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Crime" said the detective. cha.

s'Crime," said the detective, .shas
always appeared to me as a disease,
because there are many young men
having all the luxuries of life at their
command who prefer to follow the life
of thief and travel with thieves rather
than associate with respectable persons.
There was once man who lived in one
of our large cities whose relatives spent
thousands of dollars to reclaim him.
He had plenty of money and never
wanted for any thing. but still he pre-
ferred stealing to living honestly. At
the death of one of his relatives he fell
heir to an immense brown stone build
ing worth more than 100000. which
he decided over to his sister. as he had
no use for it, because he could get all
the money he wanted by following his
profession. There is another man who
was well-to-do. He is now serving
long sentence in the penitentiary for
attempting to rob a collector of about
$1,000 The collector was on street
car when the man entered and knocked
him over with piece of gas-pipe. He
was arrested before he could get the
money, and now he is paving the pen
atty. There are many men now in
prison whs have no excuse in the world
for leading dishonest lives, but who
have been brought there through keep
ing bad company. When behind the
bars they will make good promises, but
when released the promises are soon
broken and they fall back into their old
habits, IN Y. Star,
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CHANDELIERS DEVICE.
The Unholy Measure Which Was Shelved
by tho Democratic House.

The Unholy Measure Which Was Shelved
by tho Democratic House.
Senator Chandler has introduced q
bill in the Senate for the completion Of
the direct tax of 1861. The measure
revives and re-enacts those sections Of
the act of 1861 imposing the direct tax
of $40, 600. 600. and provides for the
collection of all unpaid balances. with
five per cent interest thereon; the
States to have the privilege of assum-
ing their quotas, less fifteen per cent.
deduction; otherwise the taxes to be
collected from the land of individuals,
as provided in the original act In
other words, Notwithstanding that the
country is in need of reduced instead
of an increased revenue; that the
Treasury is filled to overlooking; and
that the withdrawal of money from the
channels of trade is paralyzing busi-
ness and menacing industries and
commerce with danger, Mr.. Chandler
proposes to aggravate existing evils
by collecting the unpaid balance
of the direct tax. Congress will
scarcely approve Of this bill.
The Treasury does not need the
money. and it would be unjust. after
the lapse of twenty-seven years, to now
collect the tax from others than those
upon whom it was imposed. 1t is not
apparent why the Iowa man who
within the past few years has bought
a plantation in South Carolina should
be forced to pay to the Government q
tax which the man who owned the
plantation more than a quarter of a
century ago. and who has since died.
ought to have paid, but didn't Prac-
tically, in the changed circumstances.
the collection of the old would be
equivalent to the imposition Of a new
tax, and to impose a new tax on few
States is something Congress can not
constitutionally do. But doubtless
Chandler's bill was not framed in the
expectation that it would become a
law. Its purpose. probably, was to
brighten Southern Congressman repre-
senting States that are delinquent
upon voting for the return of that
part of the direct tax collected II
this was its object it has failed, for
the House abandoned consideration Of
the Direct-Tax bill after nine-day's
contest, and thus virtually rejected the
measure. = Dubuque Ia. Telegraph
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The men who insist on the irreg-
ulr admission of revolutionary frag-
ment Of Dakota rs State are the men
who are keeping Dakota OUTS. Louis
Post Dispatch
1t is announced that Mr.. Blaine
will have the nomination thrown at
him whether he wants it or not II 50,
he will stand behind the bat ready to
catch it hot from the pitcher. Boston
Globe.
Judge Thurman is advanced in
years. but he seems to be yet equal to
a good deal of work. Why shouldn't
the Democrats put him back into har-
ness, brains bandana, rheumatism.
and all -SauannM News.
Mr.. John Sherman has been in
receipt OF salary of $4,000. with a
brief interval Of IS. 600. for a genera
ton. Out Of that accommodating sala-
ry Mr.. Sherman has succeeded in saw
ing two or three millions of dollars
NJ =. Sun
Oregon has held her Republican
convention and chosen delegates to
the Chicago convention. Oregon has
a great financial head. The rolling Of
barrels thitherward will begin at once,
and the Oregonians will have the fresh
tap Chicago Times.
Abraham Lincoln died twenty
three years ago. He lived long enough
to immortalize himself. but not long
enough to give any lasting life to the
party he made temporarily possible
through his own honesty and patriot
ism st. Louis Republican.
The Democrats of York County.
Pa, have made mistake. They have
dignified Senator ingalls, attack upon
Hancock by formal denunciation. 1t
would have been better to have left it
to the silent contempt of the people
Cincinnati Enquirer.
LII the Republican party wishes
to go into the campaign with hope Of
success. it must turn its face to new
chieftain- That is the hard common
sense of the situation which those He
publicans who are prone to respond 70
their emotions rather thar TO their
Judgment must begin to consider. -
Philadelphia Bvtletin (Rep.).
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Hiscock. His boom Is not vigorous.

Hiscock. His boom il not vigorous,
and is not Likely to become 90. Mr..
Hiscock has a record. He was a Gree
ley man in 1872, and prominent anti
stalwart in the l880-S2 period. Those
are flies enough to settle his case.
Vermont has Edmunds, but nobody
dreams of urging his name seriously
again. Aside from his lack of nearly
all the qualities that make Presi-
Dental candidate run well with the
people. Edmunds sulked in his tent
while Blaine was being beaten in 1884
and INDUCED in some icy chuckIcs over
that event. That will never be forgiven
by the controlling Blaine men. Ed
munds is buried in flies.
Connecticut has favorite son in
General Hawley, man of great merits,
both personally and politically. But
then General Hawley's record includes
among other things. fatal stand on
the Chinese question. The 1acific
States will never ratify such nomina-
ton at the polls General Hawley,
too, is MORALLY afflicted with flies.
The whole list of Republican entries
can be gone over without disclosing
the names of any man who has the
power to draw votes to any considerable
extent, and who. at the same time. is
not handicapped by some weakness.
either OF personality, position or
record.
There are flies on them all. BOSTON
Globe.
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THE JEwELRy TRADE.
a Large Retailer TELLS why He Does Not
Employ Women.

4 Large Retailer Tells why He Does Not
Employ Women.
"You wonder why jewelers. don't en-
ploy women as saleswomen more than
they dop Well, there is q variety of
reasons why they shouldn't.
I'm the first place, customers won't
rely upon woman's judgment in the
matter Of gems. Suppose, for instance,
you came into my store to buy your
wife $500 pair of earrings. Behind
one counter is a pretty young woman
for. Of course. If we employed women
they would have to be pretty-and be-
hind the other is q young man. Now.
which of tho two would you 60 TOP
Why. the young man. Of course. When
making such purchase you would nat
urally prefer to be guided by his judg-
ment than by that of woman.
Then another and very serious OBJ
lection to the employment Of women is
that. as rule, they wont stay with us
long enough. We value our employees
for the length of time they have been
WILL Us All ia OUT SatcSuicu u3vc UGH
in our employ for long time. some Of
them for over quarter Of century.
How many women would have stayed
with us that long? Very few. Most
women employed in stores marry after
few years service.
mo, women are not suited to the
jewelry business. It is true that they
take great interest in gems and jew
elry, but the popular idea that they
have better knowledge of them than
men is a mistaken one, and do not
know Of any cases where they have
been successfully employed as either
buyers or saleswomen.
Zone might suppose that the manu-
lacture of iewelrY was work In which
women would succeed, but experience
shows that such Is not the case. In the
factories the women perform what may
be described As almost mental work.
such - polishing and furnishing, and
no matter how long they remain ut the
trade they rarely make any progress
toward the higher branches. nor inceed
10 they show any inclination 70 do So
--.xeueltrx' WeeflU g
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usually pick up young converts and
make them do the work, while they
watch and give instructions, and then
hold the property. There was once a
fellow known as Johnny, the Greek.
He was a good worker. and never had
any trouble in securing confederates.
He once went to a country fair, and,
being alone, he employed a couple of
countrymcn to assist him. paying them
- each. All they had 10 do was stand
in some passageway and prevent per-
sons from passing. The countrymcn
thought they were having lots of fun,
but when they tumbled to their en-
ployer's racket they demanded an in
crease Of pay. Instead of increasing
their pay he got rid of his .swag' and
discharged them. In taking watches
all thief has to do is to snap the chain
in two or break the ring. which can be
done in an instant An expert finds no
difficulty whatever in taking watch.
''What effect does it have on one OF
these professionals to send him to the
penitentiary9" inquired the reporter.
1T usually has the effect of making
him better thief" replied the detect
i've. for while he is in prison he does
nothing but concoct new schemes.
When released he imagines that there
Is no such thing as getting caught
again. and will be back to his old hab-
its before he is outside the prison walls
twenty -four hours
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Grows in Nebraska.

An Omaha letter says that the chief
features of Nebraska, next to billiards
and heroic schoolma' ans, is crows.
These crow colonies are well organized
and evidently know what they are
about The wonder is that their in
stinct. which in crows and ravens bor-
ders close upon intelligence. does not
send them farther south during the cold
season. With the regularity of the sun
they come across the river from Council
Bluffs, filing the air with their hoarse
calls. They are tame and feed with the
poultry in private premises. and try titles
with the dogs for the bones. in which
contest they are usually victorious.
They are the street scavengers of the
city, and as numerous as the children
in populous districts. They gather
like committees on public improve
ments in unoccupied districts, and with
their crow pantomime look as though
they were stalking out corner lots. In
the late afternoons their preparation
for returning to their night haunts is
evidently no haphazard operation.
Some winged sentinel that evidently
takes notes of time sends down from
the upper air his hoarse signal as the
Mussulman from his turret, and in
twinkle all heads are turned toward
the east the black mass moves and
flies of. and, as far as the eve can see
stretches in tapping clots across the
sky.-Albanv journal.
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Old gentleman Ito boy on twelfth
birthday)--'I hope you will improve
in wisdom. knowledge and virtue. -
Boy (politcly returning compliment.
totally unconscious of sarcasm) -"The
same to you, SIR"
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Most farmers can keep few hives
OF bees to advantage. Honey, like
fruit. should be found on the farper 5
tabse
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-07-20
Cable Flashes.

The Sultan of Turkey. apprehending
war, is tryi to raise government emer
gency loan Of $10,900,000.
ONE of the British regiments in Egypt
has been ordered iuto Z1lulaud. Trouble
is anticipated.
PORTUGAL Is preparing an expedition
to extend her possessions il Africa, north
of the ZambeAi river.
Two hundred and twenty-four men
perished in burning mine at Kimberly,
Cape Town, South Africa.
THE town of Berbera, in Somahalaad,
has been burned to the ground. Forty
persons, mostly children, invalids and
cripples, perished.
SINCE tho death of the late Marshal
Lebouf, OF France, only two Marshals of
that country survive, Mcmahon ana Con
robert.
KING MILAN has formally invoked the
aid of the authorities of the Russian
province of Hesse-N Nassau to force his
wife, who is now stopping at Weisbaden,
to surrender to him the Crown Prince.
The condition of the sUgar-cane fields
in Cuba is reported as encouraging.
Sugar is quoted quiet but firm at Havana,
with holders unwilling to meet the views
of buyers.
L0NDoN.-In parliament to-day, in an
swer to the inquiry by Mr.. Parnell, Mr..
W. H. Smith replied that the government
was willing to Introduce a bill to qualify
judges to inquire into the Times charges.
BELGRADE.-Kjng Milan has form ally
Invoked the aid of the authorities of the
Prussian province of Hease-Nassau to
force his wife, who is now stopping at
Wiesbaden, to surrender to him the Crown
Prince.
The Belleville and Kingston district,
in Ontario, was shaken by an earthquake
before midnight Sunday, a rumbling
noise accompanying the disturbance.
Many persons left their beds in great
fris ht.
DIR. Mackenzie says that the report of
the German physicians on Emperor
Frederick's malady is a tissue of false
hoods. At some future time he will fur
nish the details of the case, but for the
present he mast remain silent for stats
reasons, principally concerning the
Dowager Empress Victoria.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-07-20
MARS AND HIS SATELLITE
New Information Gained for Us hy the Great
Lick Observatory

New Information Gained for Us hy tho Great
Lick Observatory.
Whether life actually exists on Mars
must in all probability ever remain uu-
known, says the San Jose Mercury. Even if
we could build telescope as far surpass-
isg in power the giant OF the Lick Observa-
tory as that great instrument does the
"optic tube" of Calico We should be little
nearer to q solution of the problem.
A vastly increased interest was given to
observations of Mars by Professor Halls
discovery in 1887 of two minute satellites
which reyoIved around the planet and
exhibited many remarkable peculiaritie5
in their motions.
These two satellites are the two smallest
known bodies belonging to our solar sys-
tenn if we except meteorites and possibly
some of the small asteroids. direct
measurement Of their diameters is quite
impossible and their size can only be es-
timated by the amount of light they re-
feet. The outer satellite, Deimos, has by
this method diameter not much exceed
ing ten miles, while the inner one, Phobos,
IS somewhat larger. From the summit of
Mount Hamilton a marble in San Fran
cisco would appear to be about the same
size.
These minute satellites are beyond the
range of e"en the most powerful teies-
c0pes, except when Mars is in opposition,
or nearest 10 the earth. The present OPP
position Is by no means q favorable one,
as Mars Is nearly twice as far distant as
he was in 1877, and probably few teies
copes are capable of showing the satellites.
In the great telescope of the Lick O5ser
vator. they are easily visible, and prom
ise to remain SO even when the distance
of the planet has greatly Increased. The
motions OF the satellites form most in
teresting subject for study.
PhO5os revolve5 at distance Of 1000
miles from the surface OF Mars IN the re-
markably short time of seven hou-5 and
thirty nine minutes, and thus may be
seen to pass from one side to the other in
the course OF single evening. In the
telescope he can be seen to move. Deimos
at three times the distance, revolyes IL
thirty hours and eighteen minutes. To
an inhabltant Of Mars, one of tness moons
would rise in the east and set in the west,
with q very slow motion; the other would
rise In the vest and set IN the east with 2
rapid motion, the two thus moving in op-
posite directions and passing each other
III the SKY. Many other interesting con
sequences of their motions will occur to
any one watching the satellites circling
around their primary.
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y ewS IN Eriet,
The brewers strike at Cincinnati, began
April H. has been declared off.

The brewers strike at Cincinnati, began
April II, has been declared off.
Mr.. AND Mrs. Nyz and their three
daughters, of Princeton, Ill, were all
stricken with insanity the same day.
Mr. BLAINE has arranged with his pub
lishsrs to bring out q sketch of his coach
ing tour.
Elk Gov. SPRAGUE, of Rhode Island, is
now chief of police at Narragansett, for
merly NarIagansett Pier.
The father, mother and six children of
a family in Shilliugton, Pennsylvania,
each celebrate Washiugtoa's birthday as
their own.
DISPUTE over the free rates between
tbs receivers and transport companies
threatens New York with a watermelon
famine.
LEW WALLACE must have pase ball, and
so quits work on the Harrison biography
at O'Clock wherever there is a good
game in indianapolis.
AT Alliance, Ohio, Monday, the first
trial under the prohibition law resulted
in a conviction and the closing of the last
saloon.
RAIN in Central Illinois has damaged
the oats crop so that it will scarcely pay
for cutting. In Douglass county 10000
acres of com are submerged.
The visible supply of grain shows 23.-
031,727 bushels of wheat, a decrease of
592 ,262 bushels. Corn, 1910, ,395 bushels,
a decrease of l, ,13S, ,126 bushels.
A TwELvEYEAR OLD boy with the porten
tious name of Pascal Porter has blossom
ed out as an exhorter, and has paralyzed
the religious people of southern Indiana
with his feryid eloqueuce.
The total losses by the recent disastrous
flood in the Monongahela river, n South
western Pennsylvania and West Virginia,
are now estimated al about S3,00o000.
SALT LAKE, UTAH. = Receiver Dyer
made an additional demand on the Nor
mon church attorneys for the Mormon
church property, making the value sur
rendered to date S790,666.
FIFTEEN thousand teachers will be in
attendance on the national convention
at San Francisco, from the 18th to the
20th OF this month.
THx national convention of the Socie-
| ties os Christian Endeavor closed its
four days session in Chicago Sunday.
1t was one OF the largest and most earnest
and Jealous assemblages that has ever
been in session in Chicago.
WITHIN q radius of three miles from
Perham, Otter Tail county, Mimi, duriu z
| the past fourteen days, there have been
| 5000 sushsls of grasshoppers caught and
killed, the county paying bounty of 81
| a bushel for them.
A PosTER asssiling the Chicago, Bur
| lington and Quincy management was
| posted on the dead walls and decaying
| fences at Milwaukee Wednesday morning,
/ and excited universal comment The
most startling line read: Prepare to
| meet thy God"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-07-20
MIR, PARNELL'S NEW PLAN.

For an earnest, matter-o -of-fact and
evea colorless man, Mr.. Parne!l manages
to occupy very dramatic aud graphic
positions in public life. The past week he
has been threatened with arrest upon
charge of high treason, aud has promul-
gated scheme for federated union of
the United Kingdom which is seriously
discussed by ali parties. He cannot very
we'll be traitor and statesman in one
breath. He at least is the leader of
several milioa people, and counts other
millions for his political friends. Ac
cordiug to the interview i'll the Pail Mall
Gazette it would appear that Parnell's
plan is a home rule upon local affairs ap-
plisd to England, Ireland, Scotland and
Wales alike with ParliRmeuts at Dublin
Edinburs and Cardiff. Under this plan
the British House OF Commons will have
principally local prerog atives, while the
House of Lords Will be made up of rep
resentstives from the various divisions of
tAS NIL LsASbA AAASAuNAAS GtSAAAotS's WIG
colonies themselves. Here is bid for
the colonial federationists, as well as the
foes of hereditary upper House; but
its greatest virtue Is the blow it gives TO
certain radical uni0pists who hsve long
been arguing in favor of local parlia-
menes. No one knows how such q sweep
ing change in the British constitution
will be received By the liberals, but GER
tain it is that the debates upon the local
government bill have made it plain that
no narrow, patched and scanned measure
OF reform will satisfy the English. They
will either decide TO remain as they are,
! or they will put men in power who have
will aud judgment equal to the serious is
sues involved. It kas always been a ques-
| tion whether England would Be willing to
| rest with Irish hone rule. There are the
/ Scotch and Welsh TO deal with. It isn't
| for an Irish leader TO drag q s~eepiug
| amendment to the constitution, but Par
nell's words have political Significance
| ct this time that viii not be overlooked
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-07-20
ELECTRIC SPARKS
Fires And Casualties.

FIRE at Luissum, California, destroyed
eight blocks in the heart of the town.
FIRE destroyed almost the entire busi-
ness portion Of Avon, Mass.
La FE4ycIER's immense saw mills at
Quebec burned loss, 100000.
THE great iron lockout is practically
over
SENATOR Randall, of Pennsylvania, was
taken seriously Ill Monday night, but is
now improving.
4 CONSTRUCTION train was thrown cI a
trestle near Cameron, HI, killing the en-
gineer and fireman, and woUnding several
others.
A BOILER exploded at the Adelaide Silk
Works, at Allentown, Pa, killing three
men and iDjuring several.
GLADwIN, Mich.-The wife and year
old son of William D. Lewis were over
taken by forest fires rear Barker's mills
and burned to death.
PASSENGER train cn the Virginia Mid
land Railway, broke through a trestle,
falling a distance of fifteen feet, in Vir
ginia. Five persons were killed and
many injured.
A DISASTROUS storm ragged as Kansas
City Sunday night. Cellars we're inun-
dated and several persons are reported
killed, one family OF four having been
washed away and drowned.
FoRTy horses and mules perished by the
burning of the street-car stables at Wichs
ita, Kas. Three employees, William Rose,
William Gearka and Tobias Wyle, were
badly injured, and another, William MuG-
ply, is supposed to have lost his life in
the fire.
RECENT heavy rains have caused di5as
trOus freshets in Southeastern Onio, West
ern Pennsylvania and West Virginia. At
Pittsburg much property has been swept
away by the flood, amounting to $IOO0,-
900 in value. Reports of serious dam
age by recent heavy rainfalIs also con
time to reach US from Iowa, Illinois and
Indiana.