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The Keota news., 1921-10-21
Walk OUT OCTOBER 80
100000 MEN WILL Dc INVOLVED
IN GENERAL STRIKE THROUGH.
OUT UNITED oTATES.
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Chicago.-Final arrangements for Q
general railroad strike intended TO tic
up the nations transportation syatem
through walEOut Of the 100000 en-
ployes are rapidly nearing completion
with developments, bringing two Inn
pOrtant changes In original plans.
Foremost was decision not to include
the Pennsylvania lines and the Erie
railroad In the carriers on which the
first walkout II scheduled to begin ct
O q. M, Oct. 80.
Washlngton.--Fedcru action In con.
nection with the threatened railroad
strike still was confined to confer.
enccx brought about by President
Harding, between tho Interstate Com
mcrcc Commission and the public rep.
rexentntivcx on tho railway labor
board. Consideration Of the major
problem presented by q prospective
paralysis Of the carrier system. with
winter near. has been resumed BY the
two government agencies. which have
In charge practically complete regula'
tion Of railroad affairs.
Members OF the conference MAIN
tained silence AZ to the basis on which
the problem would he discussed. leav.
ing ~ the only hint the White House
statement that Prexidcnt Harding had
deemed 1t necessary to bring together
the commission and public members Of
the boards.
The impression given was that. hav.
Ing turned the matter over to the aeen-
cies established by law to handle It.
President Harding would await the
outcome Of the conferences.
In labor circles, however, the expec'
tation was expressed that the legal
branch Of the government would be
utilized.
II presume that the next thing will
be the Injunction" President M. II.
Johnston Of the International Associ'
alton of Machinists remarked.
He did not give the basis for his
expectation and there were no inalca.
tions from other sources that govern.
ment officials were preparing to ap-
peal to the courts.
In view Of the statement OF rccog-
nixed leaders of the railroad unions
that no special consideration would
be shown mail trains, official Wash.
lngton looked to the Postoffice De-
partment for the first defensive"
move.
The Keota news., 1921-10-21

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Doing an oeeasional sneese 80
a thoeo oecasioae Usually elnok-
I'M yo1 toboeeo, ] en- writing 70
mSotioo . point which might b
uood 81 your sdysstising . your
advantaee. which 70 my knovI-
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advogt30om6nts 70 dato.
Your tobacco possesses the pof!
t;eulaF quality q not beiag rub:
"a too fno, . . great many q
IT, various brands q tobacco afes
s1d thiO should b . great selling
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pegisnces : glsat deal d dmeu!ty
q kospinG The stem q his pipe
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to6oeeoe, which practically d.
ways aTe drawn into and block -
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WbieA I havo notieed and hopo
that & may b d ~ 70 you.
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The Keota news., 1921-10-21
Werkinssnsn's carslsssneea

Workinosmen's caroloosNooo.
OF ali tho accidents TO workmcn
which occurred In the plants Of the
United States Steel corporation. only
about 5 per cent were due to machinery
causes. The others came under the
head of hand labor. and It Is claimed
thnt half Of these might have been
prevented BY the exercise Of q little
cnrc by the workmcn. In analy1ing
the causes Of any group Of 100 &C.
citients It has been found that 90 per
cent Of them might have been pre-
vented by the victims themselves.
The Keota news., 1921-10-21
rw.r.y.four Wounded In Riot.

Cairo, Egypt.-Rioting followed the
arrival by steamer Friday Of Said
Zagloul Pasha, former minister Of Jus.
tice and a Nutionalists leader. Twen.
ty.fOur persons were wounded. Author.
titles have not permitted ZaslOul to
land.
The Keota news., 1921-10-21
A Lone Admission.

n Lone A0mtooa00.
"T.ook me In the face, SIR"
lie rnisetl his eyes timorous1y.
"Now. sir. deny. II you dare. that
you married me for my money!"
ut must have been for your money!"
he fnltcred.
The Keota news., 1921-10-21

From . girls point Of view. to bs
able to wear small shoes Il . great
feat.
The Keota news., 1921-10-21
oedlss % Karats

oodiee % karats
He-I want to get you the finest -
saeement ring In the world What
Kind Of stone would you like3
She-One like David In the Bible
used.
He-Neaningf
she-The kind that1l knock 'em
dead.-Wayside Tales.
The Keota news., 1921-10-21

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onnoy1ne0 q
smoking.
You aro not
likely to BE-.
eoue an Edge.
Woeth ian &n-
ply On this &C.
count. You Wm
want . smoking
tobacco which
has tie mvoe
and fragrance
pa1ectlymet
Ing your tn8.
Vj0ull tasta.
EdReWo4th
The Keota news., 1921-10-21
Does Your Tobacco
Sit Down into tie
Stem Of Your Pipe?

Hdeswesth Tobacco goss out into
- Voe6 20 mains - own 6lende. u
r. Rood smoking tobacco. We dat
M % malce many claims foe i.
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
RECALL OLD COLONIAL DAYS
Pearl Chain OF American independence
May Be Traced Through Old
New England Attics.

Scattered here and there all throuoh
New England are attics of more than
usual interest. Many of these are in
timateIy connected with early history
One of them is found in the old Cod
dington house at Quincy, Mass, known
as the Quincy mansion, and now in
the possession of the Colonial Danes.
Here. Mary Northend writes i'm the
Boston Transcript. in the early DAYS
before it was remOdeled by Edmund
Quincy. a group of free thinkers gath
cred. including Wheelright and Anne
ward banished on account of their
liberal views, which did not coincide
with those of the Puritans.
In the upper story, a low, dingy at
tic. with it's secret staircase behind
the huge chimney, still remains in
tact On account of it's peculiar con-
struction it might be termed double
attic. A trapdOOr leads from one part
into another division through which
escape can be made to the galleries
below and thence to the ground.
John Hancock, who married Doro-
thy Quincy. is reputed to have spent
a night in the nursery across the hall
from the attic. By hiding here, he
foiIed the British who we're searching
for him. and later on used the secret
passageWay to escape. All doubt that
he was at one time in this room is sat
isfactorily hanished by his initials 81.
H." scratched on one of the windows
with a.diamond The words "You I
love and you alone" scribbled on the
wall are also ascrbed to him.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
English Roads.

Four times only in English history
has there been a studied effort to pro-
vide new roads or improve the road
system. The Romans built the great
military roads, like Waiting street, by
which in part the modern motorist
travels from Liverpool to London and
then there was lapse of LOO years
until Elizabeth. 1t Is curious that
neither Alfred nor William the Con-
queror nor Edward nor Warwick the
kingmaker should have set himself to
roadmaking, the first need of every
army, but so it was. The Elizabethan
effort was only one symptom of the
new progressive public spirit to which
England owes the Elizabethan poor
law and a revival. If not~a recreation,
Of tile ordered life of shire and village.
Christian Science Monitor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
The Cliff DWeIIers.

Cliff-dwellers is the name of a race
of Indians, formerly living in the cliffs
bordering On the valleys of the Rio
Grande and Rio Colorado. Their homes
were built in the recesses of the cliffs
at a height often of several hundred
feet from the ground, and at the pres
ent time seemingly inaccessible, as the
former paths that led to them nearly
all have been destroyed by the crum-
bling away of the rocks. The dwellings
sometimes consisted of many rooms,
and in some cases were two, or more,
stories high, hewn in the rock, with
wooden lintels in the doors and Win
dows, which were probably closed
with skins or blankets. The walls were
finished with plaster of clay. How
the inhabitants subsisted is not known,
but probably mainly by hunting and
fishing, as the soil about these lOcali-
ties was barren. The Pueblo Indians,
who still are found in that section,
are thought to be descendants of the
cliff-dwe1Iers. They possess consider
able skill in making articles of pot
terry and the like.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
EACH HAS PLACE In LODGE
According to Custom, the Occupants
OF Indian Tepee Have Their
Allotted Space.

AS there are six different ways Of
building camp fires, it should be ex-
planned that my friends built theirs ac-
cording to the Ojibway custom; that is,
in the so-called Hodge fashion," by
placing the sticks upright, leaning them
together, and crossing them over one
another in the manner of lodge poles.
When the fire was lighted. the wind
shields formed a perfect draft to carry
the smoke up through the permanently
open fue in the apex of the structure.
and one soon realized that of all tents
Or dwellings, no healthier abode was
ever contrived by man. Indeed, If the
stupid, meddlesome agents of civiliza-
ton had been wise enough to have left
the Indians in their tepeeS, instead OF
forcing them to live in houses-the
ventilation of which was never under
stood-they would have been spared at
least one of civilizations diseases
tuberculosis-and many more tribes
men would have been alive today.
On entering an Indian tepee one
usually finds the first space on the
right of the doorway occupied by the
wOodpile; the next by the wife; the
third, by the baby, and the fourth by
the husband. Opposite these, on the
other side Of the fire, the older chill
dren are ranged. To the visitor is
allotted the warmest place in the lodge,
the place of h0nor, farthest from and
directly opposite the doorway, When
the dogs are allowed in the tepee, they
know their place to be the first space
on the left. between the entrance and
the children.-Arthur Heming in
Worlds Work
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
Salt Makers of Bali,

"May the sea never lose its salt y
prays the Balinese, who likes his rice
sailed (Bali is an island near Java,
under Dutch protection) On a we'll
leveled, sandy plot the salt makers
work In the sun, scattering sea water
from light bowls Iskillfully fashioned
from palm leaves. When the sun has
absorbed the moisture, the laborers
carefully skim off the surface sand,
carry it to the matched huts at the
edge of the plot and put it into watts
filed with water. After the sand has
settled in the bottom Of the watts, they
draw off the brine into shallow YES
sells of coconut wood, which they set
out in the sun. In few hours moth
ing remains but pure salt. The salt
gained through this primitive process
is> deemed very precious by the Bali
nese, who will sell his treasures for
salt when money will not tempt him.
But then money is of little value on
Bali. High finance is unknown among
the simple, agricultural people, and
trade is still largely a matter of bar
ter-Asia Magazine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
RECRUITING FOR CIVIL WAR
It Was Done in the Dark
Days of 1868.

An old woOdcut in a Madison ave-
nue. picture-store window shows how
recruiting was done in City Hall park
in Civil war days-1963, to be exact.
Over shanty in the park is a large
painted sign with red headlines, which
reads, according to the New York Her
aid:
Thirty Thousand Volunteers Want
ed: County bonus, cash down, $500 /;
state bounty, SIS; United States boun-
; ty, for new recruits, 1902. Total to
new recruits, $677; United States
bounty to veteran soldiers. 500; total
to veteran soldiers, $777."
Less this handy sum fail to attract
the desired number Of patriots. plac-
ard at the left announces that S15
"hand money" will be paid 'to any
party who brings a recruit" and
among the throng Of citizens and sol
diers about the door one sees at least
two recruits, one of them apparently
in the last stage of fatigue or intOxi-
cation, being hailed to the recruiting
booth by their fellows.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
BusinessIike loads

after lizards. batrachians are likely
to be the popular favorites; indeed, 1
prefer a couple of wise old natter
jack toads to anything else, a writer
says in the London Express.
Their manner when about 70 take a
meal may not be graceful, but 1t is de-
eidedly businesslike. A few strides
take the natterjack alongside his prey
"a nice fat worm.
He arches his neck and waits for an
other sign of life; then, unseen, his
tongue ficks out and with series of
very pronounced swallows" the eyes
sinking into the head each time, the
morseI gradually disappears.
Flies are great favorites with batra-
chians of all sorts and / have now
pair Of natterJacks that will sit side by
side in my hand and flick the insects
off the window pane.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
Australian Cattle Stations.

Afghan camels are practically the
only means of transport in Central
Australia. The North South railway
runs at present from Port Augusta,
near, Adelaide, to Oodnadatta, but be-
yond Oodnadatta the sandy nature OF
parts of the country makes it impos-
sible to use motors or wagons. Central
Australia is by no means desert; it
is q land of wonderful possibilities for
raising horses and cattle. In many
parts the vegetation is luxurious but
the country is so thinly populated that
enormous areas are owned by few
people. One man owns 1000 square
miles-more than half the area OF
Wales. When central Australia IL
opened up and irrigated it may well
become one of the most prosperous
parts of Australia.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
BLAME ANCESTORS FOR COLDS
Descendants of Forest DWeIers In
herit Susceptibility to Drafts,
1t Is Asserted.

Do drafts bother you more than 9th
er people? If so, you probably have
German blood in your veins. This
opinion is advanced by Herr Prof.
Doktor TIL. Zell, according to the Vos-
sische Zeitung.
Doctor ZeI1 says that certain species
of animals exhibit evident dislike for
drafts and that such beasts naturally
live in forests and sheltered places.
Conversely, animals whose natural
habitat is an open space are content
when breeZes blow. Hence a horse
lets the wind smooth his coat while
monkeys and balloons shun such ex-
periences.
The professor in conclusion asks,
els it then wonder that the Ger
mans, who in earlier centuries lived in
wooded regions, are still today more
susceptible to drafts than other pee
pies who come from treeless coun-
tries"
An evident objection to this opinion
as the explanation Of constituencies to
drafts is that the ancestors Of all men
lived in forests, although some races
migrated earlier than others and
therefore It may be presumed lost
their ancestral susceptibility to drafts
earlier
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
Seven Badger Cities Hear Madi-
son Concert.

Wireless stations in Wisconsin, Mis-
souri,, Indiana, Kansas, Illinois, and
Ohio reported hearing the concert by
the Cincinnati Symphony orchestra
in the University of Wisconsin gym
nasium, which. was carried out by
wireless telephone from the station
in the university physics department.
Stations in the following Badger
cities heard the concert: Beaver Dam
Portage, Stoughton, Whitewater,
Lodi, Mt. Horeb and Lacrosse.
Maps are now being made to show
the location of the stations that re-
ceive the concerts.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
NUMBERS THAT PEOPLE LIKE
Results of Curious Inquiry Into the
Preferences of Inhabitants of
Various Countries

There has been announced in France
the result of q curious investigation
concerning preferred numbers" Of the
inhabitants of different countries.
The basis of the investigation is a
study of the various denominations
Of money, postage stamps and other
measures.
It appears that nearly all races
show marked preference for the
numbers two" "three" and "five,"
medans avoid the number "three."
Neither in Turkey nor in Persia, it
appears, does one find trace Of this
number, and it is scarcely found in
Egypt.
Among the French and other Latin
peoples "two" and five" are more
popular than "three," while the Eng
fish prefer "two' and "three" and the
Germans 'three" and "five."
The Chinese resemble the Latin
race in their choice, while the people
Of India have strong liking for
'two.' The number SEVEN is most
used in Russia and other Slavic coun-
tries. The higher numbers are not
much used except in Spanish coun-
tries. as eleven" in Salvador, "seven-
teen" in Mexico, nineteen" in Spain,
and "thirty-one" in Guatemala. The
people Of Hawaii are said to be quite
fond Of "thirteen"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
HOW A CRAB CHANGES SUITS
He Withdraws Painfully From His Old
She'll and Then Quickly Grows
Another.

How does crab grow? Does his ar.
NOR Increase in size TO accommodate
his body as it becomes larger and
larger? AS matter of fact it does
not; the shell never alters at all. The
crab, like growing boy, requires a
new suit every now and then to cover
his growing limbs
He grows slowly inside his shell, I'M
til day comes when he simply cannot
bear it any longer, says writer. Then
he retires to the safest hiding place
that he can find, and Il curious process
begins. Grasping tuft of seaweed
firmly with his legs, he begins to move
his body about inside his shell. In a
short time a crack appears across the
back. Through this the crab gradu-
ally heaves out his soft body.
Then, after a short rest, he sets to
work on the long business of unsheath-
ing his claws, legs and feelers, each of
which is drawn out Of it's armOred COW
ering, just as a sword is pulled from
the Scabbard.
Your crab is now the most defense
less creature Imaginable; not only is
his body as soft as butter, but he is
quite unable to move, for the unshell-
ing process has completely exhausted
him.
He remains perfectly still, trusting
that he is well concealed from foes.
And as he waits you see him growing.
There was not room for much expan-
sion inside the shell, so he makes up
for lost time once he is out of it.
In a short time new shell begins
to form, and before many weeks have
passed he is as full armOred as ever,
and several sizes larger
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
Stretch Tired Muscles.

Here are few suggestions for
building up the nerves. Sleep always
on a low pillow, drink fresh, pure, un-
diluted cod liver Oil, eat eggs, cram
berries, apples, maple sugar, onions,
beans and celery. Sleep at least eight
hours during the "a and nine hours
will be better
If you are tired you can pull your
self out of that state. When tired
and fatigued take a few minutes of
and literally stretch out Of tiredness
and into a state of vigor and vitality.
Lie fiat on your back, slip your toes
under the foot of the bed Or any
place where they may be held firm,
and pull mp as lard as you can with
out rising .frosn 'hat fiat position. DC
fhis several tir,"s md then after 3
brief rest, repe,t III p4Fnielit.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
Women's Secrets.

There's scarcely a woman in ex-
istence who can visit the hairdressers
and avoid telling the whole story Of
her life to the assistant who is Civ
ing her a shampoo and hair wave.
Even a simple cut and SINCE often
induces the most reticent woman to
yield up the carefully guarded Sc
crets of a lifetime"
Every woman knows that she can
find it in her heart to forgive man
for many kins-she might condone lar
ceny, think lightly of arson, or even
excuse murder. but she will not ex-
tend zen a death-bed pardon to a
man who waves his hair by artificial
mems. From Educating Ernest.
ne by Florence A. Fitzpatrick.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
1.-THE Exception Proves the Rule"

With the person who thinks about
the things he says, this much-used ex-
preston must chit a snag" every time
it is used. For exception cannot prove
rule. Indeed. every bona ide ex-
ceptiOn weakens a rule.
1t is a change in the connotation
of saying, prove all things" and so
responsible for it's present misuse
For in the early days of the English
language prove" meant test" as
when ST. Paul said, "Prove all things"
And so when it was said that the ex-
eeption proves the rule there was
nothing illogical about it. Exceptions
do put rule to test. Either they
soon yftiate the rule or the rule is
strong enough to bring them within
its mandate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
(Reprinted from Milwaukee Journal.
The Home Paper.

The country newspaper is coming
into its own. Country neighbor-
hoods grow closer together; interests
are more clearly seen to be mutual
interests, and the medium which
brings news of friends in the COM
munity and what they are doing, of
the plans for lettering the rural com
munity, of other people with the
same interests is, as it has always
been, the small town newspaper. For
it lives in and for and with the COM
munity.
But there is a wider field for the
rural newspaper. Few guess how
many thousands of these papers are
received in every large city. The
metropolitan press is enough to bring
information of the great world, but
the home town paper is the link with
the early life of many city men and
women. They read it together in
fancy around the living room table in
the old home. An item here and
there carries them back to@days that
are dear to memory-good, whole
some days, in a community where
they knew everybody, and whether
he lived or died, prospered or suffer-
ed hard luck or went a journey
meant something.
The city is waking up these days
to find how much it depends on the
country--to feed it, to bring its new
contribution of fresh new blood, to
take up the shock of hard times The
country newspaper is suggesting this
week that all the sons and daughters
who have gone from the old home
keep it in their minds and revive
their interest through subscribing
to the home paper. 1t is an idea
worth thinking about. How many
city people do not feel that they are
better for the things their country
youth gave them? How many would
be better citizens of the great repub-
lie if they kept their touch with the
rural regions which are it's life-blood
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
The I'll Wind.

The newly elected mayor of coun-
try town was about to make his first
journey in that capacity through the
place. The townspeople had arranged
that from an arch of flowers, under
which he was to pass, floral crown
should be hung, surmounted by the
words, HE we'll deserves it." But
the wind blew away the crown, and
when the mayor passed under the
arch only a rope with a moose at the
end of it dangled, with "He we'll de-
serves it,"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
ouppresslno a Squeak

Recently it has been discovered at
Macclesfield, in England, that a brake
block on cart must not by virtue
of an old law be allowed to squeak.
A quarry owner was summoned for
allowing cart to be driven without
an appliance for lessening the noise
caused by the brakes, and though he
pleaded that the cart did not make
as much noise as many motorcars. he
had to pay the costs of the prosecu-
ton. Macclesfeld is town where
they make silk; will they some day
discover that there is an ancient law
forbidding silk to rustic?
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-11-24
DimpIes Tissue Defects.

A dimpled cheek is considered a
mark of beauty, but in reality it is
caused by a deefct in the tissues which
lie under the skin. The dimple is a
dent or depression in the skin Oh a
part of the body where the flesh is
soft The tissue under the skin is
composed Of tibers which help to hold
the skin firm. These fibers are not Of
uniform length, and sometimes there
will be a collection of the shorter f.
bers all in one spot