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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-15
TRAINING OF A CHILD.

In the training of the baby It u nee
essary to bring TO tho child's expert
ences those things on which he. n
common with the adult. depends for
existence. Froebel offers certain Ina
plements. by which tho child may work
out tho ideas he has received from the
world about him.
The tools are disguised In respect ot
being called gift" and then by grad
ual degrees the baby Is led to make the
most OF them.
In every home there are u 0umber OF
light, portable things that may be
easily and safely handled by baby an
gers, things light and things smooth.
things colored and ncolorod--buttons
spools, worsted balls. pinless pincush-
ions. paste dough. paper and cardboard
boxes.
Every child has dawning sense OF
differences In these things. II IL pos
sible to provide such condition that
his self activity may be properly de-
veloped.
For instance, ne has been rolling a
heavy baseball across the floor and
crawling after Il. Now hand him
bouncing ball OF light leather or wor-
sted. and all unconsciously he Is feel
Ing the difference between weight,
color and movement.
Or he has built high tower OF his
blocks, and because OF lack OF balance
1t falls repeatedly. Show him how TO
build evenly and firmly and In his
mind there will blossom an alertness
and careessness that Will some day
take a new form and blossom oat not
only In obedience to the law OF grav-
ity, but seed Of unswerving truth and
exactitude-Alice II. Putnam In New
York World.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-15
PLATONIC.

knew 1t the first OF the summer,
| knew II the same at the end,
That you and your love were
pllghted.
But couldn't you be my friend?
With only leasant friendship
Couldn't we walk on the shore
Couldn't we sit In the twilight,
To bind us, and nothing more2
Though we fingered oft In the garden
Till the roses were wet with dew.
We touched on thousand subjects
The moon and the worlds above
And our talk was tlnctured with
science
And everything else, save love.
A wholly platonic friendship
You said ! had proven to you
Could bind man and woman
The whole long season through:
With never a thought OF flirting.
Though both were In their youth,
What would you have said, my lady.
III you had known the truth?
What would you have done. ! wonder,
Had gone on my knees TO you
And told you any passionate story.
There In the dusk and the dew?
My burning, burdensome story,
Hidden and hushed so long
My story OF hopeless loving
Say. would you have thought II
wrong?
But fought with my heart and con.
quered,
hid my wound from sight;
You were going away in the morning,
And | said calm goodnight.
But now when | sit In the twilight,
Or when walk by the sea
That friendship. quite platonie,
Comes snrging over me.
And passionate longing Hlls me
For the roses, the dusk, the dew;
For the beautiful summer vanished.
For the moonlight walks and you.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-15

which has ever been written. DR..
Hedln left his native city of Stock
holm In 1898, and from that time until,
In 1897. his task was accomplished by
entering Picking, he was engaged con.
stantly In desperate struggle with
the tremendous difficulties which beset
his way. His successful passage
through Pamir, where progress became
n ceaseless battle against snow and Ice
and cold, and where often the only
method of advancing was upon banda
and knees; the thrilling ascent OF tho
father OF all Ice mountains" Mus
tagh-ata. his terrible fight against
thirst and exhaustion In the desert OF
Takla- makan-all these 20 to make up
an almost unparalleled story of human
daring. suffering. and endurance, The
man to whom the agonles OF starvation
and exposure were but minor consider
atoms when weighed In the balance
with the cause OF science. tho man
who, after nine days without water,
paused on the brink OF sire n to
note his pulse before and after utink-
Ing, surely possesses the perseverance,
which must eventually surmount all
obstacles. Through ASIA which has
just been published by Messrs. Harper
4 Brothers, opens to the reading pub
lie the portals OF new world. II 10
the account OF what, with the sole en-
ception OF Nansen's attainment 0f
Farthest North, was the most extraor-
binary journey OF the century.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-15
FULLY EXPLAINED.

You are an IDIOT" exclaimed tho
father In rage.
Now know what ma meant yes.er-
day when she said took after you"
replied the son. shooting out OF the
door. Yopkers Statesman.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-15

DR.. Maybelle Park has been Ne
elected eonuty physician at Waukesha,
ear beating bnfrid man Who
wanted the inh.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-15
THE BRIGHT SIDE
SUNSHINE ON EVERY CLOUD
SAYS DIR. TALMAGE.
AN OPTIMISTIC VISION

What We Consider Gods Affections
on us Are Always Influences for
Good, Thinks the Great Divine
Why the Useful Are Taken From
Earth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-15

Gross earnings 81 the st. Paul
system for the third week in Noyem-
Der were ss39.40i. an increase OF
s69.374 over last year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-15

DR. Sven Hedin'S account of his ex.
traordinary Journey across the con-
tinent OF Asia Is one OF the most thrift
ing narratives of endeavor, In the face
of Mcknight overwhelming Odds
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-15
THE NATIONAL GUARD
WAN EXPERIENCES TEACHES
VALUABLE LESSONS,
MILITARY POWER TOO WEAK

Reports From English Sources as to
the Militia to be the Text for Rec
concentrations by Which State
Forces May be Made More Avail
able.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-15
PERSONALITIES.


Ralph Disraeli. who died the othsr
aaS' had been frequently referred to a
1oru seaeonfield's only brother. Az q
matter of fact however, the Statesman
mad aaother brother, James Disra>li.
VINO lived for many years the life OF
almost hermit in Cromwell plaza
south kensington, where he died Two
days before Christmas In 1865.
AT the coming of age last month Of
Robert Hamilton Kemp, eldest son and
heir OF Sir Kenneth Kemp, the fact
transpired that the Gissing estate In
Norfolk, England. has descended
twenty-ene generations--in fifteen In
stances from father to son. In three
from brother to brother and in two
from cousin to oousin.--for a period OF
600 years,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-15

Three more Dakota soldiers died at
Manila.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
The City Can't Afford 1t.

The city of Wilmington may need a
new city hall, but the tax payers are not
willing to submit to the expenditure Of
100000 in erecting the same, when the
city tax rate is as high as the times will
warrant. An expenditure of sos, 900
means:a higher tax rate. 1t means bonds
to that amount put on the market and
foated, the interest and principal Of which
will have to be paid before the population
increases so that the burden is equally dis.
tributed. Fifty thousand dollars woul d
erect as good a building as the city would
need In the next hundred years. The old
building should be torn down; it is not an
ornament. The Federal building at Sixth
and King Streets could be rented from the
Government while the new building is b1.
ing erected. BY all means let us have a
new city building, but for goodness SAX Q
don't spend two hundred thousand dollars
at the present time. Better wait until the
Mckinley prosperity has reached our city,
as it appears TO be on its way here, but,
unfortunately is not yet due 1t would DO
40 well to 60 slow in the matter of issuing
bonds, as they have to be paid and the in.
terest as well. If the city could afford it,
1t would be the means of giving large
number OF idle men in our city employ
ment, but we don't think the project is
feasible at this time.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
Wanted-The Cat C. Nine.TajIs,

JudgeWiltbank is receiving much praise
Tor clappings evere sentences OF i'm
prisonment on wholesalers who wero
brought before the past this week, and the
Judge is right in showing his adherence
of this miserable and cowardly crime.
But sentences of this kind have been
imposed upon such offenders, with no re.
suit in lessening their number, and not a
few of them have been brought before
Judges and Magistrates timo and again,
sitter having spent term in the House of
Correction or in the County Jail.
There is only one way to deal effectively
With confirmed wife-beater and that is
topunish him in kind-to administer the
same pain to which be subjects his victims.
A man who beats his wife cannot be
reached by moral suasion or the fear of
imprisonment The one way to get at
such conscience as he may have in his bru-
Gal composition is to tickle his hide with
Q dose of the Cat-o.ninc-tails.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
MAKING ARTIFICIAL ICE.



Grated In Philadelphia.
Artificial cold or leo may be most
readily produced by the evaporation Of
more or less volatile liquid In the
first machines constructed this liquid
was water. One-tenth of the amount of
water used was converted into ice, but
as it was necessary to maintain vac
unm in the apparatus its perfect work
ing was difficult problem. A more
readily volatile liquid, therefore, had
to be substituted, such as liquefied sui
phurous acid and liquefied ammonia
Being gaseous at ordinary temperatures,
they are very suitable substances for
this purpose The ammonia ice machine
is the one in most general use-in fact,
it finds exclusive application in this
city. This liquefed ammonia is allowed
to expand in coils Of pipes which are
placed in tanks filled with brine. The
temperature Of the brine is thus reduced
to point below the freezing point of
water-that is to l4-lS degrees i.
In this refrigerated brine are placed
galvanized iron tanks having the shape
of the large cakes of ice which one is
accustomed to sec in the wagons that
pass through our city streets. After
period Of 1850 hours this can of water
is converted into solid ice. The can is
hcisted out Of the brine, warmed with
hot water which allows the cake to
slip out upon shoot that runs into the
storage rooms. The gaseous ammonia
in the pipes can be used over and over
again. a large compression engine being
part of tho plant, which reduces the
expense of the process. From this de-
scription it should be plain that there
can be no faint of ammonia to give a
taste to the ice.
The plants usually employ distilled
or artesiun water, so that the ice is OF
the best quality. Whatever impurities
the water contains are collected in the
white streak found in the center of each
cake. The pure water separates from
the impure and freezes first. Even ten
years ago the demand for ice was sup
piled from natural sources, the har-
vests from our own Pennsylvania riv-
crs, which were stored every winter in
great houses on the shores of the streams,
being supplemented by shipments
throughout the summer from Maine.
There arc now in Philadelphia lG ice
making plants, some of which yield
over 100 tons per day each, and the arti.
fetal product for several years has been
u serious competitor Of the natural arti.
Gle. Manufacturer
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
NEW YORK'S COMMERCE.
Boston and Galveston Have Surpassed
tho Mafronolts In Innro,s,

Boston and Galveston Have Surpassed
the Metropolis in Increase,
Albany, Feb. 1.-THE annual report OF
State Engineer Adams deyotes much
space to the subject of the commerce
of the state. Elaborate tables have
been comniled from tho records of the
general government and other sources
dating hscl, 200 wears giving. Tho valuea
of the trade between the several Amer
lean colonies and Great Britain mn to
the hsginninr of the revol,tionarv var
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
ONCE THEY WE'RE MEDIUMS.
Now They Expiate Their Sins by Tossing
Malls of Blue Fire.

rVoW AHey LNpfat6 1nelr Sins Dy TOSSING
Malls of Blue Fire.
Close by the Northwestern tracks at
Leavitt street is the home Of the lug
Cling sisters.' They were twin presti.
digitators in their days of life, SO runs
the tradition, and now they toss balls
of blue fire about as the juggler does
eggs cannon balls and the like. Their
pet amusement is to stand on their
heads and toss the balls as if they were
standing afoot. The force of gravity
seems to be reversed for their benefit,
for they "toss" the balls of fire down,
and the little flames "fall" up. All, this
is set down just as James MacCourtney,
the oldest settler in the neighborhood,
tells it. He said the other day:
"Them broad windys over there on
the north side Of the old building is the
place where the sisters comes to show
themselves. Tho year of the Worlds
fair counted up their performances, an
they come every IS days. The reason
fer that is sometbin l could never guess,
bat some smart young chap here fig.
gered out that it was always in the
dark of the moon. I've noticed since
that there never was no moonlight whrn
they got up there in the windys.
Whats the cause of their hauntin
the old place? Why, sir, tho stnry's so
OLD there can't no truth nor lie be made
out on it. There's no man in these dig
gin longer'n be, an l ken the story
only by hearsay, so to speak. heerd it
from my granddaddy, an he said he heerd
it when he was young man comm
here. That mus "a ben in the thirties.
Onnyways he sed that the two sisters
was persdiditaters. It seems like they
give performance in the house, which
was new then in course, an the pair Of
them agreed ter be locked up in a box
tibet was to be sealed an fastened an
then they was to get out without break
in the seals Well, they was locked up
but they couldn't get out, an purity soon
they foun themselves so short of breath
they couldn't holler loud enough to be
heerd. In course they was in room
away from the other people, SOS the
common folk couldn't see how the trick
was turned. When they oouldn t holler,
they tried rappin, an the others only
thought they was a-workin out of the
box an so didn't pay attention. After
an hour or SO the other peoples got nerv
GUS an went in an opened the box, an
there was tho two sisters cold dead
They buried 'em together in the box in
the yard back Of the house, an that's
why they juggles the fire balls upside
down like. "-Chicago Chronicle
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
Let the Public Have the Proof.

The San man has had another dream
and this time it is ex-Secretary of State,
John d. Hawkins, who was thabeneflciary
of $500 loaned him by VIM. n. Boggs,
taken from the vaults of the First Nation
al Bank at Dover. Bring forth the proof
and thus put stop to these sensational
charges, that are only nine days talk
The proof is what the people demand and
without it all the charges will fall fiat.
No guilty man, if the proof is Forthcoming
should be allowed to escape the conse-
quence5 Of his wrong doing in being an
accessories in robbing the bank. Mr.. Haw-
kins is Democrat he has always borne u
good reputation in his homo at Dover.
The Sun says he has mo story to tell"
Why should he. If the Sun knows any
thing whereby the men whom it has men.
toned thus Far knowingly received mon
By stolen from the First National Bank at
Dover, 1t has thus far failed to offer any
proof to substantiate the charges. Every
man is innocent until proven guilty. II
the publisher of the Sun has proofs it is
more than the President Of the bank has.
Mrs. Boggs may have seen fit to tell Mr..
Congdon more than Mr.. Richardson, but
for what reason We fail to see, as it would
only benefit Mr.. Congdon in publishing 1T
As sensational matter, in his paper. 1t Is
nearly time to advance the proof Or shut
up in the matter until Boggs arrives homo
and gives the snap away. As Gen. Grant
said 'let us have peace
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
rHH wILKRsBARRB TR1AL.s


Unsuccessful Enort to Have the Jury
Locked Up Over sunday.
WilkesbarSe, Pa, Feb. There was
a sharp discussion between opposing
unset In the Martin trial on Saturday
owing to the discovery that the sheriff
and his deputies were not under BAIL
Bail had originally been furnished until
the November term of court, and at
that time, owing to an oversight, it was
not renewed. Mr.. Garman, for the
prosecution, insisted that bail be re-
newed at once or that the defendants
be committed to Jail in default. The
judge, however, refused to commit
them, giving them until today to renew
bail
Michael Nicholson was the first wit
ness on Saturday. He testified, among
other things that when he denounced
the shooting as a scandalous piece of
work Deputy Alfred Hess said to him:
You shut up, or I'll treat You the
same way" On motion his evidence
was stricken our.
John Egler, secretary Of the Harwood
Union Of the United Mine Workers, was
the only other witness. His testimony
was ,piiopoia'iNe VI tiiit dlieduy al
troduced.
Yesterday the jury, in charge of the
tipstaves, were taken to the private
dining room Of the Exchange hotel,
where they partook of hearty break
fast. After breakfast the jury board
ed an electric car and took a ride to
Pittston. No one was admitted to the
car but the jury and their attendants.
Upon their return they ate an elab-
crate dinner. After the MONDAY meal
the jurors were taken in another pri-
waite car over the Plymouth and Nam
ticoke route.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1898.


The charge maze Inv Johp f. Sau,shurv
that R,gos lootod tha Fnst National p,ns
of Dovar for the r,rnos, of aiding ,be
Union Republioans to carry Kent county
last November i, 80 absurd that no man
with the least modicum Of common sensa
will, bon,s,ed Inv IL Rooes did not bor-
row s,p,sb,rv,s cbsc.s for a,v spch MIR.
poso ana II ia worse thnn fo,lv for him TO
saw 60 IT, wac tbrorah dealing with brok.
ars in Now y,,k that Rooas was ,ed no
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07

New York, Feb. Henry M. Mark
ert, wealthy retired confectioner, 50
years of age, dropped dead last night
at a concert of the Beethoven Maon-
nerchor. Mr.. Markert was one Of the
oldest members of the society, and IL
song of his composition was the first
number on the program last night.
After the completion of the song two
warriors in medieval costume started
on an imaginary hunt for the author,
one of the customs of the Maennerchor.
When they found him they read a verse
of appreciation from the members Mr..
Markert was escorted to the front and
made a speech of thanks for the honor
bestowed upon him, and then returned
to his place at the table. A moment
later he fell back in his chair, and died
before medical aid could reach him.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
DOLE HOMEWARD BOUND.
Uawaii's President No Longer Il
GnnGt of thn In

Hawaii's President No Longer the
Guest of the Nation.
Washington, Feb. president Dole
and his party ceased to be the guests
Of the nation last night at 7:20 O'Clock,
when he started for Buffalo, and thus
began his return journey for the Ha-
waiian Islands The president was es-
corted to the station by Assistant Sec
rotary Of State Thomas W. Cridler,
Major Heistand, of the army; Com
mander Phelps, of the navy, and sew
eral friends of the president. Minister
Hatch and Mrs. Hatch also were pres
ent.
The president will remain in Buffalo
until 11:45 tonight, when he will start
for Cleveland where he will stop over
for few hours in order that Mrs. Dole
may meet some of her relatives living
there. He will arrive in California to-
morrow, and will spend several days at
Riverside. the home of his brother. He
will then return to San Francisco,
where he will be given a banquet by
former residents of Honolulu. He ex-
poets to sail on Feb. 90 or 23
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07

Fairfield, Cal, Feb. 7.-Franle Below,
under arrest for the murder Of his
brother Louis and sister Susie, in the
little town of Dixon, on Nov. Q last.
has confessed. He told how he he'd
placed rat poison in the tea used by
his brother and sister, and when the
news came to him that they were dy-
ing how he had gone 10 their home and
witnessed their dying struggles with
out a pang Of rcmorse, Bruno Klein,
an employe of Louis BrleW, also was
poisoned, but recovered, At the time
of the poisoning rejected auitOr Of
Susie's was suspected Of the crime.
Frank declared his only motive for the
crime was revenge ON his brother and
sister for having repeatedly slundcred
his wife.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
Verdict Against Bradstrects'.

Warrensburg, Mo-. Feb. I'm the
case Of Minter Brothers versus Brad
streets commercial agency the jury
rendered a verdict giving the plaintiffs
judgment for $4,000. In 1890 Minter
Brothers were large retail dealers at
Sedalia. Warren Parmerle, an attor-
ney, BIadstreets' reporter at that place,
reported to the agency that Minter
Brothers We're insolvcnt. A business
failure followed, and Minter Brothers
alleged that it was due to an unjust
rating. Suit was brought against
Bradstreets for 100000 damages, and
judgment for $4,000 was given. The
award was set aside by the supreme
court, and the case was remanded for
trial with the result of the second trial
as stated.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07

Lexington, Ky, Feb, 7.-Sevcral
thousand negroes conGrcgated at the
Auditorium yesterday, where the fu-
neral Of the negro Baptist preacher
Sanford J. Howard, was to be preached.
The wooden steps to the Auditorium,
laden with three score women, broke
down. -Four women suffered broken
legs, and many others We're more or
less severely bruised During the
panic which ensued the Broadway
Episcopal church caught fire, and half
an hour later the Centenary Metho-
dist church was on fire.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
THERE WE'RE TWELVE.
In the Town That Number Of Ounces
Made O Pound.

Made q Pound.
He had some business to transact at
Troy, N. Y, and when he had concluded
it he thought he would like to walk around
and take in the town. After awhile he
bethought himself of his pipe and his to-
bacco pouch, which he suddenly remem-
bercd was empty, so he stepped into to-
bacconist's store and asked for some good
Turkish.
Certainly" replied the tradesman as
he handed down package already made
up. Here's half q pound"
The customer would have put it in his
pocket and gone away without thinking
at all Of tho quantity, but the mans re-
marking TINT it was half pound caused
him to pause. Hc weighed it in his hand.
ut feels pretty light for eight ounces" he
said.
''Tisn't eight ounces, of course. It's
six, said the tobacconist.
"But you said it was half a pound"
$50 it is.
"How many ounces do you reckon In p
pound, my frond!'
Twelve, of course"
"Indccd! Since when?"
"Since always"
"But, my good friend, there are 16
ounces in a pound"
"Not here there amt, mister man. We
go by Troy weight in this town. New
York journal.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
Death From AsphyxIatIon.

New York, Feb. Thomas Cleary
and William Gafney, 'longshoremen,
were found suffering from the effects Of
gas in West street hotel yesterday
morning. Cleary died soon after being
discovered, and Gafney was removed to
a hospital in precariOus condition.
Gafney will probably die. The two men
were under the influence of liquor when
they registered at the hotel