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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-12-09
TwENTY-NINE is DANGEROUS.
Statistics Show Man Commits More
Crime Then Than Any Other Time.

1t Is singular fact, yet one sub
stantiated by statistics, that most
crime is committed In this state by
men 20 year old. This Is not only
true of the lesser but also Of the
greater crimes, although a man lie
presumed to be at that period of his
life not only in the zenith of his
physical, but also in full and complete
possession of his mental powers, with
complete appreciation Of right and
wrong and their respective conse-
quences. This condition is problem
which has not been solved by the
student of criminology, and one which
is made the more complex by the fact
that the ages of 81, q and as years
nearly equal it, with the intervening
years showing a far, less percentage
of crime.
1t is indeed peculiar that the crimi-
nal tendency should be so strong at
29 with no such inclination, so far as
criminal statistics show, in as great
degree for the succeeding sixteen
years, and then another outburst OF
the animal in man. This condition is
found to be true by actual figures, and
as all statistical computations at
which average conditions are sought
to be determined are arrived at by
this method, so may the student OF
this subject, as well as the insur-
ance magnate who bases his rates on
the general average of losses in pro-
portion to the risk taken, and does
so with full safety, employ 1t in solv-
ing the problem before him.
Charles X. Baker, chief clerk to SUI
perintendent Lathrop, has made this
subject one of close study and will
soon have completed table showing
this to be true. He has already COM
sentences in the penal institu-
items, and has figures bear out the
general conclusion. He offers at this
time no explanation for this, but hopes
after he has exhausted the subject, so
far as the presentation of figures are
concerned, to be able to set forth rea-
sons why these years should be pro-
ductive of the most crime.
The following figures show how old
the various murderers who are serving
life sentences were when they com.
mitted the act for which they are serv-
ing time, together with how many like
crimes were committed at such speci.
fic year of age: Fifteen, /; sixteen, /;
seventeen, 2; eighteen, 2; nineteen, 1;
twenty, 2; twenty-one, 8; twenty-five,
8; twenty three, 6; twenty-four, s.;
twenty-five, g.; twenty six, 10; twenty
seven, H. twenty eight, Z; twenty nine,
u; thirty, s.; thirty-one, s; thirty-two,
q; thirty-three, 6; thirty-four. 6;
thirty-fve, Z; thirty-six, 6; thirty
seven, 8; thirty-eight, 5; thirty-nine,
a.; forty, 5; forty-one, 3; forty-two, 3;
forty-three, 6; forty-four, 8; forty-fiye,
q; forty-six; /; forty-seven, /; forty
eight, 3; forty-nine, 2; fifty, /; fifty
one, 0, tifty-two, 2; tifty-three, 2; fifty
four, 0; tifty-tive, q; tifty-six o.; fifty
seven, /; tifty-eight, o; tifty-nine, 1;
sixty, 0; sixty-one, l.; sixty-two, 0;
sixtyt three, l.; sixty-four, 1; sixty-five,
o.; sixty-six, 0; sixty-seven, /; sixty
eight, l.; sixty-nine. o. seventy, l.
Albany Times Union.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-12-09
NOTES OF THE DAY.

At Vermillion, S. D., Leslie Wash
burn died of consumption. He was a
jockey of national reputation.
/ Two Washingtonians, Lindsay G..
Burke and James Mellin, have been
killed by natives In Africa.
An American company is making
estimates on the cost of cable road
: from the City of Mexico to the sulphur
deposits in the crater of Popocatepetl.
Some people in the south are predict
ing that the current trend in cotton
manufacture will flood the north with
negro operatives and the south with
yankee white girls.
Several cases of bloomrrs were
among the booty taken by tramps from
freight car at Chillicothe, 0. The
police are puzzled to know what the
marauders intend to do with the gar
II ents.
A Minnesota farmer insists that
corn makes better and cheaper fuel
than coal. He raised enough corn on
ten acres to heat his house and feed
two horses and a COW through the
winter.
Rev. DR.. Henry w. Super LII. d.. re-
tired professor of church history in the
School of Ursinus college, Is dead. DIR.
Super was born in Baltimore in 1924
At Camden, N. j., John Brump, who
claims to live in Philadelphia, narrow
ly escaped lynching at the hands OF an
angry mob, because of an attempted
assault on 12-year-old mulatto girl,
Florence Pierce.
The Norfolk, Va, Landmark prints
the following news item "Mr. Quarts,
the socialist candidate for governor,
was seen upon the streets OF Rich
mond on Wednesday last peddling sus-
penders"
That great bridge at Montreal, 1000
feet in length, built to accommodate
two railroad tracks. two trolley lines
and two foot paths, is to be erected by
American contractors and made OF
American materials.
According to the Tribune, an air of
gloom prevailed about the works of
the National Metallurgical company,
for the $13 400 worth of gold expected
to materialize as the result of e. G.
Brice's alchemistic treatment of $3.50
forth of crude anthony and tin
failed to appear. Mr.. Brice and the
entire board of directors denied them
selves to seekers after information
and stated that more time would be
necessary.
At East Liverpool, O., w. H. Ban
field, principal owner of the Irondale
tin mill, has purchased a twenty-acre
tract of land for site for a big sheet
mill and steel plant, which Is to cost
$3.50, 900.
Richard Reddick, colored, who says
he was born July 5, TIT, has applied
at the department of charities for adj
mission to the home. He will be TAX
en- care of by the authorities.
In New York William C. Woodward,
alias big Hawley," who was convict
ed of attempted blackmail on Samuel
w. Brigham, was sentenced to five
years Imprisonment
A woman who died In Paris FIVE
years ago left her money to schools
for the poor. reserying $4,000 for the
support Of her pet tabby. The cat has
| just died and the school has come in
to the rest OF its inheritance.
According to the authority Of an
English magazine Great Britain con-
trolls twenty-one out of every 100
square miles of the earth's surface
end twenty-four out of every 100
square miles of territory in North and
South America.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-12-09

Birds in the bush" is new Wand
on American menus. A small hole is
made in the end of watermelon and
the core scooped out. The interior is
flled with breasts of chickens, leg
meat OF squads, Chinese mushrooms
and sprouts. Then the watermelon is
sealed up and boiled for two hours.
All the juices are retained. and when
served the melon is plugged in the
top.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-12-09
VETERANS AS HUSBANDS.

Much complaint has been made re-
Gently of the increasing number Of
young women who are marrying vet
trans OF the late war ostensibly for the
purpose of receiving their pension
after death. The inmates of the old
soldiers home in Togas. Me-, are
much alarmed over the recent sugges-
ton OF Pension Commissioner Evans,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-12-09

NJ. Patenotre, the French ambassa-
dor, presented his letter of recall and
took leave of President Mckinley.
The new Tennessee law against flirt-
ing with school girls will be tested
in a case soon to be tried In Knox
vile.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-12-09

"Oh dear!" sighed Johnnie, whose
clothes are made of his fathers old
ones" "Papa's got his mrstache shaved
off, and now l suppose I'll have to
wear it,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-12-09

What is the difference between a
gymnasium and a negro? One has a
pulley weight the other has wooley
pate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-12-09

Countryman to editor.-Would you
have any objections to telling me
your name?
Editor-Certainly not; John Smith
Countryman. swan,
thought it was something else.
Editor.-You did? What did you
think it was?
Countryman,-Well who's this Eddy
Torial | hear so much about.-Recor-
der, Lynn, Mass.
Just tell them that you saw me,
said the log as it shot into the saw
mill.
Mrs. Buyer: How much do you
charge for these crackers?"
Grocer--"Ten cents a pound. ma'aIn
Mrs. Dyer: pounds, please !"
(Takes crackers and leaves store.
Grocer: But, madam, aren't you
going to pay for them?"
Mrs. Buyer: What! l thought you
said you charged ten cents a pound
Grocer dies.)
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-12-09
IIUMOR

An easy way to tell young chicken
from an ola one is by the teeth. (Your
own, not the chickens.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-12-09

Princess Kaiulani was given an ova-
tion upon her arrival at Honolulu.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-12-09

Freddy ton Mammals lap):-"Oh
Mr.. Smith, wait minute. l want
to see you drink that lemonade
Mr.. Smith (the guest, smlling):-
Why do you wish that, my boy?"
Freddy" Cause | want to see how
you do it; Mamma says you drink like
a fish,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30

Turning first sods; laying founda-
ton stones; opening bridge; hospitals,
libraries, museums and other public
buildings; christening and launching
ships; assisting at bazaars; presiding at
public meetings and dinners; organic
ing funds for benevolent purposes and
attending to the proper administration
of them; ~patronizing a multitude of in
situations and enterprises and taking
active interest in the management and
development; preparing and delivering
hundreds of speeches; receiving adj
dresses and replying to them; reviewing
troops and fleets; visiting hospitals; rep
resenting the nation on important occa-
sions throughout Europe; entertaining
foreign royal visitors; bearing in mind
the birthday of every royal parsonage in
Great Britain and OH the continent and
dispatching suitable congratulations;
attending, officially and unofficially,
balls, concerts and innumerable other en-
tertainments; performing these many
and varied duties with discretion, so
as never to be associated with a failure,
never to interfere, directly or Indirect
ly, with any Of the myriads of public
and private interests and never to cause
friction or to create animosity-if this
by no means comprehensive catalogue
Of royal duties is not sufficient to excite
pity, whatever will?-London Truth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Imposing on the Dealers.

Aside from kid gloves, there is no
article sold in connection with which
merchants are so imposed upon by their
best customers as umbrellas. This is
a tender theme. The tempers of the
wives OF our best customers are not to
be trif1ed with when it comes to re-
turning half worn gloves or umbrellas.
With a dignity not attained on auy 9TH
er hemisphere in the habitahle globe,
she sails into the store of the merchant,
slams down the battered relic that has
acted as playhouse and tent for the chill
dren of the neighborhood and demands
a new umbrella for the "miserable
apology sold her only three months
ago." She declares it has only been
used three times and only with the
greatest care. The merchant has to &C.
cept this as final. offers her the choice
of his stock, and she ~sallies forth with
the air of a conqueror, conscious that
she has triumphed. Then he pockets his
loss and wonders what the next imposi-
ton will be, and people wonder why 80
many retail merchants fail or commit
suicide. If an umbrella is properly
made, of good material and decently
used, it will wear tor years. Hard
ware. :
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Western Forest Fires.

It is not generally known, says John
Muir in The Atlantic, that. notwith-
standing the immense quantities of tim
Der cut every year for foreign and home
markets and miners, from five to ten
times as much is destroyed as is used,
chiefly by running forest fires that only
the federal government can stop. Tray
elers through the west in summer are
not likely to forget the fire work dis
played along the various railway
tracks. Thoreau, when contemplating
the destruction of the forests on the east
side of the continent, said that soon the
country would be SO bald that every
man would have to grow whiskers to
hide its nakedness, but he thanked God
that at least the sky was safe. Had he
gone west he would have found out that
the sky was not safe, for all through
the summer months, over most of the
mountain regions, the smoke of mill
and forest fires is so thick and black
that no sunbeam can pierce it. The
whole sky, with clouds, sun, moon and
Itars. is simply blotted out. There is no
real sky and nc scenery. Not a moun-
tain is left in the landscape; at least
non is in sight from the lowlands, and
they all might as well be Oh the moon
as far as scenery is concerned.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
An Odd Profession.

A London firm which rents wedding
gowns to brides also furnishes a
father to give the bride away when
the marriage takes place too far away
from home to admit of parents and rela-
tives being present. This professional
father, as he might be appropriately
called. is an ex-major in the army and
a member of a fine old family. But he
is poor and Willingly gives away a bride
for a small money consideration. He is
said to look like a model father, with
snowy hair and a kind and lovable ex-
preston. Sometimes he is called upon
to manage a wedding breakfast, and he
is said to be a charming speaker. Sure
ly this is one of the oldest professions
of advanced days.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Literally

had a visit from a friend
Last week-'twas winter weather.
He was a chap who did commend
The matrimonial tether,
And, knowing as ] lie the wear
And tear of his life's station,
thought he'd come to change his care
For rest and recreation.
Therefore it was I welcomed him
With sympathetic feeling
And let no word or action dim
That Welcomes full revealing.
"1'm most sincerely glad you've come"
said, with heartiest diction.
.iJust do as you would do at home,
Without the least restriction"
We talked and smoked till late. and whan
closed the blinds ere going
To bed twas patent to my ken
That it was flercely showing.
Then to his room without delay
took him, and to zestful
"Good night" ! warmly added, "May
Your sleep be sweet and restful."
Next morn l saw, when / did lift
From sleep, that fellow go forth,
Sweep off the snow, tile ashes sift.
The scustles fill, and so forth;
Feed pigs ana chickens, currycomb
- The horse, and sans subtraction
Do just as he would do at home.
Fen to the merest fraction.
boston Courier.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
ANOBLEFOLLOWER
By A. L. DUANE.
copyright, 1897. by the Author.l

copyright. 1897, by the Author.l
We were going to Europe. Mrs. Wal
lis had written to me at Christmas
time, which l spent in the City Of
Mexico with Jack Darrell and his
wife, asking me to accompany her.
My pocketbook happened to be un-
usually high grade" just then-to use
a westernism-as Jack had taken me
down to Mexico in his private car and
given me no opportunity to squander
my modest income, so l wrote to Mrs.
Wallis and accepted her invitation.
New York was almost as much of a
foreign city to us as any we would see
on the other side of the Atlantic, but
cumscribed by the New York hotel, the
best shops and the passable theaters,
and in the nature of things we could
not expect to be escorted down to the
pier by the proprietors of any of these,
however sorry they might be to witness
our departure, being accustomed to the
ready friendships and cordial relations
of the west, we felt "A trife blue at hav-
ing no goodbys to say.
lnere was a regular CONFUSION OF
passengers and their friends all about
us, but not as many tragic scenes as l
had expected from the novels l had
read, judiciously padded with the de-
scriptions of ocean voyages made by
heroes going over to finish their educa-
ton, or heroines flying from their un-
happinesses.
Who isn't acquainted with the youth
or maiden who sits on deck and likens
his life to the stately ship blowing its
way through rolling pillows, or sees in
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Woes of the JeweIer.

"We are not running around looking
for jobs at mending jewelry," said a
salesman in a large Chestnut street jew
elry house, land we don't shrek with
joy when such jobs come in to us unso-
licited. You wouldn't believe it, posi-
bly,. but we are nc fond of assuming
charge of anything to be mended unless
it IN from a we'll known customer.
The greatest trouble is due to the forget
fulness of strangers, who take a watch
or a ring to a certain store to be fixed.
and neglect to remember the exact ad-
dress of that store. You'd be surprised.
how many cases of that sort we have to
bother US.
why, only the other day a man
came in here and asked if we had fin
ished the mate for his odd cuff but
ton. We hadn't seen his cuff button
and told him SO. He was indignant.
'Whatl' he yelled. Trying to beat me
out of it?' Then he called us all kinds
of names and threatened to bring suit
against us. Well, I simply had to do
the usual detective business and trace
that lost cuff button. I put on my hat
while the man was wran2ling with the
head of the firm and started up Chest
nut street, making inquiries in all the
jewelry stores. ] finally found the old
cuff button three blocks away in a store
that didn't look at all like ours. When
l told the man where his button was,
he wouldn't believe me. Utterly i'm
possible!' he said. However, he went
out, and we haven't seen him since.
That's one case out of many. ''-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
A Roman Candidate.

The aspirant to public office, like
other Roman gentlemen Of station, has
a few slaves, perhaps 90 or so, accord
ing to his wealth. His cubicularius,
otherwise valet, attends upon him and
brings him the robe which is so artistic.
ally whitened that from it he gets his
name of candidate. No tunic or fancy
waistcoat must be worn today, in order
that the candidate may better bare his
breast to display the wounds acquired
in the service of his country. After
duly submitting himself to the hands
of another slave, his barber, and after
partaking of a slight but dainty break.
fast, he is ready to 60 forth. 1t is market
day, and he must show himself to the
people, Or he must 60 to the polling
place, the Campus Martius, or pay a
visit to the forum.
On going abroad he must be accom-
panied not only by his supporters, but
by a few of his personal slaves. They
do not all accompany him upon the occa-
sion. His cook, for instance, for whom
his master had 70 pay more than for
his doctor or even for a learned pro-
fessor, must stay at home in order, with
the other slaves, his satellites, to pre-
pare toothsome morsels for the candi.
date and his guests on their return from
the fatigues of the days canvass. AS
becomes the dignity of the occasion, his
scurra, or butfoon, will not accompany
him; but, on the other hand, no self re.
speeding candidate would wish to show
himself without just a few of his at
tendant slaves. Catholic World.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
The Useful Horse Radish,

That acrid alien of the bitches and
Geld corners, botanioally named armo-
racia, but almost universally known as
horse radish, is not only serviceable as a
popular associate for hot wienerwursts
and in giving roast meats a keen edge,
but it has also a good supply OF medici,
nal properties. From it comes that
tongue biting concoction, compound
spirit of horse radish. The spirit-prop.
erly taken--has caused many d~yspeptics
to bless the day the hot root was first
discovered. AS a sudorifio horse radish
has elected many favorable testimonials
from hopeless cases of chronic rheuma.
tism, and dropsy sufferers have often
found temporary relief by using the
property as a diuretic.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
What Fruit Contains.

Our ordinary fruits contain the fol-
lowing substances in greater or less
proportions:
A large percentage of water.
Sugar, in the form of grape and fruit
sugar.
Free oragnio acids, varying according
to the kind of fruit. For example, the
predominating acid is malic in the ap-
pie, tartaric in the grape, citric in the
lemon.
Protein or albuminoids, substances
containing nitrogen, which resemble the
white of eggs and are its equivalent in
food value.
Pectose, the substance which gives
firmness to fruit and which upon boil
ing yields various fruit j%ellies.
Cellulose or vegetable fiber, the ma
terial that forms the cell walls. and
which is found in all parts of plants.
A very small percentage of ash or
mineral salts. -Dietetio and Hygienio
Gazette.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30

Shelby said, VINO mas been simply
ruined by being allowed to look and act
like a gentleman. He was the best
courier in Europe ten years ago, but
there is no living with him now"
"Who is that" Mr.. Donaldson of
New York asked. "Valois?"
"That's the fellow"
WELL" Mr.. Donaldson said, 81 re-
greet to say that Americans are response
BILE for it. An American family of
wealth and some position in one of our
large western cities employed Valois
here for a year, and then took him
home with them for a visit, and actually
introduced him to their friends as a de-
sirable acquaintance"
There were various EXPLANATIONS of
wonder and disgust from all the Ameri-
cans. The English were too polite to do
more than smile at our national ways,
but of all the group nobody expressed
such wonder and almost incredulous
establishment at suoh ignorance as Mrs.
Wallis and myself.
THE END
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
The Cocktail.

The invention of that American in
stitution the cocktail is now credited
to the medical profession. The old doc
tors, it seems, had a habit of treating
certain diseases Of the throat with a
liquid mixture applied with the tip Of
a long feather plucked from a cocks
tail. In time this liquid came to be used
as a gargle, the name of Cocktail"
however, still clinging to it. In the
course of further evolution the gargle
became a mixture Of bitters, vermouth
and other appetizers and finally devel-
oped into the beverage SO highly esteem
ed by the patrons of American bars
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
No Horse, No Review.

Soon after the queens accession a big
review was contemplated in Hyde park.
Her majesty intended appearing ON
horseback and every pr~ecaution was
taken to insure her safety by properly
training the royal charger on which she
was to be mounted. Lord Melbourne,
the pine minister, took exception to
the arrangement and urged that it
would not be proper for her majesty to
appear except in one of the royal car
iiages. VERY WE'LL" said the queen,
no horse, no review" And there was
lone that summer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30

we reached Liverpool we discovered.
There was a carriage waiting for us on
the pier. The coachman tipped his hat
respectfully to Mr.. Valois. Evidently he
was no stranger. We had told Mr.. Va
lois that we meant to go to the Lang
ham hotel in London and that was
about the extent of our information.
He had suggested that we stay a day in
Liverpool and rest before we took the
journey up to London, and now we
found that he had t~elegraphed from
Queenstown for our rooms at the Abel
phi.
81 took the liberty" he said, smiling
in at the carriage door. 81 will see
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-10-30
Pointing a Moral,

~ don't know" remarked Senator
Sorghum, "when I was more impressed
with the fact that there is frequently a
valuable lesson to be drawn from the
most trivial circumstances than l was
at the dinner the other day. One Of the
children got the wishbone."
ooh, yes! One takes one end and an
other takes the opposite, and the one
who gets the longest ia supposed to get
his wish"
Exactly. And I took occasion then
and there to impress upon their youth.
fui minds how much in this life depends
on having a good pull. "-WashingtoF
Qtar.