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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
SPORT In ENGLAND.

Scribner's Magazine.-This rather
heavy muscular people keep their
health, and their heads, and their
happiness by this almost universal
participation in some form of sport.
1t is their way of letting off steam,
which every individual must nave
for satety's sake in some form or
other. II one computed the amount
of wealth and territory brought to
| acknowledge the British flag by trav-
ellers, explorers, sportsmen, by ad-
venturous bo,anistS, fishermen and
the like, the 2O0-odd millions spent
for sport annually would seem
small sum indeed
Newspapers OF the mos, conserva-
| tive bias devote columns every morn
ing to the doings of the sportsmen.
Cricket, football racing. hunting. in
all their details. are chronicle5 and
discussed, and advertised. with the
same seriousness, as are speeches
i'll Parliament, dispatches from fhe
seat of war. and int. national diplo-
matte affairs The classic races. such
as the Derby the Oaks, the Grand
! National, are the theme of long
newspaper articles months and
months before they take place; and
the betting odds against this and
that horse are published each morn
is to run. as regularly as the stool,
market quotations.
If the kings horse or the prime
minister's horse wins the Derby or
any one of the great classic races.
the owner, as he leads the horse
back to the paddock, is received
/ with tumultuOus cheering. This is
true of any owner fortunate enough
to win such race, but for the king
or a popular statesman, the ovation
is almost frenzied There, at any
rate, the whole population is unani.
nous to man: a good sportsman
is universally popular
J Prowess at any spor, is counted
upon as a telling factor In the avail
ability of candidate for office. A
candidate for parliamentary honors
lets it be known as widely as pos
s:ble, that he is an old Blue" of
either Oxford or Cambridge, or that
he has played for England at crick
e. or football or won honors in some
one or other of their many games
or been an adventurous traveller, or
a great hunter or fisherman. These
things help his candidacy, If not
more, quite as much as any qualities
of intellect unless he be states
! man who has already won his spurs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
Person aIities.

e. c. Potter. the sculptor at Green.
wich Conn, has nearly completed his
model of a statute of General Custer
for which the state of Michigan appro
prfated $4,000. The statute is to be
set up in the town of Monroe, Mich.
Clusters home. Custer is represented
as bareheaded riding a spirited horse
his long, flowing hair being distinc
tive feature.
Arrived back in London, Harry
Lauder says: And you want to
know what I thought of President
Roosevelt? Well, he's the kind Of
man who doesn't care what any man
thinks of him, so there"
Joseph w. Folk, ex-governor Of Mis-
souri,, is lecturing in New England
under the auspices of the Y. NJ. c. A.
on The Era of Conscience.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
HIS READING MUDDLED.

At the clubs at Nagasaki they are
telling how the name of the army
transport is on both bows in very
large letters under the inscription
in smaller letters. "U. S. Army
Transport"
"There's the kind Of an ally Rus
STA needs" he remarked. pointing to
the Dix as it lay in Nagasali har-
Dor. q had no idea America had
such an enormous feet of troop
ships"
When pressed for further inrorma-
ton, he continued, pointing to the
Dix:
q mean that nation with more
than 500 transports mtsD have an
invincible military orga '.ation."
'Rut the United States has no
such number"
"Are you then unable to read%'
replied the Russian Look at the
ships bow and see what it says:
United States Army Transport Five
Hundred and Nine"
He had mistaken the ships name
for Roman numerals San Franc SEQ
Call.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
Ear Men1OrieS.

Dr. William Hanna Thomson IN
Eyerybody's Magazine.-"U Unlike the
EYE. which informs the mind, the
ear stirs the emotions We can see
a fish writhing in it's death agony
without pity, but no one can listen
to an animals shrieks of pain This
is as it should be, for however
wrong the head the heart should
Keep right. The ear also is intense
ny personal. 1t makes no mistake
about whose voice we hear. once on
the deck Of a Glasgow steamer /
parted from a student friend, and
we did not meet again for 33 years.
could never have known him even
by sight-fOr time sadly spells eye
memOries-but his voice told me
All such facts reveal why through
the ear the profoundest depths Of
being are revealed; for some per
sons. indeed, music, instead of being
only sounds proceeding from tongue,
lips, or instruments, is the speech
itself OF the lnmOSt soul Beethoven
composed some of his finest sym
phonies after he had .become stone
deaf
Nor has that great being who is
behind each sense organ failed to
remedy the deficiencies of the ear
more wOndrously than those of the
eye l was once told that a gentle
man wished to speak to me by long
distance telephone and on my ask
'ng what he wanted his voice trem-
bled as he said that his child had
pneumonia He and his own physi-
clan, who was with him, then spoRe
alternately; and though they were
hundreds of miles away I could DIS
tinguish their different voices as
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
Scarlet Sage
or Red SalUia

This is a plant which is used a
great deal for bedding purposes but
should be used more. 1t will give the
finest display with the least care of
any Of the bedding plants. Seed may
be sOwn in the ground as soon in the
spring as the soil is in good condi-
ton to be cultivated. The plants
should be thinned out and cultivated
carefully until they begin to flower,
then no further care is necessary.
If practicable, the seeds should be
started indoors or in a hot bed and
when the plants are large enough to
be handled they can be transplanted
to the open ground which should be
done about May 1, in central ATTITUDES.
Plants handled this way viii bloom
a month earlier than those grown
from seed started in the open ground.
If the amateur hesitates about grow
ing his own plants indoors he should
purchase young plants from a florist
from whom they may be obtained at
small expense in , or , 10 inch pots
ready to be set outside in their beds
soon after May l, when all danger Of
frost is over. Beds thus formed will
bloom by midsummer and continue to
be mass Of bloom the rest Of the sea
son.
Saliva is not injured by hot summer
weather but if the dry season is of
long duration the beds should be wa
tered often to keep the plants healthy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29

in a clean-cuL satisfactory manner;
but it leaves a sting to be answered
abruptly or discourteousIy over the
telephone. 1t is folly to lose ones
temper because one does not get i'm
mediate connection. This is rarely
ever the fault of the telephone OPP
orators, who are nearly always cour-
teous and prompt
When one is called to the tele-
phone he should respond quickly, and
the person calling should not be left
to hold the wire too long-something
decidedly irritating and often unnec-
essary.
Let US throughout the whole house
strive to excel in satisfactory tele-
phonlng.
Important Note-You will be heard
distinctly if you pace your lips within
an inch Of the mouthpiece and talk
naturally, as if the person were stand
ing beside you"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
of the schools which is necessary for
their full development.
Industrial Education for Girls.

of the schools which is necessary for
their full development.
Industrial Education for Girls.
Especial attention is being given
by the commission to the important
problem of industrial education for
girls, it being in many ways more
difficult and complicated than that Of
the industrial training of boys. This
difficulty is partly because of the dou-
bic aim in the education for girls,
who need to be prepared for home
life, as wei as for an occupation which
will provide for self-support. The
commission feels that domestic eff
cheney is Of Importance 10 all women,
and training for housekeeping and
home management should be an es-
sential part of the education of all
girls; but, on the other hand, a large
majority of girls are obliged to earn
their living for a time in industry,
and the occupations that are open to
young, totally unframed girls are for
the most part ill-paid, without educa-
tional value, and not a stepping-stOne
to better positions. Such girls need
the best practical trade instruction, in
order that they may fit themselves for
work which offers opportunities for adj
vancing skill and wages, with all that
these Imply Of higher standards. The
commission feels that industrial educa-
- IL
for trade instruction, domestic training
and the important work Of agricultural
schools
The commission favOrs Independent
day schools, furnishing girls with def
mite, special trade ms lruction; part
time schools, for girls who are obliged
to become wage earners at an early
age; and evening classes, whose gen
oral aim shall be to increase indus
trial efficiency and give greater OPP
| pcrtunity to women whose daily Oc
equations co not lead TO more ad
yqnced positions without additiOna
| training.
The commission states that it is
part of its duty TO make instruction in
| Housekeeping accessible to those who
! feel the need Of it, and to help de
velop an appreciation Of the need
! Training for domestic life may be
! given either as an integral part Of the
work of trade schools and agricultu
raj schools, or separately. It is hoped
that Cay schools for vocational dOmes
tic training may ultimately be estab
Hshcd; meanwhile, the commission i:
experimenting with the evening
classes. which offer to women ant
girls at work during the day an Op
porunity 10 fit themselves for fami.,
life, or in some cases enable them t.
prove their fitness and begin to pre-
pare themselves for such professional
work as that of seamstress, dress
maker or mi.Iner.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29

readily as if We were actually to-
gether. 1t was by means OF an cleo
triied wire that the ear heard per-
sonal voice and tone transmitted a
thousand times farther and faster
than waves of air could vibrate. But
what is that marvel compared with
wireless telephony? Here is man
bidding that mysterious ether which
peryades the entire universe to be
come a human voice speaking to a
human ear"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
Form Colonies for Tramps.

Perhaps most tramps have no de-
sire to work, preferring to cling to
their habits of shiftlessness, but
there are doubtless many men in the
ranks who would settle down to the
serious task of making money and
improving their condition if they had
the proper training. The latter may
and probably will be rescued by a
term on the farm but the veteran
who has walked rails when no
freights were, .availabfs who ;has
SHE'D at anything savoring Of labor
who has begged or stolen what
food he has obtained, cannot be re
formed He will go on until the end
in his old way, a scOurge to humanity
and disgrace to civilization. Use
fulness was never and can never be
for him. To the extent of the num-
Der constituting this class the farm
colony will be a Brooklyn
Standard Union.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29

sure, the truth involved in the re-
verse process.
Consul's master believes that only
one thing is lacking to make pos
sible an evolution of apes. right I'M
der human eyes, to much higher
level than this particular animal has
reached. AS the Spectator says: He
believes that if YOU could get a sue
cession of chimpanzees-father, son.
grandson, and so on-living with a
human family, the resemblance TO
humanity would grow with every
step in the succession. Possibly even
physical differences would disappear.
The need for the distance between
| the thumb and the digits would van
| ish with the ending of the neces-
sity of climbing trees, and the apes
hand, perhaps, would become gradu-
ally nearer the human hand" Then
| why not try the experiment? Here
| Nature erects an insurmountable
barrier. These animals are never
! born outside the African Jungle
| they will not breed in captivity. And
| consequently each Of Constd's sue,
cessors must always start as wild
ape. 1t is with a sense of disap.
pointment that one faces this fact
yet nature in throwing it forward
maintains her majestic dignity. Ii
she required thousands or millions
of years in which to evolve apes
into men. is it likely that she would
lightly aid an experimental effort by
p2esumptuous creatures like our
selves to repeat the process within
| a few generations?
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
FROM Engene Fields Printers Primer

at the Head of the Paper. He can Pi
more type in fifteen Minutes than
Seven Printers can set up in two
weeks. He loves to ask the Editor
for Copy. If it were not for Him
the Paper would Look pretty Vel
every morning. Everything would be
Fat. and none Of the Live Ads would
be left out
The Editors Valise
Here We Have a Valise 1t does no.
Weigh Four hundred Pounds 1t is
the Valise OF an Editor. In the Valfse
are Three Socks and a Bottle and g
Book. There is Something in the Bot
tie. Maybe it IS Arnica for the Edi
tors Sore Finger. The Book is Bax
tiers Saints Rest The Socks got into
the Va.ise by mistake. Perhaps the
Bottle will get into the Editor by Mis-
take.
The City Editor.
Here We Have City Editor He Is
Talking with the Foreman. He i:
saying he will have a Full Paper il
the Morning The Foreman is Smil
ing Sadly Maybe he is Thinking The
Paper will have q Full City Editor be
fore Morning
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
THE MARRYING AMERICAN.

II seems that Uncle Sam became
interested in this marriage question,
and sent his patient census enumer-
ators to all the tying-up places in
the country to find out what they
could. The results are astonishing.
During the last twenty years almost
2G,OO0,OOO bridegTooms and brides
walked up to the r-13,OO0,000
handsome SWANS with 1900 900
bIushing brides on their arms The
American is the marrying man, much
more than is the Englishman, the
German. the Russian. the Austrian
the Italian, the Spanard the Swede,
or, in fact, than any European ex-
cept the Hungarian
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
RULES FOR TELEPHCNlNC

In rules regarding the use of the
telephone enforced by a great Chicago
retail house, the following notice is
conspicuously displayed in every de
p1rtment:
THE manner in which a person
uses a telephone indicates his char
acter to great extent and makes
either a good or bad impression. and
this impression is reflected directly
upon the establishment from which
such a message comes.
1t is pleasure to do business with
a house which performs every detail
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
NEWSPAPER WAITS.

Huntsman-"Here! Look here,
what do you mean, KILN our fox?"
Tramp-"Garn. That's wot We want
to do, amt it?'-Punch.
Now lay in your summer ice. Ice
is scarce this year and the price will
climb with the mercury in the Their
mometer. Fill the cellar while you
can.-Life.
First Hilarious Individuals Shay,
where do you liver Second Hilarious
Indiyidual-Same here-shake. Let's
go home together, Judge.
Green-'I saw your friend White
this morning Brown-"So? I heard
he was sick. How did he look?
Green-"He was looking the other
way when I saw him. He owes me
$1O."-Chicago Daily News.
Poet-'Will you accept this poem at
YOUR regular rates?" Editor-'I guess
SGT appears to contain nothing OBJ
iectionable. Go to the advertising de
partnert and ask them what the rates
are. How many times do you wish il
inserted ?'-Cleyeland Leader.
my wife Is studying politics" rs
that so? Is she making any progress
progress, I should say so. Only
this morning she told me that she
must have Immediately one Of those
kitchen cabinets like the mayor uses
Detroit Free Press.
The Hostess-'I hope you will like
this punch. My husband worked over
it all the afternoon, making it with
his own hands" The Guests-'It's
grand. Where is your husband? We
must congratulate him" The Hostess
sorry. but he can't be seen. I just
put him to bed. Puck.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
HIS REAS SONS.

Richard Grant White once said
that radical reform in English
spelling is, first, unnecessary; sec
ond, undesirable, and third, impos-
sible, thus recalling the story of the
old Scottish preacher, who, upon
meeting one of his hearers after
the services, inquired how he liked
the sermon " dinna like it." he
said. for three rizzens-frst. We
read it; second, We dinna read 1t
weel. and third, it was ma worth
readin.' THE Argonaut.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
Tales Extraordinary.

When opening a rifle club near Lon
don the other day, Field Marshal Sir
Evelyn Wood told some stirring stor-
les in illustration of what good marks
manship can do. Thirty years ago
he said, during an attack by 23 600
Zulus on 1900 white men, a fagbear-
er, himself unseen from the lager.
was directing the flank attack OF
some thousands Of warriors. who.
covered by the hilly ground, would if
they had charged have been under
fire for only thirty yards. The British
general, who was outside the lager.
shot the Zulu at 1872 yards, and then
shot a second and a third who had
picked up his flag. The ZuIus aban-
doned the attack, and the position
was saved.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29

The man who gives one hour Of
his life to loving consecrated service
to humanity is doing higher, better
truer work in the world than an army
Of Roman sentinels paying useless
tribute to the red tape OF duty.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29

charming made either summer
the mater with bias band OF the same on
silk shaped
of between
banded
line indicated and insertion The skirt
the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
The Proofreader.

See the Proofreader. He has been
reading the proof OF Medical Con
yention. He is not Swearing. He is
reading the Bible. You cannot See
the Bible. It is Locked up in an Iron
Box in the Editors Room. The Proof
reader is Saying something about
Damming Something Perhaps it is
the Greek.
The Printer.
Behold the Printer He is Hunting
for a Pickup OF half Line He has
Been Hunting for Two Hours. He
could have Set the halt Line in Tween
" Seconds, but it is a Matter of Prin-
ciple with him Never to set what he
Can pick up. The Printer has Hard
time. He has to Set Type all Night,
and Play Pedro for the Beer all day.
We would Like TO Be a Printer were
il not for the Night Work.
The Foreman.
Who is this Ferocious looking Man,
He Is Foreman il Printing offic'
He gets paid for Throwing Men Down
Stairs when they Come in TO Lick the
Editor, and for Putting wrong dates
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29

This from Austria; "A woman of
Belgrade sent her last years hat to
Vienna for reconstruction, and got
back a model of strange hue and
shape which bafled all the local mil
liners envious efforts at imitation
1t has now been ascertained that the
police at Vienna mistook the parcel
for a Servian bomb, and after sub
jecting it to various tests, included
immersion in water, returning it un-
opened
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29

Nine. Marie RayOt's cat saved her
mistress life one morning last month.
Nine. Rayot, who lives in Paris. heard
the cat NEW loudly, and jumped out
Of bed thinking that it was after her
birds, which were in the next room
AS Nine. Rayot rushed into this
room a burglar knocked her candle
from her hand and caught her by the
throat and attempted to strangIe her
He let go, however, with a cry of
pain and when Nine. Rayot's shrieIs
brought in the neighbors it was found
that the cat had caught the burglar
by the throat and had scratched out
one Of his eyes. An accomplish Of
the burglar was found hiding under
a bed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-29
MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION RE
PORTS UPON SUCCESS OF
ITS WORK.
RURAL INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS
AND EDUCATION OF GIRLS
FOR HOME KEEPERS.

cbapter sos Of the acts of 1906. The
commission worked under the provi-
siops Of this law for a period Of nearly
two Years. supplementary industrial
education legislation was enacted in |
1908 nv the MASSAGE of chaD5er SIP OIL
the acts Of 1908. These two acts
constitute the Massachusetts indus
trial school legislation now in force.
The main features OF the Iegisla-
ton Of 1908 are: LIST. The extension !
of the term OF the commission from
three to five years; that is, until
August, 1911. I'd, The addition Of
a sixth member to the commission, |
who shall be a woman. 3r, The fur |
ther delegation to the commission OIL
all necessary powers in the conduct
and maintenance OF fDdeDendeDt in
dusrriaI schools. 4th, The require
mcnr that moneys appropriated forI
the maintenance Of indeDendent in
duslriaI schools, whether appropriated
by me state or bv municipalities
must be expended under the dfrac-
tion or with the approval Of the com
mission 9Th The permission evtand-
', .l',',I.N Gnu
5,.,5,. N ;, y, Nv u ~ To'.''il2iL III
of board Of trustees and the EN-
towering of such 2 hoard with am
thority to provide and maintain such
schools. 9Th, The requirement that
such schools must he aDDrovad NV
tf,o'...,,-' ,'oI;.' '''''' w %ppio'7U ny
60, ~ '0O ''ioli' 0oUI o9S
''',i,,'0''', VI ''.9' ''0Ilo"' III oIueI
'iu' "7 pIo'lued iof
~ -, '0' u me "c'9 Oh l9Oo.
.''' ''' p'o'iSIoII 'i"' me commits
may grant PERMISSION TO any
''9I'''''.' VI massachusetts to attend an
~, '1'" '"uepehuehl industrial
''''""'' do prov lu'o Iof III lHl9 acj, III
I,i' "'icI cIlH or town IMAM that OF
MS IeSIue'c'' provided that his own
.'"H uoeS nor MAINTAIN such a school
III "hole or III part. 9Th, The pro
VISION Ihal the commission may fix d
'"''I'" rec WHEN IN" nome town IS
'q"H'u TO pay IN case OF pupils resi-
"eHJ III on. SIDE towns, the state to re
pay 10 the town ohe-haI the tuition
zee so paid.
personnel of the Commission.
me present members of the com
mission are Paul II. Hanus, chairman.
A. Lincoln Filcne Charles y. Richard,
SON, Milton p. Higgins and Emily G.
BaIch. The secretary and executive
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-08
DREAMS IN CHURCH OF
HORSE; AWAKES ROOFING

Los Angeles.-J. ]. Walsh, the roly
poly Canadian turfman. who has rae
ed on the Coast tracks for several
winters is one of the noisiest root
ers' that ever went upon a race
track.
He has a good stable of horses, the
stars of which are Lee Rose and Sir
Edward. But the particular favorite
of the owner is the fillie Fair Annie.
On the Sunday preceding a recent race
of this mare, upon which Mr.. Walsh
scored heavily in the Chicago and New
York poolrooms the owner and Track
Superintendent Ryan drove over from
Arcadia to Monrovia to church. Dur
ing the sermon of Father Sheehy Mr..
Walsh dropped off into peaceful. but
not wholly noiseless slumber. Ryan
nudged his companion several times
and finally when Walsh's respirations
became more sonorous, kicked him
sharply on the shin. Walsh sprang
to his feet and with a wild wave of
the arm and snap of his fingers
shouted: Come on, you Fair Annie!"