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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
The First Woman Win.

Who was the first feminine co,
chere?' To the princess de Meter
mich a lady Of quality in the fullest
meaning of the word, who fourished
under the second empire, this honor
must be accorded, says the London
Chronicle For in the days when the
woman whip was a very rare spec
tacle indeed this dauntless dame was
frequently to be seen driving her
phaeton through Paris. One day two
facetiOus youths took it into their
heads to signal to her. psf! cocheren
The princess entered into the spirit
of the joke. he drew u. BY the
hour said the two, seating them
selves. "Wnere?" ''Bois de Boulonge."
She whipped up without another word
and drove off to the Bots. After a
silent tour of something over an hour
the merry twain began to tire and
asked to be put down. Very good,
citizens" said tue "cochere," deposit
ing them and holding out her hand.
My fare is 800 francs (e12) per
hour-for my poor"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
Cottage Factories in Russia.

Russia cottage factories are pass
ing. PoIitico-economic tumuIts have
driven tailors joiners, grocers, bakers.
and candlestick makers to numbering
and stone picking and other labors
remuneratIve. PaYlOYO is a typical
industril village of the old style. The
chief employment Of the village is
the production of articles of metal,
the manufacture Of locks alone giving
employment to l,400 cottages, with
1,500 male artificers. The pet object
of manufacture is the paddock. With
the exception of the bows and springs
all the parts Of the paddock are made
by the artlficer and the members of
his family Of 10 years old and upward.
The employment of outsiders is the
exception One family manufacturers
weekly from 10 to $50 locks, accord
ing to size and kind Latterly an
industrial school with model work
shops has been opened in the village.
and box and door locks have been at
tempted. Barring the products of the
larger factories. which find their way
direct to Moscow and the larger cities
the entire trade Of the district is in
the hands of the local middIemen
Many steps already have been taken
with a view of ameliorating the lot
OF the cottager and Of giving him a
larger share ii the product Of his in
dustry, and individual semstvos, by
the opening of industrial schools and
workshops, founding workmen's so
cieties establishing depots for the
sale at cost Of the raw material re-
quired by the craftsman and also with
money grants for the maintenance of
these institutions, and to provide
medical aid TO the district, have done
much to encourage the cottage indus
tries in their own governments.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16

nave raised rates on buildings Within
tnem. This action has directed at
tention to the possibility of reducing
the enormous fire losses by the use
incOmbustible materials.
The national board of fire under,
writer's has erected \ laboratory ia
Chicago for the purpose OF testing
the efficiency of various materials
tht enter into building construction.
and municipal authorities are back
ing them up by enforcing their use
wherever possible. A notable AID
Of the New York board of alderman
which has just authorized the build
ing committee to take immediate
steps to revise the present building
code.
Efforts to secure the general adop-
ton Of freprOof construction are
also being made by various organiza-
lions throughout the country. The
international society Of building C
missiOners and inspectors, with head
quarters at Washington, is endeayor-
ing to bring about an era of frerIoof
building by offering free advice to any
municipality or individual who cares
to ask for it. 1t has retained the
services of leading architects and
building experts to give information
as to the best methods of fireresist
ing design, the cost of materials and
other matters 1t is believed that
this scheme of public education in
unburnable construction will eveutu
ally make the average daily waste OF
S1,000,OOO a rare item in statistical
returns of this country's losses by
fire.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16

Mass about 1860, where with two of
his sons he was killed in an In
dian massacre. Mr.. Keep was de-
scended on his mothers side from the
Wolcotts one of the most prominent
families in New England
Born April 80, 1925, in the town of
Homer, Cortland county, New York,
he remained there until 20 years of
age, receiving a common school edu-
cation, supplemented by two years at
the Cortland academy His father
was a man of some wealth and had
excellent business judgment, the son
profting greatly from his practical
instructions When IA years of age
he entered a store in Homer, and for
five years was under the business
tutelage of a man of great native
shrewdness. When 30 years Of age
he came west to Whitewater, Wis,
where he acquired an interest in the
mercantile establishment of Philander
Peck and Henry Keep, who died ten
years ago. He was very successful
there, but, desiring a larger field, in
1851, he moved to Chicago
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
Emperor MilIiamN Salary.

What salary does the emperor Of
Germany get?" asked a Herald re
porter Of DR.. Ernest Bickler of Berlin
at the Raleigh.
Not a cent as German emperor.
His emOluments all come to him as
king of Prussia, and his yearly reve-
nue. is a very handsome sum. but the
amount is one of the state secrets.
The fact of his being at the head of
the German empire does not better
the king to the extern of dollar
though there is a certain amount given
MIN to be used, only however, for
charitable purposes. All of his many
castles and estates were his Inherit
ance as King Of Prussia and would
have been anyway if the consolidation
of the empire had never been effected.
He is an enormously rich man and
manages his great interests with good
business ability. Washington Herald.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
Appropriation Of $500, 900 Annually for
Nine Years Proposed
New Bill Introduced In Senate by Com
mittee on Capitol
Carries Repeal Of Limitation on Cost per
Cubic Foot Made Two Years Ago

An aggregate appropriation OF
$5,4OO,CO0, spread over nine years, Is
carried by a bill introduced in the
seante last night by the committee
on capitol and grounds. The bill Is
approved bv that committee and was
referred to the committee on claims.
This sum is in addition to the
100000 appropriated two years ago
and will bring the total cost Of the
capitol up to $6,OGO,00O.
The 5000 900 a year carried by the
bill is 10 be raised part by a special
tax on the general property Of the
state and part from the other sources
Of state income, chiefly among which
are taxes on general corporations,
railroads and life insurance compan-
les Should the condition of the gen
eral fund warrant, the special tax
may be RENTED. The bill is as
follows:
For the the purpose Of construct
ing the capitol for purchasing a site
Ior d heating plant and warehouse,
and for constructing and connecting
the same with the capitol, as directed
by chapter 10, laws of 1907, in add
ton to be sums heretofore appropri-
ated, there is hereby appropriated
from the general fund in the treasury,
annually for nine successive fiscal
years, beginning with the year to end
June 30 1903, the sum of 100000.
The sums heretofore appropriated
shall be available to the capitol com
mission for any Of such purposes.
ITO provide in part for such appro-
priation, there is hereby levied an an
nual state tax, upon the general prop
erty of the state, in each Of said nine
successive fiscal years, Of $450000, to
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
Million Dollars a Day Rate of Fire
Loss in Two Months.

More than $50. ,000-neagly a mil
lion a day-went up in smoke in the
United States and Canada during the
first two months of 1907. This de-
struction of property is revealed by
the New York Commercials statistics
of fire. losses for the months OF Janu-
arv and February. In this period
there were 7,445 fires, an average OF
1926 a day. spread over $50 cities and
towns in every state of tie union
Chicago was the heaviest sufferer,
with a loss for the two months OF 81
$50 900 New York follows with g
975,25O. Philadelphia is third with
$1,7G5 900. JenkintoWn, Pa, hau a
fire involving a loss Of $1,000, 900. Al
together there were four fires that
reached this sum, sixteen that cost
more than $4,000, and no less than
seventy with a loss of 100000 or
more. In addition, Springfield
(MassD. lost $915,OO0; Pittsburg,
$85O,O0 Niagara Falls, 100000;
Buffalo Youngstown Dresden
and Cincinnati, in Ohio, 5000,
600 each. The $50 towns affect
ed report an average loss of $4,000.
Fifty million dollars worth of prop
erty destroyed in the first two months
indicates that the losses of 1907 will
equal, if they do not exceed, the
average yearly fire loss of the last
ten years-$2O0,O OO,OOO-even if no
great confagration swells the monthly
total. The wide distribution of re-
cent losses shows that there are hun
dreds of centers where condagra-
ton may occur at any time The
national board of fire underwriters
have investigated such centers and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.

HE UNIVERSAL PRAYER,
Father of all! in every age,
In every cline. adored
By saint, by savage, and by sage,
Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
Thou Great First Cause, least under
stood,
Who all my sense confined
To know but this that Thou art good,
And that myself am blind
Yet gave me, in this dark estate,
To see the good from i'll;
And binding Nature fast in Fate,
Left free the human will.
What conscience dictates to be done,
Or warns me not to do,
This, teach me more than he'll to
shun,
That more than heaven pursue.
What blessing Thy free bounty gives
Let me not cast away;
For God is paid when man receives,
To enjoy is to obey.
Yet not to earth's contracted span
Thy goodness led me bound,
Or think Thee Lord alone of man,
When thousand worlds are round,
Let not this weak unknOwing hand
Presume Thy bolts to throw,
And deal damnatton round the land,
On each judge Thy foe.
If am right Thy grace impart,
Still in the right to stay;
If [ am wrong, o teach my heart
To find the better way.
=
Teach me to feel anothers woe,
To hide the fault | see;
That mercy I to others show.
That mercy show to me.
Mean though | am. not wholly so
Since quickened by Thy breath;
Oh, lead me, wheresO'er I go,
Through this days life or death.
This day, be bread and peace my lot;
All else beneath the sun,
Thou knowest if best bestowed or
not;
And let Thy will be done.
To Thee, whose temple is all space,
Whose altar, earth sea, skies,
One chorus let all being raise;
All natures incense rise!
Alexander PODp.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
The Lonuest Psalm.

An amusing story is told of Scot
i8h minister who arrived at the kirk
without the manuscript of his So
mon. He could not preach without VT,
but it lay in his manse a mile away
when the time had come for him to
mount into the pulpit. Here was
poser only to be solved by giving out
the one hundred and nineteenth
Psalm While the congregation were
singing it, off to his .manse for the
sermon galloped the minister, and
with equal celebrity galloped back.
When he returned the congregation
were still at it, and he asked the
clerk with some trepidation, how
they were getting on. "Oh, sir" was
the answer, they've got to the end
of the eighty-fourth verse, an they're
just creepin' like zee mice. Bell
man.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
Annual CONSUMPTION Of AIuminul

Annual Consumption of Aluminium.
One Of the striking results Of the
great progress of the automobile il
dustry has been the tremendous de-
velopment of the manufacture Of
aluminium, of which some idea may
be had merely by quoting a few fig
ures. In France, no less than $4,000
horsepower are continually employed
in themaking Of aluminium; Germany
utilizes some $1,000 for the same pur-
pose, the United States a like amount
and Scotland about 5000 Horsepower.
This represents something like 1000
horsepower in round numbers-an
amount that can easily be doubled
in the works now in existence. AS
each hOrsepO ver represents an an
nual output of 200 kilos of aluminium
it means that the total yearly produc-
ton is something like $500 tons, of
which 1890 are produced in Great
Britain and on the continent of
Europe.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
ALBERT KEEP DEAD.
Long President of the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway.

Northwestern Railway
Chicago. May 14.-Albert Keep, for
fourteen years between 1870 and 1890
the president Of the Chicago & North
western railway company and at the
time of his death a director, died
Sunday at the age of 81 His death
following an illness of a week, was
caused by the infirmities of old age.
Mr.. Keep had been prominent in
business life in Chicago since 1851,
when, with PhiIander Peck, both of
them coming from Whitewater, Wis,
he embarked in the wholesale dry
goods business under the firm name of
Keep & Co. The business was fair
lily successful but in 1856 the great
activity in real estate in Chicago led
the firm to turn its attention in that
direction. After that time Mr. Keep
devoted himself to making investments
in real estate and to lOaning money
for himself and others.
The Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern and the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railroads, finding it
necessary to acquire greatly increased
rights Of way and depot facilities in
land about Chicago in 1864, engaged
Mr.. Keep to make negotiations for
them The task was very diff
tt"ult one as the properties were COW
cred with improvements and holders
were unwilling to sell. but Mr.. Keep
was very successful. In 1865 he was
elected a director of the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern railway and
was made a member of its executive
committee This position he held for
eighteen years when he resigned be-
cause of duties in other directions.
In 1873 Mr.. Keep was elected pres
ident of the Chicago and Northwest
ern Railway Company He found the
property poorly maintained and equip
ped but when he gave up the position
in 1887 to become chairman of its
board of directors it had become one
of the strongest roads in the country
He continued as chairman of the
board until 1901.
At the time of his death. in addi-
ton to his dictatorship of the North
western. Mr.. Keep was a director in
the Merchants Loan and Trust Com
pany, the Chicago Home for Incur
ables, the John Crerar library and was
also a director in several of the sub
sidiary companies of the Chicago and
Northwestern system He was a
member of the Second Presbyterian
church and also held memberships in
| the Chicago club, the Midday club
and the Calumet club.
Surviving Mr.. Keep are his widow
and grandson. Albert Keep Isham.
| He was the last survivor of family
of nine children. He was the fifth
! of seven sons, all of whom became
noted for their high character and
good business attachments.
His ancestors were Puritans. John
Keep. the first of the name in this
country. settled at Longmeadow
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
SONG.

0 lady leave thy silken thread
And flOwery tapestry
There's living roses on the bush,
And blossoms on the tree.
Stoop where thou wilt, thy careless
hand
Some random bud will meet;
Thou can'st not tread but thou will
find the daisy at thy feet.
IT'S like the birthday of the world
When earth was born in bloom;
The light is made of many dyes.
The air is all perfume;
There's crimson buds, and white and
blue
The very rainbow showers
Have turned to blossoms where they
fell.
And sown the earth with flowers.
There's fairy tulips in the east
The garden of the sun;
The very streams reflect the hues
And blossoms as they run;
While morn opes like a crimson rose,
Still wet with pearly showers;
Then, lady, leave the silken thread
Thou twinest into flowers.
Thomas Hood.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16

be apporLiOned by the secretary OF
state annually as provided by section
1910 of the statutes; but such levy,
or any portion thereof, may be re
mitted, pursuant to the provisions OF
section 1863 A. Of the statutes.
.. The capitol commission is d.
rected to proceed with the construc-
ton Of the heating plant and ware
house and Of the capitol, according 70
the plan adopted, as rapidly as the
appropriations hereby made will per
nit
The commission may acquire title
by condemnation for the site of SUCH
plant and warehouse according to the
provisions of chapter 80 Of the stat
utes, and the attorney general shall
conduct the proceedings
Advertisements by the commits
sion to invite proposals to furnish ma
teriaI or labor shall be made i'll the of
fetal state paper and in such other
papers as the commission shall Sc
lect. 50 long as it shall be deemed
necessary, but whenever, from eXtg-
ency of time or from the nature or
he work or material, it is most eX-
pedient 50 to do, the commission
may contract, in particular cases,
without such advertisement.
The previous acts of the commits
sion are confirmed.
No contract for the construction
of such plant or warehouse, or Of any
wing, or the central PARTON of the
capitol shall be valid until the same
shall have been approved by the gov
ernor as being within the limits of
the appropriations herein made, prop
erIy apportioned.
The former limitation Of cost per
cuIIc foot is repealed"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
Criticism Hardly Worth Notice.

1t is stated that Mr.. Stead is much
dissatisfied with the manners OF
American men and that Henry James
deplOres the bad manners of Ameri-
can women. Between these eminent
censOrs it would seem to be evident
that we have little really good man,
ners left. 1t is quite possible that if
Mr. James turned his expert attention
to the manners of our men and Mr
Stead was equally attentive to the man
ners Of our women the two would
sweep away every mannerly vestiga
we may have fancied we possessed.
We would revert beck. as it We're to
the social amenities of the cave man
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16

Practical Liquor Laws in Norway.
New Norwegian liquor laws are
successful. The Sondag system gives
power to municipalities to grant all
the retail spirit licenses which they
deem necessary to a company which
would bind itself to carry on the
traffic in the interests Of the COmmun-
ity, with a fixed annual return of not
more strenuous forces to work reach
capital. IN Establishing the system
the question of compensation does
not appear to have represented much
difficulty. The alIOtments of the
profits are as follows: To the state
G5 per cent; to the municipality, in
lieu OF larger license duties, now
alb lished Is per cent; and to objects
Of public utility operating as counter
attractions to the public houses In
towns, 10 per cent; and in the sur
rounding districts, 10 per cent The
profits of trade under these re
strictiOns have contributed $7,O00,000
for objects Of public interest since the
founding system. During the last
years the portion accruing to the
state has been increased and set
apart till 1910 to form the nucleus
OF ar old age pension fund, which
now amounts to $2,3OO,0OO. The most
remarkable fact in the history of
4,Orway sobriety is that the cOnsump-
ton Of alcohol per inhabitant has de-
creased about 45 per cent in the last
fifty years. The decrease has been
most marked since the establishment
of the Sondag system. The aims and
principles OF the Sondag system are
these. The elimination of private pro
fit and securing the monopoly value
for the public; insuring highest quail
ity Of liquor sold; the reduction Of
the number of licenses; the easy en-
forcement of the law; the destruction
of the power of the spirit trade; and
the furtherance of all progressive
measures of reform.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16

Ana the slave Where ef ne covers
reefs the SOU Wlltiil hllh ciliilo
10 tIe aWlui verge OF MANHOOD as
OF q century bursts full blossomed on
the thorny stem of Time.
ln'ousn 'le vans Vi nut ana p"i"'e
ShooIS me instantaneous 'hroe'
WHEN the tIaNdIl ol 'he ASeS "liilsS
eaIIh systems TO ana no
AT 'ne o'l'h % e'oh ne" Era Win -"
ie'oSiii1ins ',"i
NAHUM "i!uiS iooN' q ii''''oil '''i'"
ms WIN n'"'0 ''p' "p"!
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
DAILY GREETING.

Let liberty run onward with the years,
And circle with the seasons: let
her break
The tyrant's harshness. the oppressor's
spears;
Bring ripened recompense8 that
shall make
Supreme amends for sorrows long ar
rears:
Drop holy benson on hearts that
ache,
Put clearer radiance in human eyes,
And set the glad earth singing to the
skies
Clean natures coin pure statutes. Let
us cleanse
The hearts that beat within US; let
Clear to the roots Of our falseness and
pretense.
Tread down our rank ambitions,
overthrow
Our braggart moods Of pulled self
consequence,
Pillow up our hideous thistles which
do grow
Faster than maize in May time and
strike dead
The base infections our low greeds
have bred.
Richard ReaIf.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
Workinn a Rule Rolh WaMs-

When a young woman's heart is
broken by a tickle sutton she is con
sidered justified in claiming damages
in a good round sum of money for
breakage. With superior masculine
business instinct a young man in
New York has started precedent by
handing an itemized bill of the ex-
peases of courtship when the fair one
proved false. rhe male heart may be
tougher in its breakage than that of
the more susceptible sex, but the
money plaster is quite as efficacious
in the one case as in the other and It
does seem that it is hardly fair to
leave the unlucky swain with an
empty purse as we'll as with a de-
nuded heart.-Baltimor American
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
MODEM MATHEMATICS

Life.-A certain Jail contains nine
cells, and there are seventeen rail
road presidents TO be confined in it.
One of them is in for five years, an
other for ten, and so on up to the
seventeen. Now, the one who has
the shortest term to serve has a cell
all TO himself, the others having two
occupants. Give the names of the
presidents and tell what they are in
for and how long each of them accu-
pies one cell alone.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16

statistics from this study Of cham
payne production in the United States
is that the quantity of genuine, fer
mented in the bottle "champagne'
wine produced in this country at pres
ent is nearly one-half as great as the
importation of wine Of the same
general class; or, in other words,
that about one-third of the genuine
champagne wine now consumed iii
this country is of domestic production
and the proportion which the home
product forms Of the total is rapidly
increasing.