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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
LIGHTING A CATHEDRAL.
Simple Vet Spectacular Method at ST.
leaac's, In Petrograd.

In an article in the Atlantic Monthly
describing q midnight mass on Easter
eve in st. Isaac's cathedral, PetrOgrad.
Warrington Dawson says:
"a sudden blaze of innumerable can
dies, hanging high overhead in great
chandeliers, tore away the gloom and
told us that the ceremony was to be
gin At the ISaakieWSki Sober one
match did what switch or button does
elsewhere, save that here the opera,
ton was as ingenious and initiative
as could be devised, instead of being
a machine made cOntrivance scattered
by millions over the world.
"a waXed string, an end of which
hung down within easy reach from the
marble paving, ran from one wick to
another, then from group to group,
from chandelier to chandelier, until
all the candles in the cathedral were
connected The match was applied to
that string. A spark splitting tiny flame
raced up to the first candle and so
sped On it's way, an earnest, busy little
lampiighter, quick as the snap of
finger, adrOit as a monkey and almost
unfailing in it's success.
Among the hundreds l saw it reach
| counted very few which did not blaze
at the touch, and most of these fiared
an instant and sputtered out, showing
that the strings work at least had
been done The general effect, indeed.
was as if each wick had been an cleo
trio bulb, but the whole, instead of
lighting when one switch was turned,
depended upon a hand swept over sue
ceSSive buttons"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
POLICE DOGS HELP
IN WAR ON CRIME
Saaacious Animals Go With Biuecoats
on Patrol In Outlying Sections.

New York-New YOrk's police dogs
are having large part in cleaning up
crime in the Flatbush section Of
Brooklyn and in making it place
where women may walk the streets
safely late at night without fear Of an
noyance. The vigilance and activity
of the dogs have done much to rid this
coy settlement Of detached houses of
tramps, idlers and criminals. The dogs
have also done much in Riverdale,
where several were dispatched after a
series Of burglaries.
The police department is devoting
considerable time to the serious train
ing of these dogs with view to find
ing out to what extent they may be
used in certain lines Of police work.
Kennels for the accommodation Of
twenty-four dogs have been built at
Foster avenue and Ocean parkway,
two blocks from the Parkville police
station, and a good sized dogs hos
pital has been constructed, in which
the animals when i'll may be isolated
and receive veterinary treatment.
There are twelve full grown Belgian
and German shepherd dogs in the de-
partment, and to these may be added
litter of nine German shepherd pup
pies, which arrived at the kennels re-
Gently. The dogs are in charge Of
Sergeant Joseph Hickey, who has thir-
teen patrolmen to assist him in their
handling. A dog is assigned to each
patrolman. Every night the police go
out to patrol with the animals. The
dogs wear large leather muZzles, SO
that they may not bite any one, for
they are powerful enough to tear a
man limb from limb
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
GETS HALF MILLION FOR
HIS OIL PRODUCING FARM
Texan at Goose Creek Waited
Patiently Until Things at
Last Came His Way.

Houston, Tex.-John Gaillard sold
his farm at Goose Greek, Tex, recent
ly for 100000. There were 2G7.7
acres, and he reserved One-half acre,
the ancient burial ground Of the Gail
lard family. The Gulf Production
ed oil leases on most of the farm from
which Gaillard had been drawing a
one-eighth royalty since the Goose
Creek oil field was opened several
years ago. Last August gusher oil
was discovered on the Gaillard place,
and since then the proprietor, known
as the "silent magnate of Goose
Creek" has drawn a half million in
royalties. 1t was to avoid the pay
ment Of these royalties that the oil
company bought the farm outright.
John Gaillard is man who speaks
only when necessary. He was born on
the place forty-eight years ago. His
father took UP the land in the early
command, John Gaillard does not keep
a telephone in the house. His wife
likes the simple life as we'll as the hus-
band.
Since 1907, when the first boring for
oil at Goose Creek was begun, John
Gaillard has silently watched the de-
velopment-and held on to his land.
Hundreds of thousands Of barrels have
gushed from the earth at Goose Creek
since last August, and from every bar
rel the Gaillard family drew it's roy
atty.
If John Gaillard knows what to do
with his money he is not telling any
one AS one of his neighbors remark
ed, "John doesn't need a gyar-deen."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
NEWSPAPER IN THE SKY.
Huge Electrical Device Provides For
Unique Paging System In New York.

Huge Electrical Device Provides For
Unique Paging System In New York.
New York.-New York has developed
a unique paging" system, which goes
the hotel system several to the good.
Now, at night in Manhattan, when they
want to locate any one-it may be an
important business matter-they flash
the call on the Newspaper In the
Sky" the huge electrical device located
high up in the air at the apex of
ton of New York.
1t was inaugurated when President
Frank P. Spellman of the United
States Circus Corporation was wanted
On a particular business matter. He
was somewhere along Broadway, it
was believed. The projectors Of the
Newspaper In the Sky" were appealed
to, and in a few moments the message,
Frank P. Spellman, call Bryant 623,'
was flashed. It had the desired result.
Within five minutes President Spell
man responded. He was walking along
Broadway and read the call in words
of electricity.
It is probably the first time in the
world that such a plan has been re-
sorted to, and now that it's inception
resulted so favorably, no doubt it will
become popular and regular adjunct
Of New York's business life after dark.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
100000 AWAITS LOST ONE.
Search Is Now Being Made For Brother
of Dead Merchant

Denver.-There's a dark man some
where in Colorado who can have a
bundle of money if he'll just speak up.
He's short and stout, and fourteen
years ago, when last heard from, he
had black hair, and if he makes his
identity known he can collect 100000.
That is the amount which awaits
Lewis G. Dodge as a result of the
death of his brother, Charles H. Dodge,
we'll to do merchant of Providence,
R. l. The search for Lewis Dodge is
being made by John e. Garfield of
Greeley, Colo, nephew of Charles
Dodge's partner.
Lewis Dodge came to the Garfield
ranch thirty years ago. Until 1902 he
correspondent regularly with his east
ern relatives. Then his letters ceased
after he left the Garfield employ and
wandered away.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
CAT CATCHES FISH.
Draqs Them From Water to the Shore
and Then Eats Them.

Hancock, Md.-Not content with the
ordinary yarns that are spun by an
glers, somebody is telling tale about
a cat that goes fishing.
AS everybody knows, the ordinary
cat fears water as much as a tramp
despises it; but, according to the Han
cock man, the cat Of which he talks
and writes Wades into the adjacent
creek, adopts a policy of watchful
waiting for fish to come it's way, and
when this happens it grabs the mem
Der Of the fnny family, Jugs it ashore
and then proceeds to eat it.
A more imaginative narrator Of fish
stories would have embellished the
foregoing yarn with additional details
as to how after getting it's prey to the
shore the cat hunted up some brush
and wood, made a fire and cooked the
fish before eating it, but the Hancock
man wisely refrains from putting such
a strain upon credulity.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
TRAMP PROVES A WOMAN.
After an Arrest One Was Shown to Be
the Others Wife.

Thomasville, Ga. - Investigation of
two supposed hoboes who had been ar
rested and placed in the barracks here
revealed that one of the pair belonged
to the gentler sex.
Upon being arrested the pair gave
their names as Mat Smith and Bill Sea-
rey, but when Bill was found to be a
woman they confessed to being Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Bessent of Jackson
vile, Fla.
They said they were on their way to
Milwaukee, Wis, and as they did not
have funds sufficient to pay their way
there they decided to tramp it, the wife
being unwilling to be separated from
her husband She felt that she could
make the trip better and easier in the
guise Of a man.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
BEWITCHED HIS HEARERS.
When James Whitcomb Riley Recited
One of His Poems.

In his platform career" during
those years when he went about the
country reading his poems. James
Whitcomb Riley saw with his eyes and
heard with his ears what people
thought of him. Never any other man
stood night after night on the stage or
platform to receive such solid roars Of
applause for the reading" Of poems
and for himself.
He did not read" his poems; he did
not "recite" them, either. He took his
whole body into his hands, as 1t were.
and by his wizard mastery Of sugges-
ton left no James Whitcomb Riley at
all upon the stage. Instead the au-
dience saw and heard whatever the
Incompatible comedian wished them
to see and hear. He held a literally
unmatched power over them for riot
Gus laughter or for actual copious tears.
and no one who ever saw an exhibit
ton of that power will forget it--or
forget him.
There he stood, alone upon the stage.
a blond, shortish, whimsical man in
evening ciothes-a figure with "a whole
lot of STYLE and a whole lot of its
own style too! He offered a deferen-
tial predatory sentence Or so; then sud
denly face and figure altered, seemed
to merge completely into those Of
person altogether different from the
poet, and not Mr.. Riley, but HOosier
farm hand, perhaps, or thin little girl
stood before you, "dOne to the life"
Then the voice came, done to the
life," too-done to the last half audi
BILE breath at the end OF husky chuckle
or wistful sigh There was no visible
effort on the part Of the magician. The
audience did not strain or worry for
him as audiences so often do for those
who entertain them, because his
craft lay not in cOntortion, but in a
glamouring suggestion that held spec
tators rapt and magnetized.
Nat GoOdwin's opinions upon the
production OF realistic pathos in COM
edy may be accepted as academic. Mr..
Goodwin said: Il used to recite Good
by, Jim'-until | heard Riley do it.
Then | asked the Lord to forgive me
and never tried it again!'-Booth Tar
kington in Golfers Weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
MAR THREATENS

Certain it is that if President Lincoln
had opened the war by firing upon the
Southern forces, except in defense OF
assailed Government troops, he could
not have commanded anything APP
nroaching a united support from the
Northern people; he would have been
gearfullv censured as having WantOnly
engaged in a great war over issues that
might have been adjusted peaceably by
patience: and none can now assume to
saw what would have been the issue or
such a conflict with the north bitterly
divided because of a sectional war pre-
cinitated by the aggressive action OF the
Government. It was the first gun fired
AGAINST Sumter that crystalllzed the
North, that gave Lincoln the power to
summon patriotic armies to defend the
Ranublic, that assured, in the fullness
of time the utter overthrow OF the Con
fedaracy and the re establishment OF
the great American Republic without
the blot of slavery upon it's escutcheOn'
The above paragraph was written by
Colonel A. K. Mcclure of Philadelphia
in chapter on "Some Forgotten Les
sons of the Civil War" 1t is reprinted
at this time because it contains great
lesson which is directly applicable to
the present hour.
The peace loving people of these
United Slater, under a peace loving,
fOrbearing president, have been com
pelled to sever friendly relations with
the Imperial German government.
AS Lincoln, by his forbearance, won
the united support of the Northern
states for the cause of the Union, so
President Wilson, by his calmness and
forbearance, has won the united sup
port of this great nation; and doubtless
will receive, as he ought to receive, the
support of all the neutral nations Of the
world. A less considerable course of
action would have fallen short of this
great contamination, which will be
very potential in ultimately bringing
about IA peace which ought 70 and will
endure.
The latest press dispatches from
Washington say that with peace or war
hanging in the balance, President Will
son is determined that nothing shall be
done by this country to merit reproach
Every word and deed must be legal and
right, and fully justified by the laws OF
nations and humanity.
In this great crisis the American
people are cool, calm and steady. They
are united as never before. They are
lining up behind President Wilson; and
they will support him with courage and
fortitude.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
Fogs of Peru.

Peru has hundreds Of square miles
along it's coast Of rainless country. In
this tract rain is never known to fall.
Yet the region is not entirely barren of
vegetation. Some parts Of it, indeed,
are comparative fertile This is due
to the extraordinary fogs known as
"garuas." They prevail every night
from May to October after a summer
that is sultry and extend up to level
of 1000 feet above the sea- Above
1900 feet rain falls.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
WOLF ATTACKS LITTLE GIRL
Half Starved Animal Is Then Slain by
Farmers Near Penn Van.

Farn1eFS wear rem an.
Rochester, n. "a gray timber wolf
weighing about eighty pounds and ap-
parently almost starved, was killed in
a small patch Of woods near Penn Van,
not far from this city.
Lucy Ballard, the tWelve-year-Old
daughter of farmer at Benton Center
near Penn Yam, was on her way to
church when the wolf leaped out at her
at a lonely point in the road. She
screamed and struck at it with her
handbag and fed down the road. Her
cries were heard by Adam Babcock. a
farmer living near by, and when he
appeared the wolf took to the fields
and made its way to the patch Of wood
land
The alarm was given and a number
Of farmers armed with rifles and shot
guns, surrounding the wood, succeeded
in beating up the wolf and killing it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
CARE FOR MINING CHILDREN
Colorado Company to Send Out Dentist
and OcuIist.

Denver.-The eyes and teeth of the
school children in the mining camps
Of a leading fuel and iron company
are to be looked after by the COM
pany's medical and sanitary experts.
The dentist and oculist, travelling sep
arately, will visit all the camps in turn,
reaching each mine about twice year.
The dentist will clean and examine
teeth, furnish brushes without charge
list will test the eyes and furnish
glasses at actual cost. The same ar
rangement applies to the children Of
employees of the company's big steel
plant
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
The Kitchen Floor.

A practical way Of dealing with the
kitchen floor and at the same time
economizing labor, is to cover it with a
plain, dark cOlored linoleum, such as
red, blue, green or black and to polish
it, A shiny surface is easy to sweep
up and keep clean, and if polished once
a week on the other days it need only
be run over with mop. If treated in
this way it will always look nice and
will save at least twenty minutes work
a day.-St. Louis POst-Dispatch.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
TRIED TO EAT A BEDSPRING,
Hospital Patient, Recovering From De-
lirium, Prefers a Steak.

Chicago-"I want nice, big steak:
no more bedsprings for me-" said John
Peterson.
At the Dunning hospital he had torn
a bedspring from his cot and tried to
swallow it. He was deliri0s at the
time. Three surgeons extGcted the
spring, which had lodged in the esopha-
gus.
"Drive me to a restaurant where /
can get that steak" he commanded to
the driver. eff was able to eat bed
spring I ought to be a., to get away
with a steak by this t:me."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
WHEN FILTRATION PAYS.
Lean From Train, Break Your Arm and
Get Cash.

Philadelphia if railroad fire
man leans out of the cab of his loco
motive to f1irt with a red haired wo
man and gets broken arm he is en-
titled to compensation under the law,
so W. B. Scott, a state compensation
board referee, decided in awarding ST.
$40 to Carl Schneider of this city.
Schneider was hurt several weeks
ago near Camp Hill station On the
Reading railway, presumably by being
struck by locomotive going in the
opposite direction. James B. Hass, en-
gineman Of the other train, testified
that he saw a "red haired woman"
flirting with some one on Schneider's
train.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
SUES FOR so CENTS.
Colonel Baylor Names Three Railroad
COMPANIES as Defendants

Colonel Baylor Names Three Railroad
Companies as Defendants.
Atlanta, Ga.-Colonel Henry Bedin-
ger Baylor, Virginian by birth, Geor-
gian by adoption and lord Of San
Souci castle, Bedford place, Atlanta,
fled suit for so cents in the city court
recently.
Colonel Baylor is the man who of
fered his sword to France some time
ago and got a letter from President
Poincare's secretary thanking him. His
suit for so cents names as defendants
the Georgia railroad, the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway company and the Tide
water Power company.
Colonel Baylor charges that the half
dollar is due him for excess charges on
baggage checked from Atlanta to
Wrightsville Beach, N. c., July II. 1916.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
Described.

"Pa, what is meant by reminiscent
mood?"
when your mother is reminding me
of the things promised her before we
were married she may be said to be In
a reminiscent mood, my boy."--Detroit
Free Press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
DEATH TO RODENTS IN
WAKE OF FOREIGN CATS

9 New York.-Cats of all nations
9 have gathered at the Chelsea
9 piers, from West Fourteenth
o street to the Twenty-third street
@ ferry, since the beginning of the
9 war. The rats have been almost
9 exterminated, and the hardest
@ dogs on West street are afraid
9 to poke their noses inside the
Q gates. The cats are mostly sea-
@ going creatures. They prowl
O about in bands Of fifteen to TWEEN
@ ty and live chiefly on bones, dried
@ prunes and raw rubber, which, it
o has been suggested, enables them
o to spring from pier to pier at
3 night in search of prey.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
An Eve to Business.

This play is the worst ever. l am
going to demand my money back"
"Wait until after the next act, Old
man. Ten years elapse between acts
and 2, and you can demand interest on
your money for that length of time."-
Boston Transcript.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
STOPPED Train For Doq.

Upper Sandusky, Ozone afternoon
recently as a passenger train on the
Carey-Findlay branch of the Big Four
neared Huber the brakeman called the
town. Then the train stopped sudden
ly. A couple Of passengers alighted
and looked for the town. They could
not see it. They then discovered that
the engineer had stopped to remove a
stubborn dog from the track.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
LEGAL NOTICES
Fielder & Fielder, Attorneys.
NOTICE OF ORDER FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT
HESITATE ESTATE.

NOTICE OF ORDER FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT
TESTATE ESTATE.
STATE of Wisconsin. Iowa County Court-ss
- In Probate.
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 9th day of
March, A D. 1917, being the first Tuesday
of said month. at ten O'Clock in the forenoon of
said day, thefollowing matters will be heard and
considered:
The application of Maggie Schneider execu-
trix of the last will and testament of Mary
Sieger, late of said county, deceased, for
the examination and allowance of her ad,
ministration account, and that the last will
and testament of said deceased be construed
and the assignment of the residue of said estate
to such persons as are by said will and by law
entitled to same
And it is further ordered, that public notice
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
Iowa County Democrat, weekly newspaper
published in said county.
By Order of the Court,
ALDRo jerks. County Judge.
Dated 9th day of February A. d. 1917,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
fOrtitude

In the event of hostilities between
this country and Germany, the part of
our good citizens of German birth or
descent will be very trying; and other
good citizens should be careful to re-
frain from words or acts which might
make their lot the harder.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
LEN|ENT GOVERNOR
Gave Freedom to One Hundred
and Sixty SIayers.
NEW RECORD FOR CLEMENCY.
Nearly Nine Hundred Convicts Pardon
ed-Moved to Mercy, Especially to
Thieves-Governor Hays Successor
Prepares, Bill For Establishment of
State Board to Consider Pleas.

Hot Spring, Ark.-Full statistics now
available accord to former Governor
George w. Hays, whose term expired
Jan. 10, the record as a wholesale par
doner Of criminals. No state executive
anywhere has ever been SO lenient.
From the time he assumed Office in
1913 he turned out Of the prisons a
drove of Criminals, some of whom had
committed offenses of a vicious ma
ture.
He freed $50 in all, and Of those 100
were murderers Forty-fve serving SEN
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
Mean Thinu!

Maybelle-See the beautiful engage
ment ring Jack gave me last night.
Estelle-Gracious! Has that just got
around to you?
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08

Dare to be true Nothing can need
lie. A fault which needs it most
grows two thereby Herbert.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08

"No peace can last, or ought to last,
which does not recognize and accept
the principle that governments de-
rive all their Just powers from the
consent of the governed, and that no
right anywhere exists to hand peo-
oles about from sovereignty to SOW
ereIonty if they were PROPERLY
President Wilson.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-02-08
Chinese Lanuuaqe.

The Chinese language is reckOned to
be the most unwieldy and intricate In
existence