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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-04
WEATHER PREDICTIONS.
Are the Latest Luxury Added to LIS
the Farmer Enjoys.

Mapleton, Ia, Feb. GA new ar
rangement which is calculated to be
Of direct n important benefit to the
farmers throughout this territory, and
also in northern Woodbury. county, has
just been perfected by the Maple Valley
Telephone and Telegraph company. BY
The aid of the chief of the United
States weather bureau at Chicago,
warnings of weather changes will be
sent to Des Moines to the observer
there, by telegraph at government eN-
pense, and from there transmitted TO
the local central offices which will at
once send same to all subscribers liv-
ing along the telephone farm lines.
The usual methods adopted by the
companies that have accepted the prop
osition is to have q general weather call
made about u m. every day, giving q
sufficient number of minutes for each
subscriber to reach the phones. TIL
operator at the central office will slow
ly repeat the forecast, only two min
utes being required for hat urpos
The forecasts will be made from wealth
er observations taken at a. m. and
sent out from Chicago about 9 a. M,
reaching Iowa stations about 10 o'clock
every morning. With his daily mail,
and newspaper, and weather forecast
right at his front door every morning,
the farmer and his family will be re
lteved in a wonderful degree of the
feeling Of isolation in life on the farm.
To Open New Coal Field.
Eddyville, Ia, Feb. LAT reports
from good authority indicate that the ru-
mors that have been heard for some time
to the effect that a railway was to be
built through the farming community
across the river from Eddyville, are based
on facts, and work will commence early
in the spring. The Chicago, Ottumwa and
Western railway is said to be at the head
of the enterprise, and the line which they
propose to build from Council Bluffs to
Ottumwa will open a new coal field be-
tween Eddyville and the large mining
camp of Buxton. With this end in view
the company which formerly had control
of the mine at Monkeys Nest or Frankers-
vile, near here, have taken options on
1000 acres of coal land a few miles west
Of EddyVllle. The new line will be OBJ
Grated by electricity and will accommo-
date passenger and freight traffic, and as
a depot will be built at the old town of
Bridgeport, about a mile west, it will
give Eddyville ar outlet to the west, and
should be a good thing for the town. as
it would likely draw trade from the min
ing camps across the river. The survey
runs from Buxton eastward down the
northern edge of Monroe county, follow
ing down the river bluff to South OF
fumWa.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-04
THE D~ARDANELLES.

Narrow Neck of Water That Russit
Would Pass but for Fear Of Caus-
ing a General War.
Russia's Black sea fleet, locked up by
the treaty stipulation of 1856, includes
these vessels:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28
THE PLATFORM.

The following wise counsel as to
what tho next democratic platform
should and should not contain, Is
from Chairman Warden's paper, the
Waukesha Despatch:
But why does the Kansas City
platform have TO be endorsed? There
Is no opposition TO 80 much OF II as
applies To existing political condl-
lions, but there Is no point nor justi.
fcation TO reatllrmlmg II rs n whole,
and IL should not, and probably will
not, be done by whomsoeyer urged.
Under like conditions as In 1896 and
1900, the party would unquestionably
take similar stand on the coinage
question, but whether SO the condi-
tions are changed and IL would bc
worse than folly TO drag into the plat
form any declarations respecting the
ratio OF coinage and thus force dis
cussion on u dead issue To tho exclu-
sion Of living questions which concern
the very life OF our republican insti-
buttons and are OF paramount Import
ance under all circumstances. Those
who counsel otherwise should not be
listened to, aud we believe they will
be given but an impatient hearing in
the ST. Louis convention. IL Is SUM-
cient on monetary affairs To declare
for bimetallism and opposition to
branch banking and all schemes SINH
lar to that proposed by the Fowler
bill, il the latter be deemed threaten
Ing. The tariti and trusts and menace
ing dangers from world.power schem-
ers, and unconstitutional government,
are the vital issues at present and on
which the opposition to latter day re-
publicanism can be united and victory
won and the country saved. Why
then frittcr effort and eudanger sue
cess by reafilrming dead and less inn
portant previous dcclarationsYh
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28

dates, depending on the individual
voter and the candidate whom he
considers the best qualified for the
place. Mr.. Lusc Is receiving very
enthusiastic support from many of the
leading democrats, and their action
goes to show that the voter will not
be far amiss II he follows their lead.
At Madison Hon. William f. Villas
and the Hon. Burr w. Jones have
signed Mr.. Luse's call, which was cir
culated by Mr.. Hoppman. chairman
OF the democratic county committee.
At Waukesha Hon. 7. Ryan circu-
lated a call for Mr.. Luse and has
been active in his support, while SEN
ator Merton has also signed. Hon.
Neal Brown of Wausau has interest
ed himself in the campaign on behalf
OF Mr.. Luse and has secured the
practically unanimous support of the
Wausau bar. In Milwaukee the call
for Mr.. Luse has been signed by
nearly all leading lawyers, regardless
OF party aiIiliation.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28
LOCKS AND KEYS.
Their Use Can Re Traced Back to
the Ancient Egyptians.

According to Demon, locks and keys
can be traced back to the ancient Egyp-
tians, more than 1000 years ago. This
is inferred from the sculptures on the
great temple of Karnak, which closely
resemble locks still in use there
clumsy, massive wooden locks, in which
three pins drop into three holes in the
bolt, when it is pushed in, and are
raised by corresponding fixed pins on
the big key. Similar locks and keys
are found ut Mosul, near Nineveh, the
key being more than foot long, quite
clublike and often carried on the Shout
der.
Keys are also mentioned at the siege
Of Troy, 1893 b. c. The Phnhicians
are said to have exchanged locks for
tin from Cornwall. Occasional notices
Of them occur in many Greek and Ro-
man writers, Pliny assembling their in
vention to Theodorus of Samos. Bronze
and iron keys have been found in the
ruins of Pompcii.
Possibly far more ancient than these
are Chinese locks, with springs and
tumblers, some of them musical, almost
exact countcrparts of the famous
Bramah locks of England in the eight
zenith century.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28
THE TRUTH SHOULD BE
KNOWN.

Senator Bacon would apply In a
very practical way the remedy Of pub
LEFTY to the evils OF trust domination
aud has stirred up the senate and the
country by move In that direction.
He would let the people know In an
official way something about the prices
Mt which trust.made goods are sold ut
homo and abroad. The following
article from tho Milwaukee Journal
gives some good reasons why Senator
Bacon's suggestions should be put
into practice:
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, is be-
ing severely criticised by certain party
papers because he wants tho senate to
direct the department of commerce and
labor TO ascertain what classes of
American trust-mado goods are sold
abroad for lower prices than are
charged Mt home, aud asks that this
inquiry be made with special reference
to manufactures of iron and steel,
glass and croCkory, textile goods,
shoes, furniture, sewing machines,
farm implements, and other domestic
articles OF everyday necessity,
1T Ia assumed that Senator Bacon
wants these facts for campaign pur-
poses and therefore he Is censurod by
all the trust organs,
This assumption carries with 1t
striking admission of the character OF
the Information that would be obtain
ed. Quite evidently there Is something
in this proposition which the trusts arc
afraid to have brought into cam
paign,
Just wherein lies the otlense In
seeking To bring such facts before the
public In presidential campaign does
not appear. The trust question Is be-
fore the people and all important facts
bearing upon 1t should be placed be-
fore them,
The idea that tho operation ct the
trusts Is the business OF few mag
mates and no affair OF the peoples is,
though widespread, without good
foundation. 1t Is u question OF the
most vital consequence To the people,
And the proper time for the people to
give IL thnir careful attention In all its
aspects Is during campaign. 1t Is
their only opportunity TO speak their
will.
The people are entitled to full In
formation, authoritatively compiled,
even though they may see III To use 1t
TO direct their opinion in II campaign"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28
Independent Teachers,

Mrs. II. Fl. Charlton in Brodhead
Independents When q child | heard
frequent discussions In regard to the
value OF select schools over public
schools. There are few private
schools In this day, but then there
were many, and 1t was stoutly con-
tended that child could get along
faster than in the public school, where
teacher had more pupils to look az
ter. The benefits OF special instruction
were made plain recently in the public
schools OF Batavia, The schools were
overcrowded and the uperintendent
was instructed to hire some extra
teachers temporarily to relieve the
pressure.
The superintendent instead OF fol-
lowing the proposed plan, employed
some extra teachers to give individual
instruction to slow or dull pupils who
were holding their classes back. The
plan proved marked success. State
superintendent Skinner said of 1t:
"The innovation was n startling and
instantaneous success. Discourage
ment, tho banc of public school life,
disappeared from all faces and tears
from all eyes. 1t was found that back
ward children were catching up with
tho bright ones, and in many cases
outstrippiDg them, and he leading
lights OF the classes soon had all they
could do to keep up with the dull
scholars" II every graded school
could have All extra Independent
teacher, who could give her services
where most needed, coaching the back,
ward pupils, it might be of as much
real value as a course in manua
training SO far as rousing and main
tanning the tagging interest Of the dis
couraged and indifferent Is concerned
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28
THE GOOD OLD CLOCK.
It's Mellow, Friendly Tick an ANTI
dote For Lonesomencss.

"Gfve me the clock for company"
said the observant man, land you may
have all the balance of the inanimate
things under the sun, or over 1t, and I
will throw few Of the animals in for
good measure. | can conceive Of moth
ing more friendly, more unspeakably
comforting, than the mellow tick of the
old family clock which towers high ON
the old fashioned mantel. above the
good old open faced fireplace where the
embers are dying down and deepening
into blush melancholy gray late of
winter nights. One never feels quite
alone as long as one may hear the mel
low tick tack of the old family clock,
the same sweet mellow cadences which
have rung In ones ear from earliest
infancy, through all the changes and
upheavals of time, down to the present.
Other sounds may fall and deepen into
the sadder silence Of the nights heavy
stiffness, but the old clock continues to
mark the flight Of time, and no second
may escape without hearing its passing
called out dreamily by the faithful
clock whose hands have measured al
ready so many days-some bright and
full of light and life and promise and
sweet bodings of the future and others
echoing back sepulchrally from the
years already counted. All, the clock!
But give me the clock with Its ticking
all through the night, and Its silvery
Ginning on the hour, and you may have
the other things, and the dog to boot.
I'll take the clock in mine every time
when It comes to keeping off that feel
ing of lonesomeness which creeps upon
us now and then" - New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28
After the Explosion.

II saw Fuddlesome running down
the street this morning." says the first
suburbanite. What was the matter?"
''He was going for veterinary sur
geon and machinist," explains the
second suburbanite.
"What was wrong"
Last night he went out to his stable
to see that everything was all right,
and incidentally to fix his bay mule
and his automobile for the night You
know how careless he isT'
Eyes. but"
"Well, now the mule has gasolneitis
and the auto has hay fever" Judge.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28
PRESS OPINIONS.

Madison Democrat Because of the
steady accumulation upon the gov
ernment rolls OF lot of clerks whose
capacity for work Is now so small
that they are practically worthless,
there Is u revival Of the talk in behalf
OF civil pensions. But 1t il most
obnoxious proposition. These clerks
are very well paid in comparison with
thoir fellows In private life, and they
deserve no sympathy for their failure
to lay by for II rainy day. II we are
to have any more civil pensions those
to whom they Justly belong are the
ones who have knocked through the
years M best they could without being
warmly ensconsed in government sine
cures.
All our farmer readers who attend
the two-weeks Farmers Course at the
University, beginning February 8,
should bear in mind that the rail
roads will grant II third fare rate on
returning, providing tho applicants
secures II receipt for money paid wheh
he buys his ticket to Madison. Take
u receipt for each ticket you buy and
have 1t stamped Mt Madison by Dean
Horny. Then you can return for one
third fare. Dean Henry writes rs
that do2eus OF letters are coming to
his office each day inquiring about
the course or promising to be in at
tendance.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28
THE JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN.

Party politiets have been kept out
OF the judicial campaign so far, rs
both candidates are republicans, al
though there Is prospect that some
of the factionalism now troubling
that party will be injected into the
contest. The Democratic support
will be divided between the two candi-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2S, 1904.

The Wisconsin State Journal says
that steps are being taken to bring
suit against Governor La Toilette,
Secretary Houscr and Treasurer Kempf
to re-transfer the money received from
the federal government from the gen
eral fund to the trust funds, where 1t
rightfully belongs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28
Farm for Sale.

l offer for sale my farm OF 155 acres,
situated in the town of Kendall, six
miles northeast of Belmont, nine miles
southwest of Mineral Point and seven
miles west of Calamine; 100 acres un-
der cultivation, remainder pasture
and timber. Will rent if not sold
soon. For further particulars inquire
on the premises of ANDREW CROW.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28
MISS A. III. GALE,

Teacher Of Piano and Organ.
From National Conservatory of
Music, New York. For terms apply
at residence.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28
A press dispatch from Washington

A press dispatch from Washington,
dated January 20, reads;
"Conditions are such that the silver
question has been relegated to the
rear declared Congressman Will
liams, democratic leader OF the house,
during debate this afternoon. His
remarks were greeted with applause
from the democratic side.
In his utterance above quoted Mr..
Williams not only expressed the
Judgment OF himself and his demo-
cratic colleagues, but also the well
settled conviction OF u majority OF the
democratic party. The silver issue
should have no place In the next dem
ocratic plstform.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28

Edtered Mt the Post Ofce, Mineral Point,
Wis. as secood class matter
Subscription price, S1.25 per year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28

Published every Thursday by
GEORGE a ROBERT NJ. CRAWFORD.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28

Emperor William recently gave 225..
600 marks in aid Of fishermen of Ter
sen, OH the German ocean, who had
been ruined by tidal wave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-20

Major I. G. Harris of Montgomery sl Confederate veteran, was introduced pS Commandant A. F. Prince. Major haI ris is a most eloquent speaker anu "A lecture was thoroughly enjoyed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-20
A Want
1t Is Supplied At Last In
 Montgomery.

Good-natured people are often irritable If you knew the reason. you would not be surprised
 Ever have itching piles?
 Not sick enough to go to bed, not well enough to be content
 The constant itching sensation.
 Hard to bear; harder to get relief.
 Spells your temper; nearly drives you crazy.
 Isnt relief and cure a lonK-felt want?
 You can have relief and cure If YOU will follow the advice of local c tizen:
 E. J. Grant of u6 1-2 Dexter Avenue fireman employed on the L. and N. R. R. says: Itching hemorrholds were the plague of my life for year after year. and my suffe'ings were almost constant Sometimes they would burn and itch x that I was all but wild. I us d aImo everything that was recommended to GU, q this, but received little or no relief. Or day I happened to notice an advert ment of Doan's Ointment and got a box a E. G. Fowler's drug store. It proved God send to me for 1t to k only a fe applica lions to show me that it was do its work. I continued using 1t and In short time I was entii ely cured.'
 For sale by all dealers; price 50 "t Foster-M lburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y, agents for the Unte1 States.
 Remember the name-DOAN'S take mo substitute. tu-thu Sd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-20

egation of Alabama educators, will at- tend the annual meeting of the Depart ment of Super.ntendents of the National Educational Association in Atlanta Janu- ary g to 25.
 The Atlanta meeting will attract some of the leading and most prominent sch ,ol men of the United States The program for the three days is filled with distin- guishcd names. This meeting of the sG- perlntendents is called the best teach CTS meeting in the United States"
 Superintendent Hill mas sent out letters to school trustees and school outhoritics urging them to send and pay the expenses ] of superintendents to the Atlanta meet ing. It Is declared that superintendent will rccive most valuable suggestions and ] information from the gathering.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-20

w. c. Shellnutt, c. B. Cobbs. Prior to the delive:y of the crosses, a short ad- dress b the veterans was made by Dr. c. J Owens.
 The program was:
 Invocation. Rev. Dr. Mclaughlin; ad- dress, Hon. Joseph J. Willett; chorus My Country, 'Tis of Thee;" Maryland My Maryland;" reading. "The Monumen; to Lee" Miss Baker; chorus, ''The Bon nie Blue Flag" reading, Lees Last Recruit" Miss Smith; chorus, '"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" address. pr. c. J. Owens; chorus "Dixie;" presente- ton of crosses by Mrs. Sterne; benedic- tion, Dr. H. Foster. The patriotic songs were sung by fifty voices from the Anniston College for Young Ladies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-20
The Labor Leaders Honest Men.

The Labor Leaders Honest Men.
 ..It makes some difference. therefore. Mir. Gonpers," said I. what kind or men the labor leaders are7"
 "Indeed, it does," was the reply, ana I can say from a personal knowledge or most of them that they are on the aver age equal in honesty and integrity 10 the members of any profession or business I mean the very best men of the legal medical. or even the clerical, profess sions.
 "The most of the labor leaders are not in the business for money" MT. Com pers continued. Take our salaries! The highest of them, outside of the heads or the railroad unions, is not more than SS, 600 a year, and many men receive only $l O0O or 5000 and some less. Neariy every one of them could make more out side of the labor organizations. and Il they were corrupt they could enrich them selves where they are. John Mitchell for instance, the head of the United Mine Workers, is paid $3,GO0 a year. Don you suppose he could have made $l,OOO,- GOO during the anthracite coal strike had he been willing to sell his men out to the capitalists He fought for them and was true to them. The same I believe to be the case with ninety-nine hun dredths of the leaders of the unions There are bad men in all ranks Of life Sam Parks was notoriously such. but Sam Parks Is not typical of the labor move ment in any respect"
 How about yourself, MT. Gompers No one has ever questioned your fidel
 ity to organized labor?'
 If so, I do not know 1t. I have beer president of the American Federation oi Labor for more than twenty years. Fol the first five years I received no salary and worked at my trade to support my
 self doing my union work at nights an6 on holidays. At the end of that time gave up cigar-making and devoted my en- ergies to the American Federation, re- | ceiving $1.00O year. As time went or
 my salary was gradually increased unti | it reached g, 100. and 1t is only within the past year that it has been 5000. l think I may say honestly that I am not ir | the work for the money. do it because | I love it. I have no amusements or any thing outside of it, and my happiest hours
 are when 1 work the hardest"
 Frank G. Carpenter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-20
Death of Aged Woman.

Mrs. Polly Fite, the oldest inhabitant of Calhoun County, died at her home in Weavers Sunday evening. Mrs. Fite was born in September, 1799. and has witnessed the birth of two centuries, the first in her infancy and the last in her extreme old age. She could remember all of the inn portant events transpiring for almost one hundred years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-20
DEATH OF MRS. HEMPH1LL.
For Many Years Resident of Tus-
 caloosa County.

Tuscaloosa, Jan. 1s.-(Special.) )-Mrs
 Mary J. Hemphill died at her home on Crescent City avenue yesterday. Mrs
 Hemphill had been in feeble health Tor long while, so that the end was not unexpected. She was one of Tuscaloo- sas oldest residents, being more than S2 years of age.
 She was born in Ebert county, Geor-
 gia. Oct 3, 1921, and was the daughter of Edward and Sarah Simms. the for mer being one of the foremost promot- CTS of the educational interests of this
 city. Mrs. Hemphill came to Tuscaloosa
 when only a child and has been an ac- tive member of the Methodist Church
 the greater part of her life. The follow
 ing are the children who survive her:
 Robert c. Hemphill of Birmingham
 Frank B. Hemphtll of Louisville. Ms
 Benjamin F. Meek, Mrs. George F. Lup-
 ton. Miss Jerusha Hemphill. Miss Car rie Hemphill Miss Elolse Hemphill, all of whom were at her bedside when the end came, except Mrs. Lupton, who was detained in Texas on account of illness. The funeral services were held from the Methodist Church this afternoon at ,ck and she was laid to rest Greenwood cemetery by the side of her husband, E. F. Hemphill, whose death occurred ten years ago.
 The R. E. Rodes Chapter of the Unit ed Daughters of the COnfederacy fitting ly observed the birthday of Robert E. Lee at the Court House this morning at II o'clock The hall was beautifully dec orated in crimson and white, the chap
 ter colors, with large Confederate flag
 placed across the platform. The DOT rait of Robert E. Lee was hung with w and crimson and white ribbons. The
 ,xercises were opened with prayer by he chaplain and The Bonnie Blue flag" and Dixie" was sung. Mrs. Bat le S. Searcy, president of the chapter.
 lade an appropriate presentation speech ) the veterans, after which the Crosses Honor were presented to a number 7 veterans. Resolutions on the death General John B. Gordon were read Id adopted after which Dr. George tile and E. N. c. Snow, members of committee framing the resolution.
 .,de appropriate and feeling remarks.