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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29
SOLVE PROBLEM
OF DOMESTIC HELP
MISTRESS MUST LEARN TO BE
WORTHY OF BEING
SERVED,
KINDNESS, CONSISTENCY, DIG
NIFTY AND GOOD MANAGE
MENT ESSENTIAL.

The bane of housekeepers is the in
competent domestics who have been
able to secure high wages from
equally incompetent mistresses. If
women should come to consider il a
serious reflection upon themselves
and their homes to make frequent
changes in help, and should also re-
fuse to pay top wages to ignorant
maids who are unwilling to learn, the
much-discussed servant question"
would cease to torment.
In hours of domestic discourage
ment homemakers would do well to
read what Ruskin says of social sci
ence as applied to the home. The
peace of the household" he says. lis
somewhat dependent upon the AMIGA
bility Of relation between mistress
and maid. Indeed, the question of
domestic service is one which every
true housewife must have pondered
for long, oftentimes in the spirit of
despair" He bids us remember that
There is only one way to have good
servants; that is, to be owrthy Of be-
ing served. All nature and all hui
mainly will serve good master and
rebel against an ignObIe one And
there Is no surer test of the quality
OF a nation than the quality of its
servants; that is, TO be worthy of be
shadows. and distOrt their faults in a
fattGned mimicry
Housewife Has Her Duties.
If every housewife would make
sure that she is worthy to be well
served and so train her children that
they, too, are worthy of service
there would no longer be complaints
heard Of impudent domestics Let
the housewife also see to ii that she
has knowledge of the househoId-a
practical knOwledge-as the captain
of ship, and such knowledge will
win for her respect and obedience on
the part of those whom she employs.
Is it not a suggestive fact that we
find from the biographies of our
worthiest men and women that they
changed servants seldom and that
those who thus served them loved
Them as their own lives"
RusIlin also insists that we must
recognize the ability of all workers to
think and not degrade them by treat
ing them as mere tools, unable to use
their brains. The mistress who con
fers with her maid in the planning of
1C 60,
service than one who merely LAYS
down a series of cast iron rules or
orders.
There are now so many ways of
tightening the household labors, that
with good planning no one need be
over-worked Shirts and collars and
cuffs always go to the laundry. Ev-
cry woman who has looked carefully
into the subject knows it is no econ
omy to have fiat laundry work done
at home. In large families all fiat
work, which includes the pieces
which can be irOned with a mangle
should be sent to a laundry Small
or medium sized families find ii
enough to send bedding and table
cloths. 1t is true these articles are
easy to wash, but on the other hand
sheets and tablecloths are the most
| cumbersome pieces to handle, and the
difficulty of getting them dry in bad
| weather should be considered.
Ways to Tighten Work.
The other day an enterprising laun
| dry sent out a price list Offering Il
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29
How a Cat CAUGHT TWO Bats.

once had cat who did a rather
remarkable rafting feat. He sta1ked
two young rats on the caves of low
fiat stable roof and caught one in the
usual way. The other jumped on to
a eIderberry tree just Below. Bob,
however, not satisfied with the one
grasped it firmly in his mouth and
then jumped headlong for the other
Either he was very lucky or extraor-
dinariIy agile, for he fell to the
ground with one rat still in his mouth
and the other in his paws, and
promptly killed them both.-The Scots
man.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29
How to Exnlain.

The dissatisfied voter had dropped
out of his regular party and tried
something else at the previous cleo
ton. When he appeared to register
for the next primary there was some
hitch in the proceedings.
Didn't you? vote the prohibition tic
ket last time" inquired the clerk.
Yes" responded the voter, un,
abashed
How do you explain that?"
We'll. YOU see" he explained, with
charming frankness, q was drunk at
the time and didn't know what l was
doing"
The clerk accepted the explanation
as quiet satisfactory and took him
back into the fold again. Lippincotts.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29
He Woke Up.

surely expected him 70 reply, but he
turned his shoulder to me and looked
out of the window
rs it your opinion that the farmer has
felt the hard times as much as the trades
men?"
He gave himself an impatient shake,
but made no reply. l waited five min
utes and then asked:
We'll how are things political in your
neighborhood?"
That fetched him. He wheeled around
to me, and with anxiety in ever line Of
his face he asked:
Who do you think is going to be
elected?"
Why, Blank. of course" naming my
own candidate.
For sure?'
Dead sure"
Then shake Shake again. I'm thun-
dering glad to have met YOU. I've got
30 cents bet on Blank. and ! vas afraid
l was going TO lose it, and. wondering
what l would do this winter II | did"
JOE KERR.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29
THE LOCAL PAPER.
me Best Medium the Retailer Can
Use to Advertise

me Best Medium the Retailer Can
Use to Advertise.
In an address before a BODY OF re-
taiIers recently Wesley A. Sfanger
editor of the Office Outftter Chicago
said of the value Of the local newspa-
per?
Inc local newspaper is the creates,
thing the retailer has if he viii use
1t right. but a large proportion are
too prone to believe that the editor
will take care of their interests
whether they look after his or moi.
This is wrong. If merchants as \
class would only take advantage OF
the opportunities that the local news
papers afford them they would REAP
rewards far beyond their fondest
dreams
While self preseryat on is the first
law of nature editors of local papers
have habit of letting self interests
| go to the limit when it comes to a
Question of serving a community. For
this they are entitled to recognition
which they rarely receive
No doubt the retailers have encour-
aged them as far as sentiment goes
| They have undoubtedly sad that they
approved the editors methods and
called him good boy" but in how
many cases have they fallen short in
the real encouragement that counts?
How often have they neglected to use
his columns, thinking that they were
clever in it! In failing to patronize
him they have often killed the goose
that laid the golden egg.
You must get behind the local editor
and push for all that you are worth.
He gives you 50 back for every dol
lar you invest with him. He furnishes
for you at his own expense one OF
the biggest assets you possess-the
medium through which to let the peo-
pie know what you have to sell
Within recent years the mail order
proposition has been somewhat both,
} ersome. The editors of the country
papers have done more than all other
influences combined to win your bus
HESS bdCh InLO uOIuldi CHdHnei5 anu
to reconvert the farmer to the logical
belief in home trading.
Do not let it be said in your com
munity that you have let your editors
work go unappreciated Use his pa,
per. Make him prosperous and your
self rich in doing it. If you have fool
ish ideas about the nonproductiyenesa
of newspaper advertising, throw them
off and try it out. One try will prove
nothing, but the constant use Of the
paper in an intelligent manner vii
produce results.
The best friend the business mar
in the world has, next to his wife, Is
the local newspaper, and if he doesn'
get full value for this friendship it j:
his fault. not the editors. The edi
tor of the average so called country
paper has done more to upbuild his
own town and the retailers in it thar
all other influences comb ned and /
also follows that as an almost un
broken rule he is the least appreciated
person in his community.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29
Buttons as cIews to Grimes.

In the Black Museum at New Scot
land Yards is a fragment of a button
found on the windowsilI of a house
which had been entered by burglars.
1t was the only cIew the police had
to work on, but in the hands of a
keen-eyed young constable 1t led to
the arrest Of its owner, whom the
constable met casually in the street
wearing the very waistcoat with its
broken button of which the fragment
had formed a part. The murderer of
Mr.. Delarue, in Belsize Lane, Hamp-
stead, some years ago, was brought
to the gallows through the instru-
mentality of a macintosh button
found near the body of his victim
Westminster Gazette.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29
Smart EootWe al.

New styles in dress have resulted in
particularly smart footwear.
For whether directoire gown or
trotteur skirt be worn, the foot win be
much in evidence.
The very newest shoe, however is
made entirely Of suede with a short
vamp and the new Cuban heel
Black suede bottom shoes may be
recommended to those whose feet are
not of Cinderella proportions.
For the dull surface of the material
reduces the size in the most kindly
manner.
The suede pump with the convenient
one eyelet is shown this season in 3
variety of shades.
The Cuban heel of this year differs
somewhat from that of last in that it
lis slightly concave.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29

LAS the railroad coach was crowded
had to take a seat alongside d young
man OF about %, who seemed to be
from the agricultural districts. and who
gave me no attention whatever when !
dropped into the seat After con-
temptuOus Indifference on his part for FIVE
minutes l observed:
This is beautiful weather for harvest
ing the cropS?
He replied with a grunt, but did not
look at me.
They say that the potato crop is
big one" l continued.
He hitched about but said nothing.
I'm sorry that the apple crop is not
larger. Good apples are going to be
scarce and high this fall
He may have been sorry. too. but he
didn't say so. Thinking, l had made a
mistake as to his being farmer, /
switched on and said:
Seems to me there is a decided i'm
prOyement in the times. Don't you think
we have seen the worst of the pinchT'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29
A Leap-Year Episode.

While the lady, she whose entrance had
such wild commotiOn made,
Turned to the grinnlng office boy, the
only one that stayed,
And said as If in these events she no
ticed nothing strange,
Il want man to come around and tx
my kitchen range
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29
FACTS ABOUT THE
FLYING WR|GHTS
HAVE HAD NO ADVANTAGES TO
ASSIST THEM I'M
THEIR WORK.
a TALE OF DoGGED PERSISTENCE
IN THE MIDST OF DIscoUR-
AGING CIRCUMSTANCES.

Twenty years ago scientific author
lties could demonstrate by mafhe-
mates that mechanical flight was a
physical imDOssibility. Today it has
been shown that man can fly, even
though insecurity, for a distance of
fifty miles. For this we are chiefly
indebted to the Brothers Wright. a.
couple Of quiet and unassuming BIZ
cycle makers from DAYTON, o. There
the brothers set up little shop as a
means Of livelihood, and there they
worked out the solution Of the prob
lem Of human flight by mechanical
means.
So much has been written about
the Wrights, silent and modest
though they have been about their
studies Of the air, that it is hard to
separate the true from the fanciful
One fact, however, stands out in re-
gard to their success. It has been
the result of careful scientific investi-
CATION, tireless zeal in the face of ap-
Darently insurmOuntable difficulties,
and not the caprice Of luck or the
outcome Of dare-deViltry, The
Wrights are students, not adventur-
ers, cautious experimcnters with moth
ing Of recBIessness. Their profess
sion, which began as their pastime,
has been pursued with serious aim
disregard for heroics and Indifference
TO public clamor for spectacular races
and fancy pvbihitiouC Todov tho
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29
The Habitual Boarder.

The HabtuaI Boarder.
Yes, sir, some days I have seen
10000 people bathing at once"
Gosh, It's lucky they don't have
to wait their turn 10 use the ocean. -
Kansas City Journal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29
AS Boys in Dayton.

AS DOyS IN Dayton
In appearance OrviIIe and Wilbur
Wright would pass for merchants or
clerks in some inland city, and that
approXimatcs what they were before
their entrance into the flying field,
The sons of bishop of the United
Brethren Church. with no inherited
means, they searched about for a
means of livelihood As boys they
had been fond Of mechanics, and they
drirted into that line of work in the
course of the bicycle craze In their
shop, at Dayton, O., they make a good
living, mostly at repair work They
built bicycles, too buying the stand
ard pieces from large factories and
putting them together From child
hood they had experimental with
kites but there had been no thought
Of seriously studying aviation until
twelve years ago. Beginning their
Investigations on a small scale. with
the peTusal of all the books on the
subject as starter, until they were
familiar with the achievements of
fessOr Langley, Sir Hiram Maxim,
and the other wOuld-be air navigators
in the aerOplane division, they finally
undertook to make a flying machine
That was when they still made BIZ
cycles. Since then they have built
many aeropIanes, each an improve
ment on the other.
One must hear the Wrights de-
scribe their slow progress in order
to realize the hugeness of their task.
Between machines, there we're
months of research and study. They
found that nobody had yet formulated
properly the action of air currents
against surfaces of different shapes,
placed at different angles; that the
slightest variation of the angles or
curves of a flying machines wing
meant new and hitherto undreamed-
of complications for the aviator.
They tested many times the effect of
the wind upon each kind of aeTOplane,
each size of tail orLrudder, each
weight of propellers and machinery.
They met winds of various force
sailed against and with them, and
studied the effect of stray gust and
steady blow upon their machine IN
der every conceivable condition.
Time and again they discovered that
some supposedly established theory
OF their predecessors must be laid
aside as ridiculous. They were, in
cry so-caIled fact had been only half
verified. every conclusion largely a
guess. and each achievement a basis
for erroneous deductions.
Their own story.
Here is a leaf from their own story
book: 1t was told by Orville Wright
Just before the brothers went abroad
the first of the year. Mr. Wright
said:
No one who has not navigated the
air can appreciate the real difficulty
of mechanical flight. To the ordinary
person it seems miracle that thin
solid plane can be driven up into the
air by machinery; but for over ter
Years that miracle has been accom-
plished. On the other hand, the grea
prOblem-the problem of equilibrium
never occurs to anyone who ha!
not actually tried flying. The rea
question of the flying-machine is hov
TO keep it from turning over.
The chief trouble is the turmoil o
the air. The common impression, i
that the atmosphere runs in com
T2ratively regular currents which W
call winds. No one who has not beel
thrown abort on a gliding aeroplan
- - OF falling ten twenty O
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29
c 7. D.

Mrs. Mattron - Senator Snoddgrass
kissed both my children yesterday.
Mrs. Jelluss-Yes, these politicians will
do the most obnoxious things about cleo
ton TING
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29

Hydraulic presses are used in Eng,
land for making seamless steel boat
hulls.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-29

We are not wealthy men, and we
have put years Of work and study
into this machine We have with
drawn from. all other business and
given our entire attention to the fly
ing problem. We have succeeded.
We also believe that we are the only
men who have succeeded. Now, here
we are. with something that is worth
good price or isn't worth a penny.
The public can call us takers or
crazy. We don't care. We know
what we have got"
When in New York they did every
thing together. even TO dinner en-
| gagements, and cSe seldom ventured
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-24
THE CITY IN BRIEF

Lena 3, Robe announces the Mill
merry opening Thursday, March 26th
All are invited. 24-3t
Mrs. Van SAINT announces the dis
play of her millinery store Thursday
evening, this week. The ladies are in
vited. n Sth street. PAST
Miss Lena B. Robe wishes the at
tendance of all the Richmond ladies
at her opening, Thursday, March 26th
Main street. 24-3t
Opening and Display of Millinery
at Mrs. POrter's, Westcott Hotel,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 24-2t
Millinery opening and Display of
Pattern Hats at Mrs. Porters, West
colt Hotel, Thursday, Friday and Sat
urdav. 24-2t
Millinery opening and Display OF
Pattern Hats at Mrs POrters, West
colt Hotel, Thursday, Friday and Sat
urdaN. 24-2t
Miss Porter wishes to announce her
millinery opening Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, at Westcott Hotel.
24-2t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-24

| decided to try Force of Life. United
States Commissioner Ridgeway. who
spent over three months investigating
Force of Life treatment, says in regard
to Mr. Hyatt. that his case showed an
instance of remarkable recovery
Raised, as it were, from the grave
In my varied experience in treating
chronic diseases | have had every OPP
portunity to study various methods
and kinds of treatment. and | can
honestly and COnsCientiOusly tell you
that | have never seen any treatment
which | believe compares with the
treatment which | am in position to
offer You. | know this is a strong
statement. but | do not feel that it is
one word stronger than the absolute
truth.
have held many positions of hon
or and trust, and could not afford to
make you a single promise that | am
not in position to fulfill, or to tell
you anything which Suld be untrue.
| do not ask you 'end me one
cent of money; merely write me Civ
ing your name and address, and stat
ing the leading symptoms of your
trouble, and your case will be dag
nosed and | will prescribe for you a
special course of treatment. will
send YOU this course of treatment
without one cent of pay. There are
absolutely no conditions attached to
this offer. If your letter is received
today your treatment will be sent to-
morrow. This offer is good only to
the first one thousand persons who
write me. 1t will cost great deal of
money to give these free courses of
treatment. but | want to prove to the
sick and afflicted in every city and
locality in this country, that at last we
have a treatment which is absolutely
sure and certain in it's effects.
No matter what your disease: no
matter what treatment you have tried
| want you to write to me. If think
that l cannot cure YOU. | will frankly
tell you so, but do not hesitate be-
cause your case has been pronounced
incurable.
| hold in my hand a bundle of letters
from people who say they have been
restored to health by my treatment
after doctors had given them up to die
If you wish TO try my free course Of
treatment, | advise you to sit down
and write me today. If you don't
wish to try my treatment, write me
any way, and | will send you a thor
ough diagnosis of your case and ex-
plain to You in detail just what | think
this treatment should do for you.
will also give you full information in
regard TO marvellous Psy PLY Force or
if you wish | will send you course
of treatment absolutely free and let
you take it under the direction of your
own family physician: SO that there
may be absolutely no doubt as to the
exact cause of the astonishing results
which l feel positive it will produce
Address your letter TO G. f. Coutant,
NJ. n, Suite 61l Syracuse \. y.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-24
DUEL To DEATH
FOUGHT IN WEST
Dozen Shots Fired in Mortal
Combat.

Gillette, Wyo., March 2i.-ln a duel
to the death, on the plains sixty miles
south of here between former bosom
friends, A. B. Furrier was shot and
killed by Leonard B. Nicholson after
nearly a dozen shots had been ex-
changed. The slayer Immediately
walked to the nearest telephone and,
after notifying the authorities at New
Castle, Gillette and Douglas disap-
peared
He stated over the telephone that he
would go at once to Douglas and give
himself UP.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-24
SOCIAL NEWS

Society Editor
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-24

My treatment is not a patent med
icine or a cure-all. but it is a treatment
that will be prescribed especially for
your particular case after d careful di-
agnosis of your condition.
True, it will contain oxygen to kill
deadly germs that infest your blood
and tissues. Oxygen is the life of
your blood 1t gives vitality to the
red blood corpuscles, and fills you with
vim and vigor. but it is death to bac-
terra and disease germs.
My treatment will contain artificial
nerve force, which Is the nearest APP
proach to natural living nerve force
that has ever been discovered. 1t is
truly marvellous how this artificial
nerve force takes the place of the nat
ural nerve force, and gives you wonder
frll strength and power. My treat
ment will also contain special rene
dies carefully prescribed to suit your
particular condition.
| also use a marvellous PSy-Phy
Force. which | believe is the most won
derful healing power known to man.
This mighty unseen force of such ire
mendous potency is a Divine gift with
in the reach of all, and in years past
PEOPLE who accidentally stumbled on it
and employed it were regarded as priv
ileged by the Creator and their power
was considered supernatural, because
It could not be explained, and yet this
great power, mighty as it is, is abso-
lutely harmless. incapable of produc-
ing injury. IA sleeping giant that re-
Quires but little effort to make it your
slave. The tabled Geni of Aladdin s
wonderful lamp possessed power
which | believe was scarcely greater
than that which | can reveal TO you.
Doctors in great universities of
France and Germany have taken up
the study of this mysterious force. Phi
losophers and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. have
been compelled to admit that they can
not fathom its secrets. You may at
tribute it to rehabilitation of nerve
force. re-establishment of vital mag
netic energy. psychic pOwer-or what
you will-the fact remains that patients
In utter despair have claimed that they
have been restored to health by this
wonderful treatment when all other
things failed.
Mrs n w Bowden. of New Bern,
n c., says: One year ago I was in a
dying condition. Three doctors had
given me up TO die. | tried Force Of
Life and today am a we'll woman.
thank God for the day that treatment
was sent to me. Here is also letter
from Mrs. Hannah Peters. of Harris
burg. Pa, you may read it for your
self. Mrs. Peters says: Il thank our
Heavenly Father for guiding me to
you, and for the good health you have
restored to me. | would have been in
my grave had ii not been for you. Your
treatment has certainly cured me com
pletely." Then take the case of Mr.
Hyatt. Here was man who had
gone from doctor to doctor; finally he
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-24

II coaxes back that well feeling,
healthy look, puts the sap of life into
your system, protects you from di-
sease. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea has no equal as spring tonic
for the whole family. Soc, Tea or
Tablets. \. G. Luken & Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-24

The Rolling Stones" Of Australia
placed on a fairly smooth surface will
soon roll together in group. They
contain magnetic ore.