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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
''The Future of Warfare"

The Future of Warfare" discussed
by Capt E. L. Zalinski, United States
army, in the last number of the North
american ReUie1U. affords interesting
matter for the members of the peace
at any price party.
Capt. Ialinski says: No one ap-
pliance or invention, however destruct-
i've, can do more than modify existing
methods, or add new factor to the
war problem. The human
race must be greatly modified before
it abandons war, either through fear
of consequences or from higher mo-
tives than those of expediency. But
the improvements in war appliances,
while not rendering wars impossible,
tend to shorten them. The great de-
structiveness of these appliances, al
though making greater loss of life pos
sible in a given period of time. reduces
materially the aggregate of losses and
suffering. This last Is not confined to
the combatants, but extends to the
nOn-com batantS, whose suffering from
sympathy and actual deprivation is as
poignant and real as of those actively
engaged. Paradoxical as it may seem,
the tiendish possibilities of destruction
which the newest weapons of war open
lend themselves to the amelioration of
human suffering"
No clearer illustration of the short
ening of war can be had than Capt.
Zalinskfs reference to the mobilization
of the German troops in the respective
campaigns of 1906, 1866 and 1870. In
1906 the Germans modified and con-
centrated 145, 900 men a few marches
from the center of the state, in forty
five days. In 1866 an army twice the
former in number was modified and
concentrated on the frontier in thirteen
days. Ia 1870 500, 900 men were mo-
bilized in eight days, and in eight days
more 10000 men were concentrated
on the extreme frontier, much farther
from the center of the state than in
1866. In each instance war was short
ened by just the number of days that
one force was modified earlier than
another.
Capt. Zalinski expresses Amusement
at the rearming of cavalry with the
lance. and does not hesitate to express
his preference for the revolver.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05

but those or sheep, ana; horrible 10 re-
late, are pulled off the living animal.
the poor sheep being actually skinned
alive, or, more correctly speaking.
skinned dead, for, of course. he does
not long survive the operation. The
modus operandi is as follows:
The beasts are driven, one by one,
to the appointed place and firmly tied
to stake. Then the hide is neatly cut
around the neck and down the middle,
without touching the flesh or severing
the arteries or hurting the animal
much; after which hooks are fastened
into the loosed skin, rope being at
tached to each hook; strong men take
firm grip on the ropes and pull back
ward. pulling and pulling until the
hide is torn off clean to the tail. 1t is
said that during this frightful torture
the cries of the poor sheep are almost
human in their expressions of agony,
aud that the bloody, quivering mass
sometimes lives several minutes. The
only excuse for the barbarous practice
Is that the skins are much more flexible
and durable when thus taken off alive
than when the animals are dead
PItSburQ DtSDdtch
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
Left the MILESTONE Out of Sight.

Abraham Lincoln was perhaps the
best man in the country in his day to
remember men and to place them
without hesitation in the environment
where he last saw them. He was first
OF all politician, and the politician
who forgets is lost. When he was a
paratively young man and a can
didate for the Illinois legislature he
took dinner with a Sangamon County
farmer, and after the meal they two
stood at the barn yard gate, talking
and whiting, Lincoln's knife needed
sharpening and the Yankee in him
prompted him to sharpen it. He
walked to a toolbox the farmer had
nailed just inside the wagon shed,
took from it milestone and came
back to the great gate, where he stood
again and began sharpening his knife
One post of the gate was very high,
and rod from the top supported the
extended weight of the gate. A man
came along the road in wagon, going
in the direction Lincoln wanted to
travel, and he babe his host good-by
and clambered in the vehicle-intent,
no doubt on getting another vote.
Years afterward " hen he was Presi-
dent a soldier came to call upon him
at the White House, and at the first
sight the gaunt chief executive said:
Yes. | remember you. You used
to live on the Danville road. | took
dinner with you one time when l was
running for the legislature. Recollect
we stood together out at the barn
yard gate and | sharpened my knife?'
''Ya-as," draWled the farmer soldier,
land wherever did you put that whet-
stone? | looked the whole place over
a dozen times. but | never could find
it after the day you used it. We low
ed mebby you had took it along with
you"
No." said Lincoln looking serious
as if the matter were as important as
the recent defeat of Pemberton. mo.
put it on top of that gate post--the
high one"
"Well" exclaimed the visitor. 'meb-
by you did. Couldn't nobody else have
put it there. and none of us ever
thought to look there for it."
He went on home, and when he got
there one of the first things he did was
to climb up on the gate and look for
the milestone. 1t was there, right
where it had lain for fifteen years. The
honest fellow. adoring his chief. wrote
a letter before his Through expired,
telling the President the milestone was
found and never would be lost again.
-ChicaQO Herald
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
The Carolina Redbones.

There is a singular race of people
in South Carolina called the Red
boncs," said Senator Wade Hampton
the other day. Their origin is un-
known. They resemble in appearance
the gypsies, but in complexion they are
red. They have accumulated consider
able property and are industrious and
praceable.
They live in small settlements ut
the foot of the mountains and associate
with none but their own race. They
are a proud and highspirited people.
Caste is very strong among them. They
enjoy life, visit the watering-pIaces and
mountain resorts but they eat and
keep by themselves.
when the war broke out several Of
them enlisted in the Hampton legion,
and when the legion reached Virginia
there was a great cutlery among the
Virginians and the troops from other
states because we had enlisted negroes.
They did not resemble the African in
the least except in cases where Afri-
cans had amalgamatcd with Indians.
Their intermiXture, which is common
in the Carolnas, produces marvellous
results.
1T takes the kinl out of the hair of
the African, straightens his features
and improves him in every way except
in temper. These Afro-IndO people
are devils when aroused. and as slaves
were hard to manage. But to return.
We soon convinced the kickers against
the Redbones that they were all right.
and when in the first Bull Run battle
they proved how we'll they could fight
all prejudice against them disap-
Dpared -
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
Robinson Crusoe's Island.

The Island of Juan Fernandez, once
inhabited by Robinson Crusoe. is now
tenanted by former Austrian officer,
Baron Won Rodth. who. af er being
forced by the terrible wounds which he
received at the battle of Sadowa in
1866 to leave the army. grew tired Of
the monotOny of existence in civilized
Europe. and determined to devote his
fortune to life of adventure. For
fifteen years past he has been living
on the island of Juan Fernandez with
a small colony of natives and of Eu-
ropean deserterS from civilization. and
only communicating with the world
once year, when he sends his fine
sailing yacht to Valparaiso Tor pro-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05

The cause which has led to the ADAM
donment of Delmonico's in the dry
goods district is found in the entire
change which has come over the habits
of downtown men during the last five
years. The tendency 10 shorten bust
ness hours and compress the days
work into as short time as possible
has resulted in general increase of
haste downtown. Very few business
men are to be found in their offices be-
low Canal street after 4:30, and in or
der to get through early the majority
of them have their luncheons brought
into their offices. In the big compan-
les the members of the firm and one or
two of the more important clerks have
mess after the military fashion at
1880, and in nearly all of the big office
buildings the janitors furnish light
luncheOns to the tenants. The old
time broker or merchant who always
spent an hour and half over his
luncheon and frequently included a
bottle of champagne in the order has
been pushed to the wall by the more
active and self-denying men who only
stop long enough to MUNICH sandwich
and then get back at once into the
thick of affairs. Nearly all the more
pretentious down town restaurants have
been driven out of business by this
change in the habits of New York bust
ness men.-N Y. San.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
RetributiOn Came Swiftly.

1t isn't often that the penalty for
staring at pretty girl is so severe as
that which befell four prosperous cit
liens one day in Nassau street A
party of three unusually pretty young
women, on the way. no doubt to the
Stock Exchange gallery, were walking
toward Wall street just before 2
O'Clock. Such attractive visitors to
this sordid quarter of the town are not
very numerous, and the girls found
themselves the object of Il good deal of
attention from the hurrying thrOng of
bankers. brokers and clerks. The
stone tagging on the block has been
worn very smooth, and the messenger
boys had taken advantage of the thin
covering of ice TO make Il dozen or two
very slippery little slides each six to
ten feet long. \ foot carcleSSly plant
ed upon one of these polished streakS
was pretty sure to start off suddenly in
the direction in which there was the
least resistance. The walk was not so
crowded but that everybody could see
just where tie dangerous spots lay and
could avoid them by making ordinary
use Of their eyes.
The block was safe enough until the
three girls came along. But during
the scventy-hve seconds which they
occupied it, briskly walking from cor
ner to corner, no less than four men
went sprawling to the ground. Three
of the victims. were walking toward
the young women, and in turn went
head over heels right in their path.
The fourth had passed them. and rash
ly turned his head to look back. He
was the most demOralized of all the
victims. He was an old man, appar-
emily a retired banker. and very Dig
niied. The expression of his face
when he suddenly went to earth would
make the fortune of the artist who
could reproduce it. His tall hat went
into the gutter, the peculiar twisting
of his jaw suggested a misplaced set of
false teeth, and a most amazing shift
ing of his scalp-lock betrayed the fact
that his iron-gray hair was a cleveriy
constructed wig.
His descent was so terrific that the
shock caused the young women to
look around and attracted small
crowd. The shock was so severe that
the victim gave no thought to the cause
of his downfall. Not so the other
three victims. They were not hurt
physically, but three more shame-faced
men never cut Il iudicrOuS figure at
particularly embarrassing moment.
They seemed to realize in an instant
that everybody could see just how it
happened, and the haIf-repressed twin
kles in the eyes of the young women.
whose progress was momentarlly
blocked. added to their confusion.
The girls did not seem TO understand
the significance of the series of acct
dents until the third man went down.
When they began to realize that they
were responsible for the abject though
involuntary homage that was being
paid them they almost lost control of
their own equilibrium. When the
fourth individual, pompous fat gen
temar. dressed in fauItless style, went
prone upon his face, the girls could
control themselves no longer. They
buried their noses in their NUTS and
fled across the street.--N. Y. Sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
Intelligent Georgia Legislators.

Here are some stories that GaZaway
Hartridge tells about members of the
Georgia Legislatures:
When one of them introduced IL bill
on the first day and the Speaker asked:
Shall this bill be committed or en-.
grossed?" he replied. being somewhat
at Il loss, 'Jes let it stay thar awhile,
Mr.. Speaker"
They tell me that another brother
missed the roIl-cal one morning and
in dire distress went to Gov. NOrthen,
humbly petitioning to be reinstated.
One of them asked another for a
chew of tobacco. I'll return the IA
vor some time" said he No, YOU
needn't return it, said the other, I'm
making 81 II day and don't mind the
expense"
Another one went down to Bob
Hardeman's office to know how much
salary he could draw. o." said the
Treasurer Il guess you can ret all
YOU want" Well" said the leglsIa-
tor. Il need some money for myself,
and the old woman needs some, and
lhe revenue officers are after one of
my boys. Can you let me have
81 25pn
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
Myths of Early Ages.

George William Curtis, in the Ed
itors Easy Chair" in HarperS Naga-
zine, lamenting the modern tendency
to disregard the myths and traditions
of the earlier ages says: THE old
historic legends are fast vanishing ia
the light Of greater knowledge. They
are explained as sun myths; they are
blended in old traditions of different
countries. Such is the skill of COM
mentat0rS that the letters of Abelard
and HeIOise are dccreed to be hvpo-
thetIcat, and even Petrarch's Laura is
dismissed as an allegory. The
other evening some one spoke of the
voyage of the ArgUnauts as wool
gathering expedition. and made light
jest upon the heavy duties levied on
the importation of single fleece, such
as tanning fiery bulls and Staying
dragons. But tiresome truth saws it
wasn't voyage for wool, but for gold,
and Jason was not prince. but
pirate. and there were no enchanted
beasts. but only familiar obstacles.
There were mo sich. as Mrs. Camp
insisted of more modern things. and
the wonder-tale was foolish fable un-
worthy of faith in the illustrious cent
urv now ending Alasi and was there
no Eden. no flaming sword. no weep
ing Eve? Has Mark Twain deceived
gul!eiess world. and did he not lament
al the grave of Adam?f
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
The Mexican Heaven.

The ancient Mexican idea of Heaven.
He'll, and the after state of souls is ex-
tremely curious and interesting. Ac-
cOrding to their notions souls neither
good nor bad or whose virtues and
vices balanced each other. were to
eater a medium state of idleness and
empty content. The wicked, or any
of those dying long list of different
modes of death (Which list was secret
ly kept by the priests), went to Nett
lau, distant hall within the bowels of
the earth. The souls of those struck
by lightning. or of those dying by any
of given list of diseases. also the
souls of children, were transported to
a remote elysium called Tlal0can. The
actual Heaven was reserved for war;
riors who fell in battle, for women
who died in defense of their children,
for those who offered as a sacrifice in
the temples and for few others. Aft
er death, according to their belief, the
soul passed Immediately to the House
of the Sum- their chief god. whom
they accompanied for a long term of
years in his circuit around the sky.
honoring him with song. dances, and
other forms of revelry. Then being
terminated in the forms of birds of
brilliant plumage, they lived as beau
tiful songsters among the flowers,
among the stars. sometimes on earth.
sometimes in Heaven
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
Won a Husband by Proxy.

Il owe nv husband to nv sisters
personal attractiveness and TO her
graces of character" emphatically re-
marked an Auburn woman to a Lewis
ton (Me.) journal man.
MY sister lived here before came.
She used TO give the most select little
teas Margaret is = born hostess. My
:uturs uusuanu oITen came TO the teas
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
Skeletons in q Wall.

A strange discovery has been made
in France at the Chateau Champlain.
A grower found that bis vineyard was
incumbered by an old. decayed wall,
and obtained permission to have it
pulled dewp. In sort Of cavity he
discovered two male skeletons with
their necks, hands, and feet riveted to-
9ether with iron letters. Some rem
nants of clothes reduced to dust were
found on the ground where the skele-
tons lay, as well as some rusty from
fragments
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
The Teacher Was an Old Maid.

Philadelphia teacher to Ethel Ives.
aged seveu)-Ethel, | cannot permit
sou to wear ring in school. 1t ex--
cites the envy of the less fortunate pu-
pills.
Ethel-Pleathe. ma am its the en-
gagement wing Johnny Thawyer gave
me.
Teacher-Ethel, you are Il VERY bad
little girl. Not content to excite the
snvv of your playmates. Won also vex
your teacher. lpeekiy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
a QUEER BOY.
Some Of the WAYS in Which He Develops
His Oddities.

His Oddities.
He doesn't like study-it ''weake,nis BIS eyes.
But the fright eort'f of book will insure sur
Let IL be about Indians, pirates, or bears.
And he's LOST for the day in all mundane at
BY sunlight or gasliglit his vision is clear.
Now, isn't that queer
At thought Of an errand he's tired az q
hound. ..,,, >,
Very weary of life. and Of "tramplnS around;'
But IL there's a band or circus IN 5lghU ~
He will follow it gladly from morning I'LL
night, -, - A., +,
The Snowman will capture him, some day. /
fear,
For he is so queer
If there's work in the garden his head "aches
And bis back il 81, lame he cant dig bit;"
BIT mention baseball, and he's cured very
And he'll dig for a woodchuck the whole after
Do you think he plays 'possum5" He seems
quite sincere:
Rut-isn't he queer.
W II. s. in st. Nicholas.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
Will Save Room.

A Boston chemist claims TO have dis
covered Il process of petrifying the
human body. OF what utility it can be
can not be guessed. There are so
many human fossils walking about now
that an increase in their number Il far
from desirable. and cremation. not
rc;rtacIion. j, the thing needed to fill
Il lUnr-lclL WaIi1.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
The Street Cable System.

Halliday. the inventor of the cable
street-car system, states that the sight
of six horses vainly endeavoring to
draw car up Il steep hill at San Fran
cisco first suggested to him the foun-
dation for his invopfjon
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05
Peruvian Barbarity.

The most blood : curdingly cruel
thing that has yet come under my OBJ
servation is the manner in which are
obtained the so-called ''pig-skins" that
SO commonly serve for bottles and
casks. They are not the hides of pigs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05

A Pullman palace-car recently pass
ed from ST. Louis 10 New York. which
was chartered especially for The trans
porlaiion of Two valuable dogs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-05

The pope has forbidden Catholics To-
cremate their dead.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-28

SuMMoNs-IN THE pisTlJCP COUNT ~
= the Fret judicial district of the state ~
Montana In and for tho county Of I@Win mha
ia h blocuin, plaintiff, 70. J hsolnrs 5hsn-
kenberg and f!liza iienkshberg delendAht..
above named defendants.
Yon are hereby required 70 npponr In an aotion
brought asainet You by the ahoye nainen pIain.
iriot OF tho state u Montana, ~ aud Tor the
county Of Lewis and Clare and, to answer tho
compliant filed therein, Wjthln ton Gays
loxclusive Of tho day Of ~seryice) after tho
service on you Of thir nmmons served within
this counts or. A. served out OF tlis comfy, put
within this district. within twenty days; otherwise
be taken against you. according TO tho prayer Of
said com plainL
hs said action is brought to obtain a decree
of this court for the foreclosure Of q certain
mortgage described IN tho aid complaint, and
of \ ny. A, y. 1870, to SECURE the payment
4 benh ,s,5s made shi p by ,. t sssp. s.ib ,ra l fss tss
sum Of Vi 900, payable one year after date thereof,
to ths order Of tho said lila Is sloeum. with in
tarest thereon at the rate Of 10 per cent per
annum; the amount due upon said note and
mortgage ut tie date Of the commencement of
this action being tho sum Of $1,000. u gethcr
per annum from the 18th day Of May A. D.. 1891;
the property. embraced in and affected by snid
mortgage being al those certain lott, pieces or
Capitol Hin addition to the city OF Helena, In the
county Of Lewis and Clarke, state of Montana,
partit ularly described ~ follows, to-wit.
Lots numbered one, two, five and six, in block
number one, Ms said lots and block are mum
bered. designated and described on the plat ef
said Capitol Hin addition on file in the office Of
tbs county recorder Of said county of evils and
Clarke; tnht the premises conveyed by said mort
gage may be sold. and the proceeds applied to
the p 4yment OF enid promisgory note. with inter
est thereon, at the rate aforesaid, and costs of
suit, including xl2b council fees. and in case
such proceeds are not sufficient to Dry the same,
then to obtain an execution against said defend
ants, Theodore Shenken berg and Eliza shenken-
Lerg. for the balance remaining due, and also
that tho said defendants, anu all persons claim
ing by, through. or under them. may be barred
and forecloeed OF all right, title, claim. lien.
equity of REDEEM ption, and interest In and 10 said
mortgaged premises, and for other and further
relief.
And you are hereby notified that If you fail ta
appear and answer the said complaint, as above
required, the said plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded In the said com
plant
Given under my hand and the seal of the dis
trict court of the First judicial district OF the
state of Montana. in and for the county OF Lewis
.c. and Clarke. this 10Th day OF Oct
Seal ober, in the year of our Lord
District one thousand eight hundred anc
49, JOHN BEAN. Clerk.
BY G. w. BURTON, Deputy I lork.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-28

SHERIFF's sALE-ALBELT g. bWEETSER,
- plaintiff, VS.. Mary G. Lunn, George Lunn,
Arthur OBrien and Hannah Williams. defend
ants.
d ,creo of foreclosure and sale Issued ont Of tho
district court OF the First judicial district OF tho
state of Montana. in and for the county OF Lewis
and Clarke. on the 8 h day of October. A. D. 1892.
sweetser, the shove named plaintiff, obtained a
Judgment and decree of foreclosure and sale
against Mary q. ! uun, George unn.
Arthur O'frien and Hrnnah Williams.
1894. for the sum of 81, 2os:t % ESesidss interest. costs
and attorneys fees. which said decree was on
the Sd dry of October, A.. d., 1892. recorded In
judgment book No. Fl Of said court at page -,
piece or parcel of land, situate. lying and bein (
IN the county of Lewis and Clarke. state OF
Montana, and bounded and described as follows.
to wit:
seven ven q Of the joseph Cox add Gto on to a" the city
having a frontage Of fifty (bo) feet on Rodney
street and adepth OF one hundred and fifty Q5O)
fetal plat Of said addition ON tie in the office Of
the county recorder of said county.
Together with all and sinrutl the tenements.
hpreditaments and appurtenances thereunto be-
longing or T. any wise apperlaining.
day, tho 2sth day Of October, a. ID. 1892. at
II o'clock IN. of that day. Mt tho front door of
the court house, Helena, Lewis and Clarke coun-
ty, Montana, will: in obedience to said order
the above defcribed prope. ty. OF 30 much there
of AS may be necessary to satisfy enid Judgment,
with interest and costs, to the highest and best
bidder for caeh in hand.
Given under my hand this 9Th day of October. A.
CHARLES M. JEFFERIs, Sheriff.
by RALPH g. JOHNSON. ! eputy bheritf.