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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17
A JUDICIAL BLACKMAILER.

Joseph NJ. Deuel. is New York
judge. lie is paid $4,000 a year by
the people, and is clothed with an
honor that should be worth more to
him than $4,000 What is his return .
He Is part owner and one of the
editors of paper of which the &C.
cupatton is printing scandal about
people who are not cowardIy enough
to pay for silence. Tae law forbids
him TO engage in practice or business,
and requires him to give his entire
time to his official duties. What kind
of public opinion would allow aim to
remain upon the bench until 1917
Every day ne sits upon it is a disgrace
TO the state that endures him,
American opinion is now awakening,
1t has plenty of work to do before ii
goes to sleep, among politicians,
judges, lawyers, business men.
Journalists, and the public generally.
Indeed, it should not go to sleep at
all. Eternal wakefulness is the price
of liberty. Crimes" write Elihu
Root to the mayor of PHILADELPHIA.
committed by men who have political
power are often sheltered behind Of,
fetal Indifference and inactivity. and
then some one has to do more than his
duty to secure justice, and YOU will
not be the first public officer who has
done a great public service against
tle resistance Of those from whom
tne service ought to come. There is
more at stake here tnan the mere
punishment of isolated offences" All
of which admirable truths apply not
only to Philadelphia and her boodlers,
but 10 corrupt judges, lobbyist SEN
ators, and get-rich,quicll corporation
directors vita equal aptness. MY
feeling is said Mr. Root also, that
the things one has the opportunity to
DO are substance which he has con
trasting WITH the shadow of struggling
Tor the remote. We all just now nave
the opportunity of joining in the task
of lifting American standards of in,
tegrity and keeping them on a plane in
which money is not the loftiest aim
of man.-Collier's
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17
Costly Crop Pests.

G. Arthur Williams in Success
The proceeds from the wheat crop. tae
average annual farm value of which
may be roughly put at four hundred
million dollars. naye in more tlan one
year been cut down as much as fifty
per cent as result of the ravages OF
the chinch bug and the Hessian fy.
King Cotton alone was damaged to the
extent of nearly fifty million dollars
by the so-called Mexican boil weevl.
in the single state of Texas, in 1908
according to a carefully compiled re
port issued by the census bureau.
The apple crop has been reduced as
much as twenty-five per cent in many
seasons through the operations of tae
cooling moth and other insects So
one might go through the entire list.
The burden Is distressingly heavy,
but it is safe to assert that farmers
themselves-wlo, obviously, ought to
know as much of this phase of the
matter as Gnybody-will agree that
their losses, in practically every in
stance, would be far greater were the
scientific knowledge of the department
of agricultures staff not put to &c
count \ careful survey of the facts
leads TO the conclusion that the total
damage each year would be from two
TO four times as large were it not for
the department of agriculture's un-
remitting warfare against the pests,
and that maximum annual destruc.
tion of two billion dollars, or nearly
one-nalf the whole yearly value of the
country's crops, at present, would be
possible.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17
Genesis of the Tornado,

At birth the tornado is a harmless
little thing, just strong enough to stir
the leaves and dust in playful eddtes.
Far overhead whore the opposing cur.
rents OF warm and cold airs clash, is
stronger whirl, of which The other is
nut sympathetic reflection. Gradual.
y tae little one reaches upward
toward the parent vortex. ana the
latter stretches a helping hand down.
ward, The two unite. and the tornado
mas found itself. Leaves and dnst
ascend through the sucking spiral
giving color to the mass. Now its
growth IS rapid. Twigs and heavier
objects are carried upward. and as its
strength increase. boards. branches
and loose objects of every description
are added to the whirling conglomera.
ton overhead. Tie cold, dry air
quickly congeals the moisture Of the
lower stratum, and forms frst a vapor
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17
rAE LITTLE BLACK MAN.

There's little crooked black man
who has a stealthy way
OF following the sinner wherever he
may stray;
When the sinner eats he crouches be-
hind the sinners chair
And when the sinner slumbers the
black man fingers there.
The sinner may not know it, but other
people do
Quick, brother, look behind you! Does
a black man follow you?
The sinner often fancies that darkness
spreads about
When not 4 cloud has risen TO smut Tue
bright sun ont;
lis but the black mans shade" mat
makes the sinner sad,
That fills him with forebodings when
all the world Is glad.
The sinner frowns, forgetting that
still the sky is blue
Ouicll. grumbler, look behind you
Does a black man follow you?
PERHAPS the sinner never held back a
widows mite,
Perhaps he never cheated or stabbed
a man for spite;
Perhaps his sin is merely that III MS
Gaste to win,
the sinner has forgotten that lack Of
love is SIN;
lie may not know ais visage Is dark
but others do
r,i,,, brother. look behind you. Does
o black man follow you!
S e. kiser.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17
gREAD.AND.euTTER DUTIES.

T5c "bread-andbultcr letter IS lle
In,ta uf acknowledgment written by
lone 10 his hostess after VISIT. me
Observation-Disclosures call" is the call
which enc pays after having been en-
Itrrtained at dinner or luncheon or at
amy other regular meal. Plenty oil per-
sons know the thing who do not recoS-
p,za the name for 1t. \ good many
persons apparently do not appreciate
rhc necessity of either the letter or the
call
Perhaps it is a little harsh to say
that this is one of the ways IN when
a well-bred person can be dlSllhguiSh-
ed from an underlined man or woman.
such n distinction throws too many
p,rsons who are otherwise all they
SHOULD be into the outer darkness OF
the il-bred There are depresslngly
few who do not belong to- one class or
the other.
Nearly every one, however, unless
he be an impossible sort OF creature,
acknowledges that the hrCad-and-but-
ter letter is Indispensable. Most
ransgressions in this line are found
in the delays that are shown in writ
ing. The frst thing a guest should
40 after his return from a visit is to
write bis note of appreciation TO the
friends by whom ne mas just been en-
lertained. Often the guest seems to
think that any time within montn or
so will answer for It, That Is the way
in which it occasionally comes about
that the note is never written, and
that the quondam visitor puts himself
down as hopelcssly undcn5red.
Sinners Of this sort are few com
pared with those who neglect then
luncheon or dinner calls Busy Wo-
men are often remiss in This respect,
Int tEcy are angels of light when con-
trasted with men,
It is abominably rude when anyone,
man or woman is SO lacking in a sens"
of society obligation, rs to accept an
invitation ana then, from laziness or
indifference, neglect to pay a eau al
forwards. Allowances may be made
for the very much oyerworKed man
or woman who seldom has spare
hour to give to sucn thlnGs-or TO
anything else, but the ordinary lunch
con or dincr-out should feel IT breach
of deccncy to accept an invitation and
then to emit the call that should FOL
low
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17

able merely by being made successful,
That no barbarian conqueror of old
could have been more demoralize1
morally by his conquests than a large
mass of the German people have been
IF the questions OF terms OF peace
between nations at war could be re,
fcrred to such a tribunal as that at
The Hague Tor final decision, Is 1t con,
ceivablo that the idea OF the in.
demnity would not undergo radical
modl licaton If it were not rejected en-
tirely? Certainly, In the sense that
successful war should pay for itself,
the indemnity would have to be re.
iected utterly, because on no moral
ground could a nation that had fought
unsuceesstully in defence OF Its rights
be thus penalized. An unsuccessful
aggressor might with some Justice BIZ
made TO bear all the costs OF the war,
but inasmuCh as in most wars the
rlght Is not all on one side, it would
be seldom that the defeated bel.
ligorent could with justice be penal.
lied in this wholesale manner without
reserve II war in itself Is a mon.
strous evil, It follows that in the great
majority of cases both belligerents
are at fault in varying degrees for
having rcsorted to hostilities to settle
their disputes. An impartial tribunal
that should accept this as funda
mental principle would soon find q
self condemning each side to pay Its
own bills.
The practice of imposing in
IDENTITIES having undergone important
notifications In the past, out OF
Difference to an enlargng moral con
ccption of the real nature of way, ii
may be anticipated that the time viii
come when the principle underlying
thcm Will he'entirely swept away II
the enlightened sentiment of man,
kind were to be brought to hea,
heavily against them in the future, II
Is conceivable ,.at an important check
would be given to the wnole system
of modern miitarism.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17

souri,, tornado passed over thirty miles
Of country dotted with houses, and
throughout the entire course there was
practically no deviation from a
straight line except where it turned
aside to lick up building. The
electrical display was terrific, and dur
ing tle periods of greatest activity the
ightning-fashe from the dark mass
were incessant. Though there was no
thunder, the roar of the storm was
hard a distance of thirty miles.
Many tornadoes appear to have
been attracted by quantities of metal,
making sharp turns and detours in
order to visit hardware-stores, black.
smith-slops and the like, and taking
in dwellings and other buildings ap.
parently only when it could be done
conveniently. Iron fencing. agri-
cultural implements and other metallic
objects are often attacked, drawn up
into the vortex, and afterward thrown
out twisted and broken, while mirrors
and bric-a-brac come out of the tur-
MOL unscatled. In one case a heavy
iron safe was lifted from the wreckage
OF store and hurled forty feet: an.
other twister tackled a red-not stove,
and got away with it, too.-Woman's
Home Companion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17
Indemnity the Handiwork of Western Nations


thor private property. Even In
Napoleonic times this idea was car
riod into effect without much attempt
ut yeneering, although the practice OF
making slaves OF the conquered
armies ana populations Aad disap.
peared In Christondom Napoleon was
an adept In the art of making his wars
invariably had TO foot the bills OF
Napoleon'B campaigns; he looted the
enemy's treasury, and often TIE
encmys museums. He robbed the
cradle and the grave to fiji his legIons
but even at the downfall OF his empire
his imperial finances were in singular
~ good shape
In the growing refinement of
modern civilization many of the Old
atrocities of war aaVe been abandoned,
and there remain today only what
modern sentiment will tolerate. 1t is
4 proof Of progress that the raw, crude
and brutal application of the theory
that war must pay for itself, prcvalen.
In former times, has given way to 4
system of penalties whicl carries tho
belligernts to the banking houses
rather than to the SHAMELESS or the
slave mart, Yet II should not be for
gotten that the principle underlying
most war indemnities has not changed.
A veneer OF high finance has been
given TO II, and we may speak ct
long.term intercstboariug bonds In
tracing the effects OF the indomnitiSs
upon the populations of tho defeated
nation, But, in principle, there is no
essential transformation.
Morally speaking, there should be
no doubt that the war Indemnity i'm.
posed for the purpose of making war
pay for itself IL demornh2ing to the
victorious people, and also to tlo
world II may be argued, perhaps
that penalties OF this sort upon tbs
conquered serve n good purpose II they
tend to curb the war spirit and render
q defeated people cautious in appeal
ing to force In the future. Tn.
fortunately, no such effect Is produced,
so TAR MS can be dlsccrned. tonduCteN
on the indemnity principle, war be-
comes colossal gamble. and those
who are dominated by the gambling In
stinct seldom are deferred by their
losses from future indulgence, On the
other hand, the victorious nation finds
that by means OF the great cash In,
demnity war may be maue financially
profitable. This was the deplorahle
moral effect upon Germany OF the war
with France In 1871. The indemnity
OF billion dollars which Bismarck
oxtorted, and, when too late, wished
that he had demanded twice that sum
this vast sum not only recompensed
the victor for NIL military expenses
but also proved an exceptional
stimulus TO German industry and com
merce. War was thus made So profit
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17
The WAY TO DO THINGS.

O. S. Marden in Success,-n there
is that in your nature whlch demands
the best and will take nothing less,
ana YOU do not demoraliae this stand
ard by tle habit of deterioration IN
everything you do, you Will achieVe
distinction in some line II you have
the persistence and determination TO
follow your deal.
But If you are satisfied with the
cneap and shoddy, the botched and
sloyenly, if you are not particular
about quality in your work, or in yom
environments or in your personal
habits, then you must expect to take
second place, to fall back into the
rear of the procession.
People VINO have accomplished work
worth while have had very high
sense of the way to do things. They
have not been content with mediocrity.
They have not confined themselves to
the beaten tracks; they have never
been satisfied to 10 things just as
others do them, but always a little
better They always pushed things
that came to taeir hands little
farther on. 1t is this little higher up
this little farther on. that counts in
the quality of life's work. i is the
constant effort 70 be first class IN
everything one attempts taat conQuers
the heights OF excellence,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17

ana then a cloud, giving the finishing.
touches of color to the funnel, which
is now in good order and ready for
business. Planks, trees, shingles,
bricks, dust, feathers, fence-raiis, and
even animals and houses, may be seen
floating around in tne vortex, like
swallows circling about chimney as
one observer describes it. When it
becomes surcharged with debris it
bursts like huge bomb, emitting
volumes of dense black vapor like
smoke, and scattering its contents
over acres of ground; then it resumes
its funnel shape, repeating the belch-
ing process as fast as its gullet is
flled.-Woman' Home Companion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17
THE NIGHT PIECE, TO JULIA.

Her eyes the low-worme lend thee,
Tho Shooting Starres attend thee;
And the ELVES also,
Whose little eyes glow
Like the sparks of fire. hefriend thee
No Willoslh :, ispe INSIGHT thee
Nor Snake. or Slow worme bite thee
But no, ON thy way
Not making n stay,
Since ghost tAer's none TO alright
thee,
Let not the darke thee cumber:
What though the Moon dos Slumher.
The otarrcs Of the night
WI lend thee their Hight,
Like Tapers cleare without number
Then. Julia, let me wooe thee,
Thus thus to come unto me:
And waen shall meet
Thy silv'ry feet,
My soule lie pour into thee.
Robert Herrick.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17


Springfield Republican, Japnn'S
right to u war indemnity amounting 70
hundreds Of millions of dollars seems
to be universally conceded, and un'
doubtedly the Russian ENJOYS VIII
enter the coming peace conference
prepared to concede a good round
sum TO their opponent There may
be contention over the amount but no
dispute over the principle that tae de-
feated should mt least pay the war OK
penses Of the victor. The ethics OF
lndemnitics Is apparently too academic
question to be considered by
practical people; and, Indeed, ono
might ms well discuss the ethtcs OF
war itself Why bother ourselves with
the morality of making war pay Tor
itself" when war Is nothing but de
vastption and slaughter?
In Jupans case therc Ia Il special
reason why we may view the expected
indemnity charge with eQuanimity.
The modern cash squeeze" of the
conquered by the conquoror Is the par
ticulav aandiwork OF tho western ma
lions II Is one of their devices tol
accommodating spells ut the expense or
the enemy without restoring to the
more barbarous methods of the Older
warfare They have made war in
lemnities fashionable In the past fifty
Years, and especially have they i'm
posed them without mercy upon tho
nations OF tho Orient, China has haa
neavy indomniuos oXtorted from her
several times SIS 100000 on account
of the opium war with England, $40,
100000 e the same power on account
of the TAPPING rebellion, and some
$500, 000, 900 to the leading western
nations ON account of the boxer affair,
A heavy indemnity fixed by Japan
upon Russia may be regarded as an
oriental return OF the compliment not
without its moral effect upon the
western powers. The west cannot
complain II Japan makes peace strictly
In accord with western IDEAS Of peace
making
But the indemnity Idea, which Is ho
coming more and more an establishe
practice, merits some scrutiny from
an ethical point of view The use
nowadays made OF it--tAat of making
war pay for itself-is obviously moth
ing but new and more refined
method OF sffecting the most ancient
purpose OF successful warfare, namely
the accumulation OF spotls from the
enemy The ancients pracdced the
despoiment of the conquered with The
utmost ruthlessncss, and they were
very frank about It. the victor no
only slaughtered and laid waste ht
also carried off everything OF value
that was transportahlo, and especially
able-bodied men, women and cnildrel
to serve as slaves. A conquered
province was often distributed among
the successful generals and soldiers a
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17
EDITORIAL WIT AND WISDOM.

If Elihu Root wishes to be elected
president in 1908, let him show him
self able to win three out Of five falls,
with the Philadelphia In
quirer.
1t is proposed 10 christen the battle
slip Vermont with maple syrup. aNer-
mont maple strip is sweet and
sticky compound made Of glucose and
n.olasses in Chicago,-Baltimore Sun.
Brother BTgoyne, who runs the ST.
Catharlnes Standard, was held UP at
Niagara and asked to pay 81 roai tax.
He refused He was going to Sons
Of Temperance convention. and needed
the money-Tolonto News.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17
Queer Franks OF Tornadoes.

II has been repeatedly asserted by
persons who have studied the course
az tornadoes that tley actually 20 out
of their way seeking what they may
destroy The pendent tentacle swings
from side 10 side wormiag along from
one building 10 another, as II It We're
the trunk Of monstroTs elephant
reaching out for peanuts This
rapacious popularity is accounted for
by the fact that the cloud Is heavily
charged with electricity, and the fun.
mel Is magnetically attracted toward
upright objects Tie Mexico, Mis-.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17
Fisly.

Mother (reprcachfully, to her small
SOM jamie, where have you been ali
afternoon?
jamie CuncasilyD- Sunday school.
mamma.
Muther-Then how Is II you are
wet and smell so Of fish?
jamie (in desperation We'll 5ou
see, I've been studying about Jonah
and the whale, and-weil-I guess it
came off en- my -Harper's
Weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17

This cottage Is designed In the Eng
lsh style Tno arrangement Of the OK.
terror and interior are both unique.
The porch ia entirely ovcrhung by the
house and from here we enter a large
living hall with hroplae, behind which
Is q bay window with dlyan. There
are large windows, while the front is
n landscape window which can be
changed II too expensive, 10 three
small windows. At the end Of the
room is an alcove placed about two
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17

feet above the floor, with d seat run
ming around 1t. 1t opens on to the side
porch and from 1t the stairs ascend
70 the gallery, which runs all around
them on the second floor The back
stairs join these stairs near the top
The dining room Is a very pretty
room with bay window, and con
meets with the kitchen by pantry
The second floor contains five bed
rooms, excellent closets and bath
room This house should be finished
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17

in open beams or studs, either lined
at The 1ack With building paper or
stained. The staircase is latticed, as
Is also The partition between the living
han and dining room. There Is space
Tor rooms in attic, but this is not in
cludcd in the estimate. The first story
is CT matched boards, the second story
Of matched boards paneled. The roof
Is shinglod. Tho first story could be
built Of stone, brick or concrete.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17

Repairs 10 the cts hall are progress.
ing Yesterday union PAINTERS paint.
el desk in the office Of the president
Of The board Of aldermen New York
Sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-17
THE BETTER HALF.

The unsuccessful gambler
Is constantly debtor;
His wife is not as bad as ne.
But then she is no bettor.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-05-11
That Colt Case.

Ajury in our circuit court on Tues
day awarded A. W. Shay aiudgment
OF $40 against Nancy o. Floyd, ad'
ministratrix OF the Floyd estate. for
a colt chased and killed by dog be-
longing to the Floyds. This case has
become almost as noted as the Ia
nous Missouri cali case. The colt
was killed in 1902. A claim was set
up in the probate court and on the
third trial was decided in favor ofthe
defendants. Mr.. Shay appealed the
case to the circuit court and the fret
| trial resulted in hung jury; the
Judgment above was the result OF the
second trial.. The plaintiffs was rep
resented by Francisco & Clark and
Judge W. W. Graves. T. W. Silverl
and W. o. Jackson represented th'
defense. The costs amount in tn
} neighborhood Of $500, many time
the value Of the colt.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-05-11

Ivan Reeder and wife, ofOklahoma
City, Okla, are visiting Mrs. Reeders
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Green W. Wal
ton, and other relatives. Mr.. Reeder
Is the travelling representative OF
Geo. D. Barnard & Co., In that ter
ritory and out Of about twenty-five
representatives he was rated second
for April. Mr.. and Mrs. Reeder are
on their way home from st. Louis.
John B. Lotspeich, with bis young
SONS, Ralph and Frank, were pleas
ant callers on Wednesday and favor
ed us substantially. Mr.. Lotspeici
| is an old citizen and successful farmer
Of Mound. He says the prospects
we're never brighter in this county a
this season for bountiiul crops. b
said stock is doing better on gras
than he ever knew before, the groun'
is in splendid condition and every
thing looks good.