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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29
INDIAN IDOL DISCOVERED
Curious Find of Il Three Headed God
Near the Sabine River.

Beaumont, Texas, Dec. ,20.-There
oyster bank on the Sabine river, Just
below this point, Il we'll preserved In
diam idol. The image was nearly four
feet high and was of thrcc-headed
nlan, with the scales of turtle GOV
cring the entire body, but With the
feet and claws of Il panther. The
idol is hollow and contained the Skele
ton of Il young child, placed i'll it in
All upright position, the head fitting
into that of the god.
Whether the child was thus sacriiic-
ed to the god or the image merely
used as a repository of the dead
body, cannot be decided. The carving
on the idol showed Il degree of skill
uncommon among the Indians as eX-
listing now OF as found here by the
early settlers, and as the banks of
this vicinity were evidently erected by
u people antedating these, it is prob
able that the image was Of their re-
ligion also. 1t is OF stone and is COM
posed of four or five pieces neatly
cemented together with a substance
not recognized by any mason who has
seen it.
The union of the several stones EN-
ployed in it is SO cunningly done that
only Il close examination reveals it at
all. The eyes are of agate, and cut
with the skill of a finished lapidary,
and, by some contriyance, are so ar
&nged as to move in the head from
side to side, and to close by the shut
ting down of lids Of silver. The pan
Their claws are also of silver, and the
feet are Of obsidian highly polished
One of the three heads wears a be
nign expression, while another grins
miliciously, and the third frowns heavi-
ly and shows clenched teeth of OBJ
sidian; undoubtedly the three coun-
tenances showing the various attri-
butes of the god represented.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29
MISS AUSTIN FOUND.

Milwaukee, Dec. 20.-Miss Edith
a girl reported in yesterdays
to have disappeared from
her home in Oshkosh. was found by
the police in this city. Chief Weis-
brod, of Oshkosh, arrived in this city
and took her home. She is 80 years
old and of good family. The only rea-
son she gave for leaving home was
that she could not get along with
her parents"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29
VALUABLE INFORMATION.
And Just as 1t Comes Mangled
Through the Telegraph.

South Bend. Ind, Dec. 1S.-W. Fl.
Gibson, II. E. Chynsweth, G. S.
Clark, B. w Jones, J. VI. Clancy and
J. $. O'Connor, all of Wisconsin, have
been closeted all day with Colonel W.
L. J. McFail, Of this city, taking his
deposition in the famous roster case
Of Wisconsin. 1t is thought Colonel
McFail, who is said TO have signed the
contract, gave them much valuable in
formation.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29
MEYER CASE POSTPONED.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE trial Of DR.
Meyer, the alleged poisoner, was ad-
journed this morning until Thursday
by Judge Barrett in order to give the
medical experts time to examine into
the mental condition Of Juror Low,
who became suddenly i'll yesterday and
showed signs of insanity.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29
GRAVE ROBBERS SENTENCED.

Des Moines, Dec. 20.-Judge Conrad
this morning sentenced the convicted
grave robber, DIR. John W. Schaefer to
six months in the penitentiary, and
fined his associates, J. NJ. W. Sloan and
James Martin, $500. The Schaefer case
will be appealed to the supreme court.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29
GLADSTONE SCORES GEN. TRACY
The American Gives the English Pre-
mier Pointers in Return.

London, Dec. 20.-Some surprise is
expressed today at Gladstone's refer
ence in the commons last evening to
Gen. Tracy, eX-secretary of the United
States navy. Gladstone said: Il real
~ do not know why Lord George Ham
llton should quote Secretary Tracy
whose name is no more sacred in my
eyes than any other name. What
means that gentleman has OF eXamin-
ing the case L do not know. | do not
suppose that General Tracy has &C
quired such knowledge that parliament
has 10 heed an opinion he has sent
across the Atlantic.'
! The Globe today protests against
what it describes as GladstOne'S at
tack upon General Tracy.
New York, Dec. 20.-An Associa ted
Press reporter called OH Gen. L. Tracy
today and read the cablegram from
London in reference to what Glad
ston had said ABOUT him. He said
We'll l don't see that the matter
calls for any comment on my part
us | think the Globe has done that
for me. However, l will say that if
Gladstone studies the condition Of the
French and Russian navies he will
learn, if he is not already aware OF
it, that | aln right in the statement
which Lord George Hamilton quoted
to the effect that two years from now
France and Russia will have, com
bined, forty modern batheships of No.
600 toms displacement against Eng
lands thirty Of 314,0o0 tons dis
placement. differ from Gladstone
and believe that FreRch ships are SUI
perior TO English beth in guns and
;armcr'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29
KOETTING CASE POSTPONED
May Yet Go to Another Collnty-De-
ponds on Getting Il Milwaukee Jury

Milwaukee, Dec. 20.-The case
against John b. Koetting, cashier Of
the wrecked South Side Savings bank,
has been postponed until Jan. ., whcn
an endeavor will be made 70 secure u
jury from the regular municipal court
panel. Should the attempt prove fail
ure the case will be taken to another
county.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29
PARKINSON'S PLUM.
The General Appointed Reading Clerk
Of the u. s. Senate.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-Gen. A. G.
Parkinson has been appointed reading
clerk Of the senate and will enter upon
his duties tomorrow. Mr.. Porth's res
ignation therefore takes effect today.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29
MRS. PALMER'S OPEN HEART

Chicago, Dec. 1S.-Mrs. Potter Par
ner has sent to DR.. Sarah Hackett
Stevenson, president of the Chicago
Woman's club, a check for $1,000, the
money to be distributed among ths
poor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29
SCANDI\ANIAN NEWS.
Queen SophlH Is Reported to he "a
Very Sick Woman

Stockholm, Dee. 20.-Quecn Sophie
is reported to be very sick. suffering
from bronchitis
Nlcomte &c Soto Mayor, the rurtur
SutSe minister. is fast sinking. The
old diplomat has not been able t.
take any nouriShmcnt for over IL
days.
King Oscars play, The Castle OF
Kronborg, Was performed ut l<ykopiug
the other day, and waS received with
great enthusiasm.
The two oldest inhabitants in the
parish of Bjursas, Dalecarii:i, were
buried i'll the same grave the other
day. They We're Mrs. WahlhorS Jams
dotter, who WAS born in 1873, and Mrs.
Anna .Jansdottcr, who WAS born III
1876.
The llcrnoSands poHtcl, which hitlt.
erto has been issued four times u
Week, will be published daily from
Jan. |.
Court officials, who used to be very
we'll informed i'll regard To The dUings
OF royalty, have given out that King
Oscar is not at all pleased with tho
crown princes hostile attitude 10 y
friendly solution OF the Norwegi;tIL
consular question. The crown prince
IS aid to have expressed some opinions
Of his own, which proves thai he is
far from being the diplomat his father
is
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29

Hon. VIM. F. Cody is to become a
candidate for governor of Nebraska
on the republican ticket next year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29

congregation which will be named
krlStofer JanSon, after the great
Minneapolis preacher, is being or-auz
cd i'll ClriStiana.
The fishing Of herring is very rich
and the supply is larger than the de
mlnu.
\ railroad will be built between
EkrrSund and Flekkcbjord.
The Norwegian schooner Felix was
wrecked off the French city Harhcur
The crew was saved.
The llolmcn paper mill, which vas
recently burned, will soon be rebuilt
OH Il lar%cr scale
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29

The assignee of the Palica Trunk
company at Racine has sold the entire
plant to Kelley, Weeks & Co. and
Stecher, Weber & Co.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29

Wayne MacVeagh of Pennsylvania
has been nominated for ambassador to
Italy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29

to vanish demostic trouble and re-es-
tabiish the foreign credit Of the coun-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29
COR\ILLLAN JEWELRI.

Drop the anchor t0ri ;he sail,
an safe within the vail
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-12
NOTES..

MIS-. AMELIA E. BARR, it is said,
makes between $4,000 and $4,000 a
year by her literary work.
HENRIETTA HERcHFELD, the first wom-
an graduate of the Philadelphia Col
lege of Dental Surgery, is assistant
court dentist in Germany.
THERE are los ladies now serving as
poor law guardians in England and
Scotland. and the number OF women
elected to this position increases every
year.
Miss WILL ALLEN DROMGOoLE, the
Tennessee author. for eight years held
the position of clerk of the senate Of
Tennessee, with credit TO herself and
the state.
SOME philosopher advances the idea
that a woman who does not marry and
make some good man happy is likely TO
turn philanthropist and make some bad
man unhappy.
The women of Illinois have taken
out, since 1854, 2s4 patents for inven-
lions and devices of one kind and an
other. The Illinois Worlds fair board
will exhibit copies of all these patents
that can be obtained
Miss KATE SMITH. of Louisville, KY,
has lately received her diploma as a
professional embalmer. one of the very
few in this country. Miss Smith IA
young, highly educated, and IS described
as remarkably pretty.
Mrs. ISABELLA BIRD BISHOP, the wri-
ter OF books Of travels, is the first wom-
an to deliver an address in the British
house Of commons, having been sum
moned there to tell what she had seen
OF the Christians in Turkish Koordi-
stan
IL one of the leading dry goods stores
recently it was proposed TO reduce the
wages of the women in order that those
of the married men might be raised
But investigation showed that the sin
gle women were supporting more peo-
pie than the married men, and the pro-
posed change did not take place
Miss RUTH BLAZE has designed a
Bishop Brooks calendar. The tablets
of calendar information are set against
the arches of Trinity church, which
fold in doOr-fashion upon a photograv-
ure of the bishop and of Trinity. placed
over quotation from the bishops
writings Upon the inside of the door
covers are tablets of the movable :east<
OF the church
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-12
Nature Erected His Monument.

That nature would annually supply
memorials 20 the memory OF murdered
man Is d tact curious enough 20 admit
an account OF il 70 this department.
The story is as follows: For eighty
years three stalks Il a plant which
crows nowhere else IN New York state,
have sprung up every season beside the
odd state road" near Avon 4 re-
InarlsabIe fact connected with the his
tory OF this botanical curiosity Is that
although hundreds of thousands of
seeds have ripened on the spot, the
number CT the plants have never in
creased beyond the original three
stalks. nor viii fully matured seeds
from the plant grow II taken away and
given every care and attention The
spot where they grow is the place
where John Alexander. AN American
soldier. vas killed during the war Of
1872. The three stalks are known far
ami WIDE as the monument plant
Philadelphia Press
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-12

Women timid. forsoOth? writes Ju-
MUS Henri Brown in a pertinent ar
ticle entitled Are Women Timid?" in
the April Ladies' Home Journal. Much
as we may talk of their being so, our
talk is not an echo of our reason. Ev-
cry man of US relies on their courage
measurably in the ordinary affairs of
life, and entirely in most of its crises
We usually begin with our mothers. and
end with our wives. But whatever
their relation, they are an inestimable
help to US in every great trial, by their
calmness, strength, decision and hope
fulness. Unhappy he who at such q
time has no feminine counselor, sus-
tainer and friend. How many men
have borne testimony to the invaluable
aid of woman, when the future black
ened. and fortune seemed inexorablel
How many more might bare such testi-
mony were they but willing to speak!
Is woman not constantly upholding
weakness, inspiring morality, stiInu-
lating higher motives? Not a hun
dredth part of her efficiency in this
way is known, nor ever viii be known
She is rarely conscious of il herself: it
is regarded by her as a part of her duty,
as matter of course, and he who is
supported lifted to a loftier level, often
chooses, through self love, TO ignore
her assistance. Her acts, under such
conditions, are the result of moral eour-
age, the essence of all courage, and Of
the kind of which men have so plenti-
ful "A need
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-12
LEND HELPING HANDS.
Two woInGn's Clubs and the Noble Work
They Are Doing.

new and worthy benefcence IS
that of the Helping Hand Visitors club
which has its headquarters at IS East
Fourteenth street. Its object is TO
bring about introduction and commu-
nication between people having homes
in the country who would receive into
their households for a short summer
vacation well recommended young
women from the city willing to spend
part of their time each day helping
with sewing or other domestic duties
in return for home during their vaca-
ton time. and the respectable young
women clerks and seamstresses, whose
means are too limited to allow of pay
ing regular rates for board, and who
would Xix to avail themselves of such
opportunity for a summer sOjOurn in the
country. IL is greatly desired that phil
anthropical women OF the smaller towns
and villages will take up the work and
communicate with the central socie-
ty in the nearest city, for the work is
not confined to New York alone An
other summer vacation organization,
which has demonstrated its raisOn
=.
citation of Boston. This society appeals
to women Of a different type, and its
object Is TO enable women of moderate
means 20 travel intelligently with con-
genial companions and with the small
est possible expense. The yearly fee Of
one dollar entities the member to a
carefully prepared schedule of expenses
whose data are gathered from actual
experience. and include a list OF relia-
bic lodgings abroad, and various advis-
ory publications and itineraries, with
costs, throughout the year. Women
DESTROYS Of taking the same routes are
brought together and introduced thus
providing congenial compagnoEs de
voyage for the lone woman whose chief
anxiety in this age of self-suppO-ting
independence i not. how shall l find
means 10 travel, but with whom shall
make my journey? Mrs Julia Ward
Howe is the president of the society,
and Louise ImOgen Quincy is the secre-
tary.-N. Y. Sun
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-12
Gentle EenefIcenee.

Mrs. J. Crosby Brown, who has fine
country home on Orange mountain,
has for the past nine years given happy
afternoons in her grounds to poor
mothers from New York. The mothers
come in groups of eight, each bringing
her own or some other child with her,
and are brought up from the station in
carriages. There is house on the
grounds where they receive refresh
ments three times during the day. Some
of the women who are reached by this
gentle beneicence have not seen the
country for twenty years
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-12
Hnnnred In Wa.hIngton.

-Four women have been made honor
airy members OF the Archaeological
society OF Washington, in recognition
of their contributions to ethnOlogy.
They are Mrs. lilly Stevenson, who is
completing the studies of the Zuni
tribe which her husband did not live to
finish: Miss Alice Fletcher, who has
made studies for the Reabody institute,
of Cambridge, among the northern In
dams: Mrs. French-SheldOn, the Afri-
can explorer; and Mrs. Anita Newcomb
McGee, ID. NJ. the daughter Of the great
observation-disclosures Magazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-12

as easily Is YOU sNdlAON q "a SATlE
berry. / have shown you what inspired
men said of Christ; have shown you
what Christ said of himself: now if you
believe the Bible. let US go ont and see
his wonderful achievements-surgi
alimentary, marine, Hortuary.
Surgical achievements: Where is the
medical journal that gives any account
OF such exploits as Christ wrought? he
used no knife. He carried no splints.
He employed no compress. He made
no patient squirm under cauterizatiOn.
He tied no artery. Yet behold him.
With a word he stuck fast Malchus'
amputated ear. He stirred little dust
and spittle into q salve and with 1t
caused man who was born blind, and
without optic nerve. or cornea- or crys-
talline lens. 70 open his eyes on the sun
light He beat music on the drum of
the deaf ear. lie Strengthened a woman
who through contraction OF muscle had
been bent almost double for well nigh
two decades He made man who had
no use OF his limbs for thirty-eight years
shoulder his mattress and walk off.
Sir Ashley Cooper. Abernethy, Nalen-
tine Mott stood powerless before a
withered arm: but his doctor OF on
nipotent surgery cones in and he sees
the paralytie arm useless and lifeless a.
the mans side, and Christ says 10 him:
:Stretch forth thine haEd. and ne
stretched it forth whole rs the other. &"
He was a God
Alirnentary achievements: lie found
a lad who had come out OF the wilder
ness with Eve loayes of bread fora spec
ulation. Perhaps the Lao had paid five
pennies for the five iOaves. and expected
20 sell them for ten pennies, and 80 be
would double his money. Christ took
those loayes of bread and performed .
miracle by which he fed -0o5 furnishing
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-12
WOMEN OF THE SOUTH.
Their Recent Congress In Memphis Was IN
Eye-Opsnsr to All.

Eye-Ops1tef TO All
The recent meeting of the Woman's
congress, in Memphis, was an eye
opener to old fogydom, north and
south. II proved what has long been
evident to the close observers of our
new southern life; that the old social
empire of southern women is to be re-
newed in the high educational service
of training the daughters for a larger
and loftier influence in 1.-The grand and
awful time" now upon us. Not the
least significant feature in this develop
ment is the going forth of an army OF
several thousand young woman teach
ers of the colored race. In Washing
ton, ID. C., indeed, in every city and al
most every considerable southern town,
can be seen an exhibition of good
school-keeping by the superior class of
these teachers that needs no qualifica-
ton in the hearty commentator OF
any generous and broad-minded expert
All this is in keeping with the steady
uplift of our new American life The
superior influential women of the south
are American in every fiber of their be-
ing. They waste no time in arranging
any pathetic or picturesque wardrobe
of sackcloth and ashes. Their mourn.
ing over the past is the Christian ac-
ceptation of an inevitable dark proyi-
dence, already shot through with the
radiance of the sunrise of new and
grander hope in a better day near at
hand. That mysterious and tumultu-
Gus past, in its own time, will be en-
balmed in the rising literature of this
portion of the republic. But, just now,
the mighty obligation and inspiration
of lifting up the six millions of south
ern young America TO its own place in
the new republic is brooding over the
heart and stimulating the mind OF the
most thoughtful and consecratedwomen
in all these great and growing COM
monwealths-Olive Ruth jefferson, in
Chatauqua for May. q
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-12

less story. the artists had, hundred
times placed upon canvas the soul-stirring
scenes in which he was the central figure; the
sculptor had cut its every phase in enduring
marble: yet a kind Providence mercifulIy spared
him a few months longer. that he who saw Il
and directed it should sum up the great work
wrought By the Grand Army OF the Republic
under his magic guidance. He YVES not an old
nan when he died, but. after al. what com
piete life was his Mightier events and mightier
achievements we're never crowded into single
life before and he lived 20 place them in eadur-
ing form 10 be read By the millions living and
the millions yet unborn Then laying down his
pen he bowed resigue1ly before the angel Of
death. saying: IF il IS God > providence that
shall 20 now. / am now ready to obey HIS viii
without murmur.' Great in life majestic in
death his fame will live and grow with in
creased luster 50 long as liberty lasts. and the
love OF liberty has place In the hearts OF men
Every soldiers monument throughout the
north row standing or hereafter 70 be erected
will record his worth and work. as well IS those
OF the brave men who fought 5y his side His
most lasting memorial will be the work ne
wrought; MS most enduring monument the
union which he and his heroic associates saved
and the priceless liberty they secured
sSurrounGed By q devoted family, with a
mind serene and heart resigned be passed
over 10 Join his fallen comrades beyond the
river On another field Of glory Above him in
his chamber OK sickness ard death hung the
portraits Of Washington and Lincoln. whose
disembodied spirits in the Eternal Cry we're
watching and waiting for hiu. Who was 70 eO-n-
plete the immortal tho OF Americas first, best
aud most loved and a. the earthly scenes re-
coded from bis yiew and the celestial appeared
can imagine those were the irst 70 greet his
sight and bid him welcome Step b. step he
assembled fame's ladder 50 high that from The
round at the top he stepped into the SKY. We
are not nation OF worshipers. We are H.
tioa OF generous freeuen- We bow in aiec-
Tomato reverence ana with most grateful
hearts % these immortal names. Washington,
Lincoln and Grant. and viii guard with equal
and sleep.ess vigilance their mighty work and
cherish their memories f0revermOTe- They
we're the Iusfer lights % their DAYS The
giants who elavs the darkness asEnder AMI
beac0zed - where We axe"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-12

IL the United States over 100000
women are maintaining themselves in
the professions Of law, medicine, music,
art. science and literature, besides gov
ernment employ.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1893-04-28
New Canal Company.

The French fnancier who ar
rived in New York prepared to
float new Panama canal COM
pany with a capital of $40,000,00o
will dangle his bait long before he
gets a bite. Were the canal feasi-
Bile as a profitable undertaking,
which it clearly is not, at least five
times that amount would be abso-
lutely necessary to complete the
canal with locks. No American
investor with his eyes open would
risk dollar in a venture so palpa-
bly, desperate. The considerate as
surance is given that the money
could be raised in France. Per
haps it would be just as easy to
raise it in Greenland. In this
movement there may be some Gov
ert design to dampen the Nicara-
qua project.-[S. F. Call.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1893-04-28

DR.. NJ. L. Miner, veterinary sur
geon, has not left the city. He can
be found at his office at the Hotel
Stables.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1893-04-28

/. The first base ball game of the
season will be played tomorrow
afternoon between the Hawaiis and
the Crescents.