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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-24

W. NJ. Wilkinson, who returned from
Europe last week on the steamship
Spaarndam left his star, Alexander Sal
vini at the paternal villa. near Flor
euce. Young Salyina, he says is worn
.ut with his last seasons long tour,
which did not end until the first week
in June He will therefore remain in
Italy for the next couple OF months to
enjoy absolute rest and refrigeration.
Early in November he will resume his
tour.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-09-24

Perishable Produce.
There seems to be no limit to the in
The record-union., 1896-07-05
For the Record Union
10 uESITATING AMERICA.

O, land whose governor is sweet liberty.
Whose boast, IS honor, and whose pride
is strength;
How art thou leveled in disgraceful
length
In the black dust of inconsistency,
Thou, that of old, didst claim thy SOW
ereignty,
And from the sovereign who oppressed
thee, Wrenched
The right 10 govern, and with strong
hand clenched
Round freedom S ensign, vowed tn eternai
free!
Now to sit souless; or still worse. to let
Thy servants daily with most tedious
While struggling Cuba's blood-fired sun
doth set
And Cubas patriots fall like their own
stalks.
Thou, that vast once so placed in strug-
Cling flame,
And just rebellion 'gainst dark tyranny.
Hast thou no heart? y shame, my coun-
try, shame.
Neglect to act will damn thee eternally.
But if they conquer (and may all the stars
OF right and justice lend their strongest
charms;
Valor be theirs, and fortune attend tnelr
arms y
And weakened, yet strong, they issue from
their wars,
To face the world imbeautied by their
Armored and weaponed for that world 5
alarms,
Ready and strong to parry ensuing
harms
How wilt thou feel, that feared Spain's
trifiing bars?
Perchance-Ah, yes! the hand thou feared
TO give,
With kindness int, to help their strug-
Cling cause,
Thou'lt freely offer, seeing they win and
live,
And are triumphant in Gods righteous
laws.
Perchance, indeed, thoult smile and
look benign r
Craven of cravens! And thy stars sui
shine!
But if they fall-if loathsome tyranny
So thinly masked behind the name OF
Spain,
Doth leave the victory-doth once more
enchain
A noble people to ignoble slavery
And thou close by. with eyes that PLAINLY
see,
With able hand and understanding
The boasted guardian of oppressed do
maini
Why shouldn't God wreak vengeance on
thee?
And blast thy beauty, as within the isle
Best named Misfortune tho as CUBA
known
Beauty is blasted in the iron smile
Of brutal hell, and such as hell-brutes
own ,
Shame goddess Spain. Shame for thy
grievous err.
And shame, thrice shame, thou ldIu lhe
@EI,WYN IRVING HOFFMAN.
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his level best to overhaul the Capital
City Wheelmen's Captain, but it was
useless. Readman passed ahead like
a rocket and left his gallant opponent
over half mile to the rear before the
heat was half over, and finished in 13 %.
his best time being his last mile, 2:37.
The cheers were thunderous when
Readman was rushed off to the sweat
house to be rubbed down, and the roar
followed him clear ou. of the track
Lester Young, the favorite, came on
for the last relay for Sacramento amid
cheers and applause, and Joe Maley
for Stockton got a round, too, for the
plucky manner in which he started off
after his man came up, by which time
Young was away off towards the
mountains. Maley made a noble effort
to overhaul him, and did lessen Stock
tons loss considerably. On the second
mile Young was fully rs miles ahead,
but Maley brought it down to about a
mile. The heat closed in Sacramento's S
grasp in 1917 1-5.
Young's best mile was his first.
2:2S 2-5. and Maley's was 2:31. The
finish by Young was a splendid squirt
and won him rounds of applause.
Sacramento thus won the race nicely,
the relay timer giving the total for the
race as 2:2:31 1-5. But the timers for
the relay heats gave the figures stated
above, and these added make the fifty
miles wheeled in 2:21 :55-a natural dis
crepancy where fractions were so fire.
quently stopped off. The timers miles,
by addition within a very few seconds of
that of the full race time given officially,
namely, 2:22:4J The Stockton rider
on the last mile came in 3:22 % be-
hind which is the measure by which the
Slough City lost the contest.
To-day the Capital City Wheelmen
will take their guests, the Stockton re-
lay riders, their friends attending them,
the Terminal City Juniors, and the Lin
coin Wheelmen to Patterson's Grove for
a picnic this morning. The run will be
over the Folsom wheelway from the
clubrooms, at a. m. sharp. The Capt.
tai Citys urge all their members TO at
tend The picnic will be confined to
club members, their ladies, and the
guests of theday
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SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVES.
The BuShmen, the HOttentotS and thf
BantuS or KairS.
Three Races That Inhabit the Country
The Kafrs Much Above the
Level of the Others.

When the Dutch fixed their first post
at Cape Town, in 1862, with no thought
either of colonization or of conquest,
but for the sake of having gardens
which could supply fresh vegetables to
the scurvy-stricken crews of their ships
sailing to the East, they found three
native races inhabiting the country,
One of these, the Bushmen, though few
in numbers, were widely scattered over
the whole of South Africa. They were
nomads of almost the lowest kind, with
marvellous faculty for tracking and
trapping wild animals, but neither own
ing cattle nor tilling the soil. with
scarcely even a tribal organization, no
religion, and a language consisting of
a succession of clicks. Unable to ac
custom themselves to civilized life
driven out of some districts by the
settlers, and in others no longer able
to find support, owing to the extinction
of game, they are now almost extinct
though a few are still left in the des-
erts of the Kalahari and Northern
Bechuanaland. Before many years the
only trace of their existence will be in
the remarkable drawings of animals
with which they delighted to cover the
SUUOOtH surfaces OF GOckS. IneSe draw
ings, which are found all the way from
the Zambesi to the Cape, and from
Maniacland to the Atlantic, are exc
cuted in red and yellow pigments, and
are often full of spirit and character
The second race was that which the
Dutch called Hottentot. They were of
a reddish or yellowish black hue, taller
| than the Bushmen, but with squat
and seldom muscular figures a
| thoughtless, cheerful, easy-going peo-
| pie, who roved hither and thither with
| their fiocks and herds as they could
| find pasture. They were decidedly su-
| perior to the Bushmen, whom they
hated, but were quite unable to with
stand Europeans, and their numbers
rapidly declined, partly from the loss
of their best grazing grounds, but
| largely, also, through epidemic dis
| eases, and especially smallpox, which
ships, touching on their way from In
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dia, brought into the country. They
are now, as distinct race. almost ex-
tinct in the colony, though a good
deal of their blood has passed into the
mixed black population of Cape Town
and its neighborhood-a population the
other elements of which are Malays
and West Coast negroes. the descend
ants of slaves imported in the last
century. PARTNER north, on the south
side of the Orange River. and bevond IL
in Namagualand, small tribes cognate
to the Hottentots still wander over the
dreary plains.
Very different from these weak Bush
men and Hottentots was, and is the
third native race, those who are called
Bantu Ca word meaning "people'0 bv
themselves and Kaiirs by Europeans.
The word Kafir is Arabic, and means
an infidel Qiterally ''one who Genies'0.
L is applied by Mussulmans not merely
to these South Africans, but TO other
heather: IS for instance, by the Afghans
to the idolaters of Kafiristan. in the
H indu- -Kush Mountains. The Portu-
guese probably took the name from the
Arabs. whom they found already set
tied on the east coast. These Bantu
tribes-if We may class those as Bantus
who speak languages of what is called
the Bantu type-fill all East Africa from
the regions of the Upper Nile south
ward.
Those who dwell south of the Zambesi
are generally strong and well-made
men. sometimes as black as a Gulf OF
Guinea negro sometimes verging on a
brown tint; and though they have the
wooHy hair and thick lips generally
characteristic of the negro. individuals
are often found among them whose cast
of fea lures suggests an admiXture Of
Semitic blood. They are more prolific
| than the Hottentots, as well as physi-
cany stronger and better made. and they
were further advanced in the arts Of
life. Some of the tribes dug out and
worked iron and COPPER; all of them
used iron. Their chief wealth lay in
their cattle; horses they did not possess,
but where the land was fit for tillage
they cultivated it. They had no relg-
ion, except in sort Of magic, and that
worship of the ghosts of ancestors
which seems to be the most widely diff
fused of all human superstitions. In
stead of a priesthood. there were wiz
ards or medicine men, often powerful
as the denouncers of those whom the
chief wished to put TO death. INTEL
lectually they were very much upon the
level of the native races of West Af-
rica-By James Bryce. in the Cen
tUry."
The record-union., 1896-07-05
VALCE. OF GAME.


The value OF game is becoming ap-
parent more and more. Until recently
little or no attention was paid to the
amount of game killed and shipped
out Of a state, and the capturing of
wild game in one State to stock de-
pIeted covers in another was not re-
garded as worth legislating against
Recently, however, a number of States
have awakened to the idea that market
hunting and the trapping of game to
be shipped out Of the State is like kill
ing the proverbial goose which laid
eggs Of gold
1t is pleasing to see the effete covers
of the East restocked by the intro
duction of birds from the West and
South, but there is no good reason why
the uEdepleted covers of new coun-
try should be sacked to restore the
covers which have been brought to a
condition of balrenness by improvi-
dent people and. the ravages OF the
market hunter The game of some
States in the West and South is in
every way as valuable as a mine of
mineral To-day 1t is valuable; each
additional year, as the country in
creases in population, it will be more
valuable, and its greatest value is in
bringing to these States the sportsmen
who hunt 1t leGitimatcly. This the ma
tives OF many Southern and Western
States now recognize.
We nave recently seen an illustra-
tion of the value of live game to a
State in the law of the State of North
Carolina governing the transportation
CT quail or partridge, and the efforts
of the transportation companies to en-
force the law. The law says:
mo person shall export or trans
port from the State any quail or part
ridge whether dead or alive, and any
person violating this section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not
exceeding $50 or Imprisonment not
more than thirty days for each offense"
Both the Atlantic Coast line and the
southern express companies have is
sued circulars to agents, and ordered
that under no circumstances is the law
to be violated.
The North Carolina law, with efforts
OF the transportation companies and
many of the natives to secure its en-
forcement, is likely to check the filling
OF large orders for live birds which we
learn have been sent there.
These measures. we think, are steps
in the right direction, and will un-
doubtediy result in considerable in
crease cf birds in their native covers,
where they are likely to thrive best
The market hunter will be curbed
ard the citizens of the State will be
benefited. Under the new order of
things the game will bring into the
State a much larger sum OF money,
which viii be distributed among a far
greater number of people.-Shooting
and Fishing.
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The Wrong Kind.

Boy Customer want to look at
some socks.
Clerk-Fast colorS?
mo, blame it! 1 am a messenger
boy"-Bay City Chat.
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Its Value.

"You have some very valuable prop
erty, l believe" said the tall man
carelessly.
The little man looked at him sharply
THAT depends" he said.
Depends on what?'"
ION whether you want to buy it OF
assess it.''-Chicago Post.
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He Was Mistaken.

MAGISTRATE (to elderly witness
Your age, madam?
Witness-Thirty.
Thirty what?'
Years.
Thanks. 1 thought it might be
months. Texas Sitter.
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Knew What He Wanted.

Young Gent-Unl-er-dO you ever
take back goods and-and return the
money?
Jeweler-No, sir; but if you have an
enga cement ring I'll melt it up for you
and pay for the gold.-New York
Weekly
The record-union., 1896-07-05
Jacob HeintZ's Funeral.

The funeral of the late Jacob Heintz
will take place at 2 p. III. to-day from the
undertaking parlors Of George H. Clark,
1O17 Fourth street.
The record-union., 1896-07-05
In a Bad Fix.

Dawson is in a dreadful dilemma,
poor fellow!'
What is his trouble?''
HE snores so loudly he can't sleep"
-Tit-BitS.
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He picked the bonnet up in haste,
Knowing he had no time to waste;
And ran from store to home-a mile
For fear it would go out of style
-,CrIIt b
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Sitting close up to the heater is he,
Expectantly holding his breath;
And the heater does nothing but gurgle
with glee
AS it watches him freezing to death.
Washington Star.
The record-union., 1896-07-05

Don't ape the silly busy bee
His rashness can't be beat:
He stores Up honey, as you see,
Which other people eat.
Milwaukee Sentinel
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What They All Say.

"You have small foot, Marie"
'Oh, no; have on fives, but of course
1 can wear threes; and in gloves my
size is skies, but 1 generally get sew
ems. Chicago Record.
The record-union., 1896-07-05

Midst all these joyous lays of spring,
'Tis proper here to beg.
You'll not o'eriook the humble hen
Who lays the Easter egg.
Washington Star.
The record-union., 1896-07-05

Some of the newspaper editors are
recommending the cycle sc0rcher to
wait till he gets out on to the country
roads before he goes to scorching. A
narrow path by country roadside is
no place for scorching. 1t is too dan
gerous for both scorcher and pedes-
trian. There's no room for the scorcher
anywhere except on the race track. No
one wants him elsewhere. The scorcher
must go.
The record-union., 1896-07-05

can will clean any chain perfectly. Oil
we'll and work 1t in; now wipe dry and
put on graphite, and the chain will run
smoothly.
The record-union., 1896-07-05

Take a can six inches in diameter and
three inches deep. coil chain and place
in can; pour in gasoline to cover chain;
put on a tight-fitting cover and shake
/. for few minutes. Pour off gasoline
and repeat once. II five minutes this
The record-union., 1896-07-05

A bicycle bang" has been invented
for those whose hair has grown limp
and straight under the influence of the
heat and wind until their dearest
friends would describe them as per
feet frights." 1t is simply fringe of
hair to be pinned to the wearer's own
browning glory and it has been so
treated by chemicals that it viii re-
main curled on the hottest day or even
in a fog.
The record-union., 1896-07-05

What kind of a wheel are you going
to get?''
ITO tell you the truth I haven't de-
cided; there are now over 1000 best
makes to choose from, and each of
your friends goes the other one better,
when he is telling you how much bet
ter the make he rides is than any other
best make made. Brooklyn Life.
The record-union., 1896-07-05

William Ingram, of Schaw. Ingram
hatcher & Co. of Sacramento has
The record-union., 1896-07-05

One great moral influence not yet
credited TO the bicycle is indicated in
the fact that horses are now so cheap
ii the West that horse stealing is no
longer worth while, and that species OF
crime has practically disappeared.
Middletown transcript., 1896-05-02
The Greatest Excursion.

The coming of the circus is looked upon
as one of the most notable of annual events
but when that circus is Baraum & Bailey's
the interest Is doub1y increased. The date
of this big show is near at hand as they
will exhibit at Wilmington Del. May 8
which will be the only appearance of the
show in this vicinity this season. and for
which occasion extra preparations have
been made by the railroad to handle the
enormous crowds that will doubtless at
tend, special low rate for the round trip
in most instances including admission to
the show have been made by the various
roads and when necessary extra trains will
be run.
The Barnum & Bailey circus this year is
the very best ever seen under the name
which is high praise indeed, yet the circus
itself is only small part of the big show
W hich comprises also the menagerie, the
animal circus, the ethnic entertainment
called Oriental India with lots of strange
people, and by the way a great feature
which is carried by no other show-the
hippodrome and many other features. There
are also so trained horses which appear in
q majestic performance in one ring at one
time, the human arrow shot from cross
bow away up into space, numberles5 H4ipg
pictures of q wonderfully interesting, char
acter, "a trained elephants, flock Of oss
triches, two lady clowns and ringmasters,
high Jumping and long distance lcaping
horses and ponies, many novel races. the
new weman in bloomers on horse back. so
cages of wild beasts, with myriad curious
and rare animals, never seen before in cap
tivlty.
Middletown transcript., 1896-05-02
CHESAPEAKE CITY.

John NJ. Reed Jr., was in Philadelphia
part of last week.
A surprise party was rendered Jacob
Metz on Tuesday evening and number OF
his friends were present
George B. Conrey was with relatives in
Philadelphia part Of this week.
Miss Alice M. Boulden spent part of las
week with friends in Philadelphia
Mrs. Lavina Tapley. of Philadelphia.
was the guest of Mrs. Thomas Cleaver this
week.
Miss May Beaston. of Middletown, was
he guest of Miss Elsie Karsner, on Thurs
day last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mccullough, of Elk.
ton, spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry H. Brady.
DR.. and Mrs. Edwin Graves, of Marietta,
Pa. spent Sunday with her par ents, Mr..
and Mrs. John M. Reed.
A number of young ladies of the town
gave leap year dance in Martins Hall ON
Wednesday evening of last week. The visi-
tors were-Misses May Beaston and Helen
Price. Harry Manlove of Middletown; Miss
Clara Paxson, Messrs. Merritt, Eugene and
Harold Paxson, of Summit Bridge; Miss
Beaulah Crawford, of Warwick; Fred Gil
pin, of Elkton; George Brier. Of Washing
ton.
Middletown transcript., 1896-05-02

4a
always in season, Hopkins Steamed
Hominy (Hulled Corn). Elegant lunch in
MIX. or can 10c.
Remember that ]. F. McWhorter has
full line Of carriage and agricultural
Implements on hasd.
WHoLEsALE IcE RArEs.-By George
Booth as follows: As cents per 100 lbs up to
300 lbs; from. 800 to 500 lbs, 40 cents; 500
o 1000 lbs, 3s cents; 1000 to 1000 lbs, IS
cents; special rates on larger quantity.
PROVISIONAL CARp.-Dr. w. 2. Barnard
Surgeon Dentist, Office same location, OPP
posite the post Office. All operations per-
tanning to dentistry guaranteed. Odon-
u nder and Gas for painless extracting.
Mrs. Fannie Lockwood announces that
she will continue the millinery business OF
the late Miss s. A. Howell at her old stand
on West Main street. She has full new
stock Of spring goods, and is showing some
of the most stylish trimmed hats aud bon
nets of the season. Patrons old and new
will do well to inspect her goods.
Middletown transcript., 1896-05-02
PrImary EIectior,.

At the meeting Of the Republican County
Executive Committee last Saturday. May
% was fixed as the date for holding the
primary election for sheriff. coroner,
receiver Of taxes. and comptroller. DR..
L. II. Ball, Of Mill Greek hundred. was
elected chairman in place of NJ. B. Burris,
Esqr, who resigned because Of pressure Of
business.
The primary election for delegates to the
State Convention will be held on Saturday
nexi, May 9th, between the houn Of 4 and
7o'clock the polls remaining open ct lsast
two hours. Those who want to vote, and
every Republican should yots. should b Il
the polls bsfors o'clock % thsy may eloss
at that hour II promptly opened at Z. The
houn and places win - named ~ ~
eommittss. vote q he plinsriu.
Middletown transcript., 1896-05-02
DELAWARE CITY.

Harry Ellison was in town on Sunday.
Miss Edna Ubil has returned from Salem
NJ.
John Swan Jr. win spend Sunday Al
home.
Rev. George s. Gassner visited Lewes on
Monday.
Miss Hannah Swan is expected home on
Saturday.
Fred. Ford. of New Castle. was in town
Sunday.
Mrs. C. A. ogle has returned from visit
to New Castle.
Norman Cleaver. of Philadelphia. spent
Sunday in town.
Miss Bina Foard spent few days in
Philadelphia this week.
Miss Laura Dunlap has returned from u
short visit to Wilmington.
A noteworthy fact-the fence around the
school yard has been repaired.
Miss EdnalCorneliu, g.iest was the of he
aunt, Mrs. Hemphill, this week.
Mrs. Sarah Robinson, of Wilmington,
visited friends in town this week.
Mrs. Harman. from near Townsend. is
being entertained by the Misses Janvier.
Mr.. William Vail and family spent Sun
day with his mother near McDonough.
George Wharton the popular baggage
master on the Baltimore train is quite sick.
James FARRELL. from near Middletown,
spent Friday with his brother Alex. FARRELL
Mrs. John R. Swan and Miss Nellie Swan
visited Mrs. Robert Banks, near Stanton
this week.
Mrs. N. g. Price attended the Council of
the Daughters of the King held in Balti-
more this week.
DR.. Charles Kincaid, of Wilmington,
spent few hours in town on Wednesday,
also Mr.. Metten, of Middletown.
Rev. Henry L. Philips. of New Jersey, a
former rector of Christ Church, Delaware
City. suffered from a stroke of paralysis re-
Gently.
John Warren met with an accident at
Fort Delaware on Thursday. His thumb
nail was torn off, ana o ly for his presence
of mind his arm would haye been injured.
Lieut.. James E. Booth. of Wilmington,
formerly of New Castle, and who is we'll
known here. has formally announced his
marriage to Miss Sue Hamilton. Mr. and
Mrs. Booth reside in Wilmington.
An unusually fine entertainment will be
given under lthe auspices of the Whist
Club on Thursday evening, May 7th.
when .The Arabian Nights" will be rem
dered by several members of the club.
Mrs. Mary Gallagher. an aged lady of 81,
died at the residence of her grandniece,
Mrs. Griffin few days ago. and her remains
taken to Philadelphia for interment. She
was the widow of well known Philadel-
phia physician.
The Odd Fellows attended divine service
in body at the M. e. Church on Sunday
morning; the pastor, Rev. Il. s. Thompson
made an interesting address. Visitors were
present from Bear Station and ST. Georges
About 20 men attended the service.