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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
TALES OF ANCIENT V0YAGERS
Make as Pleasant Reading Today as
They Did When They Were
First Written.

Many of the tales Of voyagers that
were collected by Richard Hakluyt in
the time of Shakespeare are fully as
pleasant to read now as Robinson
Crusoe" or "Gulliver's Travels" and
they have the advantage of being
shorter. Take, for instance, "The
First Voyage of Master John Davis,
Undertaken in June, 1855, for the Dis
covery of the Northwest Passage,
written by John James Merchant, ser
want of the Worshipful Master William
Sanderson." Here we read of the
discovery of a land ''the first sight
whereof did show as If it had been in
form Of sugar loaf standing to our
sight above the clouds, for that it did
show over the fog like a white liste in
the sky"
Mooring the barque in good order,
the captain and his company went on
shore on a small island, where they
found people who showed them a
thing made like a timbrel." which
they "did beat upon with stick. max
ing a noise like small drum Then
John James Marchant goes on to tell
Of the canoes which these people had,
the rocks Of the land Every fair, like
marble, full Of veins of divers colors,"
of their sleds, of their fire backed by
stones laid like wall, of their fruit
like currants, and of the pools of snow
water beside cliffs "Of such ore as
Master Forbisher brought from Meta
Incognita" A pleasant land it was to
discover, and a pleasant land it is to
discover today with the help of some
parts of Hakluyt's tales.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
First Stage in Stars Birth.

The vast black mass, 20,0O0,00O
times larger than the sun, demon
strated to exist in the heavens by the
Dutch scientist, DR.. Pannekoek, seems
to upset all earlier astronomical CAL
culations. 1t is, comparatively speak
ing. so near us that DR.. Pennekoek
suggests that the sun itself must move
around it once in 100000 years
drawing the earth with it. "We be-
lieve that the black body must con-
sist of dust, and that this is the first
stage in the birth of a STAR" said an
expert "As it condenses it gets hot
ter until it becomes luminous and
visible Sudden flares or new stars
have been seen in our lifetime, but
the black cloud of dust appears to be
the real beginning. The amazing fea-
ture is the nearness Of the body. It
is relatively as close to the earth as
a foot rule would appear to be If only
two feet away from your eyes. 1t is
quite possible that even vaster bodies
of this kind exist" The nearness is
relative. The body is $4,000, 900, 0O0,-
600 miles away.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
SEE STARS IN GREAT FLOCK
Contain Equivalent Of Quarter
Million of Our Suns.

Every new invention of the as
tronomer's observatory enlarges the
distance he can peer into space and
measure it's receding boundaries, so
that one can never say which is the.
farthest star.
But we can say which Is at the farthr
est distance measured. This honor is
at present borne by tiny blur Of light
which has no name and few years
ago was not noticed, but which is now
identified in the new general catalogue
of stars as No. 7006-or, more pre-
cisely, N. G. G.. 7006.
It is not really one star, but great
flock Of stars, probably containing
more than the equivalent of quarter
Of million Of our suns, and it is so
far away that If some unknown as
tronomer could flash a light signal
at us from one Of the suns or planets
there 1t would be nearly quarter OF
a million years before that message
could reach us.
: There is good reason to believe that
this flock of stars is moving toward
us. 1t is hardly necessary to say, that
it will take long time coming.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
COLD IN HIGHEST ATTITUDES
Why Volume of Heat Decreases al
One Leaves the Immediate Sur
face Of the Earth.

You would have thought that the
nearer you get to the sun, the warmer
the temperature becomes, wouldn't
you? But this is by no means the
case, for it is much colder closer to
the sun when the latter is shining it's
brightest than it is on the earth.
This is proved by the fact that the
highest mountains, even in tropical
countries, are perpesually snow
capped. Were the air there even
of the same temperature rs that OF
the plains beneath, the snow would
soon disappear
You know, too, thar the higher an
airman flies the more warmly clad he
must be if he is not to suffer from
cold.
The reason for this strange phe-
nOmenon Is that the rays of sunshine
pierce through the upper layers OF
the atmosphere, which offer very little
resistance to them. The earth, on the
other hand. being more solid, cannot
be penetrated so easily, with the re-
suit that we get the full effect Of the
warmth, both as the rays strike the
earth and as they rebound from 1t.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
ASIATicS HAVE FOLK TALES
Popular Stories Prove That Human
Nature Is Very Much Alike
the World Over.

Some hundreds. Of years ago there
lived in Agshelin, little town in Asia
Minor, an imam, or village parson, the
Khoja Nasr-ed-Din Effendi, concerning
whom some interesting tales are told.
One day, it appears, camel passed
along the street in which the khoja
lived, and one of the khojas neighbors
who had never seen camel before
ran to ask him what this strange beast
might be.
Don't you know what that isl" said
the khoja, who also had never seen a
norance. "That is hare thousand
years old"
A great man once gave feast, to
which, with much condescension, he
caused the khoja to be hidden. Ac-
cordingly, on the appointed day the
khoja repaired to the great mans
house and found himself in the midst
of fashionable and richly clad COM
pany, which took no notice of the poor
imam in his threadbare black gown
No one greeted him or spoke to him,
and eventually he was shown by q
servant to the lowest seat. After
little while the khoja slipped away
unobserved and went into the hall,
where some of the mighty ones had
left their outer garments. Selecting
a magnificent gown richly lined with
fur, he put it on and returned to the
room. Nobody recognized this re-
splendent parsonage, whose arrival ex-
cited universal attention. The COM
pany rose to salute him, and the host,
who had previously ignored him, APP
preached, bowling, and inquiring after
his honorable health.
The khoja stroked the sleeve of his
borrowed garment, Answer, fur" he
Sentinel.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
IF THAT NAIL HAD BUT HELD!
Good Story Explains Why His Satanic
Majesty Can Not Endure Sight
of Horseshoe.

Tradition has not designated the
has no such influence in this respect
as the crescent moon is supposed to
have upon rainfall, by pouring out or
retaining luck. The superstition is Of
the vintage Of mortality plays in Mer-
RE England, and is part of the folk
lore of the farm in feudal times; the
horseshoe frightens the devil away.
The story runs that the devil, driven
out of the fertile country into the
rocky hills by the good people, found
one hoof worn to the quick by the
sharp stones. Limping in pain to a
village smithy, he terroriZes the smith
at night into fitting him with an iron
shoe. The canny smith in friendly
chat finds his customer much the same
as the general run of the peasantry.
EmbOldened by the roaring of his forge
fire and the ring Of his hammer on the
anvil, he drives all the nails but one
in the usual manner, clinching them
in the hoof; then, asking his confiding
client to put his hoof on the floor that
he may judge the fit, with mighty
blow he drives the last nail right
through the shoe deep into the oaken
floor.
Leaving the raging devil a prisoner,
he, goes to summon the villagers to
dispatch him. This strategy did not
succeed for the terror-stricken devil
in his struggles wrenched off the shoe
and with bleeding hoof in great pain
escaped to continue his evil practices.
But to this day whenever he sees a
horseshoe hung up he fees the place
in shame and fright.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
A WOMAN'S BACK
The Advice of This Mineral Point
Woman is of Certain Value.

woman IS OF certain value.
Many woman's back has many
aches and pains.
Outlines it's the kidneys fault.
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills
are so effective.
Many Mineral Point women know
this.
Read what one has to say about it.
Mrs. l.. M. Dunn, 200 Clowney ST.,
Mineral Point, says: II had been
subject to kidney trouble since girl
hood and my back would ache for
weeks at a time I felt tired and
drowsy and my head ached had a
heavy feeling. My kidneys were not
acting regularly and | had no appe-
tite. l read about Doan's Kidney
Pills being so good and sent to Pride
aux & Bliss Drug Store and got
four boxes. After using them, my
trouble disappeared and 1 have felt
better ever since. | take pleasure in
recommending Doan'S."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Dunn had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
Mythology.

Hebe was the goddess Of youth, who
poured out the nectar with which the
gods pledged each other. One day,
upon solemn occasion, she tripped
and fell, and was forced to resign her
Office. Her father, Jupiter, secured as
her successor the beautiful youth
Ganymede. Hebe retained the power
of restoring the bloom of youth and
beauty to the aged and, according to
some accounts, 1t was only after She
became the wife Of Hercules that she
gave up her Office Of cupbearer. She
even succeeded In recOnciling her
mother, Juno, to Hercules, who SUI
fered all his life from the hatred OF
the queen of the gods.
Hercules was deified as reward for
his achievements.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
uSnIRlDIUM ONE OF HARDEST
Metal Is Employed in Tipping Of Foun-
tain Pens and for Delicate
Machinery Bearings.

An interesting history attaches &C a
small packet about two and half
inches square which recently arrived in
London. 1t weighed two and half
pounds and was eagerly bought by an
American firm for about $4,000. The
packet contained osmiridium (osmium
and its alloy, iridium), used for the
tipping of fountain pen points and for
delicate bearings of fine machinery.
The discovery of osmiridium, which
Is member of the platinum group OF
metals, constitutes an interesting ro-
nance, the Detroit News states. To-
ward the end of the last year a small
group of prospectors were washing for
gold in one of the river beds in Papua,
British New Guinea. In their eager
ness to find the precious metal they
threw away from their pans blush
gray flaxy substance as worthless.
This was osmiridium, and 1t is eight
times more valuable than gold and
worth at the present time about $500
an ounce.
When the men got back to the set
Element they mentioned the occurrence
to a mining engineer, who Immediately
asked them what they did with the
| substance. They replied that they
left it on the river bank, and the en-
gineer exclaimed, "It must be Osmirid-
| ium."
The next morning the whole party
| started for the spot, only to find on
| their arrived that the tropical rains
| and the swollen river had washed
away most of the precious stuff. What
remained was carefully raked together,
refined and dispatched to London,
where it arrived safely short while
ago, having been heavily insured for
the voyage.
Osmiridium is one of the hardest
metals known and prospectors are
eagerly searching for it in Papua.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
Early Resident Passes Away.

Darlington Democrat: Mrs. Je-
NINA Cowell Hummer. died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert
Hunt, Saturday evening, Dec. 10th.
She had been seriously ill for only a
few days before her death. Mrs.
Hummer, who was widely known in
Lafayette county, had lived out a
long useful life. She was born in
East Kent, England, on March 3,
1871. Her family came to this couil-
try when she was nearly two years
old. They settled at Buffalo. New
York, but later came to KendalltoWn.
Wis. Upon the event of her marriage
to Mr.. Moritz Hummer, the young
people settled at Darlington where
they made a home for themselves
and found a place in the hearts of
hundreds of friends.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
Christmas Fires.

"Peace on earth, good will to men.
Will your Christmas be day of JOY
and happiness, or a day of mourning
Will fire or death in your house, shop
store or church mar the pleasure OF
this and all future Yuletides?
It is up to you.
Fathers have died playing Santa
Claus, because candles ignited the
fiammable suit or whiskers, children
have met death in the same way
Christmas tree fires which burned
or damaged homes, churches and
stores and their precious contents
have been too common.
All this can be prevented.
Let us Danish all paper, cotton or
other combustable trimmings and
decorations, and use instead metallic
tinsel, asbestos fibre and powdered
mica. Paper and cloth, treated to
render them slow burning, can now
De purchased.
A cluster of small, colored, cleo
trio lights is safer and more effective
to light the Christmas tree than can
dies, which children are bound to
light and relight, if not watched,
often to their sorrow.
Setting the tree on firm stand
ard will prevent it's tipping over.
Waste paper and other packing
materials, coming with presents and
decorations should be removed inn
mediately, as also should the tree be-
fore the needles become dry.
Those in charge of large stores,
churches, halls and other meeting
places have an added responsibility.
No combustible decorations must
be used in such places. ALI electrical
displays and window lighting should
be installed by competent electric
ian. Industrial Commission.
Dated, Dec. g.. 1921.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
JON E S D ALE
Edward Girardin had business at
Dodgeville Monday.

Edward Girardin had business at
Dodgeville Monday.
Mrs. w. Stevens and son of Dodge
vile, spent from Monday until
Thursday with relatives at Waldwick
Miss Emma Jungbluth is visiting
at the Olaf Wilburg home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ley are Wis
iting at the John Aide home at Min
eral Point
A number from here attended the
bazaar and supper at Waldwick Wed
nesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Harris were
Dodgeville callers Monday.
Misses Catherine and Gwendoline
Jackson and Richard Jones spent the
weekend at their home here.
Frank and Robert Duncan were
Dodgeville callers Tuesday.
Ward Yount had business here
Wednesday.
Mrs. John Ley spent Tuesday and
Wednesday with relatives and
friends at Dodgeville.
Mrs. James Harris visited Satur-
day at the Willis Harris home at
Blanchardville.
Earl Thompson was a Dodgeville
caller Tuesday.
Mrs. John Ley and son Joe visited
Miss Lizzie Ley at Mineral Point
Wednesday.
Miss Lucille Harris was a Dodge
vile caller Thursday.
Mrs. Chas Buckingham had bust
ness at Dodgeville Monday.
James Jackson was a Hollandale
caller Sunday.
Bree Fitzsimons of Mineral Point,
is spending few days at the Chas.
Buckingham home.
j. E. Harris was Blanchardville
caller Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ley visited
at the J. L. McCauley home Saturday
and Sunday
Jack Burns was Dodgeville call
er Tuesday.
Edward Ley had business at Dodge
vile Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John erase and
daughter Mary visited at the Matt
Uren home at Waldwick Wednesday
and Thursday.
DR.. VIM. Reese of Dodgeville, was
a professional caller Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Jackson went
to Dodgeville Friday to accompany
her daughter Gwendoline home who
is sick.
Matt Ley. Jr of Mineral Point,
is spending a few days with his
cousin, Ben Ley.
Lawrence Whitford visited friends
near Dodgeville Sunday.
Joe Rupert spent Sunday at the
John Burns home.
VIII Ooley is visiting relatives
near Dodgeville.
Mrs. James McGinnity of Hollan-
dale, visited friends here Tuesday.
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
Literature.

condemning the training that helps the
student to distinguish between good
and bad literature, but l do mean to
say that If the reader has not that
within which interprets to him the in
definable something which we call
genius, it will never be revealed to
him by catechisms and anatomical
processes. 81 hate to be tied down."
Tennyson once said, ito say that
this means that because the thought
within the image is much more than
any one Interpretation" Martha
Baker Dunn.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
Coal Powder.

"Atomized" coal-different from
merely powdered coal because very
minutely divided-is a new product
that is finding important uses.
1t is used for making a high-grade
paint and also as a substitute for
Iampblack I'm the manufacture of ink.
Another valuable employment for 1t Is
In facing foundry molds, to give the
surfaces smooth finish in prepara-
ton for castings.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
Value Increased.

She (pouting)--You don't value my
kisses as you used to.
He-Value them? Why, before we
were married used to expect dozen
in payment for box of candy, and
now / consider only one of them
sufficient payment for new dress
Boston Transcript.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
The DAVE Thst Are cone.

"You used to say" she complained,
"that you counted that day lost when
you did not hear the sound OF my
voice"
"Yes, know" he replied, "and !
shall never cease to long for those
daes lost Boston Transcript.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. III. r. Carter spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
their daughter, Mrs. Earl James at
Pleasant View
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22

You VIII find it In the Want Column.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-12-22
CHlROPRAcTOR
GRACE e. JORDAN. D. G.

Graduate of thu Palmer School.
Offiae hours: 2 to 5 p. m; 10 S:ssl d. m.
Both phones $40
Office opposite iowa County Bank.
Mineral doint, Wisconsin
The Washington times., 1921-11-02

The Marshal had reached the
glorious objective of his trip
through two continents and Cen
eral Pershing, thrilled at the in
spring climax, saw an oppor-
tunity to send the already wild
ly-cheering convention into a
demonstration the like Of which
l don't think will ever again be
witnessed in the United States.
There was no political state
craft in the cheering; there were
no packed galleries." no leath-
er-lunged ballyhoos planted
around the hall to start the
noise at someone's signal. 1t
was an expression of spontaneous
red-blooded enthusiasm that
went off like dynamite.
am now a citizen of De-
troit. / belong to the American
Legion post at Washington, d.
c., and | was born in Columbus,
Ohio. Where is a fellow to sit
under those conditions? AS |
stood staring at the wonderful
The Washington times., 1921-11-02
MARYLAND BOY 'MlNsTRELs'
HIS WAY TO LEGION MEET

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Nov. a.
Among nhe Marylanders attending
the legion convention is Harry Dal'
len, OF Hagerstown, who walked here
from Youngstown. Ohio. On the way
Dallen and three companions gave
concerts and played In vaudeville
theaters.
Alfred T. Truitt. OF Salisbury. Nd.
State commander OF Maryland Legion
Post. had charge OF the delegation
in the monster parade yesterday.
The Washington times., 1921-11-02
ADVERTISEMENT.
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The Washington times., 1921-11-02

DON'T TAKE YEAST
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The Washington times., 1921-11-02
LIQUOR DEALERS FlEEcEo
IN SHREWD "coN" GAME

CHICAGO. Nov. 2.-wlth the arrest
OF two men and a woman. the police
yesterday broke up what they de
scrlbed as the shrewdest confidence
game worked on lawbreaking saloon.
keepers since the passage OF the pro,
hibition act.
The amount collected by these under
arrest. the police said. totals between
sl0o, 900 and sl25.OO0.
The police charged they carried sur
posedly forged letters Identifying them
as agents for the Internal Revenue
department. Their plan. according TO
the police. was TO visit saloonkeepers
suspected OF dealing In liquor, and,
after starting TO take the victim To
The Washington times., 1921-11-02

40-inch Colored Crepe de Chine,
heavy. rich, creepy finish
grade, in a large assortment Of
wanted street and evening
shades.
The Washington times., 1921-11-02
IMPRESSIONS
of the American
Legion Convention
by
CAPT. EDDIE RICKENBACKER
, American Ace OF Aces
Copyright, 1871, by Christy Walsh Syndicate

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 2-The American Legion con-
venton reached its bursting point yesterday when Jack
Pershng "a rear rank budde from Laclede No. threw dig
nifty the approved and intensive college fashion
eaped to his toes and led his assembled buddes In three
mighty cheers Marshal Foch
The Washington times., 1921-11-02

the Federal bUndlns, 0fIeT 10 dIop ne
charges provided sums ranging from
$500 TO 81 900 was paid,
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-09-02
Outing to Ouray
Greatly Enjoyed

Mrs. Harvey Harrell came over on
Friday morning from Salida for n
visit with home folks Saturday
Mrs. Harrell and sister, Miss Agnes
Winters, went TO Ouray for an outing.
The ladies' spent Sunday wandering
through beautiful Box Canon, which
is but short distance from the town
Of ouray. and probably one Of the
most beautiful scenic spots in Colo
rado. The hike through the canon
was full Of thrills, and it took consider
able nerve to negotiate some of the
bridges which spanned gorges of
hair-raising depth, and trails around
steep mountain sides that were scarce
ly wide enough for one person. How
ever, the trip was made without any
mishap, and for once the weather
man was on his good behavior-for a
part of the day at least, for it did not
rain until late in the evening. The
town Of Ouray is picturesque and
hospitable place, and the visit was all
too short, but business reasons pre-
vented an extended stay. The ladies
returned to Gunnison Monday evening
and Mrs. Harrell went on to her home
in Salida Tuesday night.