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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-11-24

hurry away. I have quite number of
those.
'The most interesting man l ever
had was one who stopped and gaze me
a visiting card. His address was en-
graved in the lower corner. He hand
please write letter for me-
II said: Certainly. To whom?
TO my wife, he answered. That is
my name you have on sthe card
81 understand that l told him,
but what shall | write about?
"'Oh, write about a page, he replied
as he smiled and strobe away."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-11-24
Veuetabl

Vegetables cooked in a steamer are
boiled in the ordinary way.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-11-24

WHEN you don't advertise nobody knows that
w you are doing business and it won't be long
before you'll not know it yourself.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-11-24
No Hunting Allowed.

Positively no permission to any per-
son to hunt on property owned by the
undersigned. MARQUIS HOWELL.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-11-24
Fresh ChOcOlateS

N1IIONUIttINSs
JOhnstons, the finest in the market-at
the restaurant of Mrs. M. A. Ryan.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-11-24

Read the want advs. page /, column 6.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-11-24
To the Public in General and
Hunters in Particular.

Hunters are hereby notified that coon
and rabbit hunting will not be tolerated
on property owned by the undersigned.
This means you and the other fellow.
j. o. Tibbetts,
Seph Davis,
w. J. Williams,
o. j. Davis,
Davis Bros.
R. FL. Jones,
j. E. Davis,
Theodore Engels.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19

advice of this secret body, l called a
public meeting for the expressed pur-
pose Of organizing a permanent pub
lie committee to work for the burial
of General Grant in New York city,
This permanent Grant monument COM
mission was the first organization of
it's kind in the field and through its
work convinced the American people,
generally, l am sure, that New York
was the proper burial city for the
great general. At any rate, l finally
had the satisfaction of knowing that
New York had been definitely and if
revocably selected, and was happy.
"And do you know" Mr.. Grace con-
tinued after thoughtful pause, Il
have always believed that the pres
ence of a colored man on the perma-
nent commission as it's secretary did
a great deal to convince the country
at large of the sincerity and earnest
ness of the desire of the people of
New York, regardless of race or class,
that General Grant should be buried
here. That colored man was Professor
Greener. He was graduate Of Har-
ward and a brilliant scholar of his
day. had known him for some
years, and when began casting about
for just the right man to be secretary
of the permanent commission,
CHANGED to think of Greener. had
every confidence in his ability to fill
creditably the executive Office of the
commission, and then there was the
other thought, that the presence OF a
colored man on the commission would
go a long way to showing the nation
that all manner of New Workers were
working together to have their city
named as Grants permanent burial
place. So, at my request, Greener
was appointed secretary and I have
every reason to believe that the effect
of his appointment on the mind of the
public was just what I thought it
would be.
Copyright. 1910 by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19

Agatha Penryn' $ Query
By EMMA J. BOWEN
Copyright, 1910, by Associated Literary Press

Aunt Penelope-Aunt Penny, for
short-waved a lean, ringed hand at
a row of ancestral portraits on the
wall. These" she said, sternly, ARE
the people on whom you are deter
mined to bring public scandal, Aga
tina"
1t was not the first time in my ex-
perience that Aunt Penny had
brought me before this court of the
past, that hung in the upper hall. I
had broken my engagement, one Aunt
Penny had planned and executed for
me, and with the wedding day but a
week off,
For forty-odd years Aunt Penny had
worshiped at the shrine of family as
1t was pictured here For instruction,
correction or reproof, she had always
brought me to face these shadows in
their atrocious frames. To her they
reflected the glorious and honorable
past of the family of Penryn. To me
they seemed quaint, half-giddy array
of men and women who, in their day
and time, had believed themselves
unworldly and correct. Some Of the
women wore monstrous hoopskirts,
some of them held up attenuated arms
to display leg-o-mutton sleeves; 9TH
ers faced the world from the depths
of huge poke bonnets. They were all
object lessons, teaching the absurdity
of some fashions that have passed
away.
Some of the men, with their great
shoe buckles, resembled the pictures
of George Washington; some of them
these must have been the poet-art-
lists of the Penryns-wore wildly long
hair, that had the appearance of be-
ing uncombed. None Of the gentle
men, in the matter OF apparel. would
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
They Always Have Been Popular Be-
cause of the Fascination Exer-
cised by the Deep.

Almost from the beginning Of time
the sea itself has exercised over man
a fascination at once mysterious and
terrifying. This vigorous influence Of
the uncharted main drove men down
to the sea in ships that were little
more than cockleshells. During the
gray depths of the mist, the biting
teeth of the winters gale, the ripping
claws of the half-stricken reef and
all the other chances and happenings
of a tumultuous element, men have
set sail, each little crew of Argonauts
in search of its own particular fleece
Of gold.
Thus. the cause of the popularity
of the sea story is not hard to under
stand. The adventures of that bold
soldier-mariner of Greece, the crafty
Ulysses, form one of the most inter
esting chronicles of the worlds liter
AZURE. The voyage Of Jason and his
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19

has passed muster in any society OF
which I knew, unless, perhaps, they
had chosen to foregather with the but
Ter and the coachman, or associate
with the members of walters union.
For the most part the faces of my
forbears were fat, placid, Sinking
and satisfied in expression. In their
eyes there was look of reproach for
me, with one exception. thought l
detected in the face Of my great
uncle, Peter Penryn, look of sober
sympathy. His portrait hung lower
than the rest, at the rear of the hall
for a reason. Tradition said that after
long engagement, arranged for I'm
Gle Peter by his friends, he had been
sued for breach of proIaise; that he
had eagerly paid what the court
thought was sufficient balm for his
act of treachery, and had lived and
died bachelor. thus losing caste
among the ancient and honorable
people who looked down from the
wall as l followed Aunt Penny to
their high tribunal, to explain why
the engagement was broken-why
would not be married as she and the
ancestors had expected.
~ It was trying ordeal for me. l
loved Aunt Penny devotedly, and had
spent 20 years under her roof and in
her care-I was five and twenty. The
wedding trousseau was upstairs, some
of II In the partially packed trunks.
and the bridesmaids were in readiness
and on tiptoe; the wedding breakfast
was ordered. knew that the break
ing of my promise would give Aunt
Penny the most intense pain, as 1t
had done.
To save her feelings and to keep
my place in her affections. I descend
ed to subterfuge.
Aunt Penelope" l declared. 1t
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
Why He Went
to Congress
Little Giant" Became Representative
for Purpose of Having RENTED an
Old Fine Imposed on Gen.
eraI Jackson.

In 1888, when he was Is years Of
age. Stephen A. Douglas ran unsuc-
cessfully for congress. Three years
later he took seat on the bench OF
the supreme court of the state of Hill
nois. Yet another two years and he
had resigned his judgeship to go to
Washington as a member of the house
of representatives. Connected with
his second race fol congressional hon
ors is the anecdote l am about to
tell.
After he had become a supreme
court Judge, the Little Giants"
friends were of the opinion that he
had given up all of his youthful desire
to sit in the lower house of the federal
legislature, and they stood ready to do
all they could to keep him on the
supreme court bench indefinitely.
But he had been interpreting the laws
less than two years when he made
known to his friends that he desired
greatly to be nominated again for con-
gress. Some of his friends remon-
strated; why, they asked, did he want
to give up high judgeship fer po-
sition in congress and thus remove
himself from Illinois as AIN important
public figure? This was Mr.. Doug
las reply, substantially:
Since have been on the bench l
have met a southern Democrat who
was not only political follower but
is also strong personal friend Of An
drew Jackson. He has told me many
from him / first learned of the fine
that was imposed upon General Jack
son at New Orleans when he put that
city under martial law in 1914, pre-
paratory to preparing it against at
tack by the British in the War of 1872.
the arrest of a Judge Hall and for this
act was fined $1,000 for contempt.
Then he went in and won the Battle
of New Orleans, but to this day the
fine stands against him. Gentlemen, I
have thought much about this incident
was done General Jackson at that
time. and l want to go to congress to
right it. I want to do all I can to see
to it that this old fine is RENTED
with compound interest. l therefore
very much want you to support me
for congressional nomination"
Nominated and elected to congress
in due course, one of the first Official
acts Of Representative Stephen A.
Douglas was to introduce a resolu-
ton authorizing the return, with
compound interest, of the fine of 80
years before to the victor of New Or
leans, and it was passed.
Copyright. 1870 by E. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
Burial Place of Gen, Grant

street. He was, in fact, one of the
first to suggest that Fifth avenue and
Th1rty-fourth street would be an ideal
location for big hotel. Today one
of the worlds most famous hotels is
located there.
Il also knew, when l learned def
in1tely that Grant was in his last ILL.,
ness, that efforts would undoubtedly
be made to persuade his family that
his burial place should be either In
the national cemetery at Arlington, or
at West Point, Galena, or Chicago. But
| said to myself that Grants burial
place should be New York, the city
which he had selected as the one in
which to spend his closing years and
which, knew beyond peradventure of
a doubt, he loved. made up my mind
that l would do all that could to have
New York named as his burial place.
Therefore. while Grant yet lived,
organized privately and quietly COM
petent body Of men to work in behalf
Of New York city after the general
was dead; was Of the opinion-sub-
seQuently sustained-that no sys-
tematic attempt would be made to
secure the burial elsewhere until
some time after the general had died.
1t was not an easy matter to organize
my committee; still l accomplished
the task in time, and because l did
not feel justified in calling upon any
hodv-lof alono tho citv-to cfand
any Of the expenses incidental to Gre
ating the organization, l paid them
gladly out of my own pocket.
"The result of this secret prepare
tory work was that Immediately after
the death Of General Grant we had a
thoroughly we'll organized body Of
men ready to take the necessary pub
lie steps without moments delay to
secure his burial in the city. On the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
Mayor William r. Grace's Story Of
the Way in Which New York
City Was Sc
Iecfed

FOR number of years after the de-
cls1on was reached that the perma-
nent burial place Of Gen. U. S. Grant
and Mrs. Grant should be Riverside
Drive, New York city, subscriptions to
the projected monument to be erected
over the sarcophagi Jagged Then
Gen. Horace Porter organized a COM
m1ttee which speedily secured the
Iund needed. It was about the time Of
the dedication of the monument that
William R. Grace, twice mayor of New
YORK city, narrated to me this hitherto
unpublished story of the manner in
which New York was selected as the
burial place of the great commander.
I was serving my second term as
mayor of New York." said Mr.. Grace,
at the time General Grant was smit-
ten with his mortal illness. kept my
self constantly informed as to his con-
dition. At one time, I remember, word
was brought to me that the chances
were strongly in favor of his recovery.
But within twenty-four hours there
after l received authoritative infor-
nation that the disease was mortal
and that. in all probability, General
Grant could not last the summer out
Now, I knew from many chats
had had with Grant after he became a
resident Of New York that he was
very fond of the city. It's activities
appealed to him greatly and as he
walked about the streets he was fond
OF carefully looking at the improve
ments being made and pronounced
Judgment as to the future course of
business in this. that or the other
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
County With One Jail.

Iceland is altogether law-abiding
,,oce There is only one Jail, and
hat rarely ever has more than two
,aon,e in it, This Is to be largely &C
counted for by the fact that there Is
not distillery nor brewery in all
iceland. Some liquors are imported
rom Scotland, Norway and Denmark,
MT there will be an end to this in the
rear 1912. when the prohibitory law
oassed by parliament on July 80. 1909,
will go into effect. An acute legal gen.
,,eman of Scotland who has examined
It says that at is hard and fast at
svery point'-a well-made law. The
Good Templars have taken a very &C
tive part in securing this law, and
thew are preparing the way for its en-
forcement.-Mrs. w. F. Crafts, in The
Christian Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
GETTING a Reputation.

There is desk in the senate par
tfcularly convenient as a place from
which to make speeches. It is next
to the aisle and almost in the center
Of the chamber, and affords an oppor-
tunity for the speaker to make every
body hear.
At least a dozen senator's, accord
Ing to the Washington correspondent
Of the st. Louis Star, have borrowed
this desk when they had special utter
ances to deliver to the senate. This
led, not long ago, to a mild protest
from its legitimate occupant.
II am perfectly willing to give up
my desk" said he, "but I am afraid
people win think that the same man
Is talking all the time. I don't want
to get the reputation Of constantly
filing the senate with words. -
Youths Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
San Francisco Fire cIsterns.

An important part of San Francis
coz new fire protection system is the
series of 100 reinforced concrete cis-
terms of $500 gallons capacity each,
built under streets and OF her favor
able places. The cisterns are circular,
80 feet in diameter and 16 feet deep,
and are made intercommunicating by
means of nine-inch mains, also con-
crete. Besides, each cistern is direct
ly connected with the regular mains.
The tops OF many of the cisterns form
the roadways of streets.
In the early years of San Francis
cos development an emergency water
supply was provided in somewhat the
same manner Reports show that In
1870 Ga tanks had been built, but IN
the fire report of 1906 only Is were
mentioned.-Popular Mechanics.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19

therc--and the spirit Is growing rap
idly In our best American life.
It Is shown not only In our exteri-
ors but in our interiors and in all
sorts of interesting ways. 1t shows
itself in pottery and tile making. in
interior wood finishes, in fabrics, in
metal and in furniture. It shows it.
self in a new feeling for color whether
1t Is used in tones or In full bright
ness. There is new conception of
color harmony both In the relation
ship of the various rooms and in the
relationship Of. their various parts
Good Housekeeping Magazine
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
How He Barely Averted Fierce Per.
sonal Encounter Between Sparks
OF Missouri and General
Weaver.

In December of 1881, q short time
after General J. Warren Keifer OF
Ohio had succeeded the late Samuel
]. Randall as speaker of the house OF
representatives, l spent an evening
with the great Democrat Of western
Pennsylvania at his home few
blocks distant from the national cap,
itol. Mr. Randall lived in little two
and one-half story brick house, in a
quiet and somewhat obscure corner Of
Washington, and 1t represented prac.
tically his entire savings while a
member Of congress, Of which he was
speaker from 1875 until change OF
party elevated Mr.. Keifer in his
stead.
l was received by Mr. Randall in
his study, little rear room on the
second floor. It was one mass of
documents, books, reports and the
various printed paraphernalia of leg
islation. The conversation led up to
Mr.. Randalrs great work in 1874,
when, by leading f1libuster Of forty
eight hours duration, he defeated the
obnoxious Force bill" Of that year.
I remarked that he must have been
under a great strain while leading the
6libuster, which today stands as one
Of the greatest triumphs Of f1libuster.
ing our house of congress has ever
known
WELL" was the reply, ut is true
that during the forty-eight hours pre-.
eeding the final adjournment Of con-
gress was present in my seat prac-
tically every moment Of that time. in
order to see that by legislative stra-
tegy the vote on the bill was delayed
until it was time for congress to ad-
journ. It was task that involved
constant watchfulness and SO 1t occa-
stoned great physical strain. Yet
from it's effects l recovered complete
iy after a good nights sleep, while
from the effects of a moments men
tai strain I underwent while I was
speaker I did not fully recover until
more than day later.
ION the whole" continued Mr.. Ran
dali after a moments pause, Il think
that was the most trying and exhaust
Ing experience in my entire career as
speaker. It occurred during the clos
Ing weeks of the session of 1881. The
house was in committee of the whole,
with Mr.. Covert, who represented the
Eastern Long Island district, In the
chair. When the house is in COM
mittee of the whole, you know, the
sneaker has some opportunity for
relaxation. He goes upon the floor
and meets and chats with his friends;
II is something like recess for him.
was thus chatting with a group OF
friends in the rear Of the house when
of a sudden I seemed to realize In
tuitiyely that change had taken
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
Tales of Sea CHARMING

band, with their trials and their final
success in their undertaking Is anoth
er treasure of the classics.
In more modern times the life Of
the Norseman, that rugged explorer OF
painless expanses, the half-piratical
exploits of Drake, the repulse of the
Armada by that dauntless lion of the
seas and his compeers, the victories
of Nelson, the crippled hero who led
his fleets half round the sea-girt ball"
in pursuit of the hereditary enemies
of old England, all have given us
thrilling history and no less heart
gripping tradition.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
A success.

.eThey say that new doctor is fake.
How did his instant cure for your
wife's sore throat work."
"'Excellently.'
"Then it cured her really?"
mo; but she can't speak above q
whisper"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
Family bride

Mrs. Parrot-What is Mr.. Porcupine
putting on such airs about these days?
DeMonk-Why, he claims that his
great-grandfather furnished the quilts
for the toothpicks at the farewell ban.
ouet before Roosevelt left Africa
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
Why He Objected.

upgardson-Your wife insists on
filing the house with furniture differ.
ent from anybody else's? She must
have some peculiar plan In view.
Atom-She has. Instar1ment plan,
That's why I'm kicking.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
Let Your House Have Expression

How refreshing a house can be!
How much It may express Of all that
is best In human nature! When you
build your home learn the language
of expression in materials. A house
cannot be too small or too humble to
fail of this expression if the spirit is
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
Tho Thino,

Il understand that heiress Jobbins
married was rather old. What was
her age?"
81 guess as far as Jobbins was con,
cerned, 1t was heritage"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19

Seeking One That Stayed at Home.
Have you been away this sum-
mer?"
Yes"
That's too bad. I'm looking for a
friend to borrow money from. De
troit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
Irish Proverb.

The man who won't open his purse
will open his mouth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19

The more the tongue flows she less
the head knows.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
RandalV's Moment of Suspense

place In the atmosphere Of the house
and a desperate situation had arisen.
I glanced down towards the speakers
desk, and though no one had yet ia.
ken belligerent attitude, felt that
there was grave danger of personal
encounter between two members.
How l reached the speakers desk
I don't know. Nor have l any recol-
lection of pushing Mr.. Covert to one
side and seizing the >gavel. But 1 do
recall most wildly that as began to
pound with all my might with the
gavel, / beheld directly before me the
most portentous scene that ever saw
in the house. In front Of the clerk 8
desk stood Mr.. Sparks, representing
a Missouri district, with an uplifted
chair as a weapon, and directly across
the aisle from him. and awaiting the
attack in spirit of defiance, was
General James B. Weaver, the Green
back party's presidential candidate of
the year before. And It seemed to me
that I had never seen such malignant
passion upon mems faces. It was the
very spirit that leads to murder-and
at once the awful thought shot into
my mind: The eternal disgrace OF a
murder taking place on the floor of
the house of representatives.
TT was a thought-a situation
that made me desperate. l pounded
like a mailman with my gavel. I sum-
moned the sergeant-at-arms to get
the mace. I put all the energy, both
mental and physical, that possessed
in the effort to secure temporary
hesitation on the part OF either man
to advance to the attack. And. thank
God. there was momentary hesita-
tion-just sufficient to enable several
members to recover their startled
senses and rush between the angry
adversaries.
"As soon as I saw others rush be-
tween the two men I knew that dan
ger of personal encounter was over
and the next instant I sank back
into my chair completely exhausted.
So great had been the strain, brief
though it was. that felt as though I
would collapse; still, I presume the
house did not observe my true condi-
ton owing to the excitement"
Copyright, 1910, by E. ]. Edwards. AL
Rights Reserved)
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
A Testy Judge.

Lord Peterborough, showing some
Impotence at a barrister's speech,
the gentleman paused and said: "Is it
the pleasure of the court that should
proceed with my statement" pleas
ure, sir, has been out of the question
for long time, but you may proceed. "
From Leigh's Anecdotes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
REST AND HEALTH

at Eureka Springs. Heber Springs and
Armstrong Springs. Ark, in the Ozark
Mountains. Write
g. D. WHITNEY
franc Manager, M. & N. A. r. r.. Eu-
reka Springs. Ark, for water analysis.
rates, and how to get there