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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07
RACKER GOES BROK II.
The New York Dealer In Commercial Paper
Fails For Four Millions.

New YORK, Aug. Abraham Backer,
dealer in commercial paper, at 205 Broad,
way, made an assignment today without
preference to Benz lmin f. Einstein, of
Townsend Dyett & Einstein, lawyers.
Backer was heavy dealer in commercial
paper and also a capitalist of the firm of
A, Backer q Co., dry goods
and commission merchants, 285 Broadway.
He also manufacturer goods at Glaston-
bury, Conn, where he has fine mill,
These goods were principally for the
southern trade. Backer was merchant in
the south for many years, coming to New
port n years ago. His original business in
the south was principally In groceries and
liquors; then he got into the collar business
and then into commercial paper. For
some years Backer also imported collar
goods in Philadelphia but sold out there
about five years ago and went to Glaston-
bury, Conn, where he purchased a
mill cheap and improved it. He sold
goods which he manufactured through his
own firm A Backer q Co. His assign
ment, it is said does not affect the firm,
although be was the princial partner
and capatlist; his son, n. G. Backer, was
the company.
:
in commercial paper. His large connec-
tons in the south and southeast enabled
him to handle II great deal of commercial
paper either as broker or purchaser. He
was very popular in financial and mer-
camille circles, had the confidence of
the banks and bankers in this city
and elsewhere, and was director In
city banks and in several southern banks.
He had number of bank accounts where
he could get his paper discounted. The
assignment, it is said, is principally due
to the condition of the money market
which made i very difficult for
him to A)at the quantity
of commercial paper which he
generally handled, and also to the decline
in certain southern railroad bonds in
which he was large holder His trouble
it is said in relation to southern railroad
bonds Was the result of his connection
with the Macon Construction company, of
Macon, Ga.
His liabilities are said to be about
81, 100000, of which 81, 100000 is direct
and 81 500. 600 contingent. The latter is
said to bc all right and no loss is antici'
pated. His contingent liabilities are
mainly endorsements on commercial paper
discounted by banks, The liabilities are
princlpally to banks in this city,
and some elsewhere to individuals. 1t is
generally understood that Backer will not
be called upon to pay the full amount of
his liabilities, as over one.third are notes
which he had endorsed but which will be
taken care of by the makers
The assets, il properly taken care Of,
will, it is said more than cover the liabil-
tiles aud all creditors will probably be
eventually paid in full Among other
entries the real estate records show that
in January last Backer took title to prop
crty in one hundred and tweney-irst street,
near Manhattan avene, the
consideration being 100000, and two
weeks later he sold it to Abraham Schneider,
the consideration being sll5,00O His
assets are to large extent bonds of
southern railways aud other corporations.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07
Emperor William Proposes a Measure
to Repress Public Drunken
ness in Germany.
Recent Official Statistics Regarding
Crime and Drink Impress
Him Strongly.
He Likes Good Beer but Recognizes
Evils Arising From Impure
Liquors.

BERLIN, Aug. 3.-The emperor's pro.
jected measure for the repression of public
drunkenness has become, under the manip.
ulation of the ministers, merely proposal
that the landtag should increase the pen
alties imposed on drunkards. Ministers
Herrfurth, Miguel and others concur in
the belief that the public would not toler.
ate active Legislative interference with
drinking. The emperor thinks differently.
A draft of the propoGed bill was sent
to him and returned with suggestions
concerning state supervision of the
healthy quality of beverages. Impressed
with recent official statistics concerning
the growth of criminal offenses and sui
cides arising from drink, the government
has opened an inquiry in regard thereto
and is drawing evidence from hospital
and other medical sources concerning the
increasing use of potato spirits and
other impure alcohols and how
far the use of these
spirits may be regarded as leading fac
tor in crime The official returns of sui
cides in Berlin during the first fortnight
of July show a total of 147. The cause of
this enormous self destruction is attributed
chiefly to drink. The emperor is friend
of good beer, but blames bad drink for
many of the violations of the law through
out the empire, and more particularly in
the great cities.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

AT 2 o'clock Tuesday Morning an in
ceEdiary fire destroyed the Felter shoe
companys factory, at New Brunswick, n.
j. Loss, 5000; insurance, 10000.
A sAw-AILL explosion at Cummings,
eight miles from Toledo, o., Wednesday
morning killed five persons, dangerously
injured one, and seriously injured seven.
EDWARD CALDWELL, coored, and John
Tumason of Warren, Ohio, took refuge
under tree during rain storm Wednes-
day Lightning striking down the tree
and killing both men.
A BARN on the Fitchburg MASS. city
farm burned and Frank Miller, head
farmer, was burned to death while trying
TO save the horses and cattle.
The Weeks house at Palmer, Mass, an
old landmark, burned early Monday morn
ing Rev. Mr.. William Rood, Congre-
gational minister. was burned to death
Other guests, who had narrow escape,
lost all their effects The loss ls $50, 1000
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07
WISCONSIN NEW =.

The king of Denmark has commuted the
sentence from death to life Imprisonment
at hard labor of Phillipson, the Danish
murderer. II will be remembered that
about a year ago phillipsen murdered his
employer in Copenhagen, packed the body
in barrel of lime and had it shipped TO
Racine.
A. J. Morgcnstcrn, former Eau Claire
man, is under arrest mt Snohomish, Wash.
for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses.
Superior and New York parties have
formed company with 100000 capital
to build bridge spanning the Mi,siS-
sippi at Red Wing, Mimi.
Miss Alice Clark and Howard Martin
eloped from Wausau two weeks ago, IL
has been learned that they were married
in Milwaukee July Is, From there they
went to Denver.
Spokenville, on the the Marsb6ed
branch Of the Wisconsin Central, had u
bad fire Friday. J. c, Marsh's saw mill
and excelsior iantory were destroyed with
total losses of $4,000 and insurance at
$4,000,
Frank Evans and Frank Hanlon, two
prisoners confined in the Fond du Lac
county Jail on charge of highway rob
berry, escaped 10y saving through the bars
in the corridor.
Christ Alsbach was shot and dangerous
" hurt by stray bullet while hunting
near Torch Lake, on the Michigan border,
The Island View, Bayfeld's big summer
resort hotel, has been purchased from n.
Z. Wiley 4 Son hv +. s. Eccles.
A new Swedish Baptist church, to cost
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07
WASHINGTON.

The secretary of the treasury issued
new regulations for the arrival of Chinese
Mr. FAssETr called upon Secretary
Foster Thursday morning and accepted
the collcctorship of the port of New York
MAJ. JAMES p. CANBy, paymaster, is
relieved from duty as chief paymastcr
department of the Columbia, and will pro
coed to Loss Angeles, Cal, and report
in person to the commanding general de
partment of Arizona, for duty as chief
paymaster of that department, relieving
Maj, John p Willard
TnE secretary of the treasury has direct
ed the payment of 5000 to James Nc
lutosh, of Sau Francisco, rs y reward for
information which resulted in the seizure
at San Francisco Of opium valued at Sl5,-
COZ. This is the maximum informer's fee
allowed by law.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07
CAUSE OF OLD MAIDS.
The "old Maid" Question Solved


The professor of natural science at Ann
Arbor was discussing the process of fer
tilizing plants by means of insects carry
ing pollen from one plant to another, and
to amuse them told how the old maids
were The ultimate cause of it all. The
humble bees carry the pollen; the field
mice eat the humble bees; therefore the
more field mice, the fewer humble bees
and the less pollen and variation of plants.
But cats devour the field mice and old
maids protect cats. Therefore the more
old maids, the more cats, the fewer field
mice the more bees Hence old maids are
the cause of variety in plants.
Thereupon a sophomore with a single
eye-gass, an English Umbrella, box
coat, with his Trousers" rolled up at the
bottom, arose asked:
81 s.a-a-y, professah, what is the cause
-ah-of old maids, don't you know2'
Perhaps Miss Jones can tell you, " sug-
gested the professor.
Dudes, " said Miss Jones sharply and
without a moments hesitation.
There was silence in the room for the
space of thirty seconds, after which the
lecture was resumed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

The Romans cried "VGs VictiSl" "Wo TO the
conqueredr' at their triumphs. To-day many OF
US are being conquered-our peace, our rest and
daily appetite wrested from US by that invader of
the stomach, dyspepsia. Succor we sue for from
hundred sources Temporary relief we some
times obtain. But hearty meal, the simplest
indiscretion In diet, and the Protean imp returns
with redoubled yigor to torment US. persistent
use Of the great inu-dyspeptic and regulating
tonic, HosteJter's Stomach Bitters, IL best cacu-
lated to drive into permanent Punishment every
form of Indigestion, temporary or chronic No
less etCacous lie II for malaria, biliousness, con-
sttpatlon, rheumatism, kidney and bladder all
ments This remedy OF specific utility and many
uses oyercomes them All. IT'S 8 safeguard, too,
against the effects OF temperature apt 70 revive an
niIack OF IA Grlnpn. "
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07
y CALIPH'S MEALS.
Some Historical Great Eaters -stom achs
that Are Stomachs.


Touching this matter of eating, the
stories told by the old chronicIers and
historians of the abnormal appetites of
certain Roman and Oriental men of note
fairly stagger belief.
Gibbon tells of Soliman. a caliph in the
eight h century, who died of indigestion
In his camp near Chalcis, in Syria, Just
as he was about to lead an army of Arabs
against Constantinople. tie had emptied
two baskets of eggs and of figs, which he
swMlowed alternately, and the repsst was
finished with marrow and sugar.
In pilgrimage to Mecca, the same ca
liph had eaten with impunity at single
meal, seventy pomegranates, kid, six
towels and huge quantity of grapes of
Tayef, Such a statement would defy be-
lief, were not others of similar character
well avouched.
Louis XIV could hardly boast of an APP
petite as ravenous as Solimans but he
would eat at sitting four platefuls of
different soups, whole pheasant, par
fridge, plateful of salad, mutton hashed
with garlic, two good sized slices of ham,
a dish of pastry, and finish with fruit and
sweet meats. Shade of Hippocratesl
what were stomachs made of in those
days?
twill surprise many admirers of a
great English poet of this century to learn
that he was a great eater In the latest
edition of Lambs works it is stated that
the person with whom the Lambs boarded
Enfield charged usually one shilling extra
when they had friend at dinner, but
when Wordsworth was the guest they
charged one and sixpence. When Lamb
demonstrated saying, Hes great poet, +"
the practical landlord replied; Don
know about the great poet out he's a great
eater.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

The absorptive power Of peat is finding
for il other uses than its old one as a cheap
fuel. French surgeons use peat-powder,
treated with antiseptics, as a dressing for
wounds, and have obtained excellent re-
suits. Efforts have been made also TO
weave il into fabrics, and to use it for
stulIinQ mattresses, etc.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

PRINCE CHARLES THEODORE, OF Ba-
yaria, is an oculist of considerable skill,
and doctors the eyes of the poor without
money and without price. In various
other kingdoms and municipalities the
people are getting their eyes opened with
out royal assistance, and in fact, rather
against royal wishes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

CnrLI, despite her revolution, will be
handsomely represented at the worlds far
II is going to be the greatest show ever
given on earth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07
DIES ON A TRAIN
sudden Demise of stonewall Jnckson's
Brother-in-Iaw.

LEXINGTON, Va, AugS Rev. DR..
Ebenezar Iudkins, of Houston, Texas,
brother-in-Iaw of Stonewall jackson, fell
dead on a railroad train while near John
son City. Tenn, this morning
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07
sOUNnLY SLEEPING.
Strange Case of GIRL at Chippewa
Falls,

Falls.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Aug. 8, Spec
ial telegram. Doctors here have a puzzl :
ing problem in the case Of Carrie Wall,
domestic, twenty years old, who has
been lying in trance for about twenty
hours. The girl hes as if asleep and
seems to suffer no pain Although subject
to outward sensation she is unable to
rouse herself Friends of the girl claim
that she has been subject to slight attacks
of what was thought to he congestion of
the brain, in the past Doctors hope to
rouse her soon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

THE war veteran in Topeka, Kan, who,
although entitled to n big pension, re-
fuses to apply for one, is naturally re-
garded by his neighgors as "littIe off. "
The old mans position is that ne left the
war behind him in 65, and that if he can t
keep bodyand soul together through his
own labor he will "pass in his checks. y
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

Mrs. +. r. Week has been elected presi
dent of the Stevens Point board Of educa-
ton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

TINS London News, commenting upon
the prospects of the worlds fair, remarks
with sohcmess that is comical under the
circumstances: "lhe fair will have the
further result of putting America IN the
rank of first class powers, That's good.
America n first class power! England,
when this nation was a hundred years
younger, found out that it was amply
able to take care of itself, and once since
had the lesson rubbed in. A country hay.
ing population as large as that of Gn At
Britain and France combined, and so Wild
in its extent that England would be lost
on the plans of Texas, regards the Eu.
ropean estimate of its frank with
amusement. Somehow or other
we have regarded this ooun
try MS n first class power sine,
the affair at Yorktown, and we hat
rather inclined to the supposition thai
John Bull felt the same wny. France
Germany and Russia have never questioned
the fact, and England has had more oaus,
than all the other nations of Europe Il
learn the truth First ola.s power il
deed! Poor, deluded, vain, old JOIN
Bull
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

Appleton is out of debt for the first time
inLforty years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

ALI incandescent electric lights should
be shaded for desk workers. Since they
have been generally introduced it has
been found that where the rays fall direct
upon the eyes of newspaper writers and
desk workers, there has been a great in-
cease Of complaints of dimness of sight
and innammatory affections Of the eyes,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

Down in Chill the people are getting n
aurfeit of wars troubles and inconyen-
fences. The thoters are closed, no car.
riages allowed on the street at night, and
more than three people may not stand to-
gether in any street, square, or public
place. All the gold and silver in the treas
ury was sold at auction TO raise money to
carry on the ordinary functions of the
government
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

SAM JONES il creating great excitement
in Little Rock, Ark. Special trains are
run, in order that the people of the state
generally may have I'M opportunity OF
hearing him, The evangelist despite the
fact that he has been in the work for 80
long n time has not lost his hold upon
the people.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

EMPEROR WILLIAM struck himself a
bad blow in his speech ut Dusseldorf
"There IL only one master" he nd, in
the country, and nm he. | shall suffer
no other beside me-" This arrogant dec
laration was no doubt aimed at Bismarck,
but it WIS 30 much like Louis the Four
teenth's 81 am the .state;" and 10 out OF
place for m untried young man, that Ger
mans do not easily recover from the shock
il gave them. While William has much
to learn yet, tho German people are learn
ing much every day about their young en-
peror that they do not like,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

TuE New York pupers relate that the
steamship Teutonio, on recent voyage
from that city to Europe, carried II thous-
and steerage passengers. They were
mostly working men who had done we'll
here and saved money enough TO go bacl,
and see their friends on the other side
There is no other nation on the globe That
can make such showing as this. The
Italians, Chinese and others are going
back to their fatherland each year laden
with American gold and they do not all
go steerage either. No stronger proof is
needed rs to the superior character and
condition of our industrial system,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-08-07

TnE supreme court of the United States
has Just handed down decision that pos.
sesaes real value in tho world. The cuse
simply arose from the fact that the court
itself was getting showed under with work,
and The question was as to how the crowded
docket was to be relieved After several
failures to discover II remedy, the court set
diligently to work and by dint of working
harder Than it ever did before, solved the
problem for itself, Thus were many long
delayed causes decided, the court earned II
breathing spell and the world gained new
evidence that the best way to get work
done is to take off your coat and do it,
Arizona republican., 1891-11-24
Better Than Electricity.

At least it may prove to be so. It is compressed air. For once the French have gone ahead of the Americans in the field of utilizing inventions, and put compressed air to so many industrial uses that we of the western republic can only admire in silence.
 In Paris, thanks to the admirable sys- tenn of cellars under the Streets, com pressed air is conveyed in tubes beneath the pavements, just as gas, steam and electricity are conveyed under some of our streets. Pipes carry the air at a pressure of six atmospheres, which can be reduced to four by means of valves.
 The compressed air is used for many things. In one place visitor found it doing the work of a twenty-five horse power motor instead of steam. In an- other it served for refrigerating pur- poses, performing its task perfectly and cheaply. By its means 10000 clocks in Paris all strike the time at the same in. stant, street cars are propelled without the use of either horses or electricity, cheaply. safely and surely. They neither stop because the horses balk or the cir cult is broken. Compressed air cools liquors in barrooms perfectly and fur nishes electric lights. Paris seems to be going wild over it and expects no end to the wonders it will work.
Arizona republican., 1891-11-24
AGENCIES.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.

THE REPUBLICAN is requested Co state that the map and folders recently issued by the Southern Pacific in which Phoenix was omitted, and which we criticised on that account, was intended to advertise Los Angeles excursions.
 Other literature, in which Phoenix and Arizona are mentioned, has been issued by the Southern Pacific railway, and much of it has been distributed in Europe.
 Arizona and the Salt River Valley are too important for any corporation to ignore, and we are pleased to learn that the railways realize the importance of this country.
 We may not receive much immigra- tion from Europe but no doubt great deal of the advertising has fallen into the hands of our own people in eastern states, and the Southern Pacific is enti- tied 10 receive the iull share oi-+he credit due it.
 TIE REPUBLICAN bids God speed to every person engaged in talking up Arizona to our less fortunate neighbors in other parts of the United States, be the talk much or little, and by indi- viduals or corporations.
Arizona republican., 1891-11-24
Is There Too Much Athletics?

Writing on this theme in the New York Herald, Dr. Morell Mackenzie says:
 Any system of bodily discipline is likely to be hurtful, first, if 1t is begun at too early an age; second if it Is too severe or too prolOnged third, if, owing to special circumstances, it Is unsuitable to the person subjected to it. Un- der these three heads all the evils which may be caused by training are comprised, but 1t must. of course, be borne in mind thatthere are innumerable individual peculiarites of constitution and conformation which have to be taken into account. It cannot be wondered. therefore, that even with the light of medical science to guide them the most experienced trainers occasionally make mistakes.
 He believes that nine-tenths of the young thoroughbred horses that are started in to racing before they reach maturity are ruined. The same observa- tion will hold good with regard to young humans. Young fellows may have a momentary strength that is greater than that of an adult, but the grown man has a staying power that beats the youth out of sight.
 What is the proper age at which a young man may begin athletic training? Not tlll ms bones and muscles are ma tured. The shafts of the limb bones do not finish ossifcation till the eighteenth year, and the bony framework of the body is not fully matured till from the twenty-fifth to the thirtieth year. The young mans growth, therefore, may be stunted and deformities may supervene if he is put to severe exercise earlier than this. Too early or too severe train ing induces an actual disease of fatigue, also what is known among physicians as the irritable heart"
 Still, the evils that result from overex- ercise are as nothing compared to those that come from no exercise at all. This is Dr. Mackenzie's summing up of the whole matter
Arizona republican., 1891-11-24
An English View of Lowell.

Perhaps the most remarkable con tribution to periodical literature this month is the character sketch of James Russell Lowell by w. T. Stead in his Review of Reviews. Mir. Stead says that America has lost her last great poet, one who "had no compeer since Elmer son, and who left no successor" In his own lahd Lowell was not in his last days in touch with his countrymen as he had been before he was minister to the court of St. James. Rightly or wrongly, they felt that he had fallen somewhat from his first works and his first love for free dom and human brotherhood, that Brit ish social distinction and British dinners had weakened his republicanism.
 The mighty influence he exercised on one Englishman will therefore be learned now for the first time with interest by Lowell's fellow countrymen. Stead