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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-24
GREAT QUALITY Is FACULTY"
Simply Means the Turning Of All
Things to Proper Account, But n
Is a Rare Possession.

Among the most pitiable and often
the most hopeless factors OF city pow
erty are its ignorance and helpless
ness. Poverty, for time at least is
not such a terrible thing to the woman
who knows how to make every cent
she can get serve the needs of her
family TO the utmost. In Mrs. Stoves
novels of New England, one of the
feminine qualities most landed Is fac
ulty" 1t means the ability TO turn
every smallest bit of material to the
best account. Mrs. Stowe herself was
terribly poor before Uncle Toms
Cabin" was written, and she knew how
valuable faculty could be Some
how or other one does not associate
such poverty as that Of the Stoves,
in their Cincinnati and Maine days,
or that of the hundreds of New Eng
land families which have sent sons to
college on incomes less than that OF
a motorman In Brooklyn, with the
poverty for the relief Of which so
many organizations are created In the
city. One reason is that the country
families commonly had garden and a
chicken house from which they could
raise a considerable part Of their food.
but greater reason is that the coun-
try women were trained to get the
last ounce of nutriment out OF every
bit Of food and the last shred of wear
out Of every bit OF clothing. The story
of the New England woman who made
herself a "go-to-meeting" silk dress
from the pieces left from the dress
making of her more opulent relatives
is pathetic in one aspect of 1t, but 1t
was proof of faculty which could
have faced the poverty of a city tene-
ment undaunted.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-24
Chinese Flea Trap.

A flea trap is in general use in SEE
chnan. IL consists Of two pieces Of
bamboo, one inside the other. The
outer is about foot In length and two
and a half inches In diameter; 1t is
longitudinally fenestrated. The inner
bamboo is of equal length, but only
about an inch in diameter. 1t is kept
In position by means of a short wood
en- plug. The inner bamboo Is coated
with birdlime or the like; the outer
bamboo is protective. The trap can
be placed under bedclothes, among
rugs and SO forth; any feas that go
through get caught on the birdlime,
The trap might be Of great value IN
connection with plague epidemics.-
Doctor Hindle, In knowledge.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-24
THE PLATFORM CONVENTIONS.
Milwaukee journal

MtlMNNktf HhNlNdl
The Republican and Democratic plat
form conventions, held at Madison,
closed with the advantage all on the
side of the Republican state ticket,
from governor down. The Republicans
displayed more breadth, more liberality,
more craftsmanship. The Republicans,
moreover, have the advantage of a
more progressive platform and of a
candidate for governor wnose word,
when he says he win support that plat
form, will be generally accepted.
On the Democratic side there is a
makeshift platform, manipulation Of
things by lot of men who are viewed
with keen distrust by the people of the
state, even by more than half the mem
bers of the party, and a candidate for
governor who, judging from his shift
inc course in regard TO the state IN
come tax, does not know his own mind
or seem to be capable Of forming and
holding any real conviction.
As between the Republican and Dem
ocratic state tickets, there is no ques-
ton that public interests win be best
served by the election Of MIR. Philip.
TThe Tribune would decide, by the
election of every Republican, judging
from the Journals estimate Of the
breadth, " "hberahty, "stateman-
ship" Of the party, and from the I'M
parallel progress Of this country under
the party guidance. Prosperous Dem
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-24

THE Madison Democrat which has be-
come one of the wealthiest institutions
of it's kind in the state by constant
pull on the state treasury for many
years through the liberal (perchance ex-
travagant) methods Of Republicans and
Progressives, and which now decries the
extravaganza and high taxation in
dulged in by its benefactors, has taken
to lauding Emanuel Philip, since the
primary, as the peoples savior, know
ing that he most surely will be the next
governor. If Mr.. Philip possesses only
one-half the shrewdness and interest in
economy and the peoples welfare with
which the Democrat credits him, he
will readily detect the bait and act, it
is hoped, in accord with that papers es-
innate Of his fitness, fearlessness and
economic idea And if 50, the Demo
crat would simply share with all other
feeders at the trough of extravaganza,
to which that paper has evidently en-
joyed calling the peoples attention
while tnomentarily forgetting its own
predicament.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-24
Legal N Offices.
Notice to Gre iItors.
-CTATE OF wISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
u HOIIRT-IN rRORATE

.CTATE OF wISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
= COURT-IN PROBATE,
In the matter Of the estate of William II.
PrideauX, deceased,
Letters testamentary op the estate OF
William II. PrideauX, deeeased, having been
issued to William z. Bliss.
Notice is hereby given, that the creditors of
said William II. PrideauX. deceased, are al.
lowed and limited by order Of this court.
until and including the first Tuesday of
April, 1915, being the sixth day Of said
month to present their claims and JAmands
against said William II. Prideaux, az eased,
to the county court for eXaminatio7tl md al
lowance.
Notice is also hereby given, that th4 laims
so presented will be examined and ssSlusted
by this court, at the Office of the County Judge
at the court house in the city of Dodgeville, in
said county, on the first Tuesday of May.
1915.
Dated this 18th day Of September, 1914.
BY order of the Court.
ALDRO jerks. County Judge.
Calvert Spensley, Attorney. 3Sw4
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-24
Not So Awful

Complications are bound to arise
where a deaf man is concerned. The
one in this story was being married,
and the parson asked the usual Ques-
ton, DO you take this woman for
your lawful wife?"
"Eh2' said the deaf man.
Do you take this woman for your
lawful wlfe?" This time a bit louder.
The groom seemed to get angry.
oh. ! don't know" he said: she
Amt so awful. rye seen wus than
her that didn't have as much money"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-24

THE foregoing is taken from the
Evening Wisconsin, and is most likely
correct But how many of the toiling,
stay-at-home taxpayers of this country
realize that our government is donating
outright this money for the relief of
this nothing TODD, indolent, extrava-
giant class of pleasure seekers, who
have had already without the earning)
and spent foolishly and lavishly for
personal pleasure more money than a
majority of the substantial citizens of
America ever had or expect to have ?
1t is all right for the government to
advance money for the relief and pro-
lection of her subjects thus caught in
foreign countries by the sudden out
breaking Of war, but the government
should be reimbursed. If these sight
seeing wanderers cannot reimburse the
government because through their ex-
travagant ways they haven't the nee
essary amount left, more the shame.
If they cannot afford it, even after
practicing economy to fair degree,
they should never have gone beyond
their home shores. This seems like
case where the government eXacts from
the substantial citizen for the benefit
of the less worthy. Whether a law or
custom it should be smotheved to the
death. The practice is un-American,
or the claim that here all classes are
equal is a myth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-24
predicanent

HiIlsboro Sentry AT the general
election numerous amendments to the
constitution Of the state are to be vot-
ed upon and voters will do well to
study up on the questions to be sub
mitted in November. Some of them
are not dangerous while others are
extremely SO. No. 10 is an illustration
how the voter can be artfully deceived.
The ballot which will be submitted
reads as follows: For amendment
Of section 81, Of article 4, changing the
compensation of members of the legis-
lature to 5000 year and decreasing
the mileage allowance. A voter with
this ballot before him would little sus-
pect that ne was voting to increase
the pay Of each legislator from $500 to
81 200 per term, and that the result
would be total increase Of salaries of
$50, 600. By craftily using the word
changing instead Of increasing
and by saying $500 per year" rather
than 81 200 per term, the change from
the present salary of $500 per term
does not suggest itself to the mind of
the voter. Members of the Legislature
hold Office for two years and if the
amendment carries they would receive
OF Don
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-24

ocrats, who are seeking positions OF
honor and trust, and to gain the same
are magnifying the flaws of the Repub-
lican party, have only the wisdom OF
that party to thank for the opportunity
to embrace and enjoy prosperity
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-24

WHILE the Democrats are laying on
new taxes the people are not unmindful
OF the fact that the appropriations at
the present session of congress, aggre-
eating 81, 0s9, 4O8, III, are nearly thirty
two million dollars in excess of those a
year ago. That Republican extrava-
gance costs less than Democratic econ
omy, is obvious from the latest official
statistics.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-24

thereof be given to all persons interested by
publishing a copy of this order for three weeks
successfully, prior TO said day of hearing, in
the Mineral Point Tribune, weekly news
paper published in said county.
BY order of the Court.
ALDRO jerks. County Judge
Dated Dodeeville. Wis. September Is. 1914.
j. b. Reynolds. Attorney. 3Sw3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-24

OF WISCONSIN-IOWA
y NlITRT-IN RRAEAnE

STATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA COUNTY
> COUBT-IN PROBATE.
Notice is hereby given that at special term
of the Iowa County Court, 70 ne held IA and
for said county. at the court house, in the city
of Dodgeville ia said county, on the 18th daS
Of October, A. d., 1914 being the second Tues
day of said month, at 10 O'Clock in the fore
noon of said day, the following matters will
be heard and considered:
The application of Bennett Beaumont for
the appointment OF an administrator of the
estate of Christian j Beaumont, late of the
city OF Mineral Point in said county deceased.
And IL is further ordered, that public notice
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-24
RIDING A FREE HORSE TO DEATH.

1.-THE story comes from London that
two young American women who ar
rived in the British metropolis from
Berlin one night recently, and who, on
application to the American relief com
mittee, were referred to an inexpensive
hotel, repaired instead to a fashionable
hosiery, where their bill for twenty
four hours entertainment was $50
This they cody presented to the com
mittee, who agreed to pay it, but al
lowed them only SITE each day for
living expenses for the week to follow,
after which they were to proceed to
New York as second-class passengers.
They will fare very well, considering
the nun Der of their countrywomen, ac-
customed to gentle living, and with
money in their pockets, who have been
obliged to come home in the steerage.
at is not only instinct, but expert
ence of what has happened in the past,
that causes the relief committee to ex-
pect that it will be unjustly criticized
by recipients of the bounty it has been
called upon to disburse. The old proyerb
that ''beggars shouldn't be choosers"
never seems to occur to benefciaries of
public funds distributed in the fora of
relief for calamity sufferers. Many Of
them, on the contrary, act in such
way as to justify another proverb: "Set
a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to
the devil" At any rate they recall
the saying about riding free horse
10 death.
"The lavish outlay which the com
mittee saw fit to make in the case re-
ported indicates that the funds the
at Washington appropri-
ated will be expended, and that very
likely more money viii be looked for in
the direction from which that was so
easily obtained. But the original source
of every dollar expended by the gov
is taxation of the people. Ger
tainly it seems preposterous, when ex-
ira taxation is being imposed upon an
already heavily burdened public, that
refugees spending money generously
provided to protect them from hard
ship, should have the hardihood to in
dulge themselves in hotel accommoda-
tons at the rate of SIS a day"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-24
THURSDAY, SEPT. "a. 1914.

Two and a half million men in France
alone are not doing anything worth
while, while they are fed by the public
and waste tons of the most expensive
commodity the human race ever buys
gunpowder -EX.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25
Germany Complains of Too
Many University Students

Too many university students is the
odd complaint in both Germany and
Austria.
The trouble in Berlin and Germany
as a whole concerns the medical stu
dents mainly The flood has grown
so rapidly that the ministry of educa-
ton is puzzling over some way to
lessen it. Two or three remedies have
been proposed, one being to limit the
number of foreign students at each
university. This would be an extern
sion of rules promulgated year ago
A large increase in entrance and tut
ton fees and a raising of the stand
ards of admission have also been Sug-
gested. The recent contentious be-
tween physicians on the one side and
state insurance boards on the other
have shown how overcroWded the
medical profession in Germany is.
In Austria the complaint Is gen
eral Professor Wettstein, rector of
the University of Vienna, in a recent
appeal to the Austrian Diet for money
for a students home asserted that
scores of students are living under
such conditions Of poverty that they
are half starved and sometimes with
out shelter In some instances, he
said, the student Is unable to go to
his room at all during the day, as II
is used as workshop. They are
actually forced to spend their spare
time in cafes and cheap restaurants
The overcrowded conditions and the
strife for education among young
men unable to meet the expense of II
even by working while at college, are
reported throughout Austria.
| The cause is said to be competition
for government positions. 1t is fire.
quently said that Austrian UNIVERSE
ties are chiefly factories for turning
out state officials, and the latter are
| increasing at a rapid rate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25

and thus opened that sea for naviga-
ton. Seven years later Baron Nor
denskiold reached the mouth of the
Yenisei in a small vessel, and a year
afterward, in 1876, Captain Virgins
from England went up the 4enisel,
bringing the first cargoes.
A careful study of the many voy-
ages through the Kara Sea revealed
the fact that in very few years were
the ice conditions such as to make
the passage through the ice very
difficult. \ On the other hand, the dis
tribution and quantity of the ice in
the Kara Sea in the summer and
autumn differed greatly from one
year to another. 1t seemed obvious
from his own experiences and those
of others that the ice which was met
with in the Kara Sea to the north
was as a rule not carried into the
Kara Sea.
One was consequently obliged to as
sumo that the annual variations in
the quantity Of ice in the Kara Sea
were due to the variations in the
formation and melting of the ice in
the sea. Some Russian authors had
suggested that such variations in the
formation of the ice might be caused
by variations in the sea currents,
causing changes in the temperature
of the sea water. 1t seemed to him
probable that the quantity of ice
which each year was formed in the
cooling of the surface. of the sea dur
ing the winter, and must also to
some extent depend on the thickness
of the snow which covered the ice
during the winter, because the ice
would naturally be formed under a
thick layer of snow than under a
thin one.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25
Fifty-five Pupils Are
Awarded Diplomas at
South Eighth st. School

Diplomas were presented to fifty
five pupils at the graduation exer-
cises last night of the South Eighth
Street School held in the school audi
torium A program of songs reeita-
lions and dances were given. The
graduates were as follows:
Marie A Abel Helen M. Flath,
Margaret Nj. Haig, Mildred E.
Hulmes, Eleanor E. Isenberg, Har-
riet B. Lowther, Mary j. Nc
Lean, Carrie A, Meyer, Frances
Palcanis Anna NJ. Poppke, Sadie II.
Rachlin, Katharine S. Sayre, Hinkle
Barcus, Homer B. Bird, Lloyd B.
Bradford, F. Leland Burt, Roland =.
King. j. Ira Kolb, Joseph w. Mess
bauer, Charles Pashkow, George
Schetelick, Bertram l.. Schlosser,
Matthew A. Smith, James F. Smith,
Thomas A. Reynolds, jr., Harold 5,
Wagstaff, Roy c. Walling, Theodore
S. Work, Edna A. Armitage, Har-
riette Blatt, Edith May Cook, Dorothy
H. CorenzWit, Evelyn Carnbell Drew
Edith M. Edwards, Gertrude May
Feinthal, Lois Harriet Frank, Mary
e. Glover, Elizabeth j. Hillenbach,
Ethel McNabb, Helen Clark Sheehan,
Carroll Ahearn, J. Walter Bird,
Leonard Devine, Arno Grooming,
William A. Hawkins, Kirkland c.
Huff. Frank Kane, Lewis M. Kite,
Samuel London, william n. Nc
Moran, Jay w. Morrison, Albert Nc
Nish. William Pfister, Harold Rob-
ertson and Leroy Schellhardt
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25
Madison Notes

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kelley were
guests yesterday of Mr. Kelley's par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Kelley, of
Overlook road.
Bradford Wynne, of New York, is a
guest of Senator Charles A. Rathbun,
of Green Village road.
Mrs. Charles A. Rathbun, who re-
Gently underwent an operation in
New York, is reported to be rapidly
improving and will return home in
short time.
Rev. George Sutherland, of Green
avenue, is visiting friends in Iowa for
a few days.
Miss Mildred Neis has returned
from Trenton Normal School and is
spending her vacation at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Neis, of Main street.
An adjourned meeting of the Com
mon Council will be held next
Tuesday evening in the council cham
Der.
officers have been elected by the
Madison Building and Loan Associa-
ton President, Alvah l.. Reynolds;
secretary, e. w. Cook, and treasurer,
Walter T. Fowler.
Joseph Hart, of Summit, was a
guest yesterday of Mr.. and Mrs
William Vibbert, of Lathrop avenue.
Mrs. George Wilder, of Loantaka
way, is spending several days with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. F. Ed
ridge, of Chatham, Mass.
Miss Madeline Green, of Wilmer
street, is visiting in Cynroyd, Pa,
from where she will go to Atlantic
City the end of this week for short
stay.
William w Smith, of Green ave-
nue., who graduated from Cornell this
year, has obtained a position at
Schenectady, n. Y, where he Will
oversee the laying out of new park
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Education will be held on
next Wednesday evening in the Cen
trail Avenue School building.
BENJAMIN F. Coleman, of New
York. has opened his summer estate
here on Madison avenue for the rest
of the warm months.
The Atlanta University quartet
gave a concert last evening in webb
Memorial Chapel. A silver offering
was taken up.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Thompson nave
returned to their home in Highland
Gardens after visit with relatives
in Plainfield
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25
MOrristOWn Notes

When the Adams Express Company
takes over the business of the United
states Express Company on July l
the local force will remain. The for
mer company have had the local
employees fill out application blanks.
The sum of $265 was realized from
a fair conducted by the children OF
the Court street neighborhood Sat
urday. The proceeds will go for the
benefit of the Blind Babies Home.
William " s. Thorne who has re-
signed the e-presidency of the
Union Pacific railroad, to be sue
ceeded by w. Aerell Hartman, has a
fine estate in Normandy Heights, this
town.
The State Hospital F. C. defeated
the Orange A. c., at the Morris Pldins
State Hospital grounds yesterday
afternoon, 2 to l. Malloy and Rich
ards, were the hospital battery, and
Mccain and Bowers worked for the
Orangeites.
The Misses Ruth and Harriet Boni-
face have gone to Long Island City
for a visit with relatives.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25
Dover Notes

Word has been received by Mrs.
C. S. Hill, of East Blackwell street,
of the death of her son, George F.
Hill, at GAINESVILLE, Tenn. He for
merly resided in Dover and went to
Tennessee fifteen years ago. He was
thirty-eight years old.
Twenty couples attended the ban
ouet and dance given by the members
of the Uneek Social Club at Pine Ter
race Inn last night. Russell C.
Strublr was chairman Of the commit
tee of arrangements.
Reginald Gilmartin, a student at
Catholic University, Washington, d.
c., will return tomorrow to spend the
summer months at Camp Awl Inn,
Budd Lake.
John H. Lowe, of Baker street, is
undergoing treatment at All Souls
Hospital, Morristown, following an
operation for appendicitis which was
performed Tuesday.
Captain James n. Burns, u. S. A.,
who has been stationed at Picatinny
Arsenal for several months, has been
detailed to the ordnance department
at Vera Cruz.
The oDver A. A. will play at New
ton Saturday afternoon. Hagedorn
and May will be the battery for the
locals.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry r. Gill, of
Union street, are being congratulated
on the birth of a boy who arrived
Yesterday. A baby boy also arrived
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
]. Vreeland, of Union street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvah Fl. Van Horn,
of North Essex street, are entertain
ing their niece, Miss Elva Dunlap, of
East Orange.
Mrs. Walter Phillips, of West
Blackwell street, is on visit to her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs, Martin Gro
gan, at Netcong.
Miss Christina Allgrunn, of New
York, is the guest of her brother,
| Alderman Albert E. Allgrunn, of Es-
sex street
Miss Madeline Hart. of Suoth Or
ange, is visiting Miss Edith O'Connor,
or Prospect street.
Mrs. Leo Totten and children, of
| Orchard street, have returned from
q visit to MT. and Mrs. William Deal,
| at Scranton, Pa.
The annual family excursion of st,
| Johns Episcopal Sunday school to
Lake Hopatcong will be run July 8.
Morris Council, Jr. o, U. A. M,
will entertain the members of Osceola
| Council, of 1rvington, next Wednes-
day night. when the third degree will
be conferred on several candidates.
Under the direction of Mrs. Ade-
laide NJ Alpers, benefit entertain
ment will be given in Elite Hall to-
morrow night. The proceeds will be
allotted to the building fund of the
First Baptist Church, the congrega'
| ton having decided to build an addi-
| ton.
Mrs Anna Egan, of West Black
well street, has as her guest, hed
daughter. Mrs. Anna Masterson, OF
BerRardsville.
A contract for the erection of q
seven-room dwelling in Elizabeth
street, has been let by Thomas
Northey, jr. 4
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25
MadisOn's Public Playground
Will Be Opened on July l

MADISON, June 25.-Announcement
is being made by the playground ocm-
mittee of the Thursday Morning Club
that the public playground will be
opened for the general public on Mon
day afternoon at / o'clock. There will
be a change, however, in the location
of the grounds. Instead of being on
the athletic field the playground will
be on the grounds of the Green ave-
nue. school buildings A competent
director has been procured for the
summer and she will arrive here Mon
day,
Work was begun yesterday in re-
moving the apparatus from the ball
grounds to the school property.
Through the efforts of the education
committee of the Board Of Public I'm
provement, there is already a COM
plete set of apparatus on the school
grounds. But this would not be
enough TO accommodate the entire
community in the summer, SO the
ether equipment was added The
opening on Monday will be observed
by fitting exercises.