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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-23
OVERTHROW OF DRINKING
CUSTOMS.

A special cable dispatch from Lon
don To the Chicago Record Herald,
July Is, says:
"The cause OF total abstinence from
strong drink has received two power
full impulses within the week. The
first was the deathblow dealt by King
Edward TO one Of the most insidious
drinking customs In the army and
navy, when he said that his health
can be drunk just rs we'll In water as
In wine. IL has been the custom both
In the army and navy to insist that
every officer, no matter how young
and even II he never drinks otherwise,
shall toast the king In n glass of port
wine. Tetotalism has therefore been
virtually impossible In the service.
The second was Professor Mazoni's
remark attributing Pope Leo XIII. Is
extraordinary tenacity OF life to IA
healthy heart, unimpaired 10y simple
regular habits, "
The custom which exists In Ameri-
ca, OF christening battle ships and
other vessels with wine Is rs per.
nicious as 1t Is foolish. Songs to
Bacchus belong TO past age. II was
Gladstone, as we'll AZ noted brewer
OF England, before him, who declared
that intemperance In strong drink has
slain more people than war, pesti-
lence and famine combined. We hold
that the total abstainers have always
the better of the argument, and that
those high In authority in church or
state do greatly err when they would
continue drink customs which should
have no place In our twentieth cen.
fury civilization.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-23
An Insurance Co. Noted for Prompt
Payment.

The Equitable Fraternal Union
has always been noted for tsprompt
settlement of claims.
This has again been demonstrated
In the payment OF the contract of
the late Leslie HuXtable. Notwith-
standing these papers had to go to
Rockford ILL.,, for af,idavits OF physi-
clan and undertaken, come back
here, receive the proper endorse.
ments, and be returned to the Home
Office for approval, in less than ten
days draft for the full amount was
here and payment made.
Those desiring first class insurance
will do well to investigate the plan
OF the T.. +. L. Respectfully,
ALoNZo JAcKA, President.
A. PENHAI.LEaoN, Sec'y.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-23
SOME u. S..TREASURY
TRANSACTIONS,
Mineral Point, July 10, leC,

Mineral Point, July 10, 1903
Editors OF the Iowa County Democrat
Dear Sirs your issue OF the I'd
inst, | notice, you refer briefly to my
interview with Congressman Babcock
OF this district, The conduct OF the
u. 5. Treasury under congressional
regulation was the especial subject re.
fsrred to. And now, Messrs, Editors,
ne you have statistics and reeours .
to the tariff schedules and other
sources OF reliable information, /,
and no doubt many others would be
glad to see this subject amply treated.
Previous to Christmas the treasury
bought bonds rising fifteen millions at
s7i and 80 premium. In this one
transaction there was paid to bond
holders a clear six millions OF pre-
miums. At this present time the
treasury has deposited with the
national banks about l55 millions per
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-23

annnum, for which they pay moth n j,
worth to them over six millions,
aud worth TO the taxpayers II not col
lected over eight millions. ! would
like to see this fully written up, and &,
from the tariff shown who pays this
money in. We see plainly who gets
It's out. Congress should not allow
above par for II bond. The President
should have power to let up on taxes
in case OF over supply of income.
What n sorry spectacle TO see the
taxpayer borrow his own money at
bank Mt q per cent. TO 8 per cent. The
Harrison administration bought 260
millions OF bonds, ut forty millions
premium, and emptied the treasury.
Is history to repeat itself? We hear
about the rich richer and the poor
poorer. Then comes the extraya-
gance of appropriations on account
OF an over full treasury. Please write
1t all up and oblige.
Yours truly,
ROBERT LANyGN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-23

Attention Is called to the com
munication OF Robert Lanyon in this
issue OF the Democrat. Mr.. Lanyon
is a successful zinc manufacturer, a
man OF high financial standing, and
an unquestioning believer in a gold
standard, and has been a pronounced
republican ever since the birth OF the
party. He enters protest against
the pc Icy Of collecting the money Of
the people by unnecessary tariff taxes
and then paying it out in premiums to
bond holders, and the placing Of un-
necessarily large amounts of non-in-
lerest bearing deposits In banks.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-23
Mineral Point Dodgeville
STAGE LINE.
Morris Proctor, Proprietor.

Stage runs daily. except sunday, leaving
Mineral Point at T:ta q. m, and DoaScyillc
between and . p M,
Connects nj Dodgeville with train ON
G, 4 N, ", Ny. Tor Madison. Milwaukee, etc,
aud at Mineral Point with t:3o train on
c. NJ, 4 81, 2ul R'y for Plattevillc, Oar
lington, shullsburg. Monroe and GAINESVILLE.
Calls left NJ the Hotels, Mineral Point, wilt
ecelye prompt attention. Fare soc, Phone
g6
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-23
DINO. MARTIN WALTER 8. MARTIN
JOHN G. MARTIN 4 SON
FLOUR AND FEED
HIDES AND WOOL.

HIDES AND WOOL.
Warehouse and mill, High Street south side
near Commerce.
We sell the famous Wngold Flour,
and choice Graham and Corn Meal of
our own grinding. All orders given
prompt aud careful attention.
Phone l04 ,. Mineral Point, Wis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-23

"Overheated at the ashtub.n How
often have you heard that expression
every summer of your lives. The
heated term Is here again, II you are
wise you will use Maple City Sell.
Washing Soap. Throw away your
dashboard and keep cool. Do not let
your grocer substitute.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-23

Hudson True Republican, DEM:
Things are SO shaping that the Demo-
Gratis can go into the field on their old
time issues, low tarifl, antitrust, anti
doodle.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-23
POPE LEO XIII

died shortly after o'clock on Mon
day afternoon, July 20. Briefly, the
record Of his life Is as follows:
Born nj Carpentino ....March 2, 1910
Ordained priest ,,,....Dcc. 81, 1897
Made Archbishop. ..,,...Feb is, 1913
Head Of See OF Pergua. Jan. 10, 1916
Created cardinal. ...,,.,..........lS 1853
Elected pOpc......., YEP w, 1913
Was crowned March 3, 1878
Pope Leo XIII was great man who
lived in great and progressive age.
His death WAS as gentle as his life.
He passed away bestowing benedic-
tion. The world mourns his death
not only because he was n pious and
good man, but chiefly because he
loved his fellow men, The Milwaukee
journal says Of him:
''That IL why men Of all creeds and
no crceds stood sorowingly by his
bedside. The world Is helpless
against love- The pope loved his
flock. He also loved humanity. His
mind was too broad for bigotry and
his heart too big for intolerance. He
always stood for peace and good will
TO men. IL was because he loved
much. Write OF me as one who loved
his fellow men, said Ben Abou. And
10, his name led them all.
"Men tell the truth, II ever, In their
dying moments. This man looked
death fairly In the face and said: Il
am now near my end. | do not know
II all | have done Is good, but
obeyed my conscience and our faith. ;
No man can do more. The most Of
ns do so much less.
why this eulogyY
because great aud good men are
scarce. Because what we have said
Is true. This chief bishop OF Cathol-
icism, the world agrees was an able,
gentle, good, sincere and modest man
and lover Of the world,
"To millions he pointed the way to
heaven.
1T may not be your way or mine,
Nevertheless
'You ought to be better man be-
cause OF his good life. And try rs
you may, you cannot refuse him the
tribute OF your admiration.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-23
Stone and Sand.

am prepared to furnish stone aud
sand, either at the quarry or de.
livcred. NJ. ]. Minor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-20
INVESTIGATING CONDITIONS.
Committee Of Association of Machinists
Goes to New York.

The members of the executive board of
the international Association of Machinists
lett here last evening for New York city,
where they are comforting today with the
ohicials of the New York Metal Manufac-
turers' Association relative to the labor
conditions in the marine shipyards about
New York and on the Boston and Albany
railroad.
At the session of the board in this city
yesterday afternoon the practice of trans
ferring contracts from a city where a
strike exists to another section for fulfill
ment. in order that the employers might
mold out against the strikers, was discussed
at some length. Such tactics, it is said
are In vogue among the members of the
National Metal Trades Association, and an
attempt to prevent this practice will be
made Immediately.
The primary purpose of the executive
boards trip to New York is to bring the
existing strike among the marine machin-
lists OF that city to close. 1t Is reported
that unless this controversy can be ad-
1usted at the conference in progress be-
tween the employers and the officials of the
machinists association sympathetic
strike will be inaugurated According to
reports received in Washington this morn
ing there is great fear of such an event
among the employers In New York, and
that for this reason a contract involving
an expenditure of thousands of dollars
which would ordinarily have gone to New
York builders and repairers. has been
awarded to a firm in Camden. N. ].
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-20
Answer to Criticism.

Arrangements have been made for q meet
ing to be held next Monday evening at zion
Baptist Church. street between Sd and
40 streets southwest. when Miss Mamie l..
Mcdonald. as principal speaker. will en-
deavor to answer some of the criticisms of
the negro by Senator Tillman of South Car
DINA. Her subject will be Defense. -
Others who will assist In the entertainment
are J. c. Dancy. Joseph II. Stewart Reuben
8. Smith. Rev. w. j. Howard D. b.. Ionis
\. Wtles. Original poems will be read by
]. L. James and James w. Poe. Rev. w. i.
Howard will deliver the invocation and
James Smiler will act as master of cere-
monies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-20
APPLICATION DENIED.
Commissioners Decline to Issue a Du-
plicate License.

The Commissioners have denied the ap-
plcation of 8. S. Daish for a steam en-
gineer's license. Mr. Daish wrote some time
ago requesting that he be furnished with a
copy of the license issued to him in 1885,
the original having been lost. The matter
was referred to the board Of examiners and
the papers have been returned with a state
ment that the license originally issued to
Mr Daish was provisional one, granted
when the license laws first went into effect.
These provisional certificates were subse-
quently called in and the holders re-exam-
med. and. If found competent, CLASSIFIED as
hrst, second or third-class engineers, ac-
cording to the merits of the second exam
ination.
A careful record has always been kept
OF these classified licenses" says the report
OF the examiners land the name of Mr. g.
. Dash does not appear upon this record
A duplicate license therefore cannot be is
sued to him. If he so desires he may. how
ever. according to the law, again present
himself for re-examination after the expfra-
ton of six months from the date of the last
examination, July "a, 1903"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-20
TO CUSTOMS OFFICERS
CIRCULARS ISSUED BY ASSISTANT
SECRETARY ARMSTRONG.
Liberal Discretion to Be Used in Mat
ter of Importations for Educational
and Scientific Institutions.

Assistant Secretary Armstrong has issued
circular to collectors and other customs
officials directing that they exercise liberal
discretion in the matter of fmportatiOnS for
educational and scientific institutions. and
to assist and advise such importers in IA
cilitating the passage of their goods through
the customs and prompt delivery. He sug-
gests that collectors might aid this class of
importers by keeping a diligent watch of
their importatons, notifying them of the
receipt of the goods at custom houses, and
supplying them with blank entries and
oaths. Complaint has been made to the
Treasury Department by officers Of educa-
tional and scientific institutions of difficult
ties experienced by them and annoyances
and vexations TO which they have been sub
jected in securing delivery from custom
houses of importatio
Mr.. Armstrong has also issued circular
relative to paragraph G'S of the Dingiey
act. relating to philosophical and scientific
articles for institutions. New regulations
for free entry of such goods are made by
the reaSury. a former ruling is again
adopted. This states that the fact that
chemical preparations may be used for
philosophical and scientific Investigations
will not operate to allow their free impor-
tation under the provisions of paragraph
6S. unless they are actually imported for
use in conducting scientific Investigations.
and not Tor use as medicinal or surgical
prepar a TONS.
Among the rulings are the following:
hospital having a school of instruction
attached is not entitled to import philo-
sophical instruments free of duty under
para graph 63S. as such institution is not
established solely for educational or for
any of the other purposes mentioned there
in.
1.-The department holds that the Smith
sonian Institution. the naval observatory,
the coast and geodetic survey. the geoIog-
ical survey, the weather bureau, the Ma
uOnal Museum, Army and Navy Medical
Museums. Military Academy at West Point
the Artillery School. public health and
marine hospital service. national bureau OF
standards. fish commission, scientific bu-
reaus of the Agricultural Department, the
Nave Academy at Annapolis and state
boards of health are entitled to the privi-
leges granted under the above paragraph.
"A municipal corporation is not society
or institution within the meaning of para
graph tSS. and cannot import goods free of
duty Hereunder
Under the oath taken on entry of ar
ticles for institutions the articles admitted
free of duty are to remain the permanent
property OF the institutions. and the depart
ment has no further Jurisdiction over the
same, and cannot sanction periodical in
spections to ascertain whether the articles
have been diverted to other uses
magic lantern imported for use In ex-
hipitions before Sunday school Is not free
OF duty under paragraph 63S but is free IL
imported for Sunday school. and to be
and remain the property of church."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-20
Grand Jurv's Work

The grand jury. soon after meeting this
morning. adjourned until tomorrow. when
it will consider routine business oniy. Al
the conclusion Of tomorrow's session an
adjournment until next Monday viii, t,e
taken. when the Post Office Department
matter. and particularly the HalIenbeck
case. will again be called to the attention
Of the grand Jurors. Nothing will be doae
by the grand jury in connection with lhe
Post Office Department investigation prior
to Monday because Of unexpected DELAY
that has been experienced in securing cer-
tain important documentary evidence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-20

these essentials. It's alphabet does not rep
resent a shadow of difficulty to the student,
no matter what nation he halls from. The
Englishman. the Frenchman. the Russian.
the Laplander the Czech and the Japanese
can master and pronounce every letter
right of at reading The language is es-
sentially phonetic; 1t is written as read and
read as written. Its grammar I can dis
miss in a word. Give me a class of board
school boys-say in the sixth standard-and
I guarantee to teach them the grammar in
one hour. In Esperanto there is no such
thing as an irregular verb nor an irregular
plural. Nor is there a single exception to
any rule from beginning to end.
The Vocabulary.
It's vocabulary consists of words for the
most part familiar to the man of average
education. An Englishman knows at the
very outset 80 per cent of the words. and
if he has a moderate knowledge of either
Latin. French, Spanish or Italian he knows
over so per cent of them. The language
consists of about LOCO root words By
means Of these. and with the help of thirty
pref1xes and affiXes every idea can be fully
and logically expressed. OF these root
words one-third are identical with CORE
spending English words. one-third are
easily recognized from the English syno-
nyms thus leaving only one-third to be
memorized by the student.
The language is adapted for every re-
quirement of modern life TRANSACTIONS of
f1dInlet, Cdln (byrOn), the mad and
several Of the shorter works of Tolstof and
RuskiH have been published as well as
scientific works by Leibnitz, Grucy, and the
latest addition to Esperanto literature is a
commentary on the fifth book in Euclid
There are at least 200 volumes of all kinds
of literary works published in the Ian
guage. For the past twenty-five years I
have studied many of the various systems
of international languages. None of these
reached my ideal. and l looked upon the
solution of the problem as hopeless. In
Esperanto, however. / have found at last
the realization of my hopes. 1 have been
a student of 1t now for the past six months,
and every day / am more and more con-
WINGED of the simplicity and beauty of the
language
Perhaps / cannot do better than conclude
this article by quoting once more the words
of Tostoi:
Il have often thought that there is no
more Christian science than the study of
languages, that study which permits of our
communicating and allying ourselves with
an incalculable number of our feIlow-men,
and l have often remarked how people
bear themselves enemies to one another
solely because they have no means of inter-
communication. The study of Esperanto
then. and its diffusion. is assuredly Chris
tan work, a work which hastens the COM
ing OF the kingdom of God: the main-in-
deed, the only--aim OF human life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-20
Entertaining Fiction.

Another interesting daily serial will be-
gin Saturday Look for It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-20
Ceylon and India Teas.

Ceylon and India, 1t is claimed, are pro-
ducing by far the largest part of the tea
grown in the world. China having ceased
to- be the factor in the tea market
she once was. The teas from Ceylon
ana India are not only regarded as more
Del cous but they are said to be more
heaithfui than the Chinese teas, and there
is an utter absence of ARTIFICIAL colorine
matter and other authorizations. The trade
carried on by the Salada Ceyion and India
Tea Co. In the United States. in their Sc lied
lead packets, Is increasing wonderfully
The tea is put up in such convenient shane
that 1t can now be purchased in ten-cent
and half-pound sealed lead packets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-20
italian Priests in Germany.

-Four congregations Immediately accept
ed: Les Peres du Saint-Esprit, Les Mission
aires d'Afrique, Les Oblats de Marie and
Les Missionaries du Sacre-Coeur dis
soudun. They founded eight novitiates.
At the same time the government au-
thorized the italian priests, "Pallottini,"
to establish themselves in Germany, where
they founded two Institutes. The Jesuits
despite the Kulturkampf, had again taken
root in the empire. By their side the Bene-
defines of st. Octillan in Bavaria, the
Trappists. the Franciscans and the Ger
many Alexandrians were following their
vocatons. Moreover. the Society of the
Divine Word. founded in 1875 by DIR. JAMS
sen, was yearly increasing the number of
it's establishments and adherents. 1t con-
trolls today some 500 missionaries.
Free societies were founded to aid sup
port and coordinate these missions The
Holy Child. the. Propagation of the Faith,
rein and the German Holy Land Society
furnished abundant resources for the sup
port of the apostles Of German Catholi-
cism. A new organization came to it's rth
IL one may judge by it's results.
Financial Strength.
These results are considerable and have
been speedily brought about. The Ger
man missions are on a sound financial foot
ing. Thanks to the societies which 1 have
Just enumerated, their budget" which
twenty-five years ago did not so much as
exist amounts today to more than two
million francs. and of this sum the Holy
Child alone furnishes nearly million
And If our French missions, with their re-
ceipts of six millions expect to accomplish
a notable advance. they must remember the
long tradition that favors them in order
to appreciate the full strength Of the
prodigious development of the German en-
terprfse.
That enterprise has representations all
over the world. In Bombay and in Brazil
in Argentina and Ecuador in Zanzibar and
Togoland, in CAMERON and Tanganika, in
East and West Africa, and in Shantung
there are procedures or vicariats main
tanned by German monks. In Palestine
equal activity. though of more recent date.
On October Z. 1901, the cornerstone of the
Church of the Dormition was laid under
the auspices of the German Holy Land So
ciety. Since that date the society, whose
annual budget has already exceeded 100000
marks, has established two hospices Eat
Jerusalem and Tabgha). and schools at
Caiffa. Nazareth, GAIA and Bethlehem.
There are several others at Beyrouth Smyr-
ma. Araya and Constantinople Educa-
ton Is combined with charity and the COM
bination serves political purpose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-20
New England Thrift.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times
When Henry Harland was at Harvard he
spent his vacations at Norwich Conn. One
Sunday he met an old friend of his to whom
he owed q quarter. AS he was leaving at
4:30 Monday morning for the long winter
term he called to the old gentleman and
said:
Deacon H.. / owe you quarter"
"Ah my son. no business transactions on
the Sabbath day
Harland, hastily putting his money in his
pocket, begged his pardon and said as he
was leaving very early the next morning he
had ventured to pay him on the Sabbath
In the black dawn of a winters morning
he put his head out of the window to say
to the cabman that he would be down d.
rectly. and there beside the cab stood q
dark. motionless figure.
Who can be good enough to see me off
at this time in the morning." thought Har-
land.
When he came down he found that the
deacon had come for his quarter.