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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-06-22
&ublan6 gab na@.
Na9nem 0eterrei@ @ieoerper9el>
tuna an%Qeorbnet hattie.

s"uS ~"S~"s~ 9"~~
Mus Mien miro beri@tet: Mls ii@
bic Ma@ri@ten mebrten, bab unferen
in rufitf@er &riegsgefangeni@aft be-
finbli@en Sffi3ieren oie @raoab5etz
3ei@en, 9etorationen II. I. M. obsez
nommen perben, fab fi@ oie Dfterrei@
3i1@zungarii@e @egterung peranlabt,
gegen fol@es enttpiirbigenoe @orgeben
i@drfiten Yroteit ein5ulegen nno Ser
geltungsmaBnabmen in @usfi@t gu
ltellen. Diefer @@ritt blieb 8una@t
erfolglos. 9ie ruiiii@e @esieruns
pertpies auf Mrtitel SO ibres &eglez
ment fir 8ebanolung Der &riegSsez
fangenen, iporin 6te Mblegung oer &C.
nonnten @bren5ei@en allgemein feitges
1ebt lei. 9ie 3 terrei@ii@zungart19s
9eeresbermaltung fab ni@t nur odpon
ab, 1oglei@ nit @ergeltungsmabnab~
met, ein5ufeB.n, fonbern entfanbte etn
Srgan na9 Neulengba@, INN Dem bort
befinoli@en rangbD9iten friegsgefanz
genen rufiif@en Sffi5ter @eneralleutz
nant &ornilop bar5ulegen, oab NUM-
mebr audi bon @eiten Seiterrei4zunz
garns 1i9 ni9ts anberes eriibrige, als
gegen bic ruifii@en Sffi5iere in gleiz
der Meiie b%or5ugeben, tpenn nt4t III
leBter @tunbe Die 3uridnabme Der
bon ser ruffii@en &egierung %perfagten
M%noronungen erfolge. @%eneralleutz
nant &ornilpm erbat bierauf etnen
aebntdgigen Mufi@ub, UNI ii@ telegraz
pbif@ an cine mabgebenbe Perf0nlt4z
felt in petersburg penben gu fDnnen.
9iefe 6rift purbe bemiaigt. DIS au@
oieie 3ettfpanne erfolglos perftrt4en
lpar, ergab 1i@ fir oas &riegsminiftez
rum sic @erpfli9tun9, uni eren trtegss
gefansenen Sffi5ieren fir bic bur4
2(bnabme ibrer iol6atif@en gmbleme
3ugefigte unbiu @enugtuung gu berz
f@affen. @s murben porerit Ste
friegsgefangenen rufiil@en @ubalternz
offi3iere beauftraet, bic @raoab5et4en,
9eforatipnen un6 &pfarben ab5ulegen,
@enerale, @tabsoffi5iere unb 9auptz
leute blieben 3unddit BON bieier Mabz
nabme arsgenommen. Sn ben aQerz
lebten Sagen bot nun Sic rufitf@e &ez
gierung ii9 bereit erf1drt, btnfi@tli@
Ser 0iterreidH@zungarif@en 9ffi3iere
ausnabmsmeiie bon Ser 9ur4fibrung
Der bic Mblegung Ser @raoab5ei4en
betreffenben 8eittmmungen i'm ruff
1@en Observation-Disclosures ab5uz
1eben. 9iefe @teuungnabme ser ruiz
ii1@en @egierrng bat es uns erm09<
li@t, ri@t rur bon Der unmtttelbar be-
abii9tigten Musbebnung ser @rabab<
3eidenabnabme auf bic triegsgefange:-
men ruiiii@en Generate, @tabsoffi3iere
un6 9auptleute a%b5ufeben, fonoern
au9 Sen triegsgefangenen rufff4en
Sberleutnonts uno 2eutnants sic Wtez
beranlegung ibrer Mus3ei@nungen,
@pnberab3ei9en unb &otaroen gu gez
ftatten. SIS lit gemib erfreuli4, bab
es i'm Mege Der @erbanoluwen gelunz
gen 1T, Sic 3uridnabme elmer bas
@brsefubl unferer, na4 beloenmiittz
gem @inger in ote @etpalt oes 5etns
bes gefaIenen Sffi3iere tief perleben>
Sen Mabnabme gu er3telen uno 10 ei11e
Bef7eruuo ibres 2opfes berheiarfubren.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-06-22

gla115eroen 2obn ole1er S1ege err1tt=
gen. Sc lift fem Mdird)en, pos i@
Sbnem 90 er3dble, es lit berbirgte
@obrbeit. 8ebaltert ite es fir fi6.
ssWb benfe Mir, Sie tper6en iett SIR
l11agemo9 leidter ertragen fon11e1."
Isle iin6 ein ed)ter 6re1tn6, lieber
@rof," rief &11rt geriibrt. SD Bette
mir 6ieie @obltbot BON einem &mi<
ien niemols trdumen laiien, nnb i6
6attfe Sbnen aus tiefiter Seele."
.Sb, .es lit nidts @eion6eres,"
mebrte ser @raf. ngs gibt 6o6 oltd
piele gebi16ete nn6 geredt benfenoe
MGln1rer in Ml1Blo1r6, oie mdt onoers
empfmom als id. @s lit MIR ida6e,
6aB imnrer 1t1tr bon 6en roben rno
beltedlid}en gereoet miro. @iel1eidt
miro ser &rieg, miro SOS fommenbe
ltnoliid &a1Blonos sos @11te nit iih
bringe1, 6aB oieie glemente beleitiat
mer6en uno NIT ether beliercn Ser
moItl1ng elm 11e11er @ei1t einsicbt. So
f0nrte :o1ts elmer groBen Nieoerlage
nod ELM grobes Sell ermadien. =
Do6 reben mir BON Sbnen. 9ie
Gebrfe1ts @erfe bilben eirre1t gu BE-
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-06-22

Sic es MIR perionlid nidt na@tra=
gen, aurt Eatplotpiti@, &penn man 10
pe11ig elimpfli@ NIT Sbnen nm=
gebt," 1agte ver in ber5li@em Son.
vMein @roBpater miitterli@erieits
1por Elm gruitnii6er Shirt. St lit int
@efangniB geitorben - bie1ei@t er=
mor6et mor6en auf Sen bloBen Ser
badt bin, 6aB er NIT einem Mufitano
i'm @a11faius in @erbinoung itan6e.
Sd bobe mebr bon Dem 8lute met
ner Mutter in meinen M6ern, als
BON 6enen ser MelnifoffS. @enigt
Sbnen 6as?"
vSsyb babe sic itetS fir einen por=
nebrnen @barafter 9ebulten, lieber
@rof. 9urf i9 fragen, uas Sic ber=
fiibrt? @ieneidt pieoer irgen6eine
anltlide 5reun6li6feit. @emieren Sic
iib nidt. Sd mer6e MIDI uber nidtS
mebr mnn6ern."
Isle irren it9, mertber 6reur6.
S9 fomm' MIR ais Meni6 gum Men=
l6en, meinetbalbe als &ulturfreunb
gum &11ltlrtrager. IS tuar mir ein
8%eoiirfmiB, Sbnen incline aufri6tige
Sbeilna5me tpegen bes .@erfabrens
aus5uoriiden> 6as mon gegen Sic be-
liebte, nn6 Sb11en gu berii6ern, BAT
Sic anf Mlero1oer @eorge1piti9 3ab=
len f0n1en, menn Sic 1einer beoir=
fen."
SD bobe bon Sbner nidts an6e=
res ertuartet, lieber @raf," ertpi6erte
&urt nit @drme. SD re@ne es
Sbnen idon iebr bod an, 6aB Sic
es magen, 1olb einen @erfemten, mie
id es bin, auf3uiu@en. @offentlid
i9a6et es Sb1nen nidt in SSbrer 2auf=
babn."
Ser @raf madte lddeln6 cine ab=
%1pebren6e 8emegl1ng. SD Bin fem
@treber, &urt &atplomitld. l1eber=
6ies: beute i6lage id cine 6liege foot
nnb fomme 6afiir nu6 5ibirien, nn6
n1orge11 6rebe i6 einem Mitbiirger
SEN SAILS Inn nn6 merbe Miniiter.
9ei urrs lit 6o6 aqes mogli6. @ie
bqtte ionit a116 6iei er &rieg maSbre<
den foinner, ser 10 abiolut gegen oen
@ilen 0es 3aren ilt?"
u@egen leinen @iQen? Mber 6od)
ouf ieinen 8efebl."
Ser Graf lissB ii6 in einem Sal1=
teuil nieoer urb brannte itd cine ST.
gorette an, sic linn Shirt anbot.
uEio," 6ie @orgei6i@te 6ieies &rie=
ges miro no9 ieltiome gntbiillungen
bringen. S9 babe nidts geiugt, per=
iteben sic, aber i'd fann Sbnett ber=
ii9ern 6oB ser 3or ni@t mentger
als piermoI oas Mobiliiierungs6efret
unter5eidmet un6 mie6er 5uriidge5o=
gen botte. Ct butte 6o6 ra11t einmal
oen @brgei5, ein Srie6ensberrider
fem gu tpoGen, un6 Der Teb1er lit
MIR, baB er nidt Die n0tbige &raft
oo5u bat. Surdtbare Mnftritte bot
es gegeben. Sb meib es aus ii@erer
Snelle. Ser @influb Ser 3orin aaf
ser ei1ren Seite, ouf Ser onoeren Ser
ser &riegspartei, Sic int meient1iden
aus oem @roBfiiriten @ifolai Nifo=
Iojepitih un6 einigen Miniitern be-
itebt. Oh ite iin6 longe i@on am
@erf. @dlieBlid boben fie ii9 bin=
ter uniern 1%1e11elten Mationolbeiligen
geltedt un6 iiberoies ol1d nod oen
gpiritism1s gu @i1fe gebolt. l1n6
ols lebterer Gr1,mpf sic Drobung init
Ser Mbietung! 5elten bat iih mobI
ELM bon Motur ldtpader Menih bef=
tiger gegen 6aS l1ngebe1re getpebrt,
aIs bier, ober nun bube1 tpir SEN
&rieg, BEN unie r @ertreter in Eoris
10 biibid ~ietnen &riea" nennt, nno
Dos @ntieben lit iein @efolge. @rou=
DE i6 Sbnen 3n iagen, 0ab i'd iba
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-06-22
Scum aber iiebt ct 6omit b0i'

fuopp. Scum aber iiebt ct 6amit b0i'
aus"
,tWeon loute nie foufmdnmih fal=
f1lieren, menn 6as bier in 1roge
fommt," fniri@te &urt unb idlng
iid nit Der Sault gegen Die 8rnit,
6oB es orobnte. u@errgott! Sd BIN
immer Elm gutter 9el1tider gepeien
nno Elm i@neioiger> preuBii@er Sol
6at. l1no ih bins geblieben, bob'
6ieie peroommte DECENTRALIZATION 6od
muir als eire leere Gormlobe betra6=
tel. Mber NUN iib' i@ in ser Mngel."
ST rutHelte oen @leinen an ser Sda1l=
ter uno i9rie: Limo men1t id tpuBte,
bob MIDI morgen eine ruiiiide &ugel
Der tummelte, o1er 6aB mild etne
fran5oiiide fir immrer umblieS, i6
mar' Ser gliidlidite Meni6, fonnte
ib MIDI bel1te auf einen @aul >per=
fen u116 NIT ser 9an3e in Ser 8omit
gege1t sic gdufte anreiten, 6ie nns
aIs @Quber iiberfallen boben. Mber
mn bin i@ eim Sbnmadtiger, bin
Elm @len6er, elm iammerli6eS geidtS.
Sh bin fein Stuff un6 bin fein Deut=
ider. Sd bob' Sen 8oben mnter mir
%berIoren."
u@enm STR rur Sen &opp nit Der=
liert! Damrt NOR ct gang gefeblt,"
ermutbigte i'm Ger Brofuriit. Limo
iolde &eoen IaBt lieber. 8e1rn tie on
6as unre6te DIR fdn1en, fonntet STR
ein paar &l1geln umionit in Die 8rult
friegen, tpenn's mdt nod i6limmer
tqm'. Mebmen MFRS bin, mics lit,
tbun lpir uniere Hflidt Biz 5ulebt
uno boffen mir, 6aB Sic ltn1rigen
tpeiter nit Ser 8an6e fertig tper6en.
l1n6 tie per6en nit ibr fertig, ODER
id) Mill 1ti6t @ammesfabr betBen."
@r ging, na66em er ieinem iungen
Yrin5ipal nod meiter M1utb 5ugelpro=
den. 6ait CAB er 6rauBen einem ele=
CANT geflei6eten &errn sic &Iinfe in
Die @anb.
Sos lit 6o9 einer bonn @ouperne-
ment, 6a6te Fl. Mber CT liebt ni6t
gero6e febr .amtSmaBig aus. l1n6
barAp e%rinnerte er lth, 6aB es Graf
Melnifoff mar, 6em @oupernel1r ols
@ol1bernen1entsratb beigeoronet. @r
ltqnrmte aus elmer 1ebr pornebmen
6amilie nn6 galt alS reid). 9ammes=
fabr tpl1Bte, baB &l1rt int &lub nit
ibm berfebrte, nn6 6oB er' uu6 alS
@ait bes iungen 6abrifberrn otter
idyon in Ger &ina tpar.
Ser @rof bIidte Sen &leinen einen
@genbIid priifenb on, Damn iogte er::
Sic itno Elm Mngeitellter Ser @er=
fe?"
sd Ssd bin ser Nrofuriit &ammes=
fabr," ermi6erte 6as Miannden nidt
obne Gelbftgefiibl un6 marf iih in
6ie 8rult, 6aB feline idtpere gol6ene
nbrfette orbentlib ins @adeln fam.
v8D1e 3eiten, Serr," auBerte Ger
Graf.
uDie 8eiten iino gan5 gut, nn1r
sic Meniden peroerben iie. Se1t=
outage fdeim bier ia ie6er a1i tan6ige
&erl gum gerbreder geItempelt 511
meroen," benrerfte Sammesfabr bii=
Tia. uDrinlen ff00trnen Sic 1ol6 einen
@erbreder bon &11Blan6s @na6en
1eben. ST bat lpobrideinli6 iilberne
2offel geitoblen Elm Mtbentut ouf
geine Maieltdt periibt o6er BEN Tint
ltur5 %gepreoigt> 6em ih miibte nidt,
mesbalb man ibn ionlt ei11gelperrt
bielte."
vsSsd meib es o11d nidt, aber piel-
Ieidt meiB es Ser @err 6eituresfom<
mon6ont," iagte Ser Graf.
MIs ct in &l1rts Mrbeits5immer
eingetreten mar, idiittelte er ibm
fraftig sic @anb. sd boffe, DOB
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-06-22

mu,,gen ser M~us1abme5uita,roe BE-
1traft.
SIM Suffrage 6eS @tabtfommon-
ounteu: Titiorfa, Sspratpnif."
.@os ion bos beiben?" frogte Der
Erpfurilt in boditer Gorge.
Sos ion beiBen, BOB i6 @efan=
getper ouf meinem eigenen @runo
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-06-22
New Process
Steam | aundfy.
1enft Sbr G.mes ppn Care @af&er

Denft Sbr Gtmps BON Gxre @af&e?
@enn TO, barn miro E: iib Gu4 bss
.eu, ni9t a,lber A4t gu lahen, oab iD',
suer gigenthnm bekanbeln. ala more -
,ns unferige. Bir baben Die poaitdn'
;iQ5te B%aitanftnlt in NorbUeften utn
.efern erl1e, alnffe Nrbeit. 8ir Ct.
,rar:,ten teine G%hemtfu.s7: mtv perberber
,nber Cure @ader nidt. Xenn an
cine Mrbeit unb bette Bebanoluns
volt, oarn bentt on nns. unisre Frs''
:. jino u;eUr,p ais lo1tlt1po. unb -nx
.'.yprgen Cure Gamilienipdfhe tintger.
Ia Sbr IS ielblf tbun EDnnt. erfunfsg,
.no uberoeugt &wt;. @tr b'1ben N8eu'
sn in ben umlieseroen S;dn:en.
6. /. Reper IampfMa(dunitdlt
Gtgen.bii,ner.
4 I've e. 81 @lpuh
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-09-07
JONESDALE
BY LUCILLE HARRIS.

Mrs Charles Buckingham visited at
Blandchardville Friday and Saturday.
D. G. Jones had business at Dodge
vile Frid ~ and Saturday.
Miss Mary Burns is visiting at the
j. l.. McCaulley home near Hollandale.
j. E. Harris, Joe Ley, H. R. Carter,
Harry Denil and Lewis Girardin were
business callers at Mineral Point Fri
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs Howard Nicholas and Mr.
and Mrs Walter Humbert and sons
Paul and Clyde of Waldwick called at
this place Friday.
Miss Blanche Carter was a Dodgeyille
caller Friday.
Carl Cant and Marjorie Cockings of
Waldwick visited Friday at the John
erase home.
Mr. and Mrs Clarence Van Matre and
son Leland of Fayette visited at the
II. r. Carter home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs Ford Carter and family
visited at the Frank Duncan home
Monday.
L. j. Carter of Mineral Point is visit
ing his daughter Mrs H, R. Carter at
this place.
Kramer Brothers purchased a new
Buick Six from A. T. Spang Monday.
Frank Bergman of Dodgeville was a
business caller here Tuesday.
Misses Mamie and Cecilia Weiskirche1
of Dodgeville are visiting here this week
Miss Lillian Burns spent from Wed
nesday until Friday at Dodgeville.
Charles Bond was Dodgeville call
er Wednesday.
Misses Jane and Lizzie Ley of Min
eral Point are visiting here this week
Several car roads of cattle were ship
ped from here Tuesday and Wednesday
accompanied by R. II. Harris, Jimmy
Burns, Robert Jackson, and James Hig
gon.
Mrs Wilson Baker of Blauchardville
visited at the H. R. Carter home Tues
day
Volney Whitford was business call :
er at Blanchardville Saturday.
i. w. Anderson of Mineral Point was
business caller here Tuesday.
Miss Belle jackson of Mineral Point
visited at the Robert Jackson home at
Bethel Thursday
Mr. and Mrs Frank Hughes of Cambria
| returned to their home Tuesday, after
visiting few weeks with relatives at
this place.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-09-07
GREEN SHELLED FLEAS.
Tiny Parasites That Attack Nearly All
Fresh Water Fish.

Fresh Water Fish.
Scarcely any species of fresh water
fish is free from the attacks of the lit
tie DISLIKE fish flea, its fattened, green
ish body being pressed close against
the skin of the fish.
The so called fish louise is neither flea
nor louise, but member of a simple
group Of crustaceans, we'll known to
naturalists for the parasitic habit Of
most of its members
1t is far from having reached the ulti-
mate degeneration Of the chronic par
asite, however, and often forsakes it's
victim to enjoy the pleasures of the
free.
I have watched the fish feas during
these excursions into the open water,
apparently engaged in their gambols-
tiny greenish disks dashing hither and
thither in direct course, diving sudden
ly downward or upward or turning over
and over in series of rapid somer-
saults, which have been reckoned to
number some hundred a minute.
Should a fish flea wish to rejoin a
host it approaches until it is caught
up in the swirl of water which accom-
panies the movement Of the fish, and,
SO soon as it touches, it lays quick hold
upon the skin of it's victim by a pair of
peculiar sucker organs, placed ON the
under surface near the mouth.-London
Tit-Bits.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-09-07
DR.. w. @. HALES
MODERN DENTISTRY
AT RIGHT PRICES
ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

Mr. and Mrs Walter Van Mise and
children, who were guests of Mr. and
Mrs William Mcneil. returned Thurs
day last to their home in Hampton,
Iowa.
Miss Florence Rink has gone to Ros-
cOe, H., to teach English as assistant
principal in the high school.
The following named Comrades of
George H. Legate Post No. 1876 attended
the funeral of Comrade O. E. Minor at
Belmont on Sunday, September 3:
George Jeuck, Sr., S. E. Shepard, W. W.
Williams, B. T. Prideaux, j. B. Pri-
deaux, Henry Pitts, George Harris,
Joseph Arthur, G. Spensley and John
Grace.
Willard Seaman came up on motor
cycle from Freeport Sunday, and visit :
ed until Tuesday with his mother, Mrs
Susan Seaman, and his aunt, Mrs
Hannah Miller. Willard is an indus
trious, capable, young man and keeps
steadily employed at his trade as
a plumber.
A reception will be held in the Con-
gregational Church Thursday evening,
September 7, at 7 80 O clock in honor of
Rev. w. j. G, Bond, who has been in
the ministry 40 years. All those who
make this church home are invited.
Mr. and Mira M. Morgan and son, Mr.
and Mrs Edward Morgan and family of
Seymour, Mr. and Mrs James Cassidy
and family and Rose McQuaid of Oar
lington visited at the home of John Nc
Quad last Sunday
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-09-07
Diana of Ephesus.

Ephesus was one Of the twelve Ionic
cities Of Asia Minor and was situated
in Lydia, near the mouth of the river
Caystrus. According to Strabo, it was
founded by Androclus, son of Codrus
1t ultimately came into possession of
the Romans, and in the time of Au-
gustus it was the greatest place of
trade of all the cities of Asia west of
the Taurus. st. Paul resided there
three years, but the destruction of its
great temple by the Goths in 26O A. D.
gave it a blow from which it never re-
covered. This was the famous temple
Of Diana. Near the western extremity
of the town are still to be seen some
massive structures, which have since
1868 been carefully excavated It is
now certain that these stand on the
famous temple SITE
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-09-07
Joss Sticks.

The composition Of the candles called
joss sticks, which are used in al the
religious ceremonies of Buddhism, for
a long time remained a mystery, the
preparation oflthe sticks being intrust-
ed to certain persons chosen from a
limited class. A French chemist, how
ever, learned the manner of making
joss sticks in 1ndo-China. A stem of
bamboo is rolled in preparation con-
tanning fourteen different odoriferous
drugs, two of which are significant as
shown" knowledge Of chemical and
physical properties. These are AGO.
mite, which serves to protect the sticks
against the attacks of rats and mice,
and camphor, which causes them to
burn steadily without being periodical
ly extinguished
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-09-07
SIRIUS AND THE DOG DAYS.
Time Has Worn Away the Link That
Bound Them Together.


The dog days, when excessive heat
is supposed to prevail, begin July 3,
according to the ancient reckoning, and
continue to Aug. II. All sorts of tradi.
tons and superstitions are connected
with this period, and various dates are
also given.
In some sections the dog days are
said to begin on July "a and to end on
Aug. "a, while still others attribute the
malevolent influence of the dog star
upon the earth to the period from Aug
to Sept. 4, in accordance with the an
cient Egyptian reckoning.
AS a matter Of fact, the rising Of the
dog star, CAMS MAJORS or Sirius, has
nothing to do with the affair at all.
The rising Of that star has been so ac-
tolerated by the procession of the equt
noxes during the passage Of more than
1900 years that the corresponding con-
ditions for the ancient dog days no
longer exist.
In ancient times in the ATTITUDES of
the Mediterranean the period of great
est heat nearly cOrresponded with that
time in which the dog star rose at the
same time with the sun. To this con-
junction all antiquity and all the later
followers of judicial astrology attrib-
uted q malignant influence.
Among the modern notions regarding
the dog days is the absurd belief that it
is during this period that dogs are most
likely to go mad.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-09-07
VAST AREA OF TEXAS.
Some Of the Magnificent Distances In
the Lone Star State.

Some Of the Magnificent Distances In
the Lone Star State.
Those who live in the east and north
have little or no conception of the mag
nificence of distances in Texas. Here
are just a few figures that will help to
illustrate the vastness of area of the
Lone Star State.
The distance from Houston to Ell
Paso by the nearest rail route is 1888
miles, which is only ia miles less than
the distance from New York to Chi
cago, 947 miles.
1t is 800 miles by rail from San Anto-
MO to Ell Paso. This is ia miles
greater than the distance from Chicago
to Pittsburgh.
The distance from Echo, Tex, the
most eastern point On direct railroad
route, to Ell Paso, is 944 miles, or three
miles less than the distance from New
York to Chicago.
The distance from Brownsville, Tex.
on the gulf coast, the easternmost
point on the Texas-Mexican border, to
Ell Paso, the western terminus Of the
border, is more than 1000 miles. This
is greater than the distance from New
York city to Tampa, Fla, or to Spring
field, Ill. 1t is greater than the dis
lance from New York to st. Louis by
40 miles.-Philadelp Ledger.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-09-07
PRESIDENT ACCEPTS
LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE
100000 See Ceremonies at
Memorial Structure.

Hodgensville, KY, Sept. 5.-Stand-
ing before the log cabin in which
Abraham Lincoln was born, now
housed in a magnificent memorial
structure, President Wilson, in behalf
Of the United States, accepted the
Lincoln homestead, acquired by popu-
lar subscription through the Lincoln
Farm association. The President made
his trip to Hodgensville wholly one
Of tribute to the memory of Lincoln,
declining all invitations to make
speeches in the political campaign.
"How eloquent this little house
within this shrine is of the vigor of
democracy" exclaimed the President
as he spoke of Lincoln as exemplify-
ing the American spirit as showing
the heights which men of lowly birth
may attain.
eve are not worthy to stand here"
said he, unless we ourselves be in
deed and truth democrats and serv-
ants of mankind, ready to give our
very lives for the freedom and JUS
tice and spiritual exaltation of the
great nation which shelters and nur-
lures u.s.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-09-07

During a social evening a woman
sang for the guests. One Of the guests
turned to meek looking little man sit
ting at his side and said: "How awful!
Who can she beY'
'That,' replied the man addressed
"is my wife,"
ooh, 1 b-b-beg your pardon" slut.
tered the other. "She's really al
know she'd sing beautifully if she
made a better selection of her music.
Who do you suppose wrote that song?'
II am the author of that song," re-
piled the meek looking little man.
Argonaut
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-09-07
The Elevator Boy Protests,

Did you ever stop to consider the
feelings of an elevator boy in an Of
flee building? How'd you like to spend
your days in a cage, goin' up, comm
down. same bad air, same old shafts
slippin' by, never nothin' to see? How
dye like it on sunny day when you
were dyin' to play baseball?" says the
elevator boy.
II never thought about it at ALL" the
passenger answered.
"Well, l have. I thought about it
most of the time fer four years. Even
the fellows in Sing Sing gets out some
times, but we don't. When I get to
feelin' 1 can't stand it, think Of block
after block of office buildings in this
town, every one of 'em with fifteen or
twenty cages, and fellow like me in
every one of 'em, spendin' his life goin'
up, comm down, goin' up, comm down
and outside the world goin on
American Magazine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-09-07
Foruot His PoIIteness.

De Witt, little chap, borrows Rey-
erend Smiths kitten to play with. The
other day he returned the kitten and
said: "Mr Sniff, here is your titten
l brought home" The old gentleman
who enjoys hearing De Witt talk,
said: whats that, De Witt?' why,
l brought your titten home" The pas
tor shook his head, and looked puz-
zled. "Oh," exclaimed the disguised
boy, dropping the kitten and turning
his back on the minister, "it's your
d fifty tat!"-Cleveland Leader.