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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01

ing himself bii,ay over loose lying
powders aud The trunks OF fallen
trees When, after what seemed like
an eternity of lung bursting struggles,
he came out upon the bare summit OF
the ridge his tongue was like dry
stick in his mouth, refusing to shape
the curses that his soul was heaping
upon the alcohol which had made him
wind broken, gasping weakling in
the prime OF his manhood
For, after all the agonizing striv-
tngs. he was too late II was a rough
quarter mile down to the shadowy
group OF buildings whesce the hum
ming Of the dynamo and the quick ex.
hausts OF the high Speeded steam en-.
CINE rose on the still night air, Jud
son knew that the last lap was not In
his trembling muscles or IN the thump.
ing heart and the wind broken lungs.
The ex-cngineer crawlcd cautiously
to the edge OF the barrier clitl, rubbed
the sweat out Of his smarting eyes and
pcercd down into the half lighted shad.
ows Of the stockaded Enclosure. Ii
was not very long before he made
them out--two indistinct figures NOV.
Ing about among the dlsused and di-
lapidatcd ore sheds clustering Mt the
track end Of the old spur
What they were doing did not long
remain mystery Judson heard
distance diminished sound like the
grinding OF rusty wheels upon iron
rails, and presently n Shadowy thing
gltdcd out W one of the ore sheds and
took its place upon the track of the old
spur, Followed series OF cankings
still more familiar To the watcher--the
sound OF metal upon metal as of crow.
bars and other tools cast carclessly.
one upon the other, In the loading OF
the shadowy vehicle Making tele.
scope Of his hands to shut out tho
glare from the lighted windows OF tho
power house, Judson could dimly dis.
Germ tho two figures mounting to their
places on the deck OF the thing which
he now knew To he Il handcar A mo.
mont later 10 the musical click click
or wheels passing over rail joints the
little car shot through the gateway In
the stockade and sped away down the
spur
While the clicking OF the handcar
wheels was still family audible man
the door hammering mailman. Jud-
son thought II must be-materiailzed
suddenly from somewhere IN the under
shadows TO run down the track after
the disappearing conspirators The en-.
gineer saw the racing foot pursuer left
behind SO quickly that his own hope OF
overtaking the car died almost before
It had taken shape.
TO BE CONTINUED
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01
CONTINUED

ForecaSting II thus, hudson lost no
time on the summit of mysterious dis,
appearances Choosing the shortest
path he could find which promised to
lead him down to the mining hamlet
at the foot of the westward fronting
slope, he set his feet in II and Wen;
stumbling down the steep declivity,
bringing up finally on little bench
just above the mine workings. Here
he stopped to get his breath and his
bearings From his halting place the
mine headquarters building lay just
below him, at the right of the tunnel
entrance to the mine 1t was a long
log building of one story.
Making detour to dodge the cleo
trio lighted tunnel mouth, Judson care
fully reconnoitered the office end Of
the headquarters building. There was
door. with steps giving upon the
downhill side. and there were two
windows, both of which we're blank to
the eye by reason of the drawn down
shades. Two persons at least were in
the lighted room Judson could hear
their voices. but the thick log walls
mutf1ed the sounds to an indistinct
murmur. The figure of man sitting
in chair was sharply silhouetted on
the drawn window shade.
Judson stared, rubbed his eyes and
stared again 1t had never occurred
to him before that the face of man,
viewed in blank profile, could differ so
strikingly from the same face as seen
eye to eye That The man whose shad-
ow was projected upon the window
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01

Illinois and Missouri have laws
granting pensions to widowed mothers
on a per capita basis for each child
until it passes school age. In MaSsa-
chusettS a similar law will be intro
duced at the coming session Of the
Legislature.
Miss Adelaide Utter. of Kansas
City, is said to be the first women in
the United States to hold Federal
Court clerkship. Miss Utter obtained
this distinction nineteen years ago, and
she is known TO members of the bar
as one of the most capable of United
States Court officials
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01
BARBER SHOPS.
MONTGOMERY TERRILL
ED. ELlINGEN,
CENTRAL BARBER SHOP.

I am prepared TO attend to tonsori i work in
satisfactory manner | will continue the River
side laundry of GAINESVILLE, and will run the
Bath Rooms in connection with nv shop.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01

JCDSOS BACKED AWAY AND STARED AGAIN.
shade was Rankin Hallock he could
not doubt. The bearded chin. the puffy
lips and the prominent nose were all
faithfully outlined in the exaggerated
shadowgraph But the hat was worn
at an unfamiliar angle and there was
something In the erect. bulking figure
that was still more unfamiliar. Judson
backed away and stared again. mutter-
Ing to himself II he had not traced Hal
lock almost TO the door of Flemister :
quarters there might have been room
for the thin edge of the doubt wedge
The unfamiliar pose and the rakish
tilt OF the soft hat were not among the
chief clerks remembered characters
tics: but. making due allowance for the
distortion OF the magnified facial out
line. the profile was Hallock's.
Having definitely settled for him
self the question Of identity, Judson
renewed bis search for some caves
dropping point Of vantage Risktng
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01

Get the Habit.
Telling the truth may become .
matter of habit
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01

Henry II, Ashurst who Will repre-
sent the new state OF Arizona In the
United States senate, Is Democrat
In politics and wns chosen at the rc
cent state election by popular vote.
His election must be ratified by the
state legislature, but that IL n mere
matter Of form, the Democrats being
In control. Unlike his colleague, Mar
Gus A. Smith. Mr.. Ashurst will be n
stranger at the national capital, his
political activities having heretofore
been confined to the affairs of the new
ly made state
A native Of Nevada. thirty-six years
old. Mr. Ashurst has lived nearly all
his life In Arizona. At the age Of If
teen he was Il cowboy and at nineteen
was deputy sheriff of Coconino coun
ty. Subsequently he worked as hod
carrier and lumberJack. taking up the
study OF law in 1906. Four years
later he was admitted to the bar He
served three terms In the territorial
legislature and In 1899, at the age Of
twenty -four, was elected speaker or
the house He also served as a men,
her OF the territorial council and was
twice elected district attorney Of Co
conino county. Mr.. Ashurst's home
In in Prescott, where he has lucra-
tive law practice.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01
CHAF 49, ANlIl.
TIM pIrSoMANIAC.

TlEMlSrER and the other man
l. were not going out Ivy the di.
rect way--out Of the door fac
a ing the moonlight and the min
Ing hamlet, They were passing out
through the Storcroom in the rear; also
there came to hudson other footballs
cautious trcadings. theSe-as Of some
third person hasteuing t. I've first ut
the more distant door Of egrcSs.
JudSon was out Of his dodge hole
and tlitting from pine to pine on the
upper hillside in time ~ see man
leap from the loading platform at the
warehouse end VI the building and run
for the sheltcriug shadows Of the tim.
boring ut the mine entrance Follow
ing closely upon the heels Of their
mysterious tile leader came the two
whose footsteps Judson had been tim.
Ing, and these too. crossed quickly to
the tunnel mouth OF the mine and dis.
appeared within It.
JudSon pursued swiftly and without
a momeut's hesitation Happily for
him, the tunnel was lighted at inter.
walls by electric iucandcScents. their
tiny tilaments glowing mistily against
the wet and glistcning tunnel roof
Going softly, he caught glimpse OF
the two men MS they passed under one
OF the lights in the reccding tunnel
depths, and moment later he could
have sworn that third doubtless the
man who had lcapcd from the loading
platform to run and hide In the shad
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01
H4x1O

BEATING UPON 1T WITH HIS FISTS AND
CuRsIEd LIKE A MADMAN.
ows at the mine mouth. passed the
same light, going in the same direc.
ton.
A hundred yards deeper into the
mountain there was confirming rope.
tition of the Hashlight picture for the
ex-engineer. The two men, walking
rapidly now, one step In advance OF
the other. passed under another OF the
overhead light bulbs. and this time
Judson, watching for the third man,
saw him quite plainly. The sight gave
him n start The third man was tall.
and he wore soft hat drawn low
over his face
well. I'll be jlggeredr' muttered the
trailer, pulling his cap down to his
ears and quickening his pace. "If |
didn't know better I'd swear that was
Hallock again or Hallocks shadder
follerin' him Mt n good long range"
Judson was puzzled. but he did not
let his bewilderment tangle the feet
OF his principal purpose. which was
to keep Flemistcr and his reluctant
accomplish In sight, This purpose was
presently defeated In most singular
manner. At the end OF one OF the
longer tunnel levels the engineer
saw what appeared to be wooden
bulkhead built across the passage and
effectively blocking It. When the two
men came to this bulkhead they pass.
cd through Il and disappeared. and
the shock of the confined air In the
tunnel told of door slammed behind
them
Judson broke into n stumbling run
and then stopped short In increasing
bewilderment. Al the slnmmlng Of
the door the third man had darted
forward out Of the shadows to ding
himself upon the wooden barrier.
beating upon II with his fists and
cursing like mailman. Judson saw,
understood and acted all with the In
stinctive instantancousness born OF
his trade Of engine driving The two
men In advance were merely taking
the short cut through the mountain TO
the old workings on the eastern slope.
anu ib' h'Ol III Ait bhlhhthhs
was doubtless one OF the air locks I'm
the ventllatinR system OF the mine,
had fastened itself automatically after
Flemister had released IT,
Judson was hundred yards down
the tunnel. racing like trained
sprinter for the western exit. before
he thought 10 ask himself why the
third man WINS playing the mailman
before the locked door, But that was
a matter negligible TO him His affair
was 10 get ont OF the mine with the
loss Of the fewest possible seconds Of
time-to win out. 10 climb the ridge
and TO descend the eastern slope TO
the old workings before the two plot
tiers should disappear beyond the hope
OF redlscovery.
He did his best. flying down the
long tunnel reaches with little regard
for the precarious footing. Then he
darted out into the moonlight. But as
yet the fierce race was only fairly be-
gun. Without stopping TO look for
path. the ex engineer flung himself al
the steep hillside. running. falling.
ella mbering on hands and knees. burst.
ing by main strength through the tan
gled thickets Of young pines and hurl'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01
Wood For Sale.

j. f Cooking has fine lot of green
wood which he is selling at attractive
prices while the sleighing is good. He
will deliver it i'll cord wood or stove
wood lengths. Will be at City Hotel
evenings.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01
Notice To TEAMMATES.

On and after February LIST the col
lection fee for taxes will be three pr
cent. After that date l will be in the
Office every afternoon from to 1
O'Clock. D. c JACKA, City Treasurer
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01
CONTRACTORS.
LAWRENCE GIBBONS.

CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Estimates furnished. Job work will receive
prompt attention.
Shop in the Ivey building on Common Street
Phone -.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01
HERMAN WIESEN,

FASHIONABLE BARBER SHOP.
South side Of High Street Mineral Point. Wis
Patronage respectfully solicited and satisfac-
ton guaranteed,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01
CHAS. WINN,

THE MODEL BARBER SHOP.
Under the y. T. Martin hardware store, corner
High and Vine streets. Mineral Point.
Tonsorial work done in the latest styles of the
art. Satisfaction guaranteed. Call at the model
barber shop.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01
The Boss Instinct.

Does your wife want a voter" "gAo
wants two" replied Mr.. Meektont
-mine and hers"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-01
GEORGE PRIDEAUx,

basement Penhallegon building, corner High
and Chestnut streets, Mineral Point Latest
STYLES of work. Give Us a call.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-30

A nut-cracking device is the
latest thumb and finger saver.
The block of wood can be of any
size or thickness, just so it per-
mits the sinking of a few holes of
various sizes to hold different
sized nuts. The nuts are placed
in the holes and then you can
bang away without fear of smash
ing your fingers.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-30
SHE KNEW BETTER

The little maid stood in the
doorway, one hand on the handle.
For moment she gazed thought
fully at her father, who was pre-
pairing to take his afternoon nap.
Papa" she said, do you know
what I'm going to give you for
your birthday when it comes"
mo, dear" answered her fond
father. "But tell me"
"a nice new china shaving
mug, with gold flowers on il all
round" said the little maid.
But, my DEAR" explained her
parent, papa has a nice one, just
like that, already"
mo, he hasn't" his little
daughter answered thoughtfully,
'cos-'cos-I've just dropped
tip
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-30

swered the colonel. Then he bent
forward and took the boys hand
in his.
"Gilfoy," he said, you have
taken no life. twas not you who
betrayed your country-it was
your devil, your own personal,
private devil, the one who lies in
wait for each man to trap him
when he revolts against the dom
nance of his better nature. A
cavalry troop leaves for Santos
this evening. You will accom-
lany it and there take the train
for Manila"
Gilfoy half rose, and suddenly
sat down again and burst into
tkarS.
81 ought to die" he sobbed.
gShe will never"
'She will never know any
hing" the colonel answered,
completing the sentence. He
hailed to the jailer.
"Private Gilfoy is pardoned,"
be said. Bring him his uniform
and set him free.
eyes, Miss King, you will have
to go back to Manila" said Col
onel Saunders five minutes later.
I''If we had known you were COM
ing well, we might have made
different arrangements. There
will be cavalry troop leaving for
Santos, the terminal, tomorrow
afternoon. Till then you must be
the guest of the regiment.
He passed his hand over his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

ton in the yeais of King Charles the Sec ond, of memory unblest.
 The memorial to Fairbairn will be writ ten by many religious editors. but hope to come back to it for pietys sake and in the interest of that broad and catholic renaissance still happily proceeding in the Protestant world of Europe and America. But my present rivulet of thought runs not quite that way. It is indicated by the two years named above, 1862 and 1912.
 Two hundred and fifty years once seemed a long time. As one comes mo the spirit of age movements this quarter of a millennium, however resepctable in reach, takes more symmetrical propor- tions. It will always hold the revered at tention of all lovers of liberty who study the growth of liberty among men. And why?
 TO the majority of American people, though they have one and all received in- effabe blessings through England's strus- gle toward constitutional freedom, the date 1862 and the Act of Uniformity are words without significance. Some have vague impression that Cromwell was a sort of Teddy Roosevelt, who aspired to he king and whose ambition 1t was 10 paint England dull gray color Happily, however, bonnie Prince Charlie came pacK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
-1912-By George Eaves, D. D.

the hot house theories Of the divine right Of kings to mlsrule wilted like weeds in the grip of winter.
 It is exceedingly deplorable that the quarrel between absolutism and liberty became apparently the struggle between Catholicism and Protestantlsm, and there fore the struggle between Catholic Ireland and the Scottish Highlands on the one hand and Protestant and Puritan England on the other Again 1t is a most poetical- " just and fitting thing that on this 25oth anniversary of the Act of Uniformity the most non-conformist ministry since Crom- wells day Is devising and will accomplish law for home rule in Ireland.
 In 1882 2000 of the most sainty and eml- nent ministers of the church of England went out and became non-conformists. They were rectors and vicars in many q parish church; but they were Purltans. The parliament which passed the act which drove out these men was largely composed of typical admirers of King Charles. Pepys says of them, "the most profane. swearing fellows that ever l heard in my life" For the first time, says Green, the country squires were zealous for the church. They made the Holy Communion a test of political faith, and so dragged the mysteries of religion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

in the mire of political hate. They pro- noted the Prayer Book to q position of divine authority over every mans con science, supplanting the Bible itself. and all "orders'-i. e., ordinations-by other than Episcopal hands were made null and void.
 All this followed on the kings pledge that toeratio and freedom of conscience were to be respected. He desired, no doubt. freedom for the Catholics and per secutlon for the Presbyterians and Inde- pendents. As administered till then there was room in the church of England for the moderate Presbyterian, albeit room too sadly restricted by the very form or a state church But with the Act of tnl- formity there was a blast of the trumpets which the 200o clergymen heard and obeyed. Among them were theologians and scholars like Howe, saints and pas tors like Richard Baxter. One-fifth of the whole body of the clergy went out, were branded as dssenters, were lampooned and caricatured and insulted, alike in the the atres and on the streets. They accepted poverty and toll and Imprisonment. The Five Mile Act, forbiddng all who refused to accept the Act of Uniformity to ap- proaeh within five miles of a city, was only the logic of the other law pushed a step further. And the Convention Act of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

of his 70 cents for the series. that to this day he can scarcely recall that first youthful dissipation without tears.
 And with regard to the larger play,
 cotilons. bal masques. and dances of
 whatsoever kind, the fault Is not with
 the cotilon or bal masque any more than the fault was in the Punch and Judy show--it is largely in our opinion Pof those thoroughly good inventions that we sometimes misuse. For one to par
 tlcpate in 90 cotillons in 30 days if that were compulsory, would be as direful as 1t would be for one to eat go quail in the same number of days. Everything Is sweet and wholesome-almost l may say any natural indulgence-so long we keep within the limit-llne of sobriety.
 If there were not the hurtful extremes to be reckoned with, mankind would be
 ignorant of pledges and penances, One Is willing. after touching or overpassng, the limit-line of play, to return with joy to
 puritannical living. much as the writer
 found genuine pleasure in his gram
 mer-school work and genuine beauty
 in the hard lines of his spinster school
 mistress face. after his extravagances with Punch and Judy. Mems play IS not unlike the movement of clock $
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

while I will grant, If you please, that dancing is the most non-intellectual em- poyment that you can engage in. Other non-intelectual empioyments are eating, sleeping walking, running, living out under the stars and sun, hill-climbing; indeed, nearly all of the primitive gestures come under the 'non-intellec- tuar' head. What we can least afford to dispense with are the non-intellectual pur- suits. When you charge the dance with non-intellectuality you cannot hurt my feelings, nor the feelings of those others who find in it sort of salvage from the wreck of primitive mana certain con seI-vation of the worlds youth which has been well-nlgh broken on this prosy mathematical wheel we call the twen- tieth century.
 From the biblical Salome to Gaby Deslys; from the stately Greek calls thenics to the last valse of the Merry Widow" from the Nautch dancing girls to the Spring Maid chorus, the glad folk of all ages have with melodic mo- ton and twin<ling feet, conserved for us the spirit of poetry
 When we condemn dancing offhand il is like scoldlng youth for being youthful or like punishing a child for laughing al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIVOLITY-By A. B. Beale

Iectfui parents. Every parent should thoroughly familarize themselves with this bit of philosophy. After a careful study of the tale. it is clear to me that the adults of Hamelin-town were a cold blooded, dignified sort. There were per haps not two jars of jam In that whole city. The children had a hard time. There were Ws .teenginth, ,iieofu xzfl xzz The merchants of that city, I dare say, had no calls for lady fingers or sugar plums in all of the years that Hamelln had been inhabited. Fancy that
 And there can have been no flutes or whistles or pipes or hand-organs in that city, else how could common, pied piper with no more than hls pipe, make the last one of them come tripping and dancing in a tumult of laughter? Answer me that! An ugly piper with a limitless chestful of air and a squeaking pipe, rescued those unfortunate children from their laughterless homes. The children of l1amelin were not rightly fathered and mothered They had not been taught to dance and sing. I have believed Ham, elin was a eotton-mil town. maybe, and when the lean chap with the pipe came along, his piping was so tunefully sweet and clear to the ears of the starved kids
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

religious services, or like damning civil ization because at times 1t forgets It's ills. The pathos lies, not in the fact that many dance and find 1t good, but in the fact that there are any who oppose 1t and condemn it. There is poetry in the flying heels and the virulent movements of the dance that you will not find In all of the lyrical poetry of all languages. Here you will find the poem itself-not the words any more.
 Only, we must not fall into the error of taking our laughter and dancing se- riously. What we have to conserve is spontaneous laughter, spontaneous dane- ing What we have to avoid is a sys- tenn of joy, for that would be as surely be the death of us as a system of sorrow. It will be weary world when there is left no will to dance-when 1t will not matter so much to the races if they dance or not-what time we have grown entirely civilized entirely wise.
 As a tiay tad. the writer was once so joyful over the performance of Punch and Judy by a troupe of quacks that he attended the show second third and d fourth time all in as many days At the end of the fourth performance he was so wearled with the maronettes, and so remorseful over the expenditure