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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13

sists of an organ and a violin. From
that splendid climax it descends
through varying stages to a mouth
harp. One of the most successful
dances | attended, had an orchestra
consisting of two voices and a guitar
They sang rag time to the twanging ac-
compartment and when they wearfed
of singing they whistled. Theodore
Thomas himself could not have been
more ingenious-or more untiring.
Since a group of homesteaders is
necessarily a motley gathering of
many nationalities and types, the
STYLE of dancing varies widely. Here
an ex-colIege man and his partner be-
tray an atmosphere of dancing mas
ters and polished ballroom: there. o
big Swede sheep herder drags after
him his luckless partner in the mad
turns and twists of his own Swedish
method. And by the way, il there is
anything funnier than a Swede in
his first Jwo-step, l have Vet to see
it. The girls become past masters of
versatile dancing because they must
accommodate their steps to every
known variety of partner.
Truly, a western dance is desper-
ateIy funny and desperately firing, but
vet as the sun beams in on black
ringed eyes, weary feet and aching
heads, one opens ones eyes and stirs
his benumbed faculties enough to
ask. Where will the next one be?''
i L. NJ
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13
SHE NAMED HIM.

Hezelliah Horsefy smiled knowingly
as he stood in the crowd in front of the
fortune-tellers booth, with one hand
on his silver watch.
She'll tell you your past-shell tell
you your future-she'I tell you your
name!" roared the barker through his
megaphone.
Bet a squash she can't do it," NUT
tered Hezekiah to himself
"If she can't tell you your name
she'll refund your money!" yelled the
barker, as he seized up Hezekiah and
seemed to know what was passing in
mis- mind.
BY hen, I'll do IT." exclaimed the
man from POdunk. 'I'll hev some fun
fur n0thin," and a moment later he
paid 81 in advance and was sitting
face to face with Madam Tabasco,
the famous gypsy queen
"You are going on a long journey,
she began, as she studied his hand.
yep; that's what they all say
sneered Hezekiah. Go on and tell me
my name or gimme my money back.
"a blonde lady, whom you have never
seen, has fallen madly in love with
you, and"
Z don't keer a pumpkin seed II
she has!" he broke in agrily. I'm
here to be told my name"
But | warn you to beware of a
short. fat man." continued the fortune
teller. HE will"
"And I don't care a humble bee
about short fat mani" exclaimed
Hezekiah. II want my name, or there'H
be sum trouble around here. You know
you can't tell it"
you would have me tell you your
name?" she asked.
That's what I'm here fur, grand
ma" he f1ippantly replied.
VERY well, sir. But first let me
tell you your future let me give you
a warning that will be worth fifty
times the small sum you have paid. a
dark man will soon cross your path,
and If you
Il kin take keer of all the dark
men that cross my path. I'll give you
minut more to tell me my name
VERY well, sir" said Madam Ia
basco, as she touched bell and
smile came over her face. Your name
is Sucker
And after Hezekiah Horsefy had
been hustled out by the bouncer, he
agreed that the fortune-teller had hite
the nail on the head.-Judge.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13

More than a year ago the Master of
Caius college. Cambridge-thev vice
hancellor-referring TO recent de-
bates in parliament, said that he be
lieyed that th6re was ample authority
in existing university statutes for all
the needed reforms, which were the
subject of public discussion. He sug-
gested that the university ought to
reform itself In consequence of this
suggestion various special committees
were appointed TO investigate weak
points in university administration
Such topics as the relatio nof the col
leges to the university; the scholar
ship system; the expense of a univer-
sity career; and the government Of
the university, have been most care
fully considered, and certain schemes
of reform, acceptable to moderate
men of both parties will soon be laid
before the authorities. One subject
which has attracted much attention
has been the question Of scholarships.
1t is possible for a well-tO-dO student
to resign the emolument of his schoI-
arship while retaining the status OF
scholar, but except in one or two col
leges few scholars have ayailed them
selves of this privilege. It is now sug-
gested. and some colleges are prepared
to act upon the suggestion, that III
future a scholarship shall carry with
it but minimum payment, and that
those scholars who require further
assistance shall receive it in accord
ance with their poverty rather than
their ability. These suggestions. how
ever. have not met with universal ap-
proyal. The following words Of a
famous schoolmaster, the late Arch
bishop Temple, are quoted: With
regard to our scholarships, If you
see him, will you tell him that we
wish 10 have as large competition
for our scholarships as possible. and
that poverty has nothing to do with
them? shall always be glad IL a
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13
PAPER NAUTILUS.
Habits of the Lovely Creature as
Observed in Captivity.


New York Sun.-A good sized shell
of the paper nautilus may bring SIS
and $500 has been paid for a very
large specimen. That being the case
it is not surprising that the people
living on the islands off the Cali
fornia coast get out in their boats
bright and early after heavy gales
to search the little beaches for the
coveted treasure.
The shells are thrown up by the
waves, but unless promptly taken
away the next rush Of water may
break them to pieces. The name
paper nautilus suggests the extreme
fragility of the vaselike shell, deeply
f1uted and coiled, with sharp Keel
and the most graceful ribs, and
sometimes more than 10 or II incn
es across.
While the empty shells are scarce
thew are positively common compared
with the rarity of the occupied ones.
A writer in Country Life in America
says that he has hunted the beaches
for years, hoping to find a living
nautilus, but without success.
Three were brought to him by
more fortunate searcherS, and for a
while he kept one OF them alive.
1t took food from his hand and the
first photographs ever made Of
living paper nautilus were secured.
THE she'll" he says. "is not essen
tial to the animal; it is only dainty
object having the shape Of a shell
formed for the protection of its
eggs. It is, then, "a nest and in no
way connected with the animal as
N the case of the pearly nautilus,
where the animal forms partitions
as it grows and is connected with
them all by fieshy pedicle or cord.
The paper nautilus can dart out OF
its fairy ship at a seconds notice.
"Glancing into the shell we may
see a yellow bunch of miniature
grapes hanging from the interior
wall-the eggs-and perched in front
of them is the argonaut, looking very
much like an octopus Or devilfsh.
From the number of empty shells
found upon Santa Catalina beaches
in winter and summer it might he
assumed that the argonaut deserts
the shell at times and lives rowing.
octopus-like life.
IN appearance it is one of the
most beautiful of all animals as 1t
rests in its shell, trembling with
color. as waves of rose, yellow, green.
violet and all tints of brown are
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13

| continually sweeping over 1t; now
| irised in the most delicate shade of
blue, now b. own or green, changing
to. rose, vivid scarlet of molten ST.
yer. So sensitive is it that every
convuIsive movement of the mantle
Of my paper nautilus. in taking in
water to breath and forcing it out
of the siphon, caused a wave of col
or to pass over the entire body.
when the wafer was taken in
the color cells contracted, leaving
it pale for a fraction of a second;
when it was forcer out they evil
IDENTIFY relaxed and the entire sur
face was suffused with color, to dis
appear as quickly, giving a continu-
Gus heat lightning effect.
THE body of the little argonaut
is mere sac from three to six
inches in length. The head appears
10 be separated from the body by
neck and in each side are large,
black. staring eyes, surrounded by
band of silver tinted with ultrama-
rine, continually changing.
THE glare of his hypnotic eye is
striking, and when the animal sinks
into its shell or hides the eye can
be pla My seen through it. The eye
also has a peculiar sac or cover that
slides over it in lieu Of lid when
deadens the sight but does not des-
troy it.
Like the octopus. it has eight
arms or tentacles. in pairs, which
rise from the head and surround the
small mouth, in which are seen two
black, parrotlil7e beaks with which
the nautilus nips its food. Below
the mouth is the so-called siphon-
a tube about as large as a mans
fnger-which seems to possess a
sense peculiarly its own and a double
furction-it serves to carry of the
water taken in at the giI1s, or
through it may be forced a jet of
ink; or it can throw a jet of water
and ink, or water alone. a distance
of five or six feet in the air, or
while in the water can almost in
stantly permeate it with a cloud of
ink. Forcing water through this 81
phon violently the argonaut shoots
itself along or swims, and by point
ing it up or down it can change the
direction at will.
''Of the three living specimens
tina. I have kept in confinement one
was four Or five inches long, an
other eight or nine. The small one
was extremely active. leaving its
shell to crawl about its prison and
darling back with great agility, di-
recting it's funnel backward at the
cluster of eggs changing in the in
terror of the she'll always paying
the most assiduous attention to them
to prevent the intrusion of any par
asite or enemy.
1T would recline against the weed
covered rock, watching me or eye
ing my hand as it moved about,
blushing, paling, displaying remark
able sensitiyeness, and when |
touched the shell would protest by
pumping violently, shooting the shell
backward; and if I held on, aiming
the siphon at my hand and pump
ing water at it, on one occasion fill
ing the water with an extraordinary
vol}nv Or cloud of ink"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13
Al q Western Dance

\ western dancing party has feat
ures-and distinctive ones at that
Its frequency and is duration are per-
haDs the most noticeable OF these, for
it is no conventional 4 hour dance but
an affair which takes no note of time
and is dissipation itself -Four nights
in a week is the average rate and
from s p. III. until a. m. are the aver
age hours. Such system Of social
rlvoiity makes physical culture sound
like play and The average fastener
finds himself unable to compete.
The method of invitation to these
functions-or the lack of it's unique.
The usual procedure is for the dancers
to walk in unannOunced upon the host
and hostess as ate or as early in the
evening as the dancing humor may
have seized them and announce that
there is to be a party. The really pO-
lite thing for the host and hostess to
do at this juncture is to rise up from
! -
the re,iring hour, move bed and other
bulky furnishings out of doors and be-
Gin to cut up a candle for waxing Of
the floor
There are other features, too, which
| are unusual For instance, one could
scarcely believe unless one saw for
himself. that a dozen couples could
| two-step blithely in a room 10X12 feet
and collide only at every fourth turn.
| Yet this same feat has been accom-,
plished. Orchestra, dancers and wall
flowers ale indistinguishably mingled
| in the confusion-and by the way, the
sex OF the wall flower is changed in
this longitude. Girls are so few that
every one of them is in constant de
mand and it is the men who view their
luckier partnered companions from
the disconsolate side lines.
If the house is possessed of two
rooms. one is apportioned to the wraps
and the babies and the two are indls
criminately mingled. l shall long re
member an experience of my own un
der such circumstances. Two OF us
had retired utterly tagged out, TO such
small room and curling up on
heap of fur coats were preparing for
short nap. hidden from watchfu
partners. All at once the coat l lay
on moved under me and l sat VI
rather hastily At that, the pillow
rolled over and revealed itself as {
much dimpled. flushed and sleepy pill
low. / unearthed four such surprises
before my nap was an assured pros
meet. Such conditions as these make
la reader of Owen Wister smile II
ready remembrance of one of the Vir
ginian's pranks.
HE no extra room the babies were
nj ed up on coats behind the s,ove. II
lone corner OF the big bunk room
lust al an exciting moment in lively
ouadrilIe. down came the stove-pipe
with a cloud of SCOT. There was much
screaming of mothers. but on damage
done except the waking of the babies
who sat up in sleepy row, much IN
iured at this disturbal of their nap
The west is an education in danger
and its stoical enduance-eyen tc
Sbies.
The orchestra for these festive af
fairs is variable in quantity and quail
ity. In the homes of luxury it con
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13

Judge-"You are charged with be-
ing the leader of an organized band
of pickpockets." Well,
yer'll have to impose a fine on &c
corporation den, yer know; yer cant
punish me personally!
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13
Moret Libel.

Customer want to get a piece of
silver as wedding present for a man
who's marrying a Boston girl. What
would YOU suggest?
Clerk-An icepick-The Bellman
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13

The Poet am at loss to know
whether I owe what am to my en-
or my heredity." The
friend-"Don't know which to blame,
eh ?"-CIeveland Leader.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13

Victor H0rsley delivered an address
the other day on alcohol and the ma
tiOnal life. Among other things he
said that man who took alcohol be.
cause he liked it was acting disloy-
ally towards his country 1t had been
said that alcohol was one of the most
important if not the most important,
food of the working man. 1t was not
food The net result of it was loss
and not profit. Whereas the expendi-
ture on alcohol in the great London
hospitals was, in 1862, nearly $4,000
year, in 1902 ii was under G. 600,
and, conversely, the expenditure on
milk rose from $4,000 to over $4,000.
Since the London county council had
taken over the asylums the consump-
ton therein of alcohol had been enor-
mously reduced. SO far back as
1926 the Royal College of Physicians
had reported that the daily use of al
cohol rendered people not fit for
business" and that it's consumers
were producing children which
would not be a source of strength to
the nation, but a charge" Twenty
five years ago the late Sir James
Paget had showed that Great Britain
lost an immense amount Of useful
work. not by grave illness, but by
small maladies produced by drinking.
The researches of Mr.. Moore in
south Australia had demonstrated that
the larger proportion of these small
maIadies fell on the so-called "moder-
ate drinller" Passing to more serious
maIadies, Sir Victor said they knew
perfectly well that the death-rate
among pUblicans as compared with
others was Is to 10. He was Of Opin-
ion that intemperance could be dealt
with by licensing legislation The
question arose, did higher licensing
duties diminish the number OF public
houses? They most certainly did.
He did not believe IN the municipali-
zation Of public-houses, He did not
approve Of any section OF the nation
deriving profit from the drink trade.
Referring TO the moral aspect of the
drink question, he maintained that no
national life could exist without a
keen, active moral sanse. Alike phys
iologically, economically, and morally,
the drink habit was most injurious
and to be condemned.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13


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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13
The Grand Army Badqe.

way Of history Of the Grand Army
badge. The order Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic was organized
in the year 1866. Dr.. 3. F. Stephen
son and the Rev. w. J. Rutledge
were the moving spirits in the mat
ter. Both had been members Of the
l4th Illinois infantry, Stephenson sur
seon, and Ru ledge chaplain. The
two soldiers we're tentma.es ana
bosom friends. While their regiment
was on the march they rode side by
side, and whiled away the long hours
in conversation upon subjects OF in
terest to both When they were on
Shermans Meridian expedition II
February, 1864, they got to talking
about the probability Of some sort OF
organization Of war veterans after the
close Of the war and they agreed that
il their lives we're spared, they would
undertake to bring about some such
organization.
The two men came home we'll and
happy after the union was saved and
soon began TO correspond concerning
this matter about which they had
talked so much on the march. Omit
ting MANY de ais, it NAV be said i'm
brief that these two. with few other
veterans, prepared an appropriate
ritual and took the obligation that
made them The first members OF the
Grand Army of the republic. Tn
first G. A. r. post was organized al
Decatur. Illinois. on the 9th Of April.
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13

poor boy gets one, but not if he gets it
by a cleverer boy not standing. Il
once the world gets the notion that
they are not for brains and industry.
but for poverty. the whole plan be-
comes useless"
A question which is now the sub
ject OF much discussion in Oxford uni.
versity relates to the position of
women students, now under the con-
troll of the association for the educa-
ton of women, and OF the authori-
or of the committee for Oxford house
students. Nearly all college lecturers
admit them as part Of their audience:
they go without restriction to the pre-
lections Of university professors and
readers; and the delegates al Iced
examinations arrange for their admis-
sion to the ordinary Uaiverity exam
nations. Their numbers are increas-
ing, and it Is urged that the univer.
sity should appoint a delegacy or Il
committee to do officially the work
now done by the association for the
education of women. No proposal to
confer degrees is at present under
consideration, and the suggestion now
made, which merely recognizes an ex-
listing state of things. will be sup
ported by many who are not in favor
of womens degrees. This latter
question stands much where 1t did
The personnel of the university has
changed greatly since it was last
raised; but not all the younger fell
lows of colleges are supporters of
''women's rights" in the university,
opinion among them is divided, just
as it was. and is, among their seniors
There is distinctly humorous side
60 the official mourning for the late
emperor and dowager empress of
China Thus the new baby emperor
protests that on the three occasions
OF the deaths of the Emperors Tao
Kwang 1S50), Hsien-Feng { 1861,
and T'ungchih Q87N, their respec-
tive successors, in spite OF the modest
dying disclaimers of their deceased
ancestors that their deserts would be
met by twenty-seyen days mourning,
in each case successfully insisted
upon wearing sackcloth for twenty
seven days, and then uncolored silk
for a hundred days. He says that
nothing short of this will satisfy his
acute filial feeling, notwithstanding
any wish the late Grand-Dowager
may have expressed to the contrary.
The board of rites in an unsoaled
memorial, sOlemnly discusses the fur
Their question whether, during these
twenty-seven days of sackcloth, the
new monarch ought not TO use blue
ink instead of red for inditing DEGREES
and rescripts. This point Is conceded.
The board however, proposes, on
second thoughts, that blue ink be used
for hundred days, as the emperor is
going to mourn for that length OF
TIM. Meanwhile the head of an cd
vocational establishment incurs the
imperial infants displeasure by sond-
ing in a sealed memorial after only
nine days have elapsed from the
date of the late emperor's death in
stead of waiting fifteen days. 1t IS to
be noted also that the new emperor
now ceases 10 be his own fathers son,
and becomes the son Of his late uncle.
In addressing the emperor OF Japan,
he talks of my late fathers decease
and of my late grandmothers de-
cease"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13
Foreign Notes Of Interest

| Professor Lombroso the eminent
crlminologist, in a letter to a Paris
journal, comments upon the patholog,
ical effects of the Messina earth
| quake. He writes: NO one, even
| though seriously wounded, smoke of
physical suffering. The panic. the
terror took possession of their senses
and paralyzed all sense of pain
Men who had an arm broken ran
miles without knowing it; a woman
whose eye was so badly hurt that it
mad TO be removed, declared that she
felt nothing With bare feet, clad with
only shirt, the first thought of the
survivors was to fly, and they set of
without thought or reelection, without
knowing why they ran. This is prob
ably the primordial hereditary i'm
pulse which made men of older times
flee from forest fires and wild beasts;
perhaps with those who were buried
in the ruins for some time it was the
reaction against the compulsory i'm
mobility against which heart and mus
Giles, thirsty for movement. had re
VOTED. The manifestations OF mad.
ness were extraordinary. The pre-
dominant form of madness was the
folie furieuse. However, I believe
that madness of this kind is neither
as dangerous nor as persistent as
has been said. In many cases the at
tack was providential, for it stifed
the consciousness of pain and the
power TO comprehend the disaster.
There was striking episode of col
lective mutism. At the time of the
people were about to enter a factory.
They remained outside and thus We're
saved, but their amazement was so
great that when the director of the
factory called out their names
scarcely one answered; their own
names had slipped their recollection
Professor Lombroso also gives some
remarkable instances in which the
instance of self-preservation showed
itself very strongly. Women and
children remained two days sitting
on window stills on the third and
fourth floors, with a great drop on
either side. and yet they refused to
fall a prey to sleep or fatigue
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-13

Lite pleasures are scarcely worth
telling our friends about. Perhaps
that is why we think SO little OF them.