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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23
MICE QUICK TO LEARN.
So Says a Maine Man Who Finds
Them Interestinu Pets.

Out on Forest avenue is a mouse
fanCier, whose residence, lest he lose
caste with his neighbors, is withheld
In a pen he has half a dozen or 81
ordinary field mice
They are the most sociable pets |
ever had he remarked, and any
one of them will rise to attention as
he hears my step approach the pen,
l have had these young ones about
six months. They don't live long
when Cooped up, and they will come
freely to my hand to eat or drink
Some of them are so tame that they
will climb to my shoulder and display
not the slightest alarm at being
touched. They haven't acquired so
much faith in all humanity, however,
and have refused to trust any one else
50 far.
while mice eat great deal fer an
animal so small when food is album
dant, they can exist for a surprisingly
Iong time with next to nothing. Any
one whose house has been infested
with mice and who has passed weary
weeks when everything that possibly
could serve as food was carefully
under lock and key, finally calling to
service an active ferret, will aD-
preciate this fact He is a mighty
aggressive and tireless forager after
food, not hesitating at walls or similar
distractions, through which he
patiently gnaws a path AS a test OF
persistence IN this line hung a
basket of food from the ceiling by a
rope and after a weeks fast placed
a mouse at a hole in the ceiling above
the basket. He descended some eight
feet or more on a slender cord and
SAT ly reached his haven, later climb
ing up again.
"All Of my mice l have taken from
nests about the premises and notice
that they invariably seek shelter
below or behind something, never III
so exposed a locality as almost any
other animal would select. For a nest
paper, cloth or any soft material
seems to satisfy, and the exceeding
fneness with which it is chopped
suggests some mighty artistic work
with their teeth. "-Portland Express.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23
Don't { at.

To cure a cold, says a contributor
to the Medical Press. first stop eating.
The system is overloaded with impuri.
ties and they must be eliminated. Fast
until these poisons can be disposed Of
in a natural manner. Take long walks,
drawing in many deep, full breaths;
exercise every muscle of the body,
that the circulation may be quickened
and every part of the body thoroughly
cleansed by this accelerated circula-
ton. Battle at least once a day, rub
bling the surface OF the body briskly
all over for or 10 minutes. After
missing from two to three meals, If a
rayenous appetite is acquired it Is Of
course desirable to indulge this APP
petite, but in moderation. Under no
circumstances should the stomach be
gorged, and those foods which are I'M
wholesome or but moderately nutri
tious should be avoided
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23
cALHouNs FORMAL woolNo.
lie Wrote But one Love Letter to His
Pretty Sweetheart.

Though an ardent lover frotting at
times glow course until his wedding
day. John c. Calhoun wrote but one
letter to his sweetheart -his pretty
cousin Floride Calhoun, All the
other communications. when the low.
ors were separated, were made
through her mother, But shortly be-
fore their marriage "tho Great Null.
tlor' wrote expressing his anxiety for
the arrival of the happy day, and the
lotter recently come to light is pub
llahod IN the Ladies' Home Journal
After giving hearty expression Go tho
Joy he has found In her company the
letter runs. &c" It gives me much
satisfaction that time and absence
make no impression on my love Tor
you, II CLOVIS with no less arlOr than
at the moment Of parting, which must
be a happy omen OF It's permanent ma,
ture, When mere personal charms
attract, the impression may be yio'
lent but cannot be lasting, and It re-
quires the perpetual presence OF the
object to keep II alive; but when the
beauty Of mind. the soft and sweet
disposition, the nmiablo and loyable
character cmbelished with innocence
and choGrfulness are united to the Mt.
fractions of personal beauty, It bids
defiance TO time Such, my dear
Flordo, arc the arms by which you
have conquered, and II IS by these
the durability Of your sovereignty Is
established over your subject whom
you hold in willing servitudo, May
God preserve you. Adleu. my love;
my hearts delight. am your true
lover"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23
Powder Pun Wisdom.

DR. Casserole, Nine. Sarah Bern
hardts beauty doctor, says that while
he recommends the use OF face pow.
doris, no white ones should be bought
especially In countries whore electric
light is common
Tho pun box In all cases should con-
tain tinted powder; creamy whito to
suit the naturally fragile and dollcato
looking complexion, pink to tone In
with n robust visage, and slightly
Drowned brand TO giorify tho olive
cast of countonanCe,
Nine, Rernhardt's beauty doctor also
points out that all and every vostige
of make up" be Il paint or powder.
should he removed every night No
one should try her complexion TO
breaking point; therefore, no one
should sleep In the mask she wears by
day on tho other hand. she should
remove It very tenderly and carefully,
recoleoting the fact that the skin OF
the face is monumentally sensitive,
and requires treatment that would be.
lt a piece of rarost porcelain, rather
than OF the kind that paving stone re.
Qulres
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23

nation, | wanted TO SEQ how he'd
take such bold statement. He took
IL hard, | thought Ne would have
tainted,
Not really, Is that your honest
opinio0H" said he, after weatherins
the shGtk,
l Wished that WORMS had more back.
bone, because felt myself writing.
but | managed to whisper something
about the great composers of the fu.
ture being Americans, and that per.
hapS some OF them were cut of their
cradles already
oh, my No2v fellow, what hope.
less provincial YOU are, Americans
have = >~t,,.a mimeua ability; SO has
the ape; hnt America will never lead
except in the realm OF mechanics.
Now, | have heard all the music OF all
the lands, the Wild, barharic strains
OF the nahomcyaus, the hideous dis.
Japanese the rude melodies of the
Fuegiaus, as wen as the harmou!es of
all the civilized natiuos, and 70 me
Russia is the high priest Of modern
music. But, do you know, rather
ltk, Your standing up for American
music, This is your first voyage,
believe, Oh, You have SO much, so
very much to learn, my dear follow.
American must, does not carry across
the waters Europe never hears e.
That's what counts, You know, II
isn't what Americans think Of them
selves, hut what Europeans think OF
Americans | know what they think OF
us, and think Hike them because
am moro a cosmopolite than an Amer
lean, in spite of the accident OF my
birth"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23
AN AMERICAN COSMOPOLITAN.
Traveller Who in Europe Forgets His
Own Country.

Traveller Who in Europe Forgots Hia
Own Country.
Unlike most Of Charles Battoll
LOOMS Americans Abroad the
enc he introduces to the readers Of the
Century is "A confirmed cosmopolite
you see" said he. TO one who has
Travelled, as | have, 20 every quarter
Of the globe, this belief Of America In
her destiny Is Notifying. When
am in Europe forget America.
actually forget her for weeks at a
time"
He looked at me ms II he did not
expect me to credit him, but ! did.
Now, when I'm In America" lac
continued, Il don't forget England OF
the Contradictory make themselves
felt; but with America, poor, new
crude America, out Of sight Is out Of
mind"
Don't you believe In a great future
for America In her art and her music
and her literature and her arcbltec.
ture?"
He looked at me as "A man looks at
baby who has UPSET Us pap.
Some years ago, sydney Smith, /
think it was, said: Who reads an
American b0ok?' II he were living now
| could truthfully tell him that don't
For me there is only one literature.
and that Is German. Just as France
Is the great cook, so Germany Is the
great lltterateur."
| yentured 10 say, In as much voice
as a worm could muster, that II
seemed to me that we were holding
our own In all the arts, and that
probably the coming century would
see America the foremost musical
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23

pletely than would volume of writing.
how thoroughly the church has reared
its Influence upon the ruins Of the onco
proud empire of Philip IL and OF
Charles V,
There are other great castles like
the Puerto del Sol ut Toledo, the Al
hambra and the castle of Smancas, ian
which latter was preserved Tor cent.
urles the archives OF CASTLE Tho
palatial residence which tho duke de
Montpensiers family sim retain also
oVerlooks the slopes Of the city Of Sc.
vile, in which place was born tho bun
tight Then thoro Is tho castle OF La
Gampa situated in a wrinkle of tho
Gandarrama mountains, which philp
V erected upon a crag when he came
from his exile in France TO the Spnuisb
throne. This is literally the castle la
the air and is moro Inaccessible than
even the Chateau de Bcllogordo. II
has been the Spanish eminenco house
of all tho Bourbon kings. When the
sun is cairlaing the plains of CASTLE
and the streets Of Madrid are white
with the hot light of midsummer this
castle in the clouds Is as cool and
.shadowy as northwestern breeze after
passing over a valley of driftod snow
Viewed from the little suuaid hamlet
OF Segovia below, the castle high above
looks like a gulls nest on the edge of
a soaring cliff you raise your cyps -
writes John Hay in his Castillan DAVIS,
nom the market place, with It's
sickoaing, swarthy crowd TO this
grand and soaring wonder OF utilitar-
ian architecture, with something Of
fancy that ii was never made, and
nat is has stood there since tho morn
Ing of the world. II has the llghtness
aud the strength the absencc of orna-
mont, aud essential beauty, the vast
.aess aud the perfection OF world of
nature, As tradition has eaten into
the very life Of Spain, and attained
the Judgment Of itH people, the peas
antry of the hamlet would boot any
one who attributed any mortal pater-
nifty 10 this castle in the air or the
aqueduct by which It is approached.
Yet both belong to the gigantic works
Of the Emperor Trajan, The people
cali the aqueduct the Devils bridge
and the castle Itself the Devils Nest "
aud from It has arisen the saying,
build castles In the air." which Is
only another form Of the folly ascribed
TO those who look for castles in
Spain"
Spain had castles, but she now has
] churches, Hence the bon mot
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23
PROFESSORS VS.. CUPID.
Strike Threatened at a College In
Wales.

Strike Threatened at College In
Wales.
Among the strictest Of the rules In
force at the University College OF
North Wales, at Bangor" says the
London Chronicle, ARE those prescrib.
ing that each student, male and fe-
male. shall be indoors at a certain
hour at night, and that nothing in the
way of courtship shall be INDUCED In
between the male and female students
unless with the avowed sanction Of
the parents or guardians on both sides.
Last week the students held their an
nual Eisteddfod In the college, and
probably the occasion was one which
tended a little to loosen the strait
hands Of discipline in this particular
direction Anyhow, two Of the stu.
dents, male and female, 'chsnced IT,,
and the gentleman escorted his lady
to her lodgings I'm the lady's hostel
Possibly no notice would have been
taken Of this had the hours been
strictly observed, but II was about
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23

quarter of an hour after the time On
to be indoors when the Bangor Romeo
brought his Juliet TO the hostel, and, as
in duty bound the authorities of the
hostel reported the matter to the col.
lege authorities. The penalties Of such
a breach Of the regulations were, al
most automatically, enforced, in the
result that the young lady was sent
down for the rest of the term and her
lover was sent down for "A still longer
period viz, till the end of the session,
which was practically a suspension for
about II months.
Two other dclinquents also in.
fTinged this rule. and were punished
on lighter scale. When, on the morn.
ing following the passing Of the sen
fences, the first mentioned young lady
and gentleman proceeded TO the rail.
way station, en- route for their respec.
tive homes, they were escorted
through the town by a cheering and
singing bodyguard Of students Of both
sexes, who intended TO give them a
rousing send-otf, The station authorl.
/ ties, however, warned by the noise.
promptly closed the gates against all
but the bona hde travellers, and the
I students were obliged TO do their
demonstrating outside the gates. This
they did none the less heartily, and
feeling grew SO Intense that II was
feared that a strike would follow, and
the professors and lecturers streamed
down TO the college in great perturba.
ton.
However, more moderate counsels
gained the agcendency, and the stu.
dents attended classes az usual, but
sent IN request 10 the authorities
to have the sentences reconsidered
The authorities remained firm and In.
formed the students that their request
could not be- complied with. The stu.
dents thereupou sent in what Is gen.
orally regarded as an uItimatum, and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23

man banks Of the Rhine. SPANS cas-.
ties have been appropriated by the
church, with about the same ruthless
disregard as the ahheys were after the
contiscattons in England byHcnry van
abbeys converted into palaces by
the British nobility, The most majcs-
tic of these genuine castles is the
Chateau DE Billegorde where accord
ing to Froissart's Chronicles the counts
of Folk used TO live in great splcndor.
midnight When the count left has
chamber to 50 to table before him
were borne through its gloomy halls
twelve lighted torches by twelve at
PENDANTS, each attendant holding his
lighted torch while the count dned,
knights and sQuires sitting Admirably
around 1t is situated on the edge of a
steep rayiue surrounded by a triple
wall, and approached by a narrow
driveway 1t used to be a place Of i'm
mensc strength but is now Il monast-
cry for the monks OF Navarro.
The Giralde has also been converted
i,to ,,fhclro, tbo towor NJ which
nroyfdod tbo orcbitcctprol modo, ~
Madison sororo Garden towo,. ~ Now
yo,l, II r,nI,s with Cintto,s gomons
~,,,o,ilIo "a EIororco md 10 tno Moot
norf,.t soa,nlo ~ . trro towor 40
rn,,,,, t., r,,,,nno
~ r,aa. ~, ,n,,,ro s,u,,, to hatch,
80 S-o s..4 49,, ,,,a, h,It ~ ,tos hmt
,,' ,,,,,o,,.t ,,, w, u,a Chn,.tian, a,,a
.,, ,.,,,, ~ .naa,,,, anr o,,aI
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23
Quaint Epltaphs.

A Baltimorcan who has been col
Letting queer epitaphs from tho old
grayeyardg of tho state recently made
some unique additions from a ceme-
terry on the banks OF tho Little Chop
tank in Dorchester. Tho cemetery
is connected with n church known ns
the Old Trinity, and both the church
and many of the graves are well over
100 years old. one OF the epitaphB
taken from an ancient tomb Isl
Little Wine was O darling;
Little thought we he would pass
Through the holy gates OF heaven
When he ate that apple sass.
Another one, found In cemetery
near by, Is even more peculiar:
Here lies n man who minded not
Business not his own
And left the money In the bank
With which TO build this stone.
This last IS even more peculiar In
view OF the fact that the man on
whose tomb tho inscription appears -
alleged 10 have written IL himself a
few days before his death. Many of
the tombs In the Old Trinity grave.
yard are crumbling with age and II IL
impossible 10 decipher the inscrip.
tions. Several enormous mlllstones
from the windmills which hundred
years or more ago were numerous In
Dorchester stand In the cemetery to
mark the graves OF some old pioneers.
l'he moss-coyered stones present a
striking contrast to the handsome new
monuments.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23
Pecuniary Study.

Eff | had a million dollars,
I would halter put on style,
An show my education
In a way to make folks smile.
I'd halter shake de cabin
For a dwellin' OATS immense
Instid O. takin' comfort
VIII dis good oil twenty cents.
I'd halter eat qu'ah vittles,
An go ridln' in a hack,
An buy me some suspenuers
Fob to decorate my back.
An | reckons your would fin me
De unhappiest O gents,
If had million dollars
'Etid O. dis here twenty cents.
Washington Star
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23
Chinese Gift to Mckinley

San Francisco Cal, May 21.-Cni
nese ministers Of the gospel Of San
Francisco called upon President BE
kinley yesterday and presented 10 him
a beautiful banner inscribed as fol
lows Presented to William McKin
ley, august president Of great Ameri
ca, by the Chinese members Of the
church Of Jesus Christ, In San Fran
cisco, as token Of their honor and
praise"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23

department. in a series of eXamina-
tons covering a period of one month.
Samples of water were taken daily
from the city reservoir, from ordi.
nary taps, and from taps the water of
which had passed through a meChaui-
cal flte. This filter was established
in the basement of building for
which it was intended to be used, of
sufficient capacity TO filter all the
water required in the building and
connected with the main supply-pipe,
so that filtration was carried on I'M
der continuous pressure. The mum.
Der of bacteria in the reservoir sam
pies ranged from $50 to go per &C.,
in the ordinary tap water from 100 to
$50 per &C., and in the filtered water
from l1S0 to $500 per &C. This is
not surprising; it is astounding, 1t
is a matter to which public attention
cannot be too strongly directed,
caring and reading so much about the
necessity of naturalization, the aver
age person assumes that any filter
answers the purpose, and no one can
tell which filter is good or bad except
10y scientific tests.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23
ne 7lFL0G5N iAI8VT88l7

As very few Americans now travel in
Spain it is possible that one great
benefit the couatry viii derive from
the recent war is that the average
American win read more about Spain
than ever he cared to know before.
We have all heard some time or
ether about the castles of Spain, aOt
those fortified strougholds which be-
long to the Moors, but castles which
the poets have praised in song and
story. Even our own Longrcllow has
made them the subject OF his charm
ing rhapsody;
How much Of my young heart o Spain
Went out to thee i'm days OF yOre.
What dreams romantic filled my brain
And summoned back to life again
The Paladins of CharlemagNe
The Cid Campeador?
But softer Andausian skies
Dispelled the darkness and the gloom
There Cadiz by the seaside lies
And SevlUes orange orchards rise
Making the land paradise
OF beauty and Of bloom
And there The A,hambra still recalls
Aladdin's palace of delight;
Allah il Allah through it's halls
Castles of Spain not built of stone
But of white summer clouds and blown
Into this little mist of rhyme.
Such palaces Of luxury every mind
at some time or other has built in i'm
aglnation beside bright lakes and
pleasant places
A fantastic Alhambra-like villa
With terrace and fountain and lawn;
Whispers the fountain MS it falls
The Dairo darts beneath the walls
The hills with snow are white.
But like a ruin oyergrown
With flowers that hide the rents of
time
Stands now the past that | have known
4 balcony where ones Manila
May be smoked when the dinner
cloths drawn.
Light wines ON ones table to sparkle
New books every day by the train
Which we'll read under trees patrt-
archal
That are grouped round our castle in
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23
SOME HEALTH HINTS
OUTDOOR WORKERS LARGELY
FREE FROM COLDS.
GOOD REASON WHY IT'S SO

Whole Body is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
for Walking to the Best AdVan'
taue-MeasIes and Their rear
ment-Danger Turks in water
Filters,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23

have fixed day for a reply. In case
that reply is not satisfactory, many Of
the students declared that the result
would be strike"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23
Bile

Ii will come to the middle-aged
practitioner as somewhat of a shock,
says the Medical Press, to be required
to unlean the conviction impressed
upon him in his earlier days that one
of the functions of the bile in the hui
man intestine was its action as an
autiseptiC. The chief reason for that
cherished conclusion was the observa.
tion that the feces became particular.
ly offensive when the flow Of bile was
obstructed. A German investigator,
Morse, has made an experimental re-
search into the power of bile to con-
troll the processes Of publication and
fermentation, both inside and outside
the body. Briefly summed up, the
conclusions were that bile exerts no
influence on the putrefaoti ton of albu-
min in the intestine; that the presence
of bile apparently increased the bac.
terial putrefaCtion of albumin outside
the body; that fermentation of car
bohydrates was increased in the pres
ence of bile, and that concentrated bile
retarded the growth of bacteria, but
that the action ceased after "a hours.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23

position, that when the castle OF Bur
eos was blown up by the French, ON
the occasion Of the evacuation Of Spain
,aIse spires, with their seemjug,y trag-
lie towers remained uuj0jured 70
greet the eyes OF tho superSUUous
Spaui8rds while 200 FycUChmcU were
buried under the ruins, As combiua-
ton of castle and OF cathedral Il is one
OF the most remarkable structures ia
the world; and it shows moro COM
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-05-23
Breeders of Bacteria.

Many hotels, office buildings and
other institutions throughout the land,
says the Philadelphia Medical Jour
nal are supplied with mechanical
filters which are generally supposed
to purify the drinking-water used In
the respective places, ard upon which
special stress is laid in all announce.
merts pertaining to them. That most
of these filters are actual detriments
has been clearly demonstrated BIZ the
bacteriologist Of the Buffalo health
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-01-10
Foreign.

Storms and floods are causing havoc
in Great Britain.
Thirty-two persons were arrested fol
high treason in Russia.
Herr Krupp, the gunmaker, gave
500 900 marks to charity.
Sir George Newnes is said to have
bought PATHS castle in Wales.
The London Daily News has been
purchased by a syndicate of radicals.
The Bank of England's rate of dis
count was raised from to per cent
The car is expected to return to
st. Petersburg before the end of Janu.
airy.
frances Mediterranean fleet has
been ordered to mobolize at Toulon
Jan, 10.
The appointment of Walter Wensky
as German consul at Dawson City is
announced.
The car of Russia personally vel
coined the troops returning from the
Chinese campaign.
King Charles Of Portugal congrat
ulated the cortes on the recent ALI
ance with Great Britain.
Earl Of Hopetoun first governor gen
eral of the Australian federation, took
the oath Of Office at Sydney.
Charles L, Carson Lio1e, Courtier
Dutton) editor of the Stage, died at
London, England, He was born in
1S47.
Queen Wilhelmina and Duke Henry
will be married on Feb. 7. He left
Holland because the states general
refused TO grant Queen Wilhelmina's
request to give him the tile of prince
consort.
Professor De Martens of ST. Peters
burg, one of the leaders in The Hague
peace conference, expresses the
opinion that the Chinese and south
African wars are not Of the kind to be
affected by the conferences agree
m