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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11
TO THE NEAREST STAR.
What it Would Cost in Time to Make I'll


What it Would Cost in Time t" Make the
Journey,
In a recent lecture ON "FiXed Stars
DR.. David Gill wanted to give an IL
mstration of the distance to Centauri.
1--WE shall suppose" he said, "that
outlet for their energy and capital,
construct railroad to Centauri. We
shall neglect for the present the engin-
eering difficulties-a mere detail-and
suppose that the directors have found
the construction of such q railway to
have been peculiarly easy, and that
the proprietors of intersteller space had
right of way. Therefore, with view
to encourage traffic, the director had
made the fare exceedingly moderate
viz, firstclass at cents per 100 miles.
Desiring to take advantage of these
facilities, a gentleman, by way Of pro-
viding himself with small change for
the journey, buys up the national debt
of England and a few other countries,
and, presenting himself at the office,
demands a first-class single to CentaUri.
For this he tenders in payment the
scrip of the national debt of England,
which just covers the cost Of his
ticket; but at this time the national
debt, from little wars, had been run
up from $3,5OO,OOO,OOO to $5,5OO,OOO.-
600. Having taken his seat, it occurred
to him to ask: AT what rate do you
travel?'
"'Sixty miles an hour, sir, including
stoppages,' is the answer.
"'Then when shall we reach Cen
tauri?'
"1n 4S,663,OOO.'"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11
Enough Money Received to Great
ly Relieve the Milwaukee
Sufferers.
Many Insurance Men on the
Ground : Northwestrrn's
Total Loss.


Milwaukee, Nov. 3.-The total general
fund amounts to $1OS, .S4.G3. The total
Sentinel fund is: For general relief,
S3,9I2.Ol, for the 1ireman'S relief fund
500; for the families of the dead fire
men $125; travelling mems fund $50,
total Sentinel fund $4,662.O7. The to
tai Herold fund is S2134.oU; and the
total Seebote fund $426.25, making q
grand total for relief of $116,OOI. 40.
The insurance adjuSters are not doing
anything on the loss at the North
western railroad freight yards, for the
simple reason that there was no in
Surance on the company's property.
The Northwestern has abandoned the
plan, followed by many railroad com
panies, of carrying Il big blanket policy
and the destruction in the yards rep
reSents a dead loss. The freight houses
were formerly insured for $4,000, but
even if it had still been in force it would
not have cut much of 4 figure in com
pariSon with the loss, which is abou,
100000.
The st. Paul company still holds to
inc DliIlkeI pOilcy pun, ana ltS pre-
miums last year ameuntd to $65.9M
as shown by the expense account i'll the
annual report.
Representatives of nearly all insurance
companies are now here and 1t appear.
that all losses will be paid in full.
John Sheehan, whose blacksmith
: shop on Broadway was wiped out, ha:
a temporary shop in full blast unde
the sidekalk at his old stand.
An Italian peaput vender who los
everything but his family, was toda!
asked if he had not heard of the relic
being given the sufferers. ME hea
about it, but me no go to the commit
tee as long as me have health t.
work"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11
Why Red Anglers An Ok.

London Answers: The reason why
anything of a red color excites and
infuriates the OK tribe is because red
is the complementary color of green,
and the eyes Of oxen being long fixed
upon the green heritage while feeding,
when they espy anything red it inn
presses their sight with a greatly In
creased intensity. The same effect is
doubtlessly produced upon all grazing
animals by a red color, but oxen, be-
ing more pugnacious than others. show
greater excitement and often attack
that which surprises them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11
OFFICER OFTHE COMBINE.

Those Who Will Manage the Great Fabs
Brewing Company.
Milwaukee, Nov. 3.-The lately con-
solidated Pabst and Falk, Jung & Bor-
ebert Brewing companies held meet
ing for the election of officers this at
terncon.
The name will be the Pabst Brewing
company The officerS elected are as
follows:
Capt. Fred Pabst, president; L. Schan
dein, vice-president; Ernst Borchert
second vice-president; Frank r. Falk,
treasurer; C. W. Henning, secretary.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
A Brief History of this Wonderful and
Complex Character.


Complex Character.
Mary Queen Of Scots, daughter of
James V. of Scotland and Mary of Lor-
raine, is one of the most complex char
acters in history. She was born at
Linlithgow, Scotland, about the 7th of
December, 1912, a few day before her
fathers death. She was crowne>. Sept.
9, 1913, by Cardinal Beatown, the Re
gent.
When six years old, betrothed to the
Dauphin of France, she went to Paris
to be educated. Reared in the French
court, she became very accomplished.
During her fourteen years she composed
and recited an grafton in Latin.
On April "a, 1858, she married the
Dauphin of France, when at his fathers
death a year later assembled the French
throne as Francis II.
On Nov. IL, 1858, Elizabeth, daughter
of Henry VIII, became queen Of Eng
land. Advised by her ministers, Mary
assumed the title of queen of England,
also on the claim that Elizabeth was not
a true descendant of Henry VIII, his
marriage with Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth's
mother, being illegal, while Mary was
a legal descendant Of Mary Tudor
However, Mary's hopes were suddenly
crushed by the death of her husband
Francis IL, which occurred on Dec. 5,
1860. She decided to go to Scotland,
while in the mean time had become
protestant, while Mary was a jealous
catholic. But she was wise and tried
to incur no enmity.
She chose for her advisers her half
brother, Sir James Stuart, and William
Maitland. both protestants, and sent the
latter to London, where he made ad-
vances of peace and fraternity under
the condition that Elizabeth on her
death should leave the throne of Eng
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11
WON AN.


English. German and French.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat: BY the
English. Women's jars makes mems
wars
A change of wives makes men bald.
A woman's tears are fountain OF
craft.
He that hath scold hath sorrow to
his scps.
The cunning wife makes her hus-
band her apron.
Every dog has his day, every woman
has her way.
Every one can tame a shrew but
him that hath her.
Women are wise ON a sudden and
fools Oh reflection.
Women laugh when they can and
weep when they please.
1t is a pity to see a woman weep or
goose go barefoot.
Take a wifes first advice, but not
her second thought.
A widow is as dangerous as horse
that has cast his rider.
Where women and geese are there
Is uO ldCh VI uOloc
Maids want nothing but husbands,
then want everything.
There is only one shrew in the world
and every husband thinks he has her.
Women must have their wills while
alive. for they make none when they
die.
He who marries a widow will often
have a dead mans head thrown in his
dish.
By the German. Watching woman
is labor in vain.
Women, fortune and gold favor fools.
Woo a widow ere she sheds her
weeds.
Women are watches that keep bad
time.
Who is the man never fooled by
woman?
A woman strong in founces is weak
in head.
Women, like fortune, loves youth and
is tickle.
The best of women are never at a
loss for words.
Women speak the truth, but not the
whole truth.
A bag of fleas is easier to watch
than one woman.
A young wife is an old mans post
horse to the grave.
Where the devil can not go himself
he sends an old woman.
Where woman rules the house the
devil is the serving man.
WOman's beauty, rainbows and forest
echoes soon pass away.
Summersown corn and womans adj
vice turn out well every seven years.
Who loves not woman, wine and song
Remains a fool his whole life long.
By the French. What woman wills
God wills.
He who takes wife finds a master.
A foolish woman is known by her
finery.
A melon and woman are hard to
choose.
He that hath wife is always sure
of strife.
A woman unemployed is busy In
mischief.
A woman conceals what she does not
know.
Never a looking-glass told woman
she was ugly.
A woman who looks much in the
glass spins little.
A tender-hearted mother makes q
shabby daughter.
A deaf husband and a blind wife
make happy couple.
With an old husbands hide widow
buys young man.
Weather, wind and a woman's mind
change like the moon.
Widows weep for the lack Of a hus-
band, not for the loss Of one.
He who is married, or tries to lead
an ass, is never free from plague.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11

At the closing session Of the Presby.
terrain synod Saturday at Albany, n.
Y, substitute report for the minority
and majority reports Of the judiciary
committee was adopted which remands
the case of DR.. Briggs to the New
York presbytery for trial November 9.
and the synod takes no stand on the
question in dispute.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11

A kit of burglars tools was found
Wednesday morning in the rear of
IS Dearom street, Chicago. by Officer
Graves Of the Veterans police patrol
In the rear of the premises there is
a blind alley, and while patrolling his
beat the officer saw two suspicious
characters come cut of it. He entered
the alley and found the package 1t
contained thirty-seven bits for boring
steel. file, box of thirty-eight car
tridges and about fifty feet of fuse
The bits We're wrapped in a Phila-
delphia paper of the date of August
2, and Manager Manning thinks the
owners are some of the eastern crooks
who were attracted here by the worlds
fair dedication.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11
CONDENSED TELEGRAAIS.

Scotland Ross. of Philadelphia, and
Conner. of Manchester, wrestled last
night at Dundee, Scotland, for purse
OF f1oo and the championship of the
world. Ross Won by one point.
The department Of state has received
official notice that the Gilbert islands.
lying in the Pacific ocean, under the
equator. have been placed under the
protection of Great Britain.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11

The French Minister of Public In
struction has decided to preserve the
home Of Joan Of Arc In Domremi as
a museum In which to illustrate her
history It will contain models Of the
various statues raised to her memory,
copies Of the paintings showing various
scenes In her life, and tbs pictures OF
her which are In the Pantheon
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11

Miss Sarah ]. Jaeger, Of Oshkosh,
died at the age Of 81.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11

Richard Vaux, Of Philadelphia, is
proud of many achievements and OF
many honors heaped upon him, but OF
none SO much Us Of the fact tnat he IS
the only living American who ever hld
the honor OF dancing with Queen VIC
toria. his famous dance Occurr ed
during the time he was secretary Of tie
American legation at London, from
1897 to 1910.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11

Mark Twain, Bret Harte, w. D.
HoWellS, Aldrich. Glider. Stoddard.
Alnelie Rives and joel Chandler Harris
represent eight different states-north
Tn. southern and western
Mrs. Ellen Foster, well known to all
W. {. L. L. workers and to many
others. is Il woman of rather large and
imposing person. She speaks with Won
derful fuency and decision and seems
to be absolutely Self-poSseSsed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11

deal having been effected in New York
formally made Jan. 1.
1t was decided by Judge Brown, of
indianapolis, Wednesday, at the hear
ing in the Rice will case, that wills must
be proved in open court, instead of be
fore tue probate clerk, us has hereto
fore been done.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Illinois Central train bearing Gov. Eos
ter, Of Louisiana, near New Orleans.
La, early "Wednesday morning. Forum
ately the engine pushed aside a bar Of
iron which had been placed on The
track.
Robert Ruleman was caught in the
machinery at Arntzen's sand works
near Wedron, Ill, Thursday morning
and his left leg was almost torn off, He
bled to death before surgical aid could
reach him.
Homestead strikers continue to Gefy
the law. They attacked several persons
and stoned a residence Wednesday
night. The situation is becoming so ser
ious that additional police protection is
needed in the town.
Emperor William, because he was
angry at some Sentinels in the station
at the new palace, Potsdam, for failing
to recognize the empress, has ordered
that her portrait be hung in every
barrack room in Germany.
A special dispatch to the Tronto
Globe says: Alarming reports are cur
rent regarding further discoveries Of
cases Of pleuro-pneumonia among Cana
dian animals landed at Dundee from
two steamships. No official statement,
, however. has been made
Fire Wednesday morning destroyed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11

Great writer's are proverbially the
victims oil 50 many miohapo, particu
larly III the matter Of losing valuable
manuscripts, that Isaac dlsrael' father
of Benjamin, wrote book 10 record
The Calanitirs Of Authors. The late
Lord IennysOn was not without his
experience Of this kind. In his youth,
while returning home from market
town one night, he lost from his over
coat pocket the manuscript u his hrst
yoluIue-Pocms, Chiefly Lyrical The
poet rewrote the volume from memory.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-22
Tho Value of pyau.

Although millers have succeeded in
taking from their bran every particle u
-four, bran still has value as horse and
cattle feed. At first this was not under
stood and many thousand tons of it were
cast into the Mississippi from the mills
at Minneapolis. AS now sold through
out the country it is delivered in two
brands. one very fine and light in color,
the other darker and almost US coarse as
pine sawdust. The prices for these prod
ucts vary from fourteen dollars to six
teen dollars per ton, Because they are
light and ohaffy they do not bear trans
portation TO distance with profit. That
is, with bran compressors az costly in
operation "a those Of today.
Were cheap, quick bran press in
vented, effective enough to give its out
put low freight to Europe, American
-four milling would take a long stride
forward. It is because the European
miller can get good price near his door
for his bran and "shorts" that he is able
to compete with his American rival.
Were that one remaining advantage
taken from him the United States would
very largely export -four instead OF
wheat - Cincinnati Commercial Ga
1atfa
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-22

Postmaster James H. Tyre was in the
Delmar postoffice talking to half dozen
men who had dropped in to see him.
The men were smoking, and boy had
lighted a cigarette and was sitting on a
desk Uttered with papers. In few
minutes the whole party went out to
greet William l.. Sirman, speaker of the
Delaware house of representatives, who
had just returned from Dover with news
Of the Democratic state convention.
While they were talking flames burst
out inside the postofice building and the
interior was all ablaze. 1t happened
too quickly to allow Of any concerted
action. The cigarette had done the mis-
chief. The boy had gone out with the
others, but before going out had thrown
his cigarette carelessly away. The ciga-
rette fell on scrap Of paper In corner
and caused the confagration Whining
ton Oel.) Every Evening.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-22
Work Of n Thunderhoit.

One OF the most interesting strokes Of
lightning on record occurred at Bourges,
France, on May 4. On that day eighteen
mon Of tho Thirty-seventh regiment OF
artillery were marching in the polygon
outside of Bourges under the conduct OF
Chief Artificer Beauvais. A heavy
shower made them run for shelter, but
In doing so fash of lightning literally
moved them down, with the exception
of Beauvais, who marched behind. The
first three ranks quickly regained their
feet, but four men remained insensible
and We're carried to the hospital, where
one. named Bouveau, who had walked
little apart, died. The clothes Of the
victim We're, rs usual. torn and his boots
burst open.
Bouveau was struck on the head, and
his kept and hair were burned. The dis
charge passed by the right ear to the
shoulder and left haunch, then down
the inner surface of the left leg. The
iron nails OF the boot made good con-
tact with the ground; but the leather of
the sole appears TO have offered great
resistance, for the discharge left the
boot at point between the heel and the
upper.-London Globe.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-22

A Spaniah bullight was held 5ester.
day afternoon Mt Mime, in the Roman
circus. and was regarded as a great sue.
cess. Six horses rnd two bulls were
killed amid wild enthusiasm and excite
ment. Upward Of 10000 persons wit
neseed the sight. Bullhghts are pop
ular amusement in the south Of France.
although unknown and indeed prohib-
tied in the north, Paris alone being since
1889 an exception. This sport is toll
Grated by the French police on the un-
dcrstanding that the bull is not to be in
jured. and that the horses are to be pro-
tected by body guards and by tipping
the bulls horns. Every year attempts
arc being made in defiance of police reg
ulations and northern opinion to intro
duce Spanish bullfights in the south of
France.
The other day at Mont dc Marsan,
near Pau, several horses were killed by
bulls in one Of these fights, the bulls be-
ing killed in their turn by Spanish inata-
dores. The project stopped this cruelty
with great difficulty, and only in obedi-
ence to positive orders from Paris, SO
strongly was local opinion in favor of it.
Yesterday afternoon at Avignon a torero
named Metodo was wounded in the
course of a bull fght.-CoF> London
Neves
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-22
When Is an Athlete oid9

What is the age limit beyond which
no amount OF judicious training will on-
able u fairly athletic man to run mile
within the space Of five minutes? The
question has been raised at west oad
club, where one of its members. whose
years number eight and thirty, proposes
to make practical demonstration Of the
fact that the limit has not been reached
in his case. Whether he is destined TO
succeed in his attempt or not, the gem
tlenan in question has at amy rate the
courage of his opinions, for he has ven
tEred the stake Of e40J upon his accom-
plishment OF the feat. Should he win
the wager he will receive sum of
fl,s00, bis opponents rating their chance
OF witnessing the runners downfall at
three TO one ON. London Telegraph.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-22
Hot Climates.

Which is the very hottest region
of the globe is disputed warmly some
times by travellers. The thermome-
ter will not decide, in tle sense we
refer to, because local conditions
have such great influence on our
feeling of misery. These who have
been quartered at Aden would not
allow that any spot on this upper
earth can be more awful than that.
But unfortunates who Lave dwelt in
Scinde mock the terrors Of Alden.
Visitors to Brshire, in the Persian
gulf, talk lightly of Scinde; and
Russians assert that there are dis
tricts in central Asia more terrible
than all three.
One would incline to believe them
also if only it were proved possible
to live through a summer in heat
more cruel than that OF Scinde, for
instance. Americans also put in a
claim for their great desert. One
thing is assured-that the famous
Sahara does not approach any of
those mentioned, In some parts of
Scinde necessity taught the inhabit-
ants ages ago to invent an appara-
tus for cooling their rooms, which
we were glad to adopt under the
name "windsail. London Standard.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-22
Wearing Yachting Gaps.

The large number of yachting cap'
seen In up town resorts nowadays might
naturally give rise 10 the belief that the
city is full Of yachtsmen, and that the
popular craze for yachting is on the in.
crease. A very salty and cynical yachts
man sat in cool corner Of u well known
up town cafe the other afternoon and
commented Us follows upon the appear
ance OF group Of young men, each OF
whom wore yachting cap: II will
wager bottle OF Wine TO glass of wa
ter that not one person in that party
knows u spinnaker from a twobass hit.
Probably not one Of them has ever been
ON cruise. Your genuine yachtsman
does not wear his yachting cap on shore"
New York Times.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-22
A Now sparrow policemn mnn.

The English sparrow is not liked in
Kalamazoo, and the decided feeling
against him is indicated by the fact that
the people would rather by three cents
SEQ dead sparrow than live one.
The lineman who looks after tho lights
of the city is now-availing himself dill
gently of the benefits of this bounty and
he has so supplemented his ordinary pay
by the destruction of "Englishmen' that
he Is inclined to think that the very best
sparrow trap in existence is an arc lamp.
The birds make their nests in the lamps,
and after the eggs are laid the lineman
keeps close watch on it. Just before
the young birds are fully tiedged he
pinches their heads and realizes on them
One day he brought in AZ, and last year
his 'side line" brought him seventy dol
ars.-New York Telegram.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-22
Sheriff Sale.
is hereby given that

NOTICE Is hereby given that by vlrtue
In OF an EXECUTION duly issued out of the
county court of the state of Oregon for the
county Of Marion, on the Goth day of Aug
gust, 1892, and to me directed upon a iudee.
ment duly rendered, entered OF record and
docketed in and by said court, on the eih
day OF August 1888, in a certain .suit then
In said court, pending wherein l.. and II
Hirsch were plaintiffs and Charles vaughn
was detendent in favor OF plaintiffs And
against defendant, by which execution
am commanded that out of the per.
sonal property of said defendant
or II suf1cient cannot. be found then
out OF the real property belonging 10
the 9th day August, 1888, to satisfy the sum
OF Sl42.3O, together with interest thereon al
the rate OF 10 per cent. per annum, from
the 9Th day of August 1888. and the further
sum OF Sl235, together with interest from
the 9th day of August, 1883, and the fur
ther sum Of 1860 and also costs and ex-
penses of said execution, have levied
upon, and will. on
Saturday, the tst day of October, 1892,
at the hour of clock D. m. of said day at
the west door of the county court house in
Salem, Marion county, Oregon, sell
at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash in hand on the day
tate which said defendant, Charles Vaughn.
had on or after the 9th day of Aug. 1883, in
and to the following described real prop
erty, to-wit: Beginning at the northwest
corner OF the southeast quarter OF section
4, 4. 9S,, r.. west; thence east 64L rods,
thence south IA rods; thence west6iL rods;
thence north IL rods to the place OF begin.
ming, containing 55s acres more or less, and
also all of the donation land claim OF Ben.
Jamin Vaughn ano Elizabeth Vaughn in.
4. . s., L. west, save and except the fol-
lowing described premises, to-wit Begin.
ming at the southwest corner of the south
east quarter of section 4, r 9S., h. west
OF Willamette Meridian; thence north 30
chains; thence west 2.l9 chains TO the
northeast corner of Isaac Cooks donation
land CLAIM; thence along eastern boundary
OF saidCooks donation land claim 80 chains
thence east l.60 chains to the place OF be-
containing 55s acres, more or less.
Dated at Salem this 3lst day of Aug. 1884,
JOHN KNIGHT,
Sheriff OF Marion County, Oregon.
BY +. L. WRIGHTMAN, Deputy. 7-l45t