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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-29
REMEMBER THESE.

In the hot and noisy streets,
Where the dinEy houses high
Teen with life and misery,
Many children early Old,
Little faces pinched and sad
Look about 50 wistfully.
Where the dusty stunted trees.
Cast an insufficient shade,
There, they play their ioyless games
Playing almost silently
With no voices cheerful, glad,
With no laughter, joyous, free,
When the sun sinks fiery
Down behind the brick and stone
And new waves Of heat arise
In the air, what suffering
Night brings in those crowded rooms
There scant sleep, for old or young
Restless tossing until morn.
Little ones who love to rove
Through the scented fields or woods,
Breathing the sweet summer ar;
Think Of them, to whom no glimpse
OF Gods handiwork Is given,
To whom all these pleasant scenes
Would be rs Il glimpse Of Heaven
American lsraclitc.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-29

for the destruction of great areas of
forest annually. They should be COM
PEELED to use spark arreSters and to
pay for the harm they do in this way.
Forest fires are frequently OccaSioned
by no human agency, but by lightning;
and II has been alleged that they are
sometimes caused by the spontaneous
combustion of decomposing pyrites.
Forest fires and their effects may
be studied to the greatest advantage in
that great belt of coniferous trees
which stretches through the British
possessions in the northern part Of this
continent 1000 miles from the east
coast OF Labrador TO the Rocky noun
tainS, continuing beyond to Alaska
This belt, averaging about 100 miles in
width, consists chiefly Of spruce. tam
arack. pine, fir and cedar The open
spaces are covered with reindeer
mosSeS which in summer are as dry
and intammable MS finder. The In
dian hunter of that region, knowing
how destructive forest fires are to the
animals on which he depends for food
ana furS. takes all possible care to
prevent them. The country has not
been invaded to any tNtrnt by white
men. Yet fire runs through every
part of il ut one period or another
1t is said that these fires are caused
by lightning usually.
The best authority on those great
woods of the north is Robert Bell
1f Ia n
actually necessary for the reproduction
of some of the trees. The cones of
the kankSian pines never open UNI
less they are Scorched. Bur when the
fire sweeps through the forest, the
cones OF this species cape. and the
seed which they contain Hr" scattered
by the wind. 1t is this kind of pine
that first clothes areas that have been
reduced to nakcdneSS by the flames.
Fire may be set in those northern
woods ut Il season when it will not
rum but it is astonishing how long
it will shoulder in the deep moss and
under logs and roots, until after
weeks or perhaps months, a dry time
comes and favoring wind fans it
into activity. The heaviest rains and
the SHOWS Of a whole winter some
times fail to "Xtinguish or smother
these smouldcring fires. The trees
newly killed 10y fire are quickly at
tackled by boring beetles, which, find
ing thus an incXhaustible supply Of
food, swarm in the forests of that
fcgioE4 the creaklng noise of mill
ions Of their larvae making an in
"rS~Hut chorus.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-29
A HYGlENIC HADES.
The Wonderful Vapor Baths at Glen,
wood Springs, Colorado.

| A simple minded old soldier who
served under Fremont the Pathfinder,
returned to his native town in the east
a good many years ago, and told Il
Iplain mvaruiShrd tale Of The wonders
he had seen in the Yosemite Valley
and other wild regions on The Pacific
slope. by simply telling the truth this
gray old lighting man earned the
lrerutation OF being the biggest liar in
all tho country around.
Any one who travels through the
valley OF Tho Grand River in western
Colorado, aud tells Of what he saw
there, runs the same risk. What can Il
Wan expect who says he took Il half
hours swim in midwinter all unpro-
tectrd from bowling snoW-Storm, and
afterwards descended into the bowels
Of the earth and took 4 vapor bath,
the raw tor cooked materials of which
came straight from Tophrt, or there
ahoutsE Vet these are the Everyday
lMmdrUm incidents in the lives of the
Ipeoplc of Grand River Valley
\ black and turhid river flows out
from between troWninS cliffs; through
its icy waters bubble springs of water
hot from the fires below %ulphurouS
fumes AT" provided for you as YOU APP
pr0arh the little door III the mountain
,StdG near lhc river. / is Il tritle dis
Iapp0inting to find The .satckeepcr
seated on canc-bottom chair, but
after he has told you few stories you
feel that he is the right man III the
right place.
He has Il tale of Il man addicted to
the excessive use of tobacco. who went
into this hIgienic hades clothed only in
its vapors, and came out IN Il full suit
Of nicotine. Thick doors separate com
'partmentS, gradually increasing in
temperature, until you are ushered
into a cavern filled With a driving
vapor that winds about you in stream
ing folds. AS your eyes grow used to
the ghostly shifting light YOU see the
forms of half-naked men, some sitting.
many lying in hollows of the rocks;
they seem 10 CULVER III the winding
mists that envelop them like objects in
a mirage.
After the visitor becomes parboiled
he is permitted to return TO the door
and cool himself gradually in one COM
partment after another. Resuming
tho conventional garh Of the tourist he
looks up once more Il the stars, and is
thankful that he went in at the gate
where they charge udmission-Ha
per's Weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-29
POLICE REFORM.

Every lover CT good government will
rejoice over the heroic efforts and re-
markable success OF the people of New
York to down the Matchmaking police
department of that city. Mr. John w.
Golf the prosecuting attorney for the
LeNoW committee, says he speaks
within his own knowledge when he
says there is not business man in
NHw York who had not felt the power
of police blackmail. And that there
are but few instances where business
men who had refused to pay the tithes
had not been driven out of business In
seeking to Gnearth the police villainv
Mr.. Golf says:
las an illustration of the tremendous
power welded by this organization. |
will refer to the difficulty we had in
obtaining witnesses to 20 upon the
stand and swear to facts that they had
brought TO us in private. At first this
applied to all classes. both reputable
and disreputable. When appealed to
they would claim that should they
testify the police would hound them
out or the city. When asked if they
could not 90 elsewhere AMI establish
themselves in business they would re-
ply that the persecution Of the police
of New York would follow them to
every city in the country. and we
gradually revealed the astounding fact
that the police NOT only dominated
every city, but every large community
in the country. The lower classes
OF citizens We're made to believe that
blackmail was lawful and regular.
1'hey came to consider the captain of
their precinct MS the source of all
municipal authority"
/ Continuing his interview Mr.. Golf
says:
You may be surprised when | say
that New York, under the rule of the
police department as it was controlled
by Tammany hall, was far worse as re-
CARDS the individual comfort Of the
citizens that St Petersburg under its
most violent police regime. This was
accidentally illustrated by Il witness
who took the stand one day. He was
Il Pole who had been sent to Siberia
as a result Of the Polish insurrection
He had escaped and reached this coun-
try and about a year after his arrival
he was unjustly arrested and cruelty
beaten His story was told with an ir-
resistible quaintness and pathos.
When he was asked how the police of
New York compared with those OF st.
Petersburg, he answered that the Rus,
sian police are gentle and humane com
pared with those of our own city"
Scores of examples of police brutality
and of police blArkmailing have been
exposed by the committee and the
work is not done YET.
If the Legislature Of illinois will ap-
point Il committee chat will do for Chi
cago what the LeNow committee has
done for New York, municipal govern
ment will enjoy Il new life i'll the two
great cities Of Me country.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-29

Washington, Nov. 24-lhe contro-
YerSy between the sugar growers of
the country and the United States
government, growing out OF the re-
peal of the sugar bounty clause ol the
Mckinley bin by the new tariff act
and the subsequent refusal Of the
treasury department 10 pay bonuties
upon sugar grown in the present year
has reached the first stage in the
progress to Il definite legal settlement.
j. Archibald Murray, IN attorney Of
New York, flied in court claims in
three suits, identical in character and
AL seeking TO recover from the govern,
ment sums of money alleged to be H..
gaily due plaintiffs as bounty upon
sugar raised by them in the year 1884,
The chino Valley Beet Sugar com
pany, of New Jersey, sues for S4S,.
III: the \orfork Beet sugar company,
Of New Jersey, for S3WA. and the
OXnard Beet Sugar company, of New
Jersey, for 81 1872.
The complaints are based upon the
allegation that the United States, by
an act Of congress granting Il bounty
of half cent per pound upon all SUI
gar grown in the United States and
territories, entered into legal contract
with compartments. as we'll as with
other sugar growers, and l"d them by
its terms to undertake the culture Of
beets and other plants from which SUI
gar is obtained but which could not
have bcnc protitably pursued without
the benefits Of such contract. The
claim further is made that the crops
Of cOmplainantS Were growing and
the sugar resulting from them was
In process OF manufacture long before
the paSSag" by congress of the meas
ure repeating the provisions of the act
granting n bounty, and the govern
mrnt has no right to withhold the
payment Of bOuntc9 alleged to be
due. The cases probably will hr
pushed to an early hearing ii the court
Of claims aud then will BE- taken to
the United States court for final set
Element. 1t is understood that The
suits are brought as test cases, and
will be vigorously contested rs the
amount of 81 l,Oo0uNO is in coutrovcr-
Sy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-29
BANK STATEMENT.

New York, Nov 2G The weekly
bank Statcmen shows the following
changes: Reserve, increase, $3,05l 900;
loans, decrease. %3.H34O00; specie, in
crease, Sl.63StNn; legal tenders, in
crease, SS1l 900; deposits. decrease. So
100000, The banks now hold SCOOPS.
o'O in excess Of legal requirements.
Washington. Soy. -. Cash balance
in The treasury is Slo0,0G0, S07; gold
reserve &1S.O5S. N~l.
Senator II. - Weeks Of White
water, is receiving favorable mention
for the position of president Of the
senate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-29
INA RAILWAY ACCIDENT.


Grand Rapids Wis Ncy, 2G. Mrs.
VIM. Quinn and Miss Kunie Gleve-
land were killed q; railway crossing
10y Il st. Paul freight rain
VIM Quinn escaped with slight in
iurios He says That he did not hear
the train. 1t Is a very peculiar acct
dent as the road runs parallel with the
track in an open space for half . mle
before the crossing is reached.
II. VI. Woodwork, for many years
magistrate of this city. is dead. He is
So years old He came to central Wis
conSin in 1916.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-29
SHOT AT BY AN INDIAN.

Rice Lake, Wis, Nov. 24.-Oscar
Weidermann town clerk of Long
Lake Washhurn county, was shot at
three times by an Indian Thursday
night. Weidermann was returning
home from lumber camp when bull
let cut a hole through his hat and cut
the flesh on his forehead.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-29
JUDGE BAENSCH ILL.
Lieutenant Governor Elect Confined to
His Home

Shehoygan Wis. Nov 27-.Gudge
Emil Baensch, Of Manitowoc, republi,
can lieutenant soyernor.el"ct, of Wis
consin is confined to his home by III
ness. and Judge fiilleu, If this county.
has been acting rs county Judge in
his court this week
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-29

You must remember that the loss by
ire great as ii Is, is insignificant in
comparison with the damage duup to
the soil. 70 create Il mold one foot
deep requires from three TO five cen
turtles. In Il few hours ii iS'hlrurd up
and the land is rendered uulvHilH bic
for agriculture. 1t is roughly rcckoucG
thAL every year in the njtll states
l1ohotOO acres of forest are sweep, by
flames, Involving un immediate loss
of >i1NuO,UOo. by these disasters the
ecuuOmiC development Of entire re.
giunS is retarded and ieopardiHcd.
Respecting the influences OF tire on
subsequent foreS, growth will r%ler
YOU 70 an eminent authority on hi,
subject, Prof. Sergeant. II Il forest
IS destroyed by fire, all the trees. old
and Young, giants ready for the ny
and terminating seedlings the embryo
forests OF succeeding centuries are
swept away. The I'M lrr|rowth needed
to protect the very Young trees, the
roots Of perennial heritage and the
seeds Of &ll plants are consumed. The
ability of the burned soil to produce
again Il crop OF trees similar to the
one destroyed is lost, and the Subsr-
uurnt recovering of burned land with
the species OF the original forest is
accomplished, If accomplished Mt Ill,
through the restoration of fertility fol
lowing the SLOW growth and decay Of
many generations of less valuable
plants.
The pine and spruce forest, when
destroyed Ivy tire, is succeeded by n
growth of brambes, i'll time replaced
by dwarf birch. poplar and bird cher
res. Of no economic value Scrub
oaks follow these, and the pine rarely
reappHlrS. In regions that are con
tinually burned over and covered
again with forests, as in parts Of Ken
lucky ana Tennessee valuable species
like the white oak and yellow poplar
are scarce or entirely wanting in the
new growth,
Prot Sargent calls atten au to the
fact chat the forests Of the northern
Pacific coast OTTER an exception to the
law. otherwise General that change
ot forest rror follows Il forest fire m"
fiji forests Of west Washington aud
Oregon. when destroyed by trn. are
quickly replaced hy a vigorous growth
of tile same species. and the tires
which have consumed great bodies u
Tho california redwood have not pr
yculed the reproduction of those tfpr>
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-29
WILL BE TEST CASES
SUGAR GROWERS BEGIN SUITS
AGAINST UNCLE SAM.
FOR APPEALING THE M'kINLEY
BOUNTY CLAUSE.

Three Identical Claims Made Aggre-
eating $500 Will Be Pushed to
An Early Hearing in Court Of
Claims-PrUspective Cases Involve
S11,00OOOO.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-29

tn completion ~ census work at
Washington has thrown tveny.ninc
clerks ont II employment and 900 vii
follow It'll il few days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

;mpreFs upon the minds Of props
erty owners O few facts worthy of
consideration. A recently COM
p:eted map or plat of the CITY
shows deplorable state Of affairs
as regards streets, alleys and lots,
no two of which are uniform in
size, ard the result il the most
prominent thoroughfares bring up
tudddenly against some ones barn
or hen cop and many of the alleys
end only at the front yard gate of
aome of the prettiest homes in the
city. Heretofore no attention has
been given to plating or conform
ing with surveys made and as sew
eral new additions will be placed
on sale this spring it is to be
hoped the owners will make an
effort to conform as near as posi-
BILE to established street lines and
not exhibit that degree of reckless
independence heretofore INDUCED
in by the original owners.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

The ARDMoREITE would be dir
ilect in its duty were it not tC
uphold that which is moral and
condemn that which is immoral
This we have ever and will con,
tinue to do regardless of whose
toes it pinches. The stand is taken
from a sense Of duty and not the
,Outgrowth of a desire to injure any
one financially. We have a full
understanding of our duty and
business and will not be swerved
from it by dictations from any
source. If in doing this we etep
on the .corns of any who are injured
it ID simply because they are on
the wrong eide and open to criti.
clam. We shall do no man an in
justice knowingly but if We do no
set of men were ever more ready
70 make amends. Up to this time
we have no apologies or ~retrac-
tionA to make.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

The presence in the city today
of B. F. Yoakum, general manager
of the Santa Fe, and representa-
tivcs of the Fort Worth rAekery
is of more than ordinary interest
and nreshadows a new era for
ArdmOres future The details OF
the object of their visit are not
given out but that It is OF impOr-
tant significance is is accepted by
all. They manifest a deep inter
est in ArdmOr-'.3 future aid We
predict that in a short time their
prOmptings will be disclosed by
the Inauguration Of 1Oms m )re ex-
tensive and imp .rtant enterprises.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

Ex MAYOR II WITT, of New
York spoke before the southern
society banquet the other night in
which be confined h mself almoAt
exclusively to villifyi g southern
senators and members of congress.
He has stirred up a veritable hor-
nets nest of which he will not
hear the last for time TO come. 1t
is 80 palpably an exhibition of
sectional pr judice that he should
b. cIassed along with oth~r bloody
shirt agitat ,rs and treated with
the contempt his Wind ctive spirit
merits. Down With such fanatics
and crank.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

1T IS evident from the move
ments of the Republicans on the
National Republican commit; ee
that Mckinley, who has been cru
CITED in two national campaigns,
is to have his garments divided
among the centuriOns. 1t remains
to be seen whether the parallel
will be carried to the point of
McKinlev;S resurrection. At any
rat, his clothes are too large for
any Of the m"n who are now trying
to put them on.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

TIE address issued by the dele
gates of the FIVE civilized tribes to
the president and congress will
receive careful consideration, but
we dOu't believe it will have mu h
weight. A change from the press
ent status 10 bound to come
DenisOn Herald.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

THE streets of Ardmore need
sidewalks to take the place IF
death.traps and man-hOles that
now render life and limb unsafe
after nightfal. Think about it
and get up an action.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

MAINTAIN the good morals Of a
t,wn and you are doing missionary
work for the future.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

THERE 10 NO question but the
coming season will bs the most
active in the eity's history espe-
csaiigm tia build ng and real
estaN lipe AMI he ARoMcRx1rE
anticipating the futare desires to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28
FOR SALE.

A Number of desirable residen
lots. Apply to
2-23 1w. Solomon +. Jackson.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

Go to T. ii. PArker's, the pionee
iewcler Of Ardmore for iewelrY an
engraving of any kind.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

ENCOURAGE enterprises. Ard
more needs them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

ALL boys, youths and mems suits
and overcoats reduced % per cent al
the Big Iron Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

ONE QUARTER OFF on clothing
at the Big Iron Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

When in need OF jewelry of any
kind, don't forget that r. II. Parker
carries the largest and best stock in
the city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

ONE QUARTER OFF Oh clcaks at
the Big Iron Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

Entered at the Postofiee at Ardmore, as sec
ond clasa mail matter, November "a, 1888.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

ARDMoRE, 1. T., WE'D, Feb. %
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-28

Advertise in the Ardmoreite.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23

he doesn't; at other times, because he
looks honest when he isn't. He is the
sort of man who can start a charitable
organization which will be just too
lovely for anything, and especially too
lovely for the needy who will never
hear of its existence. He is the patron
of something; he has done a great deal
TO advance something which, on minute
inspection, is seen not to have advanced
at all; and he ean read the annual re-
port of it m way to bring tears to the
eyes of dead sculpin. After the read
ing of the annual report, the women
ell want to hiss him (which is no harm
at all for he is such nice old mani and
those who are young and good looking
succeed, while the others fail. but take
no offense, which shows what q won
derful talent he has for managing diff
Quit affairs.
The woods are full of such men but
we seldom hear of them Sometimes
man who has really done something
creditable Is threatened with the pc
culiar alteration that is usually lavished
upon the veucra bic president of the So
ciety for the Providing of Soft Snap
for its President. But such victim is
usually really good and able gentle
man and therefore safe from Office hold
ing during this and the succeeding CEN
fury, so far as we can see. The other
kind likes il. That is what he lives on.
Anybody who has watched him at
work will not doubt his ability. The
very fact that he remains unknown, ex-
cept TO his devoeees, shows what a
really great man he Is We see his
name, of course, in reports of the meet
ings of the society. accompanied by
resolutions of love and affection, and a
one-column cut of silver mug, suita-
bly, inscribed, the said cut being kind
y furnished the newspapers by the
gentleman himself. He will provide it
in two-column measure If IL will he a
favor TO the editor. And yet the editor
never says anything about it, and this
perfectly lovely old son-of-a-gun goes
on and on, manufacturing alteration
for himself and living on it, by sort
OF perpetual motion process
There's the future president Of the
United states; there's the successor Of
Boss Croker and Boss Everybody. He
Is no honester than they. but he is
very much nicer TO look At. And Obi
he Is so much smarter. His cunning is
70 theirs as the edge of Seladin's sword
TO the back of a caseknife When he
begins TO manage affairs they viii go
on wheels His policemen will not
levy blael1mail; they viii accept tokens
OF our esteem. His street sweeuers will
sweep with gold-handled brooms and
all the women viii come out 70 help
them congress viii pass laws regu-
latlng the fashion in white wbiskers
and they viii let US alone in other
matters, 50 that we may prosper In our
business. HOWARD EIEI.HNe.