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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-10-12

The + rsian minister to this country
has arrived in New York, ana explains
that his mysterious disappearance was
simply due to notion he had of sooing
as uruch as he could on the way, so that
he took an unssual route and did not ad-
tative of any sort that Persia has ever sent
here, and We probably owe him to the i'm
preston Mr.. Benjamin made on that
he ID the son of the shah's vizier, and
talks little English and a little trench.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-10-12

The disposition of the ad is attract
ing much attention in England The
question is being agitated by the English
Burial Reform Association. During late
years there has been more or less discus
sion on this topic. The objection to the
present mode of burial is based on two
grounds. First, the sanitary reason, and
second, the financial cost. As funerals
are managed in the present time they
are expensive and fall with much weight
upon the poor, who are as fond OF mani.
Testing their respect for the dead by
large funerals as are the rich. medical
autl ority III London declares that tho
average cost every year FOR burying the
dead in Eagland and Wales alone is $25,-
000, 600. This would make the average
expense of every funeral about $50. In
the United States il cannot be rny less
The sanitary objection is based upon the
re ports Of sanitary authorities that COM
munities living in the noighborhood of
RtdNeS aIuA FuutT from b'iuthiS 10 Wnlcn
those who live distance from the place
of burial arc stranger. Disrael, in the
House of Lords, for this reason urged
that all the Gods acres in Great Britain
should be closed. These reasons are
making many converts to cremation. The
sst evidence of the growth of this idea
is 10 be found in the strength OF the
International Cremation Congress, which
was helS about year ago In Milan, The
roll included representatives from every
part OF the civilized world.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-10-12
THEY CENSURE QUAY.
The AonopolistS Think He Has Run the NJ;
chine Too Loosely.

Inc AoUopuIlSt> lhlnh lie has Kun the Ma
chine Too Loosely.
New YORK, Oct. 9.-The famous psrlor
D. &. conference of Senator Ousy's
confidential republican multi million
aires took nlsce this afternoon about
O'Clock at the Fifth Avenue hotel. Moth
ing Of any consequence wss accomplish
cd, snd there was developed grest
variety of sentinens as to the course that
should be pursusd to help the monopoly
ticket. There was quite wrangle at
one time aud a good deal was said about
the folly of writing CONFIDENTIAL circulars
aid handling them so loosely as to
fall into the hands of the press
The fact is that the republican alliancs
Is so loose this year, that no i'm portant
movement is made by the Fifth avenue
managers without being immediately
known at the dsmoc ATTIC headouar
ters. In an open above board cam palgn
such as the democrats are conducting
this would be no disadvantage, but sur
reptitiouS work is the peculiar cha1ac-
teristic of The republican oanvas,
and the disclosures of Mr.. Q la,'s pur.
poses and proceedings fatal 10 the ob
ct they seeks to- reach.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06

and profits derived from the market should
 be applied to the payment of interest on the
 bonds, to establish 8 sinking fund and to
 regular market expenses and repairs. In
 March the council passed an ordinance abol- ishing the market, vacating the market build ings and grounds used for market purposes,
 and directing that the ordinance go into eff
 feet on and after July 1. The attorney gen
 eral brought bill in equity to en%in the
 city from discontinuing the market. The
 lower court dismissed this bill and the Su-
 preme court in reversing the. decision holds
 that the market cannot be abolished till the
 bonds come to maturity in due course.
 In an article on s'Romanism and the Re-
 public" the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
 pointedly says: The most devoted of Roman
 Catholics must admit that for years the church crusade against the public school, or rather in favor of the parochial school, has
 been openly prosecuted. In Massachusetts the action of the priests has been defiant and
 to an extent successful. They have even used political influence in order to suppress the use of school books, and in one instance suc- cess was achieved in direct opposition to jus tiee. The legislature has passed law sub- jecting all private schools to public supervi- sion, and the Romanists are now said to be using every available influence in their effort to secure majorities in the supervising boards. In the West and Northwest reports are fre- quent1y made that the public schools of small towns have been actually closed. In Pittsburg battle has just been fought, and there is now lull whose quiet means but the for another contest. Recently Roman Catholic communicant, believing the public schools to be superior, decided not to send his children to the church teachers. He was promptly rebuked, and upon his refusal to change his decision he was threatened. He boldly challenged the right of the priest to interfere, and at the time of the last reports the matter was still pending before the su- perior church authorities. This is no mere hearsay. The reports are authentic, and the | question at issue is one which concerns Ro- man Catholics particularly.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06
ghe 9nnrma1 and Gumrie
Friday, July 6, 1888.
THE PURE DEMOCRACY.

.
 One of the funny phases of the campaign is the anxiety of the Democrats lest the Re- publicans should do something to whisky that would be against the interests of tenn peranee, morality, etc. Of course what the Democrats really mean is that they don't want the distillers interfered with. These distillers and those connected with them have been valuable friends of the Democratic party, and they want that war tax on whisky maintained. They are making money and have got their business so arranged that they can make good deal more if they are let alone. If the whisky tax were removed, the great distillers of Kentucky would be forced to cut down their product to such an extent that many of their distilleries would be forced to lie idle.
 Of course all this anxiety lest one of the main pillars of the Democratic party should be broken will deceive nobody. As the Springfield Union puts it: But after all, this is only false prstense which the Democrats have raised to confuse the minds ef voters as to the real issue, protection versus free trade. Nobody will be alarmed by Demo cratic anxiety for the cause of temperancs' Satan never rebudes sin but for sinister motive. The national Republican platfo1n, does not propose to remove the tax from whisky except upon contingency. It de- elares for the repeal of taxes on tobacco and upon spirits used in the arts and for mechan- ical purposes. h case the reduction of in- ternal revenue as thus proposed does not re- duce the internal revenue sufficiently, the Republican party declares that it favors the repeal of the entire internal revenue rather than surrender any part of the protective system. We have much greater cause to fear an advance toward free trade which would cripple our industries and pauperizs our workingmsn than any increase in the product and consumption of alcoholic liquors which the removal of the tax might effect.
 It is pity that Petroleum V. Nasby'' is dead. It would have done him good to see the Democrats afraid of "free whisky"
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06
oONmUNICATIONS.
Many of the Same Mind.

Many of She Same Mind.
 To the Editor Of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 As Republican and daily reader of your paper wish to relate little conversation I had afew days since with staunch Demo- crat (not of our city but in one of the towns adjoining our city) to show you the differ ence between the one mans mind (and there are many more of the same mind) now and four years ago. Four years ago this sam Democrat was completely carried away with Grover Cleveland. He thought he was per- feet. A few days ago this same Democrat (and he is gentleman in every sense of the word tool was in my place and our political conversation was short, but was as follows: said to him: "Well, MT. Smith, what do you think of our nominations. They are all good ones aren't theya" He paused a moment and then said: tNo. They are not all good They don't all suit me. I don't like Cleve- lands nomination. Neither will I vote tor him again. have got a belly full of him. I have had all I want of him." and then he said: Harrison will be the next man with out any doubt whatever" So he will. Grov- CT will be buried so deep next fall that am afraid when the day of resurrection comes he will be so deep that he will not be found.
 A REPUBLICAN.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06
 CHRONIC DEBTORS FEEL EASIER
An Offensive ana Often Abused Meth. cd of Duunfng Prohibited.

IFrom the New York Tribune
 'T've lost my right bower, said the head of a little collection agency yesterday. s'and I've got the postal authorities to thank for it.n
 7 "How's that?" asked Tribune reporter,
 By way of reply the professional dun opened big drawer, disclosing few thou sand envelopes, all of which bore in start ling red and black characters of considerable size the words tsBad debt'' 'sThese I used to send through the postofice," he eontin- ued, "to my delinquent debtors, inclosing request to pay up. First I'd call on the man, then if that failed I'd send an envelope with the tell-tale inscription written small upon one corner; the next envelope had much larger characters and so on until naally the very worst kind received postal cards bear ing the words bad debt' in Harin9 colors on one side and calling the debtor sMr. Dead Beat and other harsh terms on the reverse side. This used to fetch a.great many hard cases who could be compelled to pay their dsbts in no other way. There is no man who wants to make any pretensions to hones- ty but dislikes to have publicity given to his shortcomings, as is insured by sending sach letters to him through the public mails. He
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06
arls Gouas.
Howe & StetsON
JULY BARGAINS. THIS IS THE MONTH
STARTLING BARGAINS,

We Offer for the First Week
 One case Cream Dress Goods half wool, at 71zc per yard These goods are similar to the Danish Cloths and have never been sold for less than 12Ac- just the fabric for hot weather, at less than the price of ordinary cotton goods. Please examine them.
 Lot Ladies pure. Silk Gloves at 25c per pair. No customer would ever expect to buy pair of this quality under 3oc, but this is one of our July bargains.
 IS cartons Fancy Ribbons, splendid quality pure silk, all new goods made this season, at II, -I2H, 15 and 18c per yard. We bought them cheap from parties who must sell and our customers get the benefit of the purchase. Regular prices are 20, 25 and 32c.
 In our Annex we are selling Muslin Underwear at unheard- of prices. We haven't space enough here to tell you about the prices, but, it will pay all ladies to examine the great bar gains in this department.
 Tuesday, July 3, we shall open two cases more (and the last we can get) of the French Bastiste, so wondrously cheap at I5c per yard; regular 25c goods. Colors, gobelin blues with white figures, also navy and white figures.
 50 dozen Misses Colored Lisle Thread Hose, at 15c per pair for all sizes; bargain for hot weather.
 White India Linens and Vic toria Lawns, in full assortment, at 10, I2H, IS, IS. 20 and 25c per yard, in superior goods and at low prices.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06

1 $1.25 each, 3S5 Fancy Coaching Shades, with fine cut handles, sold early this season | at S2 75: but in order to boom the Sunshade business we nominate $1.25 as great in- ducement.
 75e and $1 a yard, black and colored Moire Sash Ribbons, superb quality and worth $1 to $1.25.
 New styles in Fancy Striped Moire and Gros Grain at $1.19 per yard; actual value $1.50.
 Satin and crown-edge Moire Ribbons, for dress trimming, at very low prices.
 Examine our stock of Ribbons; you will find just what you want at prices lower than elsewhere.
 30 and 3716c, we offer our famous Fast Black Sateens; famous because they are the only Sateen ever made that is perfectly fast in color under all conditions. Buy one dress and you will positively buy another. If the color changes in any way drop in and see us; money will be refunded.
 $1.29 each, balance of our Zephyr Robes, with embroidered panel; actual value g. 50.
 Balance of our Embroidered Robes at re- duced prices.
 New styles in French Sateens and Scotch Ginghams.
 Examine our American Sateens at 10, 121S and 15c; the styles and patterns arc simply superb.
 Ladies' and Misses White Lawn and Ging- ham Suits; sensational reduction in prices. Enumerations would do poor justice to the values now on sale. A look at the Suits will delight buyers; the prices were never so low
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The mourners for the Hartford Telegram
 do not seem to be numerous. It did not be-
 have we'll during the greater part of it's tortu- ous career.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06

'I may wear a billed shirt" exclaimed Democratic politician in Missouri the 3ther day, ''but my heart ever throbs for the peo- ple." Another Democrat of that State, who is just now trying to cultivate the negro vote, said the other day in an address to some ne- groes: "Fellow citizens, my skin may be white but my heart is black"
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06

That Benjamin Harrison is not like Grover Cleveland is made pretty plain by com parison of the addresses they made on being informed of their nominations for the presi- dency. And the difference is decidedly in MT. Harrison's favor.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06

The first decision of the status of a life in- suranoe policy where the wife, for whose benefit it was taken out, died before the hus- band, has just been made by Judge Seddon in St. Louis He holds that where a man insures his life for the benefit of his wife and then survives her the policy will inure to the benefit of the children independently of the insured's creditors.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06

We close Fridays, during July and August, at | D. m. We shall have our usual Friday Bargain Sales every Friday from s lO1.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06
NOTICE

 during the months of benefit employees and
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06

The question whether a common council has the right to abolish city market has just been decided in the negative by the Michigan Supreme court. In 1875 the Detroit common council was authorized by the legis- lature to raise money for new market build ing. The council were to issue bonds not to exceed s100, 900 for the purpose, pledging the faith of the city for payment. It was pro- vided that the bonds should be payable in not less than twenty years and that the rents
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06
Mcintyre, Maglile & to, WE NOMINATE A WINNING TICKET
 THIS WEEK. LOWEST PRICES. GREATEST BARGAINS. Below are the Real Sentiments and Wishes of
 the People.
FIouncing Department.

Flouncing Department. Another Shipment of FIounces Received. Of course every lady knows the impor. tance of this announcement We are retail. ing these goods at about half the price asked elsewhere. 25c yard, 24 and 27 inch Swiss and Cam brie Flounces; actual value 50c.
 2sc yard. 4O inch Swiss Flounces; actual value 50c.
 49c yard, 45 inch Swiss Flounces; actual value $1.
 59 and 69c yard, 45 inch Swiss Flounces; actual value $1.s5 to $i.50.
 79o, s9c, $1 and $1.a5 8 yard, 45 inch Swiss Flounces; actual value $1.25 to $2. 50. These lots are without question the most as- founding values ever offered.
 Bandanna Handkerchiefs; bny now before the prices advance.
 69c each, 50 dozen button Embroidered Back Kid Gloves; actual value $1.
 121kc pair, 100 dozen Ladies' full regu- lar made Fancy Hose; actual value 25c.
 29c pair, 75 dozen Ladies' genuine Onyx Black Hose, warranted fast color in every way. Should they prove otherwise, money will be cheerfully refunded.
 25c each, special purchase cases Ladies' Balbriggan Vests, French necks; these are sold as big drive at 49c.
 soc each. 75 22 inch Coaching Shades, in all colors; these are sold at $1 to $1. 25, but as an inducement to keep cool we offer them at 50c.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06

Experiments are being carried on in Russia with the view of finding process, at once practicable as well as desirable, on the score of economy and cleanliness, of solidifying the petroleum used as fuel. According to the report made to the Russian government by Dr. Kaufman, who has had the principal charge of these experiments, successful method of accomplishing the desired result consists simply in heating the oil and after wards adding from 1 to 8 per cent. of soap. The latter dissolves in the oil, and the liquid, on cooling, forms mass having the appear- ance of cement and the hardness of compact tallow. The product is h..rd to light, burns slowly and without smoke, but develops much heat and leaves about per cent. of 8 hard black residuum.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06

fancies everybody sees them and is laughing at him or thinking little of him, as indeed a great many people must.
 s'But now my pet scheme is knocked on the head, for @ new act of Congress was passed the other day providing that all mat ter, otherwise mailable by law, upon the en- velope or outside cover of which, libellous, scurrilous or threatening delinea- tions, epithets, terms or language, or reflect ing injudiciously upon the character or con- duct of another, may be written or printed, are declared to be non-mai1able matter, and shall not be conveyed in the mails nor deliy- cred from any postofhee, nor by any 1ette- carrier. The act further provides, as pen aIty for depositing such matter in @ postof- flee, fine of from one hundred to five thou sand dollars; or imprisonment at hard labor from one to ten years, or both. never did see such happy hunting ground for dead beats as New York is anyway. When 8 man won't pay his honest debt you can't clap him into jail till he does, as you should be able to do. You've got to start supplementary proceedings and have him examined as te his income and what he does with it. The law here allows every man to retain enough of his income free from the claims of creditors to enable him to live decently, and it's hard matter to get your knowing man about town, generally the worst kind of dead beat, to ad- init on oath that there are any loose ends of his income not fully absorbed in purchasing for him the very necessaries of life"
 fWhas will you do nowP' said the repor- ter. 1T suppose there are lots of objection able ways of collecting debts, are there not1'
 e'There are the tricks of the trade of course. such as sending loud .mouthed and experienced collector to dun clerks within hearing of their employers, trying to catch debtors in public places, surrounded by peo- pie whose good opinion they value, etc., etc., but none so effective as this one now rem dered useless. I think shall have to intro duce the Chicago method of going round in big covered wagon, painted bright red and yellow in the most attractive manner, with such fine notices as Bad debt collector Terror to dead beats,' etc., conspicuously emblazoned on it. Let this stand for an hour day for few days before delin- 4uent's house and the neighbors will got into the way of looking for it; the small boys and the loafers will form an admiring circle round it, and stare up into the house win 1ows, and if the police don't stop 1t for some reason or other guess it will do al- most as we'll as the postal cards, but it's more expensive" "Who are your best customersF' ''Small tradesmen and doctors. The lat er can't refuse an urgent call because the pay may be poor, and so large proportion of their accounts are never collected. We bills, but now retail grocers in this city have their own. The two work together admira- ply. A black list is kept of people who 1on't pay their grocer's bill, and when debtor finds he can't get credit anywhere it loon brings him to time"
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06

A prominent member of the reform ad- ministration, after expressing an earnest be- lief in civil service reform, proceeds to say that Gall of those offices the distribution of which on purely party grounds can fairly be said to strengthen the party in power ought to be, and without doubt will be, always re- garded as political" That is all that the most zealous spoilsman clamors for.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-06

The Kansas law in relation to capital pun ishment ought never to have been made, and it ought to be repealed as soon as possible. A person convicted of murder in the first degree is now sent to the penitentiary for a year, and may afterward be hanged at any time when the governor signs the death war rant. Theoretically, this might be well enough, but in reality the state of affairs is 8 direct encouragement to lynching; for the governor never signs the warrant. There are now 54 murderers under sentence of death in the State prison. and not only is crime in- creasing in the State, but lynching parties are getting alarmingly frequent.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-03-17
Poor Mail Services.

A mean and incompetent postmaster
is great burden to community.
We regret that we and many of our
readers have had to suffer on account
of the lazy, incompetent officials. We
have often complained of delays in
our paper between this office and
Fayetteville. For some cause this
paper, mailed in this city on Friday
night at O'Clock is not delivered in
Fayetteville till Monday or Tuesday.
If the Charlotte office is not in fault,
it must show up and then the postal
clerks should explain why they keep
the paper on the roads nearly week.
If the clerks do not do their duty,
the postmaster ofFayetteville is guilty
continually week after week holding
this paper in the Office there and re-
fuslng TO denver IL 10 SUBSCRIBERS
when they call for it.
We will not say much now, but tell
our readers in Fayetteville, that this
paper always leaves this Office in time
to reach Fayetteville on Saturday
afternoon. If thew fail to get il on
Saturday, they may safely put the
blame on the Fayetteville postmaster.
We will write to the authorities at
Washington and try to have the
matter investigated. These things
are hard to bear, but we must do the
best we can with them one year longer
when we will have president to give
us officers fit for the places they hold
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-03-17

in writing letters for newspapers.
Space is valuable and every word
must be paid for, and for that, if no
other reason, a person ought always
use as few words as possible when
they write. It would be we'll for
some people to read over their writ
ing and see how many words they
could cut out and still have the sub
stance of their article left.
Persons have often sent us letters
in which they said good things, but it
would not pay us to publish all for
the little good that was in it, hence
they go to the waste basket Some
writers seem to think the adding of
words adds strength-just the reverse.
Some attempt to ornament their writ
ing with Latin, French, &c. Generally
that is the greatest sign of weakness.
Sometimes it is necessary of course;
but our readers are generally limited
in education and want plain English.
Give us short, plain letters, friends,
to the point. When you begin to
read, you want to see what person
is trying to get at and you want to
understand his words as we'll as his
meaning.