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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-14
To the Voters OF Iowa County.

As County Judge for Iowa County
election, held April I'd,
-Four elected that Office by the Of the
county the three have dis
Office the best OF ability shall be
candidate coming election
nomination candidate nomination papers
by Of the regardless 81 sla
around the meaning
member OF political
zaton that his political upon
would being
simply that Office
not Of those placing candidate nomination
him look at the instead OF looking
the party label
republicans and OF whom
which the Hon Judge
a,ed and The object of the
curing judicial elections held spring
thought be best judicial cleo
ons party feeling should be removed
that thus they would look only
positions political
plums to be rewards for party services
been the policy OF the OF Iowa
rive faithful and efficient reelection
desired No County Judge in Iowa for the
past quarter has been denied reelection for
term trust exists for making exception
faithful impartial, efficient
the discharge official duties should be pleased
the of Il reelection
term If have particulars
thank heartily generously given
reelected will
Partially. A-pRo jerks
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-14
TITS LsFoiistts They're After.

| Menasha Evening Breeze: In
spite of the hurricane raised by the
opponents of the Stephens Primary
Election bill, and the frequent de-
claration that its friends insist that
1t must pass the Wisconsin legisa-
ture without the change OF letter,
the author and friends OF the meas
ure are calm, They expected oppo-
sition, knew that they did not possess
all the wisdom in the world, courted
discussion of its various phases, and
| were willing to learn, by means of
discussion, wherein Improvement
could be made. The purpose fmda.
mental in the minds of citizens who
favor a Primary Election bin in
Wisconsin is to destroy causcus cor
ruption, and create universal inter-
est in the selection of men who shall
represent them in public affairs. The
stephens bill was framed with that
in view. Neither Assemblyman
Stephens, Gov. LaFollette nor any
other thoughtful friend of the meas
ure claimed it was perfect, and dis
cussion has discovered points subject
to Improvement. Better proof of the
sincerity OF the friends of the reform
could not have been furnished than
the readiness with which they began
thoughtful consideration of the OBJ
jections raised by the opponents Of
the measure during che period OF de-
bate. Mr.. Stephens is working to so
amend the bill that objections will be
met. The picture of Gov. LaFollstte
ms n great justiciar welding club in
an effort to knock holes in the skulls
of all who dared raise their voices
agains. the Stephens bill, will have to
be redrawn, because he is not OPP
LaFollette believes in the reform,
and wants it to become operative. rs
quickly as possible. But he is not a
fool. He does not need club or any
other force outside OF reason to de-
fend his position on the progressed re-
form. The future will do it, without
violence. The amended bill will be
of such character that the opposition
will be forced from tile cover they
are under, and compelled to declare
that it is really Gov. LaFollette they
are after, and not the Primary Elec-
ton bill.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-14

AMONG all tho arguments against
the primary election bill that have
come under our notice, those by
editor John w, Taylor, IN his Linden
paper, are uneXcelled. He presents
his objections most adroitly, forcibly
and in strong English, making good
reading even for those who believe
ho is on the wrong side. In his last
week. issue, however, he drops below
his usual standard, by setting forth
as an objection to primary elections,
and theoretically as an argument in
defence of the caucus and conyen-
ton, that Governor Lafollette was
nominated, aud tho plank demand
ing primary elections, was framed
and passed by his dictation, employ
ing the present system. Does not
our talented friend realize that there
was no other way in which La Fol-
ictte could be nominated than by
following the established usages
and that his only chance OF securing
change from system which he
snd so long aud So openly condemned
was TO employ 1t rs he did" How
else could hc have proceeded with
the least hops OF accomplishing any
thing for the reforms for which he
stood as the representatives Is it
Tor utilizing "A bad system, and that
thu onlypumus available, TO aid him
ia h~ purposes, and then oppose
him In efforts 60 destroy that system,
40 that h,. uar any one else can em-
ploy Il again. Soe3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-14

WHENEVER the old republican
ringsters Of Wisconsin become des-
perate In their fear Of losing control
they trot out ghost Of the Bennett
law to frighten the people, and depict
the danger OF estranging the foreign
vote. Their latest scare i'm this line
ID clause in bill presented in the
legislature To restrict corrupt prac-
tices at elections. They say the bill
would prevent Lutheran and other
priest sfrom using their sacred calling
to influence elections. What an out
rage Of religious liberty that would
be, If accomplished
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-14
Jonks' Card and Smokers Claim.

In this paper will be found an adj
dress by Hon. Aldro jerks to the
voters Of Iowa county, in his own be-
half NJ "a candidate for County
Judge. 1t Is proper and manly thus
to address the people, much better
than to go quietly about buttonholing
"ieading citizens here and there,
and getting them to fix things '
in the different localities. Tri-
bune readers are now advised as to
what each Of the candidates has to
say for himself. They are perhaps
equally well known and appear be-
fore the people on equal terms.
70 our mind Mr. Smoker has some
claims to recognition that should de-
ternins the result in his favor. He Is
one of the rapidly diminishing band
OF mon who stood in the ranks Of
that grand army nearly 10 years ago
and saved this country from destruc-
ton He is one Of those whom the
peop,e have pledged "shall have
preference for public positions OF
honor and profit, other things being
equal Admitting hi. competitor to
be his equal in all other respects, this
one special qualification should in
sure Mr. Smokers election. And
'there are Others" which we may pre-
sent inter-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-14

A DISPATCH IN the Madison DEM
ocrat dated at Milwaukee, says that
tho journal Of the latter city Is to be
moved into the Sentinel building
and after May lst will be conducted
az straight-out republican paper.
The influence of the Milwaukee city
railway, now controlling the Senti-
mel, has long been thought potential
in tho Journal. II the two papers
come directly under the same own
srship it will not make them strong
or as champions OF corporation inter
ests, than il continued ostensibly
separate concerns MS they now nre.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-14

county had gone 1900 democratic at
the last election Smoker would be
the non-partisan candidate-with a
mighty slim chance OF election; for
democrats are but seldom caught
with chaff.
We cheerfully admit that jerks is
II might good one OF his kind; but
Smoker is too, and of u better kind.
That switches us to Smoker. See?n
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-14
A Good Cough Medicine for Children.

II have no hesitauoy i'll recon-
meuGiug Chamheglain's Cough REM
edy," says +. Z. Moran, a well known
and popular baker of Petersburg, Va.
We have given it to our children
when troubled with bad coughs, also
whooping cough, and ii has given
perfect satisfaction. II was recon-
mended 10 me by druggist rs the
best cough medicine for children as
il contained no opium or other
harmful drug. Sold at Nivian's
Pharmacy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-14
Rough Dry washing.

The American. Laundry of this city
is now fully rugged for family wash
ing. Thirty-tive pieces or over, one
cent per piece. Rates on smaller
amounts made known on application.
SHErARp & WooLRICH,
Proprietors.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-14

THE Pfister Sentinel notices VIVA
evident satisfaction that the South
Carolina Legislature has repealed the
nn.i-nass law. IT Cbarley's paper
should advocate like action by the
Wisconsin legislature it would sur
prise no one.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-14
r6oM THE raee TOAD.

osen1sa solitary % some vadssbough
Or Graded In Leaf mid Giimmerins light.
0ke Puck thou cfouchest. haply watching nov
The slow toadstool comes bullying. moony white,
Through loosening loan. or how. against he
night,
The glowworm gathers silver TO endow
The darkness with. or how the dew conspires
To hang At dusk with lamps Of chilly hres
Eeeh blade tia. shsi~els now,
Art trumprter OK pwarhand, does thy horn
Inform the gnomes and goblins Of the hour
When they may gzmbol unGef law aud tho.u,
6traddlng each winking bed and tvinklins
flower
Or bellringer OF Elnand. whose tall tower
The liriodendron Is, from whence II borne
The elfn music Of thy bells deep bass
To summon fairies to their narlit maze,
TO summon them or warnf
Madison Cawein In Atlantic.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-13
TRAVELS OF THE JlG0ER.
This Industrious Little Flea IL Circum.
navigating the World.

This Industrious Little Flea IL Circum.
navigating the World.
The very small species Of the fea.
commonly known as the Tiger. whose
native home Is tropical and subtrop.
ical America. set out In 1872 to cir.
cumnavigate the world and has now
half completed his journey, says 4
writer In the New York Sun. His ar
rival In India and Madagascar ia al.
most simultaneously reported. On Lis
conquer1ng way he has badly fright.
ened many barbarous tribes by his pro.
pensity to bore through the skin and
ma lodgment under it. and many vii
iages and sometimes whole districts
We're abandoned by the natives DURING
Dis Journey across Africa.
In September, 1872. sailing vessel
from Brazil dumped a quantity Of sand
ballast on the beach at Ambriz, a little
south OF the Congo. This event has
historic Importance from the fact that
the Jigger crossed the ocean IN this
SAND. and 1t is believed to have been
MS nrst Introduction to foreign terri.
tory. His rate Of advance across Africa
depended upon the means Of transpor.
!ation at hand. for the jlgger will not
1op when he may ride. 1t was thir.
teen years before he struck tie cara.
van route to Stanley Pool, and then he
Journeyed quickly and comfortably with
the porters in the freight service to
that starting point Of the upper Congo
steamers, which carried him halfway
across Africa. Twenty years after hts
arrival IN Africa the Jigger appeared
on the shores Of Victoria Nyanza, and
SIX years later he was hopping along
the SANDS OF Zanzibar Island.
The Jigger was thus establlshed in
1888 at the busy mart whence many
tesseis sail for the East Indies and
Oceanica- 1t was predicted that he
would soon invade India, and sure
enough his arrival at Bombay, whittier
ne mad been brought by coolies return.
hg from Africa. is now reported. Le
Tour du Monde says he may be ex.
pected in French Indio- China at anv
time. and that he will evidently IN.
wade the whole of Southern Asia. and
letters from Nossi Be, In Northwest
madagascar, report his advent there
ana on the adjoining islands, where he
Is nourishing and multiplying In the
sandy soil.
we may next expe It to hear Of this
persevering and Successful traveller
among the Pacific islands, and all re.
glohs IN or near the tropics seem des.
oned to make his acquaintance
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-13
UnRaOlaut.

There Is suggestion Of ungallantry
in the latest telephone invention
adopted In Paris. Hitherto. In the
French capital. as elsewhere, the CEN
trail exchange has been managed-or,
as French telephone users alleged, mis-.
managed-by women. But when busy
men have called up other firms and Of
tices they have often been delayed by
the conversational tendencies of the
young ladies at the exchange. It IS
decidedly maddening to have o. m
portant telephone interview puIc-
tuated with Hes awfully hdndsone!'
or. I'm going to weer my pink
blouse" and they have determined to
put a stop to it In France by suppressed
ing the telephone exchange girls by an
automatic apparatus.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-13

to the hop. So she went ov.. With
Burton. and gave him one-third of her
dances. Greville had another third,
and the rest were open to the post at
large.
Greviue did not look happy ut all. It
was not the target record he minded.
lie never thought about that. 1t was
having to 60 down the board walk TO
the hop-room behind Burton, and to
watch Miss Mivart leaning on his arm
and looking up into his face from under
the WEtte mists of her lace hood. He
was not consoled at all when she look
ed up into his own face even more
sweetly at the beginning of the second
dance, and whispered that she was 80
sorry"
Now as the second dance had been
Greville's the third was Burton's. That
was the way it had been arranged. As
the band began the waltz, Miss Mivart
stood beside Greville in the center Of
quite group. The commanding off,
Ger was in the group, 80 was Burton's
captain, and SO v'aA the adjutant.
There We're some others as well, and
also some women. Miss Mivart may
have chosen that position, or It may
simply have happened so.
ANY way, just as the waltz started
Burton, light-hearted and light-fOoted
came slipping and sliding over the can
dle-waxed floor, and pushing his way
into the midst. ''Ours," he said, tri.
umphantly. .
But Miss Mivart did not heed him at
once. She was telling them all how
she had learned to shoot a carbine as
we'll as any one, and they, the men, at
any rate. were hanging on her words.
"Mr. Greville taught me-" she said,
land 80 did Mr.. Burton" This was
the first either had known Of the 9TH
er's part in it, and they exchanged q
look.) 'They taught me with their own
carbines, too. The very same ones
they used themselves In the compete
ton. But l shot best with MIR. Burton's
carbine. He must have fixed his 1rig-
ger to pull more easily; 1t WAS almost
like, what do you call it. hair-trig.
gerF
She looked about for an answer, and
saw on their faces stare of stony hor.
ror and surprise. They had moved a
little away from Burton. and the COM
handing officers steely eyes were on
his face. The face had turned white,
even with the sunburn, AMI Burton's
voice was just tritie unsteady as he
spoke.
'"This Is our dance. think, Miss Mi
vart," he said.
The innocent. round. blue orbs looked
just little coldly into his. NO." she
told him, II think you are mistaken. 1t
is Mr.. Greville's Dance" And she
arm.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-13
GOVERNMENT rELEoRAPAY.

Cts Great Success In Great Britain DurA
ing the Past Thirty Years.
w. s. HARDWOOD describes In the Gem
Jury the successful working of the Gov
ernment telegraph in Great Britain.
Since the British Government, In the
rear 1870, assumed control Of all inland
kilograms, the business Of that depart
ment of the general postoffce has
grown to enormous proportions. The
object Of assuming this control was
twofold; first, to reduce the exorbitant
telegraph tolls Of private companies
tolls SO high as virtually to be prohibit
I've for many kinds of business; ana,
secondly. to safeguard the public
against any return to former charges.
1t matters not what one may think as
to the desira bility of the introduction
II such a system into the United States.
The fact is patent that In Great Brit
ain It has proved a signal success. The
twofold object was long since attained,
and there Is no likelihood that the sys'
tenn will be overthrown.
The report of the Postoffice Depart
ment for 1899 gives the latest available
figures. This report shows that the
people 90 far appreciate and utilize the
system that they sent in 1899, up to
the date Of the closing Of the report, In
ordinary kilograms, which are exclu-
sive Of press kilograms, cable messages,
Government, franked and reduced-rate
dispatches, over three million messages
more than during 1893. In 1869, the
year before the Government assump.
ton, seven million messages were sent:
In 1899. nearly ninety million mes
cages. In 1869 the average charge for
kilograms was little over fifty cents.
while the charge for the same message
to-day, inclusive Of address, IL about
fifteen cents. In 1860 there were I'M
der three hundred employees, while
there are at present over three thou
sand in the London Office alone. Last
year, after allowing for a deficit of at
least q million dollars in the depart
ment devoted to the daily newspapers,
the system cleared above all cost Of
maintenance over one hundred and six
ty-flve thousand pounds: in round num-
bers, eight hundred and flfty thousand
dollars.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-13
WILL NoNOR HEROIC DEAD.
Sonfederates Will Erect q Memorial
at Richmond. Va.

Confederate Will Erect q Memorial
at Richmond, Va.
The recent convention Of Confederate
veterans held at Louisville voted to &C.
cept with thanks the offer Of 100000
made by Charles Broadway Rouse Of
New York, formerly a soldier Of the
Confederacy from Virginia, for the pur-
pose of erecting memorial to the Con-
federate dead at Richmond, Va. The
Memorial Committee reported that 1t
had secured pledges of $l24,4 3735 in
addition. and that the prospect Of rails
Ing an amount sufficient to make the
total. including Mr. Rouse's donation,
$3OO,OOO was excellent Upon these rep
reservations Mr.. Rouse has authorized
the Confederate Veterans Association
TO draw upon him for the amount
pledged by him at any time it may be
thought advisable to begin the work.
The Confederate Memorial Associat ton.
which has the enterprise in hand has
elected Judge George L. Christian Of
Richmond, Va. as its treasurer, and
the memorial Is to be built In Rich
mond. the heart-city Of the Confed.
eracy and the place where. for four
years, the policies and plans were
evolved In consequence of which the
South was enabled to make so memoir
able q struggle against inevitable de-
feat
The definite arrangements for the
construction Of the memorial do not yet
appear to have been completed by the
association, but General j. G. Under.
wood, the Secretary and superinten-
dent Of the work Of raising funds. has
prepared plans with the approval Of
some members Of the executive com.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-13
Stole tho Bridegroom.

A young man in q convivial party AZ
Broad street hotel told the following
story: Il had good time at a wedding
last week. 1t was the wedding Of a
friend Of mine. and and some Of the
boys played q good joke ON him. ana
he didn't get mad either. The Joke was
to steal him. Yes, right after the cere-
mony we grabbed him up. banged him
into q cab. and then drove him out six.
teen miles into the country, where va
locked him up in barn and kept him
there three days. The bride waited for
him In royal suite Of rooms in an Al.
bury Park hotel. We had persuaded
her to travel down alone, promising her
the groom would arrive at any minute.
Every evening, after our days work
was done, we trotted out into the coun.
try to see the groom. with baskets OF
food and liquid. Pretty good-natured
about 1t the duffer was, too. tell you,
though, those three days were different
sligatly from what he and the girl had
been counting on-"-Philadelphia Rec.
ord. @
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-13
mittee), and these plans were presente
0t Tnuiovi11o

mittee), and these plans were presented
at Louisville.
General Underwood says of his plans:
Il have designed memorial rotunda
with mausoleum dome and rooms for
each State, wherein relics, records and
various other archives may be safely
kept for all time to come, and l have
further designed suitable hanging
space for portrait gallery Of renowned
Southern leaders, and personally pur-
pose to bestow upon the people of the
South twenty or more magnificent por.
traits, full size. In oil, of distinguished
Confederate officers, both civil and. mill.
tary, as soon as suitable place shall
have been made to receive them. And,
besides, also present to you for In.
'spectiOn statue models of President
Jefferson Davis and General Robert q.
Lee, the civil and military heads of tho
historic Confederacy, for the manufac-
ture of which In bronze I, individually,
propose to raise the requisite money,
and. as In the case Of the portraits, to
donate the same to the association, to
he placed on either side Of the grand
flight Of steps to the portico of the said
proposed memorial building, provided
such meets with your approval.
THE maximum estimated round cost
Of the design propose Is 5000, 600, not
including statuary and portraits and
calculating upon the building site being
donated. With the amount raised.
those due, others promised and antici-
pations reasonably based upon the
backing have demonstrated, l am con.
ddent of being able to secure at least
$500. 900, and II my designs are APP
proved and authority given me to pro-
coed In accordance Herewith I'll obll.
gate myself to construct the memorial
building as designed, with such mod
tfications as may be found necessary to
suit the building site to be selected
and other essential requirements Of the
case In every particular.
my general plan includes the plac.
Ing BY each State of two statues, either
In bronze or marble, as may hereafter
be determined. to suit inside finish Of
auditorium rOtunda, and that the sew.
eral States shall select their heroes to
be immortalized. each State bearing
the expense of such statuary (from So.
600 to $4,000 representing It's own
heroes, but the portico statties and two
equestrian statues Of Generals ]. E, b.
Stuart and N. B. Forrest propose to
secure by money to be raised from out
side friendly sources and already have
assurances of material assistance tor
that purpose"
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-13
Stage Thunder and Lighting.


The reason why the mechanism foa
making the noises that give realism to
a play are never seen by the audience
is because the Illusion would be com.
pletely destroyed II It's operations were
exposed to view, explains Franklin
Fyles In the Ladies' Home Journal
The noise Of the waiter falling down
stairs with tray Of dishes, for In
stance, IL simulated by dropping, an
often as necessary, basket filled with
bits of broken china; and cylinder Of
silk, turned with crank, drawing the
cloth over wooden hanges gives q per-
feet rain and wind storm. A lightning
accompaniment is made by touching
an ordinary file to bit of carbon-both
on live wires-and the thunder by roll.
ing ten-pin balls In a long, narrow.
wooden trough The rumble Of the
wheels Of carriage IL initiated with q
vehicle like a miniature freight car on
q wooden track, and the striking Of
wood or metal ON hard or soft surfaces
serves to convince an audience Of thu
approach or departure Of horse. When
there u war q single shot or two -
usually the real thing, but rife vol.
ley effect 10 obtained by rapidly beat.
ing . dried calfskin with rattans, while
heavy strokes on the bass drum win
convey ~ idea Of cannonading. II
this mechanism were seen In operation
by an audience It would make the
whole performance seem ridiculous.