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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
INCREASE IN CHAMPAGNE.
Biz Home Production Affects Pur-
chases From Abroad.

Biz Home Production Affects Pur-
chases From Abroad.
The falling off in importations Of
champagne into the United States, re-
Gently noted by the bureau of sta
tistics of the department oil commerce
and labor appears to be due, in part
at least, to the fact that more than
two million bottles Of genuine cham
payne" wine is now annually pro
duced in the United States The i'll
pOrtations Of champagne in the cal
endar year 1906 fell 81, 444 quarts be
low the imports Of 1905, while fot
the nine months ending with March,
1907, the falling off was 165.612 quarts
compared with the corresponding
months Of the preceding year; and the
single month of March, 1907, showed
a decrease of 1920 quarts compared
with March, 1906
This falling off i'll the importation
of champagne, which was referred 70
in a statement prepared by the bU-
reau Of statistics some weeks ago,
has led to a considerable correspond
ence between the bureau and a large
number Of persons engaged in the in
portatfon and sale of foreign cham,
payne, or in the production and sale
of American wine of this character,
This correspondence seems to clear
Iy indicate that the manufacture Of
genuine champagne" wine in the
in, h
last decade; that the product now eX-
ceeds two million bottles per annum,
including in this class only the wine
fermented in the bottle and not that
charged with CarbOnic acid gas Oy
artificial methods and that this in
crease in home production is the prin-
cipal cause of the slow growth
in Importation. The class Of
wine ordinarily designated as cham
payne" which obtains its name from
the fact that it is chiefly produced in
that section of France formerly known
as the province of Champagne. has
as one of its special cha. lcteristics
the fact that its fermentation in the
bottle i'm which it reaches the COLI
sumer results in the absorption by
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OI"OSu 0'"'SS "'"'c'lSS '"aI Jne num-
oeI VI Amer 'o@n 'Io"UceIS OIL cL''Ii'-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
WAGES.

Glory of warrior, glory of orator, glory
of song,
Paid with voice flying by TO De
lost on an endless sea
Glory of virtue, to fight, to struggle
to right the wrong
Nav bur she aimed not at glory, no
lover of glory she;
Gre her the glory OF going on, and
still TO be.
The wages of sin is death; ii the
wages of virtue be dust,
Would she have heart to endure Tor
the life of the worm and the
fly?
She desires no isles of the blest no.
quiet seats of the just,
To rest in a golden grove or to bask
in a Summer sky;
Give her the wages of going on and
not to die.
-Tennyson.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
Iondon,s Spectacular Start

Jack London set sail on the Shark.
the little 60-foot boat on which he is
advertised to make seven-yelr
cruise around the world in characters
tic fashion The sloop had been lev
led on by one of London's creditors.
but he secured its release at the last
moment before starting by paying of
the obligation and flashing a special
court order upon the deputy marshal
in charge.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16

rise and elimination and downfall of
nations. Once the seat of world
power was in Asia, at Babylon. Then
1T was shifted to Europe, at Rome.
1t has since then remained in Europe.
America is looming up as the greatest
of world powers but before its pri-
macy shall be established there will
be mighty struggle between Asia
and the western nations.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16

the evening except the watchmar
and the men who tend the fire and
mix the materials for the glass. In
the glass-bottle and tube works OF
the Durands at Vineland, N. j., the
tube-blowers (who make the essen
tial parts of bottles) cease work at 3
o'clock in the afternoon, having
ing. The regular bottle-blowers
cease at 5 o'clock in the afternoon
and there is no night shift.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
STRUGGLE WITH THE ORIENT.

New Orleans Picayune.-The scep-
ter of power among nations, whether
it be military or commercial, never re-
NAMED permanently with anyone. no
matter how great and allpervading its
dominion once was. The history of
the world is simply a history of the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
He Was One.

Come to see all the sights, Ell,
said Gilman. We'll, you don't want
70 miss the big mirror in the lobby of
this hotel"
DO tell?" said Farmer Korntop,
"somethin worth seem is it?"
es, indeed You won't see all the
sights unless you take a look at
something like that. Philadelphia
Press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
RIGHT AND WRONG.

When a deed is done for Freedom.
through the broad earth's ach-
ing breast,
Runs a thrill of JOY prophetic, trem-
bling on from east to west
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16

and to the courtesies of the age u
stone. But we mustn't take this in
sular Englishman and this quondam
American too s'y.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16

Another trial of the Lion and the
Mouse in London this spring is
scheduled under new ideas of putting
on.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16

To Thee whose temple is all space,
Whose altar, earth, sea, skies,
One chorus let all being raise;
All natures incense rise!
Alexander PODp
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18
COLLEGE MORALITY.

In yesterdays News was an edi-
torfal on the sinfulneSs Of certain
class of college boys, as arraigned
against by Chancellor Day Of the Uni
yersity OF Syracuse, New York DE-
Day took the ground that the time
had come when the colleges OF the
country would of necessity have TO
unite In handling the problem. for
such he regards 1t. although some
men In his own profession, look upon
Il less seriously than he does while
others conclude that he Is right in his
contentious and objections. College
presidents are discussing the question
In great detail. and some OF them
are speaking and writing learnedly
upOn the whole subject OF morals,
among them belng Edward Aylsworth
Ross who says:
'.ylee encounters barriers fixed by
nature, In the end Its wage Is death.
Sin, on the other hand, touslshes u
society does not make haste TO check
ii. The spectacle OF vice. sleek, hon
ored and enyicd. Is not possible, Tor a
prac tige that works out that way is
not Vice. But the sight of the unpun-
lshed and unrcpontant sinner. sue
ccssful and honorcd shocks the
righteous. dfsheartens the weak and
dem0ralIses the young, who ought TO
cherish for a. few years at least the
ennobllng Illusion that the right al,
ways trlumphs, Our moral
pacemakers strike at bad habits but
act as II there WAS something sacred
about nloney-maklng and seeing that
The master iniduitics of our time are
connected with money-makine they
do not get into the big fight az an,
The chlld-dTivers, monopoly builders
and crooked ltnanCiers have no fear
OF men whose thought Is run IN the
moulds Of their grandfashers- 60 20
the tainted money colleges and you
win learn that drink, not graft, vs. tne
nations banc Visit the religious So
cietles for young men and YOU VIII
nnd personal correctness exalted
above the social welfare
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18
NO MIXTURE WITH JAps.

The adoption OF a new treaty be.
tween the United states and Japan Is
an important piece Of work upon which
the state departments of the SWo ccun-
tries are supposedly at work, Mean
while there Is satisfactory under
standing under which the transaction
OF an business Is carried on II is
needless 70 say there are Interesting de-
tails the adjustment ~ which the pub
lilo vii never Know anything about.
AT the Same tlnte d Is "A well known
fact that certain letter written by
Herbert Spencer IN 1892 to Baron Kane
30 Kentaro which was not published
anti after MI Spencer death is being
circulated very wlSp1y IN Japan and
California. AND tb,it IT Is having a de-
Clded bearing uEh the formation Of the
treaty Mr S6enCcrs letter was IN re-
Spouse to oPe received from the Baron
concerning The adyisabihty Of mar
siage between the jams and the peoples
OF other nations. Mr, Spenecrs reply
was 'It SHOULD De positively forbid
dem" The question. he declared is a
biological one. When there is in
terbrtedlng either among animals or
among human BEINGS, of varieties thar
diy0rge beyond a certain sllsh1 degree,
the result Is IAN inCalCu lable mixture NJ
traits.' especially in the second genera
tion. and "a chaotic constitution" The
reason seems to be that each variety OF
oreatIfe. In the course Of many gem
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18
KNOCKING THE SCHOOLS.

A sorry and miserable aTragnment Is
That which the organ of tho American
Marty is making against The pfoPpseu
b.nd issue for the benefit Of me Guy
schools. From ;he time the PROPOSE
4fon was mooted 1t has thrown colo
water upon it, just rs it did ol tne
LEGISLATION calculated to make Increased
eavaries FOR teachers. possible
one thing Is clear. and the parents.
teachers ana taxpayers, may as Ven
take account of it now. as latSr auu
.hnt s the organ liz going 10 aeieat
ana bond issue on Saturday next II such
an ACCOMPLISHMENT Hes within It's pow
er IL constantly c0mmends the pol'eS
of collecting sidewalk and other publ"
Improvement assessments from propeR'
~ owrcrs. years In advance OF lhe
work being dome. Az least ii is charn~
nioning every move OF the political or
rarlxation. which for more than year
ana half has been doing that KIND OF
business, 1t has thrown a SUSTAINING
arm about the notorious mtsdseds OF
the police department 1t has gwen
columns OF encouragement to the per-
petrators of the McWhirter robbery
II has abused without cessation the or
acers who have sought diligently TO
bring the guilty 10 Justice. 1t has re
nalned silent on the violation OF the
Sunday closing ordinances 1t denied
that gambling was being carried on mfl-
al Councilman MuIVey, who had iirst
handed information along this line or
activity. put an efrectnal estoppeI on It's
uttotances, by openly declaring on me
floor of the council chamber, that II dld
.xist and that II was folly to make any
pthet claim. # profcssedly stands 1or
law ana order and pcrslstenily aids dts
order. IL has spouted vociferously for
the public schools and has posed as the
chief spokesman for the teachers, but "
opposes the bonding. and 1T TSSnly
tried to place it's big bTogans on the
measure that meant a little better wage
for the army OF men and women whose
livelihood is made in instructinS The
young. IT shreks. Build new school
houses" and "long live the teachers
While the latter with the parents. sadly
ask. "On what2"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18
INCREASE IN SUICIDES.



Computations recently made have es-
tablishcd the fact that during the last
twenty five years 1000 900 suicides have
this crime having increased In that
country during sixty years. from 1870 to
1900. 400 per cent, while the population
mas Increased by 90 per cent TO sim
liar magnitude In America the evll OF
sclf-destructIon has grown,
Rapid increase Of this crime concur
rently with increase OF divorce proceed
lngg and Juvenile crimes has afforded
matter for widespread comment and
speculat ton BY almost every investl-
gator rapid rise IN the number OF these
crimes has been attributed ia lack OK
religious moral Influence; universal
prevalence OF free thought, conse-
qnences Of It's acceptance a phase of
Thought which has Cor many years
vauuted an influential following Iva the
large cities both OF Europe and Amert-
en-. especially Paris, London. and New
York. one school OF freethnkers holds
that suicide IN many instances is not
| only jnsthable, but, by the laws OF
nature, demanded.
etrhe modern tendency 10 suicide"
SAYS an authority on the subject, "has
its true cause In the religious deca-
denc.s on our times. From this fact we
may Judge OF the Ignorance OF religion
as an element IN the life of humanity
| A conception OF tho world which IL
based on religion rondeTs every cOndi-
zion OF life snpportabIo, even the lot Oh
| Job The want Of religion renders lite
InsuppOrtablo ON even the slightest re-
| verse"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18
NEARING 100000 600

The growth of nations has ever heen
one al the most Interesting subjects Of
history i: s entranclngly so as ap-
Piled to the United States which IL now
going forward at a rate that is aston
ishing observers all over the civilized
world Nowhere lis there sign OF
Stacking up 1t Is all acceleratton and
expansion. Europe is pouring her home
seeking hordes across our shore lines at
considerably more than million
year; and even these figures are expect
ed to be ecllpsed Ia 1907, Porto Rico
and the PHILIPPINES, which are NOW AM
erican, TO an extent at least. are swell
Ing their numbers AZ much greater
rate than while they were under SPAN
ish dominion
The government s census experts have
been at work and have struck some In
structive totals and deductions Their
estimate of the population of the ma
lion, exclusive OF Alaska, for lec6, is
s3,ss1, $40 for 1905, it WIS s2'57t 1875. In
flve years the population had grown
e,57s,62G; In 1sO5-leOs the Increase was
!, S67,s15 1t is calculated that with the
same ratio OF increase In the island pos
sessions and upon he main land as
well, that by June, 1910, the date Of the
hext offielal census, we VIII fall only
three quarters OF a million short OF the
lOO,O0QOoO mark And so nicely Is II
all figured out, that this deficiency is
expected to be made up exactly on
December 10 Of the same year,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18

electric power at an agreed price out
OF which the city Is making net
profit Of about 10000 kroner Csisa' =
5Oo) per year. Fifth. that the charter
should expire IN forty years from tne
date, III which time Tho entire prop
erty should be delivered to the city
free Of cost and free OF TncumhEHnee-
The last-named obligation, IL Will np
seen. Will compel the company TO cree
ate sinking fund during the life or
tho charter to pay it's Indebtedness az
the expiration together with at least
the part OF the capital stock purinE
the past five years the work OF the re-
laying OF the tracks and changing into
the electric service has been going for
ward and Is now nearly completed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18
BUSINESS STILL BOOMING.

All over the country business is stlll
bcon1inF, and the predicted pulling ln
that was going to occur, has failed
10 appear TO any very appreciable eR-
tent,
The symphonic that James j. Hill
probably the most faT-seeinB and astute
railroad figure of the age, saw had
some effect IN causing o few corpora
tlons--ruliroads prlncIpally--to slack
en- UP their Improvements and expen-
ditnres but the recession seems to have
been more temporary than otherwise,
ana thore Is decidedly a better tone
since the adjournment Of the Legisla-
tures In the various states. While
they were in session uncertainty was
everywhere, Now that their members
are back 10 their daily avocaticns the
situation is improved beyond question
The purely manufacturing and indus
trial corporations, it Is worthy OF re-
cordingi did not see the symptoms"
that MIR. HILL saw, nor did they feel APP
probably the effects o. the Wall street
stampede oS a few weeks ago. On the
contrary, their business Is reported To-
be at the height of its prosperity with
orders far In excess of what can De
filled with anything like promptness'
That there might be something more
than mere statements accompanying
these claims, the Wall Street Journal
has made a careful canvass of the en-
tire Industrial field and has found all
lines of trade and manufacture with
records ahead of those Tor the FIRST
quarter OF 1905, and that. TOO, with In
dications that the volume will contin-
tta tc, Irvranga
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18
DANISH STREET RAILWAYS.

II is rather interesting to learn that
ronenhng.n. the cleancst, and In many
respects the most up-to-date city IN
Eurcpe. has a wonderful street car
system II is modern TO the last de-
tain and is operated With the most
extreme care and success. Accidents
are almost unknown. and the damage
suit outIays rareIy reach more than a
thousand dollars year
American road owners would feel
themselves IN clover II they were able
to get Of that easy, and would con-
clude that il WAS nearly the Millen-
MUM OF thelr hopes and expe1 Citations
Concerning them, Minister i j. o.
Brien gives some instructive facts He
Fnys chat prior TO eight years ago
there we're several street railway lines
owned by separate and independent
companies. In 1895 a corporation was
oreanlxed which combined the entire
system, with slight exceptions The
cnpItal stock Of the corporation Is ST.
$50 600. ana bonds TO The amount OF ST., %
$4,000. drawings ~ Per cent We're Is.
sued ana sold There Is also a iioai-
ing debt OF about sSst4OO, Az condi-
tion 10 granting a franchise. The city
government OF Copenhagen e1aeis from
the company the performance OF the
following duties.
First that the fares 10 BIO collected
should not exceed 10 oEe (about 2ls
cents), which also should include unl-
yersuI transfers. Second, that The cont
pany should pay the city treasury
per cent OF It's gross receipts. Third
that It should pave and maintain be-
tween it's tracks and about Two fee
outside the rails Fourth, the city re
served the privilege of prOylding u
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18
I'm FIFTY DAYS.

When jules verne's thrilling novel
Around the World in Eighty
Days. was wttten--and it isn't so
many years ago efther--ie was looked
ut and commented upon as dealing
with q trip that must forever remain
imaginary But the time has come
when a modern globe trotter can dis
lance the famous Phineas FOGs by
thirty days. and that. by the ordinary
routes and regular schedules Of steam
ship and railway travel. Here Is the
itinerary. as given by Mortimer f.
Clarke in the Railroad Mans Maya
zine:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18

III they remain unmxed form q suelccs
race standing In the position. tt not oL
alaves. yet Of a class Approaching 70
slaves; or IF they mix they nusl I'LL
n had hvbrld in either case. suppcs-
TnF the Immigration to be large. I'M
nlcnse social mischief must arise. ailu
eventually social Differentiation. LIZ ,s
sa me thing will happen II there snoulu
be any considerable mixture OF huIo~
rean or American races with the jap
mn rsrn -
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18
cANApA's TRADE,
81. John on. Rl Telegraph.

NTf IWTlTT Wv ~ NTT"N VEIT'lF
Should Alassa ehusetts convince Mr.
Bryce that she desires better relations
with CAnada--that she Is really willing
70 strive for the KIND " reciprocity that
eCiprOcates-there would be no good
result. For even when Massachusetts
Is Willing TO give the concessions neces-
sary 10 secure free raw materials tho
campaign WILL only have begun IT
would then be necessary Tor Massachu-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18
THE BUSY HEN.


The great American hen, learning APP
paTently OF the Threatened decline IN
business, has been doing her filll part
toward dIscouraglng the Idea, Last
week $4,000, 500 eggs reached the New
York market. tho record receipts being
made on Tuesday when llsSI-a 5u
'strlcklys.T all carefully packed Tor
storage. arrived on the ground The
amount received since January l sur
passes all previous receipts by aF least
30 per cent, ard the end Is not yet
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18

The German press Is quito excited
over the meeting OF King Edward and
King Victor Emmanuel fearing that
an attempt will be made to seduce
Italy from her allegiance to the triple
alliance. Probably their maJestIes
will talk politics, for politics Is the
gossip OF kings, but that amy attack
will be made ON the triple alliance
is altogether improbable; 1t would be
fraught with too much danger But
Is not the German press showing the
same alarm over King Edwards jour
neylngs that the English press shows
whenever Emperor Wilhelm trayeIs2
Each at such times is given to hys-
terlcs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18

Bridge Problems--Wife (handing list
~ twenty-four names to husband)--
Now, dear, I want you to arrange the
tables, You must separate the good
players from the bad, and those who
play high points from those who play
low. Husband and wife must not BIT
at the same table, and don't mix the
old and young together. OF course. you
must have Two ladies and two men at
each table. By-the-by. don't on any
account put The smart people with the
dowdy ones. Punch
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18
pEsrpEr EVENING NEWS THURSDAY APRIL is 1907

sets 10 convince the other states and
for many years that wlll BE- impoSslDie'
OTTAWA Is not making trade ohsls 70
washington. and there IL NO llkealno9u
that Washington win make any ttuue
proposals which Canada would reSaru
as al ali attractive, the tendency here.
as sir WIlrrld has said, Is to trade
more and more with the empire
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18

General Murray, chief of artillery, es-
Inmates that at the present rate OF
equipment more than seventeen years
must eIapse before all our coast de-
lenses can be supplied with enough of
the slxty-lnch lights 10 comply with the
demands OF modern artillery. And by
the time they are installed they and the
artillery VIII doubtless be antiuuated,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18

Marie F-assnauer, a giantess has ar
rived in London. She is eight feet in
height, $50 Inches around the chest and
weighs Sts pounds, In her way she
is the greatest lady in the British met
ropolis,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18

The President may or may not de-
terrnine to make an attempt to break
up the Hartman railroad combination
but he is pursuing payy Crockett meth
Ods in being sure that he is right be-
fore he goes ahead.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18

Colonel Hawse. commandment Of ca
diets at West Point, has forbidden the
cadets TO place their ovsrcoats on the
shoulders OF the young lady visitors TO
the academy when the chill winds do
blow. No doubt he would have sent
Sidney to quarters for placing his cloak
upon the ground for Elizabeth TO walk
upon
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18

Baltimore is going to erect monu-
uent 10 the memory OF Edgar Allan
Poe. a pallid bust of Pallas above
his chamber would be something about
right.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18

Clarence Coddle--Heah's a fellow who
says that breathing through the mouth
befuddles the brain" Charley Dunno
n cawn't see how he's going 10 prove
1t, don't you know. i neveh breathe
through my mouth. "--CleveIand Plain
Dealer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18

John p. Morgan achieved his three
score and ten years yesterday and
he looks as though he might live a
score more years yet III he wants 10,
may he