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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-12-06
vhe Chicago Timas and It's Critics

The Chicago Times and It's Critics.
EDS. DEMOCRAT: One OF your cor
respondents last week was disposed
10 be very severe in his a1linMlVcf-
aIons upon The conduct Of the Chicago
Times. 50 swecpingly 50, that some
thing in the way Of sclf-JnsllIlcalon
nem3 called for on the part Of those
az us who have been for many years
and still are the grallcd patrons o.
the paper. lave our tastes been III
that impure, our ofactorlcs all That
oblnse, our standard Of newspaper
excellence that low, or are yonr core
apondent'S flult-llnlng3 srcds ~ over
strainedp They may not be altogeth-
or groundloss, and yet be- quite ridicn-
lous for very extravaganza.
Thlt the Times il mol always lady
like / the u5e 81 words, especially IN
its philipics against Jne managers 81
political organizations, u 10 be con
icssrd. 1t uses tile language which II
thinks will tell most surely towards
It's ann. Is that vi N sincerely for tAe
figa5, Is the lnpor taal matter. How
Dycr, let there b. 40 mlStlndetSLtl nj
inc. IL il bat too true that the Gtll-
billions Of .i9h-wllc N anef5 III It's cot
umh4,at tiIns5 nave DaeA ptiCap pioyG-
me for. Bat Jhen, III the midst ot 80
many evidences OF scholarly culture,
All adrolL wit elsewhere displayed
ought Uhay to ~ ren Nnpattl aslln5l
ii? Advocates all have words al
dressed - lhe 9odlllm.1.
A grlyer charge much, Is, that the
paper II rAlraatcri3tisll y ot ltecl
Nous tendency, auch aS mtkHS u unit
10 he brou%at into the family CIRCLE.
Ones yisW abpaa thlt Will dNprl NJ
OH llnW FAR the influence NJ u pallu
ancestry AND y Puritan elirltlon, pre-
vail in ones ctsc.
10 tailu up The matter u reporting
Police tlmsactlnls, -Snlll these IT,
ports he made ullsrlcltly 81, ahd
readable. OF Nee, II theq d,'tlln. Not
shali Ihey ha uHrhGte, ia language or
alltlSluu, S,lNr - S1alG,ltnes, lln auh-
ieci matter ally necessarily hr -, -
respvs, ~ associated IA, ugAt,. hdt
ou ghE taei' ,rellnent to ~ mdtNed
by Il prevailing leNiN2 We knuA
Whit Cotton MAatr ,Ula George fpA
and the liN' il aiiHe, WalIl slS. ia
answer. Bay what il the dnmul oi
tho newspaper fetlla$ paaIte oI oar
aayp ifM HUn1lI, AMI for mmy
ptlels, the WHict speaks, Nhcn ho
slams Ger the Police Reports and tl@
local News jotlings al the CniclBo
'rime3, laat ,h,a ATS models ~ re2nf-
torml Workmanship; showing broad
acquaintance with WeA AM Things,
panptutloa. live htmou ailrNqnlsit
htorpS tass fhl, fha rtee. up1n
laalors 10 make yte' e4,aei a is
4eayacr ~ III ~ polished torm,. WI
1arliNa, haaA " tary plyo{r pl i
iA8ta, il ~ ndzs aaAer tae i, is q
j Caagt. ull from thq sGmlputtt 4
Al iHlilferea, n,hl@oN, u. W hle /,
tay, Aos III p&pu1n9t tra reporl
or'sd ~ in 81 paAat, uor auutNI9
chair M ,the hpge.eioa III jURcia
opinions expected ir0a If. III i
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-12-06

IIazclton IL by al odds the deadeSt
maupolitically in tho3d congrc 'sionu
District. lie ran behind his ticket
every where, and only claims an eIec-
ton W Il little over one hundred.
Two Years Of public life hats made linn
very unpopular. He has shown him
self unworthy Of the confidence Of the
people. And the people at the polls
showed their Misrepresentation Of his
course. From il majority two years
arc Of over lwcnty-!iy" hundred he
has dropped down 70 nothing. This
is as IL should he.-tircra County Re
iormrr.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-12-06

A Washington dispatch to- Chica-
20 paper says owen King has filed
notice Of his contest Of lla2rllon'a seat.
The ground Of contest is gwen " that
Of Illegal voting by students OF ,hc
Plattevillc normal school, railway en-
ploycs and Of fraud and bribery at
Iotosi. where Il solid vote wa3 given
for ,lazelton upon written contract
signed by Ilazelton, whereby he agrees
to get POST office for the town in con-
sideration of their votes. IiUelton's
majority II Only - ii the district
Madison Democrat,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-12-06

morality Of men in high stations.
evinced in the 1ashy headlines with
which we were all familiar a while
back in the eases of ii. w. Beecher
and Bishop McCroskey, accompanied
by hasty OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES as 2
matter Of policy or taste, many here
might be found ready to censnre.
lIer0-worshlp among men - not
without its good influence; and when
plain proof determines i thai u long
revcred figure must be removed from
its high pedestal, il were Discerning
tlat i should he done, no,, pending
he mad cry " Il mob, but firRly and
quietly by the proper authorities. III
regard Of your correspondents critI-
cism. much aS, in general, he here
would wish To be numbered among
the admirers Of the Times, the writer
has no disposition to withhold his
concurrence.
Ii is fair that the Times be heard
in its own defence. 1t has said re-
pcatedly, in reply t. the above strict
ures, that il publishes Il newspaper TO
suit the various demands If the read
ing public; not particularly the Puri-
tan portion Of the public, rather, II a
must bc made, Of The Cav
aier portion, or, if that phrase is
obsolete, the Liberal portion, among
whom chiefly il has its patrons; aud
that il must not he held ton sort Of
style more delicate than that which
masculine society generally
is in tho worlds matters accustomed
to. FAIR PLAY.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-18
Life at White Sulphur Springs.

John Esten Cooke writes about this
Virginia resort as follows in HarDers'
MGgazine: 1t is the nearly universal
custom OF the habitues to repair to the
spring before breakfast to drink the wa
ter, or to the bathing establishment for
path, though for the latter many prefer a
late hour OF the day. From half . st
eight to half past nine break fast is served
In the great dining-room of the GREAT
hotel, to which the occupants of the cot
tages, IN common with those of the main
building, repair to take their meals
sometimes through torrents of rain. which
is the price paid for the greater ouiet
retirement, and freedom of COTTAGE life
Alter breakfast the parlor is thronged, and
the ten-pin alley, shooting gallery, hil
laro-table, croquet ground, and at noon
the "Gecman" in the ball room. have
their votaries. Promenades under t1e
oaks on the lawn or to Lovers Walk.
orlVes' rides, the last newspaper or maya
zlne, and every species of occupation con
sistent with the sweet do-nothing of the
tlme and place, then follow; at half past
l"o' with appetites sharpened by the
mountain alr-warm in the middle of the
aay' out SO chill at night that blankets
are necessary III the middle of July often
the company, numbering sometimes
more than thousand. have dinner served
10 them IN the great dining room, where
at each OF the small tables a little circle
lae1erchanges jest and laughter. In the
afternoon the programme of the forenoon
is repeated especially the riding, driving
and walking to picturesque points in the
vicinity, and after tea the parlor, larger
than the East room in the White House
at Washington, is the scene of intermin-
aoie waltzes and Germans-on two nights
OF the week of full-d balls.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-18
Power of the Human Eve.

Some years ago an officer OF high rank,
a colonel in the Blues, was visiting his
friend, Col. -, of the Guards, who re-
sided in Buckinghamshire. This gen
tleman had very fine bloodhound. which
he kept fastened in the yard. One morn
ing after the arrival of his visitor, Col.
was much surprised at not seeing
his friend as usual at the breakfast-table,
and he sent servant to his room to
ascertain what had become Of him. The
servant found the bedroom door aiar,
and, on knocking, the gentleman cried,
"Come in, and remove this beast out of
my room," whereupon the servant en-
tered, and was astonished to find the
masters bloodhound in the bedroom, a
very large and fierce dog, who had broken
his chain and escaped from the yard, and,
having scented a stranger in the house,
had slipped into the bedroom, as the door
had been left unclosed by servant who
had called the visitor in the morning.
The dog was on his hind legs at the foot
OF the bed with his forefeet resting on it,
fixing his eyes intently and ferociously
on the unfortunate gentlemen, apparently
waiting for an opertunity to spring upon
him, from which he was only restrained
by his prisoner keeping his eyes steadily
fixed upon the animal, and the colonel
was detained in this most unenviable
condition for more than half an hour.
The dog must have been very cunning, as
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Snuf-Dipping.

An Atlanta Georgia. paper says that
it is not generally known to what an ex-
tent the practice Of dipping snuff is car
ried in some sections of our Fair South.
nor how matrons and young gills of in
telligence and high social standing are
slaves to a habit that gradually under
mines their health, skaters their nerves,
and too often insidiously opens the door
to the terrible opium habit. Snuff dip
ping is demoralizing in the first instance,
because In most cases it fosters conceal
ment and deceit. The habit is kept
secret from parents and friends. We
know daughters whose snuff boxes are
concealed in their rooms, where they
use it constantly without the knowledge
OF their parents. We have seen at board J.
schools girls go into Mysteries when de-
prived of their snuff, and borrow tobacco
from the servants, as substitute, until
they could obtain the;r.usual stimulant
of Scotch and Maccaboy, and we are
we'll acquainted with three sisters-beau-
tlful young girls, were it not for the sal
low hue furnishing their complications
who are at present under medical treat
ment for derangment of the nervous
system and digestive organs, arising
from the constant use of snuff. Their
physicians have assured them that it was
the cause of the disease thus blighting
their young lives, and that medicine
must be in vain as long as the practice
was continued; and still they cling to
their snuff-bottles as persistantly as the
topper to his demijohn. And this when
they know that the vile poison nourishes
the worm disease at the root of life,
silently, slowly, but surely destroying it
ere its prime; for aside from the filth
ness OF this habit, the constant drain of
the sallvarY glands throw the delicately-
balanced system out of order, and bring
on train of diseases to render life in.
supportably burdensome.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-18
Birmingham Buttons.

at one time Birming CHAM, England,
buckled and buttoned the three king,
doms, and half the world beside, requir-
ing such adornment. 1t furnished every
variety of both buckle and button. but
its chief staple was the metal button.
When shoe-buckles went out the alright
ed makers went about in snoe.strings
petltloning Parliament to compel people
to wear buckles. In like way London
perruquiers went up to George ILL.,, in
their own plain hair, to solicit him to
bring back the departing fashion of pow
der and wigs! When the metal button
yielded to the mold Of wood OF horn, COW
cred with silk or some other woven ma
terlals the metal button makers so be-
sleged Parliament by their shrieking en-
treaties to be saved from ruin that a law
was passed which made it illegal for a
tailor to sew on to suit of cloth any but
ton made of cloth, serge, camlet, or other
"stuft." Unless this law was swept away
by the enactment which recently abolish
ed all laws that had become practically
obsolete, this Button Act is still in force,
and we believed it to be so. About half
dozen years ago a tailor named Shirley
sued IN the Marylebone County Court a
customer named King for SO, the price
OF suit Of clothes made for the latter.
The defendants counsel asked the tailor
OF what material the buttons were made.
and on being told they were of cloth or
SILK or horn molds, he remarked that by
the law made for the protection of the
Birmingham makers, not only
could the tailor not recover, but if the de-
tendant chose to sue for the penalties, the
plaintiff would have to pay forty shillings
tor every dozen of such buttons sewed on
by him. The Judge agreed, and the
tailor was non-suited.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-18
Beavers Beat a Smart Man.

beavers are good engineers; thew build
dams which resist mountain torrents
They are also practical woodchonners
they choose the best tree for their pur-
pose, and tell it to the exact spotreouired
They are also smart in outwittinp smart
men, as the following ancedote told bv
an army officer who vouches for it from
his personal knowledge, shows:
A party OF men dug a ditch, five miles
it to pool pre-empted by beavers.
The use OF water for gold washing lower
ed by several inches the surface of the
pool. This the beavers did not like, and
therefore SO damed the ditch as to ston
the flowing of the water into it. The
miners opened it again, but the next
night the beavers re-dammed it. A
guard was placed at the pool, but as a
mans time was valuable, smart miner
undertook to outwit the beavers.
Out of pair of overalls. an old red shirt
condemned hat and flour sack, the
smart man made dummy-man. Two
heavy stones served for its feet, and
propped by stake, it stood astride of
the ditch, brandishing club, and threat
en1ng any beaver who might approach.
But the next day the water again stop
ped. The smart man started for the
pool. He found the dummy had been
pulled over, foated down the ditch a lit
tie way, and stuffed into its narrowest
part, and all crevices stopped with mud.
He returned crestfallen,and was known
as the man outsmarted by the beavers.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-18
Love Outwitting the Sentr1es.

A gentleman of Savory who had fallen
IN love with q young Countess at Ores
den found the utmost difficulty it getting
access to her. A window belonging to
the Countess had, indeed, been quite con
veiently arranged by the chambermaid to
get in by, but certain sentinels, whose
walk was in front Of of it, seemed to rem
der all approach in that way impracti.
cable. At length the gentleman ordered
his oalt-de-choa6re to disguise himself
and steal by night to the sentinels and
divert their attention from the window.
The man did as he was directed,
went up to the soldiers and, after some
consideration, produced bottle of
brandy, OF which he gave them a liberal
allowance. He then showed them stone
in the pavement, which was in the walk
OF sen1lnels but remote from the window.
and told them he wanted this stone for a
chemical experiment. He offered each
OF the grenadiers a lois.d'or If they
would assist him and dig up the stone
with their bayonets. They took him Tor
a fool, and accepted his money, and he
obtained what he wanted. In the mean
time his master slipped through the win
down unperceiyed. The genadiers, quar-
reling about the money, the story of the
stone came out, and made great noise, IT
being supposed that the robber of the
stone was some Italian in disguise, who
had carried off an invaluable jewel, nor
was it until 1774-twenty-tw years
after the event the secret trans
PRED.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-18
A Venetian Funeral.

We had fine view this morning of a
Venetian funeral, or at least of the cere-
monies at the cathedral, and the debarka-
ton of the body on the way to the GENE
terry. When we entered the Cathedral,
mass for the repose of the dead was pro-
crossing, and the coffin was on an elevat-
ed bier, under a canopy of black velvet.
surrounded by about dozen acolytes
bearing immense gilt candelabra, with
candles in them as thick as mans wrist.
Behind these stood the pall-bearers, to
the number of about thirty. bearing i'm
mense wax candles, seven feet long, each
having a bundle of four of them banded
together, the lower end resting on the
pavement,and the flame above their heads.
Across the chancel, at the head of the
body, stood the relatives of the deceased.
the ladies dressed in black, with black
wells thrown over their heads, and each
bearing a burning candle in her hand.
When the mass was flushed, procession
was formed of the mourners and friends,
accompanied by all these candle-bearers,
and the line of march was taken up to
the quay in front OF the Doges Palace.
where funeral gondola was waiting,
with other gondolas for the relatives and
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-18
A Curious Duel Case.

A curious duel case has just been de-
cided at Nuremberg. A law student,
during his compulsory one years service
IN the army, deemed himself insulted bv
the treatment he received from a Lieu
tenant. On concluding his term duel
was fought, and the Lieutenant Prus-
sian-was killed. The question before
the jury whether duel had been fought.
whether it had fatal result. and was it
the accused who was guilty of that result.
The jury gave verdict of ssNot Guilty'
on all three charges. The German papers
are puzzled to account for this repetition
of the decision of a recent st. Peters
burg case. Some say the reason of the
verdict was pity for promising Young
man whom the jury did not hold respon-
slble for actswhich custom demands and
the law halt sanctions; others, thatit was
an instance OF the dislike in which Prus-
sian officers are held; and, lastly, IT is
believed that the jury found itself con-
tronted with the difficulty that if the
officer had been in the Students place the
casewould have been one in which the law,
after compelling him to fight, punished
him according to its result.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-18
Justice in the Good Old Times.

Says Gamblers Journal To Tyburn
doomed men from Newgate were carried
in half dozens, as if for public entertain
ment. We can hardly in the present lav
realize the brutality of these exhibitions
to which, however, ladies of quality
regularly adjourned to see the show.
Hanging formed holiday amusement of
the fashionable society of London. Such
was the disregard of human feeling that
officers Of the law were not ashamed to
practice cruel receptions on convicts at
the very scaffold. A person named David
Lindsay, convicted of traitorous visits to
France, was sentenced to die, and carted
to Iyburn in spite of an amnesty. When
his neck was in the moose the Sheriff tested
Dayld's courage by telling him he might
yet save his life on condition of revealing
the names Of alleged traitors. David,
however, sorely tempted, declined to save
ms neck on such terms. Thereupon the
Sheriff ordered the cart to drive on; but
even this move toward leaving Lindsay
suspended did not shake his stout spirit.
All this time the Sheriff had a reprieye
Tor the unnecessarily tortured fellow in
his pocket. Before the cart was fairly
from under Lindsay's feet it was stopped.
or he would have been murdered. Taken
back alive to Newgate, very unusual
spectacle, Lindsay, after being nearly
starved In loathsome dungeon, was sent
into perpetual Punishment; ultimately he
died of hunger and exposure in Holland.
AS the hanging of some thousands of
rebels would have shocked ordinary
decency, vast numbers were condemned
to be banished, as an act Of grace, to1 the
Plantations, OF were made over as pres
ents to trading courtiers," who might
pardon them for Consideration. Think
OF lords and ladies at Court being pre-
sented with groups of convicts on whom
money could be made by selling pardons +!
The fact throws anew light On this period
OF English history. AS regards trans
portation, some not uninteresting and lit
tie known particulars are given concern
ing Rob Roy. Twelve years after the
rebellion of IT'S Rob was taken to Lon
don IN connection with the Disarmament
Act, and sentenced, with many Others, to
be transported to Barbados. Handcuffed
to Lord Ogilvie, he was marched from
Newgate through the streets OF London to
barge at Blackfriars, and thence to
Gravesend. "This,n says DR.. Doran, lis
an incident which has escaped the notice
OF Walter Scott and of all Rob's biograph-
ers.' Before quitting England the barge
load of convicts were pardoned and
allowed to return home.
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One Million Eggs.
rom the Chicago Prairie Farmer

From the Chicago Prairie Farmer.
All KINDS OF meats, fruits, vegetables.
and IN fact nearly every article used in
cooking by families or otherwise have
been desiccated or canned, with the CIV
ceptlon OF eggs, so as to preserve them
Tor any length of time in any climate and
with the best results. The PRESERVING of
eggs IN any manner has met with but par
tau success, and, in most instances. total
failure up to the present time, but now
Cnlcago takes the lead as usual and is
apie with improved machinery that has
Deen tested within the last few weeks to
ueslccate from five to twenty thousand
dozen eggs per day in such a manner as
TO keep them for any number of wears in
any climate. The amount desiccated
could be doubled with little expense. and
IN this manner, immense quantities will
be canned when the market is low The
WIZ ada new feature of wealth and en-
terprlse to the central position and
energy Tor which this city is celebrated.
Inc eggs are preserved simply by evap
oratlng that portion which causes de-
composition and decay, leaving the volk
and albumen, or the egg itself. in rich
golden-colored granu!ation, which can be
USED IN cooking at any time by adding
', water or milk according to directions to
.ne deslccated egg, in which it readily
OIL anssoives IN from three to five minutes.
Inc difference between this and a fresh
egg cannot be detected, as it is nothing
else than fresh egg. By this method #
IS impossible to preserve lined eggs or
eggs that are even slightly stale. Eng
lana and other countries import millions
OF eggs annually and their importations
increase with each successive year. The
shipping Interests and the armies Of tba
world will lind one more luxury added
TO their bill of fare. The West now com
petes with the Eastern and Middle states
ana Europe In almost everything pertain
ing to the table, and this will only add
one more article to the list
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friends, the gondolas arrayed in black

friends, the gondolas arrayed in black,
with scarfs.
The large gondola upon which the
body was placed was evidently only used
for funerals, doing the duty of hea1se,
the ornaments indicating sucn to be the
case. The coffin was placed upon a
raised platform in the center and cover
ed with black pail, having funeral
emblems upon it in white. The candle
bearers. with their candles. all stood in a
line at the head and foot and by the side
OF the coffin, and thus moved off in solemn
silence, followed by the gondolas with
the mourners. Seeing the throng rush to
the bridge overlooking the Bridge of
Signs we followed, and had view of
the funeral cortege moving with solemn
dip of the oar under the bridge and on
the way to one of the out islands, which
IS appropriated almost exclusively to the
different cemeteries. 1t is very solemn
scene, most of the spectators standing
with uncovered heads as the body was
being transported to the quay for en-
barkation. There was also band of
music accompanying the procession,
playing a solemn dirge. There was
nothing to indicate that the deceased was
OF any great standing, as the funeral cor
tcge was not large, and the attendance at
the Cathedral consisted mostly of the
lower classes who are usually about the
square on Sunday mornings. Cor. BaZti-
more american.
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found, with some other articles, by the
man of the house now about eighty years
of age, when youth, on vessel that
had been wrecked near Cape Hatteras in
furious storm that occurred in the win
ter of 1912 or 1918. The vessel was a
small one, and all on board were
drowned"
This picture was presented to DR.. Pool,
and from this the photograph was taken.
This settles beyond all question the man
ner of the death of the loved and lost
Thecdosia. II was near that dreaded
Cape Hatteras- so often before and since
the death place Of the fearless and the
gallant-with the wild foam Of the At
Iantic for her winding-sheet and the fierce
north wind tor her requiem, did this gen
tie spirit wing its flight to another world