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New-York tribune., 1900-04-26

Start very bad. Won driving by short head; same
between and third.
SECOND RACE-selling; $500 added. Five furlongs
J. =. hoiishas Dr. C; aorkshre Boy. by
New-York tribune., 1900-04-26

Start good. Won neatly by three parts a length; a
neck between second and third.
FIFTH RAcE-For hllies years sIoO added -Four
and one half furiongs-
tnnr-al Ashe h, Trarrn
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08
THE NORTH STAR.

Doubtless you all know where the
north star is, says a. writer in St
Nicholas. If not you can easily get
some one to tell you, or, better still
perhaps YOU can find it Yourself Look
at the northern Sky any clear evening
and YOU can easily find the seven
bright stars of the Big Dipper in the
group constellation Ursa Major As
is we'll known, the two in the end of
the bowl of the dpper arc in line
with, or point to, the north star This
star has recently attracted much at
tention from the fact that in Septom-
Der, 1899 Prof, w, W. Campbell of the
Lick observatory, Mount Hamilton,
California, announced that ii is really
three stars which appear as one. Even
the big telescope. with its glass yard
across, at his observatory, could not
tell that, as the star is so far Off al
though the telescope can show great
deal Of the form and surface markings
of the sun moon. and planets, and
help US 10 see millions of stars not
visible to the unaided eye. Prof.
Campbell attached TO this telescope
an instrument called the spectrosCope
which analizes the light itself, and
tells what it is made of, and whether
the star from which it comes is in
motion or rest, and whether coming
toward rs or going away. He found
by careful study that Polaris is really
three stars, though appearing to our
eyes as only one, and that the three
are revolving around one another, and
that the group is approaching the
earth at the rate Of about seven miles
a second. MZar, which is the star in
the handle of the dipper at the point
where it appears to be broken, was
discovered at the Harvard observa-
tory in 1889 to be multiple; and, as in
the case Of Poaris, the spectroscope
revealed the secret 1t was found at
chat time. and noticed many times
since. that the lines OF the spectre
scope changed once in ffty-two days
As these lines also changed Irregular
~ at other times, it is suspected that
MiZar is made up of more than two
stars. So you see that some of our
bright stars are not really one, but
several stars appearing as one. As
they are billions OF miles away, even
our best telescopes cannot see them
as they really are, but the spectre
scope shows that what seems TO US
one star is sometimes really a group
of stars--a star family.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08

ing been brought into the world, II
the parent desires 10 train his child
fNr mental emp(oyment then the in
sjSteu>r On obedience for its own sake
is at least logical; but is the welfare
Of the average American boy or girl
best served by cultivating a spirit Of
UCStioning obedience and de-
ptOdcnCt uaau stronger willS OR is
the best Kind ot citizenship produced
by such tratning| The boy who has
been trained to obey his father simply
because ot the fact ot parentage often
proves IL be the most mmanageahle
when he is under the temporary care
" adults whose right of "hoSSiuE"
ANN he does not retosniac On the
other hand. the child who has been
gaNcrncd by laws which he under
stands and who has Grown tN regard
his parents as his older aud wiser
friends is apt to I've doeile when in the
care 0t strangers, and to accept as an
obvious necessity temporary dicta-
tNrshjp without explanation vt orders
when travelling or IN similar cmer-
GtnrjeS. Nr A. l.. Benedict IN Wo-
mans Home Companion,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08
THE LARGEST PIE,

Probably the biggest pie ever baked
was the big feature at II W ,eption to
Arlic Phillips, II member Of tho
Twentieth Kansas Regiment on his
return to his home in Mulvane This
soldier boy In one OF his letters from
Manila. said he would give four years
OF his life for one Of those apple pies
such as his mother used to make At
the reception rendered him by the peo-
pie OF Mulyane he was presented with
a pie measuring feet one way by 3
feet the other. In the pie were az
bushels OF apples. 10 pounds Of -four,
10 pounds of sugar. pounds or lard.
> pounds Of butter and commensu-
rate amount OF other truck which goes
in this kind Of pastry The pie was
cut and served, and 1t Is said that 1T
didn't last longer than kcg OF beer In
a prohibition town"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08
PROPOSED CONSERVATIVE QUAR-
ANTINF'

During the last month many of our
leading newspapers and medical jour
nails have contained notes or editorials
on the proposed quarantine against
tuherculouS invalids to be instituted
by the state Of California. Pulmonary
tuberculosis is not contagious, but
only communicable disease, The
contact per Sc Of the couSumptive IN
dividual does not convey the disease
1t is now We'll known that it is mainly
the tuberculouS eNpectoiation. which
when dried and pulverized 70 dust,
constitutes the main danger of infeC-
ton. The means 10 prevent infection
from tubercu,ouS cNpectoraton or
saliva Xpectorating only in propen :
vessels, spittoonS, and pocket TASKS.
proper use of handkerchiefs during
~ taught, 1t is absolutely demon
strated that 4 tlberculous patient, If
he takes proper care of his eNpectora-
ton. does not constitute amy danger
10 his fell0wmen. In Sanatoria and
hospitals exclusively devoted to the
care of consumptives it is of the rarest
occurrence for an attendant to con
tract the disease; the hygienic precau-
tions being SO thorough 1t may in
deed he said, that in these houses for
tonsumpttveS one is less liable To
contract consumption than outside of
them. 1t is the right and the duty of
California and of every other state
u make and enforce rigorous laws
against promiscuous eXpectorating and
all other forms Of propagatiug tuber-
culoSiS from man to man or from
beast to man. rhe proper authorities
of California should vigorously enforce
these laws, especially those against
promiscuous eNpectorating; and |
should not blame them if they told
the incoming invalid from another
life he might be, that if he willingly
violated the health ordinances, or If
through Carelessness with his tubercu-
lous expectations. he endangered
the health of his fellow citizens, he
would be expelled from the state I do
not think that in this enlightened age
when we know the nature of tuberculo-
sis, any government should prevent a
conscientious tuberculous invalid from
entering its domain, If he gave evil
dence that he would not become a bur
den to the community. and II he
promised to comply with the sanitary
laws.-Dr. S. A. Knopf in Forum.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08
FORENOON AND AFTERNOON.

1t is fact of common observation.
at different times Of the year, that the
forenoon and afternoon, as to daylight,
are Of unequal length. Along in later
autumn the shortness of the after
Moons is Very noticeable and the
shortness of forenoons along in
later winter. Whatever makes
common facts more ineligible
adds to the general intelligence
and to the general good It is to this
end that the following brief statements
are made, Nothing is more evident
than that the sun requires just as
much time to go from the eastern
horizon to the midday meridian as to
go from that meridian to the western
horizon. But strange 20 say, there
are but four days during the whole
year in which the sun reaches the mid
day meridian at just twelve o'clock
The true noon point varies from about
fifteen minutes before to about six
teen minutes after twelve o'clock
These extreme points in one set of
variations fall in the first week OF No
vember and in the second week OF
February, not to designate exact days
for years in general The calendars
show that in the latitude Of Saratoga
essentially Boston latitude) on No
rember 3, 1898, the sun rose at $50
and set at five o'clock, thereby making
the afternoon a half hour longer than
the afternoon. On that day the sun
reached the midday meridian at 11,45.
On February 13, 1899, the sun rose at
just seven o'clock and set at 80.
thereby making the afternoon a half
hour longer than the forenoon. and
on this day the sun reached the mid
day meridian at 1915. These are
facts plainly open to general view. and
Therefore need no verifying. -Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08

that even now in extreme sorrow men
may Snccumh to such a weakness with
ont feeling that they have in any way
diSSracea their manhood although
Stoirism IN regard to the expression OF
emotion has undoubtedly place in
our modern code OF form,
"Apropos ot the melting mood. II IL
part Of the approximation OF femin-
inc to masculine character that many
writer's nov refer 10 tears. unless shed
IN the very strtctest privacy, as
contemplate weakness, even in wo-
men We must surely all admit that a
woman who SohS over every small
trouble is irritating; while the prac-
tve not wholly uuheard az. ~ using
tears as weapon to obtain indul-
&t0'teS which her selfish soul desires
Is even more intolerable and Is be-
coming, let us hope more and more
inns ~ the past Stilh Il is quite
possible 70 carry Selt-eontrol too tar,
and by making strenuous efforts to
hide emotions which would be natural
and tncN2usahlc We may appear cold
and hard, and utterly repcl sympathy.
IN This, rs IN So many other things, II
Is well to let nature. rather than
fashion, hc the guide"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08
POWER or HIGH EXPLOSIVES.

There Is a widespread misapprehen-
sion In regard to the devastating et-
feet of these high explosives for when
nncontincd the effect even OF large
charges of them upon structures Ia
comparatively slight Az the naval
ordnance proving ground 80 long ago
as 1854, repeated charges OF dynamite,
varying from five pounds 10 one hum
dred pounds in weight, were detouated
on the face OF vertical target conslst-
ing OF eleven one-ineh wrought-iron
plates bottled to twenty-inch oak
backing. until il0 pounds OF dynamite
had been So detonatcd In contact with
It, and yet tho target remained praeti-
cally uninjured; while at Rraamfon-
tein the accidental explosion OF nifty
hve tons Of blasting gelatin. which was
stored In railway vans, eXcavated but
10000 tons OF soft earth This last
may seem terrible effect. but the
amount OF explosive involved was
enormous and the material one OF the
most energetic that we possess, while
IL we compare II with the action OF OK
l.'''''N' WYNN ''HiiHtu It's tUtVI UN-
comes quito moderate Thus at For.
Lee, on the Hudson, but two tons OF
dynamite placed In chamber In the
rock and tampcd brought down 100, 0Oe
tons OF the rock; at Landlords, Wales,
two tons and half OF gelatin dynp-
mite similarly placed threw out $780,
600 tons of rock and Mt the Talcen
Mawr, In Wales, seven tons OF gum
powder, placed In two chambers in the
rock, dislodged from 1876 900 to 200, 900
tons OF rock, We might otto many
such examples but on comparing these
we find that the gunpowder confined In
tho interior Of the Talcon Mawr was
over forty~two times as efficient as the
explosive gelatin on the surface Of
Braamfontein, while the dynamite ut
Fort Lee was over ninety times rs de-
struciIye, Popular Science Monthly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08
a HINT TO THE COOK.

BE sure TO cool all np-stock rapid
ly. This Is most necessary II you want
IL to keep few days. II II Is allowed
to cool partially on the range before
it Is strained 1t will not keep we'll The
more quickly II Is cooled off after the
stralning the better II u.s. Again,
cooking meat at a high and IN dry
temperature develops richer and
more saVory flavor, and that Ia why In
some OF the brown soup stocks, when
Il Is possible to do so. II Is well to
brown the meat before adding the
water to II. You cannot do this with
or white soup on account OF
preserving the transparency and the
Wilderness. But In the family soups,
whore nourishlng qualities are not sac
rificed TO appearance, II Is good thing
10 do.-Sallie 10y White In the Feb
ruary Woman's Home Companion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08
/ PRACTICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
How the Richest Woman in the World
Regards a Business Training.

When say that all women should
have A business training, mean wo-
men vi all classes poor, middling
rich and well-to-do, The assertion
does not apply merely to those whose
circumstances seem u indicate that
they may one day be compelled to
make their own way in the world.
Every class Of gjrl win make Il better
and happier woman il she has 4 bust
ness education, whether her woman
hood sees her a maid Wife, mother or
widow. have heard II stated that for
a Woman to set a business training
is 10 crush ali the poetry ont OF her
life This is sheer nonsense. \ NO
man with 4 knowledGe Of business APP
prctMtcS music. painting and the
o,htv finer things Of life Just rs
much rs the woman who is ignorant "
al, business matters; and the former
has the decided advantage. in that she
Is ahle to turn her knowlcdEe nf bust
ness into securing more opportunities
If seeing and apprcciating these fine
things She can set more tickets to
concerts and art galleries. she Will
have more money to become the
pnSsesSor Of more beautiful things
than woman without business train
ing. and a woman with sure income
before her feels great deal more like
studying poetry than a woman who
is compelled to worry about her flu
turr bread and butter | have been
IA business woman for fifty wears, and
am Just as fond OF pictures and music
rs any one OF my age \ business
training is but one more accomplish
ment added to the list which the
youNg woman Of today is expected to
acquire, and il is absurd to say that
its possession will Interfere with the
proper enjoyment Of any of the other
accomplishments Then every house
keeper is a business woman, the de
grrr vi her excellence as house
keeper being the degree OF the bust
ness training she was provided with
before she entered upon her domestic
duties. The successful and Ccon0mi-
cal management of the house calls
for the same kind Of ability and iudg
mont that is necessary to the success
full management OF a commercial en-
tcrprsc lletty Green In Woman's
Home Companion
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08
THE AUTUMN LANE.

\ song for the autumn lane,
Where the spider weaves tremulous
skein
O'erhung by sumachs and pines,
In a mist Of silyery lines;
And the asterS CLEAN
BY The wayside stream,
And peep through the yellowing vines;
And the Wild mint's prayer
Floats quaint on the air
In the shade of the muscadtnes.
a song for the autumn lane,
Where the withered thtstleS sigh
Like weird old folks that dream in
vain
OF love meath a summer sky;
While the sweet scents roam
Through the thickenins gloam
Flower souls that Will not die
And the crickets trill
4 dirge on the hill,
Ana the dark wind sobs, good-by.
Samuel Minturn Peck.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08

4 new veil, recommended especially
for driving. has a transparent eye
shield underneath, which is said to
protect the eyes from the dust. II has
becoming qualities, too. without which
a veil must not seek favor no matter
how useful Il may be as a screen
4 toque which finds some favor is
made Of smoky gray velvet, hand
painted III lighter shade. mixed with
white and completed with a gray tulle
rosette and two wings and two fancy
pins
Gourrha aigrettes. which resemble a
bunch Of daisies blown by the wind,
are one OF the fashionable hat trim
mings.
Very charming chinchilla turbans
may be evolved from good bits Of fur
aiken from collars and cuffs and nun
coverings pretty well worn. BY art
fully matching the scraps themselves.
they have quite covered light buckram
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08

shapes, and by using ! tritle OF lace
and small clusters Of flowers, to hide
the conspicuous seams, some admir-
able effects have been produced,
Ermine toQueS are really very dainty
il trimmed With black tulle rosettes
with a waving black aigrettc, 4 note
OF color ever So carefully chosen ruins
the style Of this especial hat.
\ rabbit carved in ivory, mounted
On a black stick banded With sold. is
one Of the novelties in umbrella
handles.
Nearly every gown has narrow belt
made Of stitched satin or taffeta,
drawn and fastened invisihly in front
III the effort to secure the Partisan
sjrilr effect which makes the back APP
pear short and the line over the bust
to the waist nnaturally long It is
these details in dress chat now dis
tjUguiSh the smart from the dowdy
wn.lau
Il You wish 70 acquire distinction in
dress With your separate waists, see to
il that there is some relation in color
between the skirt and the bodice, The
back skirt, with brjght-colored waists,
"hich lave no black in their compost
tion, is No longer considered swell,
For example. blue and tawn-checked
silk blouse is very good style with
either tawn or blue cloth skirt,
while With a black it would be very
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08
TEARS AS A MOTIVE.

Haddon Chambers new play, The
Tyranny Of Tears" Is running In Lon
don with great success and the fact
that he has chosen az motive the
power Of woman 10 gain her ends by
In floods Of tears when OPP
posed makes the play Of added interest
to the feminine half Of the world.
I wonder" writes an Engllshman,
how far Mr. Haddon Chambers new
play VIII lndOrse or COMPUTE the views
Of the writer Of an article on THE
Melting Mood who observes that both
history and fiction show that In for
mer times. weeping, under stress OF
any strong emotion, was not thought
even In men OF the most
heroic type, and that In the present
day II II only in England that tears
are, In almost any thinkable condl-
tons, save the presence Of death, held
To be all but inexeusable and an in
deltblc disgrace 10 a masculine adult.
The question Ia suggested are we act
ually less emotional than our ances-
tors? Or Is this 'impasslvlty'--per-
haps self-control would be more ac-
eurate expression--due TO progress In
the art Of conceallng our emotions?
II should fancy the writer make a
rather too hasty assumption OF the
complete imposslbility Of tears, and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08
A FAIR STOWAW.AY
Steals Ride on Norge" to Join Her
Lover

A pretty little romance was re-
vcaled when the steamer Norge of
the rhingvala line arrived ut New
York last Saturday. On board was n
StOwaWay and of n very unusual kind,
for the passenger was not only n
young woman but n pretty one as
we'll Rcing without means she was
detained mt the barge office and wns
also fined $40 for being n stowaway.
The girl was Olive Nelson and she did
not mind the detention AT all, but
waited confidently on the future
In time young man. who gave his
name as Andrew Gutterman. made HIS
appearance and demanded the release
OF the fair Olive ms she was his be-
trothed The board consented TO re-
lease on the condition that the fine
was paid and the marriage take place
at once
To this both parties Ioyfully as-
scented Olive had left her home
against her parents wishes, and hid
herself in a dark hole for week be-
cause she could not bear to be sep,
arated from her lover and the board
could never have imposed more de-
lightful punishment A messenger
went hurriodly for Clergyman and II
was but the work Of a few moments to
make the pair supremely happy
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08
NANCY HANKS LOOM.

The Loom on which Miss Nancy
Hanks, the mother OF the great en-
ancipator Abraham Lincoln. did her
weaving Is now owned by Dan Smith
" Garfield rhe story goes thai
Nancy Hanks used to make regular
trips from her home in Larue county
10 Stephensport On her route she
would stop and weave cloth for people
i seems that one OF her customers,
John Martin, came into possession
~ the loom, and at the sale after
his death II was bought by old George
Burlington. In time he died and the
loom was fallen heir to by Mrs Patsy
MACY AZ her death the place was
sold To Mr. Smith, and the loom was
put IN with other property. This
loom is made Of white oak and all the
parts are decayed. except the beam,
which is about eight inches in dame
ter ana eight feet long. Breckenridge
Ky News
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-08
THE WOMAN'S VEHICLE.
1t Gives Freedom and Advantages to
Women in Every Walk OF Life.

Women have taken possession Of
the automobile AS something dis
tiuctjvely within their province"
writes Waldon Fawcctt In Woman's
Home Companion, discussing Women
and the Automobile" "rhcr6 are at
present IN the city Of Chicago twelve
ladies who are entitled to classification
as tull-hcdged automobile operators
since they regularly make trips about
the city in automobiles, unattended or
accompanied only by lady friends, In
New York city there are twice as
many. The city Of Philadelphia has
two or three feminine automobilists,
aud upwa d OF score OF other ladies'
are found in the smaller communities
throughout the country Several woa
men physicians in various sections
ot the country are already using
automobiles regularly in making their
professional calls, and the new mode
Of travel has SO many advantages that
II Is certain of a very general adoption
Two classes OF women To whom the
automobile will mean much strange
though II may appear at first thought
are the professional nurses In the
hospitals and kindergarten teachers In
the large cities, The automobile am
hulanCC, with It's greater speed and re-
duccd Earring and iolting OF patients,
viii indirectly prove helpful in many
ways to the whitc-aproncd workers
IN wards Of suffering, To the kinder
Eartcn instructors the horscloss We
hiclCs will prove n great convenience
in returning the little pupils to their
respective homes. One benefit e will
confer which will doubtless be nppre-
ciatcd to greater or less extent by
pretty nearly every woman In the land,
Ia in the Improvement of the postal
service. Especially will this be true
in the rural districts, where tho
automobile will do much to hasten the
day OF universal delivery, and will be
best appreciated by farmers wives and
daughters who have experienced the
disadvantages OF life in isolated dis
triCtS