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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-21
ELECFRlC ELEVATORS.

The earliest application OF the elc,--
trir motor ~ elevator machinery cou-
SISTED IN operating an ordinary drum
hoist by motor hrlted TO Il In the
ordinary manner, Probably one OF
the first elevations thus operated In
the United States was ut the rcmbar-
ton MILLS at Lawrence, Mass, in 1854.
The writer also assisted In installing
mae hiue ot this kind at the Amer
lean Institute fair at New York In
lNS,. The latter machine which was
Il talr example ~ the electrically
driven belt hoist, consisted OF a Morse
Williams hclt-powor screw hoist helted
to counter shaft, which In turn was
operated by Il Sprague electric motor,
constantly running, after being started
by means Of an ordinary motor start
ing box, The movement of the car
was controlled, rs in any power hoist,
Ivy means of Il hand rope operating tho
belt Shtrtcr of the winding machine,
which was equipped with the brake
and safety devices common in such
machines, The electric motor simply
took the place OF any other power such
M Il steam, gas or water engine. and
porSscSScd the advantage OF being moro
flexible and cleaner. and, perhaps,
slightly more efficient, but otherwise
retained all the disadvantages Of tho
ordinary power hoist, and therefore
was not applicable to hIgh-class pass
cngrr service. The successful opera
ton OF the electric street car motor,
with It's direct gearing to the car axcl
and Wvcrsihiltty with liked brushes,
led to the rapid introduction OF similar
lSSS tho dircctgwlrod electric elevator,
in which the motor sha Ct waS directly
connected To the holSting machine, and
was started, stopped, regulated and
run III either direction from the cle-
vator ear, first made its appearance.
Stree that time various notifications
Of the hostng machinery, motor and
regulating devices have been made.
and two distinct types of electric hoist
Ing mechanism have been CONNER
cially developed tho winding drum
machine In which the hoisting cables.
attached to the elevator car, arc
wound ON Il drum rotated 10y n motor
In either direction, and the screw ana
sliding nut machine, In which the ga
hles run over n number of multiply
ing shcaves attached to a rrosshead
which Is moved longitudInally along
A variety of other methods have also
been devised and patented In which
the electric motor Is placed directly
ON the elevator cm Casters Mng'l-
zine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-21
PETITION.
ny Celia 'rhnxtcr.

My llttlo grandson three years old
Sleeps by my bedside nightly,
Through the long hours of dark and
cold
Dreaming he slumbors lightly,
lie feels my lovo around him fold
And In Its heart reposes,
Upon his hair n CLEAN OF gold,
His cheeks like dnmaak roses,
OFT through the chill and silent night
stretch hand carossing
TO draw the blanket warm and light
About him with blessing
In sleep he feels that touch 30 sweet.
So lingering and tender.
Turns his dear face my palm to meet
With soft and glad surrender
o God OF pity and OF love,
Have patience with our blindness,
Thy hand IL stretched our heads above
Warm with thy watchful Kindness.
Give us this babys perfect faith!
Whatever Ills aBsail us,
Help M to feel in Life or Deh
That Thou wilt never fail us.
Youths Companion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-21
THE BALL NOZZLE.

According TO chief Bonner the ball
nozzle, which has excited 80 much In
tcrest throughout the country, In
destined to work radical and highly
beneficial change In the system OF
lighting fire. Instead Of working at
distance with straight streams, fire-
men. by using the ball nozzle. can en-
ter burning buildings and work at
close range, thus not only doing more
effective work, lat avertlng to con-
siderable extent the serious damage
to lrtcrlor property, and In many
cases ths system viii enable tiremen
to save The lives Of inmates Of burn
Ing buildings New York Tribune.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-21
THE STATUS or MRS. FISK"

Now, Mr.. Fisk" began the lawyer
who conducted the discrimination
lis II not fact that you harbor fe-
male who goes by the name Of Mrs.
Fisk" YES. sir" "DO you not sup
port herr" II do, sir" lis she your
legal Wife," "No. slr"-JlTors
scowled "Yoi will admit that, al
though You have never been married
to her she lives with your" Yes,
sir "rhat Is all. Yon may step
down" The legal light looked yletod
onsly at the jury. "One moment. Mr.
Fisk" said the opposing lawyer.
what rcla tIon exists between You
and the lady referred to-" "She Is
my grandmother st. Louis ChrUl-
iclc
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-21

occasion being the touch OF color In
t0duced by masses OF mountain
primroSeS among the floral decora-
ttons and the bouquet carried by the
bride, 1t is said that these flowers
were used to commemorate roman
tic Incident connected with the en-
easement of the happy couple
Washington star,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-21

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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-21

Timothy NJ. Healy and Arthur
O'Connor have been expelled from the
governing committee of the Irish
party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21
SHARP CAMPAIGNING,
Story of How Representative Cut
Out an Opponent.

As Star writer was coming up the ave-
nue. from the Capitol one afternoon this
week he overlook a southern Congressman.
OF course. 1t had to be that way, for no
Congressman coming up the avenue from
the Capitol would overtake anybody. He
isn't there for that purpose; he walks for
pleasure, and wants it to last just as long
as it will. So he strolls. Then they both
strolled, and they talked as they strolled.
the NJ. c. of a story.
During one of my campaigns" said he,
Il was doing the rough country, and one
day, riding along the road with my cam
paign companion, We caught up with a ma
tive carrying what we were quite sure
were two two-gallon jugs in meal sack
thrown across his horse We logged along
with him, and l began to do little pump
ing, though without making myself known
to him.
Its none of my business said, after
some beatir G around the bush. But what
have you got in the jugs?
Ordinarily explained the NJ. c., that
sort of question would Re dangerous to
ask for if the contents happened TO be
'moonshine' ard the qUeStioner happened
to be suspected of being a 'revenoo,' trou-
BILE would very likely ensue. But was on
safe ground, for ] could easily prove my
identity if necessary.
Them? he answered, slapping the Jug
next to me.
Ives. What have you got in them? I'm
no temperance man. l limited.
This time he laughed.
oh he said, I've got votes
Votes? said 1, questioningly.
Shore
How do you mean?' 1 asked, for 1
didn't seem to catch on.
"'Notes, he repeated. Then he spelled it
out, 'V-o-t-e-s.'
81 understand that part But how do
you mean? Who are they for?'
IL
"'oh. and I smiled, fqr the judge was
my opponent. How many have you?
Thirty-two.'
Now, look here said l. Let up on
that and tell me what you've got
Two gallons Nv good old red liquor in
each jug. and two jugs; eight pints to the
gallon, anc vote to the pint
That was straight, and 1 thanked him.
"'You are sure it isn't moonshine%
said
81 shore am he said Indignantly You
don't reckon votes in these parts is only
with a pint NV moonshine apiece, do you?
Not much; but it's different with the good
old red liquor
Then 1 began a diplomatic movement,
which resulted in my buying the whole
four gallons, on condition that he would
deliver the lot to the landlord of the tav-
ern where l was going to stop in the next
town, about six miles further ahead l
paid him the cash--$4 a gallon, too, by the
way-and later l explained the situation to
the landlord, who was an active friend of
mine, and laughingly told him that /
thought perhaps l had cut in bit on the
judge, and he the landlofD might have
the liquor to use in his house. He didn't
say anything about that part of it, and 1
never did ask him what he did with it, but
when the returns came in, l had beaten
the judge in that precinct by thirty-two
votes. Perhaps it was a coincidence" con-
cluded the statesman. Il can't say as to
that; merely narrate the facts.
"Of course said The Star writer, and
the stroll continued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21

and Pa swallows Ma with Tim, Slim and Jim
in her, then Pa would be as big as OK, and
the old duck would be afraid of him, and
never come and worry us any more"
This they all agreed would be a capital
plan.
So Slim swallowed Jim, and Tim swallow
ed Slim with Jim in him, and Ma swallowed
Tim with Slim and Jim in him. and Pa swal-
lowed Ma with Tim, Slim and Jim in her;
and though he felt rather tight. he couldn' t
help feeling very proud. especially when Ma,
sounded to him like the roaring of lion.
Pa didn't feel much inclined TO jump Just
then. though he felt very lght-hearted, so
he sat down. patiently waiting for the old
duck. Well, it wasn't long before the old
duck came along, and soon as Pa frog
saw him, he and his family inside set up
terrible croaking, but the duck wasn't a bit
frightened, and only hurried forward more
greedily, being delighted :uee. so fat a
frog. Then he said "Qu2ck: nuackw opened
his mouth wide and goblet ,iown Pa frog
waddled away toward the farm as quickly
as ever he could.
Now there was sly fox, who had been
watching, and before the duck had gone very
far the fox jumped out from behind the
hedge and carried him off to his hole, in
tending to make a hearty meal in safety,
but no sooner had he laid .he duck down
when Pa frog jumped out of the dead duck S
mouth. and Ma jumped out of Pa, and Tim
jumped out of Ma, and Slim jumped out of
Tim, and Jim jumped out of Slim-which
strange sight so frightened the old fox that
he ran off and was never seen near the farm
any more, and the old duck was dead the
five frogs lived in peace and happiness fer
ever after,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21
A MOOSE STORY.
The RelatOr Had Hard Time and
VIII Not Repeat 1t.

Telling stories is fad now. A Star
writer heard one spoiled by an inquisitive
listener at Wizards.
Il was up in Maine last summer" said
one Of the loungers, where 1 had a most
exciting chase after a moose"
What part of Maine?" asked the listen
er.
"Old Orchard" was the prompt reply.
1.-The nearest moose is 800 miles on an air
line from Old Orchard
II said an old orchard" said the story
teller ut was north of Waterville. 1 went
hunting, not expecting to find anything
larger than a jack rabbit"
Hold on said the listener, there are
no jack rabbits in Maine"
WELL by jack I meant a male, just as we
speak of male mules. Well, as l said, / did
not expect to see anything bigger than a
he rabbit, and had gone down into stub
bic when l heard something squeal, and,
looking up in an old apple tree, l saw a big
moose sitting in the forks of limb, ready
to spring"
See here; do you mean to say that a
moose was in tree? Don't you know that
a moose Is bigger than bull and wears
horns?"
Certainly. As said, 1 saw in what 1
took to be an apple tree a moose, and as l
approached it, 1 saw that what looked to
be the trunk of the tree was the animal
body, he sitting on his launches, and the
limbs of the tree were the moose's horns.
while in the crotch of the horns was his
mouth, which was open, showing his teeth,
and he was Squealing."
But the mans audience was gone, and
the story teller went away, muttering,
Il seem to be kind of off on mooses. I've
got to try some other ANIMAL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21
HE OBJECTED,
And the Wedding Guest Made His oh.
lection Stand Good.

Il attended a mountain wedding in Nc
Dowell county, W. Va" said well-known
post Office inspector to Star writer
Everything went along smoothly at first,
the cabin was brilliantly lighted with can
dies and one of the best fiddlers in the coun-
ty was present to furnish music for tho
danes to follow the wedding ceremony,
Nothing occurred to mar the proceedings
until the minister came to the point where
he invited any one who had anything to say
why the couple should not enter the bonds
of matrimony to speak or thereafter hold
his peace, when a rough-looking mountains
eer arose and said:
Anything ter say, parson? Wall, I
reckon l hev. / hev allus intended ter mar
ry that gal myself an tibet Teller knowed IL,
so he jess KEEP outen my way. l sent i'm
word to prepare for lickin' an he lef' the
country, but KEEP a-writin' ter the gal Now,
I'm here ter make my word good, an fore
faced coward has me ter fight
In vain the preacher tried to restore or
der. A ring was soon squared in the center
of the room and the men went at IL. In
about ten minutes the groom announced
that he had enough, and the victor taking
the arm Of tie blusbing bride, deliberately
changed the groom's name in the marriage
license to his own, while the vanquLshed
lover made his escape. Everybody ap-
peared to be satisfied, and the marriage took
place as though nothing had occurred to
mar the solemnity of the OCCASION
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21
A MOUNTAIN COURTSHIP,
Sudden md Successful Wooing De-
scribed by m .Mitnesn.

Sudden and Successful Wooing De-
scribed by an Eyewitness.
II was in whats known as the nag
pond district Of Unicoi county, Tenn
said a travelling man eto Star writer
when young man rode up in front of the
cabin where 1 was stopping and spoke to
girl who was dipping water from a spring
"Howdy. SAIL
"Howdy, Toni"
Come jump on the boss an go to Erwin
with me-"
what fur?'
Ter git married..
But yo' hain't done coted me yit."
Il know / hain't, but I've done been too
pestered with work. 1 allus intended ter
marry yer though
But haint got no Cos" demonstrated
the girl.
"Well. We'll jess ride on yon side of Err
win to Sister Mays in the cove, an I'll git
yer dress"
"Sholy, Tom?'
"Sholy, Sal"
What kin of dresso"
BEST thar is in loves sto."
Not another word was said. Sal dropped
the bucket and jumped on the horse, shout
ing to her mother:
Nam, me an Tom Is going ter git mar
ried at Erwin. Wen be by here in the
mornn'."
The mother started as if to,call her back,
but the horse was galloping down the lane,
and she went and carried in the bucket of
water without comment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21
PURSUED BY NO. 13,
How st. Louis Won the Convention
Despite u Horrible Hoodoo

The success of st. Louis in securing the
favor of the ma tional republican committee
the other day, and winning the big June
convention, had the effect of clim.na ting
the number IL superstition from the minds
of the Missourians pretty thoroughly
When the st. Louis delegation was up
pointed to como to Washington, eX-Con-
gressman Nathan Frank threw up his
hands In holy horror, and called attention
to the fact that there We're thirteen mem
hers of 1t. Instantly another name was
added, and the party journeyed eastward
Mr.. Frank, however. was still dubious
about the effect the original number would
have on the result of the fight for The con-
vention, and this impression was made
still more doleful when the train made ex-
this city. Mr. Kennard and other members
of the delegation tried to soothe Mr.
Frank on their way up from the depot and
believed they had succeeded. When the
Arlington was reached, however, Mr..
Frank gave cry of utter disfnay He had
been assigned to room No. 13 1--WE might
as well 20 back he cried; 81 know now
that the committee will dilly-dally and not
come to n ballot until Friday, and that
Will be the 18th of The month. The internal
hoodoo is on If. l tell you, and there's no
use trying to overcome It,"
The prospects, however, seemed to
brighten. and every member of the delcsa-
ton promised Mr.. Frank, with solemn pro
tCstations, that he would stop on his
twelfth drink. Mr.. Frank felt better as
Tuesday wore on. and made a rafting
good speech. but his hopes went to pieces
when the first ballot was announced-St.
Louis, 10!
He was absolutely disdpnsolate until the
next vote was taken. and then he beamed
After the fsst ballot, when St. Louis was
victorious. Mr.. Frank lied a colored man
to him and handed him rabbits foot and
a $40 bill. The colored brother smiled and
remarked: q L;
. Much bleege, MisSer Frank: I knowed
dat fut 'ud pull you abs put, kase a cross
eyed man wild a club: fut kilt de rabbit
whut dis fut cum FUN in de middle OBJ de
night in de Ebenezeri grabeyard.'
Mr.. Frank went back to ST. Louis with
the other hind foot of the self-same rab-
bitt, and it would be wise perhaps for
some shrewd candidate to hunt him up
along about June 16,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21
ROBBED HIS SWEETHEART.
A Strange Experience Of Washing
ton Detectives Professional Cnreer.

A Strange Experience of n Washing
ton Detectives Professional Career.
Il was Disguised few days ago at
case l worked up remarked a local de-
tective in the presence of Star writer.
"A young lady who was possessed of
considerable money and q number of jew
els sent for me- She had been robbed of
some diamonds valued at several hundred
dollars 1 finally found all but one pin,
they having been pawned. 1 obtained
description of the man who borrowed mon
ey upon them, but for several weeks could
not locate him. When l did, his landlady
said that he had left that morning and
was going to Baltimore. / watched tho
depot, and was soon rewarded by seeing
the man step out of hack. I seized his
arm and said: You are arrested! What
for?' he asked in a tone that showed he
was not much surprised, but greatly fright
ened. That will be explained at the sta
tion,' replied. There was feminine shrek
from the hack, and glancing into the
vehicle / saw 1t was my fair client. They
had just been married and were starting on
their wedding trip. 1 took In the situation
at a glance, and then realizing that / was
powerless under the new order Of affairs,
said: see now that YOU are not the man
1 want and let him CO. Then he began to
buster, and taking him aside l gave him
to understand 1 knew of his robbing the
girl to pay the expenses of his courtship
and he quieted down very suddenly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
The BrOtherly Love Which blossoms
in the American MetrOpOlL

The BrotherIy Love Which Blossoms
in the American MetrOpOlL
Its funny how New York likes to rub
1t in on Chicago on every OCCASION" remark
ed a travelling man at Washington hotel
to Star reporter.
And vice versa" replied the reporter.
II was over at New York not long ago."
continued the traveller. passing unnoticed
the reporters Latin land happened into
station house where one of the police cffi-
GERS is friend of mine. Just as 1 was on
the point of leaving a man came rushing in
looking as If he were badly scared.
Here, Mr. Officer he half shouted, I've
been robbed
"'Where?' inquired the officer.
Just around the corner
" How did it happen?
"A thief grabbed valuable charm off
Of my watch chain and ran off down the
alley with it
" Did he get the chain? asked the officer
with an evident purpose of getting an in
ventory before he got the thief.
{" No, he didn't
d" Nor the watch"
mo
" Nor your money?
" 'No-nothing but the charm
" Where's your residence?'
" I don't live here. I'm from Chicago
THE officers manner underwent mark
ed change.
"'Oh' he sneered, from Chicago. are
you? Well, what are you kicking about :?
DO you expect to be treated the same way
here you would have been treated by one
of those Chicago robbers? You're in luck
and the officer called up q sergeant and
turned the stranger over to him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21
COFFIN BATH TUB.
A Travelling Man Undergoes Pecu-
liar Experience at a Hotel.

A Travelling Man Undergoes Pecu-
liar Experience at a Hotel.
Il wanted a bath in a North Carolina
hotel" said travelling man to Star writer.
II rang for the bell boy-there was but
one-and when he arrived 1 asked him u.
they had bath tub about the house.
"Yes. sab; nice ones, sah, he said.
Bring me one
''In few minutes the boy returned, bring
ing on his shoulder coffin, with silver
plated handles and a lid all complete.
What does that mean? l asked, indg-
rantly.
Oats de bath tub, sab. De landlord
used to be in de undertaken business, sab,
and had some collins when he took dis hotel,
His son is a timer, sab, an jess lined de
collins with tin. Try it, boss You'll fin 1t
berry nice
''Conquering my scruples, I opened the
lid and found the coffin lined with tin. as
stated. and l took the bath, but l didn't feel
just right about it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21
IN OLDEN TINE.
Not in Congress Because He Was
Sent to Jail.

Not in Congress Because He Was
Sent to Jail.
That's where 1 intended to come when
1 started out in life" said an old man, as
he looked at the Capitol building. He was
talking to himself but the words were
audible to Star writer, who said:
"And you never realized your ambition ~
Not exactly, young man. was prom
ised the next nomination If l succeeded in
electing the candidate of my party / had
plenty of money and went to work, and
he was elected"
And you were not given the next nomi-
ration?"
Hardly. They couldn't very well. 1
was in jail for buying votes, and they gave
1t to another man. That was the last 1
ever had to do with politics If they hadn't
put me in jail I'd have come to Congress
over thirty years ago.