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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25
Tho Book of Job.

The Book OF Job is mestimable &.
every human being because It takes IN
in the holdest way known In literature
his eternal problem of the ways of
God with man, There is not one OF us,
whe@hvy his lot is great or obscure.
as the world counts these things, who
has not every day in his life been
called ON to face this great question,
Therefore, the work is OF universal
interest Why did we miss this
chance? Why do we suffer this
disease? Why these series of ap
parent disasters? Why as Shakes.
peare hints, We're we not born with
this mans art--with that mans
scopcG Why are our friends taken
from us into the mysterious unknown
at the very time when their helm
seems most needed? Why In short,
does God seem arbitrary Why,
are we left to langutsh in despair.
with no voice to break the eternal
sileuceE Where ON earth Is ne
human heart from which this cry has
not arisenG
The Book Of Job, therefore, appeals
in its problem to every human being.
So It does in its treatment OF the
problem. There is the awful despair
of job, who knows that his life has
been righteous, and who sticks fast
to that belief, even while for the time
losing all light in darkness that
might be felt. There lives more
faith IN honest doubt, believe me,
than In half the creeds." Could
Tennyson have been thinking of job
when he wrote those linosg The
creed Of established orthodoxy, OF
conventional belief which does not
| rise to the towering heights of faith
is represented by the friends who
bring their poor little system OF
theology to bear on Job He must
have sinned against the almighty dis,
ponsor of physical good; the dire
calamities cannot be explained any
other way. Was ever a nohlcr sCeptic-
ism faced with moro conventional
belief? It Is the sceptcism of Job
which is the faith; the belief of his
friends which is the scopticlsm, The
SDpCtntOr
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25

horsepower, placed seven metres
from one end. Suspended from the
center section is a triangular cradle
in which is the screw. the fanges Of
which are four metres wide. 1t re-
wolves at the rate of zoo turns a
minute. Seven metres from the
opposite end is suspended q light,
small basket, in which the aeronaut
sits, controlling by means of lines the
rudder and the valves of the motor.
He is, however, unable TO start the
motor en- route and consequently it
must be going when the trip begins.
A long guide rope trails from the
cradle. The aeronaut is able to con-
troll the balloons displacement and
can thereby alter its position as de,
sired.
Dumont is modest little man. He
weighs only 100 pounds; is why,
nervous, and alert, and he closed the
conversation by saying: please dis
suade your readers from infcrring that
l claim to have solved the problem.
The only thing have accomplished
during my fifteen years experiment.
ing, during which have wrecked four
aeronefs. is to be able with tolerable
certainty in fine weather and mild
breeze to start from a given point and
navigate through the air in any direc-
ton, right or left, up or down. To do
anything more than this have no pre-
lemons. We are at the beginning of a
problem, which, however, l am
solved on the lines l have been
patiently followed"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25

and employe has been matter Of
qualification to all who advocate the
brotherhood Of man But 1t seems
that even brothers have their troubles,
and OF late there have been omnibus
rumbliugs from the Dayton region.
President Patterson says things have
come to such pass that there was
not n day when he was not visited by
some committee or walking delegate
and annoyed with petty complaints.
The latest trouble was more than he
could bear he says, Four men were
discharged from the moulding depart.
ment They complained to the union.
\ committee appeared for them, The
head OF the moulding department said
agitators and n menace TO the welfare
Of the works They had been dis.
charged, ant that was all there was
10 It, The committee demurred to the
charges and demanded the four men
be reinstated, The company refused
10 do this, but offered 60 arhitrate.
Then the committee declined further
consideration OF the matter and or.
dered out all Of the moulders, The
metal polishers struck in sympathy,
II was seen that there was to be
general strike, SO the company closed
down, Mr., Patterson said, In explain.
alton OF HIS action, that fully three
fourths OF his employees do not believe
in strikes but that they are kept in q
turmoil by agitators and walking dele
gates, MIR, Patterson will sail imme-
diately for Europe Frank ], Pat
terson is going TO Canada to arrange
with n factory there TO al his orders,
He says he viii keep his statesmen on
the road, Not wheel In hts factory
will turn, he says, until the union
question Is settled for years"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25
Suumun, Eopun,.

How b)est is he that can but love and
do,
And has no skill of speech nor trick
Of art
Wherewith to tell what faith
approveth true,
And show for fame the treasures NJ
his heart,
When, wisely weak, upon the path OF
duty
Divine accord has made his footins
sure,
With humble deeds he builds his life
to beauty
Strong to achieve, and patient Co
endure.
But they that in the marketplace we
meet,
Each with is trumpet and his noisy
faction,
Are leaky vessels, pouring ON the
street
The truth they know ere it has
known its action,
And which, think ye, in his benign
regard,
Or words or deeds shall merit the
reward?
Peter Macarthur in Atlantic,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25
A Remarkable indian.

The "Onkweonwe" recently pub
lished the following story about an
Indian living near Egnnvllle not
many miles from Ottawa,
Indian John, celebrated Mohawk
guide, who is now 80 years old, has
been sleeping IN his coffin for some
months. John, although Htill q
vigorous man. knows that he must
soon leave for the happy hunting
grounds, so some time ago he made
himself CONN and began sleeping Ia
It.
"Sinco then he has used no other
bed and he has told his family that II
death comes they are TO put on tho
lid and bury him. Until the call
comes John viii continue to hunt In
the land of the Mlsslssaugus.
sixty years ago he entered the
land, and began to hunt near Eganville,
which was then wilderness. The
Mlsslssaugus would have no inter
lopers in their territory, and one day
eight OF them set out after Mohawk
John. They came upon him when h9
was sleeping and made him a prisoner.
Placing him In a canoe the Missig-
saugues started for the Mohawk
country. On the way John became 80
troublesome that they had TO put him
on shore before they had gone far.
Grabbing a tomahawk John smashed
the prov OF the birch bark canoe,
and dened them TO come ashore and
fight him, Although the others had
rifles the were afraid, and put out
into the stream From that day 10
this John has hunted in the Missis.
saugus country"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25

souleG, genuine. warm.hG0yted. living
thinS it is, one must rub against 1t,
This is not the real south. but t&yy
have the true southern hospitality
VIII Oh l have found in every part VI
the south in has been my good fortune
10 visit,
1T must require a world Of grace 70
enable a man WAC has been ruined by
a war, in which he honestly believed
he was on the right side, to extend
the right hand of fellowship to the
men who conquered him and slew mis-
brethren, and yet know from per,
Sonal experience, running back as far
as 1850, that a Grand Army of the Re
public bronze button is a letter Of
introduction which insures one Z
warm welcome anywhere from the
Ohio to the Gulf. If any man tells to
the contrary | must believe he wore
something more offensive than the
badge. | learned many years ago that
a frightful criminal mistake was made
in putting the ballot into the hands OF
race degraded by many years OF
bondage, 1t brought nothing but
trouble for the poor, ignorant negro
and was responsible for the carpetbag
iniquities and the solid south-solid
against their own best interests. Aud
yet suspect that had most If us been
placed as they We're we would have
been Stubbornly solid too.
Il trust that dear old Annapolis
may never know that | tried, in my
weak way to poke fun at her
wrinkles and corkscrew curls. for
really love the dear old girl and shall
sit up with her many more Sunday
nights If she is willin.'"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25

The brotherhood of man" idea, the
cooperative principle and Utopian
theories in general have no place In
the economies Of the walking delegate,
whose bread and butter depend upon
the industry displayed in encouraging
labor troubles A good Illustration OF
the mischlevous character Of that in
diyidual, more harmful even to the
workman than to the manufacturer,
is found In the troubles Of great
cash register company at Dayton,
ohio. An exchange tells the story
thus:
1t would be dlfncuit 70 imagine
employers attempting to do more for
their employees than this concern has
done, and the response to their CT.
forts al cooperation between employer
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25
tbs DEAcoN's SERMON.
Practical Application OF the Story Of
Dives and Layarue.

Oar wuR rich man named Degrees,
on likewise a po' man named Latherus.
Wen, Lnthoms come long bout
Christmas, en- hen' all stove up wild
de rheumatism. en- threaten wild de
smallpox, he set down fer ter res
himself lonEsido de rich mans gate;
en- Lathorus boin' hungry holler out;
tChrls'mus gift'
But dc rich man tell him; Go way
FUN hear. man. amt got or much ez
II crum fer youl' lon de dogs come out
en- chase him of.
but see de prevention or Provi.
dopce, De rich man overeat hlmse's,
ON wake up stone dod. en- hotter den
de sun IN Augusta EN- he look round
en- soy. 'Whar IL ~ En de devil an.
swer: My son. you's In dc are depart
mont You fined las night
Den de rich man any, 4 wish you
please, sub. tell Kunnel l,atherus tor
turn ON dc hose on me- kase dis heah's
hot stuff
But de down mako answer: 'No
fr'on Latherus ia up yondor, spenGiu'
Christmas wild Mister Abraham. en- he
done sen word dat he amt got time
ter fool wild you, You's my meat now,
on gwino ter br'ile you til you plumb
brown
"En nj bekase de rich man fail teJ
come down wild de money when
Latherus Loller. 'Chrls'mus gif!'
How many sinners heah Is gwlne ter
do like Degrees done? How many 70
gwine ter drive Latherus fun de gate
on Christmas day. Brer Williams.
pass de hat en- less sect"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25
Devotional Literature.

The chief danger attaching to deyo-
tional literature and the devotional
frame of mind is that interpretive
tendency which leads to withdrawal
from the world, and to an unnatural
demand for such a change OF daily
conditions as would reduce life to col.
orless individuality and man to the
status of asceticism. We say nothing
against the monastic life; and we think
with Aristotle that the respective
merits of the life Of action and that OF
contemplation are arguable. We
know what monasticism did for
Europe; and we know, also, that all
mems lives are not to be moulded on
the same pattern. The lonely seer has
his place in the vast and complex or.
der Of things, whether as philosopher
or saint. But 1t seems TO us that,
just in proportion as human society is
in a fairly-healthy condition, in that
proportion will the services Of the
monk, hermit or contemplatiye vision
airy be less called for. The monastery,
the harmit's cell, were partly a reac-
ton from a corrupt and decaying so
cial order. The visionary in the des.
ert perceived that nothing more was
to come from that order-that, In
fact, in was disorder, and that the
foundations Of the society Of the fu-
ture were to be laid on another basis
This, together with the obvious utili.
tartan services rendered by the Bene-
dictines, is the justification of the
monastic system Of western Europe
Snectator.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25
THE DRAWING OF LOTS.
Departments Plan for AIIoting Land
to Settlers Generally Approved.

to Settlers Generally Approved.
Thousands of communications con-
corning the opening of the Kiowa and
other lands in Oklahoma pour in upon
the acting secretary of the interior,
the assistant attorney general for the
Department of the Interior and the
commissioner Of the general landofi ,e.
The letters indicate that, as rue
interested persons approve Of the
plan tentatively agreed upon by Che
Department of the Interior, and which
will be presented to the president as a
suggestion, for his guidance, that the
lands be selected by settlers by drG".
ing or casting of lots. A minister Of
the gospel is among those who ad
vocate a drawing. He prefers it to a
horse race, especially where the race
has no better umpire than the dis.
carded idea that might makes right.
1t has interested the officials to note
how this minister anticipates and an
swers a criticism which might be made
in some quarters to the effect that a
drawing would be a sort of lottery and
Objectionable to those who do not
believe in anything which savors OF
chance. After pointing out that by
this plan the unsuccessful appliCan.
pays nothing and the successful ap'
plicant only gets an opportunity to earn
the land by fully complying with the
law in the matter of payment, resi-
dence, cultivation and Improvement,
the minister summons the Bible to his
support and shows that the casting or
drawing of lots was resorted to in
distributing the land of Canaan, and
in determining whether Matthias or
Joseph, called Barsabus, should be,
come an apostle.
Willis Van Devanter, assistant at
torney general for the Interior depart,
ment, points out that in other
instances the drawing of lots as a
means of decision or selection is given
high recognition. Two candidates
receiving an equal number of votes at
an election are often required to cast
lots for the office. A tie vote was
recently decided in this manner In
Massachusetts. BY the constitutions
of Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri and
Ohio the judges of the supreme court
first elected were required to cast lots
to determine which should be chief
justice and to determine each judge
term of Office. Upon the admission Of
new state a drawing is had in the
United States senate to determine to
which class each of the new senators
shall be assigned. -Washington Star.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25

Phyllis has eyes that sparkle and
shine
Eyes like the stars has Phyllis;
Beautiful eyes that dazzle mine,
As full Of life as the rarest wine
Eyes that, alas. my soul entwine
Round Phyllis.
Phyllis has lips OF ruby hue
Rayishing lips has Phyllis;
Lips that arc fresh as the morning
dew,
Companion joys TO her eyes Of blue
Lips rs entlcing as eyes are true,
Has Phyllis.
She has a smile that enraptures me
A dream Of a smile has Phyllis;
And yet there is nothing in that, You
see,
For Phyllis II only dream to me-
And that IL the most | may hope she
win be-
Poor Phyllisi
Denver Times.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25
Couldn't Fool Her.

An old couple who had passed their
lives in tho quiet of DcrbyBhlrc
village says the Youths Companion,
resolved to make journey to London,
Tho resolution was communicated to
their nelghbors, who gave them long
instructions as to the best methods Of
taking care Of themselves and avoid
ing city sharpers.
The villagers gathered at the station
to see the departure, and all went well
until the train reached Bedford
There the old man, in an evil moment,
allowed himself to leave the compart
ment, with the result that the train
went off without him.
Fortunately an express was due In
few minutes and the station master,
taking pity on the old countryman' 3
distress, permitted him to board IT, 80
that he was enabled to reach London
fully 20 minutes before the arrival Of
his wife.
He was waiting eagerly at the
station when the train came In, AMI
seeing his wife he rushed joyous up
crying out:
"Hi, Betty, I'm glad to see you
again, ! thought we wor parted for
ever!"
The old woman looked at him
suspiclously, and, remembering all the
advice that had been ghowered upon
her, said Indignantly:
away wi ye, mani Don't be
comm yer Lunnon tricks wi me.
left me ovid man at tother station.
Be off at once or III call a bobby and
haze yer locked up"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25

medicine and surgery did away with
the process as a universal therapeutic
measure. II was not until the niue.
teenth century was nearly half COM
pleted, however, that physicians aban,
doned it asa practice,--New York
Tribune.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25
No Escape.

The Next Worlds Fair is the
heading OF an editorial IL the Philadel.
phia Press. Oh, dear! SO we are 10
have them there, too, are we?--
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25
Where the Automobile is Used.

Worlds Work-With the incroasa
of endurance and the perfection of
motive power and mechanical parts,
the automobile has grown popular A
crippled beggar in Paris. who formerly
propelled himself by hand In n cart,
recently bought ono-horse power
machine and Is now making money by
running errands. A public service Is
to be established in Honolulu. Routes
are being laid out In Madagascar,
The king of England is having car
de luxe built In Paris, Socialists are
to have propaganda tour through
Pennsylvania and a machine of their
own. Emperor William has been
offering cups for contests. Tho Lou
don and New York FIRE departments
are both using autos, and n self
moving FIRE engine has been In use
for yeasr In Hartford, Conn. The
state department of his country has re-
quosted our consuls abroad to furnish
It with the rules governing the
operation of automobiles in foreign
cities. The list OF significant things
is almost endless
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25
"CuPPINS."
The 6arbarous Practice of Bleeding
Is Still INDUCED In,

One hundred years ago the sovereign
balm for every liz, from fainting to
fever, was bleeding. The wonder Is
that human race was left to admit
the folly of the practice, 1t was the
correct method of the day, recommend
ed and employed by the best physl.
clans of the time. The surgeon who
attended George Washington in his
last illness first set about bleeding his
august patient. The story is that he
took several cups of blood from the
vigorous arm of Washington, and then
diagnosed the case. Washington died.
Some say that If he had not been ped
he probably would have lived,
The cry comes. But that was n cen
fury ago, In sharp contrast stands
the wonderful advances made by
modern surgery. Thankfully il may
be said that such is the truth. But
sometimes customs dio hard, and to,
day the doctrine of "cupping" has
devotoos as faithful as those who
gave up their life sustaining fluid in
Washington's time. This is n start,
ling statement, The writer would have
been skepucal If he had not learned
its truth himself,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25
SIDERABLE BALLOON
BRAZILIAN AERONAuT AT LAST
SOLVES THE PROBLEM.
DOUBLES ON HIS COURSE

Trial Is Made in Paris and Balloon
Sails Completely Around the
Eiffel Tower and Then Back
to the Place of Startins-A Notable
Achievement.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25

"Ach, yes" said the barber ut
keeps me a busy man How strange
you say that you thought it no longer
was practiced! People come here
morning, noon and night every day,
but mostly do they come here IN the
spring and fall, 1t is then that the
blood needs drawing off. 1t you have
pain in your mead, you come to me
| take my little cup, burn the air in it
out, push down my little knives just
behind your ear on the neck, and when
the cup is full | take it away. If your
headache is not better yet take
another cup, so be it that the bleeding
stop not, upon the other side. Maybe
your back pains; ! cut you little on
the side. Your arm pains, draw the
blood from the wrist"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25

The barber barred his arm. The skin
was crossed with tiny, pale hicks, like
those one sees on the wrist Of a NOR
phine victim.
Twelve Is the number of cups |
draw at one sitting" the barber said.
ut is a bad pain that will not be gone
then. If you come again the next day
with tina pain | draw off more until
the ache has disappeared completely"
The cups look like sherry glasses
with the stems removed The knife
or lancet is arranged like d name
stamp. Pressure on a spring plunger
drives the little blades. which are ar.
ranged in pairs or triplets, into the
skin. II is here that the skill OF the
operator comes into play. When the
incisions are made in the neck too
violent tap on the plunger might
mean the severing or wounding Of an
artery. Pressure too light would not
let the blood flow fast enough. The
barber must have trained touch.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25

Upon the condition of the cup much
depends. The air is exhausted by
means Of tiny alcohol flame. This
makes a vacuum. The cup is pressed
on lightly but firmly. The blood PUSHES
under the skin beneath its rim
Then like fash the little knives are
pushed down. and the bleeding begins
The operator never takes more than
twelve cups at one sitting That
would mean perhaps a half pint Of
blood.
This system OF bleeding for human
ailments hanks back 10 the earliest
times. All through the middle ages
II vas the healing balm for the suffer
ings Of mankind The ancienta firmly
believed that the loss Of blood In this
manner drew from their systems the
"noxious humors" which afflicted them.
The advent OF the modern school OF
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-25

In the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries this grewsome form OF treat,
ment was the work of the barber
That guild has maintained its preroga.
tive into the twentieth century. In q
certain little side street, crushed be,
tween two towering brick buildings,
stands a timid story and half frame
house. The suggestive striped pole
which embla2ons the art of the dwcllel
within juts over the walk. In tho
window hangs a sign bearing the word
"Cupping," If today were set back
to 1900 the pole alone would tell the
story. Times. they say, have changed
and so the sign,
The barber is n German He was
much surprised at the question asked,
Everybody knew that cupping was a
necessity, especially in the spring, he
said. Sometimes, he added, he was so
busy that little time remained for his
shaving and hair cutting OF customers