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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03

AT q moderate estimate 400, 900
change hands every year i'll the United
Kingdom alone, tho value of them be-
ing about 800, 600. OF the total num-
Der Of canaries sold by British dealers
100, 600 at least are "made in Ger
many, " for it would seem that the very
air of England is so enamored of free
dom that, while its native wild birds
are the finest singers in the world Ger
man canaries far outmatoh English ca
naries for beauty and persiStCncy of
song. | have often heard German cana
ries continue single trill for . minute
and quarter and l have been told of
one whose trill lasted for two minutes
and had at least 20 changes Of note i'll
it, This bird was sold for G10. Chiefly
bred in the Tyrol, round the Hartz
mountains and in Thuringia by weav-
ers and shoem2kers, the German birds
are collected i'll August aud September
by the dealers and begin to arrive in
England III October
But few cf tho very best birds come
TO England, and when they do it is gem
orally as birds Of passage. In the earlier
part Of the season the usual retail price
is from TO 10 shillings per bird, ao-
cording to the quality OF tho song, these
prices rising so per cent by tho end Of
the year. 1t is seldom that tho finest
songstor is thought to be worth moro
than 80 shillings by the commercial
Englishman. Consequently the very
fine birds are either bought by German
birdkeepcrs or sent to tho United States,
where they readily bring from $40 to
$40 each. Tho average price for the
birds i'll Germany is 8 shillings per
pair. Good Words.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03

Christian sympathy but the high re-
gard which the people entertained OF
her religious and social character.
" Mrs. Chubb was born in England
and came with her husband to Amer
lea when both were young. Mr.. Chubb
was appointed by his church in the
leading parish in Ohio and Penn
sylvania and eight years ago they
removed to Mineral Point, Wisconsin.
the most important church of his
denomination in that state. In the
spring Of 1898 they were stationed in
Kewanee where they have since lived
and enjoyed to an exceptional degree
the love and esteem not only of their
own congregational the citizens of
Kewanee in general.
The remains were brought here by
the sorrowing husband this noon,
being met at the the train by numer-
Gus friends. The funeral will take
place at half past two O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon at the house, DR..
g. A. Moore conducting the services.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03
On the Way to the klondikc.

The following letter from Mr.. w. j.,
Wright, who recently started from
this city Tor the klondike region, will
be read with interest by his friends
here:
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 20. 1898
Arrived here the 10th All we'll;
and had pleasant trip Mr.. Elwell
has engaged passage for NJ on the
Humboldt, one of the best boats.
Expect too start for Dyea the 18th.
1t will take about five days to mako
the journey.
When we reached the summit of the
Sierra Nevada mountains, we found
snow six feet deep, Had three en-
gines two IN 'front.' and one behind
On reaching the western slope, we
found 1t warm and pleasant, with
green grass growing.
1t Is all excitement here klondikers
everywhere and the reduction of rail
way fare will make n great rush.
They say, five thousand have already
sailed. 1t Is II boom for this city.
win write again when get to Dyea
From there we start over the pass
w. j. WRIGHT
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03

A French engineer who had been on
o tour of inspection in the United States
was n>t impressed by the big things Of
the country II shall report to my gov
eminent. said he. that the biggest
things IL America are the little things.
The French people are experts in do
mestic economy and live comfortably
by saving what average families in the
United States throw away But Amer.
leans are, Oh the other hand experts IL
industrial economy. They make money
by saving wastage in business and lose
some Of it by wastage in domestic econ.
omy. The attention paid to small de.
tails n big works is amazing to me.
have visited some establishments where
believe that the profits are made not
in the manufacture proper, but in the
saving of materials and labor by close
attention to details that are with US un.
considered trifles.
"For example, / saw little grind
stone in operation at big works auto.
matically sharpening lathe and planer
tools, This machine costs probably as
much as 100 of our ordinary grindstones
cost, but / see that it automatically
grinds all the tools for 500 high priced
mechanics, and it only works few
hours each day. The skilled mechanics
in our country frequently stop their reg.
ular work to grind their own tools and
then they do it lmperfectly In the
United States tools are all accurately
ground to the best shape by the ma
chine, so that they do more and better
work on this account in given time.
believe that that machine has brains
the brains of the inventor-and it has
no doubt revolutionized work of this
kind in American machine shops. This
is but one case out Of many that have
noted. "--Invention.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03
FAY E'I0IE.

To The Iowa County Democrat.
MIR, G.. w, Crawford is visiting his
aunt Mrs. VIM. Brinegar.
The Epworth League members went
on visit to their sister league at La
mont, ON Sunday evening.
a number Of our young people took
in the entertainment at the Andrews
school house ON Thursday evening.
Mr.. George Brinegar visited in
Darlington the fore part of the week.
MIR, and Mrs. Geo. Parkinson and
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. T.. Worrcl are to be
initiated into the Eastern Star at OAR
lington on Friday evening, March 1.
Mr.. John Gilberts and Harry ,lcn-
nings visited school ON Thursday
afternoon.
The debate ut the lyccum ON Friday
night was " Resolved that lntcmper-
ancc is greater National Calamity
than War" Miss Hattie Permission,
Pearl Harris aud Ellsworth Lawson
represented the Affirmative, for which
side the decision was rendered.
Miss Anna Permission visited the
Cook school on Friday,
Mr. and Mrs. James Cline and fam
lily move back to Lamont this week.
The people of Fayettc regret their
departure.
There are some rumorS of building
II cheese factory in our village.
Died, at his home in the village of
Lamont, on Sunday evening, Harry
son of Mr.. Harvey Andrews. The de-
ceased is II nephew of Mrs. T.. l.,
Worrell and Mrs. Geo. Davis of this
place, and grandson Of VIM. Andrews,
ST. The family have the sympathy OF
many friends in this community.
Mrs. Sarah Parkinson aud Miss
Dell O'Dowd spent sunday with Geo.
Parkinson and family.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03
Death of Mrs. :. r. Chubb,

The sad intelligence of the death of
Mrs. s. Il. Chuhb reached Mineral
Point by telegram ON Monday. Deep
sympathy is felt by everyone for the
hcrcavcd household. The deceased
had n wide circle of friends here. The
Kowance III. } Daily Courier, of Mon
day, Feb. ~, contains the following
particulars of her death, which oc-
CURED In Chicago on Sunday:
1t Is with sadness that we are
called upon to chronicle the death of
Mrs, S. Il, Chubb, who passed to her
reward yesterday from the Strceter
hospital in Chicago, For some time
past Mrs. Chubb has been in i'll
health. Local physicians did what
they could to relieve her sulrcrings
but found that her case was so com
plicated that surgical operation was
HtNCSSulN w save ntF me.
son Monday the " inst her hus-
band, the Rev $. Il, Chubb, took her
to Chicago, where the utmost skill and
best care could be secured, chcrishing
the hope that something could he done
for her. After three medical experts
had gone over her case, 1t was decided
that an operation might prolong her
life, and accordingly she hravcly sub
mittcd to their counsel on Saturday
Sho came out of the Wncsthctic all
of prolonged illness and severity of
the surgeons work. She hravcly bat
tied for her life, but the shock to her
system was too great, and and the
collapse came yesterday afternoon,
aud she quietly passed away,
Mrs CSuhh was y lady Of cxcep-
tional brilliaucy, and adorned her sta
tion In life with remarkable skill Her
intellectual vigor aud religious char
acter were above tho average in cal-
ibre and strength. AS wife aud
mother her life was marked 10y loving
devotion and indulgence. For the
Rev. MIR, Chuhh and his stricken fam
lily the citizens of kcwanee have moth
ing but the tenderest sympathics and
kindest feelings.
THE sad news of Mrs. Ghubb's sud
den death chilled the hearts Of hun
dreds, and the many tear filled eyes
in the church and on the streets last
night indicated not only the deep
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03
A Farewell BANQUET.

The members of Raven Lodge, No.
SO, knights Of Pythias, Of this city,
gave banquet at x. T. Hall, on last
Thursday evening, in honor of A. S.
took his departure for his new field of
labor in Pittsburg, Kansas. The
banquet was served by Knight Charles
lIornung. Many Knights were pres
ent from Dodgcville and Linden, and
in common with the members of Raven
Lodge, expressed sincere regret that
Mr.. White was about to remove from
Mineral Point; and to their remarks
Mr.. White responded in an eloquent
manner, showing that ne fully appre-
ciatcd the good will Of his brethren
The following resolution was intro
duced by Knight n. r. Martin:
WHEREAS, Our Brother Knight A .
S. White is about to remove from our
midst, and perhaps sever his connec-
ton with Raven Lodge No. 5S,
v
long and faithfully labored as an
officer and co-Workcr in our ranks as
II true exponent of those grand princi-
pies Of Friendship, Charity and Be
ncvolence as cXcmpliiied by our illus
triOus leaders Damon and PythiaS,
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we deeply regret
the necessity Of losing him in our
lodge work and social gatherings, and
most ferVently wish for him future
Of active usefulness in his new home,
with now associations and interests
and may he ever continue to be the
true and valiant Knight among all his
new associates, thus holding and
keeping bright his memory and deeds
while in the ranks of Raven Lodge
And place this on record by u stand
ing vote.
ON inquiry being made of Knight
B. j. Bennett, he produced and read
the following, which he had concealed
about his person:
WHEREAS, In the course of human
events, it has been deemed best by ou
worthy, efficient, and ever active
Brother Knight, "A. $. White, to re-
move from our midst with Wow of
seeking to Letter his conditions in life
in other fields of labor: and
WHEREAS, Each Individual member
of Raven Lodge, No. So, x. of r.,
fully realizes that a leader and work
or, whose place it will be difficult to
I'LL, has thereby been lost, thus Great
inc I'm every mpmbcr'S breast n Dano
of sincere regret; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That we unitcdly hereby
extend Knight White. together with
his cstimablc wife and family, our
most earnest hope that, in whatever
vineyard their labors may call thcm
they become thoroughly surrounded
by that true friendship so beautifully
portrayed in the lives of Damon and
lythas; and that they also reap the
richest blessings known to humanity.
Both resolutions were unanimously
adopted by the lodge.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03
which Was the Better Way?

They had both been refused by her.
The first ran homo and, rushing to his
room, took pistol from his dressing
case and stood before the mirror, How
pale his face, and what a drawn look
about the month"; 1t startled him
AS he placed the pistol against his
temple his eyes fell upon her photo.
graph He paused
Don't. he cried, "don't look at
me, dear He turned her face to the
wall and again pressing the pistol to
his head pulled the trigger.
The second walked home slowly. He
was more da2ed than he at first fully
realized. He had hoped for so much.
and-now-- He reached his room. Her
face smiled tantali2ingly ut him from
tho table IIe took his pistol out and
held it in his hand moment. Then he
reached for the mocking picture He
looked at it and then down the barrel
of the weapon.
mo. cunfound it, | won t!' he cried
II may he a fool, hut I'm not coward
Come here" he said. roughly taking
the photograph i'll the left hand With
deliberation he placed the muzzle against
the face and fired. Pearson S Weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03
THE TROUBLESOME DUST.
Why tho Scientist Appreciates 1t Moro
Than the Housewife.

The bane of the ideal housekeeper'
lsfe is dust, and yet this seemingly in
significant, eXasperating dust has boeu
study of scientists for u century.
"Whcn beam of sunlight enters q
darkened room, it can be seen along its
whole course" says ono writer. The
light is reflected to every side and made
to reach the eye by the dust in the air
of the room We do not see the sun
beam. but tho dust which is illumlned
by it, AS unimportant as this curious
stuff seems, it plays conspicuous part
in nature. 1t is what makes the sky APP
pear blue, and when we look ut the sky
we see the dust illuminated by the sun.
Light goes through all the gases-the
dust catches it, reflects it in every di-
rect;on, and so causes the whole atmos-
phere to appear clear, in the same way
that it makes the sunbeam visible iii
the dark room.
without this strange, wonderful
lust there would be no blue sky. 1t
would be as dark or darker than on moon
less nights. The glowing disk of the sun
would stand immediately against the
black background, thus producing blind
ing light where the suns rays fall and
deep black shadows where they do not.
1t is to dust that we owe the moderately
tempered daylight adapted to our eyes,
and it is dust that contributes to the
beauty of the scenery The finest dust
gives the blue tone to the sky, while the
coarser kind produces an almost black
appearance.
THE clouds consist of dust and va
por. If there be only little dust, ali
the vapor is precipitated upon 1t, and
so loads the clouds with water that they
sink in heavy drops to the ground.
Without dust the vapor would penetrate
houses, making everything mold with
damp. We should feel upon going out
that our clothes were becoming saturat-
cd and umbrellas would be a useless
protection. 1t is hard, indeed, to con.
ceive how different everything would
be if there were no dust. This trivial
common stEff has its considerable part
in the processes Of nature, and there is
much of the wonderful and mysterious
concealed III its tilmy particles. DE
troit Free Press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03
Down to One Cent,

The milwaukee, Journal hurled con
stcrnation into the ranks Of other
milwaukee, newspapers on February |
by reducing it's price in the city to
one cent per copy or - cents per
month. From March The journal
has taken In all outside territory ut
the same low price and residents OF
the state can now obtain The journal
by mail for only - cents per month:
81 for four months, or $500 per year.
The marvellous part of this great offer
Is that Tho Journal has been consid-
erably improved AT Il big expense
since the reduction in price and is to-
day " better newspaper then over be-
fore IN its history You can order
The journal by mail or through Il
Journal agent. All subscription by
mail must be paid in advance owing
to the very low price. Another
departure The Journal has made is &c
stop all subscriptions ut the date
named on the label, So subscribers
should be careful to make payments
before their subscriptions expire.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03
Russian Dissenters.

The so called Greek Orthodox popu.
lation of Russia is permeated with sects
of dissenters of all possible denomina.
tions. 1t is estimated that one third Of
that population belongs in reality to
some branch Of nonconformists Lu.
therans, Rationalists, Sabbatarians, Bap-
fists and Anabaptists are represented in
various ways among these dissenters,
many of whom strive TO return to the
principles of primitive Christianity, or
even to still more ancient forms of so.
ciety represented in the Old Testament.
The right of free Interpretation of the
Bible is thus carried on all over Russia,
and there is no force which could limit
it.
Every village has its own teachers
men and women-who interpret the Ri
BILE in their own ways, almost always
hostile TO the present state and to the
official church A powerful religious
movement is thus growing in Russia,
and it is also bound to work in not re.
mote time as n powerful force against
autocracy. Prince krapotkin III Out.
look
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03
THE n. X. VAN MATRE
REAL ESTATE AGENCY,
MINERAL POINT, WIS.
Lists, Advcrtiscs, and Sells Farms
and City Property.
Money to Loan ON Good Real Estate
Security.

The following property is offered
for sale at very reasonable prices:
One hundred sixty acre farm: three
miles south east of Mineral Point
city: fair buildings; located close to a
school house and cheese factory: run
ming water on place.
A good comfortable house, and
barn, and splendid we'll, and six
acres of land in northeast part of
the city.
Comfortable dwelling house ard two
acres of land in south part of city.
Good cistern and root house.
The McMullen residence in Mineral
Point city: u acres of land; large
house, containing ten rooms; good
barn; cisteru and outhouses. All in
good order. Good mines on the place.
viii be sold in lots if desired.
6Oou ldfln Oh oou acres, Illlcs
southeast Of Mineral Point; Comfort
able buildings, and good running
water on the place.
A fine residence, south part of city
of Mineral Point; nine large rooms,
good cellar, cistcrn, wood house, barn,
etc, two acres of land. \ very
desirable place. Will be sold very
cheap.
House and one half acre OF land in
Taylor's addition south part of city.
The house contaias nine good rooms,
three pantries, and good cellar:
good cistern: fine large shade trees,
For further information in regard
to any Of the above property, inquire
II n. X. VAN MATRE.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03

Wisconsin Democrats who make
mean and spiteful remarks about gold
Democrats In general and William II.
Villas In particular must have very
poor memory. About the only Dem
ocratic victories achieved in Wiscon-
sin for forty years were those OF 1890
and 1902, and both were won under
the leadership OF Mr.. Villas, with II
sound and stable gold based currency
the recognized party doctrine in state
and nation. IT Is to the honor Of
Villas, Bragg, Hogan, Flanders, and
the other sound money delegates from
Wisconsin that they did not surrender
democratic principles nj Chicago IN
1906. IF, as they seem bound to do,
the Democrats of Wisconsin accept
unwse leadership, and support an
unsound financial policy, history will
repeat itself, and campaign after cam
paign they will be marched up the hill
to meet with defeat and confusion.
lin the second state convention for
1896 Wisconsin Democrats rejected
the wisest and strongest leadership
which the party ever had; and 1t i'll
becomes them to vent their spite upon
II leader who never led them astray.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03

A special meeting Of the Mineral
Point Dairy Board Of Trade was held
on Wednesday of last week. Over 300
boxes of cheese were sold to John
Muir, of Chicago, who was present in
person. The price paid was seven
and one-sixteenth cents per pound
During the shipping season OF 1897
the sales of cheese by the Board aver
aged over $40, 100000 every two weeks.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03
IMAGINATION Cure.

Fuddy-spleeney appears to be much
improved in health lately.
Duddy-Yes. cured him. got him
on to scale the other day, and without
his knowing it managed 70 slip a 20
pound weight on the platform When
he saw tow much he had gained, he
began 70 he cured IN less than two
days biz vas as well - ever ne was. So
Boston Transcript.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03

State Of Wisconsin, County OF Iowa--sS,
], Phil. Allen, jr., cnsIicr of the above
named bank, do solcmnly swear that the
above statement Is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
pm. ALLEN, Jr., Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
LIST day OF March, 1893
j. Is. REYNOLDS, Notary Public.
COrrcct--AttcM:
j. II. VIVIAN,
JAMES BREWER,
tHAs. w. MGlLHON,
Directors.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03

In the following paragraph, The
Madison Democrat voices sentiment
which American citiHcns should make
the rule and guido Of their political
actions:
"Thc large number of public
mon whose careers have been
ruined by u letter il recalled by
The st. Louis Obc-DemOcrat,
but IL makes no mention or the en-
reers that have not been ruined by
II letter. Mr.. Cleveland = ease IL
notable In this respect. He once
wrote u letter cOndcmning the free
coinage Of silver, which many pol
iticians predicted would ruin his
chances Of being nominated in
1892, but it didn't, nor did it pre-
vent his election, nor has 1t lcs-
sened the respect in which he is
popularity held even In his retire
ment. No man need fear the uIti-
mate CONSEQUENCES among his own
countrymcn of letters expressive
OF nn honest and honorable iudg-
mont. Blacimailers and political
triekstcrs should equally avoid
letter writing, but the man of in
tegrity and character never
Whoever knowH the right should
speak or write IL out when the occa-
sion requires. 1t Is u lrceman's duty
to voice his convictions in good, plain
words, and sometimes there IL more
danger in being mum than there Is in
being outspoken.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03
Circuit COURT IOMn County.

List OF Petit Jurors drawn at the
Clerks office, February %, 1898, to
serve at the March term, 1893, OF the
Circuit Court for Iowa County
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03
Rep0rt of the Condition

OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT
MINERAL POINT, in the State OF Wis
consin, at the close Of business, Feb.
IS, 1893.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-03

A good comfortable house, and
barn, and splendid we'll, and six
acres of land in northeast part of
the city.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-05-07
VICTORY WITH THE U. S.

Victory crowns the Navy of the
United States on the trackless sea.
Commodore Dewey with his noble
squadron, in the face of every dan
ger, without friendly port, about
5000 miles from home and country,
with only the Heaven above and
the waters beneath his vessels, has
fought and won the most famous ma
val battle Of modern times. A Span
ish feet was blown into atoms, and
the Philippine Islands captured. At
this writing the extent Of the dam
age or the loss attending his success
or how he maintains his position is
unknown, as through the cutting OF
the cable no personal report has been
received. Admiral Sampson is out
with his heavy warships and swift
scouting cruisers seeking battle with
the Spanish Atlantic feet, and the
capture of Porto Rico. One or the
other, and possibly both, may occur
ere The week ends. Cuban ports
continue blockaded with the outlook
Of a landing in force by our regular
soldiers. and lbe bombardment of
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-05-07

The condition of the w. Va.
Treasury continues remarkably good.
The authorities have recently placed
some of the school permanent fund
that now amounts to nearly one mil.
lion dollars, in the bonds of some of
the Independent School Districts is.
sued for building purposes. Quite
a surplus remains for investment
and should the corporation find it
necessary to issue bonds for an in
creased, permanent water supply an
excellent opportunity to secure
funds from the state will thus be af-
forded.