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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
Gratitude in Strange Garb.

Bishop w. r. Lambuth in his inter-
esting book, Medical Missions" tells
of a native of India whose wife went
for treatment to a mission hospital.
On her return he wrote as follows to
the woman physician in charge Of the
hospital:
"Dear She: My wife has returned
from your hospital cured. Provided
males are allowed in your bungalow,
would like to do you the honor Of
presenting myself there this afternoon.
But l will not try to repay you !;
vengeance ,belongeth to God"
Another, whose wife did not sur
vive, expressed himself thus:
"Dear and Fair Madam: / have
much pleasure to inform you that my
dearly unfortunate wife will be no
longer under your kind treatment, she
having left this world for the other on
the night of the 9th ultimo. For
your own help in this matter I shall
ever remain grateful. Yours rever-
emily"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
PROPER METHOD OF READING
Bacon's Advice to "Weigh and Con-
slider" Is as Valuable Today as
When First Given.

Bacon is right, as he generally is,
when he bids us read not to con-
tradict and refute, not to believe and
take for granted, nor to find talk and
discourse, but to weigh and to con-
slider. Yes, let us read to weigh and
to consider. In the times before us
that promise or threaten deep pOliti-
cal, economical, and social cOntrO-
versy, what we need to do is to in
duce our people to weigh and con-
slider. We want them to cultivate
energy without Impotence, activity
without restlessness, inf1eXibility with
out ill-humOr. I am not going to
preach to you any Indifference to
money, or to the pleasures of social
intercourse, or to the esteem and good
will of our neighbors, or to any other
of the consultations and necessities Of
life. But, after all, the thing that
matters most, both for happiness and
for duty, is that we should strive
habitually to live with wise thoughts
and right feelings Studies in Litera-
ture," Lord Morley.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
GOOD AND BAD WEDDING DAYS
Many and Varied Are the Superstitions
That Have to Do With the
Marriage Altar.

The superstitions that cluster round
the altar are as many and as myS-
ferrous as the ways of maid with a
man.
May has always had bad name as
wedding month since far-away
Roman days. and Lent has been in
equal bad OdOr. But why should June
be considered the luckiest month Of
all the year for trip to the altar,
with October good second? And why
should special happiness await those
who wed when the moon is at the full,
or when the sun and moon are in con-
junction?
Friday is the most unlucky day of
all the week to set the wedding-bells
a-ringing, except curiously enough, in
Scotland, where it seems to be held
in special favor. On the other hand,
for some obscure reason, Sunday has
been a day of good omen for wedding
couples, ever since (and no doubt
long before) Shakespeare made
Petruchio say to Katherine, kiss me,
Kate; we will be married O. Sunday"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
Hawaiian Islands.

A Spanish navigator first discovered
the Hawaiian islands in 1855 but his
country laid no claim to them and they
were practically forgotten. The
British Captain Cook visited the
Hawaiian group in 177S and named
them the Sandwich islands. Still the
islands were practically unknown.
Then, following the close of the Ameri-
can Revolution. American ships began
to sail the seven seas in growing
numbers, and in 1889 the first ship
flying the Stars and Stripes-from
Boston-vislted the Hawaiians. IT
was the first of many from the same
port, carrying traders. whalers and adj
venturers; and soon the natives had
learned Of the republic on the con-
tinent to the east, and came to con-
slider Omitted States" and Boston"
synonymous. - National Geographic
Society Bulletin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
First Firemen.

Fire-fghting organizations of men
are known to have existed in the
Second century before Christ. Heron
of Alexandria, 200 years before the
Christian era, in an old manuscript
which has escaped destruction, de-
scribed an hydraulic machine used
in Egypt during the time of the Ptole-
mics. 1t was composed Of two brass
cylinders resting on wooden base
with pistons fitted into them-in its
principles practically like our present
engine.
The Romans had squads of men to
carry water in "hamae," or light vases,
to the scene of an outbreak, where it
was projected on to the fire by those
in charge of the "siphones" or hand
pumps. The precise nature of this in
strument has not been determined, but
from specimens found in excavations it
must have been much like the old-fash-
toned syringe used by gardeners. These
large organizations of men gave the
Roman authorities trouble by their
turbulence.
Mention is made of the medieval
use of forcing pumps as fire engines at
Augsburg in 1913.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
BEST THAT LAWYER CAN DO
Discovery of the Preponderance OF
Doubt Is About All That He
Can Hope For.

A member of the bar tells of
young man from the West who, some
years ago, was so fortunate as to be
enabled to enter the law offices Of
well-known New York firm of law
yers. Very soon he was intrusted
with case, although a very simple
one. He was asked by the head of
the firm, a distinguished jurist known
throughout the land, to give an opin-
ion in writing.
1t was observed when this opinion
was submitted that, with the touching
confidence OF the novice, the young
man had begun with the expression:
II am clearly of opinion"
The head of the firm smiled as his
eye caught this and he said:
my son, never state that you are
clearly Of opinion on law point. The
most you can hope to discover is the
preponderance Of the doubt. "-Ex-
change.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
Concerning the Brain.

Whether a persons brain becomes
larger after intellectual development
is still disputed question. Smith Ely
Jeliffe, an authority on the subject,
says: weight of brain, however, has
no direct relationship with intelli-
gence, as idiots brains are known to
have weighed just as much as those
of the ablest men. Intellectual ca
pacity consists in the great multi
plicity of nerve cell connections While
1t is true that number of celebrated
men of recognized brain power have
had large brains. there are many more
Of equal capacity whose brain weights
have net been rApso-tahIe..
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
Explaining Lunar Bands.

Puiseux, the distinguished selenog-
rapher of the Paris observatory,
some time ago reached the conclusion
that the curious rays or bands ex-
tending in straight lines away from
many lunar craters, such as the cele-
brated tychO, are produced by the
deposition of volcanic ashes carried
to great distances by the winds that
happened to prevail when the erup-
ton occurred. He accounts for the
relative narrowness of these bands
which are never more than 30 miles
broad, although their length is some
times many hundred miles, by sup
posing that only the central axis of
the deposit has remained, the less
dense borders having been destroyed
by the denuding forces of the air when
the moon had considerable atmos-
here-Washington Star.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
VARIETIES OF HUMAN FOOD
Decidedly Odd Material SometimeS
Employed for the Purpose Of Pro-
vidinq Nourishment

1t is interesting to consider some OF
the more or less odd material which
man has been led to choose for the
purpose of food Environment, Of
course, must be a factor in regard
to this choice, and necessity also. It
is hard to imagine that earth would
be used as food, and yet such has
been the case in many countries dur,
ing famine. The Laplanders mix earth
with their bread, the Russian uses q
''rock flour" and the poorer classes
in Hungary (where now nearly every
one Is poor) are driven occasionally
to eat an earth which contains only
a trifling proportion of nourishing
principles.
The use of Seaweed as food is an
example of the determining factors
of both necessity and environment.
1t is not a little astonishing to find
that number of seaweeds are really
edible and nourishing. Perhaps the
best known example is laver, which
is kind of stew made from weed,
an algae. The laver made on the De-
vonshire coast of England, and to be
found in some London shops, is said
to be excellent. The sea algae, in
deed, prove on analysis to contain a
considerable proportion of heterogeneous
matter, and as they are usually ten
der, they are digestible. There are
also several sea MOSES which are es-
teemed for their esculent properties.
Agar sugar is another example of a
sea yielding a nutrient jelly. 1t is
supposed that the edible birds nest
so highly esteemed when prepared in
the form of soup by the Chinese has
it's origin in the birds feeding on
agar sugar. On the other hand, 1t is
said that the substance of which the
nest is composed is secreted from GER
tain glands which are developed dur
ing the nest-building season, but which
lose this function afterward.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
The London Plane Tree.

Citizens of London have reason to
be grateful to the plane tree, which
beauties their city more than any
other English tree. 1t is called the
London plane. With lofty dignity,
clothed in pleasant green, it stands
quietly in the parks and squares, a
cheering sight to many hurrying work
ers. Sometimes it is stunted, but
when it is free to expand it becomes
one of the finest trees in the country.
Some of them in Kew Gardens, ''oh !!
so near to London" are magnificent.
Many London children, who know little
of the beauties of nature in the coun-
try, are familiar with the London
plane. 1t is such a hardy tree that it
flourishes in many strange corners of
the city. 1t is strange to think
that it's origin is unknown. It is
pleasant to know that it came to Lon
don as an outcast FROM the great
family of trees, and, in return for the
sanctuary afforded, has given the
great city of it's best.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
Dogs Bark Almost Speech.

1t is curious fact that dogs bark
only when they are in association with
man. The dog in a state of nature
merely grows, bowls or whines. Posi-
bly, the act of barking is dogs at
tempt at speech; it t5ould certainly
seem like it sometimes; as, for in
stance, when a pet dog sees you car
rying food, he will bark as his way Of
asking for some. Another dog, which
is in the habit of going to bed at SUM-
down, will bark to tell you he is ready,
when the time comes 1t is also curl
Gus that, although the dog is so much
a friend of man, his name is used In
many expressions of abuse and re-
proach. Such phrases probably arose
in the East, where dogs are considered
of very little account.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
I'm A BAD Way
Many Mineral Point Reader Will
Feel Grateful for This Information.

If your back gives out;
Becomes lame, weak or aching;
If urinary troubles set in,
Perhaps your kidneys are "in a
bad way"
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys. Ask your neighbour!
Mrs. j. Bennett, AL Church ST.,
Mineral Point, says: 81 had pains
through my back and kidneys and
across my hips. 1 dreaded to stoop
to pull on my shoes and my head
ached fit to split. Dizzy spells came
over me and / had tired, drOwsy
feeling Doan's Kidney Pills were
recommended and 1 sent to Metz's
Pharmacy and got two boxes. l used
them as directed and they cured me
of the complaint. l am pleased to
recommend Doan's to others for they
certainly are beneficial to me-"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Bennett had. FOster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
NOT EASY TO CRIPPLE CRAB
Nature Has Provided That Lost Leg
or Claw May Be Replaced in
Short Time.

"For you yourself, sir, should be
as old as l am, if like a crab you
could go backward" True, Hamlet,
true, but crab can also walk for
ward and sideways. At the bottom
of warm salt water, where he likes
to take his leisure, the crab walks
slowly about on the tips of the sec
ond, third and fourth pair of legs, and
then as you may see, he walks back
ward, forward and sideways, though
he seems to prefer the sidewise gait.
Generally he folds his heavy claws, or
pincers, and works his paddles with a
lazy sculling motion to assist him on
his walk.
One of the many remarkable things
about the crab is his ability to throw
off or drop his legs and claws and
grow them again. The scientists call
this "autotomy," or 'the automatic
throwing off of appendages of the
body and then renewing them" If
q crab is seized by leg or claw in
the water, it often throws it off and
escapes, and at the place where he
breaks off his own leg nature has fur
nished an arrangement which pre-
vents excessive bleeding. This phe-
nOmenOn is common among cruSta-
ceans, of which the crab is one.
AS an example of "autotomy" the
United States bureau of fisheries has
the record of a crab which was kept
under observation in a small cage
beneath salt water. When put in the
cage the crab had lost it's left claw.
Day by day new claw grew and the
rate of growth can be had from the
fisheries bureau. At the end Of 81
days the left claw had been restored
and was the same size as the right.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
Times for Silence.

The value of silence depends alto
gether on it's relation to time, place
and circumstances. Scripture says,
"there is time to speak, and time
to be silent" There are occasions when
to be silent is cowardly and criminal.
And there are other occasions when 1t
is a mark of character and discrimina-
ton to keep bride on the lips. When
your friends reputation is being de-
famed unjustly, not to defend him
openly is mean betrayal. On the
other hand it is honorable to practice
a friendly reticence when you know
the charge against him Is probably
true and you feel you cannot in justice
to yourself defend his innocence
Exchange.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
Figure 1t Out.

How many apples did Adam and
Eve eat?
Some say Eve eight and Adam two
"a total Of ten only.
Now we figure the thing out far diff
ferently: Eve eight and Adam eight
alsO-tOtal 16.
We think the above figures are en-
tirely wrong.
If Eve eight and Adam 81, certainly
the total will be 80.
Scientific men, however, on the
strength of the theory that the ante
diluvians were giants, reason some
thing like this: Eve 81 and Adam SO
total 1853.
Wrong again. What could be clear
er than if Eve 81 and Adam 812 the
total was 1913?
I believe the following to be the
true solution: Eve 814 Adam and
Adam 81c4 Eve-8938.
Still another calculation is as fol-
lows: If Eve 814 Adam, Adam
1922 oblige Eve, total 82056.-Ex-
change.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
Playing a Losing Game.

The Chronicle: The 1921 cattle
cleanup has proved to be an unfor-
tunate venture for the cattle men
from what is known as the Mineral
Point district Now and then there
is one who has made a little money
but as a rule it has been an unprofit-
able game the year around. We are
convinced that it is almost impossi-
BILE with conditions anywhere near
normal to make the cattle game pay.
In the spring the demand for feeders
forces the prices up and in the fall
the enormous shipments pull the
prices down.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
Ireland's "MayfIower."

Students of Anglo-Ameriean history
have directed attention to the fact
that Ireland also had her Mayfower.
This was the Eaglewing, which, no
later than 1886, set sail with a full
passenger list Of Ulster men for the
American colonies. There were forty
passengers, among whom were four
ministers. Ill luck began at once, for
uneonquerable winds drove the vessel
to the Scottish coast. A leak then
held the ship in the "Kyles of Butte"
Starting again, she achieved mid-At-
lantic. but there hurricane did much
damage and caused such general dis
couragement that finally the Irish pill
grims made up their minds that Prov
'jdence was frowning on their emigra-
ton, and turned their vessel back
to Ireland.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
Nav Be New Meat Supply.

Reindeer live on the treeless Arctic
plains, where in summer they feed
mainly on the abundant vegetation
which the short arctic summer pro-
duces. and in winter they eat the lich-
en-. commonly called reindeer moss,
which covers great areas in the North.
These plains, or tundras, spread out
over many millions of acres along the
Behring sea and arctic .consts of Alas
ka. The Introduction of reindeer into
Alaska has demonstrated that these
vast stretches OF territory. which hith.
erto have been considered desert
wastes, are really valuable grazing
lands. which will be source, Of new
supply of foed to meet the worlds In
creasirg demands
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
DISAPPEARS IN THE EARTH
Mexico Has Long Been a Puzzle
to Scientists.

One of the most remarkable rivers
in the world flows through the north
ern part of Mexico. 1t borders the
great Mexican desert and to reach il
one need travel only one days jour
ney on horseback from the Rio
Grande, which marks the southern
boundary of the United States in that
region. The extraordinary river in
question has its source in the hills
bordering the desert. 1t flows south
ward for some twenty miles as smooth
" as any well-behaved river, but, sud-
denly, as it flows between high bluffs,
1t becomes whirling rapids-rapids so
strong and so dangerous that no man
has ever been brave enough to at
tempt to cross the rushing waters.
One follows the rapids, as he walks
along the bluff on either side, for
about two miles, and then that river
vahishes utterly. Hence the name
Vanishing river 1t disappears sud-
denly, mysteriously, completely, into
the earth itself, and not into a cave,
as one would suppose Scientists have
tried in vain to ascertain where that
river goes; all that they have yet an
nOunced as the result of their explora-
tiOns is that the river seems to drop
sheer into the earth, as over the brink
of a bottomless abyss, and that this
Vanishing river is the most amazing
body of water known to geographers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-01
Aristocrats in Second Place.

Jud Tunkins says aristocracy is go
ing out of fashion so completely that
anybody who wants real elegant
high-sounding title vii have to join
secret society.
Evening journal., 1921-05-19
CUT
wage SCHEDULE

continued from page one)
organization adopted the following
resolution:
Whereas, At the present time there
is feeling OF depression in building
circles which depression is prevalent
throughout the city. state and ma
tion; and
Whereas. Every factor in indus
trial life is said TO be considering
ways and means TO eliminate this in
dustrial depression; and
Whereas Local Union. No. 626.
United Brotherhood Of Carpenters
and Joiners. of Wilmington, Del. has
always been ready TO meet a condi-
tion when that condition arrives and
whereas. Our members are loyal
patriotic citizens Of Wilmington and
staunch Americans who are ever
ready and willing TO do their share
in the upbuilding Of the city, state
and nation; and
Whereas. There is felt throughout
the nation general sense that VIC
are now in the real readjustment
period when public confidence must
be restored in order that America
may go forward. when progressive
building programs must be carried
out. and adoption of this program
at this time is a necessity II the
Evening journal., 1921-05-19
Mayor Would Haze Us
All Learn To SlUins

Owing 10 a change in plans the
class for swimming instructors. who
a"o going to take a course in life
saf ing, for the purpose OF helping to
o. ch those who cannot swim. TO
tecome proficient in the sport. has
been advanced to next Monday and
T. esday Originally It had been
ri nncd for the week of June 6. but
Captain Fred Mills. Of the Red
Cross teaching stan. has other en-
gagements for that week. but Is
open for the first two days OF next
week. As consequence. all ewim-
mers who are willing TO give OF their
skill and time-a few hours each
evening or day. are requested TO
communicate at once with Red
Cross headquarters and become
listed.
Captain Mills gave some instruc-
tion few weeks ago TO swimmers
and his return here next week will
probably complete the course for
these instructors and II is hoped that
ether volunteers Will be enrolled
and will continue their course of six
lessons later on.
There will be a meeting this after
noon to make final plans for next
week and these will be announced
tomorrow.
Up to date, nearly thirty swim
mers have enlisted in the course as
Evening journal., 1921-05-19

place upon them unequal burden in the support oil Tue
local government.
man who expended 5000 in building home IN iVSo'
before the enactment Of the exemption law wouu De
required to pay the usual tax whereas man VINO Du
a similar house at a somewhat less cost immediaeis
after the passage OF the exemption law would be- F'n'
from taxation Moreover IT asserted that the exemption
would enable the Of newly built house TO rent
at lower rate than the owner OF previouss-Dut
house could afford to accept
The owner OF already built would have TO sure
his taxes part OF the expense and would necessarily
include Il in the rent he collected from his tenant lie
could not compete therefore. equal terms with SUD-
soquent builder who would have what would vrtuEil! De
a bonus Of 500 or from the Government
At the present tme thanks to Senator Ball. OF Deia"ars
there is law in effect in the District Columbia limiting
the rent owners may collect from their tenants II Is as
serted that this Limitation retarded building since
under the present high cost Of construction ana we
Limitations Of the law Of vacant property are not
assured OF reasonable prospect Of securing fair rate
Of profit on their investment II they build
Evening journal., 1921-05-19
AMERICAN PARTICIPATION DEsIRED.

nLANs are being completed, according to Information
LII received by the United states Department OF Labor
through the Chdrens for international Con-
ference on Child Welfare be held in Brussels under the
auspices OF the Belgian Government July Is to p next
American participation in the conference is muoh de-
sired by the Belgian Committee Organization.
The object OF conference the discussion OF series
OF questions dealing with the physical and moral welfare
OF children and the OF infants The discussion will
proceed under four general heads: Juvenile Denquens
and Juvenile Courts Abnormal Children Social Hygiene OF
lChlldhood and War Orphans
Foreign and Belgian experts will prepare reports on
child welfare work in their own countries with special
reference to the questions the list These reports viii
be printed and distributed advance TO all Hho join the
conference.
II is hoped also discuss al the conference the ques-
ton Of creating an international organization for child
velfare steps taken toward the formation OF snch
an organization following the first International Confer
ence OF Child Welfare 1913 held also in Brussels Du
the war prevented the carrying out OF the plan.