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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-11
In Ancient Sewing Machine.

a patent for \ sewing machine made
by Thomas Saint, in ESQ, has recently
been found III the archives of the En-
glish Patent Office, and has excited snr-
prise IN consequence Of it having some
Of the elements Of the modern sewing
machine This might have been scd-
though il was not-for sewing leather,
but the inventor could not have sue
ceeded III woven fabrics. This was an
Englishman's idea on paper; but the
sewing machine has been the peculiar
producto American mechanical genius.
II Is scarcely thirty Years since Elias
Howe, after two Years Of discourage
ment and starvation iii London, return
ed to Boston to make fortune IF S.
100000 American sewing machine
companies certainly have right to he
Jealous of the use of their NAMES in
England, and to he proud Of their
triumphs III the British courts. The
great equity suit Of the Singer Manu-
featuring Company against Newton
Wilson, involving tho plaintiffs right q
the exclusive use Of the trade name
has just been decided. Oh appeal, ~ the
House If Lords, in favor of the crm-
pany, the costs being deerecd against
the defendants
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-11
Just the same.

lie waa Niping his eyes o. piece u
old cotton cloth, and explaining thu
reason why q the three solemn looking
boys gathered ut the south door of III,
postoliIce. Say, he.
The first night went home With
this badge Oh the folks was kinder amed
The old man brought IL tle night wood
thr old lady -hr gin mo thc biggest piece
q pic, and sister Lucy She let No spit
On the Brussels carpet, md never made
mite j fms The next night they rot
il little more familiar with me, md Oh
thc third night the governor bowed nj
NJ for smoking 4 pipe.
And how was II last night breath.
les-ly inquired ono of tho boys.
:" got reglar old-fshioned lickin'
same ~ before these badgcs mere
thought Of was the choking answer.
Tie four went into executive session
around nh ash-harrcl, and
!" Rosoiptd, That Il newsboys badge il
i mere ornament With some iiggefs on
il, and that W. kin bc assaulted and bat.
tered same Al any one else
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-11
The British Volunteers.
London Daily Srat

According to All accounts the number
If our volunteers Is -tillon the increase.
- far is can 81 ascertained from the
reports of commanding officers fur
nisAed during tie PAST month u the
VAR Office, they amount q upward u
10000 men. all of whom have fulfilled
tie Obligations required III to- 'ield.
marshal commanling-ine chief from
efficient volunteers. Of these 10000
men, $1,000 are artillorsmen, 300 Eli.
gineers. $4,000 infantry and tie r.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-11

BRorHEELY LOVE- Papa, did yon
see those nice little guns down "
tho store y asked little siN- ycar-9ld
boy
! les, Harry, saw them Int |
have ~ many children u feed and
elothe that cannot afford 70 hny you
one, replied bis father, seriously.
Little Harry glanced it the haby IL
tie cradle With ~ loving expression on
h;s faee Finally III said Well papa,
Ill tel you What SOIL can 10 soa cali
swap little Tommy foF 4 gun.
HoW abont that little hoys alice
fions
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-11
~ INCOME TAN.
Arguments Of the Advocates Of the
Measure



Washington e,ier 10 New York Herald
The argument which will hc made III
favor III the rcimpeSilion of the IN
come tax i that thisis tile only way 70
make the burden III intcrpal taNcs
equal, or nearly 50, over the whole
country. Mr.. Randolph Tucker III
Virginia, oncof the committee ~ WAYS
and means, has prepared i statement
on this subject III Which Il i shown
that in 1870, ont NJ 4 revenue iram MI
ternal taNcs af somewhat overs lNS,Qua
COO, the New ENGLAND states, including
Maine, Nrw Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts. Rhode Island and Cou
uceticut, paid Sl0000AQ, bnt ii pro-
portion IL population should haNe laid
Sa.95Q00V, aud according II, wealth
nearly SlI,uUu.Oa0. Tie Middle states
New Work, New Jersey. Pennsylvania
and Delaware paid S2l,000,Nep. Thrr
contribution according u population
would haye been the Same amount
hit theirproportion accordingly ~ wealth
would have been S}S 100000 Thp
northwestern States and tha Territories
including Ohio, Indiana. Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota.
Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, Dakota,
Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, Utah and
Wyoming paid S3,50O0oO. Their
proportionatc share according topopu-
lation would have been only 81 3a0,VOO.
The Southern Middle States, including
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina, Kentucky and Missouri
paid so 600 600, hut their proportion
according to population would have
been ONLY ST. 100000, and according 70
wealth only Sill 100000. Thc cotton
States. Including South Carolina, Gcor-
gia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Fennes-
sec, paid s. 100000, but their proper
ton according to population would
have been $l9,5Oo,O0O, but according
Is wealth $l7 100000. The Pacific
States paid oyer S3,O0O,O0O, but accord
ing to population should have paid less
than 81 100000 and according 70 wealth
less than 2,350,0OO
1t is asserted Nv the advocates Of the
income tax, that nearly all the nntaXed
government bonds are owned IN the
northern seaboard States and that the
only way t. make this kind Of property
contribute it's share 70 the general
revenue is % lay an income tax.
There is also determination to lay i
high tax on large incomes, the prevail
ing idea on this subject being tocxempt
all incomes under s. 900, and 70 gradn-
ate the tax from one per cent up to
five, and some wish it even up TO seven
or eight per cent OH income exceeding
$4,000 or $4,000. The general belief
is that the northwest and South will
loin together to impose the income tan,
and the principal question seems to be
about its amount a plan HE urged
oil the house to So regulate the income
tax cas- to exempt all incomes dc
rived from salaries Or professions Or
the actual labor Of the individual, and
tax only the accumulated wealth which
itself yields an income to its POSSESSIONS.
This is thought to be the only fair way
tolevy All income tax, ard several
representatives will urge that tax thus
laid on accumulated wealth ought to
he 4 constant part Of the internal
revenue system.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-11

THE hangmans record for the past
wear shows that IS murderers We're
hanged III the United States or this
number A. we're white, - eolQred, !
Indian, and Chinaman; iwere hanged
for indecent assaults, / for burglary, y
for wife-mnrder, for iilicide, and /
for fratricide. There we're three double
executions one triple, two qnadrnple,
and ono in which Six men We're banged
Not single woman Vas hanged; tic
ONLY ono sentenced u death, Mrs
Louisa Lawsar If Virginia, had her
sentence committed - imprisonment
for life liz tile governor. Friday
still maintains il reputation III
tie black lit IL tic favorite day on
which IL enforce tile death penalty
more murderers having been hanged
on that day than ID all the other days
III the week combined. Forty-seyen
murderers were hanged "a Friday IL
Ill Thursday, ! on saturday, i ia Won
,lay. ! I'll Tuesday. aud all Nednes-
lav. There Nere executions if Jana
I'M. Sin February III March Y I'll
April, Ia Ill MAY, Is III june II u july
in August 1 Ill September, none I'll
October, HI in Nasemher and 1 Il II IL
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-11

ccmber Pennsylvania stands first III
the list II states for the greatest num-
be- II executions during the past year
South Carolina being second. The exc
cutions were distributed among25 states
rs fellows.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-11

IIrsKY ATWOOD, III Nebraska, after
spending four months and i'll TIL
money III Washington looking for 4
government elcrkship, st ont 90 foot
for the home II Ills farmer father. and,
becoming disleartsned, shot himself by
thp vayside ii West Virginia
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-11

THE London Illustrated Sporting and
Dramatic Nrus goes for Henry Irving III
this powerful. manner; Mr., Irving dc,
spises the newspapers, ni no Won er
He condemns the men who get their
guinea or thirty shillings week who
are called dramatic critics, and we are
not astonished The reason is palpa
BILE. Mr.. Irving knows himself lie is
we'll aware, therefore, that although his
gait in tragedy is the gait If u comic
hamingo, such rs Mr.. Marks would love
10 paint, his voice is the voice If one
that iii its upper register might deceive
IN ornithologist in the wilderness, and
his evolutionary discoveries Stun
bling blocks in the path Of Mr.. Pitmans
pupils, the so-callcd dramatic critic
have not howled derisivcly, lis they
might have done, and sent him back to
school to learn the rudiments Of his
(ahem D High Art There are sound
Judges Of theatrical matters who declare
that Mr.. Irving was better actor i'll his
thirty shillings a-wcek day than lac Is
now And there are shrewd appraisers
Of showmanship, who look upon Mr..
Irving rs the late Mr.. Bateman's biggest
success nthat line. Mr.. Irving attaches
no importance to the newspapers-in
effahle creature that he is but the
Colonel did. And ii is Just as true
as two and two make fonr, Mr.. Irving,
that you-the great trageaan are the
result Of tire Colonies nntirlng attention
10 the press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-11
IONGfEII.oW'S.FAM
Approaching Marriage Of his Daughter
Edith to Mr.. Richard II. Dana. Third.
NtM NNIh MnrIa

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lhc quiet od nomestcad ~ IAm-
bridge whllh NJ, Henry y LongtcHe,Mv
has occupied - tNnG' AMI whose tladl-
llonss, bright ~ theN are, are dmmed ~
+ the iuster ms hon0red name eaulrrs,
seems hEeiy soAa ~ witness success
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interest NJ l.nnsitltW J wife dlrd
many wears asa' nuS since ttNat ume Ms
he0selt9M l}is Raid'N undergone Y
GaanIc; that NellS navy wrought
iheih si!Ni' work, aild tae Ih}idteh 81 =
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lirr alllaheea y rising YOUNG lawyer
o' tNThty-slN, W. lalta - lhe lanle
now lWlils', ile = falhef wv hhe
,ooki'S any y iiatNlt' lllal, 81 course
liis sfandia'iers nlneuylh birthday
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9la gentleman y WIZ Re many Near
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m a. 'o enc ms signature WITH =
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-11

lie Statistical Bureau ii Bcrln osti-
mate that the total steam motive power
of the world equals the force e -.
noap horses
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-11

TINS is tho only enlightened country
OH earth where ablc-hodird tralnps are
permitted To straggle over the land to
live on the savings Of the industrious
In other countries I'LL sturdy hoggars
are set ut work for the state, the county
81 the city where they are found. In
foreign capitals the eye is greeted with
long lines &c these parasites, with III
operseer, cleaning the streets, building
sewers, cutting roads, AMI taking care
Of public property The spectacle
may shock III American III first, os-
pccially if some who have added crim-
inallty % bcggary should appear at-
tached % i restraining ball and chain
but the general influence If thc habit
il wholesome. An able,bodied person
has no right To live on his fellow men,
and if lie will not wOrl; voluntarily, lie
should hc compelled e 10 50. Every
state IN the Union ought 70 empower
it. town officers to arrest all beggafs
and put them III work for the benefit If
tire community. All thu raad- iii the
country might be kept III fine condition
BY tile enforced labor Of the tramps
Who now use them To S0 little purpose
Tie world owes 10 man il living It
does not owe him even coffin, though
il may provide him with one for sweet
charity's sake, Baltimore is holding
meetings 70 decide what Maryland
ought 10 do With her tlamps L ought
q arrest them and 1T them % work
This country offers labor 70 all who will
III IL ubd tLp ,p11gfrt4tta md fruUal
ought 70 be relieved IL the support of
loafers who follow meRdicanry ~ 4
profession. NeW Yofk Graphic
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-11

FREE nreka Dress III Shirt Chart. send tic
10 prepay shaTges, A, I MoRnow, Indianapolis.
Itla7
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ESTABLISHED isGt
ELECTRO MEDICAL INSTITUTE

powers thtif MI Yiput aHu the mind 10 lts Oftgi
mi cheer fnlneHs and strength. The Doctors sklll
with The Turkish aud sulphur Baths cannot be
rkraled ii thf hGulfng ant. itlAfly
The Morning herald., 1878-05-23
CHAPTER II.
AN 1NTERvIEw--MAsTER CECIL THREADS ON
DELICATE GROUND.


That evening, Geoffrey Chctwynd learned
from his loQuaciou3 landlady, as she waited
upon him at dinner, Ill that there was to
learn Of the pretty young widow. She was
q Mrs. Elton, and had been at Sandboac6
for nearly two years. living quiet, secluded
lie with her child. One or two Of the
ncighboring families, attracted by her sweoy
face, had called upon her, but she declined
all invitations, and seemed to have no wish
to make friends.
"Strange, J call it, sir" said the good wo-
raD, ''Tor she aint scarcely more than a
girl, as you may say, and oughter want to
See s. lille life. 'Tain't as if her husband
was just dead, for she was out O black, SO
to speak, when she coined here. She al
ways dresses very quiet like, but quite the
lady-real good silks and a velvet montlo
and fur jacket I have seen her in at tines
so she amt poor, for certain. Its bat
small place she've taken-quite cottage, 50
70 gneak-but furnished quite beautiful:
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BOOKS AND PAMRHE,IsE

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OFFICE

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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-09-28
Benefit of q. G. Millais.

The Concert on Monday evening next for the
benent OF Mr.. H. G. Miais promises TO be the finest
ever given in this city. The participants are we'll
known IN Baltimore as the best the city can afford
ing, Will again take part and feel sure that those
VINO nave once heard her cannot resist the tempta-
uon OF This. another opportunity Miss Pistol has
tor some time sung in Mount Vernon Place Church
Choir, where she Is well and favOrably known and
Mr.. Max MaretZek has shown his high appreciation
Of her talents by having her with Miss Amnis Mon
tague ON several occasions the attraction of his
summer and Autumn Garden Concerts, held in the
Academy OF Music. Baltimore Mrs W. j. Wilmer
the elocutionist, nobody has forgotten who was 50
fortunate to attend the late benefit for the yellow
fever sufferers. she will make you laugh in spite of
yourself Miss Steiner and Mr.. Webb are Well known
as singers OF rare ability and our people viii be de
lghte 70 learn that they are again 10 appear before
them. Nj. Emory, who favors Us for the first time
on Monday evening, Is the leader of the Christ
by musical critics TO have the finest baritone voice
in the city. Mr. H. G. Milais the young vfolinisf
for whose benefit this entertainment is given has
talents Of great superiority and 20 be appreciated
must be heard. The grace with which he handles
that king Of musical instruments the violin the
strains OF melody with which he enraptures an au-
dienee are sure 10 elicit round after round of aI-
pause That he is worthy OF your announcement
there can be no doubt For two or three yenrs-he
has been striving by hard work 20 earn enough to
tirely succeeded. The people of Baltimore are help
ing him. and now that he applies 10 us 20 whom he
has rendered his services several occasions free
OF charge Il is 10 be hoped that the people OF West
minister and vicinity viii cheerfuly and generously
respond. An Excursion Train win be run from
entertainment from both OF which places many
have signihed their intention of coming so let the
nall be filled to OveriOwing. Admission - cents
children 10. Doors open at 7SOi 7. ".
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-09-28
Political Notes.

The Massachusetts Democratic convention
at Boston, on Wednesday, nominated Josiah
G. Abbott for Governor by reclamation. The
Butler men did not interfere as at Worcester.
A telegram from Coushatta, La, reports
that on Saturday the Democratic Convention
to nominate Assemblymen met in Natchi-
toches. The negroes under the leadership
of Blunt Breda and others came in force, .
made threats, and caused the Convention to
adjourn. Breda was arrested, EARNED bodies
of negroes hocked into the town. and at last
accounts fighting had began and one negro
was reported killed.
The Democratic State Convention Of Con.
necticut met on Tuesday in New Haven.
The old State ticket, including r. b. Hub
bard, of Hartford, for Governor, was nomina-
ted by reclamation. Francis B. LOOMS.
however, declined the nomination for Lieu
tenant Governor, and Charles Durand, OF
Derby, was selected in his place. The reso-
lutions adopted condemn the Electoral frauds:
oppose subsidies and land grants; recognize
gold and silver as the standard money Of the
Union, but declare the Resumption Act sun
wise and uncalled for at the time of its enac
tiOn;' condemn all Reputation, and demand
legislation which will tend ''to restore our
commercial tonnage to its former equality
with that of Great Britain"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-09-28

SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DIsTRIcT.-
The baltimore Bulletin says Mr.. Charlie:
j. Bonaparte, of Baltimore county, is
mentioned as an Independent candidate
for Congress in this district. The Repub-
licans, however, have issued call for .
convention at Havre de Grace on the Isl
of October, to nominate candidate in op.
position TO Mr.. Talbot. The Havre dc
Grace Republican, says:
A very favorable opportunity IS presented
to the Republicans Of this district to elect q
good man, but through the treachery of some
and the continued pickering and bad manage
ment of the leaders, the republican party is
too hopelessiy disjointed to take advantage
of the divisions in the democratic party OF
their very weak and unsatisfactory nomination
in this district.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-09-28
BETTING ON ELECTIONS.

The attention of all persons is particularly
called to the following section of Article IS,
Code of Public General Laws:
40. No person shall make any bet or wager
on the result of any election to take place in
this State.
AZ. Any person offending against the last
preceding section shall be liable to indict-
ment in the Circuit Courts, if the offence be
committed IN any county, or in the Criminal
Court of Baltimore, if the offence be commit
ted in Baltimore; and on conviction. shall be
fined not less than fifty nor more than FIVE
hundred dollars, to be paid to the State for
the use of the School Fund.
4s; Every deposit of money in any part OF
the State as wager or bet upon elections in
this State or elsewhere shall be forfeited and
paid over to the County Commissioners ofthe
county where deposited for the use Of the
county; and if deposited in the city of Balii-
more, to the Mayor and City Council.
PETER WOODS.
sep 2o-te Sheriff of Carroll county.