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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08

warehouseman upon such receipt without
the consent Of the holder of such receipt.
shall upon conviction thereof. be punished
by Imprisonment in the state prison for not
more than five years nor less than one year,
or by fine not exceeding five thousand dol
lars. or by both
Section 16s4m-59. ANY person who
shall wilfully alter or destroy any receipt
or register Of receipts or any warehouse
man. or any officer. agent or servant Of a
warehOusemRn, who shall issue any receipt
without entering the same as required by
section 16S4m-3, shall upon conviction
thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the
state prison for not more than five years
nor less than one year, or by fine not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars, or by both.
Section 168+m-60. In any case not pro
vided for in this act, the rules of law and
equity, including the law merchant, and ia
particular the rules relating TO the law Of
principal and agent and to the effect Of
fraud, Misrepresentation, duress or coer-
cion. mistake, bankruptcy, or other !nVal
idating cause. shall govern.
Section 16S4m-61. This act shall be SO
interpreted and construed as to efectuate
its general purpose to make uniform the
law Of those states which enact It.
Section 16S4m-62. ]. IN this act IN
IL Action" includes counter claim, set
of and suit in equity.
- delivery means voluntary transfer
Of possession from one person to another.
90 "FungiDle goods means goods Of
which any unit IS, from its nature or. by
mercantile custom. treated as the equiya-
lent OF any other unit.
~ Goods means chattels or merchan-
disc in storage, or which has been, or Is
about TO be stored.
10 Holder Of a receipt means 4 per-
sor who has both actual possession Of such
receipt and right Of property therein.
i6i Order means order by indorse-
ment on the receipt
90 Owner does not include mort
gage or pledge.
Isl Person includes corporation or
partnership or two OF more persons having
q joint or common interest
90 To purchase" includes TO take as
mortgage or as pledge.
t10t purchaser includes mortgage
iii Receipt means a warehouse re
ceipt.
t12) Value is any consideration sua-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-22

rapid succession, the old man turned pale.
and a thought crossed his mind which
made him rush out and climb hastily to
the top of the cone.
He suffered at the sight which met his
eyes.
The three hunters, followed by Duke,
were tearing home at full speed, follow
ed by the five huge bears! Their six
bullets had evidently had no effect. The
monsters were close on their heels.
Hatteras, who brought up the rear,
could only manage to keep of his pur-
suers by fiinging down one article after
another-hrst his cap, then his Ratchet.
and, finally, his gun. He knew that the
inQuisitive bears would stop and examine
every object, shifting all around IL, and
this gave him a little time. otherwise he
could not have escaped, for these ami
mails outstrip the fieetest horse. and one
monster was so near that Hatteras had
to brandish his knife vigorously, to ward
off a tremendous blow from his paw.
At last, though painting and out of
breath, the three men reached johnson
safely, and slid down the rock with him
into the snow house. The bears stopped
short on the upper plateau, and iHatteras
and his companions lost no time in barr
ing and barricading them out
Here we are at last!" exclaimed Hat
teras, I'VE can defend ourselves better
now. It is five against five"
''Fourg" said Johnson, in a frightened
voice.
"How?"
1.-The doctorv" replied johnson, pointing
/ to the empty sitting room.
''Wel, he is In Isle Johnson
"A bad job for him." said Bell.
But we can't leave him to his fate,
in this fashion, said Altamont.
mo, let's be of to him at once" re-
piled Hatteras.
He opened the door, but soon shut it,
! narrowly escaping a bears hug.
''They are there!" he exclaimed.
/ "All?" asked Bell.
THE whole pack"
Altamont rushed to the windows, and
began to fill up the deep embrasure with
blocks Of ice, which he broke off the
walls of the house.
His companions followed his example 81
lently. Not a sound was heard but the
low, deep growl of Duke.
They were besieged.
All were worried about the good doctor.
1--WE must get rid Of the bears before
, he comes" said Hatteras.
But how?' asked Bell.
1t was difficult to reply to this. A sortie
was out of the question. They could hear
the bears prowling about outside, growl-
ing and scraping the walls with their
enormous paws.
However, action must be taken speedily.
Altamont resolved to try a portfolio
through which he might fire on his assail-
ants. He scooped out a hole in the wall,
but his gun was hardly pushed through
when it was seized with irresistible force
and wrested from his grasp before he
! could even fire.
"Confound it!' he exclaimed. we're no
match for them
| He FASTENED to stop up the breach as
| fast as possible.
This state of things had lasted upwards
of an hour. and there seemed no prospect
| of termination.
! The question of a sortie began now to
| be seriously discussed. There was little
; chance of success, as the bears could not
be attacked separately, but Hatteras and
! his companions had grown impatient.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-22
By
Jules
Verne
FINDING THE POLE

,er. The thermometer fell several de-
grees, and the inmates of Doctors house
could hardly keep themselves warm even
in their beds. Altamont had charge Of the
stove. and he found it needed careful re-
plenishing to preserve the temperature
It 80 degrees above zero.
This increase OF cold betokened the
coming end Of the stormy weather, am
the doctor hailed it gladly as the har-
binger OF his favorite hunting and explor-
ing expeditions.
He rose early next morning, and with
the others climbed up TO the top Of hill
near by. Soon he found numerous traces
Of animals on all sides. and this within
circle OF two miles of Fort Provi-
dence.
After gazing attentively at these traces
for some minutes. the hunters looked at
each other silently, and then the doctor
exclaimed:
well, these are plain enough. I think"
cay, only too plain" added Bell, bears
have been herer'
First rate gamer said AItamont
There's only one fault about it,"
What is that?" asked Bell
TOO much of it"
What do you mean?"
1T mean this-there are distinct traces
of FIVE bears, and FIVE bears are rather
too much for five men,"
Are you sure?" said Clawbonny.
Nook and see for yourself. Here is
one footprint. and there is another quite
different. These claws are far wider
apart than those, and see here. again,
that paw belongs to a much smaller bear.
tell you. II you look carefully, you will
see the marks of all FIVE different bears
! distinctly"
You're right" said Bell. after a close
inspection.
IF that's the case, then" said the doc
tor. I'VE must be careful. for these ami
mails are starving after the severe winter
and they might be extremely dangerous
/ to meet"
you think they have discovered our
presence hereT'
''No doubt of it, otherwise why should
these footprints be in a circle round our
| fortT'' said Bell.
You're right" said the doctor, land.
| what's more, It is certain that they have
I been here last night"
'And other nights before that" replied
/ Altamont.
well, we can easily find out II they
come tonight" said Altamont.
by effacing all the marks in a given
place. Tomorrow IL We find fresh ones, II
viii be evident that they are after u.s.
The three hunters set to work then,
and scraped the snow over till all the
I footprints were obliterated for a consid-
4 cradle distance.
Next morning at early dawn. Hatteras
and his companions, we'll armed, went out
TO reconnoiter the state OF the snow. They
found the same identical footmarks, but
somewhat nearer. Evidently the enemy
was bent on the siege Of Fort Providence.
But where can they be?" said Bell.
Behind the icebergs watching u.s." re-
piled the doctor. Don't let US expose
ourselves imprudently.n.
What about going hunting. then?''
asked Altamont.
1--WE must put It of for day or two,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-22
Continued from Last Issue.

OOuLluuCQ 4AOAu 10SA ASS'
No doubt OF Il. ana yet an Eskimo
meal may well astonish US. In SIR Jonn
Ross narrative. he states his surprise at
the appet.tes OF his guides. he tells US
that two OF them-just two, mino-de-
voured s quarter Of a bunaIo IN one
Morning They cut the meat In long
narrow strips, and the mode OF eating
was either for the one to bite OF as
much as his mouth could hold, and then
mass II on to the other. or TO leave the
long ribbons OF meat dangling from the
mouth, and devour~ them gradually, Ike
boa constructors. lying at full length on
the ground"
Ugh" exclaimed Bell what disgust
ine brutesv'
Every man has his own fashion OF
dining" remarked the philosophical
American
soon a walrus was sighted IL was OF
huge dimensions. and not more than 90
yards away The hunters surrounded
the animal. crept along cautiously TIL
within a few PAGES OF him Then they
fred simultaneously.
The walrus rolled over. put speedily
got I'D again. and tried to make his es-
cane But Altamont fell upon him with
MS Ratchet. and cut or his dorsal nm
he made a desperate resistance, but was
overpowered by his enemies. and soon lay
dead, reddening the ice field with his
blood.
Il was a fine animal. measuring more
than Is feet in length, and would have
been worth a GOO deal for the oil But
the hunters cOntented themselves with
cutting on the most savory parts, and
left the rest to the ravens. who had Just
begun to make their appearance
Night was drawing on. and II was time
70 return to Fort Providence.
Il Is q dreary AFFAIR 70 live near the
pole, for there IL no going out for many
Ions months. and nothing to break the
weary mOnotony.
The day after the hunting excursion vas
dark and snowy. and Clawbonny could
nnd no occupation except polishing up the
ice walls OF the hut. and emptying out
the snow which drifted into the long
passage. leading to the inner door. The
''Snow-House' stood out well. defytng
storm and tempest The snow only in
creased the thickness OF the wallis
They could DO nothing but wait 1t
wasn't time 70 try 20 build q boat
The men were compelled 70 spend the
greater part OF the days In complete idle
ness. Hatteras lolled on his bed absorb
ed. and the doctor took care not 10 dis
turb either Of them. for he was in per
petual fear OF a quarrel
Al neal time he always led the con-
versatfon away from Irritating topics. He
gave them dissertations on history. geog-
raphy or meteorology. handling his sub
Jet IN an easy. though philosophical man.
ner. drawing lessons from the most trivial
Incidents.
His inexhaustible memory was never al
a loss for fact OF illustration, while his
good humor and geniaIity made him the
life and soul OF the little company. He
was implicitly trusted by all. even by
Hateras. who cherished a deep affection
for him
On the 18th Of April. during the night
there was q sudden change in the wealth
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-22

think, and rub out the marks again, and
see If they are here tomorrow"
The doctors advice was followed, and
they intrenched themselves in the fort.
The lighthouse was taken down, as It
was not of actual use meantime, and
might help to attract the bears. Each
took Il in turn to keep watch on the
upper plateau.
The day passed without sign Of the
enemy's existence, and the next morning.
when they hurried out to examine the
snow. Judge they found it wholly I'M
touched!
"CapitaIv' exclaimed Altamont. The
bears are put off the scent; they have
no perseverance, and have grown tired
waiting for u.s.. They are off. and a good
radiance. Now let us start for days
hunting"
softly softly" said the doctor; II am
not so sure they have gone. 1 think we
had better wait one day more. 1t Is ev-
ident the bears have not been here last
night. at least, on this side: but still -
We'll, let US go round the plateau. and
see how things stand" said the impatient
Altamont.
IAN right" said Clawbonny. Come
along"
Away they went, but no trace of the
enemy was discoverable for two miles.
Now. then, can't we go hunting?" said
Altamont.
wait till tomorrow" urged the doctor
again.
The American was unwilling to delay.
but yielded at last, and returned to the
fort.
AS on the preceding night, each man
took his hours watch on the upper plat
eau When It came to Altamont's turn,
and he had gone out to relieve Bell. Hat
teras called his old companions round
him. The doctor left his desk and John
son his cooking, and FASTENED to their
captains side.
my friends" he said. ''let us take adj
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-22

attack by troop Of bears?" asked Alta
mont. when they got their breath.
What we were most afraid of was that
you would come back, never dreaming
of danger
"Oh, 1 saw it ALL Your repeated shots
gave me the alarm. When you COM
menced firing I was beside the wreck
of the Porpoise, but I climbed up hum
mock. and discovered five bears close on
your heels. 1 crep cautiously nearer,
sometimes going on all fours, sometimes
slipping between great blocks of ice till
came at last quite close to our fort,
and then 1 found the bears working
away like beavers"
But what danger you were in, Mr..
Clawbonny. said Bell. Amy moment
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-22

hour when Johnson suddenly heard the
report Of a gun.
Capital" he exclaimed. They have
round something, and pretty quick, too"
A second and a third snor Followed
"Bravov again exclaimed the boat
swain; they have fallen in luck's wayT
But wnen three more shots came in
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-22

1t is no sin to be poor, but most people
try to shun the appearance of evil.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-22

they might have attacked you"
when 1 saw what the bears were up
to, I determined to get back to you by
some means or other. I waited tin it got
dark, then 1 glided noiselessly along to-
wards the powder magazine. l speedily
commenced operations with my snow
knife A famous tool it is. Fer three
mortal hours 1 have been hacking and
heaving away, but here I am at last,
tired enough and starving, but still
safe"
ITO share our fater' said Altafnont.
Continued in Next Issue.
It is no sin to be poor. but most people
The Colorado statesman., 1909-04-17

wretch who gave up his life to
make Texas holiday. 1t is won
derful to think of, strange, almost
impossible to believe. This is
Texas, this the twentieth century,
and this was an assemblage of per-
sons immensely fattered by being
described as civilized And they
burned at the stake human be-
ing. One thousand persons, pre-
sumably with an admixture of wo-
men and children, stood by, watch
ed the horror, gorged their savage
instincts, sated their barbarous
hates, fatted and regaled upon the
sort of spectacle that pleased and
edificed the wild and untamed In
dian.
How discouraging it is! How
hopeless it is-to think that we
live in the same country with such
people, to think-God forbid
that we may even have such peo-
Pile, to think-God forbid-that
we may even have people about
US. And yet, we've poor hypo-
crites-are SO good as to look with
horror upon such foreign scum as
the Russians, the Turks, and to
deplore the pillage and disorder
that sometimes mark the affairs of
their countries. We should hang
our heads in shame. We have
heard of no Russians burning a
man to death at the stake. We
have heard of no turbulent
Turks straying so far from the
dictates of mercy aud humanity as
to do such deed.
Texas, Texas! Is no one to be
punished for this crime against
civilization and humanity
umbia, S. c., State
The Colorado statesman., 1909-04-17
EDITORS HAVE AN
EASY ROAD

There is no man in business to-
day that has an easier time than
an editor of a newspaper. All he
has to do is to forecast the wealth
er, answer questions about every
thing and everybody, be personal
ly acquainted with every man, wo-
man, child, cat. and dog in the
town, saw wood, beg for his sub
scription money, work night and
day, be a social swell, abuse liquor
praise the gambler, join clubs,
subscribe to charity, wear dia-
monds and good clothes, overlook
scandals. appraise babies, minister
to the afflicted, pet the old maids
and widows, tell them that they
are handsome, take cursing and
abuse and not resent it, set type,
solicit adds and subscription, mold
opinion, tell girl that she is
beautiful when she is uglier than
home. made sin, sweep the Office,
be ready stump speaker, speak
in class meetings, take up the col
lection, praise the ministers,
whether right or wrong, hold poll
tical meetings, organize literary
societies, tell a fellow that he is a
big man when he is a runt, and
stand in with everybody by agree.
ing with everybody's opinion
Portland Advocate.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-04-17

Washington, April CDR. Geo.
Sale, of Georgia, has been appoint
ed a member of the commission
which is shortly to go to Liberia
to make an investigation of the
conditions. DR.. Sale takes the
place made vacant by Robert Og-
den, of New York, although he
does not succeed Mr. Ogden as
chairman, that position going to
w. Morgan Shuster, of the Dis
trict of Columbia. The third
member of the commission is EN-
NETT j. Scott, of Alabama. The
selection of DR.. Sale was announc-
ed today. He is superintendent
of the Baptist Home Mission of
Negro Schools.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-04-17

'Ghe most recent statistics and
reports relating to the Afro-Amer-
lean churches, their number, men,
berstip and value of church prop
erty, give the following by denom-
nations: The Episcopal church
numbers 1900 members; Congre-
gational, 6,135 members; Presby-
terian, 224 churches, valuation
S193, ,S26, members 81, 800; Roman
Catholics, members, 100000; Con-
gregational Methodist, 9 churches,
valuation S5,250, members 319;
G. M. E.. 1859 churches, valuation
S1,713,366, members l29,3S3; A.
M. E. 2,4S1 churches, valuation
Sc 6,46S, $50, members $4,000, and
the Baptist 1866 churches, valu-
alton S9,OS2,5S7, members 1852,
564. This gives grand total of
nearly 100000 Negroes identi-
fed with the churches. Many of
these denomination support schools
and colleges and some publica-
ton house.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-04-17

Some statistician with good
and mature working Imagination
has figured out picturesquely, last
weeks march on the White House.
He tells us that the army of Amer
Tcan citizens which made it's way
to the Executive Mansion during
last week, if thrown out in single
file line, would reach all way across
the District-imagine this. In
this great lineup, as there is in ev-
erything else in this country, there
was large sprinkling of colored
citizens, Anciently all roads may
have led to Rome, but during these
times all roads for the Office seeker
lead to the White House and many
of Africa's sons there are who may
be found plodding it. Delegation
after delegation of colored men.
principally from the south, came
last week to talk to the President.
All seemed to be desirous of hav-
ing a more definite knowledge of
what his southern policy really is
with respect to them. On Thurs
day Mississippi's colored sons,
ten or fifteen strong, headed by
Mr.. G. w. Banks, Mr.. l. Il. Mont
gomery, and Mr.. Wesley Crayton,
made their way into the White
Houses inner court where they
were received cordially by His
Excollency. Whatever may have
been their ideas of William How
ard Taft and his policies before
thew went in, it is certain that
thew we're we'll pleased, all OF them
when they came out. Speaking OF
their talk to the President, some
of them expressed themselves as
being very much pleased with
what the President said to them.
1T is plainly evident, said one OF
the gentlemen, that the President
has upbounded confidence and
respect for the opinions and adj
vice of DIR. Washington. Through
ont the entire conference with us
Mr.. Taft repeatedly referred to
DIR. Washington in the most exalt-
ed terms, saying tnat the colored
people of Mississippi and their
marvellous progress along the lines
of industry. and commercial ad,
vancement had often been pointed
out to him by Mr.. Washington
The Mississippi delegation left
Thursday night for New York and
other points in the North. Anoth-
er visit to the White House by a
colored man which probably had
more or less significance was that
The Colorado statesman., 1909-04-17
RACE NEWS
oArHEREp FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

Birmingham, Ala, April GA
new bank has oeen organized in
this city called the Prudential
Savings Bank, with a capital stock
of $4,000. DR.. U. G. Mason is
chairman and Mr.. w. W. Hadnott,
secretary. The organization of
this second bank in Birmingham
shows that the Negroes Of Alaba-
ma are wide awake and are max
ing progress.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-04-17

Boston, Mass, April Ct. M.
Gregory, 10, of Bordertown, N. j.,
Negro member of the Harvard de-
batting team which won from Yale
several days ago, is being congrat-
ulated by friends and admirers for
his excellent work. The debate
was held between the Harvard
and Yale teams at Sanders Theatre
Cambridge. Harvard defended
the negative side of the debate,
the subject of which was "Resol-
we'd, That all corporations engaged
in interstate commerce be COM
PEELED to take out Federal char
ter" The judges awarded the de-
bate to Harvard for better resousc-
fulness of argument, for better
command of the issue which were
prominent in the discussion and
for a more satisfactory remedy for
all evils which are acknowledged
to exist in the relations of corpor-
ations with State and Federal gov.
ernment.