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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-04-27

The Banner Bargain Sale.
is coming. See The Variety Stores ad-
vertisement next week
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-04-27
Watch for 1t.

WATCH FOR THE BANNER BARGAIN
SALE.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-04-27

TWENTY BOYS WANTED to work for a
L Shetland pony, cart and harness, chance to
earn a pony. Successful boys will be given
permanent positions which will not interfere
with other duties. A. w Thoma
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-04-27

EOUND-On Iowa street on Thursday last, a
l. pocket knife Call at this office.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-04-27

EOR SALE-SurTey with pole and shafts
Il At Edward Curnow's.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-04-27

TOR SALE-A 5-galon milk can as good as
Il new. Inquire at this office.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-04-27

TOR SALE-A good Jersey COW. W. Fl.
Prideaux, Druggist.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-04-27

TOR SALE-High class double carriage har-
L ness in excellent condition. Inquire of
William p. Gundry.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-04-27

I OST-Between Mineral Point city and Amos
IL Vivian 's-two halters. Finder please leave
same at the Democrat office.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
LYING OUT THEIR DOCTRINE.

cardinal doctrines of the Farmers National
operative Educational union that of its officials
office The Georgia division of the organization
recently given signal proof of its fidelity to this principle
Mr. Cabanss who is president of the Georgia di-
vision of the legislature
the forthcoming session June g. The has
accordingly determined hold its annual convention June 2
thirty earlier than heretofore and choose his
Cabanss has served this with marked effc
ency dtncon and he has the cordial appreciation of all its
followers nevertheless recognizes together with his
work the Importance of adherng strictly the
ization law and upon assuming state office he viii end his
present official connections.
By action the Georgia division of the union proves spec
icay just what IFS cooperative and edU
caona political It's aim advance agricultural inter-
by methods and by spreading the gospel of
scientific farming :. =
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
ENGLAND,S BIGGEST ISSUE.

The mace of British politics has been greatly quickened by
Tuesdays Of commons whereby the socaed veto
b limiting powers of the upper chamber passed by ma
ority Of hundred and twenty-five.
It is an interesting significant fact that at this very time
the peers debating reform of their own when IN some
respects sweeping that the commons have just agreed upon
In this the situation oresee compro
mise upon the ssueby the greatest constitutional issue
that England has known within recent times
The veto BILL which passed yesterday decidedly too mild
TO satisfy the more radical the house of commons nota
M the Tabores These were openly sraghout abolition
of the upper chamber they declared had ceased
serve any purpose the plan Of England government ana
should be Topped dead and encumberng branch Ev
IDENTIFY however English people not ready Tor any suc
landslide change They recognize of second legislative
chamber, with its cooling and balancing influence
And so the b noteworthy preamble, virtually COM
% the government to Of second chamber but It
the same time greatly modes the authority of that body and
promises further the future Substantially it limits
the powers lords those of the suspension and revision OF
measures that come house At the lords can
in effect kill almost any bill that them and mat
ter record power has been wengh invariably direct
ed against liberal measures
The bill which the peers considering for
reform introduced by Lord Lansdowne Ii provides
instead of an assembly entirely heredl
which only hundred members will represent
the principle herd The hundred lords who now the
oretcay hold will required select hundred OF their
number only of them have rendered distinctive
will eligible The remainder of the house
will composed hundred twenty socaed lords OF par
lament chosen of the house of representing
the various electoral In addition to these it proposed
there shall be hundred lords named by the KING that Is 10
the prime minister of the party dominant IN the
house, and there shall also be seven bishops ana la"
lords.
Such outline the plan proposed by Lord LansdoWne s
proposition Indifferent support the part OF the peers
however probable that they will accept this proposal
any readily than the bill But the issue must be brought
to settlement and that speedily 1t is therefore, be-
political observers that the leaders OF the two cham
greater parties will In the near future council TO-
gether and upon compromise measure
course be distinct compromise Tor both
Lansdowne bill provide basic changes IN the
present form and power Of the chamber The significant
far enough make possible
the to come forward and con-
slider its terms the veto bill already passed
the further attention of the lords
In political that led the present
situation it sometimes predicted that England the
brink revolution This view however not shared by the
the majority of Brthers The and
restraint this nation has faced and solved other
problems it this such the general faith
Of today point clearly that direction
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
THE SPARTAN VIRTUES OF ROSCOE



/ read today in a newspaper of high
standing a tribtue to Senator Conkling,
of New York, that 1 was truly glad to
see. 1t comes late, but itstands good.
This history of this country whenever
written, according to the facts and the
truth win do Mr.. Conkling justice.
The story goes that after General Gar
field got the nomination for president he
came back to Washington city to be pres
ent at a jolification meeting. The meet
ing occurred at the Riggs house, an ex-
tempore platform having been erected for
the use of the speakers. Everybody un7
derstod that General Grant had been de-
feated by corrupt money. Prominent
among the corruptionists was the Pacific
railroad lobby, and Blaine was their man.
In case Blaine could not ''malxe the
trip" then a man which Blaine could
use should go in. Those railroad mag
mates poured out millions to compass their
desires. Garfield, after he was nominat-
ed, was obliged to promise he would put
Stanley Matthews on the bench. have
seen letter written by Jay Gould, in
which he asked a United States senator
if he would vote for the confirmation
of Matthews if Garfield should nominate
him. 1 presume the senator did not
promise, or that letter would not have
been exposed. 1 was well acquainted with
the senator and his good wife, and he
came from a western state.
But when the crowd collected IN front
of the Riggs house, and Mr.. Garfield
made his speech, there was little cheer
ing, and no enthusiasm. Several speak
ers came along after him, and one Of
them mentioned Grants name, which
turned that multitude into a shouting
mass Of people, and the deafening cheers
al ,-Ixg q
mile away The writer who has lately
by saying: IF Garfield had only had the
Spartan virtues of Conkling, he would
have made a great president
After Garfield was inaugurated, and Mr..
Blaine became his secretary of state, 1T
was understood that Mr.. Blaine was real
ly the executive. Some prominent poll
ticians in New York state, formerly
Grant men, were Immediately given the
best positions. Conkling and Plat I'M
earthed a conspiracy, where they had the
indisputable proof that these New York.
ers had betrayed Grant and deceived
Gambling before the election.
Then it was that Conklin and Platt
handed in their designations and retired
from the senate The Pacific railroads
were in the saddle. They had put their
man in the presidency, put a man on
the supreme bench and were now ruling
the various states with an iron hand.
Mr.. Conkling refused to mix with such
a gang, and although he had held his
position as senator for a long time he
refused to gang with a political faction
in his own party, swho would serve a
mammoth corporation to be paid in their
corrupt money. but our southern papers
went wild with delight when Mr.. Conk-
ling left the senate. They hooted like
crazy people, and future historians will
perhaps make it plain that Pacific lobby
money had a good deal to do with Geor-
gia's vote for Stephen ]. Field in the
national Democratic convention of 1880.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
NorEs OF THE sHEEPFoLp

No use to buy pure-bred sheep if they
are to be allowed to starve and rustic
around for themselves. A scrub will do
better under such conditions.
Never buy a ram whose wool is scan
ty on the belly and legs. He should be
well covered and the fleece should be
uniform
In slecting a ram always pick out one
that stands square on his legs, shows
courage and masculinity. A slow, pokey
animal will prove disappointment.
If a eve keeps her lamb in fine fat
condition up to the time of weaving, be
sure She is good mother, and keep
her
The real value of a sheep cannot be
determined, particularly as breeder,
until it is one year of age.
A dairy farm of dozen cows can
maintain a flock of Is to 20 sheep al
most without expense.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
rnr.LoWrNa THE sTYLE

A story is told of an Ohio FARMER VINO
was greatly worried over bunch OF
likely shoats which he was fattening for
market. Despite the ecellent feed and
care given them, the pigs did not take
on flesh, although those of his neigh
bors fattened rapidly on similar rations-
The pigs grew upward, but not sice-
wise. Suddenly he discovered strange
thing. After giving them their break
fast one morning, he followed the pigs
to a distant part of the field. where ne
saw the shoats performing gymnastic
exercise with a white pig, the scrawnlest
of the lot, playing instructor. The farm
er promptly separated the white pig from
his brothers, and he declares they took
on flesh rapidly after that.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
HELPS FOE THE HOG RAISER

It is common sense that a mature
SOW will produce larger and more PEI
feet pigs than very young one
DO not attempt to raise fall pigs with.
out having first prepared perfect sys-
tenn of housing for the winter.
Spring pigs can get along very wei
without shelter except from rain until
fall, then if you are so shiftless as 10
fail to provide shelter they are better
able to stand cold and rain
some people claim that a hog lis a
scavenger by nature but he certainly
strives better on clean feed and decent
surroundings.
Free range for hogs does not mean
that they should be allowed to run in
the highways and through the neigh
bors' fences.
Every Enclosure for the hog should
be perfectly tight and with the excel
lent wire fences that are how manufac-
tured this is an easy matter.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
HE1PruL SUGGESTIONS

Much depends upon the care the little
chicks get at the start.
Scatter ashes around the currant and
gooseberry bushes.
Treat yourself and the mother to a
strawberry patch this year. Start today.
Scratch a little grass seed into the
bare spots when cleaning up the yard.
Later it will look better.
Have you cleaned, oiled and repaired
the work harness?
Watch the shoulders of the pillow horses.
They are easily made sore after a win
ter's idleness.
Clean the fence corners and destroy the
insect eggs deposited in dry places, grass
and other trash.
Plant shade trees. Their cool shelter
will be valuable after awhile
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
IMPORTS OF NURSERY STOCK INTO
CANADA

The imports of nursery stock into Can
ada during the last fiscal year amount
ed to $1S4,67S, of which the imports from
the United States amounted to Sill, 6S6.
The imports by classes were as follows:
Currant, raspberry and gooseberry
bushes and grapevines, total $14,1S9, from
the United States 81, $50; apple, cherry,
peach, pear, plum and ounce trees, total
S51, 451, from the United States $50,S20; all
other trees, plants, shrubs, etc., total
$69, OBS, from the United States $40, SS6.
All the fruits and berries which grow
in the temperate zone ripen in Prince
Edward island. much attention has been
given in late years to the production of
the smaller fruits. which come into the
local market at time when the season
therefor in the United states has passed.
Berries and cherries, pears and plums
are shipped to Boston in the months of
August and September. and command a
good price there.-Consul Frank Deed
meyer
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
pm pLArr BASE no CHOW

Pie plant is easily produced in a com
mercial way, yields immensely, and is
easily gathered and put into shape for
the market. 1t can be shipped almost
any distance. Then, too, t,le demand foI
it on the market makes it one of the
two best vegetables for commercial use
Pie plant is usually set in rows -four
feet apart and two and one-half feet
in the rows. Like asparagus it should
be carefully tended and heavily manur-
ed. 1t should be fortified every winter
No pie plant should be pulled for the
market for the first year, no matte,
how healthy and vigorous it may seem
After the first year it may be pulled
for the market at any time as soon as
frost is gone.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19

Pure bred draft horses are always in
big demand at good prices. Many pure
bred stallion colts are sold at $1,000 as
-year-olds, while pure bred mares
bring from $500 to $780,
A really good horse is never of bad
color but some colors, such as perfectly
dappled grays. pure blacks and blue roans
command better prices than others
If English farmers can afford to use
pure bred draft horses that are worth
$500 for ordinary farming operations why
cannot our farmers afford them as well2
Do not change the work horses from
grain to grass too suddenly. In fact
horses on heavy work every day should
have little grass.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
Io- rHE BUSY aEEI

Three hundred billion bees, according
to one exper apiarian, made enough
honey last year to fill a train of cars
long Enough to reach from New York to
Buffalo At the low wholesale rate of
10 cents pound 1t was worth $4,000
600, and if the 70O,0 beekeepers of
the country had worked as, industriously
and skillfully as did the bees the weight
of the output would have been three
times as great and the value $4,000
600.
Not only did the little workers contrib
ute that vast supply Of pure and deli
cious food product to the nation, but as
they made it they treated it antiseptf-
calIy with formic acid. thus preventing
impurities or decay.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
CONDUCTED By YRS. INHIBITION

Stephen J. Field had been placed on the
supreme bench of the United States by
Pacific railroad influence. He was TO be.
nominated for president by the Demo-
Gratis, If General Grant secured the nomi-
nation of the national Republican party.
stephen j. Field was only tool of
the Pacific railroad. Everybody in Wash
ington city knew what ne stood for, but
there was sufficient influence used in
Georgia in the year 1880 to make our
Democrats give Stephen j. Field the
overwhelming majority of the Democratic
votes. He got "a votes in the convention
in Atlanta, while Mr.. Tilden got only II
as the choice of Georgia Democrats. We
were in Washington city and saw this
vote announced to our dismay and dis
gust. Mr.. Conkling knew all these things
he could not swallow such Republican
ism. And confess l could not swallow
such democracy Conkling could afford
10 wash his hands of such filth, but Geor-
gia was led along blindly to obey the
Pacific railroads in 1880.
THE LADIES CAN VOTE IN THEIR
OWN ELECTIONS
was much interested in the action
Of the Daughters of the American Revo-
tuition, where one candidate got 614 votes
and was elected, and the other got 4e6
less than $50 votes difference and the
number of voting delegates was consider
ably over 1000 That is equal to what
the men do
BY the time the women are given the
ballot these daughters of the American
Revolution can show them how to vote
and conduct a campaign.
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, of Illinois, won
in the race. She is a sister of Mrs.
lit Tr1s--
l was we'll acquainted during the session
of the forty-fifth congress- She roomed
on the same floor with me in the old
National hotel, and l saw a great deal
of her during one or two winters. Her
husband came to congress as an INDIE
pendent Greenback candidate and was
chaperoned by Judge Davis of the SUI
preme bench (they both lived in Bloom
ington, Ill., and l often thought of what
would have been said of him in Georgia
by the yelling partisans who denounced
independents as traitors and disorganiz-
,ers of the party.
But Judge Davis took such care of Mr..
Adlai Stevenson that the Democrats
elected him as vice president along with
Mr.. Cleveland in the year 1892. They
hoped to "catch 'em a coming and go
ing So the president ran as gold
bug and the vice president had no public
record except as a free silverite. With
such a sieve as that they caught the fish
and won the election saw Mrs Steven
SON several times in Chicago with her
distinguished husband, the vice president.
They put up at the Palmer house, where
1 boarded during Chicago exposition.
Mrs. Scott looks well, if her pictures
do not flatter here. Her sister, Mrs.
stevenson, was a dainty, delicate lady,
and doubtless aided Mrs. Scott in her
late election.
But these Illinois women VIII know
how to vote and conduct a campaign
when they are given state and federal
suffrage. 1 am somewhat proud of their
ability to do things when they get a
chance to vote.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19

Milk pans and pals are a.. the better
for a good sunbath in a sweet, airy
place. after having been washed, scald-
ed and dried.
The hunt for squirrels and such rodents
as carry the deadly flea that spreads the
bubonic plague is to be carried into the
Monterey national forest, California.
Since July S. 900 SQUIRRELS have been ex-
arined in the suspected districts. The
government has spent 100000 on this
work and the state and counties OF Cal
ifornia $4,000 more.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
HOW TO GROW pRrnrRosEs

The best way to propagate primroses
is from seeds. which should be sown as
soon as the soil becomes thoroughly
warm.
The seeds are quite small, bur are
easily started by sowing in a box or oed.
The soil must be sifted fine and OF
moldy consistency, which Will not bake
or become hard. Press the surface OF
the soil smooth and level, SOW the seed
evenly and thinly, and cover lightly
1t is a mistake to SOW deeply.
The primrose requires a moist, out
not wet soil, and if the soil is allowed
to dry out before the plants appear
propagation will be greatly retarded OF
entirely stopped.
Used in borders or in pots, the httle
primrose is always a beautiful, cheerful
plant.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
nrrp or sHAILow SEEDING

Dig up grain plants a-d you VIII ina
tAat they form their roots at the same
depth whether planted deep or shalioY-
When sown too deep the plant seeos
~, srowtb till within abou. an inch
IF tho surface and there starts the real
root system. II takes work to send up
this erovvth 30 the more shallow the
seed can be sown, and yet deep enough
so 1t can get moisture, the better, A good
seed bed should be fairly compact, the
more compact it is the nearer the sur
face the moisture comes.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19

The men who are curing hams and
bacon as their grandfathers did without
the use of injurious chemicals are max
ing big money.
These men find ready sale at full retail
prices for all the hams, shoulders and
bacons they can supply to private Gus
toners.
1t is a fact that most of the ham that
is now sold in the city markets stiffens
and becomes as hard and unyielding as
an oak plank as soon as 1t becomes not
on the broiler or the skillet. This is due
to improper curing.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
PICKED UP IN THE ORCHARD

Three years of spraying. pruning ara
cultivation will bring an orchard tnat
you are ashamed of INTO a condition
that you Will be proud
If you think of setting but an orcnars
and have had no experience, better hire
good man to show you how.
If you can get man from your sts,e
experiment station you will indeed be
fortunate. If not then try to get the
man who grows the best fruit in your
country.
The inexperienced planter thinks he
getting a bargain when he buys trees
three or four years old, but experience
will show him that yearlings are better
and he should never plant anything over
two years old.
Always buy clean, straight trees with
short stems and even tnen do not De
afraid to prune before planting.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19

Big farms are all right for those Who
are equipped to handle them properly.
but they are not desirable for people who
have not capital enough to hire plenty OF
help and organize in a businesslke way
to secure good results.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19
auAnp AGAINST THE ROUSE FLY

we know that malaria owes It's eAlst-
ence in the human system to the agency
of a mosquito; that another mosquito
transnoits the deadly germ of yellow fe-
YER and that the filthy house fly, alto
sa+bar TOO common in our homes, may be
under certain conditions the means of
conveying the germ of typhoid from nth
to articles of food.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19

A catalpa grove viii yield its first
crop in about ten years. when each tree
should produce one first-class post, one
second-class post and two or three stays.
From the small and crooked limbs con-
siderable frewood is secured.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19

M j. T.. Gilbert, of the University OF
Illinois, said in a recent lecture on Birds
of the Farm and City" that the hunters
Of the cities who did not realize the value
of birds to farm products made possible
an annual loss from farm insects to crops
and forests of the United States of $780,
100000.
Mr.. Gilbert said it is due to destruction
of quail in Illinois that the potato bug
was becoming such pest; that quail on
the table is worth a few cents, but that
quail on the farm is worth many dollars;
that every hawk and owl is worth on an
average $50 to the state; that one flick
err can eat 5000 ants at single meal;
that the kingfisher is the most powerful
defender of the poultry yard in existence
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19

Spinach is one of the best things to
grow 1t is better to SOW it in the fall
for as a rule it cannot be sown early
enough in the spring to get good start
However, we have seen MANY fine beds
of spring-grown, spinach
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19

St Louis man came near being fin
ed for being late at court, but explain
Cd that Re was delayed Rocking up his
wife's dress The judge excused him.
The judge was married
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-19

S Get the horseradish into the ground Just
as soon as possible. Plant the roots two
or three inches deep with the thick
end up. The soil must be very rich