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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-02-25

been been toward this: and after
having spent so many millions in i'm
provements is more determined than
ever. All this time Japan has been
looking on and at last, fearing the
ultimate result, has started this great
war which may result in a worldwide
one, in which event it is thought Ger
many and France would be the allies
of Russia, while England would be the
ally of Japan.
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THE TORTURE OF TIGHT SHOES.
is productive OF many warm words.
Sometimes the vanity of the wearer is
responsible, sometimes the salesman
and sometimes the shoes.
In this store the latter two cases
are absent. Unless n customer i'm
sists on buying footwear that Is too
small we will sell him
SHOES
that will look we'll, III we'll, and wear
we'll. And thera no torture about
prices, either.
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Fielder & Fielder. Attorneys.
NOTICE OF ORDER FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT
INTERSTATE ESTATE

ISTESTATE ESTATE
STATE OF Wisconsin, Iowa County Court,
y In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at a special
term of the Iowa County Court, to be held in
and for said county, AT the Court House in
the city OF Dodgeville, in said county, on the
sth day OF March, A, d. 1904, being the
second Tuesday OF said month, at ten o'clock
In the forenoon OF said day. the following
matters will be heard and considered:
The application OF Hannah I. Miller, adj
ministratrlx with the will annexed Of the
estate OF Joseph Miller, late OF said
county. deceased, for the examination and
allowance of her administration account,
and the assignment OF the residue OF said
estate to such persons as are by law
entitled to the same.
And it is further ordered that public notice
thereof be given to all persons interested by
publishing a copy of this notice for three
weeks successfully prior to said day OF hear
inS, in the Iowa County Democrat, a weekly
newspaper published in said county,
BY the Court:
ALDRo jerks, County Judge.
Dated this End day OF February 1904.
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Mrs. John Treyillian

died at her home in the town of Min
eral Point on Sunday, February Ii;
aged 81 years. She was II resident of
this place for many years, and leaves
to mourn their loss her husband, three
daughters and two sons, besides n
wide circle OF friends.
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Notice to Tax Payers.

All tax payers who have not rs yet
paid their taxes will please do so be-
fore March 10, as | will close my
books on that date.
JOHN JEUCK, City Treasurer.
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OF the state. No newspaperman has
ever been refused a favor that it was
in Mr.. Hearn's power to grant, even
though at times it might be to his own
inconvenience.
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Notice to TaXpayers,

Tho books for tho collection Of taxes
In the town OF Mineral Point will b,
closed on Saturday, March 5.
j. ii. DUNN, Treasurer.
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determined to kill ten Kurds for every
Cossack slain, and put their boots on the
grave of our man pour encourager les
autres After two months they gave ii up,
and now they as quiet as lambs. In
that time they killed seven Cossacks. Those
are their graves, and if you count the pairs
of shoes you will find seventy
PURSUIT OF BRIGANDS.
Brigandage is sometimes winked at by
the Russians when it does not trouble them
or other Europeans, and it does not seem
advisable at the moment to suppress it at
the cost of a campaign with warlike
tribe. But when they take ii into their
heads to hunt gang of brigands down,
they hang remorselessly to the trail until
every one of the bandits is shot or placed
in jail These renotes caves in the noun
tains are vain refugees.
81 once saw a pathetic sight when I was
travelling in the Caucasus, said an Eng
lishman known to the writer. Il was visit
ing the prison at Vladikaukaz, and saw
woman who had come with her baby TO see
her husband captive brigand.
when her turn came she set down the
child upon the wooden ledge of the window
and handed her permit TO the turnkey.
Soon a shaggy, Withholding face peered
through the wires. The woman took the
baby's hand and tenderly inserted ii be
tween the iron netting 10 greet its rebel
sire. The harsh features softened wonder
fully, and while he seized the tiny fingers
something happened, for suddenly he let
go and covered his face with both his
hands
There are nearly $4,000 Jews in the eau
casus, who form race apart The Rus
slams call them Mountain Jews" They
herd together in small communication
i'm separate villages-and have nothing 10
do with the rest of the people. They never
enter the towns or the cities, but are con-
tent to lead the simple, pastoral life of
Abraham. They keep the Mosaic law to the
letter, and all their customs are simple and
Biblical. This is not strange inasmuch
as they are believed to be a remnant of
the Jews of the captivity who were ban
ished 10 these mountain Businesses by
Babylonian monarch 1000 years ago, pre-
csely as Russian Noncomformists are ban
ished TO frontier territories to-day by the
Car.
BEAUTIFUL CAUCASIAN WOMEN.
The pride of the Caucasus is the beauty
of its women. There are more beautiful
women TO be found in these rugged noun
tains than anywhere else i'm the world.
In other countries there are women as
lovely. but nowhere else is loveliness so
common. Among the Circassians a homely
girl is hardly ever seen and this is true i'm
Daghestan, and many of the other races
inhabting these highlands.
The beauty OF the Circassian girls is. OF
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Enigm attic Knots Of Insen
LII = iousn Hind for ,heLe Leisure Hour

"stanch and strong. a goodly vessel" M'''s
S"+.'''". clad in doublet and hose, AMI
boots of Cordovan leather" gives us the
armor dressed" J.-. As-'. "spake. and re-
lated the wondrous adventure" of Es'''''''-;;
Fair was she TO behold. that maiden OF
seventeen summerst' Tee Jesse Kss--. who
had come riding from far away, Melchoir.
and Gaspar. and Baltazar," related the
legend of H%~*~ 40 Rs"s@-+. gone the way
that thou shalt GO" Rs"ss Bs@ss. a plough
man who. in foul and fair. sings at his
task then sang Tee Ss.s % Hs'ss-ss. sang
his wondrous birth and being" followed by
A P*.'' o. L'.'. 'in mournful numbers"
T** S.+s-." S'sss-s said. Every tub smells
of the wine that is in it," and he re-
lated the appropriate legend OF C'''''' IL
seas, and 'the paladins Of Charlmagne.
the Cid OF Campeador." l then told the
story of TEE Ws''' o. T"' Possesses. that
sailed the wintry sea-" At last TIE %"
Cease o. TIE S~s~'s points and beckons
with it's hands" that IL is time for US TO
start for home. Tee Dee L Dss@, "and the
darkness falls from the wing OF night" and
as we reach the open S-~'-F%''-' are falling
''out of the bosom of the air" / crossed
T%- B"-*s" lat midnight as the clock was
striking the hour" and sat down at home,
full of Rs'-.'s..ss for though I'VE see but
dinly through the mists and vapors:" We
may be sure that our steps are accom-
panied by Possesses o. Ass-~s which wake
the better soul that slumbered to q hclys
calm delight" DOROTHEA.
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From Students Note Book
b y Clyde Tull

comes to class with hair uncombed and
necktieless by this very lapse from con-
vention endears himself little more closely
to his students.
Some girls judge of the success OF their
terms work by the grades from their pro-
fessors, others by their date books.
Sometimes the senior rs recognized by
his knowledge and sometimes by his cap
and gown.
There are three classes of freshmen which
for some reason fail 10 10 be appreciated in
college-the egOtistic type. the would-be-
cynical "dead-game-sporty' class and the
sissy-boy genus.
The professor watches the new student
TO see what he will make of himself. Some
times the new student watches the pro-
fessor closely TO see what the latter will
make of himself.
IL doesn't seem quite fair. but il is true
that the sporty student who carouses every
night and the diligent student who studies
eighteen hours per day both die COMPARE
lively young.
Many a good limerick writer has hunked
In English literature
THE STUDENT EPICUREAN
II this were the last day on earth. I'd wish
For pretty girl and a cnafng-dish.
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Uncle Sans Immigrant. at Ellis Island. New York

small ones, and especially with those ma
stage of DEVELOPMENT. The wise and ex-
perienced nations of the world. which have
been studying the art of developing their
vate commercial relations with all coun-
tries. / think the United States can with
profit follow their example,
CONSULS AND FOREIGN TRADE.
"Our foreign consuls all report to you,
Mr.. Cortelyou? How do they compare with
the commercial agents of other nations?"
YES they report to me through the State
Department" the reply. THE COM
ments by the newspapers and business men
of other nations indicate that our consular
service compares well with that of other
countries, but that is not enough from an
American point of view. While the work or
many of the consuls is of a very high
grade, there can be much improvement.
This fact was fully recognized by the
President and by those of his officials who
have immediate supervision OF the work or
the conSuls The suggestions made by the
business public from time to time with ref
erence to the practical problems which con-
front them in their attempts 10 increase
their export trade will undoubtedly prove
helpful in this direction. The consuls are
essentially commercial officers. They should
play a more vital part in the extension OF
our foreign trade. Their relations to the
department one of its pressing
problems. The Department of Commerce
and Labor VIII do its share in the effort TO
improve this service whenever Improvement
is shown TO be needed
Returning to the labor question, Mr..
Secretary. Tell me something about our
immigrants. L understand we had almost
a million last year,?
1.-The actual number of the immigrants
who landed in 1903 is $4,000. That is the
most we have ever had in a single year.
We came nearest il in 1882, when $4,000
were admitted
THAT is an enormous number of people,
said I. lis Uncle Sam big enough to di-
gest annual meal like that and retain
his true Americanism"
That question is a grave one" replied
Secretary Corteyou, especially consider
ing the class of immigrants we are now
getting. Until within the past fifteen years
practically all of our immigrants came
from northern and western Europe, and
they were largely of Teutonic stock. They
were intelligent and Industrious, and they
country. in moldng our institutions and
contributing to our high standard OF
American citizenship.
within the past fifteen years much of
our immigration has been from southern
and eastern Europe, composed of elements
by no means so desirable, classes which do
not easily assimilate with u.s. which con-
gregate in cities and communities by them
selves, and which may in some degree con-
Stitute an unwhOleSome element of our
population. During the past year 100000 of
this class of immigrants were landed, con-
shutting almost 20 per cent of the years
immigration. large percentage of these
people do not read or write in any Ian
guage and it will be long before they can
be made into good American citizens.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
copyright, 1901
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our history Our exports to Europe were
so per cent. in excess of those of Il decade
ferent countries of North America 50 per
cent. and in South America we sold last
year 50 per cent. more goods than we did
the year before. To Asia and Oceanica our
exports have trebled in the last ten years,
and to Africa they have become five times
as great. Our imports are also increasing.
although not so rapidly. Last year we i'm
ported more goods than in any preceding
year. Indeed, in 1903 the imports amounted
to nearly billion dollars"
But increased imports mean money go
ing out of the country. Mr.. COrtelyou,"
said 1: That is. money thrown away"
Il don't think so, was the reply. 1T
that business is good. About one-half of
the total imports consists of manufacturers
materials and large part of the balance
is composed of food stuffs and articles
which we do not produce at home. Much
Of the manufacturers materials go abroad
again in another shape, and these materials
an increase of almost 80 per cent. over SIM
liar imports in 1893. That indicates the
ormous increase in our manufacturing in
dustrieS within the past ten years..
WE LEAD THE WORLD.
How does the growth of our trade COM
pare with that of other nations, Mr.. Cor
telyou?" 1 asked.
Very favorably, indeed" was the reply.
"Our exports of domestic products are
greater lO-udy lIldu lnOSS OIL any OIneT
country, and our exports are growing more
rapidly than those of any other nation. In
1875 we shipped abroad in round numbers
four hundred and ninety-seven million dol
lars worth of goods, and in 1903 the sum
had grown to one thousand four hundred
and ffty-seven million dollars. In 1875 the
United Kingdom exported one thousand
and eighty-seven million dollars worth of
goods, while in 1903 its exports were one
thousand four hundred and fifteen million
dollars worth. In other words, in that
time we increased our exports almost 800
increased less than 40 per cent. In 1875
our export trade not half as great
as that of Great Britain and Ireland. In
1903 we exceeded the latter country by
forty million dollars worth of exports.
Germany in 1875 had an export trade of
ninety-six million dollars in excess of that
of the United States. In 1903 it was more
than two hundred and fifty million dollars
behind the United States. The United King
dom and Germany are next to the United
States, the largest of the exporting nations.
So you see how we grow"
WHO are our best customers among the
nations, Mr.. Secretary 1 asked.
THE United Kingdom by far was the
reply 1T takes more of our exports than
any other country. although Germany and
Canada take a great deal, and the percent
age of increase in their case is larger. We
more than quadrupled it in the last ten
years. We are also selling more goods to
Mexico than ever before"
How about Mr.. SINNERS expedition to
Abyssinia, Secretary Cortelyou? VIII that
expedition pay?"
''I think that closer business relationships
will prove valuable to our country in every
case, whether they be with large nations or
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oOI-DECAPITATIoN.

At stroke of twelve, without a pang
i close the ledger with bang.
Yet, tbs not hunger's tempting bait,
That causes fear I'll be too late;
Though IL may fill you with surprise
1 own it is a pair of eyes
That lures me to, where shaded neat
A window looks 10 Chatham street.
For by this window daily goes
The unknown cause of my poor woes.
She sets my heart-strings all atune,
This maid who passes by at nooni
She TWOs a suit that's tailored trim.
A feathered hat with velvet brim:
Beneath-two eyes, / fancy brown
To match the color of her gown.
mouth, / ONE, that was but formed
That for its favors might be stormed.
The color Of her cheek, twin
To murm ring seashell's tints within.
Her THREE, frail-fashioned. / believe
Was made sweet nothings to receive.
This maid who passes by at noont
I know her not, / do not claim
That i can even tell her name;
But in my heart a truth appears,
That / have known her years and years.
She never mods and yet it's clear
I'm sure she sees me standing here.
O, that some mishap might befall,
So i could hasten to her call:
I'd be the happiest of men
To earn her gratitude-for them
She has me up in a balloon,
This maid who passes by at nooni
Ia d. REEFS.
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course world famous They are in great
demand in all the harems of Turkey, Per-
STA, Egypt Central Asia, and other parts
of the Mohammedan world, Many mer
chants visit the Circassan villages at cer>
tain seasons of the year to pick out the
prettiest girls and induce them to travel to
STEAMBOAT, Teheran, and other cities where
they can make good marriages, perhaps to
a prince or a pasha Sometimes the mer-
chant buys the girl from her parents as a
speculation; more frequently he deductS a
commission from the sum paid him by the
bridegroom and sends them the balance OF
the purchase money. He keeps faith be-
cause he has TO revisit the Caucasus again
in the course of his business The girl
is usually eager TO go with him. She re-
ioices at the chance of leaving the narrow
life of the village and going out into the
great world, where she knows she will
be Tapped in luxury and possibly may be-
come a queen, as many Circassian girl
has done.
In no part of the world are there more
ruined churches and mOnasteries than in
the Caucasus. Many of them were once
mangnifcent buildings dating back to the
most glorious days of the Byzantine En-
pire. Some of these fine old ruins. destroyed
almost TO their foundations. now support
the wretched novels of the peasants. The
Christian races I'm the Caucasus are fond
of building their villages around such ruins;
they believe il brings them good luck. 1t
is hardly possible to travel ten miles in
many parts of the Caucasus without com
ing across some famous church of ancient
days, now fallen into ruins.
But there plenty of more or less
modern churches in the Christian districts
of the Caucasus. and nowhere are monas-
teries more plentiful You see them on
every rugged mountain side, in every fer
tile valley. The most famous is the monas-
terry of Atom. at Souchoum Kale. on the
Black sea. 1t is the largest monastic estab-
lishment in the world, and was built at
cost of over million dollars Twenty-Five
hundred monks find refuge from the world
within its clOisters.
HAROLD DANGERFIELD.
[Copyright 1903. by Z b. Warnerl
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II is one of the amusing sights of col
lege life 10 see the mutual contempt with
which the moneyless brainy student and
the brainless moneyed student regard each
other.
circumstances alter cases." sighed the
poor young man when his girl turned him
down in favor Of his rich rival.
Sometimes the student who roots loudest
at the football game is considered the one
with the most college spirit.
Sometimes it is hard to make the folks at
home understand that the ability TO use
college slang is an evidence of culture.
Every student thinks that he could win
a Phi Beta Kappa key if he would only
work as hard as did those who wear them.
Like Carlyle. 1 am opposed TO existing
conditions" murmured the student as he
sadly gazed at the three C's which marked
his terms report.
IT'S a pity that the sissy boy is not
favorite with any one except an inferior
sort OF girl.
II credits were bought with the mighty
PUNK
The rich could pass and the poor would
funk.
In some way the professor who at times
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HAT can your department do to
wv settle the existing troubles be-
tween labor and capital?'
tsSfyl. 1 asked this question of
49, Secretary CortclyOu we
sat together in his office in the
Department Of Commerce and Labor re-
Gently. The secretary was looking over re-
ports from his various bureaus and check
ing off statistical items running high into
the millions. He has, you know, about fiji
teen of the most important bureaus in the
United States government. employing more
than 10000 men and entailing an annual ex-
penditure of more than S1O.OO0OOO. All the
government Investigations and information
about the big corporations and combinations
OF capital, as well as questions connected
with labor. come before him, so that to a
certain extent he represents Uncle Sam in
all his relations to the two.
The secretary replied:
THE Department of Commerce and Labor
has no executive functions in settling the
troubles of capital and labor. 1t cannot in
terfere with either party in any controversy
that may arise. All that it aims to do is to
furnish the fullest information possible as
TO existing conditions. I'm order that each
party may understand more fully just what
those conditions are and be guided thereby
In arranging a settlement"
what kinds of information, Mr.. Secre-
tary2' I asked.
'All kinds" was the reply. Everything
that bears on the relation of labor to capt.
tai. The elements of cost in various prod
ucts. the articles controlled by trusts and
other combinations of capital and the eff
fects that such trusts have on prices. We
are collecting information to wages and
hours of work. the comparative cost of liv-
ing and the kind of living in different parts
of the United States, the material. social.
intellectual and moral condition of the
workmen, we'll Is to all matters relating
to controversies and disputes between en-
ployers and employees. This information is
for capitalists and wage-earners alike. They
are on a perfect equality here. The depart
ment acts only an information bureau
or an education Office to enable each party
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ANSWERS.

W.
Not all the gay are happy.
Not all the grave are sad;
Nothing but peace Of mind within
Can make one truly glad.
SS1.-Beginning.
SS2.-Life-time.
SS3-Janice Meredith. The Crisis. A Long
Straight Road, The Two Van Revels,
Colonel Carter of Gainesville. Dorothy
Vernon, EveIina. Alice of Old Vincennes.
Eugenia Grandet. Jane Eyre. Hypatia. Jan
Vedder Wife. Lorna Doone, Rebecca.
Diana Of the Crossways. Eleanor. Clarissa
Harlowe. Romola. Lavender and Old Lace.
SS4.-Eye.
sS5.-Cosmical. comical
sS6.-Bellowing Cbell-low-wing).
SS.-Deters. desert.
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SaS.-AN ACROSTIC.

CTranspose the first letters of the lines)
A man WHOLE was of quiet mood,
But with a stern resolve indued;
In fiction's realm we see him jog,
ReSplendent pedagogue-
Contented, with no lofty aim,
He sought not either wealth or fame.
Calm was his mien yet stern his rule
Among the urchins of his school.
No arbitrary power he swayed,
Dictates of his must be observed
Or else the birchen rod was served.
NELSONIAN.
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INSTRUMENTATION.

All morn she'd stood beside the step;
And though not ONE, l know,
She must have tired waiting there,
Her pretty head dropped So
And yet, when, long hours having TWOed,
On wings of love he'd flown
Swiftly to her, as though he knew
Her heart was all his own.
His yellow velvet doublet seemed
Her fancy not 10 THREE;
The ardor in his bold. dark eye
She met unmovedly;
His soft touch on her snowy cheek
Called out no warm glow, "Why?'
Oh, she just a lily, dear.
And he q butterfly.
MABEL p.
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PRIZE SOLVING.

An attractive and useful prize will be
given the sender of the best list Of poems
answering No 500. The solutions are to be
forwarded within one week. and in case OF
doubt the winner Will be decided by any
extra neatness noted in one OF the nearest
complete lists.
The prize for Nos. Ss2-S7O goes to Emma c.
Humphreys, who has neglected to give her
full address. A close second was J. ID.
Mock. who. however. receives only ''hon-
orable mention"
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Under the gloom Of the shivering pines.
That whisper when IL blows.
Behind the creeper-coVered wall.
Is a garden that always grows.
In summer and in spring time.
And when the winter SHOWS
Bend the dark branches TO the ground,
The garden always grows
The hand OF man has made IL.
The white stones stand In rows.
The tears OF the world have watered IL.
And the garden always grows.
There are many gardens like II.
Their number no man knows.
Each day, Till the world Is ended;
This garden always grows.
-Lorimer Stoddard.