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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-09

exported logwood, and it was the fouu-
dation of his fortune, BY and by Jim
inez found that ne had given Heureux
$500, 900, and that the latter was de-
handing more. He refused to give
again, and he and Heureux ceased to
be such cordial friends"
f. d. York, secretary OF the San Do
mingo Improvement Company, said TO
the same reporter:
When town surrcnders the
insurgents take the defeated
government troops with them.
All government employees, the police,
watchmen, etc. are armed tn Rem
ingtons and revolvers. An American
is as safe in San Domingo as he is in
New York-safer when the trolley and
cable cars are considered
The chief cause of dissatisfaction
and uprising in San Domingo is the
currency question. A man who has
prestige and who can obtain loans is
the man the natives are looking for as
president Jiminez is hardly the man,
He Is we'll known in New York, Ham
burg. London and Paris, where his
banking houses have suspended. The
chief products OF San Domingo are TO-
bacco, chocolate, fruits. wood, honey,
beeswax and hides. The best mahog-
any in existence grows there, Ma
hogany is the scarcest and most valu-
able timber known to the lumber
trade. The tobacco crops of this wear
will be $4,000 sefons, OF 40 pounds
each. The country is in fine sanitary
condition, the interior furnishing en-
cellent springs for drinking water,
while rain water Is caught in shallow
vessels for drinking purposes in the
cities. There is nothing offensive in
the way of sewage in any OF the towns,
Notwithstanding the fact that there are
as yet no waterworfs in the Republic
of San Domingo, exc II IT points along
our railroad.
las to the peopie-tn> ,ountry peo-
pie | mean-at first the boys and girls
go abroad perfectly nude. The first
article of apparel is invariably a hat;
the next a pair OF shoes. After awhile
the boys wear a belt and a knife, and
the girls short dresses.
Notwithstanding the present insur-
rection, commerce is not affected. San
Domingo was never SO prosperous as at
the present time. The present gener-
alton does not inherit the revolution
airy propensities of the last and former
generations. The country people do
not want to fight, either for the govern
meat or against it, and not infrequent-
ly, in order to avoid military service
they take to the bush"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-09

In spite Of the fact that all the smart
dressmakers are sending out costumes
this season made with skirt and waist,
and also that the best fashion advance
notes tell us that separate waists are
no longer fashionable, there have never
been 80 many different styles Of waists
and skirts worn that have absolutely
no reference one to the other. Per-
haps the very number worn Is the rea-
son that the fashion Is said to BIO on
the wane. In the meantime, particu-
larly while hot weather lasts, women
are certain to make the best of this
most convenient style Of dressing, and
consequently the manufacturers OF Inc
fancy shirts have taken advantage Of
the present demand and are turning
out quantities OF most bewitching ini
attractive shirt waists OF lawn. cam
brio, etc. made not only by machine
but by hand, are. to use trade ex-
flooding the market. The
plainest kind OF shirts. made In III
cheapest materials, but OF surprisingly
good cut, are sold ready made FOR less
than dollar There are other shirt
pattern OF which Is mu,h
the same. but OF course better cut and
are sold for several dol
lars. II Ia easily seen, therefore, that
there are enough to choose FROM
Harper's Bazaar.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-09
ARTIFICIAL SILK.

| The production of artificial silk has
for some time past attracted the atten-
ton of experimenters in France, and it
has been used with success to replace
natural silk in certain fabrics. The
Duke du Chardonnet, who claims to be
the first to have success fully carried
out the process, exhibited some fine
specimens of artificial silk at the Paris
exposition OF 1889. Since then he has
perfected his system, and at the pres
ent time factory of considerable i'm
portance is in operation at BeSaneon,
under the direction of NJ. Tricano.
This factory is now capable of produc-
ins $50 Kilograms of artificial silk a
day
Natural silk is largely made up of Il
body called "fibroin," together with
other substances, such as gelatin, al
bumen, wax coloring matter, fatty and
resinous matter, ETC., the cellulose of
the mulberry leaf being thus trans
formed by the silkworm. The nature
of these transformations is of course
unknown, and in order to produce a
substance resembling silk, a method is
adopted by which the cellulose fur
nished by cotton is used as base. The
cotton, having been transformed into
nitro cellulose, or guncotton, by treat
ing it with nitric and sulphuric acids,
this latter Is dissolved in a mixture of
ether and alcohol, and the resulting
collodion is filtered under pressure.
In order to be SUCCESSFULLY used for
the production of artificial silk, 1t is
found that the collodion must be al
lowed to "age" for certain period of
time, the reason of which has lot been
definitely settled; however, 1t is GER
tain that the collodion, on being al
lowed to stand, undergoes certain mod
ifications by which it is better fitted
for the purpose 1t is then run into
cylinders, which have capillary holes
in the bottom, and the Collodion is
forced out of those holes under a
pressure of 40 to SO atmospheres. 1t
comes out in the form of white,
cylindrical filaments; these are united
to form threads, which are put up in
skeins, and all traces OF alcohol or
water which they may contain are re-
moved In this state, however, the
threads are extremely inhammable,
partaking of the nature of gun cotton,
and to remove this difficulty they must
be "de-nitrated, that is to say, the
celulose must be brought back into it's
normal condition. This part OF the
process, which is indeed an essential
one, involves considerable difficulty
and has been experimental upon for
some time by M. Du Chardonnet and
others. However, a process has at
last been arrived at which accom-
plishes this in satisfactory manner.
The details Of this process have not as
vet been made public but it is certain
that by this operation white, silky
threads are produced, which are not
appreciably more infammable than
natural silk. The skeins which have
been made up of these threads are then
dyed by immersing them in heated
bath OF basic aniline color.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-09
USE OF GOATS LYMPH.
Startling Results Predicted for a New
Discovery.

II regard it as the discovery OF the
nineteenth century and l predict that
before very long it will be used In
every hospital in New York"
The above remark was made by Dr.
R. w. Steger in an interview concern
ing the goats lymph compound OF Or.
Roberts, of Chicago, and the case OF
insanity it recently cured.
DR.. Steger is one of two physicians
in Greater New York who have been
using the lymph in their regular prac-
tice. He has just been elected presi-
dent of the Roberts Medical So
ciety, an organization named for the
discoyerer of the lymph. The So
ciety has arranged for the publica-
ton of a medical journal for the ex-
tension of the Roberts treatment
throughout the country. DR.. Fred
erick Holden, of Brooklyn, who has
been associated with DR.. Steger In the
use of the lymph, has been elected
secretary, and DR.. Joseph R. Hawley'
director of the institute in chicago,
that has perfected DR.. Roberts lymph,
has been appointed editor.
The lymph is drawn from the lynn
phatic glands, spleen and other Or
cans OF goats, and is injected beneath
the skin of patients. DR.. Steger de-
clares that if put into general use
il would undoubtedly cure at least 40
per cent. of the cases of insanity in the
country.
81 have been using the lymph for
two months" said DR.. Steger, and
the results l have obtained from 1t are
simply remarkable. In fact, hesl-
tate to speak of many of the cures that
have come under my observation for
fear that other physicians will think
l am exaggerating.
THE lymph, in the first place, is
designed to effect cures in cases OF
chronic rheumatism, locomotor ataxia
and premature old age.
1T is designed to build up men who
have lived too fast and have become
old before their time introduced into
the system the lymph invigorates the
pXhAuSLGu Cells ItolOlpo uhN 80
creases power and strength. The
lymph has even been known to cure
consumption in the early stages, al
though | have had no cases OF this
sort. and cannot testify as to that
The idea is that the lymph builds
up the system by restoring the diseas-
ed tissue. The cells that are kept In
healthy state coming in contact with
the cells that have deteriorated builds
up the latter Probably the most I'm
portant case have had and the one
that would occasion most surprise was
one of locomotor ataxia. The patient
had not been able to walk for two
years. Control OF all the muscles OF
the body had been lost
Il used the lymph for several weeks
and there was marked improvement.
/ continued its use. and the last !
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-09
WHAT MY LOVER SAID.

BY the merest chance. in the twilight
gloom,
In the orchard pain he met me;
In the tall, wet grass, with its faint
perfume,
And tried to pass, but he made no
room,
Oh, ! tried, but he would not let me,
So stood and hlushed till the grass
grew red,
With my face bent down above il,
While he took my hand as he whis-
pering said
GLOW the clover lifted each pink,
sweet head.
To listen to all that my lover said;
Oh, the clover in bloom, love itD
In the high, wet grass went the path to
hide.
And the low, wet leaves hung over;
But | could not pass upon either side.
For | found myself, when | vainly
tried,
In the arms of my steadtast lover.
And he held me there, and he raised
my head,
While he closed the path before me.
And he looked down into my eyes and
said
lhow the leaves bent down from the
boughs o'erhead,
To listen to all that my lover said:
Oh, the leaves hanging lowly DER
me!)
Had he moved aside but a little way,
| could surely then have passed him;
And he knew never could wish to
stay,
And would not have heard what he had
to say,
Could only aside nave cast him.
1t was almost dark, and the moments
sped.
And the searching night wind found
us,
But he drew me nearer and softly said
(How the pure, sweet wind grew still,
instead,
To listen to all that my lover said:
Oh, the whispering wind around us!)
am sure he knew, when he held me
fast,
That | must be all unwilling.
For tried to go, and | would have
passed,
As the night was come with its dew
at last,
And the sky with its stars was I'LL
ing.
But he clasped me close when | would
have fled,
And he made me hear his story
And his soul came out from his lips
and said
CHow the stars crept out where the
white moon led,
TO listen to all that my lover said;
Oh, the moon and the stars In
gloryD
| know that the grass and the leaves
will not tell
And I'm sure that the wind, precious
rover,
VIII carry my secrets so safely ana
well
That no being shall ever discover
One word of the many that rapidly
fell
From the soul-speaking lips of my
lover;
And the moon and the star that look
car
Shall never reveal what fairy-like
spell
They wove round about us that night
In the dell,
In the path through the ew-laden
clover,
Nor echo the whispers that made my
heart swell
AS they fell from the lips Of my lover,
Howard Greene,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-09
A REMARKABLE LOUISIANIAN.
Amassed Fortune of $l0,000,000 ana
Never Learned to Read

The most remarkable man who has
developed in Louisiana in the last
half century died in this city tonight.
He was Leon Godchaux, who came to
Louisiana a young Jewish peddler
from Bavaria, without the vestige OF
an education, and who by phenom-
email business instinct amassed for
tune of nearly $4,000, 900, and won the
admiration of the entire business
community. Only in recent years was
Godchaux able to write mis- own name,
and he never learned to read.
At the time of his death he was be-
yond doubt the RICHEST sugar planter
in America, and he it was who de-
veloped the sugar business in its pres
ent centralized system and caused the
abandonment of the old-time in
divldual plantation sugar houses,
which added much to the pictur-
esqueness of the sugar business, but
were a great loss to the state output.
When GodchauX first came to
Louisiana it was with a pack on his
shoulders, which ne carried from plan
tation to plantation along the
Mississippi river, and he was
driven off as vagrant from
some of the plantations which he
afterward acquired. 1t is said in fact
that the young man shook his fist at
one arrogant planter and vowed he
would own the planters home. This he
did. Godchaux first entered into the
clothing business in New Orleans and
his establishment Is still the largest In
the city. Later he embarked in the
sugar business, and exhibited a
shrewdness in his operations that
easily ranked him as the most expert
sugar man in the state. His business
rapidly widened, although not
owning as many actual sugar lands
as the recently deceased Gen. Porcher
Miles.
Mr.. Godchaux was born in Herb
villiers. France, in 1820.-New Orleans
Correspondence New York Tribune.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-09

in methods OF aseertaining the virtue
OF drugs, At any rate, costly and ex-
tensive laboratory has been fitted up
for physiological testing" and 1t aims
to reveal the action of various drugs
ON the heart, respiration, blood vessels,
kidneys, intestines. other organs,
nerves and muscles,--New York
Tribune.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-09

All the arrangements have been com
pleted for Emperor Williams visit to
the queen His majesty will arrive in
England Nov. 20, and remain at Wind
scr castle FIVE days, after which he will
go to Sandringham for two days
visit to the prince OF Wales.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-09
SONG OF THE SWIMMERS.

Oh, fair as love
In the blue above
The silvery sun. clouds bleach,
In the blue below
The white-caps' snow
Turns gold along the beach;
Bright ripples run
Against the sun
Before the soothing breeze,
And dear the tone
O. the summer moan
BY the smiling summer seas!
If sweet the draught
From the well-springs quahed
To dry and thirsty threats,
Thrice cool and sweet
Are the waves that greet
The swimmer as he floats;
Though soft the mesh
Against the flesh
OF silken sash and sleeve,
Yet softer far
The garments are
That velvet waters weave:
For weary heads
On sleepless beds
A couch of ease they lie
No anodyne
Can match this wine
That sparkles to the sky;
At trick and trade.
Gold lost or made,
Who fingers in his sweat.
When sea and star
Call from afar
To live--and to forget?
The great gales blow,
The high and low
The seas their lilies wreathe,
The rollers lift
Their sheer spindrift
Where waters strive and seethe;
The lunging surge
The swimmers urge,
Compellers of the brine,
And stroke an stroke
Win through the smoke
O. the breakers battle line.
The city ways
Make weary days,
Ard weary brains they make,
And city roads
Hold heavy loads,
And heavy hearts they break;
Bat light as air
Our bodies there
At Oceans laughing lip,
When in the comb
OF bubbling foam
The merry swimmers dip.
Oh, fair as love
In the blue above
The silver sun-clouds bleach,
In the blue below
The white-caps' snow
Turns gold along the beach;
Bright ripples run
Against the sun
Before the soothing breeze,
And dear the tone
OF the summer moan
BY the smiling summer seas!
Wallace Ri
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-09

Miss Lottie McKenna and G. N.
Smith were married at 81. James
parsonage In Kenosha.
1t Is reported that Dom Paal has de-
cIded to surrender.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-09

At Ashland the trial OF C. r. Reagan
resulted In his acquittal.
The times., 1899-04-10
commcreinI E.pnu.ion. Also.

Those who believe in proyidential di-
rection of human affairs may find much
to support their views in the simultaneous
ACQUISITION of the Philippine archipelago
and an unparalleled foreign demand for the
products of American skill. For a century
this Republic has been Strengthening itself
as though for some greater destiny than
10 serve as a mere example of the success
of free institutions. II has had just the
trials that were necessary 10 develop its
mowers without breaking its spirit. At the
end of the century il has mastered great
continent has increased In numbers,
riches and experience beyond any other
industrial nation and is plainly ready to
take a share in shaping the course of civ
iiization in any part OF the world where
the rule and guidance of the white man
are needed. Here is the great continent
of Asia, the scene of the next important
events of the world exactly ready for its
inevitable change from Intellectual despot-
ism to enlightened administration.
Al this pregnant time this young giant
is chosen TO wresi from senile Spain the
which she had subdued from purely selfish
motives. outragipg the conscience OF man.
kind and the most primitive laws Of civ
ilization. For this there was placed in
The times., 1899-04-10

There is still a prejudice against crema-
tion. although every argument is in its
favor. 1t only shows that sentiment is
stronger than reason. If mankind had
never known death and was now to de-
eide on a method of disposing of the NOR
tai remains of its dear ones, burial in
the ground would seem more horrible than
cremation; but having been used TO the
former method, it must take a long time
to make any change acceptable. There
was promise in the movement for willow
coffins, the virtue of which IS cheapness
and the sanitary advantage of more rapid
disintegration, but it seems to have made
no headway. There is less opposition to
burning than formerly, but the cremations
are not frequent enough to make the pro-
cess as inexpensive as it should be. It
it should become common. there would be
an immense saving. The formation of the
coffin trust should be the occasion for re-
newed efforts to popuiarize this more ra-
tional method.
The times., 1899-04-10
DECLINED TO BE A CHIEF.
White Man NenrIy Killed by Enrng-
ed Chilkut Indians.

Ottawa, April "a strange story has
been reported to the Canadian militia
headquarters at Fort Selkirll, OF how the
Chilkat Indians. near that post. attempt
ed to kill prospector on the Macmillan
River Behind the attempt on the min
er's life there is a singular adventure.
1t is said that one of the medicine men
of the Chilkats told the tribe that not
until they had secured white chief would
the tribe cease to degenerate.
Accordingly several of the chiefs held a
pow-wow. and it was decided to try to get
one of the prospectors in the vicinity to
accept the position of ''hyas tyee' of the
once powerful and warlike tribe. One
Robert Stanton, of Indiana, who has for
several years been prospecting the Mac
MILAN country with indifferent success,
was appointed and offered the position.
Stanton spurned the honor. Angered and
hurt. the Chilkat chiefs left him. and he
thought no more of the incident.
About week afterward, while he was
cooking his evening meal, several bullets
whistled over his head one just grazing
his shoulder. He managed to escape with
out injury. and thinking it unsafe to re-
main in that part of the country any
longer. made for Selkirk where he re-
ported his adventure to the military au-
thorities. He believes that the chiefs pur-
posed to kill him out of revenge for re-
fusing their offer
The times., 1899-04-10
CONFERENCE OF cArHoL1cs.
To Meet in Chicago This week to
Discuss Americani.m

New York, April 9.-There are 2S1 Cath
oiic colleges in the United States. The
most important event in connection with
their administration and policy that has
ever taken place will be a conference of
their representatives that has been called
to meet this week. At this time the quss-
tion of higher Catholic college education
viii be discussed.
There was conference held last Nav
at St Joseph's Seminary. Dunwoodie. by
seminary presidents to consider the ques-
tion of improved systems in these institu-
tions, 1t was another phase of the ques-
tion of the Amerieanism in the Church
that has of late occupied SO much public
attention.
The success of the conference over the
seminaries has prompted the movement to
bring the managers of the colleges to-
gether, and the RI. Rev. Mgr. Thomas J.
Conaty. rector of the Catholic University
has been the main promoter of both gath
erings. He will preside at the conference
of the representatives of the Catholic col
leges of the United States which has been
called to meet in st. James Hall. Wabash
Avenue, Chicago. on April 12 and 10. It is
expected that in this gathering more than
$50 colleges will be represented by their
presidents or other officials
There will be solemn high mass at
St. James Church on Wednesday morning
April IL. The Right Rev A. ]. McGar-
wick, d. d.. auxiliary Bishep-elect of Chi
cago, will ofiiciate as celebrant. The Most
Rev. p. A. Feehan. d. D.. is expected to
be present. The conference will assemble
at 1890 in st. James Hall, and the Right
Reverend Monsignor Conaty. d. D., will
make an address. The different topics
which have been selected will be discussed
in the following order: The Catholic Col
iege.' Problems Of Catholic Education in
Our Present Social Needs THE Catholic
College as Preparation for a Business
Career, What the College May Do for
the Preparatory School," college En-
trance Conditions. Requirements for
College Degrees" and 'The Drift Toward
Nom Catholic Colleges and Universities"
There will be reception given to the
members of the conference on Wednesday
evening by the Catholic alumni associa-
tions of Chicago at the fremont House.
On Thursday evening public melting will
be held in Central Music Hall, at which
Judge Moran will preside and Bishop
Spaulding, of Peoria. will make an address.