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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22

found out the trick, and all the letters
were collected ami given into the
hands of experts TO decide whether
they had been written by one man. aud
whether they correspondent to the
hand or the suspect GoldschmiTt. In
time the case was taken TO court, and
a damage verdict Of s.. 500 was award,
ed 10 Ecksteiu.
Among the extraordinary cases
that como to IT'S are many professional
men who try to beat the civil service
examinations or the various boards of
w'NNH examiners. Doctors and den.
lists for example, frequently give us
work, An applicant for degree or
a license may he perfectly NJ from his
standpoint Of professional knowledge,
hut he may realize that he could not
pass the regents examination. His
knowledge ot medicine or Of teeth may
he all that is required. but Il is SO long
since he has studied history or geog.
Nphy or grammar that he knows he'd
dunk IL he tried to pass Therefore,
he gets some one else 20 take the
examination for him, and unless IL is
noticed that there is n discrepancy In
tho handwriting of the two men who
have taken the test man is apt to
slip through by that means We ara
frequently asked to decide as TO the
handwriting in examination papers OF
this kind"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22
GENERAL PRESS COMMENT.

Boston Transcript: Henry
seems to have carried home with him
from this country the rcprehensible
practice of riding his bicycle on the
sidewalk.
Atlanta Constitution:-Wh VIC
seem to need is some sort of law -
regulate the procedures at Iynchlng
bees. At present they are altogether
too informal
Minneapolis Journal: The senate
seems to be friendly to the bucket
shops. Well, the senators always did
have a soft side for draw poker and
similar forms of speculation.
Baltimore Americana Louisville
court has awarded a woman one cent
for hug that was administered against
her will. The supply must exceed the
demand in Kentucky,
Washington POst:-f President
Roosevelt desires to land the G. A. r
vote in a lump he will lose no time
IN making the Hon. James r. Tanner
his commissioner Of pensions.
Omaha World-Herald:--If the peo
pie Of South Carolina remembered the
Booker T. Washington incident when
they were toasting President Roose
welt at Charleston they did not show
It.
Detroit Free Prcss:-The Hon
George r. Perry's friends declare that
his defeat was due to over-confidenc1
There is no doubt that Grand Rapids
had been Systematically overcon.
fidCnced.
New York Mail and Express: If
half the Broadway theaters planned
are built New York will como to the
conclusion that all the worlds a stage
and most of the men and women
merely managers.
Minneapolis Tribune:-The enter.
prising city of Superior, Wis, is to be
congratulated upon it's emergenoe
from its financial difficulties. Superior
has the location and the resources ia
make it great city, and now we may
expect to sec it forge ahead more
rapidly than ever before.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22
Religious Intelligence.


The proposition that the United
States shall buy the property Of the
friars in the Philippines for sum Of
IS .OOO. 600 or $1O,000,OO0 does not ap-
peal favorably to the Chicago Ad-
vance. 1t says: The friarS own about
100000 acres of land in the Philip
pines. In December last Secretary
Root proposed in his annual report
that this land be purchased by this
government and sold to the natives.
The Vatican seems anxious to sell
this land. But why should the United
States want to purchase this land?
1t has land enough at a very low
price. Why, again. should our ma
ton desire to acquire this Catholic
property in the Philippines any more
than Catholic land on this continent.
1t looks very much as if the Vatican
wanted some money and knowing
that the United States is rich was
bringing pressure to bear to have
some of our country's wealth flow to
Rome. Archbishop Ireland has been
active in the negotiations. If the
Catholics wish the people to be bene-
fitted by this land sale, as they pro-
fess, let them sell the land themselves
to the natives. A strong protest ought
to go up against this scheme by which
so many millions of dollars will be
given to Rome.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22

inevitable compensation. that the "
ing soul is certainly swallowed up in
the jaws of retrihution. 1t is to set
in contact with those great inherent
lessons of life that we should use the
Bible. If our present method of study
ing Hebrew literature has left us dis
cussing the husks it is time We made
a change, We really need the Bible,
that Bible which has resulted from
the evolutionary experience Of man.
kind. that Bible which is the treasure
of the accumulated common sense and
moral experience of the ages. or
course. we know that the Hebrew
language has been left behind in the
race, and that Greek and Latin are
studied for their own sake as Hebrew
can never be again. But our English
Bible has become classic, and is
worthy of the attention of all students
for its own sake without regard to
the evident superiority of its contents,
Christian Register
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22

The success of the attempt to raise
the endowment fund for the Newton
theological institution is a matter for
the sinCereSt CougratulatiOu all over
New England To have failed in this
enterprise would have been to dis.
courage and set back every dcnomina-
tional enterprise. The achievement
of the immediate purpose of the
trustees brightens every outlook.
Nothing succeeds like success. and we
confidently expect that from this time
onward a stream of bonefcenCo will
set toward Newton in increasing
volume. 1t is mistake to suppose
that this addition to the endowment
puts an end to Newton's necessities,
The fact is that this addition just
about stops the annual deficiency
caused by a decline in the rates of
interest. 1t does not broaden and
strengthen the institution, except that
it makes it perfectly solvent on its
present basis of expenditure. New
ton could protitably use 100000 more,
and it ought to have it, if it is to bring
its work up to the most eXaCting de
mands. For many years the addition
to its funds from personal gifts and
legacies should 0e prinCely.-Boston
Waterman.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22
THIS CHRFiNG DISH s1oo

Tho latest thing in chatting dishes is
In the ne" combination Of copper and
silver. 1t stands on a handsome tray
Of hammered copper finished with a
silver border in waye-like design.
The artist probably watched the tide
coming in-waye after wave-and then
sat down and worked out the thought
in the metal. The chatting dish of large
size is OF the hammered copper sim
ilarly ornamented with silver and has
a stag handle and litter to the cover.
The di3h is lined with silver. The
price is 800.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22
Cecil Rhodes a Hero of Romance.

Cecil Rhodes was scarcely laid to
rest in his beloved south African hills
before announcement sprang up on
every side of works of fiction based
upon his romantic career. Anthony
Hopes The God In the Car, published
some time before the death Of Mr.
Rhodes, undoubtedly has reference to
the colossus Of south Africa but &c IN
no sense purports to be the story OF
his career, says the Pittsburg Dis.
patch. The wonderfully dramatic
story Of the most remarkable man
the British nation has produced In a
generation must appeal strongly TO
every dabbler in fiction but to portray
1t Is a task for a genius Of the first
class, and one which can scarcely be
accomplished until the mists OF de-
clining years have thrown their haze
Of romance around he rugged. vet
kindly character. In those days per.
haps we shall have a great novel on a
great subject, but now--let US keep
our shillings for a better investment
than a Rhodes romance.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22

These practical suggestions for
church work are made by Rev.
Charles NJ. Sheldon in the Christian
EndeavOr World: Other things being
equal my experience seems to prove
that one of the difficulties confronting
the average preacher is the tendency
in any church for a few people to be
doing too many things. A few wo,
men are doing all the missionary
work. A few select people are doing
all the teaching in the Sunday school
A few people are bearing the heaviest
burdens of expense. Now this is not
a fair division of labor and ! have
come to the point where / feel like
saying to my people: do one thing,
and practically only one. If you teach
in the Sunday-sChool | will not ask
you to do anything else in the way of
feel strong enough and able to do
more If you are fitted for the Chris
tian EndeavOr work, do that with all
your might. | do not ask the same
worker to work in the Sunday-schooL
If you can do special temperance
work, make a specially of it, and we
will not ask you to work in the Sun
day-sChOOl or endeayor society If
you are gifted in the way of music,
make a speciality of that, and we will
not ask you to work in Tennessee
Town" If every member of a church
has something definite to do besides
going to church and paying some
thing toward the support of the
church, the work will be better done
if distributed through the member,
ship, each one doing his own part
that he can best do, than if few are
bearing all the burdens. A simple
solution of the problem of work in the
church seems to be mapping out some
clear, definite program for the church
and then letting each one do the work
that he is best fitted to do; and it
goes without saying that the best
workers in any church are volunteers.
In response to call for volunteers
this last year there came in 100 volun-
teers, who had most of them been do
ing nothing in the way of any special
work in the parish.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22

The Independent is severely Criti,
cal in regard to the prayers in the ma.
tional House of Representative of the
blind chaplain. DR.. Couden. The
point of objection is that the chaplain
quotes poetry in his prayers. Some
of the noblest prayers that have come
down to us comments the Universal
list Leader, make use ofthe devotional
Inscriptions and petitions of the psalms
of David. 1t is not uncommon for
clergymen to introduce choice phrases
and sentiments from these writings
of the sweet singer Of Israel. Indeed
the utterance of this ancient devo-
ton, couched in poetic form, enrich
and beautify thousands OF modern
prayers Would the Independent oh.
ject to quoting the devotional poetry
of King David, as well as that Of John
G. Whittier, in modern prayers"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22

We have often insisted upon the
fact, says the Christian Register, that
the chasm between Orthodox and Uni
tartan Congregationalism in New Eng
land is not social. ethical, political. or
esthetiC. but that it is merely theologi-
cal, and that it is seldom apparent
anywhere or at any time except at
the hour when the people of neigh
bOrhOod distribute themselves in their
various churches. No better illus
tration of this fact could be found
than is furnished by the Good Cheer
number Of the Congregationalist.
Eleven persons write under the title
The optimists, and their reasons for
the faith that is in them" OF these
II writer's five are Unitarian DIR.
Hale, Robert Collyer Julia Ward
Howe. F. G. Peabody and Edwin D .
Mead. The other six are Congrega-
tionalists and Presbyterians. Four Of
the II give among their reasons the
fact that DR.. Hale is in the world.
The next following long article is
written by Unitarian; and a succeed
ing page is devoted to DR.. Hale. with
a picture Of him at work At the Uni.
tartan club in Boston no speakers are
more welcome than Orthodox Congre-
gationalists like Dr. George A. Gordon
and DR.. Reuben Thomas. When the
chasm is reduced TO a theological diff
ference. which is felt only on stated
occasions, and then scarcely noticed
because people meet in different
churches, We are a long way, con-
cludes the Register, from the time
when the earthquake happened and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22

The recent troubles in the salvation
army due to the INSTRUMENTATION of
Gen. Booths children leads the Chi
cago Advance to suspect a decadence
in the army itself. 1t says: The
army has turned aside in these later
years to a different kind of work from
that which caused it to come into be
ing. 1t sought at first to touch the
inner life of the degraded men and
women upon the streets, and to build
from this point up and out. This
change which it sought to bring about
in the hearts Of men through the
street preaching of full salvation in
Christ was wrought out with won
drous power. The growth of the army
was phenomenal The army has now
turned to social work, touching or
changing man from the outside, CIV
ing big dinners on holidays, settle
ment work, building institutions, etc,
work that sorely needed to be done,
but in doing it the more essential
work has suffered an eclipse, and the
spiritual life which was the source of
power has been sadly diminished.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22

The real matter Of concern is to get
at, not the higher criticism or the
lower criticism, but at that spiritual
uplook that brought Job face to face
with God, and made that most mag
nidcent Of dramatic poems possible
The infinitely deep lesson of Jonah is
that disobedience to rightness has
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22

The shabby way Chaplains are
treated in the United States navy is
the subject of a contribution by Rev,
Dr.. Strohridge to the Now York
Christian Advocate. Thus in the mat.
ter of uniform, salary and general
treatment the chaplains are constant
ly and with apparent intent humili,
ated. There appears also to be sort
of onvious parsimony in giving the
chaplain opportunities and appliances
for work. If the executive officer
the second in command, the officer to
whom the chaplain is subordinate, is
fayorably disposed, he can greatly en-.
courage him. But if, as sometimes
happens, he is adverse, the chaplain is
made to feel it by many a rebuff and
the serious disturbance of his plans,
The ships library. it might well be
thought, should be in the Chaplain'S
charge. but he is not allowed to care
for it. The regulations require him
to instruct the apprentice boys but he
is rarely suffered to do so. He could
De dlfeCJeu 70 denver one oI IuOIt
lectures during the week on subjects
prepared by his captain, but he is not,
AS to preaching to the ships com
pany, the men are handed over to him
after they are all tired out with the
Sunday morning inspection tan un-
necessary and wicked practice that
should be banished from both the
army and navy, and he is then eX-
pected to instruct and interest them
with a sermon No scheme could he
more smdiously devised to discourage
and dshearten a conscientious and
enthusiastic worker than the regula.
lions of the United States navy as far
as they relate to and affect the chap
lains.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22

The indifference of the Episcopal
church in this country to foreign mis-
sion work is a subject of oft-ex-
pressed regret by the New York
Churchman. 1t says Enormous
Easter offerings are being reported
in many instances breaking all past
records, but only at rare intervals
are these offerings, except in the case
of Sunday-schoOls. made for missions
We are not unmindful Of
the demands made at home. We are
not unconscious of the appalling need
in and about all our city and. country
parishes, and we counsel no fanatiCal
ideal that would disregard the man
at our elbow, with his claims upon us
which in number and in urgency are
greater than can come from those in
distant lands because of our i'm
mediate responsibility for him; but
we do claim that we have not begun
that we never can and never shall,
until we enter into the purpose of our
inCarnate Lord to save the whole
world There is in him and his pur-
pose for humanity the most inspiring,
enrolling and enabling call that can
come to man, and not until our
Christianity is presented in its awful
majesty, in its wide scope may we
ever hope to secure that passionate
and loyal following, that willingness
to sacrifice, that joyous giving not
only of things but of self. that has
characterized the great ages of the
Christian church.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22

Louisville Post: -0leomargarine will
probably be taxed to death, but rancid
butter is still strong enough to hold It's
own against any assault.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22

pert in answer to a question, Il should
say 81. have one now where $4,000
depends upon the three letters In the
word two. written on a typewriter
That f. just $4,000 a letter, The case
Is ono of an altered contract where a
space in contract was left blank for
the insertion Of an amount in front Of
the words per cent The contention
is that the contract was written on one
machine, leaving u blank space for the
filling Of the amount, and that u
SwtndlCr put the document ON another
machine and filled in the space with
the word two instead Of one.
Nov could ~" tell it Was nscrtCdH
Easily by comparing through tho
microscope the letters in the forged
word two with tho Us and the 'w's'
and the 'o'S In the body of the con.
tract In one case the typo was n
trtilH moro worn than in the other and
it was therefore thinner in it's mark.
Also, the microscope showed one OF
the letters in the forged word to be
strictly In alignment, while the same
letter in the body ot the contract was
somewhat out Likewise the entire
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AN extraordinary case Of expert
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22

the earth was rent asunder beneath
the churches in which our fathers wor-
SHIPPED, In those days people of OPP
posing political opinions, foc instance
in old Salem. danced at different ends
of the town. and the young people of
Orthodox and Unitarian churches were
strangers to each other. Now they
marry and are given in marriage. and
nobody objects.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22
Tried to Break a Rival.

In Norfolk Va. we had a queer case
not very long ago There were two
wholesale clothing merchants in that
city, Eckstein and Goldschmitt and
between them they sold to all the re-
tail clothing establishments In the
vicinity In an evil moment It oc-
cured to Goldschmitt that he could get
all the trade OF his rival II he could
only manage 10 shut OF the sources
that shipped the goods to the mer-
chant Accordingly he sent several
scores Of letters IN various handwrlt-
ings and signed with various names to
manufacturers. warning them that
EcksteIn was about to fail That pre-
vented Eckstein from replenlshing his
stock. and Goldschmitt for while was
In high glee.
Before long Of course, Eckstein
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-22
A Slick Trick.

"Hhat's one OF the sliCkCst tricks |
ever came across, said the expert.
decking a speck of dust from a lens
of n microscope and producing a case
with Walls of acids for test to asccr-
tain It the kinds of inks used in the
letters were identical
Here's fellow with enough STRAIT
egy in him to make general He
finds II necessary to prevent pair Ot
enemies from attending certain
meeting on a certain evening, and he
gets rid of them SO easily that he
might as we'll have played the same
trick on whole regiment OF hostilcs.
"Fhc case was this: A fellow. call
him Thompson, wanted to get back
into secret society from which he
had been dropped for non-paymcnt of
dues He knew that five hlaCkhalls
were awaiting him, four of which were
enough TO exclude him. II was up to
him, therefore, to prevent at least
two of the hlaCkhallcrs from attending
the meeting at which his admission
would he decided upon.
IF YOU had twenty gucsscs you
could not tell how clcvcrly he managed
the scheme In a disguised hand he
wrote a letter to one of the known
blackballcrs, young mechanical en-
ginocr named, say Smith. The writer
said that he had heard Smith was a
promising young engineer and fcl.
lowmCmbcr of the order and that
under the circumstances certain Job
which the writer had to give out would
be offered to Smith rather than to a
rank outsider, Smith was to call the
next night at o'clock to meet his
new friend at Broadway hotel
ut was a beautiful lcttcr-onc that
tickIed Smith from the roots Of his
hair to the soIos of his feet He knew,
of course that there was the black.
balling, which he would like to attend
TO personally. but even without HIM,
he argued, there were enough to cx-
clude Thompson, and anyway-busI-
ness before pleasure.