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The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-12-28

"Then AdonlJah the son OF
HaooIth exalted himself. :. And
AdonIJah fearsd.". ."He that .
( exalteth himself shall b
abassd." Ten centuries before
Christ spoke these words the
truth found expression In this
man AdenIJah.
AdonIJah reached high but he
fell low, because hIs seeking was
centered In self.
Mans order 10 seek first the
things 81 ssk. Gods order 10
seek first tho things Of God and
all else. that ,Is for mans good
will be supplied by God.
~, But AdoniJah was not only
selfish, In hIs ambition, he was
short-sIohted. He did not look
far enough to see that the hand
Of God was guiding and deter.
! mining the dsstlnIes Of human
lives. II never occurred to him
that perhaps God had, other
plans for the kingdom Of. Israel
than those which centered about
his own person.
Il 10 . great discovery which
the human heart makes when II
! comes to see that after all each
human life 10 but cog In the
wheel Of Gods mighty purpose
for the world. What folly that
. man should think that he can
lit himself by mere human
agencies to place which In the
purposes Of God 10 to be filled by
another. But the seIf-seeker for
gets God. And this proves a snare
to his feet and peril to his
very life.
Il 10 . narrow vision, indeed,
which 10 bounded by the circle
Of seIf-interest, and ambition.
In the danger which threat
ened, David acted with his old
time promptltude and vigor. De-
4 lay would have been perlIous.
Reused out Of hIs stupor by the
call Of duty, the aged king Imme-
diateIy set the processes at work
by which the Divine will was to
be wrought out. Adonljah
thought he was az good az dead.
In fact the aged king had ceased
to take any interest In affairs,
but II 10 wonderful how the call
Of God can rouse the soul and
revive the tagging energies and
faculties. He gives new life and
strength to those who have work
to do for him. II needed but the
words Of Bathsheba: "Thou
swarest by the Lord thy God" to
quicken In David that old spirit
Of loyalty and obedience to the
Divine will which had been a
ruling factor In all his life. It
beautifully illustrates the truth
! that where the current of life
has flowed Godward II will con-
tinue to do so, even when the
physical and mental faculties are
on the decline.
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Hebrews preaching the Gospel.

In England, on the continent OF Eu-
rope. and in the United States, 750
Hebrews are now preaching the Cos
pei to Gentle congregations, these
congregations themselves having once
been of the ancient faith" In the
year 1900 there was not . single Jew
ish- Christian mission In existence. To
day there are 30 in America. with
some 80 workers; 2S In Great Brit
ain, with 4S1 workers; 10 elsewhere
In Europe. with 40 workers; and in
other lands, with ~ workers.
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thing resembling ! bird. The idea
''caught on" and now the box tree
bird IL seen in the halls Of many
houses. Few pots Of ferns and palms
ars seen these days, for housekesp
err cay the modern house II too warn
and the outsr AIR II. too dust laden I
grant long life or READINESS to gros
iug things. ".
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Lono and Careful search.

The heart, lungs, liver, kidneys,
brain and, in fact, nearly every inter
nal organ of the dead man were taken
from the body, hermetically sealed in
jars and taken to the laboratory Of
Prof. Doremus. Then began per-
sistent search for poison.
There was no clew. There was moth
ing to aid the chemical detective In
his search. The entire case was a
negative one. The only course open
to him was by q process Of elimina-
ton to seek the poison, II poison II
was, that caused the death of the man.
First he searched for the volatile
poisons. such as chloroform. ether and
prussic acid. Patiently he sat for
hours at time Watching one test
after another. waiting for precipitate
that would show him trace Of the
poison he was seeking. None came.
Then he tested for vegetable pois-
ons, such a. morphine, strychnine,
'atropine and the alkaloid poisons. The
Same tedious process through which
be had gone once had to be gone
through again. And still there was no
trAca Of poison.
There still remained the mineral
poisons, such as lead. copper, arsenic
and antimony. And II the tests for
these WAS there 1t last reward for
~ peFslbte1ny a ~ 1oloctlve. He
found arsenic 81 large quantities. and
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what was far more rare, distinct
traces of antimony.

wnat was far more rare, distinct
traces OF antimony.
Proved Thrss Murders.
Il was the persistency Of Prof.
Doremus. the chemical. detective IN
that case. which sent Dr.. Meyer to
prison for life. II was through the
persistency and skill Of the same de-
,tective that the conviction Of Dr..
Buchanan. accused Of numbering his
wife with morphine, was secured. It
was through the skill Of chemical de-
tectives that the conviction Of Carlyle
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New York.-Here is a typical case
for the chemical detective-the man
who reads blood" Substituting test
tube and powerful miscroscope for
the ordinary detectives revolver and
handcuffs, this scientific expert of the
police department sets out to track
down the murderer and the poisoner.
With drop Of blood, an empty
poison bottle, bloody finger mark or
hastily scrawled note as his only
clew to work on, he exerts the whole
force Of his scientific knowledge as a
probe to get to the bottom of the mys-
tory or at least to find some slight
clew which may eventually lead to a
solution and to the arrest Of the Grim
inal. The chemical detective, owing to
his success in solving many recent
murder mysteries, is now regarded as
q very important and necessary ad-
junct of the detective bureau in New
York and other important cities. He
II the man who reads that which to
the average unscientific would be un-
ineligible.
He subjects the bloodstained hand
kerchiefs and other garments submit
ted to him by the police and detec-
tives to certain miscroscopical and
chemical tests. considers his findings
In conjunction with every other scrap
of information his expert chemical
knowledge is able to develop about the
case. and then he reports, advising
the detectives to look for consump-
tive-looking man about 2S years old,
dark complexion. three gold teeth, the
center one suspended from a bridge.
Then follows a general description OF
the man, which in view OF the facts
the expert chemical detective has been
able to deduce, may be considered
fairly accurate.
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stronger clews and from there to COM
plete solutions of some of the most
complicated crimes on record.
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How New York's Chemical Detec-
tive, Scientific Sherlock Holmes
IN Real Life, Ferrets Out Poisoners,
Murderers and Other Criminals
When the Only Clue He Has Is a
od-Stained Garment, q Finger
Print or a Faint Trace Of Poison.

The detective who mingles daily
with the men Of crime must be keen
Of eye and ear. but in the end, II he
excels In his profession. It IL largely
his instinct that tells him when he
is close on the trail of criminal.
The chemical detective, on the con-
trary. must be and is equally as keen
of eye and ear. but his intinct can
avail him nothing. He can guess at
nothing. He must know. He can take
nothing for granted. Each and every
clew must prove itself before he can
place any estimate on its value.
Typical Poison Expert.
There is no keener tracer of poison
in this city than Prof. Charles A.
Doremus. More than six feet in
height, as straight as a gun barrel,
with gray eyes that peer out keenly
from beneath heavy brows, he is q
typical chemical detective. His pow
erful, vigorous frame bespeaks the
physical endurance necessary to pur.
sue to the very end trying and diff
cult test.
In his connection with famous pois-
oning cases in New York Prof. Dore-
mus has demonstrated great keenness
an liability. He detected antimony
and arsenic in the body of Gustav H.
Baum. DR.. Henry Meyer was convict
ed of having administered the poison.
Without the assistance of the chemical
detective 1t is possible that this mys-
terry would never have been solvent.
A man and woman applied one
morning at the office of large insur-
ance company to collect the insurance
of man, said to be the husband Of
the woman. In answering the Ques-
tions of the insurance officials the
couple became somewhat evasive and
embarrassed. Their confusion led to a
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slight. that may lead to the detection
Of Q criminal.
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seldom Meet Failure.

As cunningly and carefully as the
regular police detective follows the
dark and winding alleys of the city
In the search OF a clew that will lead
him to the culprit, just so carefully
does the chemical detective follow the
channels of the body in his search for
q clew to the poison or other cause
that led to the death Of the victim. No
subterfuge, however cunning, can
throw these unerring sleuths OF the
body on the trail. according to a
writer in the New York World. The
resources of latter-day chemistry, with
patience and perseverance, can extort
from the body OF man long dead and
buried the secret which his destroy
err vsinly imagine went to the grave
with him.
No more subtle crime exists than
that Of poisoning. Its detection Is pos
sibIe only to the acute analytical mind
of the scientific man who has devoted
the greater part of his life to the study
Of chemistry. Its victim. is attacked
without being given a chance to es-
cape. The user Of poison is a coward,
but his cowardice is accompanied by
cunning that often proves more than
: match for the keenest old-style de-
tectives in the world.
Varying Detective Work.
n n with Z convenient Disguise
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more thorough investigation. The
body of the dead man was exhumed.
In the presence of Prof. Doremus
and score Of prominent physicians no
trace of anything unusual was found
on the body. A most careful examina-
ton failed to reveal anything that
would even prompt suspicion. OF
poison. The circumstances of the
mans death and the character OF his
companions. however, made the insur-
ance company persist in its investiga-
tions.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-12-12

city banks that the banks are induced
to make loans outside the channels of
legitimate businesses This not only tends
to involve the banks in speculation but
it withdraws the money from legitimate
business enterprises.
All this is VIGOROUSLY true. For three
weeks and more legitimate business has
been bled white in order that ready cash
could be provided to keep the Wall st.
gambling game in operation. Yesterday,
after the United States treasury had
again taken decisive steps to increase
the volume of currency, one of the ear
lest proofs of the new restoration of
confidence" came in the announcement
that stock exchange brokers took off
restrictions as to margin trading. "
If Wall Street gambling is such a
prosperous business that even in per-
ied of great depression it can outbid le-
gitimate commerce and industry for the
use of money, it is prosperous enough
to pay tax to the federal government.
1t can at least help to pay the interest
on bonds issued by the treasury to pro-
vide more money.
If Representative Hepburn will put
his suggestion in the form of bill and
introduce it in congress he viii find it
one of the most popular measures he
ever advocated. The World believes it
will have the united support of the
country, except for that section of New
York City lying between Chambers
street and the Battery.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-12-12
The Toll of the .OUrisf

The business of entertaining the for
eigner and of showing him the sights
has become a leading one in several
countries. If Ireland is sustained by the
summer tourists, so, in much larger
proportion, are Switzerland, France,
and Italy. 1t will probably surprise
most persons to know that the annual
income of France from tourists is some
thing like $500, 900, 600 Paris bankers
have even placed the figure as high as
5000, 600, 600. This is sl6 per capita COM
pared with per capita export OF DOM
este products of S25. The Swiss are
said to be "a nation of inn-keepers,
and any one who has travelled about in
the twenty-five cantons knows how the
people of that republic cater to foreign
visitors But few realize that the in
come from pleasure seekers in the Swiss
mountains and valleys is greater than
that from Swiss exports Of merchandise
or from farm products. Italy has late
" been forced to admit, through some
of her economists, that the gold of the
transient population is source of profit
rarring well up with that of industry
and commerce, and, further, that the
northern part of the kingdom derives
much compensation from the liberal
tourist and collector. The tourist toll
to Italy is now reckoned at $lG) 600, 00C
year, or nearly equal to the value Of
exports from January to May. Wealthy
old John Bull does not ignore the rising
stream of gold that flows into his vaults
from the pocketbooks of the foreigner
and acknowledges that his favorable
trade balance with the United States,
from June until October, is primarily
| due TO The bills that the American tour
list contracts while abroad. Egypt, Nor
way, and Holland, as well as Germany,
draw freely on the balances of the sight
seer, though it will be readily admitted
that the English, the Germans, and the
Dutch give back in the pursuit of their
own pleasures more than they receive
from those of others. From THE Toll
of the Tourist, by Charles F. Speare,
| in the American Review of Reviews for
December
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-12-12
Obituary Clayton.


Mrs. Elizabeth Clayton died at the
home o. her son George in Lost Grove,
Dec. 3, 1897, aged 50 years, months
and IL days.
Elizabeth Evans was born in Clar-
marthern, South Wales, July 20, 1921.
She came to America and settled in
Wisconsin in 1851. In 1856 she was
united IN marriage to Wright Clayton
who preceded her in death nine years.
She was devout christian, a kind
mother and good neighbor.
Those left to mourn their loss are
four children and two step-children.
Henry, George, Ellen Mitchell and
Martha Mitchell of Mineral Point, Mary
Belmont of Conway, Iowa, Emma Bot
toms of Whitewood, Canada, and a
number of nephews and nieces. The
nephews present at the funei Al were
Thomas and David Jones of B inleveld,
DR.. VIM. Jones of Volga City, Iowa,
and J. M. Powell of Arlington, Iowa.
Her remains were laid at rest in
Graceland cemetery in this city, Thurs
day afternoon, the 18th inst, with SER
vices at the M E. church.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-12-12

fixed. In 1898 he started again, but
the federal-corporation gang spiked his
tires and he came IN second. In 100
he went out and won the heat and race
and he has never been headed since
Governor for five years, with something
doing all the time and Bob always IN
the lead. Then came the senatorial
race, with every opposing entry scratchd
but one Quarles, who was mentioned
as an also ran, but who never showed
after the start. Then he went down to
Washington and the track followers and
touts tried to brighten him off the track
and all the tricks known to the smart
est Jockeys in the world were worked
to prevent his winning, without avail
He took the bits in his teeth and has
shown them where to head in ever since.
There was a star performer on the
course, called Spooner, who was sup
posed to be able to trot rings around
anything in the bunch, but before they
reached the first quarter he was show
ing signs of distress and he is now
standing in his masters stable up IN
New York, feeding on corporation bran
mash and Hartman carrots. There's
nothing to it but Bob. Fearless, level
headed, consistent, game, experienced,
capable, honest, with always notch or
two in reserve, clean and sound, with
out even wind puff, his only thought
the end of the road government of the
people, for the people and by the
people. -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-12-12
1929 for Every Child.

State Superintendent c. P. Cary is
computing the annual apportionment
Of the state school fund and has arrived
at the figure which will be used in cal
culating the credit to each city and
town from this fund. For each child
in the state of school age, between 4
and 20, the sum of 81 % will be credit
ed to the district in which the child is
domieiled The total fund to be appor-
toned this year is 81, TIP, 600. This is
made up from tax of seven-tenths of
mill on all the general property of the
state, plus 5000, coo from the taxes on
corporations.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-12-12
AS A FARMER SfES ".

Cumberland Advocate.
A sturdy farmer friend of the Advo-
cate came into the Office the other day
and in the course of our conversation we
asked what he thought of the presiden-
tial candidates. In reply he said:
"The trouble with most people is that
they don use horse sense in their poh-
tics. If you were buying a driving
horse you would want TO know some
thing about the breeding and training
of the horse offered you. You would
want to know whether he was sound and
safe and would stand without hitching
whether he was afraid of the cars or
was in the habit of shying at bit Of
newspaper You would want to know
whether he was a consistent performer,
able and ready at all times, and whether
he could be depended on if n bit of extra
work was needed, for there are plenty
of horses that prance around the show
ring with lots of knee and hook action,
while the band plays, that are dead
ones on the long uphill road. You
would want TO know that he was big
enough and strong enough and willing
enough and able enough and had sand
enough to do the work you had in mind
If he was a wheeler or a cribber or had
seen so many years service that he was
getting over his knees or was inclined
to ride in the breeding, you would pass
him up.
Now. there's Cannon he has been
something of a performer in his day,
but he is or ought to be over his knees
and | don't like the way his ears cock
back. He has a well developed corpor-
alton curb that no amount of firing would
kill
Fairbanks has helped haul a Standard
Oil wagon too many years to be thought
Of He would be backing up to the oil
tank about the time he ought TO be
striking 2:40 clip down the road on
the peoples business,
Taft is the cart horse type Able to
pull heavy load with a mechanic be-
hind him. but he hasn't shown any
speed. He has lots of knee action but
has no stride, and is altogether too 'logy'
for the purpose. Would do good work
on some slow. steady job like the SUI
preme court.
Hughes is a likely colt, but is too
green to harness. for n presidential pos
sibility He is said to have a slight cast
in his eye in the direction of the trusts.
Who is there left? Why the only
consistent performer in the list, Bob
LaFollette. He was a promising colt
when | first knew him, along in lSS2.
As district attorney of Dane county he
made them all go. Then he took the
congressional road and was away up in
the front when the flag fell on the Re
publican party in Wisconsin in 1890 For
the next lew years he did good work
around home and III 1896 entered the race
for Gle egbgrnatorial take. He won
haalily enough, Jut the Judges had been
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-12-12


A record breaking COW of university
breeding has been produced out in Wis
consin; that is to say it is COW raised
by a former student in the department
of agriculture at the state university.
In the last ten months this COW has pro-
duced %, 9Sl. pounds of milk which ex.
ceeds the former years record made by
the old champion, also Wisconsin cow.
If she continues TO produce at the same
rate she win have to her credit at the
end of year about fourteen tons of
milk, which would make about /, 2OC
pounds of butter
This same COW recently broke the
seven day record by producing more
than five pounds of butter day for a
week. Her best single day IS production
was ll2 pounds of milk, or about seven
pals.
She weighs little more than Loco
pounds and is named Colanth Tvs
Johanna. New York Sun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-12-12
TaA WaH Street Gambling.

New York World,
Why should not the government OF
the United States tax Wall street gamb-
ling? Representative Hepburn Of Iowa,
chairman of the house committee on in
terstate commerce. thinks it should be
and The World believes the measure he
advocates is sound.
Mr.. Hepburn says:
| also regard it as most desirable that
the taxing power Of the government
should be used to prevent gambling in
railroad stocks by taxing all sales where
delivery is not made within such reason
able time as to Indicate that the trans
action was bona tide and not for specu-
lation
So long as there is buying and selling
on margins and without the intention of
actual delivery of the stock, specula-
ton win absorb the resources of the
banks and take money from legitimate
when need it. Stock specu-
lators pay high rates for money, and
their efforts are SO attractive 20 the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-12-12

Gov. DAvIDsos in the form of pre-
pared interview has announced his opin-
ion to the effect that if the government
at Washington establishes system of
insurance against loss by depositors in
national banks the state of Wisconsin
would have TO follow suit and establish
such system for insurance against
loss by depositors in state banks. He
believes that this is necessary meas
ure of protection for the state banks,
which would suffer disastrously in com
petition il the federal banks were pro-
vided with the proposed depositors in
surance system.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-12-12
Are You Interested In Stock and
FARMING?


When The New York Tribune Asso-
ciatlon SIX years ago decided to estab-
llsh the New York Tribune Farmer, a
non-politlcal, national journal, to be
devoted to every branch Of agriculture
ana other interests of the farmer and
his family in every part of the country,
men OF the highest authority in every
branch of farm work and stock raising
were secured as writers.
success has crowned the move. The
Tribune Farmer is now among the most
valuable publications for the farmer's
home.
1t is dubbed with the Mineral Point
Tribune the two for 81. 80.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-12-12

STATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
- COURT-IN PROBATE.
In the matter of the estate of Simon Walters
deceased. V
ON reading and filing the petition of lanes
Waters representing that Simon WATERS
deceased. IN his lifetime by his contract in
writing. agreed to sell and convey 10 the nati
toner certain real estate therein describad
upon the terms aud conditions therein statsi
that be has fully performed said conditions
and Is ready 10 pay the purchase money for
said real estate, and is now entitled 10 a con.
veyance thereof: and praying that the exeru.
tors or executor of the will of said simon
Waters deceased be authorized and directed
to convey the same to him.
III rs ORDERED. that said petition he heard a,
special term OF said County Court 10 he
held in and for said county, at the court bouse
in the city of Dodgeville, on the fourth Tues.
day being the 2ith day of December. a ID
1907. al o'clock a. m.
1T ~ FURTHER ORDERED. thar notice of the
pendency OF such petition. and of the time and
place cf hearing the same. he published ar
least three successive weeks bsfors the dav
fixed for such hearing in the Mineral Point
Tribune, weekly newspaper published at the
city OF Mineral Point, in said county and that
the last publication be not more than ten DAYS
before the day so fixed '
Dated this 26th day of November 1907
BY the court.
ALDRO jerks. County Iudge.
Spensley & Mcllhon and
l. VI. Priestley. Attorneys. .sw3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-12-12

AS Secretary Wilson says, The
American farmer now reckons his an
nual income in ten figures. " And the
secretary also calls attention to the
fact that where a few years ago the
farmer was dependent on Wall street
for the money to move his crops, this
relation has been reversed and today
much of the money locked up in Wall
street belongs TO the farmer, who earn
ed it by the sweat of his brow