Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-16


just again attracted attention by her
visit to Kaiser Wilhelm at Berlin was
recently presented with true journal
istic Offering, consisting of i've superb
ly bound volumes that contained the
reports of the foreign press published
on the occasion of her ascension to the
throne last fall.
At the instance of DR.. Kuyper, who
will be remembered as having visited
the Dutch colony of Wilhelmina in
Maryland not long since, a circular had
been addressed to the representatives
of foreign papers requesting them to
send to the committee whatever they
had published relating to the auspic-
ious event. The request was cheer
fully and literally complied with, and
all the reports were carefully and
tastefully arranged in five stout vol
umes. The first volume contains all
the contributions from France, the Sec
ond those from England, the third the
German and Austrian contributions,
the fourth those from Belgium, Swift
erland and Italy and the fifth those
from the Scandinavian countries,
SpaiE Portugal, Russia and the United
States. On the first page of each vol
ume is list of the papers represented
at the celebration and the names of the
respective correspondents, while the
articles themselves are artistically dec
Grated, together with the coat of arms
Of each country in colors. The queen
was greatly pleased with the present,
and it has found place in the Orange
family archives, the first press clip
pings" thus honored by royal favor.
End of the World.
The end of the world, according to
Prof Rudolf Falb of Vienna, is due at
1903 p. M on November 10, 1899
Another professor adds that the end
will be caused by a new planet bre2k-
ing away from the sun and creating a.
explosion which will play havoc with
the universe and certainly put an enc
to all animal life on the surface of on
own little planet. Under these cir
cumstances says Dagonet in the Ref
tlet, IL DGllOONto US ali w VI tLIl tS
much of our life as we can into the
remaining day. 1t is a pity these
learned professors didn't let us have
the information a little earlier. If
Professor Andree had known that the
great drama, The World, had only two
more years to lun he would never have
gone to the north pole in balloon.
The idea TINT the world is likely to 20
off with a bang at any moment will
probably send people down into their
boots but if one reasons the situation
out calmly it is really a grateful and
comforting one, Look at the vast
amount of responsibility which is lift
ed from our shoulders. We have none
of us to bother about our old age, or
the future of our children, or the value
of our investments. or the state of
trade, or politics. We have just to look
ahead for a short time, make arrange
ments to get through that time as com
fortably as possible and go to bed on
the night of November II and calmly
await the universal euthanasia,
Chicagos Doom.
In Ciei ct Terre, a French scientific
periodical, NJ. Gilbert states that the
shores of the American great lakes are
sinking and rising at some places
North of a line running 100 miles
south. 81 degrees west, the land is ris-
ing, and southwest of the line it is
sinking. The village of Ontario, on
Lake Ontario is gradually becoming
submerged, whereas at Hamilton there
is a progressive rise The line of sink
ing also runs through Lakes Huron
and Michigan. In Georgian bay the
level of the water falls at the rate Of
IS to 80 centimeters, while at Milwua-
kee and Chicago it rises to like ex-
tent. If the process goes on at this
rate-and Mr. Gilbert thinks it will
Chicago will be submerged in $50
years, and in 200 years Lakes Michi-
gan, Erie and Huron will discharge by
the Illinois and Mississippi into the
Gulf of Mexico The basin of the great
lakes will end by emptying itself
American Extravaganza.
= In discussion of American society
features published by the Figaro. from
which the Paris Herald brings extracts,
the French writer among other things,
states that in America, which is a prac-
: teal country, the success Of an enter
tainment is n assured by its cost,
which is sometimes too plainly an
nounced Then follows depression on
a certain American millionaire who
gave a dinner in Paris and had the
menus written on polished ingots Of
silver from his extensive mines. The
company were delighted and found the
idea very American, whereupon the
host said, You know, of course, you
keep the menus" Certainly whls-
pered pretty Partisan journalist. who
was sitting next him; that is a matter
of course But we should like to have
done it little more discreetly." Such.
the Figaros correspondent thinks,
would have been the feelinf of Paris