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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-22


Ben. Thomas, county clerk, being duly sworn
on oath says, that the above account by him
rendered ~ county clerk Of said county, IL n
just. true and correct account Of his receipts
and disbursements M such clerk for and dur
ing the time above mentioned.
BEN. THOMAS, county clerk.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this 18th
day Of November, A. y. 1900
THOs. GIBBOH, elk ct c'rt.
Referred to committee on clerks ac-
counts
The clerk presented the following
list of unclaimed county orders remain
ing in his Office for two years or more:
10 the Board Of Supervisors OF Iowa county.
Gentlemen; The following is II list Of IN
claimed county orders remaining on hand IN
this office for two years or more, which is
submitted in accordance with the provisions
OF section GSS Wis. Statutes
Nov. y, 1895 No. 2lg0. Carl Scigcl......... %
" 5000, VIM i MitchCll..,. .5j
" " 1902 MrsAAMcGranahan 80
" " 1909 i II C0nncr.....,.... Is
" aOI7 Il II Trcluwn..,...., 20
Respectfully submitted,
IlIg IU4NAg 'pUuty 'IgTl
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-22

and the Board of Supervisors:
GENTLEMEN: In making my report as at
tending physician for the past eight months,
would say that the health of the inmates in
both the asylum and poor house has been in
the main good. There has been no death in
as follows; April g. Frank Kane from gastritis
and rheumatism Sept l, Mrs. Webb from heart
disease; Sept. II, James Kneen from chronic
Eastrltls Sept y, Joseph Okroll from epilepsy.
The inmates have been well clothed. and well
and abundantly fed
The sanitary condition of both institutions
mas been good, with theexception of the closets
In the asylum buildings which are nor salts
factory and should be replaced by sanitary
water closets Respectfully submitted.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24
one day Belinda Bundle
DELAY at the Paris. Exposition.

1t is no secret among those who have
had charge of the American EXHIBITS at
Paris that the French managers OF the
great fair are not especially attentive and
polite to their American patrons. a per-
sonal letter from one of the prominent
American officials at the exposition makes
some interesting disclosures, which the
American public is entitled to read. He
says:
every day that the exposition IS Teaiy
dragging. The administration has felt. it
for some time, as the most stringent or
ders are now being posted concerning the
finishing of all work. These orders will
be effective in only d minor degree. The
general causes of the present condition of
affairs are lack Of administrative or man
ageriai ability at headquarters, lack OF
technical skill and the equipn ent for rapid
work on the part of contractors, especial.
Nv the builders, and a. ridiculously made
uuate railway and Paris delivery service,
So far as the exhibitors are concerned.
In the American section we have had
boxes placed on board the cars at HaVre
by our own representatives, and sonly-re-
ceived them at the Paris station two
weeks afterward. Many carloads CT large
exhibits for all sections have bean switcn-
ed about over the northern part Of France
to avoid tunnels. The favo.ite nations
throughout have been Russia, first; Ger
many, second: others later, and ourselves
well up the list. The advantages of al
ways being little preferred here ana
thereon the railroads, at the customs
offices, in the prompt delivery OF goods,
and so forth-has enabled the Russians
to present a finished exhibit a little in
advance of ourselves. We have, however,
a very good reputation SO far as the al
vanced state of our work Is concerned.
and Americans are beginning to pour into
the city and prices Of living aye beginning
to climb. Board, which was eight francs
a day when came here. is now. in the
same quarter, twenty francs q day, and
the apartment which I rented for fifty
dollars month is now held at eighty. The
list of groceries submitted each week by
the concierge Shows a steady increase in
prices of everything. attribute this to the
antiquated methods of provisioning the
city, which are easily overtaXed.-Leslie's
Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24
LEoPoLD'S GIFT TO BELGIUM.
The Royal Palaces That are His Pri-
Yate Property.

King Leopold. of Belgium, has celebrated
his sixty-hfth birthday in truly royal
fashion by presenting to the nation SUCH
of his palaces as are his private property.
The gift is of great pecuniary value IN II
SELF but it will, no doubt, be priced by
the country far more for the princely feel
ing which dictated it than for the addi-
ton, considerable as that is. when IL
makes to the national domains. In his
message to the Minister of the Interior an
nouncing the gift, King Leopold explained
that the appanages thus handed over
Contribute to the charm and beauty OF
the localities in which they are situated,
and that he is anxious lest at some tu-
ture time their purpose should be de-
stroyed, to the detriment of the beauty
and salubrity of various populous locali-
ties It is not difficult to perceive that
the King, in penning these words, had
primarily in his mind the Chateau OF Lac
ken, situated in a populous and growing
suburb OF Brussels, with which it is con-
nected by train and tramcar, and the Well
known Chalet on the sands of Ostend,
for which, it is understood, at least one
offer has been made by an English synd1-
cate anxious to increase still further the
attractions of that seductive watering
placc.-London Standard.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24
Some Greek Ways.

Apart from this frank and chldlike SIM
plicity, the trait that has always appear
ed to be most attractive and loVable IN
the Greek character is his unfainS hos
pftaEty. The person to whom you may
come with a letter of introduction Will
place himself and his house at your COM
mand and seek in every way to be or SER
vice to you Even the humblest peasant,
at whose house you, as stranger, may
apply for a nights lodging, viii receive
you with a cordial welcome and Will place
his best at your disposal with courtesy
THAT goes for toward making you forget
that you will be obliged to pass the night
wrapped in a rug upon the floor instead of
in a bed. and that your morning toilet Will,
of necessity, be performed without the aid
of a washbasin or a lookIng-glass. Nor is
the charm of your reception in any way
marred by the knowledge that this same
man, who is now seeking to the utmost OF
his ability to make you comfortable, will
on the morrow present an eXorbltant bill
for the nights accommodations, for the
Greek has the faculty of making You feel
under these circumstances that he is, for
the time being, your host and YOU his
honored guest. And it is a strange thing,
for which I cannot account, but never
theless a fact, that when you finally ride
away on the morrow. after having wasted
perhaps a valuable half-hour in bargain
ing before you have been able to settle the
bill upon an equitable basis. it will be in
a spirit OF perfect friendliness, and in the
future you will be sure to think of your
quondam host. not as a rascal who tried
to cheat you, but as a person to whom you
are indebted for generous hospitality.-Bul-
letin of the American Geographical Socie-
ty.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24
7 ne Boxers.

The Society called Boxers originated
many years ago and is of a two-fold or
perhaps a manifold character. II is part
ly athletic and partly moral and religious
AS an athletic association 1t goes under
the nayne of the Big Knife Society cTa
Tao HuD. and as a moral or religious so-
cietv under the name of Righteousness
and Peace Fist It is organized for the
most part in the rural and village dis
triets. and it is saids by the officials. is
for the mutual help and protection of The
country .people-heip in times of famine.
and protection from their enemies. and In
case of necessity against oppression of
avaricfous officials
During the goyernorship OF Vii Hsien
there was constant trouble arising from
thieves and robbers, who We're made such
by the famine caused by the annual
overflow of ths Yellow River. This So.
esety was organized in its present form
with the consent and protection of the
Governor. and, 1t Is said. with his owr
SON as member The Governor gave
them swords and constituted them sort
of rural police. who were to protect the
people against the famine brisands.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24
.Beggars' Opera and the Duchess,

When the ''Beggars' Opera by Gay was
produced in 172S it took the town positive
ly by storm. The King still chung to
Handel. but the nobility. with the Duchess
of Queensberry among them, f1ocked rap
turously to the .sNewgate pastoral" The
"Beggars' Opera had a run Of siyty-two
nights, unprecedented in those days; and
as one result of its success, Handel became
bankrupt. Suddenly there came an order
from the Lord Chancellor to stop the new
piece; why, is not exactly known. unless
1t was because the Prime Minister con-
sldered himself TO be too faithfully repre-
sented therein. However that may have
been, the theatre had to be closed: where
upon the Duchess of Queensberry took
UP Gays cause and vehemently cham
pioned it.
Very busy was she in those days, driv-
ing about in her coach. asking for guinea
subscriptions for printing copies of the
forbidden play. And so needless was Kit
ty, that she carried her list to the Queens
drawing-room itself and had the audaci
-ty to ask the King for a subscription This
was little too much, and her Grace was
requested to withdraw from the Court,
Kitty announcing with characteristic COM
pc sure that the command was very agree
able TO her, as she had never gone there
for her own diversion. but to bestow civili-
ty upon the King and Queen.-Good
Words.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24

the document is evidently an account of
what each had done. or of what he had to
supply. Many of the names are so odd.
and SO unlike either Greek or Egyptian
names. that we suspect them to be abbre-
viations. which merely indicate the full
name and perhaps the fathers name.
Even so. these slight variants we find In
the often-repeated list give us but oc-
casional help. There is one which appears
regularly in the same form. and of which
we can give no further explanation. 1t is
the name OF SDhth-unmistakably writ
ten We have never found anything like
it before, and 1t is surely worth telling
the many distinguished bearers OF the
name that there was a man known as
Smith in the twentieth year of the third
Ptolemy, 227 b. c., and that he was oc-
cupied in brewing beer or in selling 1t. Is
there any other English name comparable
to this in antiquity ?-Athenaeun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24
Not Il Waiter But aPrince.

Some years ago, when DR. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes paid his last visit to this
country, he went to some public function
in which all the guests were in evening
dress-some of them, indeed, being princes
of the blood royal. Feeling somewhat ex-
hausted at a certain stage of the proceed
ings, he called TO the man he took for
stheswaitar and asked for tea. The man.
in reality prince. fetched the tea readi-
", and said, in handing the cup to DR..
Holmes, that he was proud to be OF SER.
vice to a man whose works he had read
with delight. DR.. Holmes, thinking such
interest strange in a mere waiter, said
that he was glad to find a man in such.
state of life with taste for reading.
Imagine his astonishae,lt. however, when
the prince simply replied: May i intro
duce to you the princess? She has long
wanted to talk to you - The Incident
thus ended In shouts of aughter.-Ed-
ward Bennett. inst. Martins Le-Grand
Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24
Why Philadelphia Beat Chicago 70,
the Republican Convention.

'4The whole West is for Chicago
Including st. Louis.
'oh, well, St. Louis is nothing but
surburb of Chicago"
This dialogue took place in the banquet
ing hail of the Arlington Hotel, in the
city of Washington. last December. The
Republican National Committee was In
session to decide the place and time FOR
holding the next Republican Convention,
and to hear the claims of the contesttng
cities. It was the Chicago spokesman
who comprehens.vely brought the whob.
West into the hail. urging the commit
tee to go to Chicago. II was member OF
the committee who ironically asked that
innocent question about ST Louis. The
answer of the Chicago man was happy
for the moment-and costly later 1t
raised a. laugh. and it was not the first
time that joke in politics has turned VIC
tory into defeat. When the committee
proceeded 10 ballot FOR the convenT-m S-ss5s
Chicago and Philadelphia were tied. Then
the St Louis committeeman. remembering
how his city had been slirred by the jocu-
lar orator from Chicago. threw his ballot
to Philadelphia A Joke and a ballot won
for Philadeiphia.-A. Maurice Low, in the
June Scribner's-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24

the precaution to oil the face with cold
cream, or with pure white vaseline, or, ii
that is too sticky, with white vaseline and
almond oil. equal parts, and then use
some good reliable powder. If you do not
care for looks. put it on thiclSiy, and it
acts as mask to protect the skin. Avoid
as, far as possible the reflection of the
sun upon glazing sand or water. This
burns more quickly than anything else.
The great temptation after the exposure
to the heat and the probabilities OF sun
burn is to wash the face Water acts ike
a mordaQt to set the dye of sunburn. The
skin that might have possibly escaped with
faint redness becomes scarlet and even
blistered after washing while the sun is
still upon 1t or after just returning from
an exposing expedition. Wine the face
gently with some oily preparation and use
powder that Is soothing. and the effects
of the sunburn will shortly pass away
Haroer's BaZar.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24
A ValuablesH air Tonic.

An authority recommends as an almost
sure remedy Tor falling hair the use of
some preparation of petroleum. The value
S of this agent in restoring vitality to the
follicles is not new, but its suggestion
will bear repetition. A Jelly or pomatle
made from crude petroleum., or the 1eod-
orized petroleum in a liquid form, may be
used. Whatever the variety of the product
the application is the same. "A gentle daily.
massage, with the tips of the fingers to
the roots of the hair. should be persisted
II, as long as the need is shown: at first
the hair will be somewhat oily hut brush,
ing with a. soft brush will remedy this
sdisadvantag Two or three weeks is usu-
ally sufficient to stop the hair from COM
ing out and restore its lustre.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24
Bacdn

R,gaaa is one OF the last of the un-
spoiled great cities of the East. The Bal
Zaar of Constautiuople has been denied nS
Western innovations and European tash-
ions are stealing into the shops OF Iaofiz,
Basdad is changing. too. but its coers and
ways are rich still with suggestions OF
the days OF the CaliDhs and the luxurious
era OF Islam The old part of the GUS
toms House is the palace of tho CaifEiiaie.
hoary with the marks OF more than e,sue
centuries. and mosque and Uiinaret recall
great names of great days which VIII never
como again. In the palace court now ara
iron from Birmingham and cotton from
Manchester, matches from Sweden ana
cheaper and more suIehurous ones from
Japan, chinaware from China and Rus-
STA, spirits and sugar from Atarseitles.
with wheat for shipment to London ana
wool and hides for America. Where una
CaIfph's favorites once sold kingdoms. in
spectors now take their petty brlbes 1t
is curious bedlam. Caravans como
In from Persia, Arabia and Mesopotamia.
The laden camels, horses and doukeys
surge out east, north, west and south A
hamaI. or porter, pushes by carrying on
his back a three hundred and nifty pnuno
bale of cotton. And the Bagdad natives
are distiuguishabie from the rest by the
,BagClad button, q scar about the size OF
a date, often on the end of the nose, at
ways on the face, the mark of an ugly
soab which sooner or later comes to dis
figure almost every resident of Bagtiad.
Jews. of whom there are forty thousand.
one-thfrd of the population of the city,
Armenisans many of whose women nave
been married to Europeans. Arabs from
the desert, Turks, soldiers and fat civil
ians, some dark. some blonde as the jan
izaries. chavadars with their caravans.
Persian traders of all kinds. pass to and
fro under the covered streets between the
bazaar shops. displaying all the produce
Of the East.-Frank Leslie's Popular
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24
Nlhore NY OreQszz,,e Is

Lord of the living, when my race is run
Will that 1 pass beneath the risen sun:
Suffer my sight TO dim upon some scene
OF Thy good green.
Let my last pillow be the earth love,
With fair infinity of blue above;
And fleeing, purple shadow of a cloud
My only shroud.
A little lark. above the Morning Star,
Shall shrill the tidings of my end afar;
The muffled music Of a lone sheep bell
Shall be my knell.
And where stone heroes trod the moor of
old.
Where bygone wolf howled round a gran
tie fold, ).
Hide Tho: beneath the heather's new
born light
My endless night.
Eden Phillpotts in The Spectator
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24

one man who is master OF the earth. He
is the one infaliibIy overpnid man on
earth The man who loves his work mas
the single thing the world atIoras th ~.
can make a man free, that can n:asSe
him his own employer. admits him TO the
rank OF gentleman, that pays him. or
is rich enough to pay him. what SEN
tlenan's work IS worth.
The poets of the world are the men
who pour their passions into II, tue men
who make the world over with their
passions Everything that these men
touch, as with some strange and irarnar-
tai joy from out of them. has the thrill or
beauty in it. and exultatiou and WONDER.
They cannot have it otherwise even II
they would A true man is the auto
biography OF some great delight mastering
his heart for him. possessing his brain.
making his hands beautiful
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24

The Saturday Review, Of a recent date
prints a twelve-stanza poem by Algerno1
Charles Swinburne, entitled '.Astraea Vic
trix." It is in part as follows:
And now the nuicke1ling tide
That brings back power and pride
To Faith and love,
Whose ensign is thy name,
Bears down the recreant lie
That doomed thy name to die.
Sons of friends and foes,
Behold thy star the same,
AS when it stood in heaven, a sun,
And Europe saw no glory left
In her sky save one.
We loosed not on these knaves
Their ourage-tormented slaves
We held the hand that fain
Had risen to snite
The torturer fast.
All murderous fraud that turks
In hearts where helPs craft works
Fought, craWled and slew in darkness.
And yet we gave not back
What righteous doom would give
No false white flag that fawns
On faith till murder daWns
Blood red from hell:
Black treason's heart of hate
Left never Shame's foul brand,
Scared on an English hand.
And yet our pride vouchsafes
Them grace too great,
For other pride to dream of scorn-
Strikes retribution silent as
The stars at morn.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24
rHF-TIMEs: RICHMOND. Va. SUNDAY JUNE 24. 1900.
Belinda Bumble.


! Little Belinda Bundle
If she couldn't have exactly what she
wanted every day:
Shed wine and groWl,
And frown and scpwl : 80
i Till the people ran away.
Little Belinda Bundle
S. would always fret and humble
:sIf her food was not exactly served accord-
ing to her wish:
She'd fuss and fret
! And fly int pet.
Till they took away the dish.
4 Little Belinda Bundle
Would always stub and stumble
? IF she csuldn t. select the road to take
when she went out to roam;
She'd scuff1e and stamp
And rage and ramp
Till they had to take her home.
One day Belinda Bundle
Asked fora sugar tumble.
But her mother said, "lll give no cakes
to a child with such naughty Ways!.
Then Belinda was fed
On water and bread
For days and days and days.
Nov little Belinda Bundle |!
Is very meek and humble
She's kind and sweet and pleasant, and
she does as she is told:
And every day,
The people say:
ashes just as good as gold"'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24

posed of buildings some sixty all told,
which are thatch-covered, and peopled by
families who declare Mrs. Langtry to be
their ideal of all that is generous.
Old women who sit in the chimney cor
ner proudly show a warm shawl, warm
err petticoat or a tea caddy we'll nled,
children have their books, boots ana
games, which they speak OF with pauses in
their voices: and the men tell gratefully
of six days work per week, fully pald for,
With the accompanying comparative lux
uries. For these comforts, and many oth-
erS, which TO these Simple-mindedN folk
means more than luxury to others. they
are indebted uand give gratitude to MI.
Jersey
This Mr.. Jersey is none other than Mrs.
Langtry, who, according to the rules OF
the English turf, is obliged to enter her
horses in mans name for racing: 1t is
in this quiet hamlet that the erstwhile Jer-
6ey Lily has her racing headquarters and
the people OF the hamlet are, every one
of them, her own particular proteges At
first her visits We're looked upon as gaia
events. but the actress got enough OF
iionizinS and admiration in the great world
outside. SO she put a stop TO that. ana
now shells the conidant and adviser Of
every household in the place During the
tong summer afternoons after the morn
ing exercises of the horses, while the sun
light streams la2ily down through the
maze over this pretty part OIL EnSiaflo.
Mrs. Langtry sforgets all about her hopes
of winning races. her triumpns. social and
histrionic. in the world outside, forgets ali
about her jewels and her Worth dresses,
and, gowned in plain. countrified fashion,
she visits her friends in the hamlet and
gives and gets advice from the old women
under her matches.
AT her own expense she has built
large school-house near her place and
provided teachers for the children of her
parish. Here at her own expense she also
maintains a curate, who administers to
their spiritual needs in a church which she
has endowed, and but recently she signed
contract with an electric connany to eS-
tablish plan. to light not only the streets
and buildings of her hamlet, but her own
house and the homes OF her tenantry. One
of the most delightful duties Mrs. Lanstry
gives herself is the spending of eacn
Christmas day at her country place ana
entertaining. irrespective of position, all
sof her tenants. No matter in what part
OF the kingdom she may be she refuses all
Invitations for that day and goes TO Kent
ford.
TO see her rcnping with the children
and distributing gifts to each and every
one is quite a different scene from tEatg
which she presents on the stage With her
flashing Jewels and modern gowns. u IS
anew and a strange light thrown on ms
woman. who has been the ideal OF the
beauty adniring public, who has been
praised by poets, rayed over by scuiptors{
and is known to have been one ssho mas
been wont to indulge her every caprice.s
no matter what 1t cost,Bo stons Globe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24
What is Pneto

The truest definition of a gentleman Is
that he IS a man who loves his work, saws
Gerald Stanley Lee In the June. Atlantic
This is also the truess definition OF a poet
The man who loves his work Is a poet. be-z
cause he expresses delight In that work.
He Is gentleman because his delight IN
tf.at work makes him his own employer.
No matter hos. many men are over him.
or how many men pay him. OF fail to pay
M. ha stands under the wide heaven the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24
And.GsIn E.iniature.

For this plumed and powdered head,
Swords. have crossed and hearts have bled.
And for one glacce OF these eyes
Men turned fools. who once were wise.
Time would pick and steal among
All the charms the bards had sung;
Death drew her asida and kissed her.
So the piifering tfcg.:s missed her,
So she still Is young.
-E. 3. Findiay, in June Century