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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
JUSTICE TO DIXON.

Wainwright sharpcned his pencil
ytciously What hcnd had prompted
Hclmuth to assign him Dixons obitu-
ary2 He continued TO sharpen his
pencil until there was nothing left but
stub. The next stroke Of the knife
would have taken bit Of his finger
when be caught himself with start
and gave a harsh, metallic laugh.
Then he gathered up a little pile Of
cedar chips and graphite fakes and put
them In the waste basket.
Why should he not write Dixon's
obituary? He could afford to be gen
erous and give him good one, for he
was glad that Dixon was dead riotous-
~ intoxicatedly glad OF IT, Now he
could breathe freely once more. He
had grown baggard aud worn during
the weeks that Dixon's life had hung
IN the balance. II had feared that
Dixon would get well. He could not
remember having feared anything so
much before. and he had been afraid OF
Dixon himself for almost year, afraid
OF his manliness. his intelligence, and
bis big, warm heart.
He had been even more afraid OF
these than OF HIS handsome person,
and Dixon had been striking figure.
Wainwright noted with satisfaction
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
Fishing and Wishing.

Three little folk by the meadow brook
With a line OF Irvine and a bent pin
hook,
And an eager, earnest, serious look,
Sat resolutely fishing!
But either the fish were wondrous wise
Or they had the sharpest kind OF eyes,
For they wouldn't bite, to the great
surprise
OF the little folk, who said with sighs
Lets play a game of wishing. W
81 wish" said Tom, "for a pot Of gold
With every minute that has been told
81 e the day the earth was young or
Old
I'd have more money than l could hold.
See what I get by wishing,"
81 wish" said Ned, that the ships at
sea
And all that is in them belonged TO me.
And all that have been, or ever will be;
My wish is the best, don't you agree,
And worth a day Of fshing.'
Il wish" said Mol, with a toss Of her
head,
And pout of her lips that were cherry
red,
You'd get your wishes just as you
said,
And give them to me-now, Tom and
Ned,
I've got the most by wishing!'
And all day long in the woodland shade
The three little fisher-folk sat and
played,
And oh. the millions of money they
made,
Though never a dollar Of it was paid,
Was worth a year of fishing!
Sacred Heart Review.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
FRIEND OF BLACK MAN.
Booker T. Washington Writes of Coils
p. Illumination.

Booker T. Washington, principal of
the Tuskegee, Ala, institute, writes:
Since the death Of Coils p. Hunting
ton, l have been much interested in
reading what has been said about his
life.
For more than ten years it was my
! privilege to know Mr.. Huntington and
to come in close contact with him
Perhaps because | was a member of
another and unfortunate race, who
had no Gains upon him, gave me an
opportunity to really know the higher
and better life of the man better than
some others. The first time | saw Mr..
Huntington he gave me 81 for our
school at Tuskegee; the last time
saw him he gave me $4,000 toward
the endowment of our school Mr..
Huntington not only aided our school
at Tuskegee financially, but he took a
! deep and personal interest not only In
the Hampton and Tuskegee schools, as
we'll as others. but in the entire negro
race
Many times when | have met him
at his home or at his office, l have
wondered how a man who was bur
dened with such tremendous respon-
sibHties could find the time to talk
with me at so great a length about the
welfare Of our school and race. often
| have gone to his office in the midst
of his most busy days, and he would
spend an hour in getting information
and giving advice regarding the eleva.
ton Of the negro race. He not only
did this, but | received from him
many long letters, in which he took
the greatest pains to point out the best
way for the conduct Of our school and
the education of the race When tray
cling in the south, in his private car,
he could always be approached by the
most humble black man.
ITO me his heart always seemed as
tender as that Of a child. and / never
went TO him for anything that he
thought our school at Tuskegee need
ed that he did not assist in securing.
Only a short while before be died he
learned in some way that the work at
Tuskegee would be made more efficient
II he could secure an additional boiler
lad engine. As soon as he learned
ghis he told me that he wanted 70
provide these for us. In order TO be
sure that we secured just what we
needed. he gave his personal attention
to seeing that the proper boiler and
engine we're brought and shipped to
U.s.
AT another time, when I called to
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
New Music From the Old Harp.

A harp there was In Yankeeland
And a hand that played II clearly.
We thought we knew It's every strain.
We loved It's music dearly.
Years later came strange. thrilling
strains
Some master harp resembling
And all asked what new harp Is this
That sets our hearts a.bounding?"
But when we came TO seek it out,
The new accord that filled US,
'T was still the same dear, well.known
harp,
But new the hand that thrilled us.
Now read my riddle: First to play
The Muse that once was Thoreaus.
The next, the Spirit OF the West.
The harp? Why that's John Bur
roughs.
Ernest Seton-Thompson In Century.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
NAMES FOR FoUNDLlNGS.
Freak Cognomens No Longer Permit
ted In the Metropolis.

Freak CognomsnS NO Longer fCfmlt'
ted in the Metropolis.
Freak names for toundliuss In this
city ended with the recent anti
negro riot in the Teudorloin. The
day after that event two fouud}ngs
were taken from the streets. Super
ntoudcnt Blair of the outdoor poor
department, named one Sarah White,
the other Josephine BLACK. one was
christrnrd as a Roman Cathoh1, the
other Protestant The next day
the order against CrCumstantial
names was issued and the first name
under the new system was bestowed
upon Ireuo Brown. As rule. the
names given have boon very couscry-
atiyc but occasional atrocities have
been committed The one that caus-
ed the uproar was the giving of the
name Virginia Broilcr to "A baby found
in the sun on the hottest day this
month
Rrbccca Wet and Julia Sloct are
two other names that tell all that is
known of the parontago of the little
ones with the exception OF these
three, superintendent Blair say5 no
child has any reason to complain. lie
defends Wet and Slcet but he ad,
mittcd to a reporter that he had lone
wrong in naming Virginia Broilcr.
He added, however: Almost every
child that is healthy is adopted be
fnrp its two voarg' rCgidpnCC on Ran
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25

average farm comprised over 400
acres. Ranches of 10000 or 10000
acres are still common, Big farms
suggested big implements. California
invented and contributed to the farm
ing business of the world the multi
tiple gang plow and the combined har-
vester and thresher, which subse-
quently aided the Dakotas and other
northwestern states in the great pro
duction of wheat by which st, Paul
and Minneapolis, and afterward the
phenomenal city of Duluth, were made
thrifty and notable.
ITO the amazement Of all who ex-
perimented, or to those whoHooked on
with the sheer of the cynic at the ex-
perimeuters, the farming proved as
fruitful as the mining. BY merely
scratching the surface the wheat
growers obtained a yield Of seventy
to one hundred bushels to the acre,
and at an expense in cultivation,
through the use of the gang pillow, as
light as forty cents per acre. Nege-
tables grew the year round, fat and
happy, running their weight and size
to such unusual figures as fifty pounds
for a cabbage and 200 pounds for a
squash Muscatel grapes produced
five to sixteen tons to the acre. The
wool clip averaged seven pounds per
animal, against an average of four
pounds.
This exceptional agricultural rich
ness was made known abroad only less
rapidly than the publication of the
states mineral richness. Thus Cali
tornia began her farming as she had
begun her mining-in an unusual way,
on a large scale and with a strong
pull on public attention. Ranching, in
Guiding stock raising, became popu-
| lar. 1t was taken up as an investment
| by individuals who had made money
in the mines, and was traded in as
mining properties were traded in. Eff
/ forts were made to promote immigra-
ton, and habit of selfadyertising in
a manner BETTING the states prolific
resources fixed itself upon the people
This habit developed in 1856 into the
phenomenal boom in Los Angeles and
southern California.
POSSIBLY because no one loves so
we'll or knows so well as a happy cler-
ic of the old type what good wine is,
the padres of the Spanish missions
had surrounded themselves with vine
yards of wine-making grapes. These
the new settlers seized upon and
found them to contain the same pos
sibilitics of the soil when it was stirred
for wheat, and of the rocks when
they were washed for gold. Shrewd
men foresaw occupation and wealth in
wineries and entered at once upon the
study and practice of wine culture. In
the thirty or forty years which have
| since elapsed California has advanced
to the position of one of the greatest
wine and brandy producing countries
in the world. Since 1867 the total
vintage at the close of the past year
was 3O,OO0,000 gallons. The largest
vineyard in the world consisting of
! 1000 acres is to be found within the
state. European royalty now drinks
! California wines, in many instances
preferring them to the older and more
| famous brands of France and of the
| Rhine. Arthur |. Street in Ainslce's.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25

that already he was thinking Of Dixon
in the past perfect tense, An hour ago
he would have said, Dixon is strtk.
ing figure"
Strange that fair hair, pair 81 blue
eyes and attractive ways, Joined with
the best intentions, can almost make 4
demon OF 4 man sometimes, That was
what the combination seemed to have
done to Waiuwright--that is. to his
soul; his manner was stiU convention,
ally correct, But the natural savage
IN him was growing mightter every
day and StrajniOg moro iusistcut)y at
the chains OF civilization, an inner,
lance with which generations of re,
hucmout had loaded him He had
long ago ceased to care whether Il
would he right TO XIII Dixon
THAT was all over now. Providence.
that mysterious and omuipoteUt agency
that thwarts So many plans and sets at
uaught So much eudeavov, had been ON
his side this time and had morcifully
removed Dixon. Wainwr;Eht was
weak and laiut from tho snappiug OF
the strain and revulsion Of feoliug
He tCl, sorry for Dixon. lie could re
member now that he had been fond OF
him before this thing came between
thom. II was not that he ever bore
him personally any ul-wul. but only
that Dixon had been SO horribly in the
way.
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25

Three little folk by the meadow brook
With a line OF Irvine and bent pin
hook,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-21
Nirrinin Post-Onicc.

WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19.-On July
l. 1900 sub-stations. with facilities for the
transaction of money order and registry
business and for the sale of postal supplies,
in connection with the following post-of-
fees, will be established:
Norfolk, Va.-sub-sta ton number two,
Park Place; sub-station number three,
Brambleton; and sub-station number four,
Atlantic City.
George w. Fultz has been commissioned
postmaster at Lands, Augusta county, Va.
One additional carrier has been appoint
ed until October LIST, for the free rural de-
livery at Durham, y. c.
RoNie Combs has been appointed post
master at Council, Buchanan county, Va,
vice Emmett C. Combs resigned.
William H. Miller has been appointed
postmaster at Noble. WythN county, Va,
vice George e. Newland. resigned.
John Fl. Moomaw has been appointed
postmaster at Overton, Albemarle county,
Va, vice a. ]. Rhodes, resigned.
The comptroller's certificate, authoriz-
ing the National Rank of Orange, Virginia,
to commence business. has been issued.
The capital of the National Bank of Or
ange is H25.GG0 and the officers are T. w
Bond. president. and NJ. G. Field, cashier.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-21
PENINSULA BURGLARS.
A Requisition Sent ON to Connecticut
for, ,JOsonh Evans.

WILLIAMSBURG, VA, June 20-spe-
citl.-NIr. Charles w st. Claire. a special
officer, left yesterday for Connecticut
with requisition papers for Joseph Evans,
who is supposed to have been connected
with the Peninsula Bank robbery on
the night Of May 9th
The Executive Committee OF the East
ern State Hospita! met Tuesday. Colonel
Walter H Taylor, of Norfolk, chairman,
Captain Terence McCracken. of Freder-
icksburg. and Mr.. H. D. Cole. OF this
city. compose the committee. They de-
cided to give out the contract for the
new laundry machinery by pieces instead
of as whole. Superintendent Foster
and Committeeman McCrac1en were au-
thorized to 90 to Richmond. Washing
ton and Baltimore and obtain the best
machinery possible
DR.. W. P. Hay. for some time inferno
at the Eastern State Hospital. resigned
that position yesterday and will practice
his profession here.
Teachers examina tons will be held by
Superintendent r. T. Armistead from
June 26th to 29th
Work will begin on the knitting mills
tomorrow.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-21
THE CONVENTION SEASON.

There is no gathering in the world like
national political convention in the
United States. In such a convention are
assembled the shining lights of the party,
the men who control the political affairs
Of the country. the men who shape the
deStinies Of the nation. Each and every
State is represented by its brightest poll
iery and looks down upon the assembled
delegates, ne sees miniature picture of
the United States. The finest orators in
the land there, orators WHO know how
to sway the masses and no man except
one who does possess that great gift dare
ascend tie platform to make a speech In
such a convention there are always from
1o,C00 TO 1900 spectators, and they are the
picturesque part of the gathering. They
are there TO hear the finest oratory, to be
entertained with the best. and they will
not listen to any except the best. The
man who cannot entertain them is quickly
Kissed down. On all questions in which
the spectators are interested they vote
aye ana no, as me case may De, ana
whenever there is a stampede the specta-
tors are largely responsible for it.
There is an Inspiration in such a gather
ing that is not found elsewhere. However
partisan the convention may be. the spirit
of patriotism permeates the air, and when
the band plays The Star-Spangled Ban
ner,'' and all hands get up and with IN
covered heads, cheer the Stars and
Stripes then does every man and woman
present relaize what love of country
means.
..Breathes there man with soul SO dead,
Who never to himself hath sad
This is my own, my native land?''
But there is no convention like Demo-
cratic convention. The Republican con-
vention represents the classes, the Demo-
cratic convention represents the masses
II is in the Democratic convention that a
true spirit of Americanism is seen. It is
there that the true representatives of the
people gather: it is there that true republic
canism is seen in all its perfection. 1t is
said that the Philadelphia convention is
lacking in enthusiasm. There is never such
a lack in a Democratic convention. The
big show is always under the Democratic
tent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-21


knew how to read or write or had the
slightest conception of the duties and re-
sponalbii,ies Of citizenship. Not only
We're these negroes permitted to vote, but
they were permitted IN some instances to
take charge OF the government in South
ern States, and by the aid of the carpet
baggers of the North to lord it over the
weep.
The Philadelphia Press has made mis-
take in coupling the negro question with
the Cuban question. The less the EeDub-
iican papers say about the part which that
party took in foisting negro suffrage upon
the South, the better it will be for the
party. It is many years since the negro
freedmen were enfranchised and a new
generation has grown up. yet the negro
delegates in the Republican Convention in
Philadelphia to-day, as the Press we'll
knows, nave no voice whatever, and the
party authorities are even now seriously
considering the question of so reducing the
representation from the Southern States
as practically TO exclude the negro from
future conventions. This great Republican
party, which forced the negro upon the
people of the South and let him rule them
is unwilling that a negro shall have any
voting strength in the party conventions.
The Republicans know exactly what to
do with the negro in the South, but it is
quite different matter when the question
comes home to them.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-21
THE PUBLICAN
PARTY PLATFORM
Continued from First Page.)

ernment in the Peace Conference at Inc
Hague We assert our steadfast adher-
ence to the policy announced III the MOI
roe doctrine. The provisions OF Inc HaSue
convention were wisely regarded Nheh
President Mckinley rendered his friendly
offices in the interest OF peace oel"eeh
Great Britain and the South African re-
publics. While the American government
must continue the policy prescribed by
Washing ton, affirmed by every succeeding
President and imposed upon US by The
Hague treaty of non-intervention IN Euro
pean controversies, the American people
earnestly hope that a way may soon be
found honorable alike TO both contendinS
parties, to terminate the strife between
them.
We approve the annexation of the Eawa-
ian Islands to sthe United States.
CUBAN INDEPENDENCE
In accepting by the treaty of Paris the
just responsibility of our victories in the
Spanish war, the President and the Senate
won the undoubted APPROVAL of
the American people. No other
course possible than to de-
stroy Spain's sovereignty throughout
the Western Indies and in the Philippine
Islands. That course created our rescon-
sblity before the world and with the I'M
organized population whom our interview
ton had freed from Spain, to provide for
the maintenance of law and order and
for the establishment of good government
and for the performance of International
obligation. Our authority could not be less
than our responsibility, and wherever SOW
ereign rights were extended it became the
high duty of the government to MAINTAIN
its authority, to put down armed insurrec-
ton and to confer the blessings OF liberty
and civilization upon all the rescued Deo-
pies The largest MEASURE of self-govera-
ment. consistent with their welfare and
our duties. shall be secured to them by
law. To Cuba Independence and seIf-gov-
eminent We're assured in the same Eoice
by which war was declared, ana to The
letter this pledge shall be performed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-21
WOULD YOU LIKE TO
BE THE ICE NAN
Wallace Womack Given a Cold Deal.
in Roanoke.
RUBBER NECKED AT NIGHT.
Struck by Section of Iron Pipe on the
Head, Knocked Out Of a Window
and Robbed as Soon as he
Hit the Ground.
RUBBER NECKED AT NIGHT

ROANOKE, VA, June Especial Wal
lace Womacl (colored), the ice drawer loi
the Roanoke Cold Storage, while at Worh
about 1 O'Clock this morning heard NOISE
at a window. He went to investigate anc
stuck his head and shoulders out 10 see
what was the trouble.
HIT BY AN IRON PIPE.
An iron pipe descended on his head and
he was knocked out of the window 10 the
ground below, a distance OF about elsht
feet.
The noise aroused the foreman, who
awoke Charles Matheny, the clerk, VINO
ran out with a gun in his hand A rock
was thrown at him, and he commenced
firing without any result. he recognized
the parties in the dim light as white nonos.
Womack had his pocket cut showing
that as he fell out another man went
through his clothes. His pocket-book was
taken, but there was nothing IN It.
NEW ASSESSMENT.
Assessor NJ W. Turner has completed
the new assessment for the city. 1t foots
up total valuation of $4,9l9,5Sl OF which
amount $685. 415 is held by negroes
The assessment shows q decrease IN
valuation from five years ago OF more
than a million and a half dollars.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-21
CUBANs AND NEGROES.

The Philadelpaia Press. a representative
Republican newspaper. in speaking of the
late elections in Cuba says with a certain
arag and f,luster, The peaceful election in
Cuba. held in the second year of American
occupation. is an earnest OF good faith in
the Republican pledge of Cuban indepen-
dencc. The party which freed the slave
gave the Cuban " vote. The party which
freed Cuba viii give it independence, and
this Will come when Cuban elections show
that Cuba is educated in seif-gorertnnent
and self-contro.' =
And 50 the Cubans VINO have been free
all their lives. even though they were kept
down by Spanish rule. are to be nut
through a coaise of training before they
are permitted TO enjoy the full rights of
f.eesnen- Yet this same Republican party
which freed the negro pu; the ballot into
his hands Immediately after he was eman-.
cipsted and lot him have q part in The
government OF the South before ever he