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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08
A LESSON FROM PATAGONIA.
The Higher Our Civilization the More Our
Wants Multiply.

A traveller newly returned from the Pa
ciffic ocean tells pleasant stories of Pata
gonians. As the steamer he was on was
passing through Magellan Straits some
natives came out in boats. They wore no
clothes at all, though there was snow in
air. A baby that came along with them
made some demonstration that diSpleaSed
its mother, who took it by the foot. as
Thetis took Achilles, soused it over the
side of the boat into the cold sea-water.
When she pulled it in, it lay moment
whimpering IN the bottom of the boat,
and then Curled up and went to sleep.
The missionaries there have tried to teach
the natives to wear clothes, and TO
sleep in huts; but so far, the traveller says,
with very limited success. The most shell
ter a Patagonian can endure l. a little
heap of rocks, or Il log to the windwacd of
Kim; as for clothes, he despises them, and
he is Indifferent to ornaments.
1t takes OCCASIONAL contact with such
people as Patagonians to keep us in mind
that civilization is the mere cultivation of
cur wants, and that the higher it is the
more our necessities are multiplied, until,
if we are rich enough, we get enervated
by luxury, and the young men come in and
carry us out.
We want so many, many things; it
seems pity that those simple Patago-
mans could not send missionaries to US to
show us how TO d without. Must the
wants of the body, heltcr, clothing, and
food-'ae cultivate st, before the capaci
ties of the soul Caa te developed and grail
fed? Doubtless tie missionaries know
their business, au3 are goin! about it the
right way; yet AZ the same 1t seems odd
that The rudime IS of Il taste for brown
stone fronts ald brocade and terrapin
should be cult sated as fit preliminary
to Christianjt, Count TOlstoi is the man
for the Patag, mans. TIER attitude to-
ward luxury 4enIs % be almost Identical
with his. and they would have scarcely
ANYTHING TO nlearn before accepting his
teaching.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08
HIT HIN WITHA CLUB
John Bernhardt Tells the CHASTITY
Tale of Henry Schley's
Murder.
A Dispute Over Dice Led Up TO the
Commission of the
Crime.
The Murderer a Mere Boy of Nine
teen Years-He Signs the
Confession.

MILWAUKEE, May 4.-Sheciff Gaynor,
of Waukesha county, brought John Bern
hardt to the Milwaukee county jail this
morning. and charged him with the muir
der of Henry SchIey, a Waukesha saloon
keeper, who was found dead almost at his
doorstep, about 80 o'clock Sunday morn
ing.
Il went into Schley's saloon Saturday
night, and we got 10 shaking dice, " said
ne to detective today. we had q little
dispute over the game and | went out
Then | decided TO go up near Schley' s
home and lay for him. | got the big
club and went up there. | had to wait
about 25 minutes before he came
along. Just as he was passing me.
| jumped out and struck him with
th9 club. just strGck him once and be
dropped down Then | went through his
pockets and took the money that | gave to
the sheriff yesterday morning when he ar
rested me.
'SGhley never spoke after | hit him
think he must have been killed right
away. No, there was no one with me. at
all. How | came 10 make up the story
about Alfred is that a fellow by that name
was hanging around Schley 5 saloon early
in February, and [ knew that every one
would remember lin"
did you kill him for his money!" was
asked.
Yes" was the, reply
After Detective Hanuifn left the jail,
Undersheritf Armour, Jailor Roth and
others had ii long talk with Bernhardt
and he repeated the same story he told
Hanniin. To these persons ae expressed
his willingness to sign written confes-
sion.
Shortly before noon the confession was
prep red, and Sheriff Walsh, the under
sher #, jailor, reporter and others
went to Bernhardt's cell The
sheriff read the confession to the
prisoner. 1t was simply concise admis
sion that the prisoner had killed
Schlay. 1t was prepared in due legal
form, with the necessary qualifications
that the prisoner signed the docum ent
OF bis own free will.
You understood what l read?" asked
the sheriff
A nod of Bernhardt's head signifed
that he did.
Now if you wish to sign this confes-
sion, you may; but you must understand
that you do SO voluntarily and without
coercion"
Without saying a word, Bernhardt took
he pen and slowly wrote his name at the
bottom of the confession.
Beruhardt gives his age as l9 years. He
is quite an intellectual looking young man,
of slight build aud smooth face He is
fairly well dres. L. He apparently does
not realize the enormity of his crime and
is wonderfully self-posseased in lis cell
He is the son Of Adam Bernhardt, an old
and respected farmer near New Berlin.
John was bartender for Schley at Wauk-
esha in February, but left there two weeks
ago and since then has been idle
Schley was about AZ years of age, thrifty
but somewhat given to drink. He had
wife but no children. A god watch and
about $3.50 in money were stolen off his
BODY.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08

If it shall turn out 10 be true that Italy
refuses to surrender a criminal demanded
10y the United States under the treaty Of
1868. and refuses only because the accused
is an Italian citizen whose extradition is
forbidden 10y the constitution and laws of
italy, an interesting side light Is thrown
on one phase of the New Orleans incident
In regard to the latter affair, it : con-
tended at Washington that the treaty Of
1871, respecting the rights Of Italians in
the United States, Is to be interpreted. if
it be ambiguous, in harmony with our
constitutions and laws The extradition
treaty is. however. not ambiguous 1t de-
clares that an accused demanded un ier
prescribed conditions shall be surrendered.
We have eighteen treaties which exempt
from surrender citizens eff the csuntry Of
which the demand Is made, bat the Italian
treaty is silent on that point. Does not
silence give consent. In our other treaties
which are thus silent the practice has been
to surrender Its citizens by the country on
which the demand is made.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08
TELEPHONE WAS NOT USED.
The Woman Knew the Little Waif and
Didn't Care What She said.

A boy about II years old rang the door
bell on High street the other day, and
said to the LADY who answered it:
Won't you please telephone to the
police station for me? | have found a
lost boy
"A lost boy? How old?'
About 4 years, ma am. He cIu talk,
but be can't tell where he lives.
Some poor child, probably
Some awful poor child. Why, he was
the uirtiest boy you ever saw, and SC
hungry that ma said be hadn't eaten any
thing for week. We think his folks
lost him on purpose. Ma says they ought
10 ba sent to states prison"
so they had. Does he give any name?'
''Oh. yes. he saws his name is Burt
What. Has he light hair and blue
eyes?'
Yes m.
Hes my own boy, he is, and you walk
him over here as quick as you know how
Also, tell your mother that people be-
come rich minding their own business!''
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

Parker Cole, an old and highly respected
citizen Of Whitewater, died at his resi-
denca Monday.
0fficerz'of the. HelYetia Milk Condensing
company, of Highland, H., have been in
Monticello for the purpose of securing a
location and opening a branch establish
ment
A meeting was held At Bloorer Satur-
day afternoon for the purpose of seeing
what could be done TO organize an agricul
tural society. After discussing the advis-
abilit Of such an organization and
appointing committees, the meeting ad-
journed for Two weeks
Wa.er will be the popular beverage in
Beloit for the ensuipg year. The saloon
license expired Monday.
John Tierney, one of the oldest and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08
MARRIAGE MADE EASY.
A Novel Unitarian scheme Adopted.


A number of ladies and gentlemen were
assembled at dinner to celebrate a friend S
wedding. After the wedding a young
barrister got up to propose a matrimonial
scheme, which was at once adopted A
president was selected who was pledged
to eternal secrecy by solemn oath. Ali
unmarried persons of either sex wrote on
piece Of paper their own name and that
of the person whom they desired to marry. e.
The papers were harded to the president,
a man of mature age, married and grave,
as became his office. 1t was his duty to
acquaint the two parties who had inu-
tuatly selected each other. Re. uit:
Eleven couples thus had the oppoi tunity
of confessing their feelings to one an
other for the first time and a month Later
eight weddings came eff the others to fol-
l)w in short time. Eccentric, but the
end iusti6es the means
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08

PANAMA, May 4-Advises from the
city of Bogota, Columbia, state that
Menserrate and the Guadaloupe hills
threaten 10 slide on the city and the citi-
zens are alarmed. The engineers repor,
shows that the city Is in imminent danger
as already some houses have been damaged
and the center of the city is
undermined by water Regarding the
foods in the Lunapuana district of
Chill, the Lima Opinion Nationae
(newspaper) publishes a letter saying that
the beautiful valley Of Lunapuana has ex
perienced typographical change and
what was formerly delightful spot Is
now a desert. Fifteen craters have been
continually at work since the latter part
OF Maren throwing out masses of Mud
which in Its precipitate descent and with
the monstrous strength Of the current is
carrying ruin in all directions and sweep
ing houses before it, together with the in
habitants and cattle, vineyards, farms and
irrigation works. All roads north and
south Of LunaEuana have been converted
into bitches, through which the water
is continually pouring and all
communication between Canete and Chin
cha is interrupted. while the bridge across
the river has been swept away Numer-
Gus Wet ms who have suffered deep I'M
preston caused by the destruction
Of all irrigation bitches In fact it
viii be impossible to gather the
remainder of the crop Of grapes, and
certainly that the necessities of life
will reach famine prices. lead to the sug-
gestion that the government should take
steps on behalf of the residents. Hun
dreds OF families have been left without
homes and are il camping cut on the
hiEISi1es
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08
WILL BEHARMONIOUS.
Jay Gould's Views on the Prospects for
Traffic.


New YORK, May 4-In d talk with a
reporter today Jay Gould said that he
thinks that the meeting Of tie Western
Traffic association Wednesday will be a
harmonious one. Ii is quite possible that Il
question of joint agencies will be seriously
considered. The association, he said,
should prove d powerful influence for
good and the effect OF It's future actions
should be shown The information caused
turn of the tide and undoubtedly
ayerted panic. Mr.. Gond said his trip
to the east made him feel very hopeful.
He found the crops in fine condition and
the prospects generally encouraging. He
mas not sold any stocks; on the contrary.
he has been an extensive buyer, and at no
previous time in twelve months has he
mad so much stock as now 1t
is impossible to say whether We
we shall have active money this
year, but money will be comparatively
easy until late III the fall and even then
We may not experience the slightest
stringency. especially if Europe buys our
bread stuff, and there are more than
reasonable prospects that it will
lie feels convinced that matters
are on the mend and he repeats
his belief that the present Is not
simply a bull movement but that the year
will be bull one.
President Hughitt, of the Northwestern
road, thinks the western traffic meeting
will be a peaceable one. rhe railroad
companies, he says, are unit on the queS-
ton OF maintaining rates and are dclng
business on sound basis
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08
WONDERS OF THE EAR
A Department of Human Anatomy That
II, fies the Surgeon

The human ear, said scientist to a
reporter, Is an organ the true inwardness
OF which the physicians have never been
able TO get at, They can examine the in
Terror on tue eye with ease by throwing in.
n lis dark chamber ray of light reflected
trom little mirror, and of late they have
found 1t possible even to see the gray mat
ter OF the brain by looking through the
little canal by which the optic nerve en-.
tiers. The cGvitv behind the nose thev in
sspeet with the Al of light placed far
oaes II the m nth. They have no diff
cnty IN seeing INTO the stomach b an
electro apparatus; the intestines likewise
are II II y enough Investigated, AMI the
oiaduer also, But the ear, as to us inter
nal arrangements, Is un4pproachable. 1t
Is even impossible 70 dlSSect il salts
factorlly after death, for the reason
that the paris collapse at once when the
vital spark leaves tue body. TIE drum
In a living person bars the way to obser-
vatton, and even though II be pierced.
the winding passage bey,Ed cannot be
seen through. On the other side of the
drum are the three little bones-the NAL
let the anvil and the Stirrup-which act
upon each other as levers. The drum acts
as a sort OF buffer, and the maIlst, inn
medlately In contact W tn ii. conveys the
sound through the anvil, and the stirrup
70 the 'Chocle2, a spiral Shell-Shapea
chamber Just behind and above the exter-
nal opening OF the ear. This she'll is COM
posed OF hiamentS of the auditory nerve.
eolled Spiraliy and each one erect and way
ing tremulouSly in response TO the slight
est waves Of sound. They carry tue sound
impressions directly to the brain, and SO
delicate is their SenSitiveneSs that the
hoare percelveS not only the degree of
loudneSS, but even the finest quanty of
sound. the harmony of ttnsS, aud the dis,
tance from which it comes. The momant
mat ilte le,omeS extinct, however, the
spiral shell or nerves collapSeS and the
marvellous organ is dead thing. un-
satisfactory to the Investigating anatom-
lst, Ii only 1t had been found possible To
examine the internal structure of the hy-
lug ear aural surgery might perhaps
amount to something to-day. The science
o. treating the eye was born when Helm
noNz invented the simple instrument
called opthlImoSCope for inspecting its
interior. There are plenty of ear doctors,
and people pay big prices for being treated
10y them for dea ness, bnt did Won ever
know of case where the patient was
really much beneh.e ed by anything he
could doF have known dog ms of deaf
persons who have persistently sought relief
at the hands of aGril specialists, bnt not
one ot them has b 'en 1u,ed or materially
helped, simply because science had uchiey.
ed hardly anything in that branch of
knowledge. Washing ol Star
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08
FARMERS WANT THE OFFICES
They VIII Have II Full Ticket I'm
the Field in Iowa.

DES MONIES, Iowa, May GA call
signed 10y about siNty leaders of the
Farmers Alliance agd other industrial
orEaul. ationS of Iowa WIS ISSUED to-
day for a peoples independent State
convention TO be held ia De, MONIES
June for the purpose, as stated IN the
call, 'ot adopting platform of primer
Piles upon which all patriotic citizens
OF tie st tie can unite IN nominating u
Stale ticket to be voted for at the en-
suing election, each county being en-
titled to ten delegates, TO be selected
by county convention, IN Wh ch mem
bers OF all industrial organizations and
other individuals who favor indepen l.
ent polltica! action IN Iowa tins year
shall be entitled TO participate"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08
THEY WOULDN'T BITE.
Free Rabbits and Free Guns No Tenn ptat m
TO North Carolina Darkies


Ia North Carolina Darkies
Newspaper readers a a niliar with the
great quantity Of rabbits there are in Aus
tra!ia, the enormous dlmagc they commit
by eating up the crops and by biting Cff
the bark from young Ernit-irees, and how
futile have BEEN the eff Jrts to exterminste
| these pasts. A large reward * now stand
ing. offered by the goveTnms mt for some
means to kill ont the rabbits without i'm
pairing the health Of the people.
Capt J. w. Lee, drummer OF the Ameri-
can tobacco company, who has been sta
toned in Australia the last two yaars il
now at home in this city, says X lleigh
IN. C.l correspond, Mt OF the New York
Times. He says that the damage done by
he rabbits is constantly increasing ard
that II is great ItV bl X 10 the farmers.
The rabbits breed ,v~iy month in the
year owing t. the aiIduess OF the innate.
The captain told the authorities Of the love
Of our Nor'h Care lima 4 rKies for br'er
rabbit and of their propensity for and de-
light IL hunting the tooth ne animal
He suggested that the importation OF 90
900 young negro gentlemen between the
ages # Is and 81 b. the Aus 'ralian govern
ment would be the best means Of ridding
that country of the rabbit.
The captain 8 iys ne WAS authorized TO
engage this number OF negroes for the
Australian government a. 81 per dag, Sun
day inclu led. for five years, the negroes
10 be furnished with breech-loading shot
guns Of the latest pattern and fixed am
munltlon by the government and to do
nothing but kill rabbits. Arrangements
have been made by the government to dis
pose Of the dead rabbits to fertilizer com
panies organized by the government for
purpose OF eOnsumming the dead rabbits.
The good crops Of the last year. the dis
lance 10 Australia. and possibly the pro-
pinquity to April | make it difficult for
the captain to find n'any negroes who
agree to 90 back with him, though they
admit The delight th.y would take in
numbering the rabbits The captain -e-
ports Australia a. very pleasant country,
and speaks in the highest terms of the
government. He has no doubts that the
negroes would like that country and that
they would be well treated He has no
hopes Of getting any considerable number
to go back with him next month.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08
THE CAPITAL DOME.
The Dome of the Capital at Washington,
the Largest One in the World

The capitol dome at Washington Is the
only considerable dome OF IRON in the
world. 1t is vast hollow sphere, weigh
ing 5000, 300 pounds How much Is that? /?
More than 1000 tons, or almost the
weight of 1900 fuiL-grown persons, or
l l,000 ladened coal cars of four tons each,
which if strung out behind the other
would occupy one mile and half of track
On the very top Of the dome the alIegori-
cal figure America" weighing 13 985
pounds, lifts it proud head high in air.
The pressure of this dome and figure up
on the piers and pillars is 14,477 pounds
to the square foot 1t would, however,
require pressure of 1926 pounds TO
the square foot to crush the supports of
the dome. The cost of this immense dome
was liCtle short of 81 100000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08
a! the Misery of 1t.

Human wretchedness touches bottom z ses
sickness. Life is held feathers weight oy the
unfortunate afflicted with it. Why endure al.
stroe.0us Internal commissions when Hoste.ters :
Stomach Bitters relieves them iustznter1 Not
only I-lieTes bit prevents 1t Is not always the
,'briny'' that travellers nanses is experienced.
Railway iouTneying, riding with ones bac< TO the
horses or the locomotive sometimes produces it
in super-sensltive stOmGchs. HoststteT' : stomach
biiters is always the prompt remedy. The mis-
cheyous properties OF brackis1 water, the evil
influence of mias s. unWhoiesone unaCcus-
toned food, excessive fatigue. whei her bodily or
mental the dyspeplic tendency bred by seden tary
pursuits the pegn cious effects OF exposure to ex-
tremes Of temperature or Gampness. all these are
eectuaily connteraced by this genial preservafive
of health. Cures also rheumatism, kidney and
bilious trouble
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08

| Two NOTORIOUS outlaws, between whom
/ have existed an imrlacable fend for many
! wears. met in the streets of Walnut Hills,
! Va, Saturday. and shot each other dead.
| THOMAS CALLAHAN, aged fifty, fatally
/ shot his wife at Columbus. Ohio. Tuesday
/ morning. He was made insane by an In
| jury received last November.
ROBERT SMITH was found guilty by a
| jury at Bay City, Mich, Of numbering his
brother Judson
The president and cashier Of the New
! York North River bank, now in the hands
of a receiver. have been indicted for faIsi-
! flying the eff 3ial statement of the bank 5
condition.
A BLooMINGToN man set FIRE to his
| shirt, signaIed the Big Four" express in
! time to prevent disastrous wreck Sunday
right. As il was. the engineer pilot was
smashed by collision with oak logs which
train wreckers had placed across the
track.
IT has been discovered that Arthur c..
| Gilman. bookkeeper for the firm of LARA
bee & Sheer of New York, who died re-
Gently, was detaulter to the sum of
1922. 900.
CHARLES IIl.lAMS anu HIS WIte'
formerly Maggie f. Dlevensy, who eloped
from Louisville and were married Monday
night, were vigorously cowhiGed by the
groom's irate mother on their return home.
CHARLES A. TIBBE~s, # Clarksville,
Mo-. committed suicide Wednesday by
cutting his throat with a knife and then
blowing the top of his bead off with a
shotgun.
LEOPOLD LANDAUER, one Of the best
known young brokers of New York, whose
| wife recently secured divorce, shot him
self Tuesday night and will probably
die.
IT has been discovered that the late
John T. Hill, of New York city, was a
defaulter in the sum of S500,000.
J. B. TEMPLE, supervisor OF Qnincy,
H., is short in his accounts some $1,000
and has fed from the city.
IN saloon fight at Bakertown, Pa,
Herman Mel OF, the proprietor, shot and
killed John Vancoy and fatally wounded
Walter Woodland The murderer was ar
rested.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08

ROME, May 4.-The commercial treaty
between Germany and Austria-Hungary
has been the topic of comment Dy the press
generally. Ip the interested interior the
consequences of it bids tair to become :,
matter of greatest concern to the people Of
the United States. II is announced that
Germany and Austria-Hungary have in
vited Italy, Switzerland and Belgium to
join in convention in Vienna for The
avowed purpose of making coalition OF
central European states against
protectionist countries. But why
the states whose customs tariffs
are SO uniform for the purpose of
protecting their interests as those of Ger
many, Austria, Hungary and Italy. can
give out as their reason for the proposed
coalition the protectIonism of other
countries IS puzzle to those who have
carefully studied the stu ltion. 1t is not
! let known that Italy has consented to
join the convention at Kenna. If she
should it would seem the political
ties of the triple alliance are stronger
than her commercial necessities for amJng
her best friends commercially considered
are France and the United States. Italy 5
exports to Austria and Germany have
fallen from 1877 million francs in 1885 to
lSl million francs in 1889. La the latter
year France bought of Italy l64 million.
In 1890 the United States boug-t $50 mil
lion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08
Nothing SO Good as unies.

PEORIA, H., May s. For two years
Capt. John Hall has been before the
city council wuh u petition asking
permiss on to substitute electricity for
mule power OH his car Iiue but he has
been persistently frozen out. The mat
ter has excited much public attention
and tie citizens generally are with
Capt. Hall. A mass meeting called to
take action in the premises will be ad-
dressed by Bishop Spalding, Judge
Puterbaugh aud other leading men to-
marrow mo INF
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-08

consumption. The paper showed the con-
tsglouSness of tuber cuiosis, its increase
IN direct proportion to age, and the
ilablty of infection from animals. II
suggested as treatment sanitary super.
vision; the prevention of overcrowding.
and the regulation of climate if possible
to educate the people as to what tubercu-
loSls was: 1t was spreading among the
negroes, because in independence they are
not SO well housed and fed as in slavery.