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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
SHE WAS HUNTING, AT THAT.
Miss Leland Merely Asked For Wrong
Kind of License

SelinSgrove. Pa-Miss Hilda l.. Lee
land of Herndon appeared ut the Office
of County Treasurer Graeber and ask
ed that official. rs this the place to get
a license?"
what kind?' he asked
"A hunters license" she said.
She got one and after paying for it
remarked with apparent satisfaction,
Now | am free to hunt Il husband.
since | have a legal permit
1t finally developed that she really
wanted a marriage license
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
PREACHER PAID IN EGGS.
Circuit Riders Story Told at M. e.
Conference.

Circuit Riders Story Told at M. e.
Conference.
st. Louis.-The hardships of a Meth
odist circuit rider were brought forci-
bly, to the attention of the city minis
ters attending the st. Louis conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal church
when one country preacher reported
that in the last two months he had
received half of hog and great
many eggs. but no money. He had
sent twelve dozen eggs to the district
superintendent, he said.
Another circuit rider said he had re-
ceived $40 in two months, and a third
that he had received no money, but
that his parishioners had promised to
buy him q horse before winter and had
entertained him literally in their
homes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
a Generation.

Webster merely defines a generation
generally, as the average life OF man,
or the ordinary period OF time at which
one rank follows another, or father is
succeeded by child. The Standard
dictionary says: Commonly estlmat-
ed at onethird Of a century. The
Century dictionary states that the
historical average is commonly reck~
Oned at about thirty years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
Postum In Hen Net,

Dawson. Ga.-Recently when Mrs.
Fred l.. Lasseter was making the
rounds of hen nests for the purpose of
gathering Up the eggs she was startled
to find a good size opOSsum curled mp
in one of the nests as if it was his
home. Mrs. Lasseter promptly placed
Mr.. Opossum in captivity.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
DOG SAVES WOMAN'S LIFE.
Carries Note Which Brings Help After
Girl Has Died.

Dallas Tex.-A report from Cisco,
Tex, tells Of the feat which q dog per
formed in getting relief to an aged vic
tim of ptomaine poisoning on a farm
nine miles from that place.
Miss Bette Alexander, twenty-five
years old, had died and Mrs. Eliza
Powers, seventy-two years. was dying
when she wrote a note which she tied
to the dogs neck and babe him ''go
home" The dog made it's way to Cisco
through a rainstorm, and relatives Of
the victims, fastening to the farm,
found Mrs. Powers unconscious.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
MEDALS HAVE THEIR DUTY.
Hiawatha (Kan.) Resident Uses Them
as Paperweights In Office.

Hilwatha, Kan.-GOld medals for
prize crops are so numerous with s. 6.
Trent of Hiawatha. who has just been
designated at the PanamaP Pacific eX-
position as champion corn grower for
Kansas, that he Uses the prize medals
as paperweights in his mill office.
Trent has no formula of secret prac-
tice that enabled him to raise the III
bushels to the acre and win the prize
The corn was grown on his fathers
farm, five miles southwest of town. In
a field of eighteen acres Trent meas
ured off an acre, planted Boone cOun-
ty white corn, cultivated it just as he
would an ordinary crop and gave it
no special attention Of any kind. The
corn grew and made him III bushels.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
Daily Thouqht..

Life is made up, not of great sacri-
fees or duties, but of little things, in
which smiles and kindness and small
obligations given habitually are what
win the heart and secure comfort
Sir Humphry Davy
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
Butterflies on the Vino.

Dewey, Distributions of butterflies
presenting kaleidoscope spectacle Of
colors, few for hours toward the south
over this city recently. The butterflies
dew at an average height of 100 feet.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
Potted Plants.

When potting plants put piece Of
coarse muslin over the hole in the pot
before putting in the bits of stone and
sod, which keeps the drainage good.
The muslin prevents the earth from
washing away
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
To Clean Porcelain.

For cleaning white porcelain sinks
and bathtuhs use a solution of one pint
Of turpentine thoroughly mixed with
one-half cupful of salt. You will find
this does not injure the smooth sur
face in the least.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
To Cure a Cold.

To cure cold, put one-half teaspoon
full baking soda into cup with one
half teaspoonful aromatic spirits of
ammonia: add one-half cupful of hot
water Drink hot and cover up we'll
in bed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
"PAUPER" LEFT $4,000.
Tocchini Spent Last Days In Poor
House.

Redwood City. Cal.-B Tocchini. be-
lieved to have been penniless and who
died as pauper at the San Matec
county poor farm. leaves an estate val
ued at $4,000.
Two mortgages for $4,000 each OH
San Francisco property and certiti-
Gates of cash deposits totalling $4,000
were found in his effects by Assistant
Superintendent James Urhans of the
institution.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02

- TATE of Wisconsin, Iowa County: In
y County Court.
Mineral Point Public Service Company,
corporation, Plaintiffs.
Cyrus Woodman G.. C. Washburne, Cadwallader,
c Washburne, David Keener, William Fl.
Keener, Joseph w. Dickinson. Henry
Stephens, David B. Keener, Robert G. Hoard.
John Bracken Joseph Read, Samuel Thomas,
James W. Hutchinson. James w. Hutchinson as
execut r of the estate of Mary j. Lanyon de-
ceased and all heirs at law and devisees of
whom it NAV concern Defendants
The State of Wisconsin to the said Defendants
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty DAYS after service of this summons ex-
elusive of the day of service and defend the above
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
Emersonjan Philosophy.

When private men shall act with
original views the luster will be trans
ferred from the actions of kings to
those of gentlemen.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
WhY He Mourned.

You say that Jenkins owes every
ching he has to you. Worse! He
yves much more than he has to me"
Boston Transcript.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-12-02
Fielder & Fielder. Attorneys.

NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT AND TO DETERMINE
INHERITANCE TAX.
COUNTY COURT-Iowa County, Wisconsin
" In Probate
In the Matter of the estate of Catherine MoitOr,
deceased
Notice is hereby given that at regular term
| of the Iowa County Court, to be held in and for
said county, at the court house in the city Of
Dodgeville, in said county, on the first Tuesday
(being the 18th 'lay) Of December, A. D. 1915, at
the opening of court on that day the following
matter will be heard and considered:
The application of Elmore Y. Hutchinson,
executor of the will of Catherine Moitor,
deceased, late of Mineral Point, in said county,
for the examination and allowance of his final
account, and for the assignment of the residue
of the estate of said deceased to such persons as
are by law entitle4 thereto; and for the deter
mination and adjudication of the inheritance
tax, if any, payable in said estate.
Dated November 9th, A. y. 1915,
By the Court,
ALDRo jerks, County Judge.
SUMMONS
CTATE of Wisconsin: Iowa County In
~ County Court.
William G. Buckingham, Plaintiff.
versus
Robert Dougherty, Levi Sterling, Thomas g.
Hall, George Peabody Russell, George P. Rus
sell, Wilson L. Henry, Emma Henry, Thomas
rmele, Charles Parmele, Cora M. Henry,
Francis G. Henry, Nellie E. Henry, Elizabeth
Par1nele, William NJ. Snyder, and all children
of William T. Henry and Emma Henry, and all
heirs and devisees Of the defendants herein and
all whom it may concern, Defendants.
The state of Wisconsin: To the said defend
ants:
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after service Of this sun mons, ex-
elusive of the day of service, and defend the
above entitled action in the court aforesaid, and
in case of your failure so to do judgment will be
rendered against you according to the demand
of the complaint of which copy is herewith
served upon you. This action effects the fol-
lowing described real estate and is brought to
quiet the title thereof, and which real estate is
situated in Iowa County, Wisconsin, and partlc-
ularly described as follows, to-wit: Lots No.
and IL in block No. Al Of Strong's Addition in
the city of Mineral Point.
Fielder & Fielder,
Plaintiff Attorneys.
P. o. Address: Mineral Point, Iowa County,
Wisconsin.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-26
HEART is ALSO a STRONGHOLD L

the remnants of old frontier warrior bands. Nearly all
the indians with whom we have to deal today are the
descendants, even to the third and fourth generation,
Of the indians with whom we battled so long for control
Of the continent. It is folly to assume that the indian
blood strain is so wholly bad that the great-grandchild
Of an indian must be treated as if he bore a faint.
As a matter Of fact, some men and women Of indian
blood have reached high station and done important
work. Some have become natural leaders Of men and
have directed industries and succeeded IN the profes-
sions. These are the ones in whom excellent native
qualities were so strong that they overbOre the evil
influences Of environment and III usage
Gen Scott brought the Piute outlaws into camp.
because he has the faculty Of making the indians trust
him The indians, as a race, have every reason In
the world to distrust the white man as a race Our
dark record of centuries cannot be effaced by a few
years Of ostentatiOus favOritism, but perhaps they can
in a measure be atoned for. One way to accomplish
this is to take the indian bureau out Of party politics
now and forever, and give it over to a continuing board
to administer and wind up. It may take 50 years, but
a definite policy ought to be adopted now and adhered
to. And army men Of indian experience and broad
vision should be prominent on the bOard-should, in
fact, control It.
If the Utes and Navajos break out, as Gen. Scott
predicts they viii, 1t viii only be another indictment
Of a system which has brought little but failure, in
justice, and trouble. The reason is simple, and easy
to find. It is to be stated in few words. The system
has failed because it was not founded on just ethical
principles, wise political principles, OF sound economic
principles
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-26

and theOrizing about life, death, Immortality, courage,
love, and many other conceptions more or less abstract
But the indians have been the wards" Of this nation
for several generations. If any foolish proposal for
"ciYilizing" and "Christianizng" the indians has gone
untried during the years since the administration Of
indian affairs was taken out Of the hands CT the army
and placed with politicians, it is no fault Of the
Massachusetts Bay colony OF their Quaker associates.
Only one thing seems to have been overlooked, and that
is the ACCESSIBILITY of treating the indians as If they
were human, with some Of the virtues as well as many
Of the frailties Of mankind.
Some of US fOndly delude ourselves into thinking
that the Philippines and Mexico are ready for self
government, in spite Of 70 to IS percent of illiteracy
and centuries Of misrule or no rule at all. But we
hypOcritically keep several hundred thousand indians
out Of citizenship rights after some generations of at
tempts at education under a strictly American system.
The indians have been exploited for half a century.
Every means has been used to make them and keep
them dependent and douse every spark of self reliance.
Of late yez1s, It is true, there has been disceTnible
more Of a tendency to bring them into some sort Of
rational relation with our goth century civilization.
But progress along this line has been pretty slow. One
result is that many Of the tribes still maintain that
they are largely Independent of law and restraint,
and every once In a while they rebel and must be at
tackled with armed force. They are made to feel that
they are alien still, and their position under our govern
ment is unlike that of any other element in the pOpula-
ton unless II be that Of convicted criminals on parole.
IF trouble stiIl brews, It IS our own fault in large
measure. Enough time has elapsed to kill off most Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-26
PENETRATED
Short Snatches From Everywhere

You never get anywhere unless you start-Abu-
QUerque Herald
Tt makes a lot Of difference whose speed limit it
happens 70 be-Albuquerque Herald
Every man owes a duty to himself But many OF
us forget to OlecL-POrtales Herald-Ilmes-
In this day OF push and struggle, nothing but per
sisteuce can succeed-FOrt sumner Review
There are .265. s56.133 .66O.240 cubic feet c salt in
the seas, so don't get fresh-Pittsburg Press
international law is in one respect like the golden
rule-it has no penalty elause-Beaumont Enterprise
There are a few who should be compelled to quit
milking the people and milk cows awhua-Galveston
News
What has become OF the old-fashioned gentleman
who used to be secretary Of state in the wilson cab
inet2-Austn American
There viii come a time when the nation that goes
to war viii be arrested for dlsOrderly conduct by the
international PUBLICATIONS. Daily Star
An alleged scientist says man is what he eats
in that case many masculine street corner ornaments
We know must subsist on noodles-BeaumOnt journal
We can't just remember this being our busy day.
but who is the actual president provisional or other
wise Of the republic Of Mexico ~today?-Beaumont
Journal
A woman may bare her heart and die from the
effects Of il. but she can glide gracefully through
winter with barred w~ishbones without taking even so
much as a neuralgia tablet-New Orleans Daily
States
Tell the truth and you have it over with at once.
tell a lie and you are kept busy explaining for a
month and are probably discovered in the end
SOcorro Chfeftain-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-26

Even though the studying OF grand
operas may seem an over ambitious
effort. with the opera themes beyond
the children's grasp but our experience
with the opera programs at the schoO
has proved that the children do grasp
and do appreciate the best music II il
is presented to them in b right way"
"Just so the all-important sisal in
dustry is protected Washington Is ap-
parentIy satisfied" said George Leeds.
"The fact that Americans are in jail
in Mexico or that they are suffering
many i~ndignities is a second consid-
Grafton il the Kansas farmer gets his
binding Irvine. Take one case, for in
stance, that Of Leonard Worcester, Jr-,
who is in jail in Chihuahua What
ever the merits OF dement's Of the
case are, the fact remains hat he was
arrested about the middle Of February
and that. without n trial Of any
kind, he is still in jail and liable TO
stay there for another month or more
before anything is done. There are
cases like his. The state
department sends down cruisers and
makes all sorts OF representations
about some petty little export product
and does not raise a hand 10 liberate
its own citizens from jails or protect
them in n part OF Mexico"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-26

dItlon exists in other cities.
There are few slaves to The drug
habtt in Fl Paso, very few for the size
Of the city and its proximity to Mexico.
from which it has always been fairly
easy TO smuggle opium. cocaine n
morphine, but these will have TO take
the cure sooner or later They cannot
get the drug now except upon a pre-
scription Of a physician and l. q pny-
stefan issues too many prescriptions TO
one person for IL, he is liable to get
into trouble himself.
Habit Can Be Cured.
Yes, the drug habit can be cured
and IN a few weeks, but il is strenuous
for the patient Any reputable physi-
clan can cure the drug habit. but a pa
uent must put himself absolutely un-
der b orders Of the doctor and 20 to
q hospital or sanitarium- Nobody can
be treated at home, for the reason
that the patient cannot resist the
temptation 10 steal the drug, and il
must be kept away wholly or partially
while the treatment is in progress.
Treatment is very simple In cases
OF strong persons, with good constitu-
lions, it is possible to remov the
drug from them Immediately. but they
almost go crazy n ii is necessary TO
restrain them for a few days in a
room where they are constantly
watched, feeding them upon nourish-
ing foods and using, in most cases,
some other drug OF less powerful iuflu-
ence to keep up the proper heart &C
ton Surychnia or atrOpine are gen.
orally used in such cases.
Weakening the shot"
Where the patient is emaciated or
in a very weakened condition. IT IS
necessary TO continue giving the drug
from which he is to be cured, but
gradually giving it in smaller doses.
instance. if a person uses, let US
five grains Of morphine at a time.
three times q day in the treatment for
the cure. the physician would mix a
bottle Of the morphine in such
strength that a hypOdermic syringe
full would give him the necessary liz
grains. In giving the first shot the
would be given the full five
grains. but the physician would then
refill h syringe with distilled water
and put the water back in the bottle
The next dose OF shot would be just
much weaker. This would be con-
tinued-each time a syringe was filled
out Of the bottle a syringe full Of dis
TILED water would be put back-until
finally the patient would be getting
little more than the water itself. The
tapering off process is so gradual in
this method that the patient hardly
il.
Must Be Restrained.
at IS only possible to cure a patient
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-26

a little later with the aid or a can
opener they are found 20 be intact.
though not enthusiastic
When a stel car pIows half way
through a sand bank or a stock train
all the passengers in said car move
up front over the seats and mingIe with
the utmost lnf0rmalty. like the cast OF
characters in a football game. This is
not pleasant, but it is much more
healthful than being mixed up with
burning ~splinters into a sort OF coro-
ners hash in the old time way
steel cars are not only safe. but they
are sanitary 10 the eye II is impOssi-
bic TO carve the interior Of a steel car
into a m~addening mess OF early Pullman
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-26
We Are Not Children Or Gods But Men In a World OF Men"-KiDLmg

comprehension Above all, it is not mawkish, but
sincere and virile.
Long ago, Gen. Scott discovered for himself that the
indian actually has a soul, and many of the qualities
Of a man He discovered that the indian actually has
a mind, with which he occasionally thinks, though in
channels differing from those followed by the racial
stock to which most other Americans belong. And
starting with this knowledge, that the indian possesses
the faculties Of reason as well as those Of sentiment Or
feeling, he has earnestly tried to find a meeting point
of minds and Of sentiments, so that there might be
mutual understanding and mutual respect between these
racial strains that have generally counted themselves
wholly alien.
Part Of the work which Gen. Scott did for ~posterity
during his long and intimate association with the
indians, consisted in taking down from the lips Of tribal
c~hieftains and medicine men" the traditions and lore
Of the tribes, their philosophy and religion and now and
then some history accidentally edged IN. The general
has an immense amount Of this material (Which can
never be obtained again from original sources or replaced
II lost all written down in longhand in big volumes.
He reads the legends aloud sometimes to friends, with
singular charm, due to the fact that he reproduces the
simple forms of direct and forceful statement along
with the wonderful and beautiful imagery, and tells
the stories as the indians told them to him.
With one exception, that the stories were originally
transmitted to him in sign language, and by him trans
lated into simple English which loses none Of the
picturesqueneSs Of the original narrative One cannot
hear these remarkable legends and philosophical essays
without being deeply impressed with the fertility Of
the indian mind in interpreting and personaIizing nature
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-26

art. This alone makes them worth their
price TO a tortured country.
Steel cars are now used On almost all
main lines. while the wooden cars have
been sent back to the minors on the
bush league branches. This is a
~shockingIy foolish idea. There is little
use for a steel car on a main line bris-
Ting with block signals. II should be
sent to the seat Of the trouble. which
is b branch line with the ties that fail
70 bind and the blOckhead system OF
signals which are displayed by a sleepy
boy with a coal oil lantern just after
the train has gone by.
Living on a branch line railroad IS
about as irritating a pastime as watch
ing an automobile parade from the
bread line. aud viii be until the branch
liners rise in their might and establish
jitne accommodation trains