these
great white bears" SO great were
their numbers in that early day that
in a single days journey Pattie count
ed 220 of them, eight of which had
attacked the party and were killed.
This was on September Is, 1924
while the party was passing through
the territory now occupied by Chey-
enne county, Col. A few days later
further south, the grizzlies became so
numerous that twenty men were re-
uuired to guard the camp from their
onslaughts each night. SO much FOR
the SOLITARY nature Of the grizzly
back in 1.-The twenties." Writing OF
the period of the early "forties." Gen.
Fremont, in his memoirs, speaks of
having seen great herds of these
monsters feeding gregariously under
the oaks of San Bernardino, in Cali
fornia Such testimony tends to show
that the great grizzly was not always
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-16
8NqaU U1a@8a IA
RUSSIAN BOYS UNRULY.
The Spirit and Ideas of Revolution In
All Glasses and Ages.

The Spirit and Ideas OF Revolution In
All Glasses and Ages.
The revolutionists who constitute
the only singleminded, selfess organi-
zation in Russia, are working early
and late to embody their ideal, says
the Contemporary Review. And they
are manifestly making headway and
gaining partisans. Peasants, work.
men, petty landed proprietors, school
masters, midwives, badly-paid off,
cials, embittered students, are all i'm
bued with the new idea, which they
in turn are spreading. Whole cate
gories of the population, whole prov
inces of the empire. are possessed
by the leveling spirit The southern
and southeastern Russian provinces,
several districts on the Volga, In the
Caucasus and Poland are inoculated
with the revolutionary bacillus. Stu
dents in universities, boys in schools,
children in the nursery are affected
by this peculiar form Of madness.
Instances are numerous. On March
2 a number Of boys convoked a po-
litical meeting in the halls OF the
State Grammar school Of Tifiis and
proceeded to make speeches against
the government. The director enter
ing, summoned them to disperse, but
they refused and, employing force
drove the director from the room. In
the Commercial school Of the Finance
ministry in the capital the boys Of the
two classes ordered their teacher to
give them full marks for four months
in chemistry and Russian. The mas
ters refused to deal with the matter
otherwise than on its merits, disor-
ders ensued and the two classes hin
dered other classes from going to their
lessons. They also insulted the direc-
tor. but the school board did not VEN
ture to punish them.
Russian children are becoming "ex-
proprietors"- robbers Is the
term usually employed by Europeans
The other day on the outskirts of the
city of Krassnoyarsk three boys OF
fourteen set up as exproprietors ana
assailed a well-to-do peasant VINO
came their way Three Dayids
against one Goliath. They asked MIN
for his money and threatened his life'
But the farmer, being a muscular
man, resisted, whereupon the boys
opened fire upon him out Of a Monte
Christie" and a bullet entered MS
mouth and knocked out a few OF his
teeth. But he disabled them and
had them arrested. In Dunaburg a
number of children summoned an i'm
portant meeting in the synagogue and
when the caretaker appeared and or
dered them to quit they wounded him
with a knife.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-16
Faults of Block Signals.

The present system Of block signals
at night is III adapted not to the eye
alone; it gives needless labor to the
memory and the attention, says Geo.
M. Stratton in the Century. l. re-
quires the engineer, among the innuii-
erable lights that line his track to dis
tinguish those which are to guide him
from those that are Of no significance
tC him at all. Any one who has nd
den in the cab Of an express locomo-
tive during it's frantic course by night,
and seen the engineer, as by miracle,
pick out his white" signal amid a
swarm Of nearby city lights Of hue
identical with the one that must di-
rect him; seen him, also, with an al
most mysterious confidence rush past
countless red and green lights, know
ing that they were not for him, but
were switch lights, or lanterns guard
ing the rear Of some neighboring train,
or were signals for "slow" trains, for
cross overs, and a host Of things be-
sides-as one dashes recklessly through
this maze Of colored lights, he can no
longer wonder that signals are occa-
sionally misread or unobserved. He
can only marvel that a night express
ever reaches its goal in safety.
Added then, to the perils due to the
defects Of the eye, both normal and
abnormal, the present block signals
have this serious fault; they do not
stand out distinct and apart from
numberless other lights that suddenly
appear to the engineer. but to which
he is expected to give no heed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-16
The Winninu Hand.

A card sharp who Is known to the
stewards of the great ocean liners as
we'll as the professional gamblers are
known to the Tenderloin detectives
was a passenger on a ship which ar
rived here last week, says the New
York Tribune. He received a line al
Queenstown which had the effect OF
keeping him out Of the large games
in the smoking room. He contented
himself with pinochle and bridge al
25 cents a hundred points. On the
evening before landing, one of his
bridge party, none of whom knew
that he was a professional with a bad
record, proposed changing the game tc
poker Its bad practice" said the
card sharp, ito play poker with
strangers. There's too much risk, but
it's all right in this case" The 9TH
ers said there was no risk if a man
had good sense and kept his eyes open
The deal fell to the professional, and
when the cards had been drawn by
each man he said: "fIow I'll show you
how much you know. Mr.. A, you have
the winning hand: Mr.. B. your three
queens look good, but what show have
they against Mr.. C's four fives? And
what good are they against AS foul
kings? Does 1t tally?"
1t did, and A said, well, it's my
pot"
Il was afraid that might happen
so l dealt myself a straight flush" He
showed it, arose from his chair and
said: Give the steward what put in
This was an object lesson-don't play
poker with strangers"