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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-25
DECADENCE OF DINNERS

The cooks in Paris have held con-
cIaVe' ana their president has sorrow
1ully declared that the good times are
over, That dinners no longer possess
classic Importance, and that even at
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild's. hith-
erto the undisputed citadel of culinary
tame, the repast of the evening, pre-
pared with scientific skill, only lasts
~ minutes. Impossible, therefore
therefore, that it should be properly
tasted and appreciated. And to whom
is this sad dereiction from ancient
usage to be attributed? TO women
and their pernicious example, saws the
sage. Women never did know how to
dine properly, but they have now in
tfoduced most abominable practice
In the well known afternoon tea, where
they absorb all kinds of deleterious
substances in the shape of cakes, buns
and sandwiches. Naturally, there
fore, they are not hungry when dinner
time arrives. The hour of dinner has
grown later and later, and what is
worse, 1t is invariably unpunctual.
HOW can cook who respects himself
answer for the excellence of a dinner
which is kept waiting half an hour, or
even longer? There is much truth in
the touching plant of the culinary
artist. Heavy teas spoil the appetite,
and unpunctuality is the demon of the
Kitchen. 1t is also the worry of the
hostess. Some of her guests come a
little earlier, some little later; it is
necessary to wait for the last, and as
there is no receiving time, even the
guests themselves do not know when
to arrive. 1t would be we'll if the
lady of the house appointed an hour
at which dinner would be served on the
table, and those of the guests present
should sit down incontinently That
would do away with the chief difficulty
of the work and add proper impor-
lance to the meal AS to five o'clock
tea, even the docors dare not abolish
it; their thunders and anathemas re-
main unavailing. London Graphic.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-25

Some years ago the heralds of Eu-
rope took aifront at the familiar use
of the eagle on the flagstaffs, and in
other devices of this country. These
sages felt that the United States had
no hereditary right to the bird as
national emblem, in the same sense
for example as Germany. France and
Austria have. But though the revo-
lutionary fathers used it not, long
years of undsputed possession have
given to us prescriptive right to the
eagle which may be said to have taken
flight from Europe with the march of
Empire westward in accordance with
the we'll known tendency and in
stincts Of the bird to seek the loftiest
heights and the boldest and most con-
spicious sites. 1t could not survive
in swamps and in gloom, and loving
light and air and freedom, of course.
came to dwell with us where its
plumage acquired a grander gray, and
where 1t has received a warm and gem
erous welcome. The proud bird of
freedom is now ours and looking back
upon benighted Europe:
When the reused nation bids our
armies form
fhe bald eagle screams through the
gathering storm.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-25
PATRIOTIC EMBLEMS.


AS memorial day approaches it is
especially fitting to observe that there
are few subjects more directly and
Immediately associated with all the
soulful qualities ofman than that of ma
tional emblems. Around them Clus-
tiers every patriotic inspiration, and
the moment that the emblem of ones
country Is honored or dishonored
either of rejoicing or of sorrow. 1t is
a sensation which proceeds from the
very soul, and is unaffected by time or
distance or by former relations or
amenity. We cannot tell how it is
that a simple design or a piece of
bunting produces the feeling which
sometimes overcomes the tenderest
passions of humanity and under the
influence of which men tear them
selves from wives and children and
home, and make common cause to ally
themselves in its defence, sometimes
even with races whom they hate. Their
national emblem is the one thing that
draws them together and though life
less and silent no flash of mind or
power of tongue has such charm of
elOquence. 1t fires the blood and
urges men to go forward and 10 sac
ritlce even life itself Love of coun-
try is the one supreme and ruling pas
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-25

riched and dignified the bird which in
the polity of all former nations stood
solely for power and suffering, for
wars and conquests. In this charac-
ter the eagle had no more symbolic
value than the cat of the Burgundians,
the leopard of Persia, the lion of Br-
tain or the dragon of China. But as
symbolic of the spirit of freedom. ris-
ing over the swamps and morasse of
courts and crowns and of mildewed
constitutions, as an evidence of our
escapement from the foibles and fan
tastes of titled families, and of ascent
above the clouds of redtape that claim
rected the national emblem leaving be-
and hamper the progress of Europe.
and ascending to the inaccessible
flights of the man-soul to a diviner
freedom than the world has yet at
tanned, the American eagle is the
noblest and most appropriate totem
yet adopted by civilized mankind.
The actual introduction of the
American eagle into our republican
heraldry dates back to 1882. William
Barton of Philadelphia and Charles
Tomson the secretary of congress,
are the authors of the shield design,
with the eagle bearing the olive
branch and the scroll with the words E
Pluribus Unum.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-25
A PICNIC IN JAPAN.

\ picnic in Japan is treat that
does not fall in the way of many
Americans; but it was not strange
that the children OF an American
Consul-General at Yokohama should
have been invited to attend one; nor,
perhaps, that it should be described
in st. Nicholas. One of it's jolliest In
cidents was the appearance of troupe
of rowing acrobats, who planted
themselves close by and promptly
began their performance. 1t con-
sisted Of four boy-tumblers, mere fat
babies, whose bones were evidently OF
ia-hubber. II was considered al
most mean to let Julie go on sleeping
and soon her joyful pipe was added
to the rest of the hubbub. An oppo-
sition show drew near, and was re-
warded with instant success. for
this time the theatrical company was
composed of two brown monkeys.
dressed, OF course. In tiny kimonos,
with blue coolie handkerchief tied
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-25
YELLoWsToNE's GRAND CANYON

Earth teens with gories.
The works of nature and Of man
Tell old, Old stories.
But in these latter days there comes to
view
A wonder never seen before
A wonder more and more
TO make America known the whole
world through.
1t is the priceless gem of her great
park,
The Canyon of the Yellow
stone,
Its coloring, John of Patmos might
leave Heaven to see;
Its wondrous outline, Michael Angelo.
No finer setting ever crowned a rivers
flow,
If human or historic life give added
glow,
Than Hudson or the Rhine.
But knowing Merced's grand
eur.
Columbia's beauteous sides,
The Royal Gorge of Arkansas,
And those Alaska hides,
The Canyon of the Yellow
stone,
Bright with its rainbow hue,
Stands out sublmest OF them
all,
For earth and heaven to view.
1t is national glory,
Born not of song or story,
But out of natures large and gener-
Gus heart,
Like grand Niagara, it is the peoples
own,
Unique, alone,
Their badge of beauty and of con-
stancy.
Elizabeth Porter Gould.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-25
A MID LOVE
BERTHA M. CLAY.
Continued.

But as ne read 1t his face changed;
the smile and the triumph died from
it. He said no word TO Leone, but
tore the letter into shrtds. She looked
on with wistful face.
1T is from your mother, Lancer" she
asked.
He took her in Gis arms and kissed
her.
"My darling 40 not trouble about
Them you are all the world to me.
Tney will not forgive me; but 1t does
not matter. | am proud OF what l
have done. ! am quite independent.
| shall take pretty little villa at
Richmond, and we shall live there I'M
til they come to their senses.
THAT Will be giving up all the
world for me, she 5aiu.
"The world will be well lost, Leone.
We will go tomorrow and find pretty
little house where we shall be quite
happy. Remember one thing always
that my mother will love you when
she sees you
Then let her see me now, Lance,
ut once she cried, eagerly, IF you
think so. Why wait? should be
more happy than any one else In the
world IL you would do that. "
1T Is too soon yet" he replied; "alI
Will be right In time"
she wished thai he had offered to
read her his mothers Letter; but she
did not like to ask what the contents
were.
Lord Chandos dare not tell her, be-
sides witch he laughed In scorn ut the
Iuea. They might threaten as they
would; but he felt certain there was
no power on earth which eoulo set
aside his marriage, therefore he
should not trouble himself about It,.
He would go to Richmond aud look
out for u house ,nerc.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-25

about their heads. They began by
bowling in true japanese fashion to
the delighted audience; then they fell
TO fencing, with a terrible clashing of
spears fully as long as pencils; and
between each round the Snowman
opened wee red fans and handed them
10 the supposedly overheated artists,
VINO comically squatted and absent
mindely famed the grass about them
Lee and Ned fairly rolled on the
ground with laughter, and Julie had to
be held firmly on both sides, such was
her frenzy of excitement. With
snort of perfect contempt, the other
Snowman began to beat his drum and
give sharp orders to his homeless
babies. But they palled, after the
monkeys; and no matter how many
ages they stood on their poor little
heads, nor how many scores OF
wheels they wheeled, despite their
twists and tumbles and starts and,
screams and clippings and bowings.
the eyes of the audience wandered
pack to where painted the sad-eved
monkeys in their striped cotton
klmos' glancing about with marked
dlsapproval and settled melancholy
regarding the world at large. At
tracted by the jingle of copper sen,
shoWered equally by the sympathetic
tutor, other roaming shows and mu-
slclans drew near, and soon the pic
mic party was the enraptured center
OF hullabaloo that could be heard a
quarter of mile away.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-25

her eyes fingered on the sky, the trees,
the stream.
You look very happy, Leone" said
Lord Chandos.
Il am very happy" she replied: 81
wrote to my uncle yesterday, Lance
should like to send him box filled
with everything he likes best"
you shall, If it pleases you, my dar-
ling" he answered.
She leaned over the side of the boat
watching the water, drawing her hand
through the clear stream.
Happy" sc repeated, rather to her.
self than to him; II can safely say this,
that | have HAD so much happiness
since | have been here that IL | were
wretched all my life afterward l should
still have had far more happiness than
falls to the lot of many people"
She remembered those words in after
years, and she owned to herself that
they had been most perfectly true.
The few months passed at River
View had been most perfectly happy
no SHADE of care had come over her,
no doubt, no fear-nothing that chilled
the warmth Of her love, nothing that
marred its perfect trust. In some
lives there comes a pause of silent,
intense bliss before the storm, even as
the wind rests before the hurricane.
you make me very proud, Leone"
said Lord Chandos, when you tell me
OF your happiness. | can only say
may it be like the light of heaven,
eternal"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-25
THE LARGEo4 MIRROR.

rhe largest French plate-glass mir
ror ever brought to this country was
set up recently 1t took two days and
night. with over a score of workmen.
to get it from the steamer to the house
and put it into place The mirror is
los by 15S inches square, making
nearly Ia square feet of glass. 1t is
nearly half an inch thick 1t Is not
only the largest, but the most ex-
pensive. in the world. its actual cost
being in the neighborhood Of $4,000.
1t would have cost but a thousand
dollars to manufacture a single glass
but five different glasses had to be
cast before this perfect one was made.
The expense OF moving i. was fully
$500
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-25
CHAplII i n.l.
A perleclIy lIappy woman.

lCflGClly HAPPY woman.
''iuey would never dare do IL, Lord
Chandos repeater 10 himself with II
laugh OF contempt. Set his marriage
Aslde. lAcy were mad to think Of
such thing.
From Time to tim" strange looking
documents came TO MIN. He thrust
them aside without even looking ut
them. lie only laughed ut the notion.
Part him from Leone. 1t was not IN
the power OF any one ON earth to do
it. lie never mentioned the matter to
Leone at all; 1t was not worll while
to disturb her.
They mad been to Richmond and had
FOUND there II vlna SO DeautltuI 1t
quaint. picturesque old English
tlouse, fun OF pretty hooks and corners,
win large attlCod windows, over
Wnlch roses ana jasmine hung IN album
dance; Il smooth. green lawn ON which
sloou u superb Ccuar tree, beautiful
grounds mat reached down to INo riv-
er. The views from the windows were
superb. 1t was worm anything to
stand on that green lawn and watch
the sunset on the Thames.
Leone was deligu.ed with It, she
had never dreamed of n home 80 beau
tiful. Lord Chandos furnished 1t with
tho utmost luxury, and there the first
few happy months of their life were
spent. Lord tnandos did not wish eX-
aCtly that ms marriage should be kept
secret, but he uid not want 1t known
to the world In general until his moth
or was willing to introduce and receive
his wife.
10 Leone that life that opened to
her was like II Heayen on earth. Her
husband surrounded her with kind
obsefvances. He purchased for hen
a wardrobe that was marvel of beau
ty anu elegance; he found French
lady 's-maid who understood all the du-
ties OF the toilet. What was more,
he had the best masters In London to
instruct her. Her voice was one of the
finest ever heard, her taste for music
was 80 great that she was soon prof
Client.
lie taught her to ride. There was
one thing singular-eyery master who
ATTENDED her was aware OF n great Gid.
den power within her. They said
among each other that she was some
thing wonderful that the world would
hear of her some day. There was an
innate sense of power, a grand dramat-
ic instinct, keen sense of everything
beautiful, noble and great. There
were times when an electric flash Of
genius made them marvel.
1T is Housanu pities, said the
music-masor to himself, that she has
dependent on her own exertions. /
could have made her one of the finest
singers In the world"
Again, the drawing master said:
If had the training OF Lady Chan
dos would make her the finest artist
in England
None of them had discovered the
real secret Of her genius, or what was
the true fire that every now and then
seemed to brighten them all as II
flashed over them.
A few weeks completely changed
her; she had that keen, quick insight
into everything that wondrous tact
and intelligence which make some
women seem rs though they were ma
gicians.
When she first went to River View.
she had some traces OF her rustic
training. Before six weeks had
passed over 1t had all disappeared
Lord Chandos himself had taught her,
her information and accent were clear
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The Nightma are OF Microbes.

A woman who had purchased pair
of gloves was given three one dollar
bills in change. "Do it up in paper,
please" she said to the salesgirl.
The request was complied with, and
the wrapped up bills were put in a
pocketbook.
:'Some persons are microbe .uad, "
said physician in explaining tLa IL
cident. "Many have it so bad tat
they will not even pick up pin, re-
cause it has been said that all sorts Of
disease germs can be collected under
their heads. Dread of microbes is a
common form of hydrochondria. I
can sympathize with person who
does not like to see o woman with q
bundle of dirty clothes for washing
get into a public conveyance, but
there is no use in going to extremes.
ever since the researches of Koch
and Pasteur have attracted attention
the number of microbe maniacs has
steadily increased. Take any morbid
minded person and give him little
insight into bacteriology, and the re.
suit is sure to be disastrous. He
shakes with terror at the first little
symptom of real or imaginary de-
rangement. New York Herald.
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it in the fame was covering of frost.
It was no ordinary ice, either, for,
later, on being allowed to rest on the
table and passed around, the intens-
ity of it's freezing kept it firm long
time, in spite of the heat of the room
The concluding test was in some re.
spects o most wonderful one. Mr..
Tripler placed liquid air in a deep tin
cup, lowered it in q jar of water and
soon had thick coating of ice on it.
The liquid air turned into gas. He
put ice water in the cup to relieve the
hold of the ice on the tin cup, and
when removed be had a cup OF ice.
This ice cup in turn he filled with
liquid air, and then lowered a piece
of carbon in it. A bright light was
the result, showing through the ice
glass as an arc light through a globe.
The carbon was burning with q heat
of 5000 degrees above zero. and it was
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States were secured by Harper &
Brothers, and the book throughout
America is considered the most valua.
BILE contribution to European history
that has been made for many a day.
In England it has also had sale com.
mensurate with its importance. An
other fact of especial interest abou'
this book is that although it was pub.
lished on November 29th, it has al
ready appeared in five different Ian
guages. France did not express much
appreciation over the autobiography
of Prince Bismarck. 1t contained toe
many references to Sedan, to Grave
lotte and to the siege of Paris for he,
tender sensibilities. Russian sensi.
bilities have proved still more tender,
md the Imperial Press Censor has re.
fused Russian booksellers permission
to place the work on sale. There are
many subjects which Bismarck treats
with O plain-spokenness that is most
painful to the delicately organized ear
of the Russian; for instance, Bis
marck speaks of the murder of the
Czar Paul; the Russians speak Of il
always as the Sudden demise"
It is indeed unfortunate that the
Iron Chancellor did not live to enjoy
The success of his book. 1t is sure
sign that throughout his misfortunes,
throughout the bitter years of his old
lge, his people still believed in him.
It is to Bismarck's credit that his au-
photography is neither pettish nor pes
,lmistic. and it is safe to say that the
best monument to his memory will be
aalf million copies of his book in as
many German homes, and as many
more copies scattered throughout the
world. A man who has such monu.
nent need care but little what marble
nausoleums are raised above his
lshes, or in what sarcophagus he
lleeps. Our illustration shows the
'arcophagus of Prince Bismarck,
which lately arrived at Friedrichruh,
ind which has been placed in the
lewly built mausoleum. 1t is made
IF pink marble from the designs of
Herr Schurbach, of Hanover, and is in
ihe strictly Roman style. Its dimen.
lions are ten feet long, FIVE broad and
ifty-one and three.quarter inches
oiph
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TR[PLER'S TESTS
With LIQUID AIR.


The boundless possibilities of the
twentieth century through an unlim-
tied and cheap supply ofpower to do the
work of the world were suggested when
Professor Charles E. Tripler, of New
York, gave an exhibition of his expert
ments with liquid air before the Ma
tional Geographic Society at the Arl-
ington, in Washington. These e1-
periments, when made, filled the COM
pany with wonder and seemed to set
all preconceived notions regarding
heat and cold, aside in the light of
knowledge that has been acquired of
late years, and which is rapidly being
80 perfected as to re7olutionize present
methods of doing many things, if the
expectations now entertained in regard
to them ,shall be eventually realized.
Mr.. Tripier began his exhibition by
dipping pan of liquid air from the
reservoir. It boiled and steamed away
as water from the fire, yet it was cold
and not heat that was creating the
commotion. Spilled to the floor, it
landed with a heavy sound, like the
striking of mercury, and yet in a mo-
ment it had turned to air, and was be-
ing breathed by the people who had
just seen it fall in a solid state. Cup
fuls of the liquid were passed around.
Fingers passed through the substance
gave sensation similar to passing
through heavy vapor, yet there was
the heavy liquid, as clear as water,
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sided into three parts The first will
touch the question of disarmament,
that is, to what extent the armies shall
. be reduced. Questions concerning
international arbitration will be de-
sided by the second, while all ger
name questions will be dealt with by
The third.
The palace itself is artistically in
;eresting. It was built in 1647 by the
Princess Amelie de Solmi, widow of
Prince Henri Frederic, of Orange.
Paintings in the Orange Room are by
such great artists as Levens, Jordaens
and Van Thulden. There is an allie
gorical picture representing his victory
over wicked temptations. There is
Chinese and a Japanese room, with
rarest works of art in them. The
walls of the dining room are decorated
by De Wit with scenes from mythology.
Among the people who will be pres
snt at the conference, though not as
delegate, is the Baroness Won Suttner.
She is the author of a novel with the
title "Lay Down Your Arms" This
book is said to have had great in
auence with the Gear in issuing his
Peace rescript. 1t is said, moreover,
to have been the greatest single force
with him to that end. It ran through
dozen editions on the continent, and
The men of the military countries were
thoroughly familiar with it, strangely,
before it could find an English trans
lator or a publisher in England.
/ Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina and
The Queen Dowager are now on a
Continental tour. They will return
to The Hague to receive the Peace
Conference, ultimately leaving for
Loo, where they will entertain the
Conference twice, at dinner and a
garden party.
The Rotterdam Peace Committee
has obtained in fortnight Is, 900 sig
natures to peace petition.
Baron de Staal, Russian Ambassa-
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The Joke Oh Papa.

It is told of learned professor of
languages in an English university
that on one first of April he was asked
to bring home several things from the
druggists. He carefully made mem
orandum of the articles so that he
might not forget, and was putting his
list in his pocket when his saucy young
daughter said, quite coolly, "Papa,
will you bring me a penny worth OF
evaporated pigeons milk?" Ger
tainly, my dear" was his reply, as he
carefully noted it down, and doubtless
be would have asked the druggist for
it had not one OF the children laughed.
That caused him to look at the entry,
and he, too, laughed. You caught
me that time, my dear" he said, pat
ting his daughters curly head.