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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-24
LINDEN.
Received too late for last week. |


Mrs. Howard Treloar died Friday
morning and was buried on Sunday
afternoon. She had been sick for
long time of tuberculosis. She leaves a
husband and two little sons.
The CarrOw farm and the mine on it,
known as the Rajah mine, is sid to
the New Jersey Zinc Company.
Robert Hawke transacted business at
Milwaukee last week, returning home
through Whitewater, where he visited
with VIM. N. Shepherd.
Ella Barrett accompanied Mrs. Ann
Polkinghorn to Red Oak, Iowa, where
they will visit Mrs. Polkinghorn's
daughter, Mrs. Ella Phillips.
Mrs. Ellen Hancock returned Monday
from DOdgeville, where she has been
spending a week with her daughter
Mrs. Will James.
Miss jeanette Blanchard returned
from Fennimore Friday where she had
been visiting friends.
Mrs. John r. erase left Tuesday for
Hazel Green, where she will visit
relatives before returning to her home
at Sac City, Iowa.
Mrs, Chas. Blanchard returned home
Saturday. She has been visiting
friends at Livingston and Fennimore.
Miss Annetta Mills, returned to
her home in Milwaukee Tuesday after
having visited here several weeks.
Mrs. Kate league Of Milwaukee is
visiting her sister Mrs VIM. Vial.
Little Bevan Blanchard is the happy
owner Of pony which his mother
purchased for him Monday
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-24

''all in" yet 1 had still the two hard
est stages of my journey to cover
the bitter fight of jumping and falling
jumping and falling. during the final
900 feet, and last, but most awful of
ALL the horrors of that descent where
the chances were 100 to | against me.
Laughing at 10000 Feet.
There was nothing for it. however.
but to continue the fight upward.
So l dOggedly fixed my mind upon
the magic figures 10000 and mounted
again. Below me there was nothing
but space. The filmy clouds formed d
haze which CON. ',etely shut the earth
from my view, and l seemed like an
impudent little fly buzzing around Inn
portantly in the vaStness of infinitude.
The thought struck me as being rather
droll, and l laughed aloud.
Then l remembered how a friend of
mine had come to me at the hangar
before 1 started and, with a quizzical
expression on his face, as though he
knew / was not serious. asked:
'Are you really going for altitude to-
day.
Yes" l answered.
do you think you have any chance
OF making it," he asked.
There's always a chance" replied
and jumped into the machine
Since then l have thought over that
short conversation a score of times and
l have failed to find in it anything
amusing. Yet away up there in lone
illness whose vastness and impressive
ness only Legagneaux and Of all liv-
ing men can appreciate. with the mo-
tor buZzing and whirling and humming
and splitting. seemingly to accentuate
the very vastness of the solitude and
make it even more awe inspiring than
1t is to the floating balloonist-away
up there. passing close to the 5000 foot
mark-the two questions and their an
swers struck me as being the most
droll things I had ever heard, and |
started to laugh boisterously like
drunken sailor In a low taproom.
CRAZY" thought. and as the
thought dashed across my mind With
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-24
MIFFLIN.
By Miss Katheryn Gowman.


Received too late for last week
Miss Edna G.. Kennedy returned
from Highland Saturday evening,
where she visited during the latter end
of the week with F. F. Kennedy family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Smith and
children Velma, Orthel and Elmo de-
parted Saturday for Chicago, where
they will visit week with his relatives.
l.. G. Parish and A. l.. Preston of
Montfort spent a few days at the hotel
here and are now employed at the
Squirrel mine.
Miss Katheryn Gowman returned
home Saturday from Linden after
spending from Wednesday until Satur-
day at the home of Charles Stacey and
wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Stevens of
Platteville were guests at the home of
her sister Mrs. Gustave Miller.
Miss lamar Jenkin enjoyed a visit
from her friend Miss Sadie Schmidt of
Platteville the past and present week.
Elder w. S. Bowden departed
Monday for Mendoza, Ill. to attend the
A. G. camp meeting and from there
will go to Minnesota. He expects to be
gone for three weeks.
Clement Enloe left Friday for Cairo,
ILL.,, to play ball with the Kentucky
1aao ono mill OctOhar 1
Mrs. Robert Gruber has been enter
tanning her sister, Mrs. Ida Alexander
and daughter from Chicago.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-24
GNyAERoPLANE
Il ADVENTURES n
S| j. ARMSTRONG DRExEL
L-Flirtine With Death at 10000 Feet

to pass the thousand marks. Three,
four, five, six thousand | passed. each
one taking an increasing length of time
and requiring more of physical effort
and mental and nervous strain.
Soon the hand of the aneroid began
to caper back and forth. | knew
was mounting steadily, but the little
instrument did not show it and finally
Topped back near the starting point
and stayed there The aneroid had
evidently gone higher than it was ever
intended to go and was completely out
of commission.
A Paragraph. which is recording
barometer, had been tied about my
neck, and | took one hand from the
control and turned the face of the baro-
graph up toward me. Through the
glass front 1 could see the purple line
that had traced my ascent l felt sure
that must be near the top. 1t seemed
ages since l had started. and the ter
rible cold was beginning to penetrate
even the thick, fur lined clothing that
had made particularly for this flight.
My hands were beginning to get numb,
and l felt that my ears would burst
with the pressure from inside my head
or, rather. with the lessening of the
pressure outside.
But one sight Of the Paragraph made
me grit my teeth and shove the nose
of the Bleriot good deal higher than
wisdom warranted. Instead of being
near the coveted 10000 mark. l was
barely passing the 5000 line
No words of mine can express the
disappointment and the discourage
ment of that moment I was almost
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-24
PECATONICA.
Received too late for last week
By Annie Davis

Received too late for last week.
Mrs. Edward Jones and grand
daughter spend few days visiting rel
atives here last week.
Elsie Jones and John Jones drove to
Belmont Saturday evening.
Mrs. Matthias of Chicago came last
Wednesday evening to spend few
weeks with relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Stoner attended
the funeral of their aunt at Linden,
Thursday.
Annie Davies and Anna Thomas
spend Monday afternoon at Will G.
Davies's.
George HI. Johns transacted business
at Mineral Point Monday.
Clarence Griffiths and wife moved
out to the Settlement Monday.
Thomas Thomas drove to Miffiin
Monday afternoon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-24

copyright. 1911, by Henry NJ. Nicely
Copyright in Great Britain and Canada
All rights reserved
ut was on the train between Phila-
delphia and New York had
just received confirmation of lay
altitude record Of 1897 feet-the
highest man had ever been in an aero
plane-and had read in the evening
papers that my great ambition to be
the first TO go up above the coveted
10000 mark would never be realized,
for Legagneaux had risen 10.499 that
afternoon.
Well" l heard one man say to an
other. they have settled Drexeps rec
ord beyond al question now. Here's
a fellow who has beaten him by 500
feet"
Yes" said the other. 1T seems to
get easier every day"
Easy! A man climbs and climbs
and strains every nerve and muscle to
the breaking point-he fights inch by
inch, forcing a frail machine beyond
anything it was ever intended to do
he hears the creaking Of the wood
work and the wicked singing Of the
tautening wires, and he knows that
one little ounce more Of strain some
where, anywhere, and 1t will all be
over in the most horrible Of ends-he
plugs onward and upward. sick at
heart and in body. utterly weary and
hopeless, nerves gone, strength ebbing
fast. brain dizzy. ears bursting and
eyes swimming until momentary
spell of near Inconsistencies makes
him pull himself together for the
awful hell Of that final plunge to
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-24
SENTENCE SERMONS.

No life
Can be pure in it's purpose and
strong in its strife
And all life not be purer and
SWeeter thereby.
Browning.
How many of our lives are
feveriSh with the perpetual
search after new things when
the things we have now have not
begun to be eXhausted!-Phillips
Brooks
Many indeed think of being
happy with God in heaven. but
the being happy with God on
earth never enters into their
thoughts Wesley.
Sweet satisfaction comes to
those who try, no matter how
humbly, to be earthly provi-
dences to the poor and helpless
and to gild their mite with the
gold of charity before it is laid
up where thieves cannot break
through and steal.-L. NJ. Alcott.
The man who remains master
of himself never knows defeat
Charles w. Gordon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-24
JONESDALE
By Elizabeth Ley.



Miss Lillian Burns of Dodgeville
visited at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Burns here.
Mrs. Ella Dexter, who had been
visiting at the FL. r. Carter home re-
turned to Waldwick Sunday
Frank Duncan attended the funeral.
of his nephew Glen Duncan at Man
chester, Iowa. He also visited his
brothers at Waterloo, Iowa.
Mrs. Thomas Terrill and four
children of Beloit are visiting at the
S. G.. Terrill home here.
Lillian, Mary and Madge Burns and
Blanche Carter were entertained at the.
John Ley home Saturday evening.
Mrs. John Ley and daughter Evalena
were at Hollandale Tuesday.
Evalena Ley visited at DodgeviIIe
over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Humbert, who
had been visiting at Chicago the past
week passed through here Saturday for
there home in Waldwiok
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-24
WORSHIP.

WORSHIP.
Worship is the dedication of
self to the Lord. 1t is the souls
expression of combined love,
gratitude and dependence, di-
rected toward God under the
clear guidance of faith. To be
genuine it must proceed from
within and be spontaneous and
free. 1t must find expression in
outward life of service and daily
keeping of the commandments.
External worship in churches
and elsewhere is of value as
vehicle of expression. an out
ward form for the manifesto
ton of the inner substance of
worship. 1t fixes the mind upon
the significance of the hearts
alteration. But external forms
of worship without the internal
acknowledgement of the Lord
and loving determination to do
his will can accomplish nothing
for the spiritual strength of
man. The more sensuous and
selfish man is the more ex-
ternal his worship becomes. the
more perfunctory and the more
devoid of deep religious impulse.
Rut the increa sing DuritV of
heart and spirituality of thought
make ones worship more and
more internal and genuine. He
still enters into and enjoys the
forms of external worship be-
cause he sees and loves in them
the spiritual truths and realities
they representation. Paul Sper-
~.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-24
CORPORATIONS.

No argument OF political ex-
pediency. no appeal for business
prosperity. no pretense OF protec-
ton to labor. no claim of help for
the farmer. nothing. absolutely
nothing. can justify or excuse the
government in giving it's help to
any industry to enable it to
make an artificial profit out of
the food and clothing which the
people must have. In addition
to this the government. having
conferred the right upon such a
concern to do corporate bust
ness. should resolutely bend ev-
cry nerve and energy to pull
apart the wicked combinations
which have been created out of
them and strip them clean of
any privilege which their cor
porate charters confer. Con
gresham Littleton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-24

IN YOUTH.
When all the world is young,
lad.
And all the trees are green,
And every goose a swan. lad.
And every lass a queen.
Then hey for boot and horse, lad.
And round the world away;
Young blood must have it's
course, lad.
And every dog his day.
Kingsley.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-24

Blanchardville To Issue Bonds.
The Blade: The proposition of
issuing bonds for $500 for general
purposes and permanent street i'm.
provement was carried by vote of -10o ,
to 26 at the election.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-08-24

earth, to leave him practically help
less when at last he does reach the
ground-and they call all this easy!
No man will ever be able adequate
~ to describe that long, vast plunge
TO earth after every nerve has col
lapSed and every muscle refused to do
more work upward have expert
enced 1t more often than any living
aviator, yet even now l cannot recall
any detached or definite impressions
OF it-nothing but Shuddering mem
DRY OF horrors rushing by with an aw-
full sense of defenSeleSsness and fu-
tility of effort as l fairly shrieked
through the air to earth with the
chances 100 to against safe landing.
Anybody can climb for height"
said Morane. 1.-THE thing is to get
down again"
Climbing the Air Stairs.
That fellow who said that it was
getting easier all the time" should
have seen the beautiful Bleriot as she
swept gracefully Off the ground with
me that day at Point Breeze and as
she flew. without effort and with
scarcely n tremor. in the first wide
preliminary circles as | mounted the
first 1000 feet
Easy! That would have looked easy
enough certainly. The machine must
have looked like a great gull or q
buzzard floating on the breeze. and l
suppose might have been sound
asleep in her for all the spectators on
the ground could have seen Of motion
or of effort on my part.
Then came the clouds. and l worked
my way up through them. hoping that
they would not be thick nor last long.
for above the clouds In the sunlight
are the wickedest gusts. and it means
tight. fight. fight. all the time
The hand Of the aneroid barometer
In front Of me kept creeping round and
round as l mounted. The frst 1000
feet were told OF quickly. and then
more and more slowly the indicator
went as I entered the thinner strata Of
the upper air and began the struggle
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-17
A CARDINALS SALT CUP.
Monumental Work of Art Designed b,

Monumental Work of Art Designed by
Benvenuto CeIlini.
At the same time that the cardinal
gave me some other commissions to
execute he employed me to make a
model Of a saltcellar, but desired it
should be In different taste from the
common ones. = | designed an
oval almost two-third Of cubit in size,
and upon this oval as the sea appears
to embrace the earth l made two fig
ures about hand high In a sitting pos
ture, with the legs of one within those
the sea are seen to enter the land. And
In the hand Of the male figure, repre-
senting the ocean. put ship, design
ed with great care, In which was de-
posted great quantity Of salt. I'm
der.this l represented four sea horses,
put his trident. The earth l represent
ed by the female figure, the most eIe-
CANT and beautiful l could form an
idea of, leaning with one hand against
a grand and magnificent temple. This
was to hold the pepper. In the other
hand I put cornueopia adorned with
all the embellishments could think of.
To complete this idea in that part
which appeared to be earth l represent
ed all the most beautiful animals
which so small space was capable Of
containing. In the remainder Of the
oval / placed several grand and noble
ornaments.-From Benvenuto Cellinis
Autobiography.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-17
HEMMED IN BY LIONS.
A Bad Case of Stage Fright and a REQ
ord Stunt In SiYsuirau.

A Bad Case of Stage Fright and Reo-
ord Stunt In Singing.
Stage fright of the sort that afflicted
Whit Cunliffe, at one time prorni-
nent singer in English music halls, Is
not avoldable. Fortunately also 1t is
not common. At place where he was
engaged In Birmingham one Of the at
fractions was lion show, some Of the
beasts being really wild and unframed.
Nearly the whole stage was taken up
with the 'setting"-the animal show.
Just as l was going on" said Cum
life in telling the incident, II heard a
hurried rush and confused shouting,
and some one slammed an iron gate
heard voice say, Just in time; he
was nearly out My music was start
ing. so l had no time to inquire.
went on the stage.
I'm a moment l heard ominous
growls and savage snarls mixed with
much whip cracking and strenuous
breathing. am never fond of wild
animal show. and l felt distinctly
nervous that night. The cloth behind
me sagged and swayed, and then, to
my horror. suddenly in the wings I
saw the huge head and front Of a lion.
Il was singing song called I
Would which had a lot of short
verses. As | sang them, my blood
running cold, watched the lion. It
seemed slowly to advance. and Its
bsneful eyes glittered in truly horri-
Bile way. l could not go on that side
without passing it., 50 prepared to
exit with haste.
Turning. | was doubly Mortified to
see another lion on the other side.
Il was caught like a mouse in a
trap. dared not go off the stage; 1
dared not show my discontinue to the
audience There was only one thing
for me to dosing So sang in des-
peration. hoping that some one would
come and take those lions away. They
told me afterward that I sang ninety
eight verses But think that was I'M
kind.
ri wondered now long It would take
those two brutes to make up their
minds to come into the full glare of
the footlights and l had just prepared
to leap into the stalls, regardless Of
the consequences. when heard the
hoarse voice of one Of the stage hands
say: ERE. Bill, these two chaps are
too far forward. Give a and with
them. will yerY And, coming up be-
tween the two lions, they lifted them
bodily. They were papier machep'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-17

What is a coat of arms, pa7"
Something that the Venus de Milo
didn't have to wear."-Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-17

All classical antiquity, without dis
sentient voice, speaks Of Zoroaster as
q historical person. But there is great
diversity Of opinion with regard to his
time. the date of his birth being placed
all the way from 5000 B. O. to 500
B. G. He probably lived about 400
B. G. From all accounts the father
of the old Persian faith possessed
most beautiful character and gave the
world many of its finest teachings.
There Is no doubt that in the Persian
Scriptures, known as the Zend Avesta.
we have the substance of Zoroaster's
teachings, though, Of course, they have
been greatly added to- In the present
day Parsees Of Bombay we have the
historical descendants Of zoroaster and
his rellgion.-New York American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-17
Those Little Dishes.

Tommy ate his first meal at coun-
try hotel when he was nine years old.
and the experience was an event He
was especially interested lin the col
lection of small. thick dishes contain
Ing side orders scattered about his
place. When he went home he gave a
graphic description of the meal.
And what do you think. mamma.
he concluded. I'VE ate most of the
things out of birds bathtubs. "-Wo-
mans Home Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-17
Chance generally favors the prudent
-Joubert-
CLEARING Houses.

The function of clearing house is
to enable bankers to exchange drafts.
bills and securities. thereby saving
much labor and trouble and at the
same time curtailing the amount of
floating cash that would otherwise be
required. By means Of the transfer
system made possible by the clearing
house transactions to the amount of
millions are settled easily and expedi-
tinnslR
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-17
A CUP OF TEA.
II Plays a Curious Part In Chinese
Business Etiouatfa

II Plays a Curious Part In Chinese
Business Etiquette.
When salesman or person seeking
a business interview presents his card
at the entrance to a Chinese mer
chants place of business the posi-
bility of an audience depends alto
gether upon how he deports himself
while awaiting the return Of the card
bearer. Should he be so indiscreet as
to put one foot over the twelve inch
railing that intervenes between the
step and the doorway no manner OF
persuasion can prevail upon the mer.
chant to grant him an interview.
In case he waits patiently in the
space allotted to unknown callers this
fact is noted, and he is usually ush-
cred in.
Once in, there is still more delicate
matter to be disposed of, and in case
the newcomer is ignorant of the Gus.
tom he fares Ill with his errand. I'm
mediately upon the callers entering
and taking seat servant brings q
serving of tea, which includes a small
cup for each person present The
point Of etiquette demands that this
tea shall not be touched until the guest
Is ready to depart, in case the inter
view has been pleasant one, In which
case the caller is supposed to take up
and drink his tea at parting, and at
this signal all the others do likewise.
However, should it so happen that the
Chinaman is not pleased with his call
/ er and is in any way annoyed by him
the merchant takes up the tea and be-
gins to drink at once, which act is a
direct and decided hint that the in
terview is ended and has not been to
the pleasure of the merchant The
caller Is then expected to take his i'm
mediate departure.
When a caller has become well ac-
quainted some of the formality is bro
ken by the Chinese, and on a cold
day cup Of tea is served Immediate
ly to the guest In a social way. But
the formal" tea is still to be observ-
ed and partaken of at parting, ire
spective Of the cup given to warm and
greet the caller on his arrival This,
however, Is done only after many Wis
its, when the business dealings have
been of such nature as to warrant
friendship and hospitality.-Yo
Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-17
Music.

Music as defined by the authorities
is the art which employs sound as a
medium Of artistic expression for what
Is not in the province Of literature. Of
sculpture. of painting, Of acting or of
architecture. 1t has been said, again,
that music is the embodiment of the
inward feelings of which all other arts
can but exhibit the effect In other
words, music is an attempt at the ex-
preston of the highest aspirations and
the deepest fears of the human soul.
After we have spoken and written all
that is possible and chiseled our fin
est forms and painted our most beau
tiful pictures there remains a feeling
that is not satisfied, and music is the
effort to satisfy that feeling.-New
York American
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-17
THE. TRIALS OF LIFE.

If you do not bring any strain to
bear upon timber. one kind isasgood
as another. A splinter Of broom
is as good as the best ash if you put
no weight upon it. The only thing
which shows The relative excellence
Of the different SORTS is a pressure
brought to bear upon them. Lead
is as good as steel. SO long as it
is not subject to any trial Of
strength. And it is when men
are tried in life that what they are
is made 10 appear.