Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-11-21

recently offered at one of their sales
Robinson Crusoe's musket. It was =
fine old fintlock. 1t was in the pos
session of geat grandniece OF Alex
ander Solldrk, and according to M ok
change, its pedigree is much more uk
clouded than is usually the case with
objects of the kind.
The Royal Humane society OF Eng
land has picked from among 700 meG
who had performed gallant deeus VII
liam Allen, as the bravest man In Enc
land. and has given him the gok
medal for 1901. Aliens herOism was
shown in resCuing three men from thu
inside of tar-still, which was filled
with deadly fumes. He made four
trips into the jaws of death.
At recent wedding in Washingto~
WI Ting-Fang, according to news
paper story, was asked to pronounce q
Chinese blessing on the couple The
oriental diplomat complied in this
fashion: May every year bless you
with a child until they number twenty
five May these children present you
with twenty-five times twenty-five
grandchildren, ard may these grand
children" At This point the bride
and groom fed.
Here is Gus Rogers definition ri
reciprocity: You Gift a man some
dings you don't got for Something's he
amt need und don't get no usolessneSs
for" But even that fearful and won
dcrful definition is puny compared
with Rogers explanation of gravt-
| tatiOn. Yer stand on der top
OF hole, and no matter how high der
hole ISIS, grayitatiors pulls you to der
bottom"
A ticket collector on an English rail.
way got leave to go and get married,
and was given a pass over the line,
says the Kansas City Star. On the
way back he showed to the new col.
! lector his marriage certificate by mis-
/ take for his pass. 1'he latter studied
1t carefully, and then said: Eth. mOE,
you've got a ticket for a lang. wears
some journey, but not on the Gale
DOMAIN railway.
There are 5000 requests for Mr. Nc
| KinIcys autograph on file in Washing
! ton. 1t had been the custom OF the
, late president to devote sparomOmonts
to the qualifications of these demands
III SO far as he could, but during n few
months absence or through n period
when the president would be busily oc.
cupied with affairs OF state these lee
/
up.
Mrs. McWiliiams, who was wits
| Mrs Mckinley at Buffalo and after
ward accompanied the funeral party
at Washington and Canton, is the
favOrite cousin of the presidents
widow. She is the daughter of the
only sister Of Mrs. McKinIcy's father
She was a Miss Goodman, and when
she and Mrs. Mckinley were young
women it is said, they resembIcd each
other strongly.
The story is told of three Protest
ant ladies'. who walked into a Catholic
church in Ireland during high mass
1t was raining, and they had gone I'm
for shelter. The priest, one OF natures
nobiemen, recognized the women and
said 10 the attendant Three chairs
for the Protestant ladies' II was a
kindly thought, but the priest regret
ted it when the man stood up and
shouted. Three cheers for the Prot
estant Iadies!" which were given.
An English paper publishes an lter
esting yarn about a practical JOKE
played upon a railway passenger by
his travelling companions. ono OF
them stole the victims ticket, and
then they all persuaded them thai the
best way to avoid unpleasantness Win
the ticket collector was to hide under
the seat. When the ticket collector
received one ticket more than the
number called for he wanted explana
lions They were at once forth com
ing: OH the other belongs to the
gentleman under the seat He would
travel like that; we don't know why
! The paragraph from the Montreal
! Star shows how sensitive Canada is
! "Onc of the addresses to the duke and
| duchess of Cornwall and York was pre-
! sonted by two Indian chiefs and g.
sQuaw, the chief wearing great plume
| blanket coats, with wampum Orpa
mcnts and silver armlets. This Circas
will, no doubt, be reported by the Eng
| fish press correspondents as some.
| thing eminently characteristic OF
| Canada and # these gentlemen wore
told that their royal highness had seen
! in this get up something that few
Canadians have ever seen, they would
probably reply, Walker
The exchange of courtesies between
| the kaiser and the czar in the shape Of
colOnelcies of guard regiments, is
something which the magnates in the
United States might emulate with pro
fit, says the Kansas City Star. For
example, Mr.. Croker could be ap
pointed honorary paragrapher of the
COmmoner by Mr.. Bryan, and in turn
Mr.. Bryan could be made an honorary
Tammany leader of the Eighth assem-,
bly, district. The possibilities of this
scheme are magnificent Mayor Reed
might tngratiate himself with MT
DOckery by naming the governor as
honorary superintendent of streets and
the governor could return the compli-
ment by making Mr. Reed janitor ex-
traordinary Of the state house
WOMEN REPLACE MEN.