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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1899-08-23
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
HE CALLED HER IN.

He called her In from me and shut the
door.
After long struggling with my pride
and pain,
A weary while 1t seemed, in which the
more
held myself from her. the greater
fain
Was to look upon her face again:
At last--at last-half conscious where
my feet
Were faring. | stood waist deep In the
sweet,
Green grasses there, where she
First came to me,
The very blossoms she had plucked
that day,
And at her fathers voice had cast
away,
Around me lay.
Still bright and blossomlng In these
eyes OF mine:
And as | gathered each one eagerly,
pressed It to my lips and drank the
wine
Her kisses left there for the honey
'ssauI9p
-usl SulLe5uH Wlm 'Iluq lualIq lou 10
sseIl
sul ulIm moW pluI pun lolJu 'ueqI
'95q
|, turning, crept on to the edge that
bound
Her pleasant seeming home-but all
around
Was never sign Of her The windows
Were blinded; and ! heard no ripping
or her glad laugh, nor any harsh voice
call!
But, clutched to the tangled grasses
caught
A sound as though strong man
bowed his head
And sobbed alone-unloyed-
forted!
And then stralghtway before
My fearless eyes, all wildly was
wrought
vision that Is with me evormore;
A little girl that lies asleep, nor
hears,
Nor heeds not any voice, nor fall OF
tears:
And / sit singing DER and DER,
God called her in from him and shut
the door"
James Whitcomb Riley.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
A FISHING EPISODE.

The breaking up of winter had start
ed the conversation toward the de-
lights of fishing and that reminded
one of the party of a story.
Il was brought up by my father"
said he, lin the way that his strict
Methodist teachings seemed to think
a boy should be, and that was to work
six days in the week and go to church
on Sunday. There was a creek run
ming through our meadow, and one
day while ] was raking bay | located
a large trout that had its lair under
one OF the overhanging hanks,
II was under my fathers eve for six
days in the week, and ] knew 1t would
be useless for me to ask him to let
me fish for the trout, so resolved TO
slip away from church the following
Sunday and trust to luck that my alb
sence would not be noticed by the old
gentleman.
Sunday was an ideal day for fish
ing, and much to my satisfaction
succeeded in landing the big fellow.
More than that, caught nine others,
none Of which weighed less than a
pound.
When ! reached home my mother
met me at the door and informed me
that my father was waiting for me in
the woodshed. With a sinking heart
and still holding the string OF fish
entered the woodshed. | can see now
how fathers mouth opened when he
saw the string of fish mat held In
my and His sporting blood got the
best of his paternal strictness and
dropping the hickory switch he held
he said:
"'Where did you get them, SON.
Il saw my opportunity and / made
the best OF It. calmly informed him
that If he would let me off from the
switching I would tell him where !
caught them.
He had hard struggle to put
down his desire to tan me for propos
Ing such a thing, but finally We struck
bargain and | agreed to show him
the spot the following day.
Il carried ont my part OF the bar
facts and dataof subject. without
thorough preparation. Thenon re-
gain and pointed out the spot, and
father put in a day whipping the
pool without catching single fish.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
APHORISMS.

There is no legacy SO rich as hon
esty.-Shakespeare.
Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale.
makers. Sheridan.
However rare true love Is, true
friendship is rarer.-La Rochefou-
cauld.
Discomfort Is the want OF self-re-
lance; 1t is infrmity of will.-Emer-
son
The greatest truths are the simplest;
and so are the greatest men.-Hare.
Health lies in labor. and there is no
Royal road to 1t but through TOLL
Wendell Phillips.
A thankful man owes a courtesy
ever: the unthankful but when he
needs it-Ben Johnson.
There is healthful hardness about
real dignity that never breads contact
and communion with others, however
Misunderstanding.
The silence of friend commonly
amounts 20 treachery. His not daring
10 say anything in our behalf implies
tacit censure -Hazlitt
A man who does not learn to live
while he is getting living, is a poorer
man after his wealth is won than he
was before.--J. G. Holland.
Duty is what goes most against the
grain, because in doing that We do
only what we are strictly obliged TO-
and are seldom much praised for it
La Bruyere.
In good company, YOU need not ask
VINO is the master 81 the feast. The
man wno sits IN the lowest place. and
who II always industrious In helping
everyone, Is certainly the man
Hume.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
PALACE OF CALCUTTA,

The massive carved ratings at the
sides are all but hid beneath densely
growing vines that have been trained
10 form two slantinS walls OF foliage
there, Two towering palms. one on
either side Of the grand staircase, hold
up their round vloudlike tons OF
teathery fronds rs Il they were pair
Of huge brushes the symbols of
power among most Eastern peoples. A
breadth of carpet, royal purple in hue,
has been flung down the middle of the
stairway, and on the top landing. be-
fore the splendid columns which sun
port the Grecian front OF the palace,
stand men OF the viceroy's brilliant
red body guard, turhauod. and carry
ing lances, each with tiny flag AT
top. This hody-guard Is composed OF
lg0 mon, picked FOR their size and
bearing. They wear long red coats
which reach to their hoot-tons above
their knees Their variegatcd tur.
bans, mainly red, are OF great size
Their many minor trappinGs aid IN
rendering them u notable feature oI
any scene In which they are placed
Except upon occasions OF state, tn,
carriage entrance to the palace Is un.
der the grand staircase and on tn,
ground~noor, AS YOU sten from your
| carriage you see other gorgeous mer
ot the body guard and knots OF ser,
wants OF the household loungiug in tn,
enormous hall, wish had in
Quired the number of servants In tn;
viccroy's employ, because thoy are sc
numerous that when one dimes ut til,
palace they seem to move in clouds
around the table. visited u nativ,
prince one day IN the temporary quar-
tors whore he was hating, and h,
had siXty-tlve men to look after hi'
comforts. or the vtccroy's stan
can only say that when you visit hin
YOU do not need to take your vale
with you to wait on You at table, n,
Is the general rule In india, --Iullar
Ralph in tlarpor's Weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
LADY CURZoN'S PALACE.

Lord Wellesley built this palace
copying it from the mansion which
has descended to Lord Curzou from
his ancestors, and in which he spent
his boyhood. That house is Eedleston
Hall, in Derbyshire one of the noted
mansions of Great Britain. Welles-
ley had visited its owner, and was so
impressed by its stately grandeur that
when the opportunity came for him
to put up the first English govern
mental palace in India he could think
OF nothing better than to copy this
noble pile. He improved upon the
original. He made the four great
wings each three stories high to match
the central building. They are story
lower in the Curzon mansion in
Derbyshire. 1t Is strange trick Of
fortune which now brings Lord Cur
zon to rule Indiaa. Burmah. and the
other allied dominions under his con-
troll from what seems the very hall In
which he spent his boyhood In the
motherland. More curious vet is the
tale now whispered by those who are
near to him, to the effect that when
he saw the palace on his first visit to
India strange but powerful super
stition seized his mind, and he said to
himself, II shall one day be the mas
ter of that house also" Another bit
of viceregal gossip, a trif1e more SEN
timental and moving, is that which
couples Rudyard Kipling with this
grand advance from the English coun-
try-seat to the oriental palace. 1t runs
thus-that when the gifted English
man wrote his name in Lady Curzon' s
album, some years ago. he said to
her, "rhe next time | write my name
in your house it will be In govern
ment house, Calcutta. Julian Ralph
in Harper's Weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15

gotten in the general rush to the
doors. \ number Of officers were
present who attempted to restore
order but the delay cost them their
carriages; for when they reached
the street they found their horses
had been taken by soldiers in their
anxiety to get to barracks. rhe
Spanish and foreign population de-
serted the drives and theatres. and
rushed to their homes, locking the
doors and eNtinguishing the lights.
In half an hour the city was deserted,
with the exception of the soldiers
everywhere on guard or hurrying to
the front in quick measured steps
that rang through the empty streets.
The walled city was the refuge OF
many people who had deserted their
houses and sought safety in the
churches, as they feared their own
servants. Companies from the First
Oregon, the thirteenth Minnesota vol
unteers, and twenty-third United
States Infantry, under direction OF
General Hughes, the Provost Marshal,
maintained the best Of order; and as
all the residents bolted their houses as
though to resist a siege of the old
days, this part of the city was easily
controlled. In the new city beyond
the walls and in the outlying districts
several attacks were made on indi-
yiduals. Lieutenant-C Cotton
was driving to Santa Mesa to join his
regiment when native, mere boy,
rushed at him with a sword, and only
the blunt edge prevented wound
Failing the first thrust he returned to
the attack, and it took three shots
from the Coloners revolver to silence
him.-Percy G. Mcdonnell in Serb
ner'S.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
NUTRITIOUS BIRDS.

The flesh OF birds differs In quality
according To the food on which they
live. Such as feed upon grain and
berries afford In general good nourish.
ment, II we except geese and ducks
whose flesh is hard OF digestion. A
young chicken Is tender and delicate
food, and extremely well adapted fol
use when the digestive powers are
weak. or all tame fowls the capon
" the most nutritious. Turkey and
guinea-fowls AFFORD substantial aliment
but are not as welcome to the stomach
as TO the palate. In all birds those
parts are the most firm which are most
exercised; therefore the wings and in
the larger birds the legs are commonly
the toughest The flesh Of wild birds
In general, though more digestible, Is
less nourishing than that OF quadru-
peds, being dryer on account OF the
constant exercise which birds take.
Those birds which subsist upon
worms. insects or fishes do not furnish
wholesome food Albert q. Evans In
Lippincott's.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
HOW ONE WOMAN BEGAN.

Flora Annie Steel is one woman
who can write. Yet she had no idea
OF doing so professionally. She be-
gan by helping out poor devil OF an
Indian editor who was dying with te-
yer. She didn't know anything about
politics, but in her editorials abused
the government on general principles.
Then | did not write at ALL" Mrs.
Steel continues, till | came home in
1889. was appalled, at the fearful
self-conceit of our civilization. The
way people talked about the poor hea-
then filled me with evil temper. So
| began to write short stories OF act
ualities that | had seen and known.
On the Face of the Waters was in my
mind for years. 1t was simply duty
to write it. Here again our self-con-
ceit was unbearable. though heaven
knows there was glory enough for the
English flag in the Mutiny to make
an indiscrimlnate beslobbering OF
praise unnecessary. | am a preacher
pur ct simple-nothing else. When
my sermons come to an end so will my
stories.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
GALE REPERCUTEE."

Napoleon Bonaparte, as first con-
malady which caused him to seek
the advice OF the most distinguish !
physicians OF Paris. 1t is little
shocking to modern sensibllitles to
read that these physicians, except
Corvisart, diagnosed the distinguished
patients malady as gale repercutee"
that Is TO say, In idiomatic English
itch Struck in" 1t Is hardly neces-
sary TO say that no physician OF to-
day would make SO incongiderate
diagnosis In the case OF royal patient.
II by any chance a distinguished
patient were afflicted with the itch,
the sagacious physician would care
fully hide the fact behind circumlocu-
tons. and proceed to eradicate the
disease with all despatch.-All OF
which goes to show how easy 1t may
be for a masked pretender to impose
on credulous humanity; for nothing
is more clearly established In modern
knowledge than the fact that gale
fepercutee" was simply name to hide
a profound ignorance; no such disease
exists, or ever did exist. Gale itself
Is a sufficiently tangible reality. to be
sure; but 1t Is a purely local disease
Of the skin, due TO a perfectly definite
cause, and the dire internal condi-
tons formerly ascribed to 1t have
really no causal connection with It
whatever. This definite cause. as
every one nowadays knows. Is no
thing more nor less than microscopic
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
PRISONERS or HOPE.

Mary Johnston Is shy little Ala
bafa girl. born In Virginia after the
war; her father Is veteran Of the con-
federacy. Two years ago Miss John
ston began a novel. writing an hour or
two each day as she could spare time.
She called the story Prisoners OF Hope.
II has had fine success. There isn't
any moral to this brief recital. Some
people can draw pictures and some
cannot; some people can write stories
without having TO learn how to do 1t;
some can write after learning; some
try half lifetime to learn and never
succeed. That's the way things are
arranged.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15

insect which has found Judgment on
the skin, and has burrowed and made
itself at home there, XIII that insect,
and the disease is no more; hence II
has come to be an axiom with the
modern physician that the itch is one
of the three or four diseases that he
positively Is able to cure, and that
very speedily, Rut Il was far other
wise with the physicians Of the flrst
third Of our century, because to them
the cause of the disease was an abso-
lutte mystery, Magaa,ne,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
BYGONE BADGER OF THRIFT.
When Did the Habit of Mailing lnSur-
anCe Signs on Houses Stop?

One by one the old-fashioned things
are falling away, until the middle-aged
man of today can find very little left
to remind him of his boyhood days.
1t used to be the habit of years ago for
tire-insurance companies to label the
house on which they had taken a
risk. 1t was matter of pride for
the householder to have a small en-
bossed metal sign on which was
stamped in gilt letters, Niagara" or
Aetna" or Prudential" or some
thing of the sort, tackled .4on the
gable end of his porch. 1t was an in
dication that he was business man,
and took life seriously, One rather
pitied, in those days, the family of
the man on whose house there was no
insurance sign. It. indicated that the
head of the house was probably not a
good provider" and unthrifty
One day last week man was walk
ing from his home to his place of
business. He looked at the houses
as ! passed with idle curiosity He
stopped suddenly in his walk, ar
rested by small metal sign on a
house porch. The house was built Of
ancient bricks; it was clearly old
fashioned, so old-fashioned that the
little insurance sign, from which the
gilt had long ago been washed by the
weather, had not been taken down.
Its discovery recalled the fact to the
man that the by-gone fashion of in
surance signs on houses had stopped
without his having noticed it, and he
wondered how long ago it had been,
and If it had been gradual or sudden,
and why he had not noticed it before
But it is a fact; this little badge of
thrift has gone out of usage, probably
because fire insurance has become SO
necessary and common that it is not
worth while to call the attention OF
the world to the fact that you are pro-
tected against loss if your house
burns.-kansas City Star.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Content means having given up
hoping.
The more queens Solomon drew the
worse hands he held.
A woman can love so many different
ways It is no wonder she Is doubtful
az to which is the man.
II women were worse and men bet.
ter, II still would be toss-up as to
which were the bigger fool to get mar
ried.
Force OF habit makes woman think
she still loves her husband when she
doesn't; the same reason makes q man
think he doesn't when he does. --New
York Press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
CARE OF THE FINGER NAILS.

Soft white hands are always one
of the principal points of refined APP
pearance, and for that reason women
of all ages have most carefully at
tended to their hands," writes Mrs
Humphrey, advising plain girls how to
be pretty, in the Ladies' Home Jour
nal. The care of the hands cannot be
said to be neglected nowadays, when
so many persons employ the manicure,
who scrapes the nails and makes them
of a lovely pink. pushes back the skin
from the little white half-moons at the
base, cuts the nails in a crescent which
exactly follows the outline of the
half-moons, and ends by washing the
hands in preparation that makes
them both smooth and white, tenn
porarily, If not permanently. The
hands look extremely we'll after the
mancure's task has been finished al
though Erasmus Wilson says that the
nails should never be scraped nor
cleaned with any instrument save the
nailbrush. The only other imple-
ment needed is the small ivory pres
ser"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
FIGHT IN THE PHILIPPINES.

In the city, long before the heavy
firing commenced, the alarm spread,
a general call to quarters was sound
ed, and patrols were thrown out
through the streets. An excitable
orderly rushed into the circus where
several hundred soldiers and civilians
were seated, and between gasps
howled the California men to quart
ers. the place was in an uproar in a
second, and as the men rushed over
the fiimsy structures througl The
rings, the people followed suit, and
clowns and trained horses we're for
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15

A French royalist mob, led b.
Counts Bonl and Jean Castellane, at
tackled President Loubet at Auteuil
races. Countess Castellane led band
OF young royallsts during the mani
festation and presented the odd spec
tacIe OF old Jay Gould's daughter and
son-in-law leading royalist mani
festation against the president OF the
French republic.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
A DESPERATE FIGHT
AMERICAN TROOPS AGAIN ROUT
FILIPINOS.
TWO OFFICERS KILLED

Iwenty-One Soldiers Wounded-Law-
ton, Wheaton and Oyenshine with
1850 Men Get After the Rebels En-
trenched Near City OF Manila
Lieut.. Westnedge Dies.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15

wanted to tell him that they only bit |
we'll on Sunday, but thought it best |
not to-"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15

Manila, June 11.-12:10 p. M, Sun
day-Gen. Lawton has occupied Par
anque and the villages of Malibay, to
the north, and Las Pinas to the south,
preparatory to moving upon Bacora,
whence the rebels fed during the
night. The rebels deserted Paranque
and the trenches south of Manila at
midnight, finding the Americans be-
hind them, and escaped along the
coast
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
Cant. Nicholas Dies.

Washington, June IA cablegram
was received at the navy department
Yesterday from Capt Barker, the naval
officer in command at Manila, an
nouncing the sudden death OF Capt.
Henry Nichols from sunstroke. Capt.
Nichols was the commander OF the
monitor Monadnock.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-01
McCURTAIN'S MESSAGE,
The ChoCtaw Governor Says
What He Thinks.

Gov. McCurtain's message tc
The Choctaw council was a decid
edly warm document. The ma
tional finances were alluded TO and
then the miners strike.
"a subject kindred to that oi
our finances, and entitled to men,
ton in this connection, is that OF
our coal interests, This abun-
dant and valuable resource, under
the direct supervision and control
OF the United States government.
shows a decrease alarming ia its
properties. A great hue anl! cry
was raised by the United States
authorities against tribal manage
ment OF this interest, charging that
corruption among the tribes was
so rife as to render the United
States governments protection a
necessity. Accordingly the col
lection and custody of the coal
moneys were given to the United
States government, with the ex-
pection that great good would
come from such able management.
Within little less than year
from the time that the United
States government assumed this
responsibility. the opportunity
came for the United States author
tiles to afford the protection prom
ised. The miners strike began,
and with it began the decrease in
our sole dependence. The mining
companies made an effort TO con-
tinue the operation Of the mines
by the employment Of labor not in
sympathy with the striking ele-
ment, bu. this proved of little
avail, as the striking miners here
and others from the surrounding |
states known as agitators exerted
a controlling influence to dissuade
other labor. Thus tho efforts of
the mining companies 10 continue
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-01

There is a great difference il
the revenue laws OF the Greek and
the Cherokee nations. In the
Creek country the taxes are in
many instances unreasOnably high,
especially the occupation taxes.
In the Cherokee nation there is
scarcely an exlorlionate revenue
law in existence.