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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
PARIS WOMAN LAWYER.

An unusual privilege obtained by
Nine. Dieulafoye as a reward for her
discovery of the ruins of the Temple
Iof Darius, part of which were re-
moved to the Louvre in Paris, was
that she should ever more have the
right to wear male attire The
eminent archaeologist has not been
slow to avail herself of the privilege.
There are no compromises between
the habiliments OF men and women
IL the attire Of Nine. DieulafOye.
Her appearance is masculine, save
for the slight bang which falls over
her forehead and her rosy cheeks
and feminine cast of cOuntenance.
Or. her walks abroad she wears a silk
hat.
Besides the dispensation regard
ing her attire, Nine Dieulafoye was
rewarded for her valuable service to
the cause of science with the medal
OF the Legion of Honor. She has
done some literary work. and re-
Gently wrote the librettO for an
Egyptian opera by a French com
poser, the publication Of which is
awaited with interest in Paris.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
HINTS ON CHOOSING coLoRs.

The color of the eyes should de-
termine the choice of the dress ana
millinery.
A blonde may wear pure white
with advantage, but the brunette
nearly always looks better in cream.
colored fabrics. This ought to be
more generally recognized.
Brown eyes and brown dress go
well together.
Blue-eyed girls should wear blue
as often AS possible.
The tan shades are not suitable for
slim figures.
Black satin intensifes round
shoulders, says Home Chat.
A small toque is excessively I'm
becoming above a large. round face
Dull black is the best choice for a
fair-haired woman, while a brunette
must order something brilliantly
black if she really wishes to look hel
best.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
Oriqin of Rice Throwinu.

New York Evening World.-The
Chinese have a curious legend as to
how the custom of throwing rice at
weddings originated A famous
sorcerer named Chao became jealous
OF the power of another sorcerer. I
woman, and, cOnceiving a plan to de
stroy her, he persuaded her parents to
bestOW her upon his supposed son.
The crafty ChaO chose the most un-
lucky day for the wedding, the day
when the golden pheasant" was in
the ascendant. so that when the bride
entered the red chair the spirit bird
would destroy her with his powerful
beak. But Peachblossom gave di-
rections to have rice thrown out at
the door, and she passed out unframed
while the spirit bird was devOuring it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
ENJOYED HIS DRINK.
An Estray Bears Visit to a Shop
Where Milk was sold.

An Estray Bears Visit to a SHOP
Where Milk was sold.
The proverbial bull in a china shop
has found an imitator in bear which
has been paying an unlimited visit to
an establishment where milk is dis
pensed. but in order to relieve I'M
mediately any anxiety which might be
felt on this subject. | hasten to add
that bruin behaved extremely we'll, and
that no bones or crockery were broken.
The bear was being exhibited on one
of the outlying boulevards when its
owner in an absentminded fit relaxed
MS hold on the chain. The animal took
advantage of this situation to start on
a promenade, and when the people
who had gathered round to witness the
show bOlted panic-striken in every
direction. it pursued the even tenor of
it's way until it had reached the shop.
at the door of which a pail of milk was
standing. 1t seized the can in its
paws. walked into the establishment,
and, squatting comfortably in a corner
drank off the contents at one guIp.
When the owner Of the bear arrived
on the spot he found the worthy
woman who keeps the milkshop lying
prone on the floor behind her counter
in a state of abject terror, but other
wise not a bit the worse for the adven-
ture. He patted bruin, who was in an
even more amiable mood than usual
after the little feast to which he had
treated himself, duly paid the hilI
which he had run up. adding a trifing
sum to compensate the tradeswoman
for her fright, and then he sailed forth
in triumph with his grizzly companion,
who during the remainder OF the day
went through his evOIutiOns with even
more zeal and energy than he was
wont to display, so that when his
owner finally wendell his way home
ward he discovered that he had far eX-
ceeded his usual average OF profits,
and had more than recuperated him
self for the money spent on the milk.
Paris Correspondence London Tel
egTaph.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
no" to Grow Lice

Wallace's Farmer oo.,.,,o. the
latest information on how TO grow
LsI1e me straw in which an egg
was broken in the nest
Don't clean ont vour bar-bo,Oe
Don't fail to leave ~ o~' an.
on the ground. anu
Don give your hens q dnst hath.
MAKE your examination for lice on
birds Tor table use after tbaT nave
been scalded 'ne' NO.
Don't quarantine biu, -.
from distance until sure he IS free
from lice. le II ''e0
Don't treat for lice or mites ninth
your hen house is alive with them
and you see them on vorr - -
If you do use lice non T, S,', tip g.,
that it is stale, taen use the kind that
will kill every time Won catch the
louise and give it a dose informally
Encourage a lousy hen - ,.i~;t The
brooder of young chicks ISL -, ~
company. '''>N
y 10" N"Iuo county farmers dis
pose OF their milk by a somewhat I'M
usual method, says tba pn n,
(Me) Transcript A calf is lnnt on
the COW until sold, wbotbor - no
four weeks or three months old and
a young calf is bought 70 toiIo its
place. The calves grow ranidIv and
are always in good conai+;,,, ",
they are kept until quite large the
milk Is supplemented by a Grain 70.
ton. The calves thus do tho worl,
OF milking and caring for tho min,
reducing the farm labor D,otorin iI,,'
Only enough cows are MIXED ~ ne
resuIar way to supply the family
with milk and butter. Those who.
practice this plan report that If nnrs
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
LAUGH WHILE YOU LIVE,

Nothing contributes more to the
highest success than the fOrma ton OF
the habit CT enjoying things. What
ever your calling in life may be what
ever misfortuneS or hardships may
come to you, make up your mind reso-
lutely that, come what may, you will
get the most pOSsivle real enjoyment
out Of every day; that you will in
crease your capacity for enjoying life
by trying to find the sunny side of
every experience of the day. ResO-
lutely determine that you will see the
humorous side OF things. No matter
how hard or unyielding your environ
ment may seem to be there is a sunny
side ii you can only see it. The mirth-
provoking faculty, even under trying
circumstances, is worth more to a
young man or woman starting out i'll
life than fortune without it. Make
up your mind that you will be an Op-
timist, that there shall be nothing of
the pessimist about you, that you will
carry your own sunshine wherever
you go, advises the Christian AdvO-
cate.
There is longevity in the sunny
soul that eases our jolts and makes
our sides shake with laughter.
There is a wonderful medicinal ef-
feet in good cheer. Good news and
glad tidings nave a magic effect even
upon invalids.
We often see a whole store or fac
tory or home transformed by one
sunny soul. On the other hand, we
have seen them bIighted and made
dark by a gloomy, morose, fault-find-
ing person.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
BUST OF EMPRESS FREDERICK.

The kaiser and kaiserin recently
visited the studio of the sculptor
who is executing the marble bust OF
the late Empress Frederick. which is
destined for the avenue OF the park
at HOmburg- vor-der-HChe. It is
double Hfe-size, and is now com
pietely modelled in clay. says the
London Telegraph. The empress is
represented as she was at the age
OF 10. when she was in the prime or
life and at the height of her energetic
activity A diadem surmounts her
head, and her right hand grasps q
lace mantle, while in her left hand
she is holding a rose.
The sculptor has succeeded in OBJ
tanning an exact reproduction of the
decedants well-known features. and
their majesties were entirely satisfied
with his work. The bust will be
completed in time for the unwilling
at Homburg Aug. ), the anniversary
OF the empress's death. 1t will stand
on pedestal of red granite, which
will bear the inscription Victoria,
kaiserin Friedrich
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24

operations at the Johns Hopkins hos
pital, because Of the remarkable and
infinitely detailed care which is taken
to have everything sterilized and kept
antiseptic. Anything which may come
in contact with the most remote por-
ton of the operating surgeon and his
assistants and the person operated
upon is kept sterilized. The operating
room is kept carefully clean. Every
body who enters the operating room
must wear sterilized gown. All the
towels, spOnges, gauze, linen, shoes,
suits and caps worn by the etherizer,
the surgeons, assistants, students and
nurses are boiled, dried, ironed and
resterilized in dry-oven before they
are put on. The shoes, suits and caps
are then put on.
The surgeon. assistants and nurses
then wash their hands with sand and
soft soap for ten minutes, while one
of them does the same to the patient
at the place to be operated upon
Everybody then sOaks their hands and
arms for ten minutes more in an anti
septic fluid, while the patient is again
washed for ten minutes with an anti
septic fluid All concerned, including
the nurses, then put on antiseptic
gowns. They then don the rubber
gloves, which have been boiled and
made ready.
In the meanwhile all Of the steril-
lied linen, towels and instruments
are brought from the steriIizer by a
steriIized assistant. The patient is
then completely covered with steril-
lied cloths except a few inches of the
body where the cut is to be made.
Thus the patient never comes in CON
tact with any one or anything which
has not all germs killed. Therefore,
blood poisoning cannot occur, because
blood poisoning means the entrance
Of disease germs into the system.
Since all the germs have been boiled
to death in a thoroughly antiseDtic
operation, as it is done at the Johns
sInooo I7A0 qlg7p on IB4!dsoq su!EdoH
'Su!uo8EOd pOOLq WOJI UOl1BJ0do L0l5B
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
PIE Santries.

An old bachelor says that marriage
is merely hitch and q kick.-Chica-
go Daily News.
We read that The Man With the
Hoe is soon to be put to music. It
is nearly time that he was put to
wOrk.-Buffalo Express.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court
has decided that people who lose
their money in bucket shops may get
Il back. Anyone who succeeds in
doing so ought to be able to make a
fortune by exhibiting himself through
the country.-Chicag Record-HeraII.
The New Jersey man to whom Cecn
Rhodes left $4,000 was serving as a
Janitor when he got the news. This
will make him more autocratic than
Post.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
a Mixed Recipe.

A fashionable young lady. accord.
ing TO the Michigan Badger, visited a
cooking school the other afternoon
where her attention was eouallv III.
Vlded between new dress worn nv an
acquaintance and the directions for
making a cake. Upon returning home
she undertook to write down the re-.
clpe for making the cake for her
mother, and the old lady was nara
lyzed when she read the following:
Take two pounds of -four, three
rows Of plating down the front the
whites of two eggs, cut bias. a pint OF
milk ruffied round the neck, half
pound currants, with seven yards of
bead trimming, grated lemon peer
with Spanish lace fichu; stir well. and
add semi-ftting paletot with visite
sleeves; butter the pan with Brazilian
topaz necklace and garnish with icing
and passementerie. Bake in a mod.
erately hot oven until the skirt is
tucked from the waist down on either
side and finish with large satin 70.
settes''
Her mother said she wouldn't en-,
such a cake, and she thought these
new-fangled ideas in cooking ouobt r.
be frowned down.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
LIFE'S AVERAGE

| never talk philosophy
Like Pessimists, an such
Who try to make a Teller think
That life amt nOthin' much.
| guess there never wuz spot
Where shadders didn't fall;
But shadder's jest the other side
O. sunshine after all,
An there amt no use in fumin',
When the world seems out O gear,
Fer music's always in the air,
An love, an song, an cheer
Jest keeps a feller's spirits up,
An kinder makes him glad,
An, come what will, he's bound K
think
Life amt so awful bad.
Sometimes Teller has ter weep,
Sometimes he has ter laugh;
The shadders an the sunshine mix,
Jes' kinder half an half.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
FROM THE PIPES or PAN

FROM THE PIPES OF PAN.
Once, an, Cnce Eye know the storyD
When the heart was in her glory.
Ere man gave his earth to breed
Iron hate and heartless greed.
Near a meadow by a stream
Quiet as a dateless dream,
As I watched from the green rim
or a beech grove, cool and dim,
Musing in the pleasant shade
The soft Ieafy sunlight made
What should CLEAN and move and
culver
Down by the clear pebbly river
Where the taIIest reeds were growing
And the bluest iris blowing
Clean a moment and then pass,
(Ah, the dare-to-love she was,
lE her summer-fervid dress
Of sheer love and lovelinessD
Wayward, melting, shy, and fond,
L!ssome as a bulrush wand,
Fresh as meauowsweet neW-blown,
Sandal lost, and loosened zone,
Our own white Arcadian
Touched with rose and creamy tan.
Go tAS SOlOI tudL neck
The red meadow lily's neck.
Hair with the soft silky curl
i OF some strayed patrician girl.
Beech-brown on the sunlit throat.
Cheek of tawny apricot.
Parted lips and breast aglow.-
Who but Syrinx, as We know!
Gone, swift as a darting swallow.
What could young Pan do but follow
(Have We felt the warm blood beat,
AT an ankle in the street?
Known the pulses hurried throb
And the breathing's catch and sob.
| When, upon his race with death.
Like the runner hats for .,reath
Taking with a happy cry
His brief draught of ecstasy?1
Call I did, with only laughter
Blown back, as l hurried after:
Till | reached the riverside.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24

The track-laying and grading for the
Beloit, Delavan Lake and GAINESVILLE
1nterurban road is now progressing
rapidly in GAINESVILLE and south towards
BeIolt. The promoters are confident
that the line between GAINESVILLE and
Belolt will be completed by the middle
OF June. Seventy-pound rails are be
ing used. This has led to considerable
TAX about the city that the road was
TO be branch of the Milwaukee sys.
TEN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24

or thereabouts, or more. according 10
size.
Not everybody who might have oc-
casional use for it would want TO
buy and keep on hand an air bag out
fit such as would be required to raise
stable vessel: he could rent 1t
cheaper. And the owners OF lie
bags keep them on hand and ready to
send anywhere.
OF course wreckers' air-bags are
made to sell as we'll as to rent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
THINGS THAT CAN BE HIPEp
a Steam Boiler and Wreckers' al
RaQS on the isl in This Hi4u

Bags on the List in This City.
New York Sun.-There is scarcely
anything that cannot be hired. Thus
II he had occasion to use one tenn
porarily only on some work. man
could hire a steam boiler, as he could
hire steam yacht, or a piano, OF
what not.
Occasionally one comes across
something to rent that does at first
thought seem little odd, as for in.
stance wreckers' air bags. But, as
in the case of even ything else, this
turns out TO be simple enough when
you come to know about it.
| Wreckers' air-bags are used for
| raising sunken vessels. They are
| placed in under the decks and at
tached TO the frames of a submerged
vessel, debated to be inflated when
everything is ready by means of hose
from above. They are big bags, each
with power of lifting twelve tons
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
PHILOSOPHY OF A QUAKER

The Philadelphia Bulletin has
gathered together these straws OF
wisdom:
Marriage is a mystery which time
only an unravel
Few men. however eminent. feel
they have attained desired success.
The prattle of children is charm
ing music when the little ones are
your own.
There is such a thing as placing
too heavy a load Of confidence on the
shoulders Of a friend.
Time spent getting ready to begin
frequently creates an exhaustion
which wrecks the vitality.
Many persons gauge their conduct
in proportion to the influence O,
those with whom they are dealing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
HUMAN HEAD HUNTERS.
The Savage of Polynesia Still PLY
This Horrible Trade.


This Horrible Trade.
In the scarce known islands OF the
Pacific sea-New Guinea, BOrneo, Ce-
ram, GilOlO and others too numerous
to mentiOn-man still exists in the
primeval state, and that most horrible
OF practices, head hunting, is still in
dulged in in spite of all efforts of
various governments and missions as
we'll as philanthropic societies who
have come in contact with the people.
Just as the scalp lock on the belt
+ Of the young buck Indian was a token
of manhood, so the CORY head i'm
paled on tall pole over the hut of
the wOuld-be young warrior, Papuan
or Dayak prOclaims to all the prOwess
OF the youth, hencefOrth a man and
eligible for the council and the WOO
ing of maidenS. 1t is immateriaT how
the trophy be obtained. whether by
ambuscade or in fair battle. Gener-
ally it is the former The candi-
date for martial hOnOrs simply waits
his chance by night in some neigh
boring village as craftily and patient
ly as leopard on the prowl, the kris
or a poisoned arrow does the work
swiftly and silently, and the severed
head has ample time to cool before
the deed is discovered and calls for
retributiOn.
Thus an incessant vendetta and
carnage goes on. and only by living
in accessible forests and strongly
stockaded places where il is possible
at all for the tribes to save them
selves from humiliation. Of the vast
island continent Of New Guinea the
western or Dutch part is the worst
looked after and it often happens that
numerous raiding parties in their
C""at war canoes came SWOOping
down &c coast before the northwest
monsoon and carry death and DESC
lation into the comparatively quiet
British portion around the mighty Fly
river, opposite Torres strait. By the
time the news is carried to Thursday
island and the gunboat starts away
in pursuit it is generally too late, and
the marauders have vanished.
The writer was present once at the
capture OF a war party, and forty
eight heads were taken from the
canoes. Hanging and deportation to
penal servitude seem to be but a
slight deterrent, for the terror recurs
almost as regularly as a plague of To-
Gusts. These Papuans are a hardy,
war-like people and expert bowmen,
and they relV on their skill with tho
potent weapon solely, using their
clubs for the dispatch of wounded
foes.
The Dayaks of Borneo and their
| neighbors on the other hand are in
favor Of the 'sumpitan" or bloypipe
shooting little diminutive but very
cunningly poised arrows. The sum.
pitan" has often a spear head at.
tached TO the outer end. like a bav.
| onet on musket. For close fighting
they rely on the dreaded "parang,"
a heavy, hollow ground broadsword
about two feet long, with the handle
often carved of ivory and ornamented
with gold and pearls, the wooden
| scabbard covered with human skin
and hair.
| Ihey count him poor warrior who
cannot sever head clean with one
| blow delivered backhanded. Even in
a mountainous part of the Malay pen
insula, north of Malacca. in the
bindings and Hegr Semblian. there
IS to this day remnant tribe of head
| hunters called the Sa-Ki
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
MoHAMMEDAN WOMEN,

Among the pOlygamous Mohamme-
dan people the new women" -four
ished fully 1000 years ago. AItamira
writes about them in his >'Historia de
Espana." This was the time of the
Arab dominion in Spain. AS for the
Arab women, they shone, not only in
poetry, but in all the sciences. The
Spanish MOslems never opposed the
instruction of women, but approved
and fostered it. The teaching of re-
igiOus law was not seldom intrusted
to women professors. Girls enjoyed
the same primary instruction as boys,
and then devoted themselves to pro-
fesSiOnal studies, some of which they
practiced; for example, medicine and
literature, serving in the latter domain
as secretaries and writers in the
caliphs civil service. So widespread
was education among the women of
COrdova that in a single ward there
were 40 of them busted in copying the
Koran. Often, not satisfied with the
facilities afforded by Spanish schools,
they went into the Orient to study in
the eastern schools, where they at
tended the courses side by side with
male students. So highly was the
education of women rated that a
prince of royal Spanish blood welded
a negro slave woman, merely on ac-
count Of her intelligence and knowl-
edge. Another prince was captivated
by the woman who became his wife
through hearing her improyise verses.
Some of the celebrated Spanish poet
esses showed their great love of let
ters by collecting and copying good
books.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
Quito Likely.

It's a great thing to nave fine
line of ancestors"
Doubtless it is, and it's a mighty
good thing, too, that some Of these
fine lines Of ancestors couldn't look
into the future and see their descend
ants or they'd have spoiled every
thing by committing suicide"
Fees to Pay.
That talk is cheap
Is often true,
But not the sort
Our lawyers do.
Catholic Standard and Times.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24

Where l last had seen her glide
IL among the reeds. and there
Lost her. But a breath of air
Moved the grass-heads, going by.
And l heard the rushes sigh.
$50 the chase has always proved;
And Pan never yet has loved,
But the loved one all too soon
Merged in music and was gone
Melted like a passing strain,
Vanished like a gust of rain
Or a football Of the wind,
Leaving not a trace behind.
Bliss Carman in Atlantic
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-24
FiIipinos Unfit for seIteovsr,,,,,.,, -.

I have studied the FiIipino noonIe.
IT, every part of the archinoIaoo.
have seen them at work. and 7 have.
traded with them My conclusions ne
to their capacity may be summed rr,
in the statement that consider thon,
t. be absolutely unfit for seIraoyerr.
Taent. OF the 100000 peonIe SIM
posed to inhabit the islands do NOT
believe there are 10000 capable Of
forming and placing in oDqration q
government for the arChipoIogo Ey-
cept such men as Judge Arrelano ye-
dro Palermo, and AgumaIdo there ara
few who would be capable of forum
lating an acceptable declaration Of
principles. The great problem a.
church and state which exists in the.
Philippines would be enough to ruir
any native government which wou,r
be established. and there wopId be
revolution and hloodshcd within siv
months.-Congressman Edgar Weeks
in Success.