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Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-15

tical immunity from lightning
danger. He states that further
more. the best v%lndlcatlon OF
Franklin's Judgment in regard
to lightning rods is found IN the
reliance placed by the framed
electrical engineer upon the
provision of an easy path for the
electricity Of lightning to reach
the ground.
, It would seem that with the
ignorant a little learning is some
times a dangerous thing and
that with the rest Of US some
times much learning makes US
disposed to throw aside those
things that areintrinsica]ly good
For various causes we have beer
predisposed against lightning
rods and regretted to see ate.
the erection Of the Court Hous'
under the old regime that gu
Police Jury was led into an IN
vestment in lightning rods TO
the Court Houses protector
We still have serious doubts
to whether the Court House ne
been protected thereby, but d!
| Elihu Thomas comes to the frol
and holds that if lightning ro(
a are we'll and properly placed ar
G made of the proper material thf
n do secure practical immunl
y from lightning strokes.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-15

daferdent to- accept title; Judgement
was given plaintiff as rraVed tor. l.
Tho matter Of the State VS.. 'ohn
Hihar charged with striking his VIE"
WAC hoard and the court found the &C.
c,sed guilty. Upon the accused prom
j ing to pay alimony to his wife ana
9 .i,dren the court deferred imposing
sentence unon the accused.
Homicide in Eoothvi|e.
A family quarrel Of long standing
eliminated last Wednesday evening IN
the shooting and killing OF Harry Met.
z,ger by Willie F;elcmarr' both ''
b%oothvile in the lower end 0, the par
ih. The two men. who were brothers.
LAW. had been on had terms tor over
tw, years due to domestic troubles u
a ,pears, according to the story OF hehr!
Smith, the only eye witness, that Wet
1;otr entered FieIdmann's !a"d Ee
Wednesday evening and found F'e''-
mann cutting wood. He began ABUSING
F;eldmann's wife and then directed MS
attention towards Fieldmann who IN
1urn demonstrated with Metz'ger 'or
thus acting. As Fieldmann dropped
his Ak, Metziger grabbed it and mace
k for his opponent with it. friedman"
ran into his house and securing a oou'
HE barrel shot gun in which he haoo ne
load Of buckshot, ran to the w'nao"
= and fired at his man as he was ABOUT "
t. on+ar the door with the ak in his hanHs
e The entire load Of buckshot entered
m Metziger's right breast and he ran 10
l. ward the front Of the house eXclalh''"
"You dirty ---. you got me,
TX didn't know you had a CUR. ne 'e
r. near the front gate where he d'eo IN
re short while. Metziger was an eS-so
der and had married Fieldmann s ST.
40 tor. who with one child survives f"'
&c F;eldmann, who is a native OF TINS pa
ish was arrested almost immediate
otter the shooting and placed
nd ;o;, under a charge of murder. !
his CLAIMS to have acted in self defense AZ
on it is very likely this will be his pie
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-15
Rantiste Col!ette Levee.

Work was begun Friday, Jan. Z, on
the Baptiste Collette Gap ievee, IN
p%)aouemines parish near the mouth OF
the river. The work is being done by
the State Board of Engineers after ar
unsuccessful attempt to have it done
nv contract. The contract was adVer'
t;spd several times but all bids were
found to be too high and the State En-
~o;nee~s decided to do the work unde'
their w direction.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-15

"1f the snoe fits, wear it, is a time
worn saying, but with a woman II inc
shoe 6,s she takes it back because II i
too bio. Farm journal.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-15
Court Proceedings.

j. session Of the District Court was
held last Tuesday, at which two dec'-
sions were handed down.
In the matter of Ostrica Oyster CO.
It'd. vs.. John Barber ct ais; Judge
ment was rendered in favor u pIalhu''
in the sum Of 1925.
IN the matter of Michae! Hart'ga'
W Joseph. Weaver, q suit a somks
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-15
T OF MEETINGS,

Notice.
A regular meeting Of the Board Of Commission
p.~,u , ave-, District, will he held AZ
Bucas. La. Tuesday. Jan. 49, wv
J.. GLEN BAILhf.
Secretary.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-15
LOST AND FOUND.

Back Of Home Plac" IN the i'a'''s
Two skitrs. painted white. capacity "' a''''
ha-rc], of oysters each.
WIN. NlNGI.E JE.
Arthur A. Lee Of DAISY P. 0" La. ca'ph' '"'
skiff described below during the E.''"''
.ynress 90 fl. long. : Fl. hean. so "''oFH "''
. na,r Of oars. skiH painted hIaek.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-15
HELP WANTED.

WANTEp-A goni settle! wc'N4a t''" n""''-
v.cr,, and cooking. Salary 81, to s." per m's1'h'
Address NJ. turun. olga. La.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-15
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Notice.

Notice.
The undersigned will sell at s a.,
for tho term Of one year at the Court h'uS'
e-,-l,.H ache. on Tuesday, the IAN nSS
February. 1910. a, II O'Clock a. m the ''''N
' u", O,kvillc. Ste. Sophie. Porte ="
este S'''' J. 3. FAsTERL'HG.
Pres. Of Police Ju'y.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-15

daferdrnt to- accept title; lNdgeme'1
WAC o;ran ~nia;rtitf as Nraved for.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-11-30
BUSINESS LOCALS.

I |, Ferguson. dentist, viii re-
iactise IN the Arlington Hotel
k.er /.
E4uon, the best car ever made,
ssn at the agency, Royal Ha-
2ge, Hotel and Richards St.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11
ABOUT THE HOSIERY
WHAT TO DO WHEN 1T SHOWS
SIGNS OF WEAR.
When Holes Appear, Get Out the
Darning Cotton and Proceed to
Fill Them Up Without
Delay.

The length of time hosiery will wear
depends largely upon the care given
It. Buy good grade to start with,
and when small hole appears, darn
1t Immediately. When large one ap-
pears in the foot cut away all the thin
part adjoining, leaving round or
oval shaped hole with a good firm
edge. Take the darning cotton and
steel crochet hook and proceed to fill
in the hole, working all around the
edge with single crochet stitch; then
round and round, narrowing fast
enough to keep the work fiat and
finishing firmly at the center. This
Is done more rapidly than darning, Is
very neat and as strong as before the
hole appeared.
And then the children's knees. II
darned in short stitches when begin
ming to wear thin their life is length
ened, and it is a good idea to place
thin piece of an old stocking under
meath and darn through both. When
this will not do any longer cut off the
stocking, straight across, in the strong
part, Just below the worn out knee.
Then join the two parts again on the
sewing machine with thread to match.
but turning the top portion Of the
stocking upside down, thus bringing
the worn part away up out of sight;
or perhaps it can be cut off entirely Ut
depends upon the length, and the top
or unworn part down over the knee.
The seam inside can be opened and
felled down If desired. A little prac-
tise will determine just how much or
how little to stretch the seam under
the machine foot, SO that when the
stocking Is pulled it will appear smooth
and the seam hardly noticeable. At
any rate, stockings treated in this way
wear twice as long, and pair which
at first looks impossible to the weary
mother with half a dozen such i'm
possible pairs in the weekly mending
basket can be very quickly converted
into a pair which will never look un-
slightly except when off the foot
Mothers do not wear through at
the knee and can be repaired by cut
ting Off the worn feet ana attacnlng
others, which can be bought at any
large dry goods store, or can be made
from the legs of another pair of hose.
The legs can be utilized in another
way: Cut each of two down a few
inches-say, eight or nine-set In a
diamond shaped piece to give width
and finish with bands and side open
ings into a neat little pair of panties
for the wee one. These tuck into the
stockings and thus protect the deli
cate little knees from many bumps
and scratches. If made of large (out-
side) hosiery no extra piece is set in,
but scanned up straight. Fell all
seams
When fathers socks are beyond re-
pair in the feet make some nice soft
holders of the tops.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11
Mississippi Catfish Are Thirsty

But while the steamboat interests
are suffering the pearl button fac
tories and the pearl hunters are reap
ing harvest. Hundreds of men, wom-
en- and children can be seen along
the water front of every town hunting
clans. The shells are sold to the but
ton factories after being searched for
yearals. Many fine pearls have been
found. One found by Dubuque man
was sold for $40O
If 1t were not for the water that
comes out of the Missouri, steamboat
traffic would be suspended between
here and Cairo. While the Missouri
has not risen this year to within Is
feet of the food stage, 1t has main
tanned steady flow of water, enough
to keep the steamboats, going on the
Mississippi and enough for the boats
running on that stream. Still, unless
there are rains soon in the north the
Missouri is likely to go very low this
fall, although not as low as 1t has
been In some years. 1t has been many
years since the Missouri has fallen be-
low the zero stage. 1t Is now eight
feet above that stage, which Is about
the usual flow in the fall
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11
Lewis Nomination Papers Filed.

Petitions for the nomination of Capt
William Mitchell Lewis of Racine, to
be a Republican candidate for COVER
nor, were filed in the office of the sec
rotary of state. Voters to the number
of 5,11S in 48 counties have signed the
petitions, which were the first filed.
Petitions for the nomination of Sen
ator Thomas Morris of La Crosse to be
a Republican candidate for lieutenant
governor were also filed. They bear
the signatures of 1926 electors. Also
petitions for A. M. Spencer, Appleton,
candidate for congress in the Fourth
district; Edward F. Killen, Wautoma,
candidate for the state senate in the
Ninth senatorial district; John M.
True, Baraboo secretary of the state
board of agriculture, candidate for the
state senate in the Twenty-seventh
district
For Democratic candidate for mem
Der of congress in the Fifth district
petitions containing the names of 525
voters are filed for w. J. Murray of
Waukesha.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11

e T. LOUIS-It is only within the
- memory of the oldest of river men
that the rivers forming the great Mis-
sissippi system have been so low in
the summer as they have this year.
The old-timers say the low stages this
year can be compared only with those
of 1864, when the catfish had to climb
out into the fields to moisten their
parched threats with the dew.
North of ST. Louis steamboat traffic
is almost at stand still on account Of
the low water in the Upper Mississip-
pi. The Diamond 10 line has been
forced to take off it's through boats to
st. Paul and has great difficulty in get
ting it's local packets through to Bur-
lington, Ia. Many excursion boats
are tied up. Several of the boats have
been damaged in an effort to navigate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11
King Hog Makes Lucky Farmer Glad

ha, st. Louis and st. Joseph-were, In
round numbers, two and cne-fourth
million head less than during the cor
responding six months of 1909 Ar
rivals at the five big points in the
first half of 1909 numbered $3.50, 900.
In the first half of 1910 receipts at
the previously mentioned markets
were 100000. In other words, a
growing population was fed on rs per
cent. of the hogs that were consumed
in the first six months Of 1909 The
direct effect of the decrease in hog
receipts, while the population was I'M
questionably increasing, was a sharp
advance in market value of swine.
At the Kansas City stockyards the
average cost of hogs for the first six
months of 1909 was 1864 per hum
dredweight. In the first half of 1910
the average cost at the same market
was 1881, showing gain of s2.67 per
hundredweight, or about 40 per cent.
At all the other markets the advance
In prices was practically equal to that
at Kansas City.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11

NEW YORK.-Patrolman Lawrence
N Cummins of the East One Hundred
and Fourth street police station, on
whose post the car barn gang has it's
headquarters, was beaten savagely by
members of that band and was in the
hospital for several weeks
The first request Cummins made to
Capt. Corcoran when he reported
again for duty was to be assigned to
his old post. He said he wanted to
show the toughs that he was not
afraid of them and that they could
not drive policeman from his place
of duty. Capt Corcoran took the
same view and sent Cummins back.
From the moment he resumed his
work the gang annoyed Cummins. but
1t was not until the other night that
the roughs got chance to do him
up again. He found about dozen
of them on the street insulting wom-
en- who passed.
Move on" commanded Cummins.
But truck driver, 10 years old, hurled
insults at the policeman. Cummins
arrested him. The rest of the gang
disappeared. Cummins started for
the police station with his prisoner,
but as they went along there was
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11
- Observation-Disclosures av

ID OKLYN.-Anxiously awaiting
- the outcome of the important case
of Tucker against Coch, tried in the
Flatbush court, Brooklyn, Flatbush
mothers learned with great relief that
they would not be forced to the ex-
pense of equipping their teething ba-
bies with Maxim silencers, Coch lost
and the babies of Flatbush were tri-
umphant
Passing, Solomon-like, on the great
issue, Magistrate Manner ruled that
even a Flatbush infant must have
teeth to go through the world with
Should one be expected to worry
through life with gums innocent of
molars and incisors, missing the joys
of sinking them into sirloin at 80
cents a pound? To be sure not Was
Mr.. Coch a toothless baby? Of course
he wasn't. Didn't he cry when the
soothing syrup failed to soothe? He
did. Well. then, why should the
Tucker baby be denied that world
old privilege of infancy? Mr.. Coch
could adduce nothing to overthrow
this argument
SO it was ruled by the learned court
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11
Law Can't Suppress Babies Howls

that it was we'll within the old Ro-
man, the English common, the re-
vised or unrevised statutes, the city
ordinances, Magma Charta, or even
the plain or common variety of law
for any Flatbush baby to howl and
yowl and rip up the palpitating ST.
lence of the Flatbush night and turn
it inside out while his 'toofens' are
pushing themselves out as a protest
against milk diet. This applies to
both boy and girl babies not only in
Flatbush, but all over Brooklyn.
Sumner Tucker and Arnold Coch
live in adjoining cottages, or villas,
as they obtain in F'latbush, in Mar
tense street. All was we'll between
them until the Tucker baby arrived.
They had borrowed and loaned lawn
mowers, exchanged garden seeds and
talked radish, lettuce and other gar
den crops. But with the coming Of
the Tucker heir gulf opened
Like most infants of it's age, the
Tucker one is. busily engaged in
bringing in teeth. Now, Mr. Coch has
no objection to teeth. He owns a lot
himself. But the day and night vocal
demonstrations with which the Tuck
er baby accompanied their efforts to
push through made Coch peevish. He
suggested a motor boat muffler or
something like that to Mr. Tucker
and the latter was irritated He had
his neighbor summoned to court, say
ing he had abused him.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11
Wisconsin Patents.

The following list of patents recent
ly granted to Wisconsin inventors Is
reported: Fred D. Barnes, Milwaukee.
parachute gun; H. w. Cheney, Milwau-
kee, motor controller; Henry Christen-
sen, Tomah, cream ripener; Byron H.
Cooley, Campbellsport, sign; William
Drever, Tomohawk, chute; James For
rest, Milwaukee, bolter; Arthur Jude
vine, Baraboo, tank or container; Paul
Klinowicsz and J. S. Worzalla, Stevens
Point, mattress; Wallace F. Mac
Gregor, Racine, pneumatic stacker;
Robert A Mckee, Milwaukee, turbine
packing; John Meier and H. J. Rade-
macher, Milwaukee, canopy casket;
William A. Nieman, Milwaukee, horse
shoe; Frederick w. Rogers, Beaver
Dam, stove top; Rudolph Schlatter,
Milwaukee, steam turbine; Wallace L.
Selleck, Darlington. pencil attachment;
Solomon r. and William L. Wagg, APP.
pleton, driving mechanism for paper
refining engines; Frederick A. Veg
rer, Milwaukee, grain drier; John
Welsh, Green Bay, cabinet and paper
therefor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11
STATE CROPS FAR
BELOW AVERAGE
Conditions Range From 81 to 70
Per Cent. of Normal.
DROUGHT DAMAGE SERIOUS
Enough Thrashing of Grain Has Been
Done to Show That the Yield Of
Wheat, Rye and Barley VIII
Be About Normal.

Madison.-Farm crops in Wisconsin
have been SO badly damaged by the
lack Of rain that their condition
ranges from 50 to IS per cent. of the
average for this time of the year, &C
cording to the monthly report issued
by Secretary John M. True of the
state board of agriculture.
Unless a general rain comes soon,
the crop situation will become much
more serious, Secretary True believes.
His report is as follows, being based
on returns received.
There was no general rain during
the month of July. There were, how
ever, slight showers in most parts OF
the state that have saved growing
crops from complete destruction. Pas
lures have suffered most, and are now
furnishing little feed for stock, this
shortage being supplied by feeding Of
hay and grain feeds.
Enough thrashing of grain has been
done to show that the yield of wheat,
rye and barley will not fall far below
the normal yield. Oats, though mate
rally injured upon sandy or dry land,
will furnish a better yield than was
anticipated on the last report.
Corn planted upon good, fertile
fields, and we'll cultivated, has shown
a remarkable degree of vitality, and
with a general rain now would make
fair crop.
Early potatoes are small, and the
yield is light. Later potatoes are al
ready suffering from want of rain,
and the crop will be materially short
ened even if rain comes soon.
Early planted tobacco is blossoming
without a desirable growth of leaf,
while the late planted is still small
and not promising.
Sugar beets are doing fairly well,
though making slow growth.
The following percentages of condi-
ton of crops is reported by CORE
spondents:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11
City Items in Ierse Form
Metropolitan News of Interest
to All Readers
Faithful Dog Avenges a Policeman

call from roof The prisoner broke
from Cummins and ran int GA house.
The gang had gone TO roof, torn
away the chimnew and waited for the
policeman and his prisoner. When
the signal was given and the prisoner
had fled from the firing zone his
friends hurled the chimney bricks
down at Cummins. After three had
struck him on the head he fell I'M
conscious. Men who saw the attack
ran to the station. Sergt. Higgins and
eight bluecoats raced to the rescue of
their comrade
Twice week Dadmatin dog, Bes-
sic, who belongs to truck company No.
26 on One Hundred and Fourteenth
street, visits the East One Hundred
and Fourth street station, and has a
supper at the expense of John Ritter.
That night she was there and she
went with the rescue squad.
When the men entered the house
from which the bricks had been hurled
on Cummins the dog went with them.
But while the sergeant and his men
went to the roof Bessie stopped at the
second floor.
Back in a dark corner of the tene-
ment hallway she had caught sight Of
man. and, instead Of going further,
she leaped for him. She got good
on his trousers and he could not beat
her off, Five minutes afterward the
policemen on their way back to the
street after a fruitless search, heard
scuffle. They found Bessie still
holding on to the man. He was the
eccapad pricOOar
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11
To Cook Spinach.

Spinach needs very little water for
its cooking. To make spinach salad
wash and soak the spinach according
to directions, place in kettle with
out any water and cook 20 minutes
Drain at once and chop fine. Add a
tablespoonful of melted butter, salt
and pepper Press into molds and
chill. When ready to serve place on
a platter, garnish with curled parsley
and put slices Of hard-boiled eggs in
the center Of it. Put spoonful OF
mayonnaise dressing over each mold
of spinach and moisten the egg
with 1t.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11

KANSAS CITY.-The greatest mon
N eymaker ON the farm during the
past year has been the hog. The
farmer with a carload Of hogs was
assured of an automobile, a trip to
Europe, or more farm land. Never
In modern history have hogs been
sold at such high prices, on strictly
gold basis, of course, as during the
past several months.
Early in the present year there
we're reports of hog shortage" from
many hog-raising districts. And mar
ket receipts bore out the reports.
From January 1, 1910. to July 1, 1910,
receipts at the five leading western
markets-Ch Chicago, Kansas City. Oma.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11
Macarofii au Gratin.

An easy way to prepare macaron1 Is
to boil half a package in sailed wa
ter until tender, drain it in colander
and stir it into a saucepan or chafing
dish, in which two tablespoonfuls of
butter and half pound of grated
cheese have been melted, the latter be-
ing added after the first has begun to
bubble. Toss the macaroni with q
fork until heated through, season with
a dash of salt and pepper and serve.
The result is delicious, especially
when the macaroni comes piping hot
from the chatting dish.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11
State Bankers to Meet In La Crosse.


The sixteenth annual conven.
ton Of the Wisconsin Bankers as
ISOLATION will be held in La Crosse.
The program was announced by Sec
rotary George D. Bartlett A CONNER
cial exhibit will be one of the fea-
lures
The convention will be called to or
der by President E. NJ Wing, after
which J. NJ. Holley, president of the
La Crosse Bankers club, will deliver
the address of welcome. E. A. Dow,
president of the State bank, Plymouth,
will respond. This will be followed by
the annual reports of Secretary Bart
lett, Treasurer B. W. Davis, Waupun,
and President Wing, La Crosse. The
executive and standing committees
also will make their reports.
Time will be devoted to a revision
of the constitution and bylaws and
an address on Bank Reserves" by J..
H. Puelicher, Milwaukee. Thirty min
utes' discussion on advertising" will
follow, in which Mortimer /. Stevens,
editor of the Wisconsin Banker; W..
NJ. Post, Milwaukee, and Earle Pease,
Grand Rapids, will participate. "The
Law and the Banker" Is a subject to
be discussed by C. H. SchweitZer, La
Crosse.
Second day will begin with reports
from secretaries of state groups, fol-
lowed by an address on Banking and
Commercial Credits" by F. H. Nc
Adow, president of the National Asso-
citation of Credit Men, Chicago. Vari-
GUS phases Of the subject, "Segrega-
ton of Savings Deposits" will then
be discussed by Assemblyman Plat
Whitman, Highland; c. r. Thomson,
Richland Center, and c. r. Carpenter,
Racine. M. A. Graettinger, Milwaukee,
will discuss Bank Examinations I'm
der Association Supervision" A dis
cussion of Taxation of Bank Stock"
will occupy much of the time Thurs
day afternoon, In which Nils P. Hau-
gen, member of the state tax COM
mission; H. A. Hoehlenpah and Attor-
ney A. E. Matheson, GAINESVILLE, will
participate.
Officers will be elected following the
report of the committee on resolu-
tions. Immediately after adjourning
the meeting, members of the Amer
can Bankers association will elect
a vice-president for Wisconsin and a
member of the nominating committee
of that association.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-11
State Parole Officer Dead.

News has been received of the death
at his home in Westfeld of H. R. Raw
son, for five years agent for the state
home for dependent children at Sparta,
and for ten years parole officer of the
Waukesha state school.
Until a permanent appointment is
made B. NJ Jostand of La Crosse will
perform the duties of parole officer of
the WauSesha institution