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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-11
CAN THE EARTH EXPLODE.

We frequently hear the suggestion
that the earth may some time explode
from the pent-up forces within, and
we often read theories about eXplo
sions of heavenly bodies, but the earth
can never explode from its own pent-
up forces Under our very feet at
this moment. between the earth
solid crust and the molten interior
there is pressure eXerted more than
double that which is capable of being
eXerted by the most powerful dynam
tie in the world. 1t is a generally &C
Cepted and probably true theory that
the whole interior of the eartn is a
molten mass Of rock and metals
heavier than the crust above, and
upon which the crust floats in a rel
atively thin layer The thickness of
the earths crust within the great
continents is probably from fifty to
one hundred miles. If we estimate
the pressure eXerted by the weight of
one mile of earth and rock at ten
thousand pounds, which is well within
the truth, then fifty miles Of earth
would exert a pressure of about five
hundred thousand pounds, and one
hundred miles would exert a pressure
If one million pounds to the square
.nch. Now, as the pressure capable
of being eXerted by the most power.
full dynamite, exploded in a space
equal to its own volume is about
three hundred thousand to three hun
dred and fifty thousand pounds, it is
evident that If the whole interior were
hIled with dynamite. and exploded, it
would be capable of exerting a press
ure only about one third great enough
to raise the continents or to disrupt
the crust Of the earth.-Hudson Max.
i'm in Woman's Home Companion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-11

Guiding therein Brooklyn and the Dor
oughs of Bronx, Richmond and
Queens, increased from 316.22O to
1,5S7000. In London the increase in
the thirty years was at the rate of
1875 per cent; in New York, at the
rate of 339 per cent. If we adj Jer-
sey City, HobOken and other places
in New Jersey as outgrowths Of New
York, the comparison is still in favor
of London. Nor can New York show
such mushroom suburbs as West
Ham, grown from 1S,S07 in 1851 to
268 600 in 1901; or Walthanr stow.
from little more than a village, with
1000 inhabitants in 1861, now a great
town of 10000 people; or East Ham,
which, from a few houses on the
marshes in 1861 is now a community
of 100000 people-an increase of
nearly 5000 per cent. in forty years.
The percentage of increase in New
York suburbs is only about 500 per
cent, in forty years, with the excep-
ton Of Bronx which has increased
2i00 per cent. in fifty years.
The Rivalry of Chicago.
London has moro elements of per
manent greatness than New York 1t
has no competitors. 1t is New York,
Boston and Washington in one. Chi
Cago will be a very serious competitor
to New York. 1t is a city which, like
London, has grown by natural eXpan-
sion. 1t is the natural centre of the
North American continent AS the
northwest develops so will Chicago
grow. If it succeeds in shifting the
financial capital from New York, and
becomes more of a literary and pub
fishing centre, it will be the American
metropolis OF the future
There is no indication that the
phenomenal growth of LOndons sub
urbs will be arrested. The develop
ment of rapid transit-the revolution
brought by electric railways, tram
ways and motor cars-will extend the
area of the mammoth city. but it will
still be London. Already many work
ers in London live twenty miles dis
tant. In a few years they will per-
form the journey of thirty miles in
less time than they now require for
half that distance The towns in
HeHs, Essex, Surrey and Kent will
all be suburbs Of London The health
resorts round the coast, within sixty
or eighty miles, will be outposts Of
the capital.
BY 1910, without reckoning these
further out growths, the population
of the area which we now know as
greater London will exceed the est
mate Of the last water commission of
fourteen milIions.-Montroal Herald
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-11

vested in America will go and look
after it. 1t will be known that / have
gone on business, and nothing more
will be said"
Shall you remain in American" she
said.
81 hope Heaven will be merciful and
Ie. me die there; then you will be
Tree"
81 do not know that want to be
free, she said.
Then will you love me, lanthe?"
mo. no. on Herman, be sensible
and let us remain as we are"
mo. ! will be a slave no longer,
Lady Ianthc. one word from you and
I will remain. Ianthe, you see how
madly love you"
"Then why do you go?" she asked.
Because. though | can bear my sOr-
row away from you, cannot bear to
live any longer in your presence with
out your love. DO you think that |
am stone and marble-that | never
wish you to kiss me? What would l
not give Ianthe, for one voluntary kiss
from your lips? But | shall never
have it-neyer, DO you think never
long to clasp your hands in mine--to
hear your voice whisper sweet words
to me?'
81 do not know" she replied.
But I know, Ianthe. And | can
bear the torture no longer. There
is one thought that has haunted me
ever since ! have been here. Can you
guess what it is?'
mo" she said,
Ct" will tell you 1t is that you
would come to me with love shining
In your cycs-t you would clasp
your arms round my neck, and say,
My husband have learned to love
you at last VIII such imagination
ever become reality Tanthe?"
"No," she replied, family, q do not
think it will"
"Then I must say, Heaven bless you,
wife. You and | must part; and for
your sake, Ianthc, / pray that We may
never meet again"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-11
THE METHODIST STIGMA.

A good Methodist friend again calls
our attention to what we have said in
past numbers of this paper about call
ing their older bishops "superan-
nuated," and asks what shall we call
them? We answer Gas before), if
necessary to call them anything ex-
copt bishops let it be senior bishops
consulting Misrepresentation bishops
most reverend bishops-anything
but "superannuated.'
We never heard of superan-
ruated Episcopal bishop. Bishop Whip
pie of that church has certainly rem
dered some of the best service of his
whole life since he became threescore
and ten.
No church, we suspect, has ever
been managed with greater ability
than the Roman Catholic, many of
whose leaders are long past 70, and it's
head in his 93d year.
We can easily see how prize fight
err, a football fighter, Dull fighter or a
private soldier may become super
animated, but at an age when many
doctors, lawyers, judges and business
men are receiving the largest fees and
profits of their whole lives, it does
not seem to us just right to tell good
bishop that he is "superannuated,' and
ought to have died soOner-George T.
Angel in Our Dumb Animals.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-11
ABOUT TITLED PEOPLE.

The greatest dandy in the world is
Prince Albert Of Thurn, Germany.
This fastidious young man attires him
self in a new suit Of clothes every day
enough yearly to keep twenty ex-
perienced workmen going. and to run
up a bin of $4,000 Each suit of
wearing apparel is highly perfumed
with altar of roses. at $25 an ounce.
He wears 1000 neckties during a year.
being an average Of three every dav.
His CASTOR boots number 200 pairs
year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-11
WHAT ELECTRICITY WILL DO.

The Institute Of Electrical En-
gIneers has been in session at Great
harrington, Mass. Out of specuIa-
tons on high potential stress. "trac-
ing Instruments and "electrostatic
Watt meters" have come aspirations
toward heating towns from central sta
tons, cooking meals by means of a
cuTc~t supplied from a power house,
and running trains across the con-
tinent at an average speed of $50
miles an hour
Some of the more conservative cleo
tricians, however, are a little bit dub
ious about the imm adiatC triumph of
electrical machinery Performance
has so often OutstrIpped expectation
in the modern world that in the en-
deayOr to catch up expectation some
times loses itself in the next cen
fury. In the matter of railroads, for
instance, the substitution of electricity
for steam will come but slowly.
Where there are only a few trains a
day the electric current, which must
be continuously maintained. is an I'M
surmountable expense. 1t is only
where there is a rapid succession of
trains that electric power is economi-
cal One is quite willing to believe,
however, with President Steinmetz,
that Electricity is still in its swad-
ding clothes" When it grows up to
maturity it will, no doubt, prove to be
a Joseph among the motive forces
which are its elder brethyen-Chi-
Cago Tribune
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-11
LADY, MAkE.M E.uP.

I go to bed at night, of course,
And try to get some rest,
And spend the hours in sleep and
dreams
Within that coy nest.
But when the morning comes at last
And l return. oh, then
What is it comes to me and bids
Me come to life again?
There's no one standing at my side,
There's no one in the room,
No rustling skirt goes out the door,
| catch no waving plume.
| call her Lady Wake-Me-Up
This gentle friend of mine;
Invisible and noiseless, she
Who comes when days are fine.
Who drags me from my soundest
sleep
And folds my eyelids IN.
And bids me rise and dress and go
And find my breakfast cup.
o smiling, noiseless lady mine
Some morning l shall wake
Before you've climbed the early stairs,
Before the dawn shall break;
And l shall catch you at the trick,
And see you long before
You've lifted up my little lid
And vanished through the door
But though l plan it every night,
Each morning it's the same.
My eyes are buttoned fast. and I've
Forgot my friends and name
Until you come and breathe within
My tiny little ear,
In words so low | cant recall
a single one l hear.
Gentle Lady Wake-Me-U Up,
If it were not for you
| might be sleeping yet-who knows?
And that would never do
C. Orr Clark in Youths Companion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-11
CHAPTER XII

year and more had passed since
the squire and Lady lantho had re-
turned home Eyeythiug had fallen
into it's usual routine. SO that II seemed
difficult to imagine that any dark
trouble had doomed over the Abbey.
The only pcrcoptihle difference was
the presence Of the squire and the
Arcat increase in luxury. by this
time the whole county had some
knowledge Of the terms on which the
squire and Lady Ianthe lived. The
genoral decision was that Lady Ianthc
had married for money, and tho squire
for the sake Of the arstocratic union.
When the squire aud his wife went
mp 70 London for the season, Lady
lanthc rcignod there the leading belle
Of the day Their house was the
most popular IN the great city; they
were the leaders almost everywhere
II was some little comfort 10 Herman
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-11
CHAPTER Kill.

His dcpart,rc made some little stir.
The PAPERS all agreed that ii was sad
10 lose the promising young member.
n,gt when inc country required his
services The earl was loud in his
Lamentations indeed. when Herman
toId him that he contemplated Jour
ury to Arcrlca the old man broke.
down and urayrd him. with tears. rot
f., on away
"you are 10 me like my own child i
ne said err had had son of nv
avn shouId nol have loved him bet
tor why 20 So far away?"
Herman doopIy touched by such ar
rrrtion answered sometime aboul
money. bul Lord Carro grow impa-
t,nt
"Noncyl" ne cried. "What does such
money matter to YOU? If YOU lost all
than there Is in America belonging fol
Won If would NOT matter"
nut Herman groyaly told him i'll
must bc-ho was compelled to go. mi
bls DISTRESS the earl sent for his
douphtrr
"Ianthc" ho nIcodrd "can Won not
oeI, Norman to stovq cannot hear.
tnot no should leave IFS, ask him TO.
stovo
She know that one word from her
a., Mid roI,r him pivr nm All tbought of
tho iournry. but that one word she
,nrId NOT srnak still her fathers
sorrow oprnrd her cycs as nothing else
could have done, and made her thinI,
more Of her husband than she had
lhoupht brrora He comfor,ed tho
norI, hut IA bImsoIf ho said If was
moro thon nrobabIc that no shouId
n,yor. src Croombe Abbey aeain
Tho morning came when he stood
before his wife his preparations MI
made. his farowolls all spollen.
81 am here to saw good-bv Ianthe"
She looked M in ama2ement,
cara Won poing todoy-nowo did
not know IT,"
yes | am going leave my bpart
and my love with Won Ianthe nray
Heaven to watch over Won"
She held ont hor hand silently She
WAS nearer caring for him than she
hnd over been
"Ionthc " he said in low voice 81
an, lool,inr for the last time in the
r.rs thot bovn nlways hold hanninoss
for mo FORGOT tho nrido tbe sc,rn
tSc anguish and NV heart eoas ont n
Won in farewell farewell nv lost ,oye
nv ido,i2od wircr win Won Kiss mo
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-11
Continued.

Never mind the contract IN case
Of this kind" she rejoined quickly.
And for the second time in his life
he held Lady Ianthes hand in his own
Gently and teudcrly he bound mp the
wounded finger
Does It pain you now" he asked
Not much she replied Thank
you"
But for minute longer he held her
hand, looking ut it intently.
"My wife'8 hand" he said-"the
hand that holds my heart, my love,
my Hro-tho hand that has never yet
lain willingly in mine May KISS IT,
Ianthc before ! let it go?"
yes" she replied, her face flushing,
II It pIaaacs You"
lie bent down and kissed it with
such love, such passion, that the KISS
turned her like flame; then, without
another word. he quilted the room.
what n sad thing it is that he is of
low BIRTH said Lady lanthe to her
SELF. There Is something really
pleasant about him,
...,n, nn,. Thn hand no had coroeeed
"', -, HMM, hnr Moro tbon once
'''',' w. I',,,,Ic ,.,,,,an,l,orIno how
n ,,I ,''H, ,,o5 ,'han, anh Me- inc had
tromblcd what passion and what pain
there had been in his face. She be
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n ,,,,',,, a,I ,,,,a,,,r,. ,,nro nohio
, ,''', ,'', 'I,n ha,. Zoo, hoort
, ","' .r 49, ,., m," 81 ,nor,, aton
'"| m '', ,,'",' ,'' n,a,11 ~ nor tnot
va, m'o' ',',h -, ,,a'I n,.,,ad. ,ho
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-11

August Wilson, a farmer living near
Caledonia. was prevented from com
hitting suicide by his hired man. who
cut the rope with which be rad tried
To hang himself
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-11

Then he was returned nclnDeI LOl
the county; and it struck him that she
was pleased at his success. He flung
himself heart and soul into his new
dutics-hc tried to hll his life with
them. But there was always the same
drcary sense Of desolation, the same
hcartachc, and the same longing FOR
love. Then when the season was
ended they returned to Croombc. He
began to abandon hope after that.
His wirc8 wcll-bred indifference be
came unbcarable
Everything had fallen into its usual
routine Lady Ianthe spent her time
with the earl and in receiving and
returning hospitality, or amusing her-
self with books, music, and flowers
She was always kind to her husband in
n certain Indifferent fashion. she
deferred on every occasion to his
authority. He was treated by the
carls WISH as master Of the house
His postion was n magnificent one
but his heart achod for love, and no
love came The woman whom he Wor-
shipped so pasaionateIy would never
care for him She had no heart; she
was too proud to love, too naughty to
care for anything but her own self.
Indulgence and her name.
II came to him with a sickening
sense Of certainty at last lie did not
regret what he had done. For her sake
he would have done It all over again.
But his manhood rose now in hot re
bcllon against his fate She could
live happily enough without him, but
he could live no longer by her side
lie had suffered enough. She was
welcome doubly welcome, to all he
had in the world, but he could no
longer bear the pain and torment Of
her presence His resolve wac taken;
ho must go. They wore welded, it was
true, but they must part He had
como to the limit of his patience. If
sh" needed him he would remain; but
she did not His absence could make
NO possible difference to her life
Nhcr" was no need for any scandal,
for any explanation no need that any
human being should know the truth as
tn why he had gone He would 20 to
America He had money invested
trcro, aud he could say business
called him thithcr the bcst thing for
which he could hope and pray was that
Heaven in its mercy would let him die
tLorc one morning he sent tor lanthe
he was In his favOrtC room She
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-11
Comparative Figures.

London. as | have said. is in great
rart new city In 1861 the popula.
tion of the zone between the county
boundary and the limits ot Greater
london was IlS,S1&; III 1901 1T had
uned two millions In the same
period the Suburbs III New NorG IT'D
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-11
WORLD NE TROPOLIS
WILL 1T BE LONDON OR NEW
YORK.
FORMER FAR IN THE LEAD

New York is Now the Worlds Chief
Financial Centre, and It is Claimed
That 1t will Dspace Londons
Supremacy in Commerce and Pop
uation.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-08-02
THE HERALD

Everything will be done
with dispatch and in the
latest Subjective us your
order.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-08-02
Texas Notes.

The heaviest downpour of rain
for the past year fell at Laredo
Monday night, covering radius
of 20 miles.
A company wild bore for oil
near Rockport.
The state encampment at Austin
was brought unexpected close
Tuesday by the rain.
Damage suits aggregating 500,
900 have been filed at San Anto-
Mo against the Southern Pacific
company.
Nearly all of the rivers in the
state have Rem very high recently,
owing coDiinned heavy rains.
Thousands of acres OF cotton and
corn were overlooked by the Brazos
and losses are heavy.
In San Antonio West End lake
was in danger of bursting the dam
Tuesday, 5000 persons being in
danger.
Crazy Snake'S band of indians
are on the warpath in the Terri
tory.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-08-02
HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney Tor the last 10 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made by
their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo o.
WALDING, K1NNAN & MARVIN. Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and
mucus surfaces of the system. Price
zoe. per bottle Sold by all Druggists
Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-08-02
BRIEF SKETCH OF MR.. SCOTT.

Corpus Christi, Tex, July o.
John G. Scott, Republican nomi-
nee for Congress from the Fifteenth
Texas District, was born in Madi-
son County, Mississippi, in 1861.
He attended the State University
at Oxford. tie came to Nus yes
comfy, in 1879 and taught public
school until the fall Of 1880, when
he entered the law department OF
the University of Virginia. In
1881 he located|at Brownsville and
remained there until 1891, when
removed 10 corpus Christi, where
he has since resided. In 1898 he
was candidate for District Attor'
ney.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-08-02
List Of Letters

The uncalled for letters remaining in
the post office of Brownsville, for the
week ending August ,, 1902, are as fol-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-08-02

TEXAS was never more literally
treated in the matter of federal ap-
propriations thansby the congress
just closed, and the state had a
solid democratic delegation OF re-
representatives.. Congressman kle-
berg secured more aud larger APP
preparations for his district than
any other representative from this
state, except from the Galveston
aud Sabine Pass districts, obtained
In this congress. In the face of
these facts, it is worse than folly
to claim that representative elect
ed by republicans will be able to
do more in the way OF obtaining
appropriations for his district, than
one elected by democrats. In the
same line, it should be remembered
that Judge Garner is statesman
well velSed in legislative affairs
having won the reputation at Aus
tin of being one of the shrewdest
most active and intelligent com
mittee workers in the legislature
always succeeding in whatever BIZ
undertook. His opponent, Mr.
Scott, has bad no experience what.
ever in public life, and has done
nothing whatever to indicate fitness
for congressional duties.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-08-02

The crop report published by
Theodore II. Price, showing con-
ditions and prospects of the cotton
crop up to July 1st., a copy of
which has been received by The
HERALD, indicates probable yield
of 90 per cent of full crop of the
staple. 10 bales, the report
estimates the outlook to be for a
crop of 1921, GAS bales, but
admits a possible maximum of
13, lS6,9SS, assuming the most
perfect and favorable conditions.
Recent rains, since the data on
which the estimates were based,
the report says, have considerably
improved the outlook. Even at the
lowest estimate of Mr.. Price, the
Weld would he a large one, con
pared with those of the last three
years. The census figures show
the Yields for The last three years
as follows:
IS99-19OO. -. 9,645, 974 bales
l9OO-19O1. =. 10, 486,14S -
I9OI-19O2. -. 9,954,945 >,
The possible maximum indicated
by Mr.. Price would be regular
"bumper" crop and would either
enrich the South greatly or result
in a very low price for cotton.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-08-02

JOIN y. MACKAY began life as
3 poor day-laborer. He died worth
more millions than he could COM
pute, honored by the great ones of
two continents. He furnishes
another example of what the poor
American boy may do.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-08-02
House For Rent.

A large two-story brick house on
Elizabeth street, opposite First Ma
tional bank, suitable for mercan-
tile business for rent Has good
foreground eistern- For partie-
uIars apply to I4nuis .Pnente, OF
Henry Krausse.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-08-02

The uncalled for letters remaining IN
;he post office of Brownsville, for the
week ending August ?, 1902, are as fol-
AQws:
q LADIES.
DavlIa, Sra. Guadalupe
N.opez, Srita. TeofIa
Najar, Josefna c.
TamaN, Victoria
Sanches, Sra. Juana b. de
Villanueva, Sra. Ana l.. de
Vazquez, Sra Estefana h. de
GENTLEMEN
BargaS, .lnan
Castro, Juan.
Cerda, Luciano
GrisSam. {. c.
Gutierrez Jorge Cavazos
Garcia, Jesus
Lopez V.
Molina, Manuel
Maldonado, Miguel
Rendon, Antonio
Rodriguez, GavinO CD
Torrez, Francisco
Vega, Jose
Villareal, Julian
VilIareal, Simon CD
Messrs. II. Il. SigIDan & Co.
Salvert & Smith.
Persons calling for the above letters
please say advertised.
J. B. SuARPE, Postmaster
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-08-02

In SPITE of the reduction of war
taxes. ,A+ surplus in the national
treasury is still growing.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-08-02

FORMER Congressman Hawley is
talked of as the republican candI-
date for governor of Texas.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-08-02
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2. 1902

WHO says it never rains in Tex
as?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-04

WARRINGTON. DEC. B. SHo W F R s AND COLDER THURSDAY; COLD WAVE AT NIGHT; FRIDAY. FAIR AND COLDER; BRISK TO HIGH NORTHWEST WINDS.