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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-04-07

CTATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
y COURT-IN PROBATE,

STATE OF WlStONSlN-lDWA COUNTY
= COuRT-lN PROBATE,
Notice is hereby given that at II special term
of the Iowa County Court, 70 be held in aud
for salG county at the cuurt house, in the
city of DodgcNlle, in said county, on the Goth
day of April, A. ID. 1909 being the fourth Tues
day, of said month, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
Of said day the following matters will be
he ard and considered
The application of @. G. Rewey administra-
tor of the estate of Clara j. Williams late OF
said county, deceased for the examination and
allowance of his administration account. and
the assignment of the residue of said estate
to such persons as are by law entitled to the
same
And il is further ordered that public notice
thereof be given to all persons interested by
publishing acopy of this notice for three weeks
successfully, prior 10 said day of hearing. in
the Mineral Point Tribune weekly paper
published in said county.
Dated this 22nd day of March, 1906
BY the Court.
ALDRO jerks. County Judge
Spensley 4 Mcllhon. Attorneys. i2w3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-04-07
Fresh Bakery Goods

such as cakes, doughnuts, cookies
bred etc. every day. Brewer d Pen
hallegon.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-04-07

CTATE OF WISCONSlN-IOWA COUNT
~ COURT-lN PROBATE

- wv w In I-hplAlE,
Notice is hereby given that al a regular term
OF the Iowa County Court, to be held in and
for said county, ut tho cou~t house, in the city
of Dodgeville, in said county, ON the 3rd day
of May. 4. II, 1904, being the LIST Tuesday of
said month at ten o'clock in the forenoon of
said day the following matters will be heard
aud considered.
The Applicant of Mary Il Meuer, for the
appointment of an administrator of the estate
of Peter Meuer late of the city of Mineral
Point, deceased,
And It is further ordered, that public notice
thereof be given TO all persons interested by
weeks successfully, prior TO said day of hear
ing, in the Mineral Point Tribune. n weekly
newspaper published in said county.
BY order of the Court;
ALDRO jerks, County Judge,
Dated Dodgevile. Wis. April D. 1904 iiw3
Fielder 4 Fielder. ATTORNEYS for Petitioner.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-04-07
His Purpose.

"Blufly told Inc he was going out ev-
cry day this week TO see II he couldn't
find work.
Eyes. and he was successful
Nqhat sof''
Eyes. lie couldn't find it."-Philadei-
phia Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-04-07

Norr.-There are many mixtures. made In
imitation of baking powder, which tho
prudent will avoid. They are lower In
price than cream of tartar pow
ders but they are made from Alum:
and are dangerous to use In 1000
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07

the tireIess energy displayed by the So
ciety in the Cuban campaign and the
unmeasured good wrought by its min
istrations brought the organization for
the first time to a place of national
recognition and widespread commenda-
ton. Its province on the battlefield
had never been demonstrated in our
country until the Geneva emblem fiut-
tering from the hospitals at Siboney
and Guantanamo, marked the work of
blessed charity that was being done
under its folds
Very closely does Miss Barton follow
the details of the Red Cross operations
on Cuban soil from the time its ship,
the State Of Texas, anchored off Guam
tanamo before the first battle in the
hills until the last bit of relief work
was done in conquered Santiago. One
cannot but be struck with the fact
that had it not been for the Red Cross
the mortality and suffering attending
the siege Of Santiago would have been
triple what 1t was, for a reading OF
Miss Barton's account emphasizes the
utter inadequacy Of the medical staff
to cope with the situation with its rnea-
ger equipment Justly did President
Mckinley pay hearty need Of graft
tude TO Miss Barton and the work Of
the Red Cross in his message to Con
gress of December 6, 1898.
With an account Of the work done
by the society at the Galveston hor
ror Miss Barton closes this record Of
unselfsh devotion. Considering the
hold the American Red Cross Society
has established upon the sympathies
OF our people, Miss Barton need fear
no betrayal Of trust when she invests
the furtherance Of the good work with
US in the closing paragraph of her
book ITO you-the people of Ameri-
ca-this sacred trust is committed, in
your hands the charge is laid. To none
will your help ever be so precious as it
has been to me, for in its proud growth
and strength none will ever so need
you"
Cd. Appleton & Co., New York; price
s1.)
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KeeLer'S DerSeS
for Little Folk

T is not an easy task to write verses
and jingles acceptable to children.
Many are those that have tried;
few the number whose books have
remained nursery favorites. Eugene
Fields little rhymes have held their
place; James -Vhitcomb Riley's are,
many of them, household quips; Stew
enson's 'Child's Garden of Verse" is
the sweetest word given children in
many years. Whether or not "Elfn
Songs of Sunland," by Charles Keeler,
will catch a place in the childish heart
is a question not to be foreordained.
OF far more certain quality than that
of children's verse are many of the
other literary forms adopted by our
writer's. To please a little tot is indeed
to win full measure Of success.
Truly Mr.. Keeler has offered in his
little book variety enough for the
most exacting youngster. There are
jingles of playtime, rhymes of the
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07
The Magazines
for This Month

~ HE August Century IS in fact as
well as in name midsummer
holiday number, being pervaded
with the holiday and outdoor
spirit. The number is crowded
with holiday features: The New
Coney Island" by Albert BigeIow
Paine, with drawings by Yohn; Visit
ing in Country Houses" by Eliot Gre
CORY. with drawings by Charlotte
Harding; The Old and Novel Sport Of
Archery" by A. B. Casselman. apropos
of the Olympic games at st. Louis,
illustrated; Lombard Villas" by
Edith Wharton, with Parrish's pic
lures; What Do Animals Know" by
John Burroughs. Six or seven poems
add further to the seasonable charac-
ter Of the number. There is also a con-
tinuation of Andrew D. Whites anec-
dotaI recollections Of Russia in War
time" and a reproduction OF Volks
handsome painting, The Belle Of the
Colony
Besides THE Youth Of Washington. :"
told in the form Of an autobiography
by DR.. S. Weir Mitchell. the historical
accuracy of which has not yet been
assailed, and Jack London's absorbing
tale, '-The Sea-Wolf," there is a va
riety of diverting and humorous short
stories of separate interest: A second
Of the Madigan stories by Miriam
Nicholson, illustrated by Lowell and
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"A Review of. Some .No1U Books e

two Of Miss Brains former books.
Fuel for Missionary Fires" and Fifty
Missionary Programs" the glowing
spirit and practical character Of her
writings may be inferred. In Holding
the Ropes" she has summed up and
systematized all her original ideas, and
her clever applications to mission work
of the most approved methods in the
pedagogical and evangelical fields. As
Delavan L. Pierson, an editor OF The
Missionary Review of the World, in
which the chapters composing the pres
ent book originally appeared. says in
his Introduction to the volume, The
study of missions is a science, and the
management of missionary meeting
is an art. Therefore. when so great in
terests are at stake. Miss Brain must
be commended for her earnestness and
thoroughness in presenting to mission
ary workers at home the most ad
vanced scientific methods of study and
the most artful means of arousing the
interest of Indifferent church members
and listless Sunday-school scolars."
DR.. Arthur T. Pierson writes, in his
1.-THE Crisis of Missions:
NOT long ago we saw PRESCRIPTION
warranted to kill a missionary meet
ing 1t may be stated somewhat as
follows:
Take one dimly lighted church par
lor, at a temperature not TO exceed six
ty degrees; add few people-the old
er the better-drawn together by
strong sense of duty and an apologetic
announcement. Begin to stir to slow
music or formal prayer at from five
to twenty minutes late; drop in one at
time. ad infinitum, some not over
fresh facts relating to the geography
and customs of any mission field. Close
up all outlets and let stand. but do not
fail to extract few pennies from each
atom present
Miss Brain has given US in this vol
ume an antidote and a substitute for
all such treatment. II adopted and
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woods and fields, quips ana cranks
about nothing in particular and ball
lads about babies of other lands. One
merit all possess in common very
high merit: every verse in the book is
down to the baby's level. No young
ster need interrupt in the reading of
them with a Whats that mean?" To
no youngster need come any doubt
concerning the particular identity and
special characteristics of Farmer
Jones Goat" or THE Baker Man" In
this simplicity of thought and diction
has the Berkeley poet succeeded ad-
mirably.
Through another and a unique fea-
ture do Keeler's child verses make a
bid for success. Over a score of the
rhymes in his book seek to lead the
little one into an understanding Of
some of the beauties of nature and a
sympathy with natures creatures. For
example, the dainty little imaginative
verse on The Columbine":
Five doves the fairies took away
And they hung them up on a slender spray
Again this:
Heigh-ho for the ~olumbine,
Red and gold were the doves they took
Till the fairies sang them to sleep by the
Heigh-ho for the columbine.
See the little drops Of rain.
Falling. falling,
softly calling
Flowers back to life again.
First the blades Of grass appear,
Upward creeping,
Shyly peeping
Ger the meadow far and near.
Then the mustard spreads its gold
Opes its flowers
To the showers,
Little needing winters cold
Poppies' velvet petals glow;
Each newcomer
Thinks tits summer,
Though the winter breeZes blow.
And the little drops OF rain,
Softly falling,
Still are calling
Flowers forth on hill and plain.
In other verses upon THE Coyote"
1.-The Roadrunner," Johnny Jump
Up" and the like Keeler would in
struct the child in his first nature les
son-that of love for everything.
1t is hard to judge by young ones
standards: to count certain success for
Keeler's rhymes would be to measure
bv the most uncertain of all criterions,
yet can it be we'll believed that many
of his little verses will close tired eyes
when crooned from mothers lips at
sand-man-time.
The value of the book is not a lit
tie enhanced by the very artistic form
given 1T. both by the decorative work
done by Mrs. Keeler and the unique
binding and printing. 1t is an unusu-
ally good example of tasty book max
ing.
(Sign of the Live Oak. Berkeley;
price rs cents.)
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07

One Of the grave questions that the
next Congress viii have to meet is the
new treaty arrangements with the Chi
nese Government, as the period OF the
exclusion act terminates in December.
The powerful Chinese Six Companies
is already at work in the interests OF
its vastly lucrative traffic in Chinese
labor, and there is every reason TO be-
neve that the same lavish expenditure
OF wealth will be made during the fall
that has marked the policy OF this pow
erful and dangerous body in past
years. In view Of this fact DR.. Charles
Frederick Holders brilliant. exhaustive
and fascinating historical sketch OF the
Chinese Six Companies, entitled The
Dragon in America" which occupies
the place of honor in The Arena for
August, will command general atten-
tion, and 10 citizens OF California. Ore
gon and Washington it will occasion
particular satisfaction. Hitherto there
has been much heated controversy on
the Chinese question. but seldom il
ever has the true inwardness OF this
issue been so ably and so judicialIy
presented as has been done by DR..
Holder in this remarkable paper. Ger
tainly never before has the un-Ameri-
can character OF the traffic in Chinese
labor been so clearly pointed out.
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somewhat doubtfully loyal on the
most dangerous point Of his frontier
Richard established this defiant and
taunting fortress. and there it was a
bone OF contention for four hundred
years. Mr.. Janvier writes most enter
tainingly Of it's curious history. and its
present aspect and surroundings are
presented in Walter Appleton Clark's
unique drawings
A wonderfully fine dog story. by
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, is contributed
TO Harper's for August. under the title
Jonathan and David" Jonathan
Perch. once a school teacher. now a
destitute but self-respecting old man,
lived alone with his dog David. a collie
OF remarkable intelligence. David was
about to be sacrificed in the pound for
lack OF payment OF his dog tax. But
fate took a hand. and the two friends,
the dog and the old man. were not only
restored 10 each other. but became. by
natural but unlOOked-for means. re-
spected citizens Of the little town that
so signally failed to understand their
mutual devotion. The tale. in its
pathos and warm-hearted quality. is
strongly suggestive Of Dickens short
stories.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07
Books ReceiDed.

MANCHU AND MUSCOvITE-B. L.
Putnam Weale: the Macmillan Com
pany, New York.
BRAKESPEARE-George l. Law
renee; reprint; F. VI. Buckles & Co,
New York price 81
CRECY-Edith Lawrence: F. NJ.
Buckles & Co., New York: price 81.
TRUE REPUBLICANISM - Frank
Preston Stearns: J. B. Lippincott Com
pany, Philadelphia; price 81 so.
BOOKS HAVE READ-MeIvin Hix;
Kinds, Noble & Eldredge. New York.
TUTONISH-Elias Molee: published
by the author, Tacoma Wash; price
40 cents.
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Present Spirit
of the Missions

- ISIS BELLE NJ. BRAIN, of
III Springfield, Ohio, is known and
beloved throughout the entire
missionary world for her unre-
mitting labors in rousing and sustain
ing interest among the Christians at
home in the work of those who are
advancing and upholding the standard
of Christ among heather and semi
barbarous peoples. From the titles Of
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07

The August Atlantic contains a pow
erful and instructive paper, which viii
surely attract attention and create dis
cussion. upon "Unpunished CONNER
cial Crime" (the way OF the rich man
in eluding the law). written by George
w. AIger, author Of the recent much
talked-of Atlantic paper on Moral
Overstrain."
Bliss Perry contributes his striking
tribute to Hawthorne. delivered at the
late Bowdoin College centenary ceIe-
bration.
Daniel G. Mason discusses Dis
sonance and Evil" a quaint analysis
Of the connection between evil sounds
and evil doings. and Martha Baker
Dunn offers a Enthusiastically anus
ing paper on Temperance and Judg-
ment to Come" from the "Down-Easts
point Of view.
Two interesting travel papers are
''Tutuila," an interesting an dinforming
paper upon our Samoan possessions. by
President David Starr Jordan; and a
Selborne Pilgrimag ge." by Cornelius
Weygandt, who leads US to the former
habitat and TO the spirit OF the times
Of Gilbert White, the world famous
naturalist.
John Ruskin's delightful letters to
Professor Norton are continued in this
number, and Robert Herrick's power
ful serial novel, The Common Lot"
is completed.
Short stories are The House OF the
Dead Hand weird Italian romance
by Edith Wharton; The Two Chanty-
Men," sailor sketch by George Was
son. and The Todd's Utopia" a hu-
morous Western tale by Ella B. Wa
terbury.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07

Pearson's for August has more than
usual OF light reading-to accord with
days when one is not disposed to take
the world too seriously. a new serial,
DR.. Nicholas Stone" opens attractive
~. 1t is a detective story. and prom
ises 70 be full of action and OF human
interest Then there is "A Sheaf OF
Ghost Stories" edited by the Duke OF
Argyll. whose name is guarantee for
their trustworthiness: a fine story by
Norman Duncan, The Wreck OF the
VIII o the Wisp' %; a chronicle OF Don
O., by K and Hesketh Prichard How
He Balanced Accounts With a King OF
Finance; an Indian nights enter
tainment story by A. Sarath Kumar-
Ghosh-''The Caslet OF Kali" and four
shorter stories, all very bright and en-
tertaining. The solid matter consists
Of Albert BigelOw Paines article on
Mast and the Ring" in the Thomas
Mast series; the first OF DR.. Cyrus
Townsend Brady's three papers on
War With the Sioux" in the Indian
Fights and Fighters series, and The
Combat on Beaver Creek" by General
Eugene A. Carr. The magazine con-
tains the Home Notes department. as
usual The Illustrations are good and
in large number. The cover is notice
able, being a reproduction in color OF
Thomas Nast's Brains cartoon. that
well-knOwn portrait whose head is a
money bag.
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adapted, we believe that her sugges-
tions cannot fail to resurrect dead
meetings and to make them living
forces in the evangelization Of the
world.
(Funk & Wagnalls Company, New
York; price SD
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Of the sharp. terse sentences have al
ready become familiar through much
quotation. Others there are which have
escaped notice in the length OF
speech or document. but they are
equally worthy Of remembering. This
is good book to have at hand.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07
Brief ReUieWS
of Recent Books

ORIS FARRAND'S Vocation"
Ss by "Pansy" (Mrs. G. R. Aid
Lem. is a sweet, wholesome
story for young girls, as are all
of that authors books. 1t tells the
tale Of a young girls upbringing, the
formation of her character and the
happy results developing when that
character is put TO the test. Very lit
tie exaggeration Of sentiment is there
in the book and that only to emphasize
The sound moral that the writer seeks
to bring to the fore. No Sunday-school
book is Doris Farrand's Vocation"
but thoroughly interesting little story
which suffers nothing from pointing an
obvious lesson.
Doris, her sister 'Athalie, Richard
Shipley and Garrett Randall are the
four personages about whom the ac-
tion Of the story centers. Athalie,
sweet, self-sacrificing always, and the
two young men, true both Of them to
their ideals. are as surely drawn as
Doris herself. When, in the course of
the story, the time comes for the hero
inc to choose between what is ethicaIly
right and what is opportunely though
legally right the author brings to the
telling of Doris decision a fine strength
of narrative commensurate with the
demands of the situation. That the
last chapter of the story brings a gen
uine surprise to the reader but adds to
the genuine pleasure Of the reading.
CThe Lothrop Publishing Company,
Boston, illustrated; price 81 SOD
A very timely little book at the pres
ent hour and one good to have at the
elbow at any time is Strenuous Epi-
grams of Theodore Roosevelt" COM
piled and published by the H. NJ. Cald-
well Company, New York. Not all epi-
grams are these cuttings from the
Presidents written and spoken words,
nor all strenuous, but every one Of the
quotations has its sound kernel of good
sense clothed in good English. Many
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07

John Bassett Moore, IL D., contin-
ues his series Of valuable articles on
American diplomacy in Harper's Maya
zine for August. In The Contest With
Commercial Restrictions he relates
from inside official sources the first en-
trance of our commerce into the Chi
nese, Japanese and Korean markets.
He tells how America, through Com
modore Matthew c. Perry, made the
first treaty with japan after the most
ingenious diplomatic advances on our
part; and the first treaty the hermit
kingdom of Korea ever entered into
with Western nation was made with
US in 1882. through the admirable dip
lomatic offices of Commodore ShufeIdt.
Thomas A. Janvier contributes an
other Of his delightful articles on
France. His subject is the old Chateau
Gaillard, built by Richard Occur de
Lion when his Duchy OF Normandy was
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07
Clara Barton
and Red Cross

SMALL book, but fascinating
from cover to cover, is a Story
Of the Red Cross" by Clara
Barton. the indefatigable presi-
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07

entitled "a Pagan and a Puritan;
Susan Clegg's Cousin Marion" by
Anne Warner, illustrated by Mrs.
Shinn; a Sexton Maginnis" story,
THE Reign Of Sentiment by Maurice
Francis Egan. in his new field, and
illustrated by Keller; "A Neurological
Romance" by Mary Agnes Griffin. and.
in serious vein. an army story by
Captain Thomas H. Wilson, Not Ac-
cording to the Code
For many years the August number
Of Scribner's Magazine has been the
fiction number of the year, noted for
obtainable, with the most beautiful and
elaborate illustrations in color, and In
black and white.
The issue Of this year is a remarka-
BILE one. It contains short stories by
Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton,
Thomas Nelson Page. Josephine Das-
kan Bacon, and others; serials by
Robert Grant and Nelson Lloyd, and
poems by Henry Van Dyke, John Fin
ley and E. S. Martin. Certainly no
more distinguished list Of writer's has
appeared together in a single number
of a magazine.
Kipling's story is naturally bound to
raise comment. In this he carries the
peculiar imaginative quality displayed
in "The BrushwoOd Boy" to still diz-
zier heights Of psychological sugges-
ton. 1t is a question whether in do
ing so he has not sacrificed clarity to
the novelty Of his concept. They" is
anything but easy Of understanding at
first reading.
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illumination each outlandish arab
esque must be duly traced If the i'm
print is TO possess any of the worth
OF the original
CThe Macmillan Company, New
York, illustrated; price 81 5O.)
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DeePing UriteS
a True Romance

~ II last we have 1.-THE true.
dyed-in-the-wooI. old-time ro-
mantle novel hall-marked with
4 the stamp or Clara Reeve and
Ann Radcliffe. Warwick Deep
f~r The --,---c r--ori-t, .,...;+,-
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ORIS FARRAND's Vocation"
ss by "Pansy" (Mrs. G. R. Aid
- en) is sweet wholesome
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-29

Ex-Mayor Kilduff and family are visiting in Waterbury.
 Miss Jennie Kelly of Dover street has accepted position as clerk with A. Dallas, florist.
 The classes at the Friendly league will not be held after Wednesday night until Easter Monday when all work will be resumed.
 James F. Colwell of Baldwin street and Clarence r.. Blakely, son of Police Sergeant Blakely, will graduate to- night from tho Albany College of Pharmacy.
 The Boston Furniture Go is giving a free exhibition of the famous Acorn range this week at the big store at the junction of Scovill, Brook and South Main streets. Every caller gets a free lunch, and free chance on the $55 range which will be given away at 10 o'clock Saturday night. Read tho advertisement on page ? for full particulars.