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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
Strictly Obedient.

Colonel Kemyss of the Fortieth regi-
ment was remarkable for the studied
pomposity of his diction. One day
observing that careless man in the
ranks had a particularly dirty face,
which appeared not to have been wash
ed for twelvemonth, he was exceed
ingly indignant at so gross a violation
Of military propriety.
''Take him. said he to the corporal,
who was an Irishman, take the man
and lave him in the river
After some time the corporal re-
turned.
What have you done with the man
l sent with you?" inquired the colonel.
Up flew the corporal's right hand across
the peak Of his cap.
Sure ant plaise y'r honor, and didn't
y'r honor tell me to lave him in the
river? And sure enough left him in
the river, and there he is now, accord
Ing to y'r honor's orders" - London
Mail.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
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A READER KICKS AND BOOTS.


May 8, is Mothers Day Will yon
lend me your column to protest against
the mawkish sentimentality and the
empty mOckery Of our present mode of
observing that day? The concept of
Mothers Day is glorious one. My
mother agonized that [ might be
brought into the world; she has
sacrificed and suffered that l might
develop into manhood; she has given
up and gone without that l might have.
Can my debt, can yours, can any mans
or woman's be paid by wearing white
flower is ones buttonhole and Il
cherubic expression on ones face? The
little token of reference has been
cheapened 1t is too often hollow
badge behind which men who have
respect neither for their own mother
nor for the motherhood of other women,
parade.
Instead of expressing love for mother
and obligation to womanhood in such a
banal, inadequate manner, let her chill
dren do reverence to her memory by
stretching helping hand to another
mother. 1t you cannot repay your
debt to your own mother, pay it to
some one else's mother, or to the little
mother to do. Every year in Wis
consin, more than 5000 babies less than
twelve months old die. Think of the
heartache caused the mothers. A large
percentage of these deaths is absolutely
preventable. A very conservative
estimate places $500 as the number of
infant lives which could be saved each
year in this state by breast feeding and
proper care alone.
One town in Wisconsin, by the in
stallation of child welfare work, has
cut the numAer of infant deaths to one
third of what they were two years be-
fore. In another Wisconsin town it
was proposed to start child welfare
work The chief opponent was a man
who said that the city could not afford
to pay out hard cash for such foolish
ness. "Let 'em take the risk when they
have kids, said he. my mother didn' t
have nurse coming around to tell her
what to do and how to feed me-
He didn't tell the other half of the
story, of how his mother had barely
struggled through, because of INSULT
cient knowledge of the proper care to
give herself, and for lack of medical
attention; of how she had been
weakened and her life shortened owing
to this. The father died shortly after.
The mother took any work that she
could find to support herself and child.
All the town knows the story of her
courage and privations. Last Mother s
Day this man, now successful in bust
ness, walked down the aisle of the
principal church. In his buttonhole
was a white flower. ''How he reveres
the memory of his nnotherl' the con-
gregation whispered
Yesterday he killed the child welfare
project. On Mothers Day he will
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
debts, and that it is necessary in order to paw
fha same TO sell mart of said real ESTATE

debts and that it is necessary in order to pay
the same TO sell part of said real estate.
1t is therefore ordered, that all persons inter-
ested in said real estate appear aefore this
court at regular term thereof, to be held on
the 18th day of May, 1915, at the Court House in
the city of Dodgeville, at o'clock in the fore
noon, then and there to show cause (if any there
shall be- why license should not be granted to
said Matilda Peter to sell saidreal estate accord
ing to the prayer of said petition.
And it is further ordered, that this order
shall be published for four successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing in the Iowa County
Democrat, weekly newspaper published in
said county, and a copy thereof shall be served
personally on all persons interested in the es-
tate and residing in this county, at least twenty
days before the day herein appointed for the
hearing.
Dated Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wis. April
z, 1915
ALDRo jerks. County JSdge.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06

serve as beds. One man, however, had
taken particular pains to carry his bed
ding a considerable distance away from
the wagons and the rest of the men.
Seeing him thus by himself the San
Francisco man asked the camper why
he did not sleep under the wagons the
same as the others. 'Who, me?' asked
the old fellow as he twisted around in
his blankets. Not much. Me for right
out in the open. It's too darn confin-
ing to sleep under a roof"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
HATED THE RAILROAD.
And So Would Almost Amy One Under
the Circumstances.

the Circumstances.
The following letter, says Railway
and Locomotive Engineering, was re-
ceived by the claim agent Of one Of the
big western railways some time ago:
For some weeks past my dog has
been in the habit of sticking himself
onto the cars as they sped past my
place, and he never harmed no one by
so doing, nor never would, as | have
known him from a child, very peace
full and fond Of young children, and
awful fond of the butchers shop, be-
fore where he would sit up ON his hind
legs and beg with a voice of joy for
anything he requested. When he
would run at the cars he would act
savage, but still would niver injure
the train by word or deed if you had
a hundred trains whizzing past by day
or mite.
"But what does the fireman on the
Stick in the Mud Express do but en-
tees my dog to close quarters and
throw chunks Of coal and squirts hot
water upon him, which he tells me in
DllIH anu IrlVOlOuS tome Is W lake
the bark off my dog.
THAT is what makes me halt your
railroad, and that is not all by long
choke, for yesterday they misled my
dog and got him in front Of the en-
CINE, when they pulled her wide open
and smashed my dog in way that
hurts your rode, and causes it to be
looked at askance by every thinking
tax payer and mother.
81 say fly on such a rode as yours,
with its sanWiches that have thin
rim of ham round the aige, so when
you lock your teeth with it you get
left, and the rode has got your money
in Dennis. Fly on the whole thing is
what / say"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
His One Chance.

the magistrates office had to cross a
river in skiff, when, as luck would
have it, the bridegroom fell into the
water.
Wringing her hands, the bride cried
out that somebody should save her be-
loved.
what for?" asked one OF the compa-
ny. Hes good swimmer
That's just it!' cried the bride.
Don't you see that he is swimming to-
ward the other bank ?"-Buffalo News.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
Calvert SpenSley, ATTORNEY.

NOTICE TO HEAR PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATION.
STATE of Wisconsin, Iowa County Court.
- ss.-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at a special term
of the Iowa County Court, to be held in and fol
said county, at the Court House in the city of
Dodgeville, in said county, on the eleventh
day of May A. D. 1915, being the second Tuesday
of said month"; at eleven O'Clock in the forenoon
of said day, the following matters will be heard
and considered:
The application of Clara c. Laid, for the
appointment of an administrator of the estate
Of VIM. P Laid, late of the village of Rewey,
in said county, deceased.
thereof be given to all persons interested by
publishing copy of this order for three weeks
successfully, prior to said day of hearing in the
Iowa County Democrat a weekly newspaper
published in said county
By order of the Court:
ALDRo jerks, County Judge.
Dated Dodgeville, Wis. April T. 1915.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
again faunt his white flower in church,
Again there will be the whisper.

Mothers Day is doomed to pass out
of existence if it's celebration is to con-
sist only of some such sentimental act
as the wearing of a flower in the
buttonhole. Given another turn how
ever, the sentiment that every decent
mother and toward motherhood could
be made mighty force in our Ameri
can life
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
d MODELS SORROW.
It Would Obtrude Itself In Spite Of All
Precautions.


Precautions.
A magazine illustrator possessed the
services Of Il model which were highly
valued ON account of the mans ability
to wear evening clothes like society
man." a feat which many professional
models cannot achieve.
This model had ''seen better days."
but the only remaining relic Of them
was his dress suit and his ability to
wear it properly. Sometimes he would
turn up half an hour before the time
appointed for his sitting, wearing
shabby business suit. After some min
utes' conversation on any topic that
popped into his head he would finally
approach the matter that distressed
him something like this:
you will pardon me, sir regret to
say-I am overwhelmed with confu-
sion, but-but, sir, if you will excuse
me, l was obliged, absolutely obliged
to-er-h ypothecate- short, to pawn,
my evening clothes for So. If you will
kindly redeem them am quite at your
service, sir. Here is the ticket"
Now, this sort of thing continued for
a long time, until finally the illustrator
hit upon the plan Of hiding the models
business suit while he was out of the
room, sending him home in his even
ing garb, confident that he had no 9th
er and that he would return the day
after ready to pose.
The hour arrived, but instead Of the
model there came messenger boy
with this note:
Dear Sir-I cannot find words-I do
not know how to convey to you'll am
lacking in-but, alas, sir, that fatal
but l was driven, forced, compelled,
again to pledge my evening garments
as collateral security for the sum of
So. Redeem them, and l am at your
service. l am at the pawnbroker's, in
bed in q back room. inclose the tick
et."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
Calvert Spensley, Attorney.
NOTICE TO HEAR PETITION OF ADMINISTRATOR
SELL REAL ESTATE.

HEAR PETITION ADMINISTRATOR
TO SELL REAL ESTATE.
STATE of Wisconsin, Iowa County Court.
~ SS.-In Probate.
In the matter of the application of Matilda
Peter, administrative of the estate of John
Peter, deceased, to sell real estate of John
Peter, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Matilda
Peter, administrators of the estate Of said John
Peter, deceased, setting forth the amount of
personal estate that has come to her hands, and
the disposition thereof, the amount of debts
outstanding against said deceased, and praying
that license be t. her granted to sell part of the
the purpose of paying said debts and the charges
of administration; and it appearing by said pc
titiOn that there is not sufficient personal estate
in tbs hands of said administrative to pay said
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
Out of Siuht,

A newly married young woman had
a gas cooker fixed in her kitchen. The
gas company sent her a card of rules,
with instructions to study them well
and what she couldn't understand they
would explain to her. Imagine the
clerks surprise the next morning when
he heard her say over the phone:
II can understand all the rules ex-
cept the one at the bottom Of the card
See other side It's impossible to see
the other side. The man has fixed II
against the WALL"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
No Roof For Him.

During an automobile trip last sum-
mer q San Francisco man stopped one
night with party of teamsters in the
mountains. Strolling about the camp,
he noted that many Of the men had put
their blankets under the wagons to
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
Il II !
Pottcd 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, 1915-05-06
|D1eaIHTGHEN|
VEAL CHOPS, GRANT STYLE.
BREAKFAST MENU.
Baked Bananas.
Veal Chops.
Baking Powder Biscuits.
Coffee or Cocoa.

TRIM eight veal chops, pared most
carefully to keep them as wide
as possible; season and fry with
some melted fat pork, turning them
while cooking to let them remain quite
rare.
Remove the chops, leaving the pork in
the pan, and to it add finely chopped
onions, mushrooms, green peppers and
tomatoes. After these have been rem
dered of their moisture take them out
and mix with some chopped parsley
and cooked, lean, finely shredded Vir-
GINA ham, together with two spoonfuls
of baking forcement Divide this prep
aration into as many parts as there are
chops and cover each one with layer
of it.
Cut some sheets of strong paper into
heart shapes, oil over on One-half the
right side, put a slice of Virginia ham
and a little sauce with a chop on top,
then a little more of the sauce and an
other slice of Virginia ham and fold
the paper over Brown in buttered
dish and serve.
Trout, Roquefeuil Style.
Prepare some very thin pancakes,
cover each one with layer Of salmon
forcemeat into which raw. fine herbs
have been mingled; place another thin
pancake on top, then pare them into
half heart shapes. Bone some trout,
leaving on the head; remove the eyes
and replace them by a small bit of
forcemeat; add a few truffieS. roll them
up with fillets inside and fill the empty
space in the center Of each side with
some of the same forcemeat. then set
on top futed mushroom head.
Cover the hearts with forcemeat and
lay a trout over them; set on a but
tered baking sheet. pour over some
butter and cover with sheet of but
tered paper. Cook in Il slack oven.
Serve with mOntebello sauce.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
Fielder & Fielder, Attorneys.

Fielder & Fielder, Attorneys.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
STATE of Wisconsin, Iowa County Court
~ So I'm Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Geretta Treweek,
deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate of Geretta
Treweek, deceased, having been issued to Mary
j. Treweek
Notice is hereby given, That the creditors of
said Geretta Treweek, deceased, are allowed and
limited by order of this court, until and includ-
ing the first Tuesday of November, 1915, being
the End day of said month. to present their
claims and demands against said Gretta Ire
week, deceased, to the county court for exam
nation and allowance.
Notice is also hereby given, That the claims
so presented will be examined and adjusted 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 December,
1915
Dated this 18th day of April, 1915
By the court,
ALDRo jerks. County Judge.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
Our Own Acts.

What man is there who does not
laboriously, though all unconsciously,
himself fashion the sorrow that is to
be the pivot of his life ?-Maeterlinck
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
527 DAYS FOR BOOKING,

The Court Also Rubs In Fine of 5000.
Must "Stay Sober"
Sandusky. O.-James Smith. thirty
five was brought to the county jail
here from Castalia to serve 527 days
for drunkenness and diSorderly con-
duct
Justice Charles Garfield. before whom
he entered a plea of guilty., gave him
six months after assessing fine of
5000 and costs.
Garfield in passing sentence told
Smith he was determined to have him
stay sober for awhile.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
LEGAL NOTICES.
Fielder & Fielder, Attorneys.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS. =
STATE of Wisconsin, Iowa County Court-ss
y In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Elizabeth
Ross, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate of Eliz-
abeth Ross, deceased, having been issued to
Anna L. James.
Notice is hereby given, That the creditors of
said Elizabeth Ross deceased are allowed and
limited by order of this court, until and includ-
ing the first Tuesday of November, 1885, being
the End day of said month, to present their
claims and demands against said Elizabeth Ross,
deceased. to the county court for examination
and allowance.
Notice is also hereby given, That the claims
so presented will be examined and adjusted by
this court, at the Office of the county Judge at
the court house in the city of Dodgsville, in
said county, on the first Tuesday of December
1915.
Dated this 18th day of April, 1915.
By the court:
ALDRo jerks, County Judge.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
He Knew What He Was Asking.

els there any mail for John or meY
inquired the general delivery patron.
you're strangers to me, retorted the
postal clerk. do you suppose l can
tell peoples names by looking at
them?"
II don't see that it makes any differ
ence If am a stranger. Look and See
if there is any mail for John or me
John Orr Nee"
He got his letter from a much SUBJ
dued postal cierk.-LadieS' Home Jour-
nal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06
Pouertv,s GRADUATES.

No men living are more worthy to
be trusted than those who toll up from
poverty; none less inclined to take or
touch aught which they have not hon.
eStly earned.-LincOln.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06

Want Advs. will be found on page 8.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-06

Read the want advertisements.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-26
TO DESTROY EIFFEL OWE
German Aircraft Would Disable This
Powerful Weapon In the Hands
OF the Allies.

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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-26
OUT OF HIS

81 can show you in two minutes
the superiority Of the aeroplane over
the Zeppelin" said the oiicious per-
son.
"But Pm not at all interested in
aviation said the other man, with
whom he had just scraped an ac-
Tuaintance.
"The deuce you say! Why, in the
course of time aviation may prove
Of great practical benefit to you-
may ven help you in your busi-
ness"
'I'm afraid not"
'Why?"
Pm a deep-sea diver"
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-26
Majority Of Friends Thought Mr..
Hughes Would Die, But
One Helped Him to
Recovery.

I~.meroyton, Ky.-ln interesting ad-
vices from this place, Mr.. A. J. Hughes
writes as follows 81 was down with
stomach trouble for five t5l years, and
would have sick headache so bad, al,
times, that thought surely would die.
tried different treatments, but they
did not seem 10 do me any good.
! got so bad, ! could not eat or sleep.
Ind all my friends, except one, Thought !
would die. He advised me 10 try
bGdiord's Black Draught, and quit
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-26
PULSE GIVES AWAY SECRET
Allenist Tells How Doubling Swain
May Ascertain His Place in
"Her" Affections.

The worlds meanest man has been
discovered. He is an a]licni,t of
Washington, and he has presumed to
put love on a scientific basis. lle
has issued a formula by which a
doubling swain may ascertain with
out fail the name Of his closest rival
for cher" affections.
Here it is:
Carclcssly hold ''her' wrist, as il
caressiugly. Craftily place your fore
finger IN her pulse. Then name
over, in casual conversation, the
rivals You fear most. When you
name the right one her pulse will
jump scandalously. If it increases
something like a hundred beats you
might as well quit the race
To offset this mean betrayal the
a~lienlst has issued some hints to the
fair scv on how to avoid nervousness.
"Scorn gossip" he says. ''and don't
attend to other persons business or
worry over their troubles, and you
will be- all right"
But he doesn't saw q word as ia
how Dulcinca might have kept the
fatal pulse jump from giving her
away.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-26
MODERN LIFE AND HEALTH
Medical Journal Reports That in Soma
Cases World Seems 10 Show
Change for Worse.

In 1873 the mortality of diphthe-
ria in New York was 80 per cent.
To-day il is about % per cent. Since
the introduction Of the Flexner anti
meningitis serum the mortality from
cerebro-spinal fever has been reduced
from between 20 and 50 to % per
cent.
In the sixties, seventies and eight
les typbus fever was almost epidemic
in New York. In 1898 there we're
473 cases. Since 1893 there have
been only four cases in the city.
F%ulpuruting, or black" smallpox
is no longer seen.
DIR. Edward Waitzinger reports
that in his large hospital practice he
has not seen a single casc Of true
cholera infantum in fifteen wears.
On the other hand. remarks the
New York Medical journal in citing
these changes for the better, there
has been an enormous increase IN
cardiovascular diseases those affect
ing the heart and arteries -includ-
ing kidney troubles.
There has been a steady increase
in cancer, while nervous diseases and
insanity are notably more prevalent
than thew ever were before.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-26
TAKES SECOND PLACE NOW
Young Man Finds That Girls Prefer
Their Knitting 10 Listening TO
His Brilliant Talk.

ITS really remarkable, don't YOU
know, how strong thu new knitting
fad is," declares Clarence. "Ail the
girls and all their mothers are drop
ping stitches and picking them up
again and counting so many times
round. and clicking away 10 beat The
typewriter. wenI up to call on a
stunning girl the other night, and
there she was knitting in the midst
Of mother and unties and younger
lister regular pcach-all Of them
knitting. sat down-on somebody's
knitting that was left in the chair,
and the talk went something like
this How 10 YOU do, Mr.. Mush-
lcigh-click-alick all busy. YOU see
click. click. c,ick-fve. six. seven
cight-is hat turned too soon. ma I
yes. indeed. its drradiul-cIick.
click suppose Won ace att Knitting
al your house, tool click, click
there I've. finished another sock
dear me. kitIt, got my ball Of
warn will Won get IT,, please. Mr.
Mushlcigh taxi. are, she'll scratch
you did she -dynr. dcnr-but it,
all lor the good cause must yot
gol-auntir. do cast or hercY-
lick. cli.k- Good-by. "-Clc,elanC
Plain Dpulcr.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-26
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.

According TO the latest estl-
mates growlcd the pessimist, "our
population is Increasing so rapidly
that the Iand will soon be inadequate
for the support OF the people
oh, don't lc, a little thing like
hat push YOU of the aqua pura
harriet. Our medical colleges can
pa~iiv double thcir output if the
country gets ov,rrrowdcd. '-Phila-
delphia Ledger.