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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-24
STATE ITEMS IN BRIEF.

Kenosha-Members of the Kenosha
Elks some time next week will give
every child in Kenosha who has
never ridden in an automobile a trip
to Racine and return.
Oshkosh-Jesse Kirk, who was
sandbagged three weeks ago, while in
Minneapolis has been brought home
suffering from partial paralysis of the
face and neck.
Beloit-Representing himself an
agent of a Chicago firm, a stranger
has been defrauding a large number
of people by taking orders for house
hold goods on payment of 81 down.
Green Bay-Albert BIahnik, engin-
eer on the Central Coal company's
dock, was instantly killed when his
head was struck by cogwheels of a
machine, and he was hurled with
great force by machinery.
Eau CIaire-Charles H. Jacquinet
has been given a bronze medal by
the federal government in recogni-
ton of his having remained in mill
tary service beyond the term of his
enlistment while in the Philippines in
1898 with the eighth army corps.
Neenah-Because of the presence of
mind of Charles Lansing, a North
western flagman, what might have
been a serious accident was ayarted d.
A box car was running wild, while
passenger train was making a blind
curve. Lansing threw the switch
and then ran ahead, not having time
to throw the switch back, and warned
the passenger.
CONFERENCE.-THE W R. c. at it's
meeting of September 80, will cele-
brate the birthday anniversary Of
Mrs. Louise G. Williams, who has
held the position of president for the
last fourteen years.
Cedarburg-Jacob Dietrich, secre-
tary of Ozaukee County Fair associ-
alton, while on his way from the
grounds was thrown out of an auto,
sustaining injuries about his head
rendering him unconscious.
Janesville--Harry Holbrook of the
Holbrook Amusement company, which
attempted to hold a chautauqua here
last summer, has written promising
to pay all his debts in the near fut-
ure.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-24

sary tG the maintenance of American
wages or American standards of liy-
ing appears clearly from the commol
practice of selling American goods
in foreign countries at much lower
prices than are sold in the United
States and yet at a profit The high
American wages have been paid by,
the manufacturer who finds it to be
his interest TO sell his goods abroad
at much lower prices than he sells
them at home.
What a high tariff really protects
is some sorts of invested capital. 1t
protects capital by excluding the COM
petition of other capital elsewhere
invested The tariff establishes a
tax paid by the great body of consum-
ers, not to the capitalists who have
invested their money in those plants
which produce protected articles The
protection has two conspicuous eff
feCts-frSt, it enables some capital
to earn at home a larger profit; sec
ondly it eNempts the manufacturer
from studying and adopting improve
ments of organization or method. He
is relieved of foreign competition and
has no adequate motive to seize on
every opportunity to improve his or
ganiZatiOn and his machinery and in
crease its skill. Monopolies are al
ways unprogressive because they are
always relieved of competition. If
the American people mean to main
tain their individual liberty in indus
tries, trades, commerce and politics,
they must steadily defend themselves
against monopoiles, whether created
and maintained by tariffs, unlimited
franchises or associations of either
wOrkmen or capitalists"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-24

Yes, quite sure; only Mr.. Coyshe
disturbed me by suggesting doubts
Oh, the doctor?' exclaimed Barbara,
struggling her shoulders.
Well, the DOCTOR repeated Mr.. Joc-
dan, cautiously. He is a very able
man. Why do you turn up your nose
at him? He can see through a stone
wall, and under a cushion to where a
stocking is hidden, and under cup.
board to where a caucer Of sour milk
is thrust away: and he can see into
the human body through the flesh and
behind the bones, and can tell you
where every nerve and vein is, and
what is wrong with each. When
things are wrong, then it is like stock
ings and saucers where they ought not
to be in a house.
He was wrong about the saucer OF
sour milk, utterly wrong persisted
Barbara
4 hope and trust the surgeon was
wrong in his forecast about the money
but my heart fails me-
He was wrong about the saucer,
said the girl encouragingly.
But he was right about the stock
ing said her father dispiritedly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-24
WAR
On At SUPERIOR

Superior. Tvs, Sept. 22.-The teIe-
phone war between the Bell and the
Independent company has broken
out afresh. The Peoples or indie
pendent company seems to have an
opportunity to get back at the Bell in
the matter of phones in the city hall
and public buildings, and is apparent
" trying to GUST the Bell from the
city buildings.
Years ago the Peoples Telephone
company was compelled by its char
ter to furnish free phones to the city
and the city ousted the Bell phones
on the ground that they were of no
advantage to the city when there was
one free phone in use in the Office
buildings.
Finally the Bell company succeeded
in getting into the city hall by giving
a large number of free phones. Now
that the public utilities law is in
force, an attempt is being made to
have the commission declare the fur
nishing of free instruments and serv-
ice illegal, and it is expected this
will be done.
The result will be that the com
panies will start fight in the coun-
ell. The effort will be made to have
the Bell phones returned and nave
them paid for. The adherents of the
Independent company are figuring on
having the old. phones driven out if
possible, as the Peoples telephones
are free under the franchise. The
fight viii be for control Of the city
hall and public building phones.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-24
II Would Seem So.

ut takes a good deal Of money tC
keep the sons Of rich men going re-
marked the moralizer.
Yes" rejoined the demOrallzer,
"but it doesn't take them long to get
there"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-24
Wabash Earnings Decrease.

St Louis, Sept. 22- The annual
report Of the Wabash railroad shows
a decrease in gross earnings Of 81
692,999 compared with the previous
year. The decrease in net earnings
is $1,031 900.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-24
ID Y ID

s. Barring GOULD
CHAPTER x.
Barbara's Petition.


drawn than usual. The fears inspired
by the surgeon had taken hold of him
Before the birth of Eve he had been
an energetic man eager TO get all ne
could out Of the estate, but for seven
oeen years an unaccourtable sadness
lad hung over him, damping his ar
1Or; his thoughts had been carried
sway from his land, whittier no one
NEW, though the results were obvious
Uough.
With Barbara he had little In com
mon. She was eminently practical.
He was always in a dream. She was
never on an easy footing with her
father, she tried to understand him
and failed, she feared that his brain
was partially disturbed. Perhaps her
efforts to make him out annoyed him;
at any rate he was cold towards her,
without being intentionally unkind.
An ever-present restraint was upon
both in each others presence.
At first, after the disappearance OF
Ewes mother, things had gone on upon
the old lines. Christopher Davy had
superintended the farm labors, but as
ne aged and failed and Barbara grew
to see the necessity for supervision,
she took the management Of the farm
rs well as the maids, to the farmyard
She saw that the men dawled over
their work and that the condition Of
the estate was going back The cop
pices had not been shredded in winter
and the oak was grown into a tangle.
The rending for bark in spring was
done unsyaematically. The hedges
.becaz2e ragged, the pIoughs out Of or
der, the thistIes were not cut period
caIIy and prevented from seeding.
There were not men sufficient to do
the work that had to be done. She
had not the time to attend to the men
as well as the maids, to the farmyard
as well as the house. She had made
,up her mind that a proper bailiff must
be secured, with authority to employ
as many laborers as the estate re-
quired. Barbara was convinced that
her father with his lost dreamy head, |
was incapable Of managing their pro
perry, even if he had the desire. Now
chat the trusty old Davy was i'll, and
breaking up, she had none to advise
her.
she was reused to anger on Mid
summer-day by discovering that the
aayrick had neved been matched, and
Ehat it had been exposed to the rain
which had fallen heavily, so that half
of it had to be taken down because
soaked, lest it should catch fire or
Dlacken. This wa the result of the |
careIessness Of the men. She deter |
mined to speak to her father at once.
She had good reason for doing so.
She found him in his study arrang-
ing his specimens Of mundic and pea
cock copper.
Has anyone come, asking for me
he said, looking up with futtering
face from his work.
No one, father
You startled me, Barbara, coming
on me stealthily from behind. What |
do you want with me? You see I am
engaged. and you know I hate to be
disturbed
Z have something I wish to speak
about
Well we'll, say it and go His
shaking hands resumed their work
1t is the old story, dear papa. Il
want You to engage a steward. 1t is
impossible for US to so on longer in
the way we have. You know how j
am kept on the run from morning to
.,s-f,r how, fC Loot qftnr all VOUT
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
MUST HAVE HONESTY
If McCarren Were Not Elected
Honestly, He Will Find
No Seat.
PEACE TALK A SIDE ISSUE,

New York. Sept. Eff Senator
McCarren and his Brooklyn associates
were honestly elected as delegates to
the democratic state convention they
will be seated" said Charles F. Muir
ply at Tammany hall. IF they were
not honestly elected, however. they
will not be seated. No delegate who is
honestly entitled to a seat in the con-
vention will be deprived of it.
Il want it understood that neither
State Chairman Corners nor any one
else can make peace or peace terms
for me. Reports that there have been
negotiations between Mr.. McCarren
and myself are not true"
Practically all the peace talk between
Senator McCarren and State Chairman
Corners came from the latter. The
two met accidentally in the Hoffman
house where McCarren was conversing
with the Sullivans, Big Tim" and
Little Tim" Mr.. Corners extended
his hand, and after few formal words
declared that since McCarren's victory
in Brooklyn there should be harmony
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
SHAW TELLS TAFT
ABOUT HIS SPEECH
In Characteristic Manner Due
Notice Is Given.

Cincinnati, o., Sept. 12.-This char
acteristic letter from ex-Secretary of
the Treasury Leslie NJ. Shaw, was re-
ceived today by Mr.. Taft:
The committee in charge of the Re
publican state convention of Illinois,
being in extremis, asked Shaw to
make a few remarks. OF course, he
consented, and while you will have
neither the time nor the appetite
therefor, he is going to stick into the
envelope that bears this message of
love and good will a transcript of some
of his mental gyrations preliminary
to the task assigned.
| wish l could run down to see you,
but there is nothing l can say except
to express my abiding good wishes,
and a large measure of confidence in
final results.
If you should meet Mrs. Taft during
the pressure of the campaign give her
my kindest regards and say to her that
Shaw thinks that in less than twelve
months from and after this day and
date she will be the best-beloved wom.
an in the land. Affectionately yours
l.. NJ. SHAW.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
Not So Funny After All.

On one of the cruises out Of Rock
land we ran into Castine, Me-, where
crowds of visitors boarded the ship.
One old grizzled farmer fell into the
hands Of youngster from Montana.
For the time being ventilators became
torpedo tubes, those ''sticks" up in
the air were to hold up fog nets. the
ropes were clotheslines, the engines
ran by radium, and the Hartford was
the fastest ship anoat.
! The old man seemed deeply interest
cd. especially in the chute for getting
overheard, the legs and arms that
might be adrift in action and the value
for letting out whatever water might
run into the ship. When he finally
went over the side he was profuse in
his thanks. Turning to his escort, he
drew out his card, on which was en-,
graved. G Rear Admiral, q. s.
N. Retired" and said, "The old ship
has changed since I commanded her,
Army and Navy Life.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
URGES POSTMASTERS
UPON THE SUBJECT
Should Educate Upon Postal
Savings Proposition.

indianapolis. Sept. 12.-In an address
before some 200 members of the Ma
tional Association of Postmasters of
the second and third class yesterday
afternoon at the Claypool, c. b.
Keene, postoffice inspector, Washing
ton, D. c., urged the postmasters to
wage a campaign of education in IA
vor of postal savings repositories. Mr..
Keene explained the movement in full
now on looking to that end, and dis
cussed the bill introduced by Senator
Thomas II. Carter of Montana at the
last session of congress. He argued
that a postal savings system is needed
in order to protect the immigrant and
to turn the tide of money which the
immigrant sends abroad each year
back into the proper channels in this
this country. Mr.. Keene also discuss
ed the system of postal savings banks
now in vogue in Canada, which he in
vestigated personally.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
E,Yina Fish.

Interesting are the habits Of the fly
ing fish. that queer denizen of the sea
found principally in the region of the
trade winds. Does it rise from the sea
like bird?' you ask. No. 1t shoots
out of the waves like an arrow, and
with outspreading wings sails on the
wind In graceful curves, rising some
times, one might say, to the height Of
fifteen feet, but not often so high, and
then, lowering, it again touches the
crest of a wave and renews its flight.
This operation may be repeated till it
covers a distance. say, of 500 yards in
the case of the stoutest on the wing.
though very often not half that dis.
lance is covered. A ship sailing
through the trade winds will often be
visited on dark nights by flying fish
which hit the sails or rigging and fall
on deck, where of course they soon
give up life.-St. Nicholas.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
0rviIIe Wright Breaks Records
Daily and Yesterday
Surpassed All.
FLEW MORE THAN AN HOUR
MACHINE UNDER PERFECT CON-
TRoL AT ALL TIMES AND GUiD-
ED WITH EASE BY MAN WHO
MADE 1T.

Washington, Sept. 12.-Dr. Orvillo
Wright again broke the worlds rec
ord for aerial navigation by making
fight of l hour, 10 minutes and 80
seconds yesterday. The performance
was the most spectacular since the
first real flight Wednesday afternoon
Wright's ship seemed to be a thing
alive. 1t would go straight up APP
parently toward the sky, and thes
turn easily and sail straight ahead.
He tried this three or four times, while
the spectators below held their breath
in wonder.
Two flights were made at Fl. Myer,
Va, yesterday, the first being of 10
minutes and fifty seconds duration. for
the purpose of showing what speed
he had been travelling during his long
flights of the past three days.
Yesterdays test demonstrated ac-
cording to the aviator's calculation,
that the speed of the aeroplane during
the record breaking flights of Wednes-
day and Thursday was 1916 miles on
hour.
Mr.. Wright arrived at the testing
grounds at FIT. Myer at o'clock, and
Immediately prepared to make a flight
The weather conditions were ideal
and Mr.. Wright lost no time in hay
ing the machine placed on the start.
ing track. Before making the first
flight Mr.. Wright said:
Il want to make a flight of about
10 minutes in order to see how my
present speed compares with that
made at Kitty Hawk, N. c. l have a
time and distance apparatus attached
to the aeroplane, but it registers only
10 .kilometers without repeating.
have to make a short flight in order
to determine the speed at which the
machine goes through the air.
Starting at Al, the aeroplane made
nine rounds of the drill grounds, and
then, landing within few feet of the
thousand or more spectators, Mr.
Wright computed the speed of record.
breaking flights. The speed was Off
cially announced as 800 miles pei
hour.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
Letter of Carrothers Branded
Lie and No Qualifying
Clauses Were Used.
CANDIDATE PERTURBED.
ZEST AND INDIGNATION DIS
PLAYED IN ANSWER TO LET
TIE FROM NEGRO LAWYER
LEAVE NO DOUBT OF MEANING.

Louisville, KY, Sept. 12.-Roosevelt-
ian words were used by Judge w. H.
Taft in answering a recent letter from
a negro lawyer of this city. Albert
S. White the negro who received the
letter, reports the correspondence on
Taft's view of the fifteenth amend
ment about as follows:
The Hon. William H. Taft, Mid
die Bass Island, Ohio.-Dear Sir: l was
shown a circular today from a negro
of Washington, D. c., Rev. DR.. Car
rothers, in which he appeals to his
people to vote against you because he
alleges that in an address you had
stated that a law that can not be en-
forced ought to be repealed. He
claims that you had direct reference
to the fifteenth amendment.
81 endeavored to obtain the letter,
but without avail. 1t is because | be-
lieve that Kentucky will give you her
electoral votes, and because | believe
that this letter may do harm that |
write you.
Il judge that if any part of his COM
munication is true, it must be some
sentence that has been distorted from
the context and made to do duty for
his miserable ends.
IF you have made any speech sus-
ceptible of such perversion, kindly let
me have it, or the part pertinent
hereto, as | desire in the newspapers
to expose the fraud. Yours very
truly Albert s. White.
Taft's reply was:
Middle Bass Island, Ohio,
September ., 1908
my dear Mr.. White: The circular
letter of Mr. Carrothers is a lie. What
l was referring to was sumptuary laws
and I referred to them in lecture that
/ delivered at Yale. l can send you a
copy of it as soon as l get to Cincin-
natl, and shall do so. Very sincere
ly yours.
civilian H. Taft"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
Sponges Are Sunstruck.

The sponge being an animal. it Is
necessary to kill it. This is done By
exposing it for several hours on the
broad decks Of the boats. In summer
sponges soon die. but in winter take
a long time owing to weaker force OF
the sun. After death they are brought
ashore and put in the cradles. These
are Enclosures made on the seashore by
setting stakes little apart from each
other. The ebb and flow of the tide
wash the animal matter from the
sponaes. and the work is completed by
manual labor. They are then taken
to the packing house, graded. strung.
baleG and dispatched to their destina-
tion.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
Tho Whole Business,

A very young housekeeper went to
market to purchase spring chicken.
After selecting one and inquiring the
price she said:
isn't shillings rather high? The
poultcrer in our road only charged me
Is. Cd. the other day"
with the feet onT asked the sales
man.
mo. I believe, now you mention It,
the feet were cut off," she replied,
with some hesitation.
81 thought So" said the man at the
stall. when we sell a fowl here,
ma'am, we sell it feet and all."-Lon-
don Scraps.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
Still Susceptible.

He was nervous. fdgety young man,
and he looked with considerable ap.
prehension at the woman next him.
who held baby. its face covered with
a thick veil. The baby gave now and
then a sharp cry, which the woman
evidently tried to suppress.
At last. after many, anxious glances
the young man spoke.
"Has-has that baby any-anythine
conta gious?" he asked.
The woman looked at him with a
mixture Of scorn and pity.
"'Twouldn't be for most folks" she
said in clear, carrying tone. "but
maybe 'twould for you. He's teeth
Ippo
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
The Adventurous Feline,

Hello. Is this the electric com
pany? Do you take cats down? Yes
cats! One is on a pole and crying jus'
terribly. She must have been up there
week. for she's just as thin What.
Oh, this is Fifty-ninth avenue! A biz
dog is barking at her. too. and she
What street? Why. don't know.
don't live on this street. do I? Oh. yes
or course, Bristol street. the druggis'
says Oh. will you? You are so good
And a man just said she is playin.
with the transformer and might shor
circuit herself or something. Wei.
thank you very much. I am so glad
Goodbyr-Success Magazine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
WOMAN FIGHTS SNAKE
Killed It With Hot Water and
Hat Pin.
THEN TAINTED, OF COURSE.

St Louis, Mo-, Sept. 12.-Armed
with a hat pin. Mrs. F. E. Jordan, aged
so, of Garfield avenue, killed three
foot rattlesnake which had invade
her home.
Mrs. Jordan found the snake up.
stairs in her room. as it lay coiled
within striking distance of her nine
months-old baby, which was cooling at
the unwonted sight.
The frantic mother ran for pot of
boiling water and also grabbed from
her dressing table big hat pin with
an ornamental knob.
AS she approached the RATHER 1t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12

coiled and twice struck at her, both
times falling short. Then Mrs. Jor-
dan dashed the boiling water at his
snakeship and he fled. seeking refuge
in the corner. The hot water had TAX
en- all the fight out of the snake and
Mrs. Jordan finished him with the hat
pin. Then she screamed for help and
tainted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
Mingle a little gayety with your
grave pursuits-Horace
How 70 Get Strono.

p j. DAILY, of 1247 W. Congress ST.,
Chicago, tells of a way to become
strong. He says: my mother, who is
old and was very feeble, is deriving
so much benefit from Electric Bitters,
that / feel it's my duty to tell those
who need tonic and Strengthening
medicine about it. In my mothers
case marked gain in flesh has re-
suited, insomnia has been overcome
and she is steadily growing stronger
Electric Bitters quickly remedy stom-
ach, liver and kidney complaints. Sold
under guarantee at A. G. Luken & Co.
drug store. 500
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
Insect Notes,

The slow Tapping Of a butterdy's
wing produces no sound. When the
movements are rapid. q noise is pro-
duced which increases with the mum.
Der o. vibrations. Thus the house fly,
which produces the sound Of F, vi.
brates its wings 1,120 times a minute,
or 1856 times second, and the bee
which makes a sound of A. as many q,
&c. 400 times. or 40 times a second. A
tired bee huns on f and therefore. ac.
cording to theory, vibrates its wingr
only $50 times a second.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
Perfectly Correct.

A sbopkeeper had stuck up notice
in CARING colors and very large let.
tiers: Selling on! Must Close on Sat.
urdayi"
On Friday he was asked by friend
what, Are you selling off again?"
Certainly All the shopkeepers are
selling off. amt theyT
"Of course they are. But you say
Must close on Saturday."
Certainly I must You would no.
have me keep open on Sunday. would
you"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
Penny Wise, Pound Foolish.

Housewives who buy seven or eight
bars of yellow laundry soap for quar-
ter doubtless think they are getting a
big twenty-five cents worth. They
are-in rosin. which is not cleanser
at all. A five cent cake of such a
pure white soap as Easy Task with it's
soft, creamy lather, will outlast two
bars of smeary rosin soap, because it is
good all through.