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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
ANOTHER MISS.
She Had Opportunities to Get Married but
Didn't Accept


At the foot of Desbrosses street, the
other day, bought some peanuts of a
woman about so years of age, and as we
fell into conversation about the weather,
hard times and so forth, asked after her
family.
I've got none, sir, she replied, with
something like a sigh.
"Al dead?"
81 was never married, sir.
''Do you mean to say That you are an old
maid?'
81 do, sir
"But you Lave had opportunities to get
married."
the question | will say that ! have" she
replied, as she fgeted with her apron and
looked a little shy.
"But you didn't see 6t to accept, Ell ?"
That's it, sir Sometimes | think it
would be pleasant to go home to husband
and children and all that when night
comes and [ am tired out, and at other
times''-
And at other times you ain't'" said,
as she made long pause.
"Well, sir, it's just this way. Hus
bands is bound to get drunk and throw
their wives down stairs, and children is
bound to die off with the scarlet fever,
and whether I'd be any better off is
question I'm not able to decide. Still,
sir
She bushed bit, looked still more coy,
and when told her | was already married
she narred up and exclaimed.
Then go along with you! The idea of
your spconing around here when you are
old enough TO be a great grandfather! y
NJ Quad in New York World.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
CABLE .FLA.GJ3 E;S,

MORE fighting has occurred In Brazil.
The Franco Balqarian trouble is expect
ed to result seriously.
Four bombs were discovered In the
police station at Clichy. suburb of Paris,
Saturday.
THE Portuguese government hopes to
establish specie payment by March.
A REVOLT in the state of Lao Paulo, Bra
I'll, has been queled by government troops.
THE Brazilian minister has asked for an
extension of the period for the exchange
of ratif ations of the arbitration treaty.
A VIOLENT earthquake followed by a
general unduIatory movement Of the earth
has occurred at Corienne, Italy.
IT is declared that not house was seri-
ously damaged nor life lost by the recent
earthquake In Salvador.
REPORTS received by the bureau OF
American Republics show that the crops
10 the Argentine Republic are the largest
ever known there.
A DIsPATH from Shields says that three
workme1 in launch were killed by a
passenger steamer crashing into their
boat.
IT is reported that Em1H Pasha has had
several bloody conflicts in the lake district
of Africa, and that mis- condition is preca-
riOus.
INFLUENZA is epidemic in many parts
OF Europe Among the many prominent
sufferers from the disease was the Arch
duke Siegmund, who died Tuesday in Vi
enIa.
KING HUMBERT will bestow decorations
upon the Austrian and German delegates
who negotiated the Zollversin treaties.
Gen. Won Caprivi will probably receive
high Italian order.
IT is rumored that the Handles Gesell-
schaft of Berlin is negotiating the loan of
several million rubles for the Russian
Kurk Klew railway. 1t is sa ID the money
in reality is to be applied to secret state
purposes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25

gold iniaid with silver ornaments. Be-
hind the young monarch is the royal cur
tain with the inscription in Chinese
characters: May the King live one
hundred thousand years" Two umbrella
bearers with their black boxes and robes
OF yellow silk keep guard over the royal
family.
Than THAI is the son of Duc-Duc. who
was deposed and murdered in prison on
aecodnt of his French sympathies: he is,
IL year. old, and his brother. LIEN, is
ABOUT 10. His predecessor, Ham n chi.
is now In Algiers.
The young sovereign is a quiet. serious
boy, and is very fond of study. His
guardians believe in the good old maxim
OF early to bed and early to rise" as he
goes to bed with the sun. and is up
at every morning He amuses himself
with Partisan toys, which were sent 70 him
oy the French government-among other
things an entire train of cars, which go by
steam. Like all the other natives of An.
nam, His HighnesS is an inveterate
smoker of cigarettes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
BEEF DIDN'T COUNT.
Chicago Heavyweight knocked Out by a
Lighter Man

CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-Jim Hall, the Aus
tralian middleweight, and Bob Ferguson,
the stock yards heavyweight, had a set-to
at Battery ID" tonight, before 5000 PEG,
pie. Tie affair was engineered by Parson
Davies, and Halls contract was to
stop the giant in six rounds.
Hall was conceded to be greatly
superior in science but the stock yard
mans friends pinned their faith on his
great strength ana size. He wasn't in it
however, as Hall smashed him in all sorts
of ways, and by the end of
the second round the stock yards giant s
face and neck presented a frlghtful
appearance In the fourth he got cork
er in the jaw ard dropped In a heap,
though not unconscious. The police then
stopped the fight End DO decision was
given by the referee.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
FIRES AM IAUAIT1FS

FIFTEEN buildings were destroyed by
fire at Croton, n. Y, Saturday. The loss
is heavy.
The steamboat Coal Valley was burned
to the water edge ard the Annie Roberts
badly damaged by fire at Pitt.burg, Pa,
Saturday morning.
in wreck on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, near Anderson, W. Va, We'd
nesday.
q. B. SMITH, saloon-keeper at Malta.
Mont, accidently shot himself and can not
recover. Some cowboys were celebrating
in the saloon as is their custom when on a
tear.
FRAME building in Pinos Altos, N M,
took FIRE Thursday morning, and as not a
drop of water was accessible for fghtin e
fire, the whole town was nearly destroyed.
Losses aggregate 100000.
ONE man was killed outright and four
others more or less injured, by falling
wall caused by an explosion during a Ere
in Buffalo, n. z, Touring mill Tuesday
morning.
Will DRAKE, a conductor on the
Burlington & Missouri railroad, was kill
ed by the cars near Hampton, Neb., Satur-
day night and Samuel Edwards, a brake
man had his hand mashed and was other
wise seriously injured.
AT Litchfeld, Mimi, fire Tuesday
morning burned the building occupied by
the Chicago Bargain house and the hard
ware store of Mclaughlin Bros, together
with both stocks. Loss, $500; partially
| insured.
ONE man was killed and thirteen in
jured, six fatally, by an accident Ga the
Pttspurg, Fort WAYNE and Chicago
railroad, near Lima, O.. Wednesday. A.
G. Reynolds, the general solicitor of the
road and w. S. Hamilton, the consulting
engineer, are reported fatally hurt.
A PASSENGER train on the Lahigh Val
| ley road ran into a rockslide near Rock
port Pa. Monday morning. Engineer
Michael LaveIIe was killed and Fireman
George Wea yer was fatally hurt. The
train was filled with passengers, many OF
whom were from New York and Philadel-
phia. Several passengers were badly
shaken up and bruised, but none seriously
| injured
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
THE CRIsP-sPRINGER PLAN.


Tariff reform has suffered no check by
the elevation of Crisp to the speakership.
On the other hand it has sustained a posi-
tive advantage-the advantage derivable
from belief in practical plans and mod
crate procedure.
In acknowledging the honor of his nomi-
nation Crisp put aside all doubt relative to
his position on the great issue by saying:
Il beg to say to you now. as | speak to
you my first words since am your selec
ton for speaker, that my election means
no step backwards in tariff reform.
beg to say to you that there is in our
party, today, no man who more earnestly
believes in the democratic doctrine of
tariff reform than l do" That
is a statement which is plain
on its face. There is nothing uncer-
tain about the utterance, and the demo
cratic party las confidence in the good
faith OF the speaker. His whole career
thus far has been such as to inspire trust
In the fullest measure.
Positive advance in tariff reform is de-
slrable and necessary and the democrats
now have II in their power to make it
The Crisp-Springer program of putting
concise, Independent bills through the
house freeing wool, lumber, salt, binding
twine and several other articles from the
oppressive restrictions of the tariff, is
practical and promises to accomplish re-
suits of certain and beneficial nature.
and do 1t, too, without wasting a large
part of the session in wearisome debate.
1t Is not possible to pass a general tariff
bill now, and no such attempt should be
made. Buncombe should be cast aside by
The democratic party and an endeavor
made to obtain material results. Such a
policy Is one that is certain to prove popu-
lar. In short, when the people come to
learn mat the snocracy is really striving
honestly and earnestly for actual reform,
1t Will receive the support that the right is
always bound to win for itself in the end.
False pretense may blind the popular
vision for time, brit it cannot do it long.
The Crisp-Springer plan possesses on its
face the honesty of motive which upder
lies It, and for that reason is one about
whose adoption no mistake can he made
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
NEWS IN BRIEF

The Chicago & Northern Pacific railroad
floats sc, 900, coo bonds.
LEPRosY is increasing at An alar ming
rate on the Isthmus Of Panama
The Deep Waterways convention was
opened In Detroit Thursday.
MANY deaths are reported from la
grippa in Philadelphia and other cities.
THE trials of the Howell torpedoes at
Newport are reported as being success
full.
DIPLOMATIC relations between the
United States and Italy will soon be re-
established.
The 271st anniversary of the landing OF
the pilgrim fathers was celebrated at
Boston Monday night by banquet by the
Congregational club.
THOMAS SEARY, miner at Butte. Mon
taIa. has been asleep since Dec. 16. All
attempts to arouse him are unavaillng.
REAR Admiral Thomas Patterson, 9. S..
n, died suddenly at New Brighton, S. L.,
Thursday night. His death was entirely
unexpected.
ANTON Rubinstein, the Russian pianist
has accepted an offer of s125,000 for a
series of fifty concerts to be given in the
United States.
AN application for receiver has been
filed by the directors of the Nebraska
Mortgage and Investment company, &C
Omaha.
NEW YORK merchants, at mass meet.
ing, adopted resolutions asking the legis-
lature to appropriate 100000 for the
worlds fair
ALL the dispatchers and operators on
the Atlantic and Pacific roads from Albu-
querque, N. NJ, to Mojave, CAL, have quit
work.
In the Graves murder trial in Denver
Thursday a witness testified that Mrs. Bar
naby said her first will contained legacy
of $50, 900 for the doctor.
The state engineer of irrigation of South
Dakota reports a new well at Springfield
that throws stream thirty feet In che
ar.
JOHN TEBoU, a marble cutter of Bran
denburg, Ky., has received notice that he
has Inherited from bis grandfather in
France, recently deceased, property valued
at Sl65,000.
THE United States supreme court has
ruled that the Maine tax levy upon the
gross receipts, in that state, of the Grand
Trunk railway of Canada, is unconstitu'
tional
A NEW YORK evening paper states that
the famous case of the Adams Express
company against exPresident Hoey will
he settled out of court. 1t states that the
terms of the compromise will involve the
retlrn of about $500 900 to the company
by Mr.. Hoey.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
HOW A MIRROR Is MADE.
The Best Method Now in Use Invented by
the Venetians

A large stone table is used, which has
underneath it a screw, by means of which
the table can be inclined when desired
Around the edge of the table is groove,
the use Of which will be known presently
While the surface of the table is perfectly
level, tinfoil is carefully laid over it. A
strip Of glass is then laid on each side of
the foil, and quicksilver is poured on till
it IS nearly a quarter of an inch deep.
The affinity of the quicksilver for the tin
foil, and the obstruction made by the
strips of glass, prevent it from flowing off.
The plate of glass, having been carefully
cleaned, is now slipped in upon the quick
silver through the side where no glass
strip is placed, and is held firm while the
table is inclined by means of the screw,
so as to let the superfuous quicksilver run
off into the groove along the edge of the
table. That having been done, the table
is brought back to level, heavy weights
are put upon the glass, and it is then left
for several hours. The next step is to take
the glass from the table and put it in a
frame,the coated side up. The coating-or
amalgam, as it is technically cailed-soon
becomes so dry as t. allow the plate to
stand on its edge, but it can not be used
for several weeks longer. This method Of
making mirrors is the best in use, and
was invented by the Venetians in the six.
teenth century.-Selected.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25

1t Comprises Three Cities with a Popula-
ton of 1 100000

Pekin, the capital of tue Chinese en-
plre and OF the province of Chilli on the
Iunghul river, has a population estimated
at ,5OO,0 1t stands on an extensive
plain and consists of Kin Chin, the Pro-
hlblted city, containing only the palaces
of the emperor and the dwellings of his
immediate retainers; Hwang-Ching. the
Imperial city, with large mum Ger Of court
officials; Nue-Ching, the Tartar city, COM
prising twelve square miles, and Wei-
Ching, the Chinese city, with fifteen square
miles of area. The Tartar city is surround
ed by wall 60 feet high and so feet thick,
the Chinese city by one 30 feet high aud
brick and filed with earth. The suburbs
include an area of twenty-five miles.
The Prohibited city, two miles in cir
conference, is entered by four gates, each
surrounded by tower. The buildings are
Meridian gate leads to the imperial build
ings and is reserved for the emperor sole
y. Five marbe tridges, spanning little
stream, leads TO marble paved court and
the Gate Of Extensive Peace, at which the
emperor receives homage of his courtiers
on great state days. Ascending the stair
way the tranquil Palace of Heaven is
reached into which none can venture
without special royal permission The
number Of people within the prohibited
city is small, most being Matchoos
The Imperial city, surrounded by the
Prohibited city, has a wall twenty feet
high pierced by four gates, through which
no one can enter save by special permis-
sion 1t contains the tablets of the de-
onocad aD,Darnrc nud ap,,oraSSoo aud +ba
affairs of the gods. There is also the
Russian college, military stores and King
shan, the artificial mountain with each Of
its five SUBMITS crowned by pavilion.
The Tarter city surrounds the Imperial
city and contains the principal govern
ment offices and the Hall of Sciences erect
ed in 1880 Near by is the Russian
Church of the Assumption and the temple
where his majesty and princes worship
their ancestors on the first day of every
month.
The city is in control of the general of
the nine gates. near whose headquarters
is the high tower in which is the immense
drum and bell that proclaim the honr Of
midnight. Not far away is the the white
pagoda with its obelisk erected by Kubial
Khad in the thirteenth century, about
which, upon 108 pillars, lamps 6urn con-
tnuously is Buddha's honor.
The Chinese city is the most populous,
but its structures are poorly built The
houses are of brick, one story, with roofs
of tiles 1t contains the affairs to heaven,
to winter, to agriculture, and the pool
dedicated to the spirits Of the water, where
his majesty performs supplications when
ever the country suffers from drought.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25

THE perpetrators of quadruple murder
In Florida are being tracked by blood
hounds.
The trial of John Mazue on the charge
of numbering Annie Brander was begun
at Buffalo, Mimi.
On Tuesday evening, Frank Sparks
killed |. g. Delnne and Denton Duke at
East Barnard, Texas. The men had
quarreled.
AT Mattoon, Ill.,, Tuesday night Judge
Horace S. Clark, commander of the Grand
Army of Illinois, was shot by crank and
severely wounded.
CHARLES WAITE, private secretary of
Chief Justice Foilett of the second division
court of appeals, committed suicide at
Norwich, n Y, Monday.
ONE of the men who robbed a bank at
Marion, Ohio, was shot md MORALLY
wounded in resisting arrest at Kenton.
One-half of the 5000 stolen was recov-
cred.
The body of Henry Hough, a deputy
sheriff If Arrowsmlth, Ill.,, was found
Monday in the rear of the local black
smith shop. Hough is supposed to have
been murdered
CARL EDGAR JOHNSON, a furniture
varnisher. insane, committed suicide at
Chicago Sunday morning by jumping
from FIVE story window down to the
pavement.
MRS. JOIN CONRAD gave damaging
testimony against DR.. Graves Monday in
the celebrated Graves poisoning case at
Denver. Other good testimony was given
by newspaper interviewers.
In riot on train near Birmingham,
Ala, Saturday, Bess Wood killed W. r..
Black, a miner, and fatally wounded
James Glover. Wood narrowly escaped
being lynched.
EDWARD ALBERTsoN and Fred n.
Chamber, who robbed the Fidelity Trust
company of Tacoma Of over million, are
sentenced to the penltentiary for ten and
five years respectively.
AT Omaha TIumpeter Dixon, of the
Sixth cavalry, Q. S. A, has been found
guilty of murder In the first degree IN the
United States district court for the killing
OF Corporal Carter, of Fort Niobrara, last
September.
JOHN BCCKEN. Waterman ut Shnieds-
! wend & Lees type foundry in Chicago,
| was fund dead Thuroay morning with
| his throat cut and skull fractund Muir
der for the purpose of robbery Is the police
| theory.
AT Hannibal, Mo-, as result of fire.
/, luent DRINKS and quarre's with his wife,
| Edward Brown, cosored, shot his wife In
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25

Pekin, the present, and Marking. inc
ancient capital, are scarcely half as large
as they were hundred years ago. They
display all the symptoms of decay and
death. In the seaports the population is
composed chiefly of Young China" en-
ergetic, enterprising and commercial,
and otter marked contrast to the eonser-
vative and literary communities of the in
terror From the former will come the
rulers and politicians of the next century.
Already its power is 50 great as to be a
stumbling block 10 the Manderins and a
menace to the Imperial government
Philadelphia Times.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
NATIONAL CHARACTERIZE
Influence of Language, or the Interchang
of Tongues on Character


l am quite certain that if to-day France
and Germany were suddenly and mira
cuIously to interchange tongues, the two
nations woulo shortly undergo some I'M
looked for alterations. | have known
several people whose superficial character.
istics were quite different according as
they spoke French or English, although
they were as fluent in one as in the other.
| know of one woman who is common and
ill-bred as an Englishwoman, but who,
when she speaks French, which she knows
we'll, is apparently well-mannered and
rather attractive. Nor, as we reflect, does
this seem altogether strange when we con.
slider how much national character has to
do with the evolution of language, and
how impossible exact translation is. |
have heard man say that to read or speak
French made him feel gay, and that the
effect of like uses of German was quoting
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
THREE ODD SPECIMENS.
Queer Notices That Have Appeared From
Time to Time.
oil

The following notice is On an Irish
church door:
This is to give notice that no person
is to be buried in this churchyard by those
living in the parish Those who wish to
be buried are desired to apply to me,
Ephraim Grub, parish clerk"
Here is another kinder specimen;
"Notice. The church wardens will
hold their quarterly meeting once in six
weeks, instead of haIf-yearly, as former
lg.'
In the April of 1906 the following bill
was struck up:
This house is to be let forever, or long
er, if required" Such house would
quite match the garment mentioned By
Miss Edgworth, (Which would wear for
ever, and might be converted into pet
ticoat afterward.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
WASHINGTON

YUGUERoN, in Brazil, has started
afresh the rebellion. The cause for the
new outbreak is alleged to refusal to ac-
cept the orders of President Peixetto The
national guard has been commanded to
SUPPRESS the revolt.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
A BOY SOVEREIGN
The Youthful Emperor of AMMAN Smokes
Cigarettes and Plays with Toys.


Cigarettes and Plays with Toys.
There are two young people in Europe
whose birth has placed them On the
thrones of their respective nations.
Queen Wilhelmira of Holland. AID the
baby King Ct Spain, says the New York
Herald.
In the far east they have another
royal cousin, be is the Emperor of An
nam, and is under the protection of the
French government.
The 1oung Emperor, Than Thai, seated
ON the throne, his brother is on his left
and MS sister on his right hand, pre-
senting their loyal homage. He is rep
resented in city dress of dark yellow silk
with gold embroidery. Ga each side of
hiLI are two Annamite tables eilded and
inlaid with mother pearl. One is
box containing his 5etel nuts and tobacco.
and on the other the royal cuspidor-of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
GAGE WILL RECOVER

Tho Chtcsgo Bank President IL Much
Better
NEW YORK. Dec, 22.-Tbe condition of
Lyman j. Geee, president of the First Ma.
tlIal tal / Ct ChIcseo snd one of the d.
-cetors of tie world fair. who is living i'll
al the Holland house in this CITY hss con-
tinred TO improve all Cay and recovery is
now expected.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
CORN FOR RUSSIA.
Nebraska People are Expsoted to Contrib
ute a Train Load.

LINCOLN, Dec. 49, - Governor Thayer
today issued an appeal to the psople of
Nebraska calling FOR contributions of
corn sufficient TO make train load to
be sent to the needy peasants Of Rus
sia. 1t is estimated BY the governor
that the necessary contributions will be
made within ten days, when the train
will be placed at the disposal of Secretary
of Agriculture Rusk.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25

the abdomen. She premaLurely gave
birth to child, which was dead, the bull
let having passed through its head. The
mother died shortly after.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25

CRY OF MEXICO, Dec. 21-Catarina
Cara, the so-called revolutiouist, has
proposed TO the government to Law down
his arms for $40. 900 or for consulate In
the United States.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
HOUSE BLOWN DOWN.
Workmen Killed and Others Injured i
San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ia residence
occupied by family named Arenz was
blown over by high wind this morning
and the family and three workmen were
buried in the ruins. One workman was
killed outright and two fatally injured.
The members of the family escaped with
serious bruises and cuts The house was
being raised for the purpose of putting
another story under it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25

Hrs jolly nibs, s. Claus, will have to
come in a wagon this year unless Rusk,
his physical counterpart, orders snow
storm soon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25
Glendale Robbers Run Down

ST.. LOUIS, DE- IA daily paper
says four of the GLENDALE robbers have
been run down and warrants made OFT In
blank for farther arrests.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25

RUSSELL SAGE has long head. He Is
a man who profits by experience. Apph-
cations for loans from him must now be
made through the telepone.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25

BLAINE says the Gillian matter will
blow over. This Is a post-electiVn
pointer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-25

AS BETWEEN Elkins and Woods, we'll
but drop this painful subject.