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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
WANTS YOUNG men
TO COMMAND NAVY
PRESIDENT SENDS SPECIAL MES
SAGE TO coNcREss-uRoEs
LEGISLATION.
WOULD HAVE PERSONNEL mGTcH
SHIPS TO JUSTIFY THEIR
EXISTENCE.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-Young blood
IN the naval commands, was the
Keynote of special message
President Taft sent to, congress Satur-
day, urging legislation for improv-
ing the personnel of the fighting force,
and to remedy what the president
termed IAN abnormal condition, the
result of past legisletion.".
Under the conditions existing, the
president declared, the promotion OF
officers of the lower grades was stag
mated, and because nearly every of.
ficer who retained his health was al
lowed to pass through, the various
grades and be retired as a rear adj
miral. the greater number of com
handing officers have had; inadequate
experience,
Under the existing SYSTEM the Of
ficers being trained now i'm command
of battleships and armored cruisers
could not serve as flag officers on &C.
count of their short time on the ac-
tive list after reaching that grade.
To remedy these conditions the
president endorsed a bill prepared by
Secretary Meyer, promoting officers TO
the grade Of rear admiral at an aver
age of "a to So years and to captain
al the average age of 46 to AZ. These
changes, the president said, did not
provide men young enough for the
best success in a fleet engagement
should war come, but he felt that they
are a decided Improvement and intl-
mated that at some other time IL
might be advisable to make even a
further reduction in ages. The pres
ident recommends that the personneI
OF the officers and men be based on
the tonnage Of effective ships and that
increases or decreases of the person
mel be in fixed proportion. With 2OO.-
900 tons of ships as now authorized,
the ultimate personnel would reacn
three thousand line officers and mid
shipmen and sixty thousand enlisted
men. Officers will be drawn from the
naVal academy With additions from
the ranks.
The reorganization of the retirement
scheme would fix the rate of pay or
the retired officers on their time OF
service.
The president said
Il am strongly of the opinion that
the future of our navy will be serious
iy compromised unless the ages or
our senior officers are materially re-
duced and opportunity given for ex-
perience and training for battleship
and fleet commands.
Considerations of proper military
efficiency as well as a due sense OF
national dignity urge that the exist
ing situation cease. The wisdom or
congress, urged by the overwhelming
voice of the people, has provided. us
with ships of the best quality. 1t is
necessary that our personnel of Of
ficers match these superb vessels IL
the navy is to be at the efficiency
vitality necessary for it's chief purpose,
the only reason for its existence"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
UNCLE JOE CANNON,
MATRIMONIAL. AGENT

Washington, Feb. 25.-The uncle
Joe Cannon matrimonial agency is in
full swing. Since the publication of
the original letter several days ago
in which a woman in Ohio deplored
the present high cost of living as a
deterrent to matrimonial epistles from
both sexes, dealing with the subject
have been gradually increasing in the
speakers mail. An Illinois farmer
wrote that he did not mind high
prices, that he had 120 acres and want
ed a wife. In response to this came
from Detroit yesterday:
Dear Mr.. Cannon
Il read your advertisement pub.
lished about a farmer living in Stew.
ardsville, Illinois, who has 120 acre
farm. am pretty, young girl, Is
years old. I have always intended to
live on farm. So will close. Hon.
ing to hear from you, etc."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
Early Cigarettes.

Britain's cigarette industry is of
comparatively recent growth. The
pioneer of ready-made cigarettes In
that country was the late John The
odoridi, a Greek, who at one time
served as an officer in the Russian
Amy. He imported a staff of cigar
cite akers from Odessa and set up
an establishment in Leicester square.
London, in 1861. All the early cigar.
cites introduced by Theodoridi hal
card mouthpieces fully an inch lona
following an old fashion still pre-.
vailing in Russia. He after produced a
cigarette with one end turned in,
but without a mouthpiece, and this
was the first approach to the present
form of cigarette, which, however,
was not evolved until 1865, when an.
other Greek started a ship in Regent
street and sold cigarettes as they are
known now.
1t was some time before plain Gig.
arettes interested the public. Wher
card mouthpieces went out tips came
into fashion. Of these many varieties
were tried including those made OF
amber tobacco leaf, silver, bronze and
aluminium limitations, glass and even
silk tips. These were all eclipsed BY
the gold tip, which came in about
1891, and still holds the field among
expensive cigarettes.
Virginia cigarettes were introduced
in 1875, and with the invention of ma.
chinery that can turn out 10000 4
day cigarettes became cheap and
popular. The annual consumption OF
cigarettes in Great Britain now runs
into billions, and of penny (2-cent)
packets alone leach containing five)
the weekly output is 10000, O0O.--
Philadelphia Ledger.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
SEEKS TRADE OPENINGS.
Emperor Sanctions Body Formed to
Promote Country's Exports.

Emperor Sanctions Body Formed to
Promote Country's Exports.
Vienna, Austria, Feb. 26.-Emperor
Francis Joseph has sanctioned a spe-
cial commission formed to promote
Austrian exports. The members In
clude the. principal officials of the
ministry of commerce, officers of va
rious commercial chambers, practical
business men and representa-. .es or
bodies engaged in foreign trade The
commission will endeavor to secure
united work on the part of all export
organizations and to get better re-
suits from official publications re-
specting trade openings abroad. Con-
suls will be urged to watch closely
trade Developments in foreign coun-
tries and report upon them. The
members are nominated for five
years. They will choose a commit
tee Of seven to manage the a1,airs of
the organization.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
ERMANS AGAINST
AMERICAN EXHIBIT

Berlin, Feb. 25.-A statement OF
Herr Delbrueck, minister OF the IN.
terror in the reichstag, that the gov.
eminent would not give material or
moral support to an American exhibl-
ton of machinery to be made in this
city the coming summer, has caused
astOnishment.
Many distinguished Americans who
signed the appeal to American IN
dustries for participation in the ex-
position did so under the impression
that German enterprise was support
ed morally by the German govern
ment. Prince Henry of Prussia is
chairman of the German reception
committee.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
DEMOCRATS NOW
HAVE SUBSIDY BILL

Washington, March 1.-The demo
cratic ship subsidy bill was submitted
to the house yesterday as substitute
for the administration measure.
The principal features are the five
per cent reduction of all customs
duties for ships owned or controlled
by citizens of the United States; free
entry of all materials used in the con-
struction and repair of vessels built In
the United States; American registry
of foreign built ships owned by Amer
lean citizens, and the taking of the
mail subsidy from foreign built ships.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03

ing a dance the Damaskis girl fell
dead with bullet in her neck. She
had been dancing with supposed
rival of Hiotis.
The slayer came to America imme-
diately after the shooting and has
lived in Chicago six months. Damas,
kis also came here with the hope of
finding Hiotis. Yesterdays arrest
was the result.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
HOW BEES FIND THEIR WAY.

How are bees able to find their way
home after their. long forays after
honey? CASTOR BONNER of Paris has
been studying their directive sense,
which he thinks is like that possessed
by pigeons. Bees can fly for two
miles from the hive and are then able
to return after gathering their supply
of honey. Langstroth and others sup
pose that vision comes into play and
that bees can see for a great distance
and can also note objects on the way
so as to find their path. Others, with
DadanS suppose that the bees are
guided by the sense of smell, and that
they can smell flowers at distances of
one and half miles. NJ BONNER has
made experiments to prove that bees
can return to the hive without using
either sight or odor. AS to sight, he
took bees to a distance of one and
two-tenths miles from the hive, in a
closed box. They always flew back to
the hive when released. The same Is
true when their eyes were covered. so
that sight was not essential.
As regards odor, experiments seem
to prove that bees perceive odors at
only short distances. When a needle
dipped in ether is brought near the
head of the bee, it shows signs of per.
ceiving the odor. but not so when the
needle is placed back of him or near
other organs. Besides. when the or.
gans of smell are removed entirely,
the bees will return to the hive. NJ.
BONNER made the following expert
ment: At 500 feet from the hive he
placed a supply OF strip, and the bees
soon found it. proceeding to and fro
to the hive. Such bees he marked
with green-colored powder. He then
laced second supply of syrup at the
same distance from the hive, but
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
ROOSEVELT LIBEL CASE
NOT YET ABANDONED

Washington, Feb. 26.-The cabinet
yesterday agreed that an appeal will
be taken by the department of justice
from the New York decision Quashing,
for want of jurisdiction, the indict-
ment against the New York World in
the Panama libel case. The attorney
general telegraphed instructions to
New York accordingly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03

spaced at twenty feet from the form
er.
i Other bees were now engaged in the
to and fro movements to this point,
but these were not the same individu-
ais as the green-marked ones, VINO
were still working on the first sup
ply, and he marked these in red. This
gave two distinct sets of bees, able to
distinguish two directions which
formed very acute angle. These
facts M. BONNER believes indicate a
special directive sense which does
not reside in the antennae, but prob
ably in the cerebroid ganglia.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
LAMA OBSTREPEROUS,
DEPOSED BY EDICT

Picking, Feb. 26.-The Chinese gov
eminent issued an edict deposing
Dalai Lama as head of the Thibetan
government. 1t was officially declared
that Lama deserted Lhasa following
an attempt by him to organize a gen.
eral revolt.
The edict characterizes Lama as
"ungrateful, irreligious, obstreperous,
tyrannical and profiigate.' The Chi
nese resident at Lhasa probably will
be punished on account of Lama $
escape.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
BLOCKADED THREE DAYS
IN COLORADO STORM

Denver, Feb. 25-After being block.
AIDED by snow east of Leadville for
three days, several heavily loaded
passenger trains arrived yesterday on
the Colorado Midland railroad. Some
of the passengers say food and fuel
ran out and they took to the beds to
keep warm, while foraging parties
travelled miles for food Railway of
ficers, however, say the passengers
suffered no privations
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
BIG WRESTLEFEST TO
DECIDE CHAMPIONSHIP

Chicago, Feb. 26.-Twelve wrestlers
from Chicago three from New York,
one each from Brooklyn, Newark and
Detroit, compete tonight at the I'LL
nois Athletic club in finals for the
national amateur athletic union cham
pionships the result of preliminaries
last night.
Otto Heinrich, of the Chicago Gen.
trail Turner's, broke his collar bone IN
a match with Max Himmelhoch OF
Detroit.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
ANOTHER BANKER
SHORT SOME 500. 900

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 26.-Byron
L. Church, former president of the
Hollywood State bank at Holyrood.
Kan, was arrested here yesterday on
The order of ]. n Dolley, state bank
commissioner of Kansas.
A special examiner has discovered
evidences of forgeries to cover ale
legged shortages in the banks funds.
estimated at more than $4,000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
Harold Miller.

Harold Miller, the five-month-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Miller. 1906
Miller street, died Tuesday of pneu.
monia. He had been i'll for about
two weeks and was apparently be
coming better when sudden change
for the worse took place Tuesday and
it was but short time before bic
died
The funeral was held yesterday
morning from st. Bernard's church
Interment was made in Calvary GEM
etery.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03

The next meeting of the Lancaster
Literary society will be~a closed ses-
sion, the question to be decided be-
ing. (Which do the people enjoy the
more: A banker sent to prison, or
preacher wandering down crooked
path like the one followed by the Rev.
Stucky?" That is too warm for open
discussion
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
CUTTERS BURN FACTORIES.
French Warship Is on Way to Guade-
loupe to Protect ConsuIates.


loupe to Protect Consulates.
Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, Feb. 26.-
Forces Of ploice have gone to- ST..
Francois to protect the natives there,
several of whom have been killed in
disturbances arising from the strike
of sugar cane cutters The strikers
have gathered in considerable num-
bers at st. Francois and are pillaging
the surrounding country They are
killing domestic animals for food.
The foreign consulates are guarded
by the police. Several sugar-grind1ng
factories have been burned.
Governor Gautret yesterday. an
nounced the arrival of reinforcements
OF troops from Martinique and tina.
the French armored cruiser Victor
Hugo was on the way to aid in pre-
serving order.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
Conductor Killed in Collision.

Chicago, ILL.,, Feb. 25.-A street car
conductor was instantly killed, motor
man fatally injured and Is passengers
severely hurt here yesterday in a col.
lision between a street car and a pas.
senger train. The wreck occurred at
grade crossing on the tracks of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
way.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
Autos Barred from Yellowstone.

Cheyenne, Wyo.. Feb. 25.-Automo
biles are to be barred from yellow.
stone Park, according to a special dis
patch received from Washington. Sec.
rotary Ballinger has issued such an
order, it is said, because automobiles
thoughts during the ice-bound months
dangerous roads.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
HALF DEAD; ASKS WHO WON.
Hands and Feet Frozen, Utah Man
Lives SIX Days Without Food.

Lives y DAYS WITHOUT Foou
Spanish Fork, Utah, + eb. 26.-An
endurance record Of high rank was
made by Fred e. Fahey, who was
found by rescue party in a deserted
cabin in the mountains.
Without fire or food he lived SIX
days in zero temperature. His only
shelter was the rude hut and his only
sustenance some salt mixed with
snow water melted by the heat of his
own body. When a searching party
found him his hands and feet were
frozen and he was in a comatose
state.
FaEey's first question on regaining
consciousness was not for Gerhardt
Siebel, his companion, who persisted
in the storm, but:
who won the Ne!son-Wolgast
fight?"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
SPlNDLES CAUSE FIRE.
Spark Struck by Their Contact Ia
mites Building at GAINESVILLE.

nIteS BUIIuIhg at JaneSVIT1e.
GAINESVILLE, Wis, Feb. 26.-The bat
ting mill owned by T. T. Burns was
destroyed yesterday morning by fire
caused by two of the spindles crash
ing against each other, causing a
spark which ignited the plant.
The fire was hard to fight, owing IT,
the extreme amountof smoke : It is
still burning and will probably con.
tinue to burn for several hours
The loss is estimated at about
$4,000. About $4,000 worth of ma
terial was saved
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
utherans to Build Hospital.

Des Moines, Feb 26.-The Swed-
ish Lutheran conference for Iowa and
eastern Missouri yesterday voted to
locate half million dollar hospital at
Des Moines. Four other Iowa cities
were bidders.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03
AMERICANS WIN HONOR.
Kansas and Michigan Students at OK
ford Capture Athletic Events

Oxford. England. Feb. 27.-George
E. Putnam of Kansas and l. G. Hull
of Michigan, both Rhodes scholars at
the university here, won the hammer
throwing and quarter mile events re-
spectively at the varsity meet yester-
day. Putnam threw the hammer ISL
feet 5 inches. Hull ran the quarter
mile in 50 % seconds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-03-03

Fire destroyed dormitory at Dart
mouth college. Hanover, N H., caus-
ing loss of $4,000. Student occu-
pants of the building escaped.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-17

linton Station Methodist church.
situated on tho corner OF Twsntyfourth
and N streets. takes its name from
that portion of the city which In the
early thirtiee was known and desig-
mated N Union Hill. The nrst build
Inc called Wesley Chapel wa built
In the angle formed by Williamsburg
avenue and York river rAilrOad cut.
The next building occupied WAS A.
bury chapel IN Twenty-nfth street,
which wAa afterwards a0ld to tho A.
N. r.. church and u stijl used BY Z
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-17
ny RItv. R III. PDEIs
tnr u Un1gni statica 16e3llealet

II
Christ taught that material things
ass not to bc sought u ends. They
~ not nil the demands of man for
the great culture II himself They
~ mot bring likeness 70 the eternal.
They cannot sd0 20, 6eoauSc:
]. They are not worthy Of reyer-
|&1Sce. A golden image Il n In form
HIKE 1 calf with horns and limbs and
G1S1 like n dumb beast. no ltf6 In
heres In II, no tnteIllgencc. no rea-
eus, Worshipperr prOstrAte them
selves before Il. Does 'smCre or row
eS0nce'' In them dwell Does more
~ Il belong 70 him who pufsues with
breAthieAs haste the Almighty dol
1ar," who makes Il his rod
"A III. They do not bring satlsfa6tiOn.
They give us nothing 0f the calm
NJ world has no likeness to the per-
'fect pattern here. Vanity of vAnities.
saith the preacher. All 10 vanity.r are
the words of Solomon, evidently IN
tended to characterize all earthly
things sought a. ends. And there a
no maxim probably that IL moro unt-
versally Recognised. Tho cry cf 6oO-
rates reaches u from the darknes
Of past ages and pr0clAims u tfueI
The grand old heathen nAge was d.
clAred BY the oracle 70 ~ the Wieoel
of men. CONSCIOUS " hin OWN ignO-
rance, he Il amazed ana s'Deelgn OAl
III the Wise men Of his TINS {As4d 4
u the greatest time In MI fhe htntCf1
Of 0reece): he converpes win tRerr
Ia order to find out, Il poesiblS2 rIAAl
this strange utternnoe Of the 6fAcls
might mean. Having complsted ths
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-17

Leo Tolstoi lay dying. There were
distant relatives OF the aged author,
Totst0ians, villagers and many church
men. among them the Abbot vaFso-
fontus, who did not lose hope until
the end Of seeing Tolstoi and extend
ing 70 him the olive branch On be-
half Of the church. All alike stood
spellb0und. knowing that nnatchlesa
personality was departing. Al the
Sunday dawn dispelled the foggy. raw
November night virtually the whole
population Of Astapova was there.
Then = voice from the hut came
quietly: Leo Nicholaevich Ii dead.
There was q moment Of silence. Then
every head was barred and the crowd
was rent with sobs- One called out:
His heart was burst BY his unbound
ed love for humanity and this and
similar phrases ran from mouth 20
mouth through the weeping Russians
gnthered there. !"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-17
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ET-s

Did ron ever think why Ne call Tho
|eat -uss? a srsAt many years sg0
the -.eopl0 ~ E9yM wOrshfppcd tho
rat. They thought the cat vs. like
the moon. because she was more &c
tive at night. and because her eyes
change. just ~ the moon changes,
which ID sometimes full and s0fne-
times q bright little crescent, or half
moon. ~ we say. Did you ever mo-
fice pussy'a eyes, to see how they
change? 30 these people made m idol
nth 4 cak'H head. and named Il
Pasht. the same name they rive to
the moon: for the word means the
face OF the moon. That word hAs
been changed 10 pas or pusp, the
name which almost every one gives 70
the cat Puss and pussy-cAt are PCT
names for kitty everywhere: but few
know that II was given to her thou1-
ands OF years arc. Harper's Young
People.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-17

one Of the largest ana abandonment
church structurs In the city. Gothic
In style. brown stone and terra Gotta
trimmings. equipped with all modcrll
conveniences. It has eeatinG capA-
city Of l.600. An added attraction h
. magnificent pipe organ and choir
loft with . seating capacity for :
chorus choir Of nifty voices.
Notwithstanding several other
churches have sprung from this plant.
the membership has continued ID
grow and 1t present there are abOuz
1.300 members with Sunday school
enrolment OF I.O6e.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-17
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