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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-28

Miss Hattie and Bessie Howard Of
Ellinwood were in the city Sunday
the guests OF Miss Edna Robe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-28

Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. Underwood Wis
tied with H. D. Ashpole and family:
this week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-28

Earl Rediger and wife Of Rozel hav
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Red.
iger this week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-28

Pete Maus has been away attendin
some Of the race meetings held in
the circuit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-28

Mrs. A. B. Cuthbertson has return
ed from a visit with Pittsburg friends
and this has caused Ben to forsake
the Merry Widowers" tribe and re-
place his lonesome look with water
works smile.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-28

W. D. Gould is enjoying well
earned vacation in the Colorado noun
tains.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-28

Miss collia williamson has ben
laugh.
These rains make the farmers
III for a few days.
We all wonder what made Roy VIII
hanson 60 SO many times to town
last week. Say, Roy do you know!
The rain spoiled the ball game be-
TWEEN Liberty and Seward this week.
Mrs. Golf and baby, two sisters and
her mother, were guests at Mrs. j.
g. Williamson's Sunday evening.
The dance at Seward Thursday ev-
ening was greatly enjoyed.
Misses Opal and Hulda Williamson
have gone to lara, Illinois for few
weeks visit.
Every face is Frightening for the
10th of next month.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-08-28

eu shades this year make the selection of your Fall Suit an
easy matter. You will have de range select tono More
pas styles; and better varieties than BuznS uour
clothes at this store will be pleasure ask Eueu-
thing and fresh HI goods marked plain figures and
wha you pay Everyone p0s Our first price Lowest price,
Prices from $1,000 to $3.50.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12

tie O
We Richard Gribbe County Clerk and F. P Hooking Justice of
therefor hereby certify
villages
Tuesday the Monday
November, A. 1908, third said month.
Amendments follows:
49, Az RESOLUTION 13.
TO- article the constitution relating the
0 Y
of votes against
(3l5)
(No. D. S. RESOLUTION IS.
article WILL
internal improvements
whole twelve hundred
The Whole number against
thirteen
NO. At, Az JOINT RESOLUTION NO. Is.
said amendment hundred
5
CNo. RESOLUTION %.
article VIII, relating
priv occupations.
sevent
whole
sevent
Witness Of County Supervisors
Ddgev this 18th day of November the Lord
thousand hundred and eight
E. County Clerk.
F. p. HOOKING, Peace,
w. Member Board.
Board of County
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
When RiIev and Carmar Met

James Whitcomb Riley and Bliss
Carman, though comrades of long
standing in art, did not meet TIL COM
paratlvely recently. 1t was in Wash
ington, and the Canadian poet, whose
head is fully six feet four inches above
ground, was walking down Pennsyl-
vania avenue with a friend.
Observing Riley approach and know
ing that the two poets had never met,
the Washingtonian took occasion to in
trOduCC them.
Struggling with suppressed emotion,
the laureate Of childhood dropped his
eyes to the pavement, gradually per
mitted his glance to travel upward as
though Analysing a new species Of
skyscraper and with an expression OF
lnimitable drolIery calculated: well,
by Jimmy! Yeour parents must hev
trained yeou on a trcllis." - Success
Magazine
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12

the method Of a man as her skirt Is
from his trousers.
If she is in her own home, with
plenty of space and sitting in a capa-
ctous rocking chair, she has room
enough to do it successfully. If she is
anywhere else, she instantly becomes
a public nuisance.
y man opens his paper sharply. keep
ing the sheets closely together, folds
it lengthwise in half, then doubles it,
making it into a fiat pamphlet. and
reads it comfortably. He doesn't
gouge any ones eyes out or knock off
hats or tickle the backs of ears and
neclls.
But a woman! She opens the sheets
and then spreads out their entire
length in front of her, up in the air,
with both arms extended at full length
to hold the edges. The fact that she
is reading the first column on the first
sheet does not prevent her from keep
ing the paper spread out in this posi-
ton during the whole time she is read
ing.
When she turns another sheet she
pushes the whole thing q bit higher in
the air makes as much of a breeze as
she can when she is turning it and
then readiUsts it again in this spread
eagle position.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
THE HORN FLY.
Some Remedies to Protect Cattle From
This Annoying Pest.


The season is here when that great
pest Of the dairy COW, the horn fly,
should be watched. Considerable anx-
iety Is always eVlnced by STOCK owners
concerning the sudden annual appear
ance upon their cattle Of enormous
numbers Of small blackish fly which
irritates the animals so much with its
bite and disturbs them constantly that
they fall off rapidly both in flesh and
yield Of milk.
This horn fly is European pest
which was first brought to the notice
Of the United States division or ento-
mology In September, 1885, ana was
probably imported with catue from
Europe, where it has been known SINCE
1880. The flies merely resort 70 the
horn as resting place from Whl'h
they cannot easily be dlSl"dged by the
animal. They also congreGate on lhe
neck and on the base OF the tai.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
NTNIE. CHANIINADE An HIR PIANO

certs, and her Prelude For Organ
was performed at the funeral of no
less important a person than the late
lamented and respect worthy Queen
Victoria.
GLOW do compose? she said.
I am most likely to be inspired when
I am in the woods or by the sea, quite
close to nature Usually when an idea
comes to me | mediate over it for a
time. Then, sometimes without need
ing any piano. I begin to write.
"'Beforc it is written I hear, as most
composers hear-and l mean this lit
eraIly-every note Of the music [ COM
pose I hear every instrument in the
orchestra for which [ am scoring my
work as clearly or almost as clearly as
If real instruments were performing
my music for me. Once while I was
composing the loudness Of an imagi-
nary instrument annoyed me so much
that l startled some Of my friends who
were with me by excIaiminG: ooh. that
oboe. That abOminablc oboe "Why.
what's the matter with you?" said one
Of them. Nothing" I answered. 81
was only thinking"
"'Which is the most popular Of my
compositions? I think my song called
"L'Anneau d'Argent." or THE Silver
Ring" Over 100000 copies Of it have
been sold. and it has been sung every
where. Another song, Isl i'etais Jar
DINER" is also a great favorite'"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
Left Side Is Best Side.

"Profle?" said the photographer.
''Thcn turn the left side, please"
The young girl looked impressed.
Did YOU notice it?' she asked. You
must have sharp eyes. l thought it
was fact known only to myself"
"W'hat fact?" asked the photogra-
pher.
why, the fact that the left side of
my face is Il little better than the right
side and that the left profile is more
regular"
OH said the photographer. "Of
course l noticed that That, you know,
Is the case with everybody. Every
body's left profile is better than the
right one The eye Is opened more
fully. the mouth has a finer curve, the
checks contour is firmer, and the hair
about the temples is thicker.
"NOticc after this the profile photo
graphs YOU come across, and you'll find
that nine out of ten of them portray
the left side of the face"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
" )r11an'sW Orld
CECILE CHAMINADE.
The Only Living Woman Composer
With Any Professions to Celebrity.

The Only Living Woman Composer
With Any Professions to Celebrity.
CeciIe Chaminade. whose husband.
NJ. CarboneI, died lately, will visit
America for the first time this fall
For years past Nine. ChaminaGe has
been receiving offers from American
managers. 4 made her one myself
three years ago. which she declined. as
she had declined others. on the ground
that her poor health would not permit
her to cross the ocean," said Charles
Henry MeltZer, who recently inter-
viewed the charming composer
''Now, however, as she assured me
while l sat chatting with her in her
summer home at lie Vesinet near st.
Germain, she feels strong enough to
brave anything, even the American
critics, whom her Partisan friends, it
seems, have been using as scarecrow4
to prevent her leaving them.
"Of course YOU know-and if you
don't I strongly advise you not to say
so-that since the death Of Augusta
Holmes, CeciIe Chaminade is the one
living woman composer with any pre-
tension TO celebrity.
Her songs. her sonatas and her bal
let, 'CalIishoc'' are known to the whole
world. Many of her works have been
played at the American Symphony con
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
Some Women Abroad.

In Dutch Guiana the women carry
about their waists in large fiat bags. or
namented or plain, all the family say,
ings, in the shape of heavy bracelets
and angIets, necklaces and even
crowns of gold and silver.
The Japanese woman does not black
en- her teeth under any mistaken idea
that it makes her less beautiful She
does it to make herself as unatractive
as possible and is supposed to have no
desire to please the other sex.
The headdress and coral jeWelry of
German woman are usually heir
looms and vary greatly according to
the financial status of the family The
gold fastcnings of the necklaces may
be anything from a small clasp to one
the size of a brooch. covered with eX-
pensive filigree work.
When large enough to. satisfy the
pride of the owner, the clasp is always
worn in front. One or all Of these
pieces of jeweIry must form a part Of
every smart girls dot" while among
the farming people her dover mainly
consists of COWS and sheep.
A Spanish maiden who is the least
bit attractive is always attended by a
young man. He IS called her "nOvio,"
and it is his privilege to accompany
her on her walks. though, of course,
her mother or maid is also in atte1d'
ance to play propriety. His courtship
seldom ends in his becoming engaged
to the young woman. but while it lasts
she must be obedient and loyal to him.
If he should transfer his affections to
another fair damsel the sighted one
has no redress, as an old custom gives
him the right to do so, and the friend
ship must never be regarded in the
light Of broken enga cement.
a marriage is settled by the heads of
the two families chiefly concerned. and
until this comes to pass the young
Spaniard may be the novio o. IS many
girls as he chooses, one after another.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
Teach Children to Be Tidy.

A waste paper basket should form
part Of every nursery equipment.
Children should be taught to put into
it all scraps of paper, cuttings from
dolls dressmaking and any other little
odds and ends that would otherwise
litter the nursery floor.
1t VIII teach them an excellent lesson
in tidincss and be good training, cspe-
ciaIly for the girls, for the day when
each VIII have a home of her own.
While children are young it is com
parativcIy easy to teach them to be
tidy. but the lesson is hard to learn in
later life
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
New Cause For Alarm.

The Washington hostesses are afraid
that a change in the administration,
whether a Democrat or Republican is
elected, may take from office a number
Of nice young men who have helped
out 50 much in social affairs during the
last eight years. 1t 50 often happens
that the young men appointed to office
are not altogether presentable as
guests at balls and dinners.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
Hints to Tipsters.

Gadd--Whenever one of the big mag
mates says TO buy stocks 1 always sell.
That's the way TO fool EN-. Cadd-I
don't. When they say to buy always
buy. Gadd-But don't you know they
never express their private opinions in
public? They always say just the op-
posite of what they think. Cadd-No;
you're a back number. They're on to
that scheme. When they say TO buy
they know you will think they believe
it is really time TO sell. So now they
say just the opposite Of what they ex-
pect TO do. They say the right thing
because you will think it is the wrong
thing. By the way, Gadd, did you ever
make any money in stocks? Gadd-No.
Cadd-Neither did I.-Lippincott's Mag
azine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
Healthy Pills.

One day a Lancashire physician on
his visiting day called at the house Of
6 certain patient and, after seeing the
man. said that he would send him a
box of pills. When the physician re-
turned to his surgery he called for his
assistant and told him to take the box
Of pills to his patient and a hamper
containing six young hens to a friend
Of his Unluckily the messenger bun
gled over his errand and took the
hamper containing the hens to the pa
tent and the pills to the physicians
friend. Imagine the CONSERVATION of
the patient on receiving along with
the fowls the following instructions:
Two OF these to be swallowed every
half hour."-Iondon Spare Moments.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
On the WAY Home.

A party of Scotsmen had been having
a little celebration in n Canadian town
ship, and unsteady were the steps on
the home going in the morning. One
fell by the wayside and called for help
from another wayfarer The would be
good Samaritan tried to steady him
self as he looked down upon the fallen
one and then settled matters by saying,
81 Gamma help We up, but I'll lie doom
aside We"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
Determination of the Board of County Canvassers.

State of sconsin, County of
F.
F. P
of
following
PIatW vase Member the Assembly,
Richa E. vase County Clerk.
hOmas H. Hos 6ins was
Richar Jones vase
Stephen W. VIZ
Clerk of Circuit Court
Jesse P. was
J elected Register of Deeds.
Obert L. OH
do published
weekly
said
office Clerk County
of D.
r. z e,
F. W. Member County
F. P HOOKING Justice
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
Mskino Jam

The primitive method Of stirring
jam for hours while preserving it has
given place to a more simple method,
which is not only much less difficult,
but the fruit has a more natural flavor.
Mash the fruit thoroughly with a wire
potato masher, add the same quantity
Of sugar, pint for pint, and place in a
granite Kettle on the stove to boil.
AS soon as it has thoroughly boiled it
can be removed and the jars immedi-
atCly filed and sealed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12

"You used to say" she bitterly com
planned, that l was the light Of your
existence"
81 know It," he replied, with almost
brutal frankness, but that was before
I had to pay for the gas you consume
by sitting up till midnight reading fool
love stories. Chicago Timas-Herald.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
Cathedral Curtains.

There are some lovely imported ma
dras curtains brought out by the deco
rators that give the exact effect of
cathedral glass.
They are hung without fullness
straight against the window pane in
side the window woodwork; They may
small ball fringe. They really give a
dim religious light
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
Over the Back Fence

First WOman-You've got to retract
what you said about me.
Second Woman-I won't. I never
take anything back.
First Woman Indeed you don't, but
you'll borrow everything your neigh
bors have if you get a chance.-De
troit Free Press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12

Here is advice that none should fail
To duly note:
When going for n summer sail,
Lest friends and relatives should wall
Don't rock the boat,
And in lfes usual business
If you would float
Along the current of success
Don't fret and fume in nervous stress;
Don't rock the boat!
Not only men of humble fate
Who live remote
Should heed this warning. Oh, ye
great,
Who seek to run the ship OF state,
Don't rock the boat!
Washington Star.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
A Cultured Clerk.

Mrs. What's the price Of
this silk?
The Sales Gentleman-The price is
% cents, madam, which you must ad-
NIT is quite decollete
Mrs. chOppen-Decollete?
The Sales Gentleman-Yes, madam.
Cut low.-PhiIadelph Press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
a ChIInn-

Tess-Mr DumsIey's just the mean
est man. He told me last evening
he'd teach me how to whistle If I'd
puc1cr up my lips
Jess-Oh, that old scheme! Then ne
kissed you, ch?
Tess - No; the stupid thing! He
didn't kiss me at all. - Minneapolis
Journal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
(oFFIcIaL s-coNTINUED)

and
received thousand
four(3
thousand
hundred
L. thirty hundred (3142
County Supervisors,
November Lord
one hundred and eight
E.
F.
F. W.
Board of County Canvassers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
The True Home,

Homes are not built Of bricks and
mortar. 1t is the people, not the places,
that make the homes. The face Of a
smiling woman, the patter of tiny feet
and the music Of children's voices
aye, even the barking Of a dog and the
human look of joy at our coming
bring us the nameless charm that we
call "hOme"-LOndon Throne.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
q Mean Man.

"That man Deadbete is the rneanest
fellow l know"
"Why?"
"Today he paid me back loan I've
been trying to get for two years and
he had the nerve to ask me how much
1 proposed to throw off for cash.
Ohio State Journal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
More Imnortant.

Two village WORTHLESS were discussing
mooted point in grammar as to
whether a hen "sits' or "sets" when
she takes to her nest
"Scems to me It's a heap more i'm
portant," interrupted Outstanding
farmer, whether she lays or Ties
when she cackles -Harper's Weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12

Mrs Annie Rockefeller, who recently
received her degree of Ii. B. from the
New York university, viii, it is said,
put out her sign stating that she will
receive only woman clients. She is the
pioneer in New York in the lawyer for
women field.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12

An odd continuance is used in China
to protect carrier pigeons from the at
tacks of birds of prey. Tiny bamboo
tubes are fastened under their wings,
and as they fly the air passing swiftly
through the tubes makes a shrill whis-
tie, which serves TO brighten off other
fy.JC
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
Income and Outdo,

"Gramma, pa costs me n'awful
lot"
How, sonny?"
why, gramma, when I'm good all
day he gives me a penny, an when
I'm bad l have to give him a penny"
Chicago Record Herald.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
Ansin.

Museum Attendant-We cannot tell
whether this mammal is one or several
million years old.
Old CONTAMINATION! | see. Female
Of its species, Ell?
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12

The coin of smallest value ever is
sued is the mite so called. such as
the widow Of the Bible story contrib
uted 10 the poor. lis shape was hex
agonal and its face value one-fftieth
Of a cent. Five thousand mites are
the equivalent in value Of one Amerf-
can dollar
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12

plan by simply rigging up a board %
support scales and milk record. and
he then has the figures before him TO
tell just what the COWS are doing. To
know the value of a COW her total an
nual yield must be known The only
way TO learn this is to keep a record of
her daily milk yield.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12
Constitutional Amendments.

STATEMENT
qtonal amendments submitted to the people at the general election
Tuesday succeeding the Monday November
A.. D. of said month.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12

The Woman and Her Paper.
Did you ever notice how woman
opens a paper? 1t Is IS different from
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12

This is the girl who used to say she
would never marry a man unless she
could look up to him. - Philadelphia
Press.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-06-04
Why Was La Toilette UnSuppOyted2

AS is we'll known, there is no rule by
which debate can be closed, arbitrarily,
in the U. S. Senate. Therefore, if mi
nority is at once stubborn and adroit, it
can talk any bill to DEATH In this way,
Senator Carmack of Tennessee, killed
the infamous Ship-subsidy bill in the
Congress of two years ago.
When the A1drich bill came back to
the Upper House for final action, at this
session, Senator La Toilette laid his
plans to talk it to DEATH The damnable
bill deserved just that fate.
The Senator from Wisconsin broke all
the records of ''long talks" by speaking
upwards Of nineteen hours continuously.
Then he gave way to the blind Senator
from Oklahoma, Gore, who was to talk
until $ o'clock in the morning, at which
time he was to be relieved by Stone, of
Missouri. La Toilette, Of course, had to
leave the chamber to get some rest. Gore
spoke until about 5 o'clock, and took his
seat, believing that Stone was in his
place. But Stone was not there, and the
Watchful henchmen Of Wall Street dashed
in and passed their bill.
Where were those virtuous Democrats
who spoke against the Aldrch bill, and
who voted against it? Why did they not
help La Toilette in his great fight for the
people? Why was not every Democratic
Senator ready to help talk the Wall Street
bill to death?
All, it makes the heart sick Those
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-06-04
PAGE TWELVE
NOT POPULIST DOCTRINE.
Continued from Page Nine

county unit, so our United States sena-
tor should be elected. While am heart
lily in favor of the initiative and referen-
dunn, would not be in favor of applying
it in any other way than that provided by
the constitution of the United States,
which recognizes the state unit, and
thereby provides a check upon nu-
merical majorities Unless the initiative
and referendum, which is Populist prin-
ciple, were applied according to the meth
Cd of Our national constitution, it would
be deadly doctrine to such small states
as Delaware, Rhode Island, Georgia and
Alabama. It would make it possible for
the large states, like New York, Ohio and
Pennsylvania, to establish political des-
potism by means Of their dense popula-
ton and their great superiority of num-
bers In like manner, would oppose the
direct election of senators by the people,
unless we follow that constitutional sys-
TEN, which protects the country counties
from the overwhelming numbers in our
big cities. The E1oke Smith program,
which proposes to allow the successful
candidate to name the representatives of
those counties which he does not carry,
as we'll as the representatives of the coun-
ties which he does carry, is the most
deadly blow struck at representative gov
eminent and home rule since the days of
the carpet-bagger and the federal bayo-
net.