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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11
UNCLE SAM AFTER
OUR |CECREAM
THAT is, THE STUFF SHIPPED
FROM STATE TO STATE.
NONE USED IN THIS PLACE
Government Doesn't Like the Use of
Getatine to Make the Cream Stand
up-BottIes Containing Corb onated
Drinks Must Be LabeIed-A Stand
ard for lce-cream.

For the first time in the history OF
this country, quite a proportion of the
icecream and hot weather drinks
will be watched over by the United
States government. This fact has
already tricIled into the minds of
manufacturers, who are making many
inquiries of the federal bureau of
chemistry, department o. agriculture.
1t is rather peculiar that icecream
questions should be passed upon Ill
Washington, as the federal law
touches only articles Of interstate
commerce. But the passage of this
law has developed the fact that ice
cream plays quite a part in commerce
between the states, and it likewise
develops that fact that this interstate
commerce icecream has to be boil
stored up with gelatine. None Of it
happily is used in this place. All we
use here is homemade.
1t is expected with regard to this
gelatine question that the manufac-
turers are bothered. They don't at
all like the notion of labelling all their
icecream as containing gelatine, for
in popular opinion they think, such a
label will give their product black
eye. But they are asserting to the
agricultural department with much
earnestness that they absolutely must
use gelatine. They assert that ice
cream which is shipped some distance
will not keep il good condition I'M
less it contains gelatine, which gives
it body The limit of life Of icecream
which does not contain gelatine is
placed by these manufacturers at
twenty-four hours.
The same old questions have arisen
with reference to the use of ice
cream powders. Manufacturers want
to know what sort of label must be
placed on their cream if they use any
manufactured powder. The ruling OF
the federal experts is that the manu-
faCturers of the cream must place
on their cream if they use any man
ufacturers of the cream must place
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11
EXECUTION IN INDIA.
How a Sentence of Death Was Car
ried Out on Streets of Hyderabad.

How a Sentence of Death Was Car
red Out on Streets of Hyderabad.
The decision as to whether the muir
derer should be executed Or lmpris-
oned for life was, says the CiyiI and
Military Gazette, in describing an eA
ecution at Hyderabad of a Pathan
who had shot his brother-in-law, as is
usual, left to the murdered man s
relatives, and his wife, the sister OF
the murderer, voted for death.
On the day of the execution there
appeared in the streets a band OF
sweepers armed with leafy twigs, fol
lowed by a squad of the city Arab
police with fixed bayOnets. Then
came the criminal dressed in new
white garments, with new halter
around his neck and new ropes at
tached to his arms. The ends of
these ropes were held by policemen.
The oronary thing is for the con
demned man to walk, but in this case
he was so overcome that he had to
be conveyed in a jutka.
On arriving at the fatal spot the
murderer was made to alight and
kneel down, while the policemen
handed over charge of the cords to
the eXecutiOner's attendants, one of
whom, sewing the end of the halter,
stood in front of the felon while 9th
ers held the cords pinioning his arms
behind. The eXecutioner, bandishing
a broad, heavy sword, keen as a
razor, in a suggestive fashion, and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11

siaeration, no fewer than 124, or
about 1 in 4, were murders of wives
by their husbands. Most of the men
convicted of murder belonged, like
the women, to the laboring classes.
THE principal causes Or motives
for murders during this period were
Jealousy. and intrigues, 80; drink, 90;
quarrels or rage, IS; revenge, II;
robbery, so; extreme poverty, 80;
Illegal operations, Il, and for insur.
ance money. 9. Saturday is a ia.
vorite day for murder, 20S cases hav.
ing been ascertained to have taken
place on that day. Between 10
O'Clock and midnight is the favorite
time for the commission of the crime
The majority of the murders appear
to be committed in densely populated
urban districts, seaports, manufae
turing towns and mining districts -
Brooklyn Standard Union.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11
No Girls in the Family.

Being advised what to do, he made
application to have Suderoog created
a school district. He showed his tax
receipts, proving that for many
years ne nad paid school taxes for
the WAOle island
The government. replying to the
application, said that under the law
twas not obliged to supply a schoOG
for only male children and as Marun
Paulsen, Jr, was the only scholar
Suderoog must wait In two years
Katrina Paulsen became Of Legal
school age and again the father ap-
Piled to the government, this time
demanding the establishment of a
| school
And 50 last year Germany sent
bricks and mortar and lumber ana
WOrkmen and built small but regu-
ation national schoolhouse Then e
government teacher, Heinrich, Arp,
was sent from Kiel The two schoi-
ars were enrolled and the smallest
school in theworld began it's sessions
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11
ART IN TAPESTRY WEAVING.
Norwegian Novel and Interesting Col.
or Schemes in Textiles.

or Schemes in Textiles.
One of the Oldest Weavings known
in Europe is the Norwegian tapestry
or, as it is called in Norway, picture
weaving" The word picture in
primitive times was used in place of
the word painting" and the art of
weaving dates back to the eighth cen
fury, long before the art of painting
was known in Norway. The weaving
of Norwegian history and sagas into
picture tapestry seems most to
have fiourished at the time of the in
vasion of Normandy by the Norseman
and at the time of the Crusaders.
Tapestry belonging to these periods
is exhibited in the museums of Nor
way and is different from other tex
tiles not only be reason Of the myth
illogical subjects chosen for represen-
tation but by the manner of weaving,
the design, however elaborate, being
made absolutely reversible, alike on
both sides in color as we'll as in out
line
Like most handicrafts, this weaving
was almost forgotten until recently,
when the museums and a talented
Norwegian woman, Nine. Frida Koch
ler-Hansen, caused revival of the
beautiful art. Nine. KOehler-Hansen S
works have become world known, hav-
ing been sold to European museums,
to the board of education, South Ken
sington, and to the royal houses of
Europe.
At the universal exposition in Paris
in 1900 a series of these textiles was
awarded the grand prix and the same
honor was accorded exhibits at the
worlds fair at st. Louis as well as
in London, Hamburg and Turin. The
jury at the exposition in Paris gave
the following concise description and
appreciation of the Norwegian textile
art:
"Norway's production of tapestries
has been a revelation to the whole
world. * = A nation here appears
which possesses in full measure an
original talent of undeniable value"
In the Norwegian tapestries the
wool nearly always shows a mixture
of different tints in one and the same
color A few strong colors are chosen
and the woods dyed in the colors are
mixed together before they are spun
into yarn 1t is precisely the theory
Of decomposition of tone SO modern
in it's application to painting. Every
inch of the yarn is woven especially
for the place where it is to stand in
the fabric, as every tint is especially
mixed for the painters brush.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11

1896 ......... 80. ..33 20
Sir John writes: The first fact to
be noted is that murder, as might be
expected, is a crime of men. Murder
means murder by men in a great ma
jortty of cases. Out OF 532 sentenced
| to death since 1886, 4SS were men.
The figures are more remarkable be-
cause as regards women they include
| cases of child murder, to which they
are, of course, much more prone than
men. The proportion Of persons ex-
ecuted to those sentenced is also
much higher in men.
The next noticeable point. which is
rarely mentioned, is that great ma
jority of the persons murdered are
women. They are as three to one.
Murder means to a very great extent
the numbering of women by men. It
is a curious fact, on the other hand
that the number of men killed by
manslaUghter exceeds women by two
to one
A great majority of the murders are
committed by persons between the
ages of p and 40, that is, during the
period of greatest physical vigor. This
fact is illustrated by the following
table showing the ages of persons con-
victed of murder from 1886 to 1905:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11

prancing up towards the victim asked
three times in loud voice: WHO
authorizes the execution" The
chief of the city police on duty
thrice replied: The Amin"
Then an attendant armed with
lang needle pricked the condemned
ma in the back, causing him to start
forward At the same instant those
holding the cords laid themselves
back in opposite directions as in a
tug-of-war contest, with the result
that the wretch's neck was stretched:
and, fouowing the reply of the chief
of police the eXecutioner's blade de
seconded fair and true on the neck,
severing the head completely.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11
JOURNEYS FOR JUDGE TAFT.
He Is to Visit All Our Foreign De-
Tendencies.

L
| Washington Letter to BROOKLYN
| Standard Unon.-He intends TO make
| two commencement-day addresse
one at the state university of Iowa
and the other at the Minnesota state
university. Both these addresses will
be delivered in June. The secretary
is now trying to make up his mind
just what he will talk about. He has
| a number Of features of the work en-
| the Panama canal under considera-
| ton for one address and will touch
Upon the Philippines in the other
Both of these subjects, to the mind of
| the secretary. are SO large that it
would take long series of addresses
| to cover them. He would be pleased
| to accept a number Of other invita-
| tons to discuss public questions, hut
| he will ne so busy visiting our 'insular
| dependencies" as he termed Che
| Philippines. Cuba, Porto Rico and our
ally, the republic of Panama, that he
will not have time.
| Secretary Tafts first trip will be tn
| Panama With the retirment OF Mr.
Shonts from craftsmanship Of the
| isthmian canal commission, much OF
| the work of administration of affairs
on the Panama strip will fall upon Tie
shoulders of Secretary Taft The pur-
pose Of his visit to the isthmus, con-
| sequently, is to become more fully aC-
Quainted with the details of the work
, and to take it up where Chairman
/ Shonts left it.
The secretary will visit the canal
| zone whether a contract for part OF
| the work is let or not. If such a con
tract is let. and that question will be
, decided by the president in two weeks.
the contractors VIII be on the isthmus
! by the time the secretary arrives
| there, and he will be able to see foi~
hmesif just how matters are going
j If, however, the president decided to-
! throw out all bids for contract work
! and continue the construction of the,
! canal by the government the soCTe-
| tary will find it necessary to confer
i with the new chairman Mr.. Stevens,
in regard to the details of the work.
1t is understood that the secretary
will visit the isthmus the latter part
| of April or early in May.
After he has completed his insrec,
ton of the canal zone, Mr.. Taft Viii
visit Cuba and Porto Rico. AS a side
| trip he may go to San Domingo. Whera
: it is believed that mis- coming with
! his smile and his great fund of com
| mon sense of the American kind may
prove of great usefulness to the
I people of San Domingo, the Americans
and the foreigners who have an inter
est in the island in that they seem to
have a first mortgage on the custom
/ houses there. he will visit both Cuba
and Porto Rico. But the heart OF
Secretary Taft beats true to his first
love, the Philippines, and 1t is prob
able that his trip TO the archipelago
will complete the tour Of travel which
he is mapping out for himself.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11

New York, April S.-Eyery re
port from the land of the little father
serves to show that Russia is locked
in a deadly struggle compared to
which the suffering and losses of the
var with Japan sink into insignifi-
canoe. 1t is not struggle with
foreign foe, nor yet the settings OF
political unrest, that affords the
greatest present menace to the sub
Jectseof THE car, but invasion by an
enemy greater than any or all of
these-pitiless famine. Thirty mill
ion people-peasants all, inhabiting
a district comprising twenty-one pro
Vinces and covering an area half as
large as the whole United States, are
in the grasp Of the destroying hun
ger. 1t is the greatest, the most
pitiful famine that Russia, the land
many famines, has known in mod
ern times. is not mere want or
restitution or suffering which IS
abroad but death itself, the hunger
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11

upon their product the formula of the
powder which they USE The under.
standing of the experts here is that
icecream powders commonly consist
of gelatine, together with other ma
terials, the use of which makes the
icecream expand very materially,
thereby increasing to the manufac-
turer the income from a given amount
of material. For instance, it is IN
derstood, an icecream powder which
does not expand eight gallons of raw
material into close to ten gallons of
icecream isn't of much account.
The agricultural department has
fixed a standard for icecream. 1t
must contain sugar and cream, with
Or without natural favoring, and must
contain IA per cent. by weight, of but
ter fat. For fruit or nut icecream,
2 per cent of butter fat is counted
sufficient.
All bottles of carbonated drinks en-
tering into interstate trade must
hencefcflh bear labels. The custom
has been to label only the crates. The
bottle labels during the coming hot
weather must indicate the fact, II
artificial coloring or artificial flavoring
is used. This ruling Will it is said,
hit many carbonated drinks, as it is
quite customary with manufacturers
to use artificial favoring, and then by
adding artificial coloring try to make
the product look as if natural flavor
had been used.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11
Thirty Million Starving

of a pounEot bread day, or even,
as is the case too often on less, is a
heavy enough task under any con
ditions, but with the thermometer
registering Is degrees below zero,
and no fuel, it becomes almost super
human. Many families in need OF
protection against the bitter cold
now huddIe together in one house,
tearing down the others to be burned.
Said one worker on the ground:
We shall be fortunate if in Samara
alone we escape with two hundred
thousand deaths in a total Of three
million inhabitants" And Samara
is but one of the twenty-one suffer
ing provinces. 1t is a staggering
total.
Fortunately, and it is hoped not too
late, an effort is being made to en-
list the support of all humanity
against this enemy Of famine This
country has always been at the front
in such work. When Japan found
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11
SCHOOL FOR TWO PUPILS.
Germany Maintains Smallest Es.ab
lishment of Its Kind.

germany MAINTAINS Smd'lSSI ES-aD
Iishment of Its Kind.
Almost at the mouth of the kiel
canal in the Baltic sea is situated the
smallest school in the whole world
1t is a government school and costs
far more money than the school
board OF the district receives in
taxes. The government built the
schoolhouse and supplies a residen,
teacher. Yet there are only two
scholars and it may be some time
before the class roll increases.
This record breaking school is on
an island, Suderoog. There is only
one family occupying the island.
Martin Paulsen is both fisherman and
farmer and also lord of the isle. He
is in comfortable circumstances and
has a growing family OF youngsters
Three years ago young Martin, his
eldest child, became Of school age
Paulsen found it impossible to send
the boy daily to the mainland
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11

handed it up to the coachman with a
polite gesture. The man touched
his hat. Huret wished to sinS into
the earth, but the host and hostess
seemed to take it as matter Il
course. The couple drove on with
him TO his hotel.
He confesses that he had not the
courage of the day. He gave the
coachman no tip. Literally he did not
dare ii -nfict such an outrage on the
pleasant people who had shown him
many attentions. But later he was
told that he had made a big mistake;
that he had failed to do the chic
thing.
His objection is not to the universal
custom CT making presents in houses
where one stops several days G
weeks to the servants specially in
trusted with ones comfort. IN
France, too. it is not unusual to send
New Years gifts to servants in
houses where one is frequent visit
or.
But in Germany the hand of the
servant is held out at every form OF
private entertainment and the graft
tudes are virtually solicited and given
right under the eyes of the hosts.
The only parallel he knows to it is
in some country places in the north
Of France, where he has seen guests
slip pieces of money under their
plates at the close of a dinner party
to be found by the servants who
waited on them.
In German houses where large en-
pertaining is done the servants braHl
among themselves after the guests
have departed over the distribution Of
the trinkgeld and freely discuss the
degree of HberaIity shown by various
individuals. To prevent bad blood
and to keep servants from leaving or
account of these quarrels some house
keepers establish tip boxes, into which
all the amounts received by all sew
arts are thrown.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11
Teacher Now Contented

Teacher Arp, who is 25 years OF
age pinned in the solitude of the islet.
In few weeks he made application
for a place elsewhere. The sole soci-
ETY. of the Paulsens and their chill
dren soon weared him. But govern
ments move slowly. It has been SIX
months since Teacher Arp asked to
be moved. Now he has amended his
petition by asking to remain at Sud
eroog.
In the summer there are many ex-
cursions to the islet from the main
land and the teacher met a pretty
fraulein at one of the picnic parties
who has consented to become Mrs
Arp and live on Suderoog. For
married teacher the government sup
plies quarters, so a dwelling is soon
to be erected near the tiny scnooI.
In few years, if all goes well, the
tacher may be teaching his own chill
dren and Suderoog will lose its re-
cord of the smallest school in the
world.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11

will come the question of the future
of proyinceS whose people have lost
farms, animals and savings and have
no money. Friends Of Russia, how
ever, see promise of better times
anead. although this necessarily in
wolves a vast amount of work. The
hope of the peasant in the famine
area lies first in is education in mod
ern farming methods to take the
place of the thousand-year-old Gus
toms he still follows and second in
the installation of great systems OF
irrigation so that crops may be
grown even when the rain falls.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11

|
haven for microbes and fermenting
! food, and the danger of infection to
| the gums is great. A new tooth
brush, invented by a dentist, has a
| trough or depression in the brisIes
This trough or furrow straddles
tho corners of the teeth, cleansing
the top and sides at the same tii0c
and preventing the bristles from
reaching and tearing the gum. Torn
gums are often caused by a stiff
rasping over the gum margin and UNI
successfully trying to get the tartar
oft the teeth.
Clean teeth Will not decay. Teeth
| from which stains and tartar accumu-
lated at the neck of the tooth ne
! tween the teeth and upon the surfaces
of the enamel had been removed will
not need the services Of dentist It
is the fermented food left in the crew
ices of the teeth that caues most of
our troubles. 1t is to get this ac-
emulation out of every nook and
Granny, and to do it daily, that may
be called "manicuring" the teeth.
There is a regular uooth-cleauing
outfit, as there is a nail-polishing one.
1t consists of a long steel instrument,
with a hook at the end and a fiat,
rather blunt edge. This is to remove
the tartar from the inside of Il e
| teeth For the sides and fronts of the
| teeth there is a hat-pOinted rosewood
stick and powdered pumice To pol
ish the spaces between the teeth
come thin little slips of emery paper,
which arc slipped between the edges
OF the teeth then there is the groOy-
ed toothbrush, into the groove If
which a proper tOOth-pOwder is
poured The toOth-pOwder is prepar-
ed for each individual to suit MS or
| her requirements.
| Besides that there is a bottle with
peroxide Or some especially prepared
I tooth-bleach. The peroxide can also
be used to clean the toothbrush after
use. This set of instruments if prop
| erIy used will keep the teeth immacU-
lately clean and as brightly polished
as the pearls to which they are so
| often enormously likened.
A great many people fear that by
taking the tartar off the teeth they
will ruin the enamel. AS a matter o.
| fact, however the enamel covering of
| the tooth is much thicker than is gen
orally supposed. Between the teeth
and On the cutting edge the enaml is
nearly as thick as a penny and is ex-
ceedingly hard and dense and not cas-
lily injured, but it is affected by the
decomposition of food which lodges
in the crevices and forms acids.
Tartar is an accumulation of line
and food particles and unless dis
lodged by the use of brush or Il
manicure" set forms the dark mar
gin near the gum.
To have soiled hands and fingers
with mourning rims has come to be
regarded as a serious lapse in Ell
quette, not to say lack of self re-
spact. To have dark stained or tar
Uncovered teeth is worse even from
a health STANDPOINT The coral lips
described by the old ronancers fort
unately for US alb are Impossible t
achieve, but it looks as If we were
within sight of those pearly teeth
equally dear to the heart, with which
every heroine was endowed The
pearly teeth of fiction lust growed .
The pearly teeth of fact are mani |
cured
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11
FOR BETTER MARksMANsHIP.
President Approves of Purposes of
Schutze nbund.


Schutzenbund.
Charleston, S. c., April 7.-Presi-
dent E. H. Jahnz of the national
schuetzenbund has received letter
from President Roosevelt, commend
ing the purposes of the organization
and the service it is doing for the
country in raising the standard Of
craftsmanship among citizens. Il
wish you hearty good luck in what
you are doing for rife. shooting says
he. The shuetzenbund can perform
a real service to the United States
by working in the future as in the
past for the promotion Of marksman-
ship. Our country has a regular
army of such small size though I may
say in passing, of such trained eff.
cheney as to be one of the best ma.
tionaf assets that in the event of war
the great bulk of our forces will have
to consist Of volunteers. According
ly it is Of prime Importance that
there should be a thorough familiarity
with the use of the rife among those
of the volunteers would in time Of
war naturally be filled. Therefore, in
helping raise the standard of mark
imanship among our people and in pop
ularizing shooting the shuetzenbund
is performing a great service for
which the country is your debtor
The president will fire the first shot
at the festival, discharging a rife,
carefully sighted and secured in posi-
ton, by electrical correction lead
ing direct from the white house to the
target box at the Schuetzen park at
Charleston. The president was in
vited to attend the festival in person
but his engagements would not permit
him to accept.
1t is thought possible that some
rife clubs in Germany will be repre-
scented at the festival.