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M\)t DEMOCRAT.
BR0HS05 ft CABBi
Publishers.
MANCHESTER, IOWA.
Don't buy any maps of the Transvaal.
There are likely to be changes.
The first qualification of the gentle
men who arc to take the census In the
PLHippines should be ability to sprint.
Not (p treat a serious subject too
lightly—the two busiest bees that wo
kuow of at this time are the Briton and
the Boer.
"Man." says Dr. Parkhurst, "is noth
ing more than a gorilla with a con
science." And some men lack even the
conscience.
Henri Rocliefort, the editor of Paris
L'Intransigent, has fought 210 duels.
On several occasions he has been
wounded slightly by accident.
Another reason for England not
thinking of throwing up the sponge in
an affair of this kind is Its needing it
to wipe Transvaal off the map.
A Pittsburg paper says that Ameri
cans use up 250,000.000 poker chips an
nually. Now, who can tell how many
Americans are used up'by poker chips?
Jimenes has been elected President
of San Domingo, but he will make a
mistake If he spends much money for
furniture that cannot be easily packed
and moved.
We are indebted, after careful and
patient enumeration, to 157,000 con
temporaries for the pleasant Informa
tion that Columbia is still gem of the
ocean.
Win or lose," It seems to be the fash
ion the world pver to give naval officers
something that will' Indicate the esti
mation In which they are held by their
country. In the ,United States they get
swords. In Spain they give them tlie ax.
There Is a one-legged man at' Wheel
ing, W. Va., who has liad another one
legged man arrested on the charge of
stealing the former's wooden leg. This
shows that while people may be willing
to respect one another's misfortunes
they are seldom inclined while so doing
to Ignore a chance to help themselves.
Sir Thomas Iilpton says he will chal
lenge for the America's cup again un
less some other Englishman does so.
In view of the treatment that Sir
Thomas received there should be little
trouble in finding somebody else who
would like to come over and get beaten.
The new president of Amherst Col
lege casts down the, gage boldly. He
says the Bngllsh language contains' the
best literature in the world, the classics
to the contrary notwJthatTVndtpg. There
fore a correct understanding of the En
glish tongue and its capabilities is the
prime essential of a liberal education.
All of which makes It appear that Am
herst's new president is right up in the
van of progress.
The latest report of the Pension Office
has lately been given to the public. The
rolls now contain 991,000 names, of
which one-fourth represent widows and
other dependents. The amount paid on
this account during the last fiscal year
was $188,500,000. The total outlay for
pensions'up to date has been $2,400,
000,000, a snm which, as the Outlook
Intimates, would have paid for all the
real estate In the'secedlng States. Econ
omically considered, the afterclap of
war strikes quite as hard as the orig
inal blow. 4
Few people will find fault with Ad
miral Dewey's aversion to promiscuous
handshaking, and his frankness in ob
jecting to It and refusing to submit to
It Is the latest of the many little in
dices of his candid nature which the
American people have come to admire
along with bis professional ability and
his splendid, manly character. Most
public men, we believe, really object
to this sort of thing, but rarely does
one stand up and speak bis mind on
the subject as the Admiral has. Most
of them suffer In silence. The man who
Insists on shaking hands with the "man
of the hour" is about on a par with
tlie persistent souvenir collector and
the camera "fiend."
It Is a source of never-ending won
der to the careful observer that nearly
every evil carries with It Its own rem
edy. Some people, for want of some
thing better, have been worrying
good deal over the possibility that the
earth Is to become overpopulated In the
course of a certain number of centuries.
M. Vauthier, tbe French sociologist. In
a recent analysis of statistics, finds
that the birth-rate is decreasing In
every country of Europe but four.
Italy, Spain Servla and Norway are
the exceptions, and even here the mar
gin of difference Is very' small. It
should never.be lost sight of that the
human race is primarily a product of
wondering what we are to do when
conditions are changed, for this is all
taken care of. If anything we should
devote our energies to making the con
ditions as healthy as may be, leaving
results to take care of themselves.
The youth of American should keep
the example of, Dewey, before their eyes
and impress the picture well on their
minds. They can learn from it that
everything is possible in a country like
this where the individual must make or
mar bis own fortuue. They can learn
from it that he who is faithful, over a
few things will be given control over
mauy. They can learu from.it that the
world is always waiting for men of
serious thought and earnest effort and
that spasmodic brilliancy avails not.
There are thousands of men who are
endowed with richer gifts than is Dew
ey who never make their marks. Con
scious of their own powers, they abhor
drudgery and painstaking and are al
ways waiting for opportunities to ex
ploit themselves. They are looking for
bhort roads to fame, for Kohinoors, for
great things that come suddenly aud
which are mastered without effort.
Foolish and futile! Character is tbe
basis of all success and character Is
like the coral reef, slow and painful of
building, but Indestructible when built.
In qoting the growth and conquests
of the English language one is re
minded of that eloquent description by
Joaquin Miller of the spirit of progress
with King James' translation under
its arm making the circuit of the globe.
Less than a century ago the English
language was spoken by hardly more
than 20,000,000 people, while to-day it
is the one commonly used by more than
200,000,000. Nor has there ever been iv
time when tbp spread of our native
{oufu*
wm
more rapid op jrfceft it bad
bi'couH1 more necessary to the com
niercial transactions of the world than
at present, l'or centuries the French
language lias been the exclusive lan
guage of the courts. To-day there is
no court In Europe where an American
minister cannot transact business In
English. The English Innguage is be
ing almost entirely used In the Vene
zuelan arbitration court at Paris. The
American proposals at the peace con
ference required no translations ex
cept for delegates from other than Eu
ropean countries. English will replace
Spanish in Cnba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines and it Is gradually sup
planting all others In South America.
Speech also follows the flag.
Many attempts have been made, with
some success, to draw into the coun
try, for employment upou farms, some
of the labor which goes to waste in
cities. These enterprises have dealt
usually with men but may not agri
cultural settlements for women be a so
lution for the perplexities of some of
the women who have to earn their liv
ing, but find the usual employments of
women overcrowded? In England an
association has been formed to pro
mote such a movement. It publishes a
newspaper, has established courseB of
instruction, and is doing what It can
to induce women who cannot get work
In cities to "go back to the laud" for
support. At Reading .College two
bouses have been fitted up, which are
occupied by women students, who at
tend classes In horticulture, chemistry,
botany, entomology and dairy work.
This instruction alms to fit women for
three different kinds of work. The
first is the direction of the home, gar
den or farm. The second Is the work
of general gardeners, or growers of
grapes, mushrooms, tomatoes and cu
cumbers, the care of dairies and the
raising of poultry. The third is the
establishing of agricultural settle
ments, where groups of women In ad
joining cottages, with land attached,
can apply their knowledge to market
gardening. This experiment is very in
teresting. There Is nothing unsuitable
In It. In fact, market-gardening, bee
keeping, poultry-raising and the grow
ing of flowers and small fruits, seem
to be industries for which women are
naturally adapted. Rightly directed,
they are among the most profitable
connected with the cultivation of the
soil. Surely. If women should enter
them, far healthier and happier lives
would result than follow the struggles
foi: self-support in our cities.
HISTORIC OLD BARN.
Here Qua-itrill Got His Death Wound
in lcirraish with Home Guards,
Here Is picture of the barn where
Quantrlll received his death wonnd. It
is situated on the farm of Mr. \V. I..
Heady, about a mile west of Wakefield
Station, In Spencer County, Kentucky,
and is an old-fashioned building, com
mon In Kentucky In ante-bellum days.
The Interior contains but one apart-
WilHHK QUANTBFLL WAS KILLED.
ment, ordinarily known as "the catting
room," from the fact that all the feed
for the stock was chopped and pre
pared there. The room is abont fiO
feet square,, with loft above It The
barn was, in the palmy days, surround
ed on all sides by sheds 10 feet ia
width. These sheds, at this time most
ly fallen away, were used for various
purposes. QuantriU and his men were
occupying this barn when Terriirs
baiid of home guards surprised and at
tacked them. In the sharp skirmish
which followed QuantriU received a
wound in the lungs, which prostrated
him.
WEDDED ON A WARSHIP.
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PLUHMfA.
Miss Butz went to New York from
Dayton, Ohio, to "tell Dr. R. W. Plurn
mer, of Chicago, good-by when his ves
sel sailed for Manila. When she went
aboard tbe vessel was coaMng, prepara
tory to a start Dr. Plummer suggest
ed an Immediate marriage, she agreed
and the ceremony was performed in
tlie preseuce of the ship's officers.
Divorce Possible,
She— I am wedded to my art.
He—Yes but you live In Chicago.
Ventilating Tuutic s.
Various devices have been used In
Europe for the ventilation of tunnels.
In some cases oil-burning or electric
locomotives haveljeen substituted for
the trip through the tunnel and in other
cases artificial ventilation has" been
used.
Richest Milk.
The richest milk is that which comes
near the close of the milking. A test
disclosed that the first half plat of milk
at a milking contained only, 1.07 per
cent, of cream, while tljo lost half pint
eontfjped 10,88 per «eaf. i-
SEEN UNDER A GLASS,
A MICROSCOPE REVEALS
BEAU­
TIES OF ANIMAL LIFE.
MBireloun Arranccmeat of a Spider's
Eyefl-Daddjr Lonsless Can See in Any
Direction—Revelations About Mos
quitoes, Flies and Other Thine*.
Dr. B. L. Rlese Is a Chicago scientist
who devotes his leisure time to bng
hunting. His forte Is microscopy aud
the use of this delicate instrument in
connection with lusect aoatom.v has
resulted In some extremely Interest
ing discoveries of late. He disposes
of one or two theories which have been
held for years, notably the one which
provides Insects with cup-shaped feet,
the suction of which ennbies them to
walk on polished surfaces In seeming
defiance of all the laws of gravity. His
microscope shows that the Insects al
ways have hooks of great relative pow-
FEEI.KR OF A MAY FLY.
er on the ends of their legs, which are
UBed to grasp Inequalities Invisible to
human eyes.
Under the microscope the polished
surface of plate glass is shown to be
really a mass of Inequalities. The
naked eye, the touch, will not reveal
them to man. Under this same Instru
ment the feet of the common house fly
Is shown to be re-enforced by hooks
small enough to find lodgment In tbe
Inequalities of the glass surface. The
foot of the mosquito has a wonderful
double hook which gives It the power
of holding to almost any smooth sur
face. In fact, the foot Is frequently
entangled In some meshes which to the
But it is In the visual apparatus that
nature shows the most marvelous
adaptability to the lives of the bugs.
Some of the eyes Dr. Rlese has placed
on microscopic elides are marvels of
Intricacy. The fact that they are sta
tionary, without lateral or vertical
power—they can not alter the focus or
directlou of gaze—makes it necessary
for the insect to be provided with lens
es so cut up with facets that they will
capture and retain pictures In almost
every degree of the lateral and vertical
planes. Insects can see as well .be
tween what in man would be called
the shoulder blades as they can direct
ly in front In many cases they see
to much better advantage behind than
before.
Dr. Rlese adjusted his microscope at
this time and placed.a slide in position
whereon was pasted the body of a
"daddy long legs," or common garden
spider. This specimen Is an excep
tionally fine one and is so mounted as
to bring the eyes directly uuder the
searching power of the instrument.
2%e* eyes are wonders in themselves,
but their position is even more won
derful. They are perched on top of
a watch tower in tbe middle of the
back. They project into the air to
what seems a full inch under tbe glass
seen""by the naked eye this tower In
indistinguishable until the mind has
been attracted to Its existence by the
microscope. The eyes are on each side
of the tower, very near the top. "That
insect can see as well over its shoulder
as it cau In almost a direct line In
front." snfd Dr. Kfese. "Possibly tbnt
sr
WATCJITtlWKK
OF A HPJDKIL.
is the reason—iu fact, it may be said
to be certainly the reason—that a spi
der can run backward as well as for
ward. The ouly spot where it does
not seem to see well is right in front
You can capture one from that side
much easier than from any other. This
spider Is not titted with tbe additional
eyes which other lusects have. Usual
ly the compound eyes are supplemented
by simple eyes set in front and low
down on or near the proboscis which
enable it to see at short range In front.
But the spider lacks these supplement
al eyes.
"•ere is the head of a grasshopper
which shows the more ordinary style
of eye with which insects are fitted,"
continued the doctor, placing another
slide under the gla83. "You will see
that this insect has a huge eye on each
side of the head. They resemble the
eyes of a horse in a measure, but are
Immeusely larger In proportion. Now
they are fixed in the head immovably
so that the bug can not turn them in
tlie slightest degree. They have none
of the delicate uppllances of the human
eye to reduce focus or change direc
tion, so uaure has compensated.
"You will see that tbe eye is enclosed
in a transparent sack and that it bos
the appearauco of hundreds of glassy
fish eggs. These euable the Insect to
catch pictures in all directions. But
^ust in front tbe lines are rather ob
scure, so uature has bestowed some ex
tra eyes on the grasshopper. Look
closely to the base of the autennae and
you will see one »r these extras. Some
insects hav«» \\^n\
noses, a* l- wt«
tgnge sei'lu .II I
iin- tips of their
ai for short
i.u lusect an
advantage not possessed by spiders.
This is an excellent type of the com
pound eye."
The slide was moved slightly that the
leg of the Insect might be examined
under the powerful lens. The Joint
work of the limb Is like a ruby rush,
the delicate blood vessels Imparting, a
brilliant hue thereto. The structure
Is extremely powerful, the Joints fit
ting Into each other so aB to Impart the
greatest elasticity and power. On tfie
end of the leg are strong hooks,.which
can close on any object with great
force. They also give the insect the
power to grasp any inequality forci
bly, to use the enormous muscplar pow
er which results In a leap of hundreds
of times the length of the Insect
"The theory," said Dr. Rlese, "that
insects have cup-shaped terminations
to their legs, which enable them to
travel up a wall or up a glass Is net
correct They have nothing of the kind
—at least none I examined has. Suc
tion, tbe supposed force which keeps
-them In their seemingly unscientific po
sition, is not used at all. Those hooks
are used as a monkey usee the long
fingers and as a bird uses Its claws, to
grasp any roughness on the surface.
If the smoothest piece of glass known
were examined under a powerful mi
croscope it would be seen to be a maeS
of Inequalities. Now, the hook or*
hooks—some have several on one leg—
nre so small that they can be Inserted
in these Inequalities. Thus what seems
to be a violation of natural laws Is seen
to be merely an accommodation there-'
to.
"Look at this set of hooks on the end
of the leg of the mosquito. A close
glance will reveal the fact that this
insect has powerful double hooks
working from opposite sides of the leq.
These can close up on anything too
small to be seen and hold on with great
power. The spider you will also see^
has a set of hooks which he uses with
legs several times as long as tbe diam
eter of his body. He must have tre
mendous muscular power to use those
REVELATIONS OP INSECT ANATOMY AS SHOWN UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
Wing and bill of a Mosquito. Ankle of a Cockroach. Footof Spider. Foot of Cockroach.
Foot and leg of tbe Mosquito. Proboscis of a House Fly. Eye of a Grasshopper.
eye appear to present no inequality.
When the mosquito struggles—as can
frequently be noticed—these hooks
have clasped something which is clasp
ed the tighter as the insect tries vainly
to fly away.
legs at all, yet he handles each in suc
cession at will."
One of the wonders of nature was
shown on another slide. It was the
head, and particularly tbe proboscis,
of tlie'common house fly. Projecting
out from between the feelers Is a broad
net hooked op to the head by extension
ropes. This net or web can be thrown
out to a distance several times as far
as the diameter of the head. It Is used
to suck up fluids and convey them to
the greedy mouth. The net is a mar
velous exemplification 'of nature's art
istic power. The web is traced with
beautiful lace work, tbe cords are
twined in regular strands,
BB
If they
really are ropes, and the tackle Is-as
intricate, yet simple In use, as anything
used on a ship
Seen under the most powerful glass
—some 300 diameters were used—the
tracery of the net Is very, clearly
worth the study of engineers, for
Dame Nature exceeds in skill any of
her imitators. The study of .this pecu
liar proboscis, with the beady eyes
lying near to throw a brilliant light
ovfcr tho-object assailed, is a work of
art unsurpassed'. In Its mechanical
IiurpOBes it is another evidence of the
sklli of the Creator in fashioning ap
pliances to fit all needs.
One thing noticed in all the speci
mens displayed was that Insects are
usually covered with feathery hairs
all over their parts. A glistening fly
which to the human vision seems to be
superlatively smooth is shown to be
covered with a full suit of hairy feath
ers. The mosquito Is literally Ingulfed
In feathers, with here and there spl
rals entwined among them. The wing
of tbe mosquito shows tbe same
courses of feathers rnnning along with
each strand of the structure, while the
web or sails are covered with delicate
hairs.
One of tbe most Interesting wings
seen. was taken from a May fly, the
mothlike Insect which lives but one
day, flutters abont an electric or gas
light and falls dead by the million.
The lace work of this wing would fur
nish a pattern for the most delicate
and fllm.v laces produced in Belgium,
France or Austria. Under a power
ful glass its Intricacies are so clearly
revealed that an accurate copy could
be easily made.
Sleep Mistakes.
To get up at 7 o'clock, or 8 o'clock, or
any other fixed hour every morning, no
matter at what time you went to bed
the night before is the most effectual
way of making a bad workman of your
self. And as for saying, tbat eight
hours' sleep Is what suits everybody
is as nonsensical as to say tbat one
ounce of tobacco—no more, no less—Is
the quantity every one ought to smoke
in a day.
No doubt It is difficult for most people
to sleep -as long in the morning as tbe
body requires to repair Itself. Busi
ness having fixed hours, the people who
do It must accommodate themselves to
them. Still, as long as people use
,alarms or have themselves called they
will continue to feel more or less out
of sorts on most days of their life.
For most of us there is only one way
of solving tlie question—that Is by go
ing to bed nine or ten hours before the
time when our business requires us to
get up, and sleeping until we naturally
awake. This would mean getting up at
various hours, Instead of the usual
fixed hours. But any. one who carried
out the plan would feel so vigorous on
arising that he could turn the Interval
before breakfast to good account.
Newfoundland. Tobacco.
The jacotars, or French-Canadian
half-breeds of Newfoundland, smoke
the Inner bark of the red willow when
they cannot procure tobacco.. White
settlers often use this for scenting to
bacco. It is called Kllllklnlck In tbe
Indian language.
Electric btreet Sweepurn.
Ulticu'ic automobile street-sweeping
machines aro being prepared to clean
tbe streets of Paris. Tho old olymay
dirt machines rn^v use are to b$
{fog*
aw»r with, yiTfX.--
THE STATE OF IOWA.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
Basinets Man Disappears Mysteriously
—Precedent in Bankruptcy Cases—
Railroad Men's Home May Come to
Fort Dodge Tragedy at Knoxville.
Frank Melliholen, a member of the mon
ument firm of Bateman & Mellholen of
Monticello, has disappeared A few days
ago Mellholen collected money belonging
to the firm amounting to $500. He stated
that he intended driving to Coggon to
transact some business. He drove to that
place and left his team in a livery stable.
Nothing has since been heard from him
and his movements after leaving Coggon
arc unknown. Before leaving Monticello
Mellholen paid a few small bills he owed
about town. He went to Monticello from
Dubuque*. He is a young man and un
married. The circumstances of his dis
appearance have caused surprise.
A Bankruptcy Precedent
At Dubuque Judge Shlras refused to
grant Dwight H. Skinner a discharge
from bankruptcy. On the trial of a
civil case in a State court it was shown
that Skinner had transferred his property
to his wife, without consideration, and
with intent to defraud his creditors. Af
ter doing this he filed a petiion in bank
ruptcy. The property transferred to his
wife was not included in his schedule of
asmits, and for this reason the court de
clined to grant him a discharge. The
ruling establishes a precedent in bank
ruptcy.
Aids Railroad Men's Home*
President L. S. Coffin of the Railroad
Men's Home at Highland Park, 111., who
lives in Fort Dodge, arrived there from
Chicago, where he contributed $2,500 of
personal funds to raise the debt banging
over the home. President Coflin favors
locating the home in Iowa, possibly in
Fort Dodge, and offers to donate a fine
farm there for the location. Tbe home is
supported by various brotherhoods of
railroad men over the country.
Drayman 8hoots Wife and Self.
WhUe driving "Bis dray along tbe street
near the C., B. & Q. depot at Knoxville
John Dawson, a drayman, leaped to the
ground and fatally shot his wife, who
was passing. He then shot himself in
the head and died. Dawson was about
50 years old, and was jealous of his
young wife, from whom he had been sep
arated for some time.
Car Inspector Killed*
Herman Peppmeier, a car inspector on
the B., C. R. & N., was killed b) the
cars in the C.» B. & Q. yards at Bur
lington. Both legs and the right arm
were cut off and the skull crushed. The
exact details of the accident are a
tery. Peppmeier had worked for the voad
twenty-five years. He leaves a wife and
family.
A Convent Robbed*
During first mass a burglar entered the
apartments of the Sisters of Charitj at
West Point and appropriated $05 in pa
per and silver, and a gold watch which
be found in a trunk. The trail of the rob
ber Ivfts fonnd and he was traced to with
in fqur mites of Fort Madison. The po
lice of the latter city found that he had
left hurriedly for Burlington.
^Negro Laborers Return Home.
Two hundred and fifty negroes wiio
have been employed on the construction
of tbe Fort Dodge and Omaha have been
shipped from Fort Dodge to their hoir*s
in Mississippi, from which point th*y
wore brought early in tlie summer.
Suicide at Fort Dodge*
Robert Hoffman, son of Mrs. Kathar
ine Hoffmen, died at the residence jnst
north of the Fort Madison city limits
from the effects of a dose of paris green,
taken with suicidal intent.
Brief State Happening**
A new creamery Is being erected at
CrystalLake.
Des Moines estimates it now has a pop
ulation of 80,000.
A large number of horses near Keo
kuk are Buffering from influenza.
O, A. Kinney has been appointed post
master at Belinda, and W. S. G. Nye at
Glen Elton,
C. A. Anderson, an Bmmet County
farmer, husked 1,225 bushels of corn In
fifteen days, or over eighty bushels per
day.
Chesterfield Young of Burlington wts
sentenced to four years In the Ananuaa
penitentiary for attempting to pass coun
terfeit money.
Fort Dodge is experiencing an ice fam
ine, the local stock being exhausted, aad
on account of lack of cars sufficient can
not be shipped in.
Win. Blasdell, an employe in a dsy
goods store at Des Moines, fell down
Isaac Holt, a colored lad, of Keoktik,
attempted to pass through an opening
in a wall used as an elevator shaft at the
Hotel Keokuk and was crushed to death.
Cass County farmers are offering
cents per bushel to corn huskere, togeth
er with teams, mittens and board, and
even at those terms are unable to get all
the men they want.
While some boys were tunpeling
through a clay bank at McCausland it
caved in, resulting in the death of Eddie
Stahl, a 0-year-old boy, and severe in
juries to two others.
The manufacturing consent petition at
Des Moines has secured the necessary
number of names, but the canvass will
be continued to avoid all future trouble
when tfie lists are checked over.
A carload of melon seeds was loaded at
Fruitland the other day, the product of
the Muscatine island melon fields. This
Is the first shipment of the kind to be
made from that locality.
J. R. Sage, of the Iowa weather and
crop service, says the farmers have felt
the shortage of labor this year more than
any other class of employers. Mr. Sage
estimates that the Iowa corn crop will
approximate 300,000,000 bushels.
Miss Mary C. Collins was ordained a
minister in the Congregationalist church
at Keokuk. Miss Collins hus spent
twenty-four years in missionary work
atmong the Indians of the Northwest, and
her work has borne magnificent results.
William Fitzsimmons, a section hand
on the C. & N. W., was ruQ down by a
train near Luray and fatally injured.
John P. Reed, of Iowa, has been pro
moted from $1,400 to $1,600 in the office
of tho Auditor of the Interior Depart
ment, and Edwin C. Ford, another IOWA
man, from $1,200 to $1,400 per annum iu
the office of the Auditor for the Treasury
Department.
Mrs. Dorothy Derbits, an inmate of
tbe Cook home at Davenport, is brought
forth as the oldest Gorman woman in
the State. She was born in Holsteiu in
180ii. aud is in thu latter liujf of her 08th
year. Mrs. Dorbitt has.bwu IJJ but tiree
days lb tbe Iwt fipht years,
'i
&
John Burg, Sr., Burlington, died, aged
78 years.
The Northwestern is now double-track
ing west of Ames.
An opera house is still being talked
about at Garrison.
A lodge of tbe Rebekahs has been or
ganized at Albunnett.
Chicken thieves are getting in their
work in Scott County.
The Eastern Iowa Dental Association
held its eleventh annual session at Iowa
City.
The postoffioc at Rock Creek has been
discontinued. Mall will hereafter go to
Dixie.
Charles P. Bay, letter carrier at Mar
sha!ltowu, has been promoted from $000
to $850.
J. S. Schott's harness plant at Burling
ton was damaged by fire to the extent
of $1,000.
The contract for carrying the mail'from
Audubon to Viola Center has been award
ed to C. 0. Call.
Henry Stivers, once editor of the Des
Moines Leader, is now living on a farm
in Southern Iowa.
Railroad contractors at Belle Plaine
are badly delayed by the impossibility of
securing laborers.
The Board of Supervisors of Iowa
County has purchased a heating plant for
the county poor farm.
Henry O. Eldridge has been appointed
a letter carrier for the rural free delivery
service at Marshalltown.
Ralph E. Lindsay's homo at Davenport
was entered by burglars, who secured
$200 in ea&h amT jewelry.
The contract for erection of the Gov
ernment building at Dubuque has been
awarded to a Chicago firm.
James Lynch, tho negro who was run
over in the Cemtral yards at Fort Dodge,
has succumbed to his Injuries.
Rev. John Longson of Copopa, Ohio,
has accepted a call to the pulpit of the:
Baptist Church at Belle Plaine.
Dr. J. L. Walker has been appointed
a member of the Board of Pension Ex
amining Surgeons at Emmetsburg.
Rev. F. M. Bennett has resigned the
pastorate of the Unitarian Ohurch at
Keokuk and will go to Lawrence, Kan.
Rev. F. M. Bennett has resigned the
pastorate of the Unitarian Churdx at
Keokuk and will go to Lawrence, Kan.
Prof. Wickliam of the State Univer
sity has been elected a member of the
entomological society of Ontaaio, Canada.
A peddler has been arrested at State
Center on suspicion of being concerned
in the robbery of a millinery store at
GriimeU.
Chesterfield Young of Burlington has
been sentenced to four years in the peni
tentiary for attempting to pass counter
feit money.
Tie receipts of the Des Moines post
office for October were $23,011.72, as
against $10,522.77 for the corresponding
period last year.
JQ.VS-
J. L. Hitter has resigned the position
of chief train dispatcher for the Omaha
road at St. James and D. F. Brewer Is
acting in his place.
The postoffioe in South Des Moines has
been discontinued, but one will bo start
ed in another part of the dty to be known
as Sub-station No. 1.
Mrs. Minnie Tam of Des Moines,
whose husband had deserted her, at*
tempted suicide by -poison, but was saved
by prompt assistance.
Myron Hill of Algona took an old gun
aud went hunting. The charge of pow
der was small, but it blew the gun bar
rel out. At first he did not notice be was
hurt, but when his right hand began to
sting he found that the explosion had
carried away nearly half of his hand.
Wten the two Des Moines companies
and the KnoxviUe and Oskatoosa com
panies of the Fifty-first Iowa regiment
arrived at Des Moines on their return'
froim ,the Philippines after eighteen
months' service, they were given a royal
welcome by at least 5,000 people on the
streets and any amount of noise from
whistles, bells, cheering and fireworks.
The Oskaloosa and Knoxville companies
went on to their respective homes and
the Des Moines boys were given a re
ception at the Auditorium. There is
great rejoicing that the boys return in
such good condition, but few falling by
war or disease and few othere being de
tained in hospitals.
The Iowa Federation of Women's
Clubs has taken up the matter of com
pulsory education. On Its own account
the federation has commenced the circu
lation of petitions to be presented to the
members of the Legislature. At the an
nual meeting the matter of compulsory
education was freely discussed by tbe
delegates of the different women's olubs
of the State and it was decided that the
federation should take action In regard
to tbe matter. To that end a oommittae
was appointed, consisting of Mrs. Lyman
H. Hard of Dubuque, Mrs. Josephine D.
Remley of Iowa City and Mrs.' Flora K.
Saramls of LoMars. This committee has
sent out petitions to all parts of the State
and will present the matter to the next
Legislature.
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elevator shaft three stories and sustained
several severe bruises.
A monument will be erected in the
cemetery at Fort Dodge, to the unknown
soldieis buried there, by the post of the
G. A* R. at tbat place.
It in reported that W. I. AHen, until
recently assistant manager of the Itock
Island, will be appointed general manager
of the Iowa Central.
Material has arrived for the installa
tion of the interlocking switch and cross
ing of the C. & N. W. and C., M.~ & St.
P. railways at Tama.
The Cedar County Anti-Saloon League
will publish the names of all signers of
the county mulct petition if any be filed,
so tbat illegal signers may be detected.
The Commercial Exchange at Des
Moines has appointed a committee to
formulate plans looking toward the put*
ting in operation the packing plant there,
The Fifty-first Iowa volunteers return
ed to their native State after service in
the Philippines and reordved a welcome
in Council Bluffs that warmed their
hearts. A crowd of 5,000 people came
from all parts of the State to Join in
the greeting. The program for the regi
ment's reception was carried out. The
parade left the Rock Island station at
10 o'clock and passed through the prin
cipal streets, bringing up at Bayliss park,
where a stand had been erected. Here
Gov. Shaw extended the State's official
welcome, while the city spoke through
Mayor Jennings. Others who spoke
briefly were Fred White, Lafe Young
and Congressman McPberson. Forty
bands furnished the music for the occa
sion. After the exercises in the park tie
soldiers were served a banquet by the
ladies. The various companies left In
the afternoon for their home towns. The
men of Hie regiment w-»re well and in
good spirits.
Marshalltown has started to talk for a
Government building.
The new Methodist Episcopal Church
at Kensett has been dedicated free of
debt.
The bells for the memorial campanile
at the State Agricultural College at
Amos have arrived from England. No
datoe has ye£ been set for dedication of
the towcff and bells.
W. A. Owen, while riding on the "blind,
baggage" of a C., R. I. & P. train, eith
er fell or vwas jolted off near Tiffin, and
sustained injuries which necessitated the
amputation of his left leg.
A mad dog attacked and bit H. D. Don
ne
in an of Wayne township, and also
wounded a valuable horse of his before
it was disposed of.
The bulletin of the United States de
partment of labor says that Davenport,
with 139 saloons, had only 28 arrests for
drunkenness during the past year, while
Des Moines, with only 56 saloons, had
I,369 arrests.
Rumors of foul play in the death re
cently of R. C. Crawford of Middfetown
have caused the sons to arrange for the
exhuming of the body and an examina
tion of the stomach. Crawford was found
dead in his barnyard, supposedly from
heart failure. He left a largo estate.
Afire at Hawkeye destroyed six build
ings in the business portion of the town,
including the postoffice. The loss is about
$15,000, partially insured. The building*
include two restaurants, oue hanie&s
shop, one millinery shop, a pooJ room, the
postoffioe and Hour warehouse.
Mrs. Liazie Derth, living near Glad
stone, III., was arrested and broiigbt to
Burlington. She is charged with the mur
der of Mrs. Leonard Fritschy, who was
shot dead six years ago in her home on
South bill. Mrs. Dertb. then Miss Hetzv
was a servant In the Fritseby home at
the time. It Is claimcd the deed was
piorapted by the" girl's infatuation for
Mrs, Frlttcjiy'# luieUftftd.
v..
CARTER IN JAIL LIFE
CONVICTED ARMY OFFICER'S
FUTURE IN PRISON.
Fire Tear* of Hard Work-RlRid Dis
cipline and Frugal Fare Will Be Hi*
Portion—A Number la Branded on
His ClotheB-The Daily Koutlne.
Capt Oborlin M. Carter, tbe United
States army officer recently convicted
of Immense frauds In connection with
tbe Improvement of Savannah harbor,
Georgia, a work of wblch be bad
charge as the Government engineer,
was sentenced to tbe Fort Leaven
worth (Kansas) penitentiary for Qve
years' Imprisonment at bard labor,
deprivation of hlB rank In tbe army,
and dismissal, and $3,000 fine.
Tbe contrast between Carter's life
for the next five years and his life for
the preceding ones could not be more
dissimilar. Carter's rooms were al
ways models of luxury. No society
girl, nurtured In the lap of wealth, ever
excelled this luxury-loving officer In
the costly, artistic elegance of boudoir
Fort Leavenworth Is not a place
where the tastes of prisoners are con
sulted. Discipline of" the bandcuff
sbotgun variety Is promptly applied as
the occasion demands. Tbe prison Is
a collection of old buildings, entered
through a sallyport, guarded night and
day by heavily armed men. Inside tbe
sallyport a gloomy arebway leads un
der the otfices of tbe warden and his
subordinates, tbe printing shop, and
photograph gallery, to tbe prison build
ings where tbe convicts are boused,
fed. and bathed.
At Fort Leavenworth hard labor
means Just what the term implies. Car
ter, wltb bands unused to labor harder
,tban uncorking champagne bottles and
tbrowing away money, will find the
conditions far from enjoyable. He will
sleep In a regulation prison cell behind
CAItTEIt IN CONVICT OARB
a steel-barred door, watcbed by a guard
armed wltb a shotgun. It is needless
to say that tbe rare carpets and price
less tapestries wblcb bave heretofore
contributed to bis comfort will not
figure In bis Fort Leavenworth cell.
The bill of fare Is not an appetizing
outlook for Carter, for this luxurious
officer bas fattened for years upon tbe
choicest foods prepared by artist chefs.
Nothing In the eating and dfluking line
bas been quite good enough for the epi
curean captain. Think wbat five years
of Fort Leavenworth prison fare will
mean to him—an eternity of "gastro
nomic misery.
Tbe work wblcb falls to the share of
almost all new arrivals is with the pick
and blasting drill In tlie quarries two
miles from the prison. Tbe stone is for
use in the construction of the uew peni
tentiary, Carter comes In for this back
breaking, band-blistering experience.
Fort Lvavenwortb prison has a set of
very severe rules, all rigidly enforced.
Should Carter grow disobedient hlB
prison allowance of tobacco will be
shut off, he will be denied tbe privi
lege of writing or receiving letters, bis
diet may be restricted to bread and
Water, and In the event of persistent
misconduct he would be handcuffed
day and nigbt to the bars of bis cell.
They stand no nonsense at Fort Leav
enworth. Still they work no cruelties
and tbe prisoner who behaves well,
takes bis medicine, as it were, unflinch
ingly, is treated as well as be could
rightly expect. He can write to bis
friends and receive tbeir tetters be
may subscribe for any reputable news
paper or magazine, and may bave
books from tbe prison library.
Every Saturday afternoon Carter
will be compelled not only to give him
self a cold-water bath with common
brown soap accompaniment, but he
will be forced to wasb and scrub bis
cell, depressing work for tbe man who
for years bas been living In perfumed
baths, and relying upon the services of
a skilled valet for the simplest tasks
of tbe toilet.
Attends the Quitker Wetldlnic.
A recent Chicago visitor to the East
-writes tlius descriptively of a Quaker
nuptial ceremony be had the privilege
of attending:
"At a Quaker wedding last week,
where there were no display, decora
tions, maids or groomsmen, the air
seemed charged with Joy. After a si
lence of sevehil minutes the guests
arose and tbe bridegroom taking the
hand of the bride said: 'In the divine
presence and before this assembly I
take Patience to be my wife,
promising to be to her ii faithful and
affectionate husband until death shalw
separate
UB.'
WHERE OAPT. CARTER WILL WORK.
and bedroom. Priceless tapestrleB, rare
old furniture, toilet trappings In solid
gold and silver, fine linens, dainty per
fumes—all these and a thousand other
elegancies are as much a part of Ober
lin M. Carter's life as tbe air he
beatbes.
At t_e Fort Leavenworth peniten
tiary be must manage to survive for
five long years without bis wine sup
pers. his rapid friends, and bis' per
fumed bntlis. Five changes of toilet a
day are not recognized as essential at
tbe Fort Leavenworth prison. One suit
Is quite sufficient, according to tbe
prison code—a stout suit of coarse gray,
with a big straw bat in summer and a
small blue denim cap In winter.
The man who has played the hlgb
roller for years, who has been courted
by pleasure-loving fashionables, ad
mired by women, and envied by men,
will for the next five years be kept
under lock and key as a mere thing,
duly ticketed and numbered. His num
ber will be marked In glaring red. sten
clloil on his prison garments in four
places—right across tbe broad of his
back, over tbe right tblgb, and on tbe
calf of each leg. A more degrading
thing this branding of the criminal
more.prominently than tbe government
mule Is marked—could not be devised.
Tbe bride responded: 'll
take thee, John to be my ,hus
band, promising to be a faithful and
affectionate wife until death shall sep
arate
UB.'
A prayer was made, tbe
bridegroom kissed the bride and after
congratulations had been said all re
paired to the dining-room, where the
breakfast was spread. The table.was
set wltb tbe family sliver and china,
which bad come from England vnlth
the great-grandfather of tbe bride, and
there was a single rose at each corner.
After the breakfast the entire party ac
companied the happy pair across tbe
meadow to their new home and were
shown tbe gifts of loving friends. One
of tbe guests was beard to say as she
started homeward: 'What Is the use
of all tbe fuss and worry attendant
upon a moderately elaborate wedding,
when one can have such a sweet time
as that was without them?1"
RICHARD WATSON GILDER.
Kditor of Cpntnry Magazine One of the
Beat Known Ainericfin .l*oetak
Mr. Richard Watson Glider, one of
the best known of American poets, was
born on Feb. 8, 1814, In Bordentown,
N. J. He began bis literary career *s
a Journalist, became editor of "Honrs
at Home" In 1800, shortly after as
sumed the associate editorship of
"Scrlbner'B Magazine," and upon the
death of Dr. J. G. Holland, 1881, suc
ceeded him as editor-in-chief, the name
of the magazine having been, in the
meantime, changed to The Century.
In
this position his influence upon Ameri-
K. W. Glt.DEH.
can literature and art' has been Second
to no man of bis times.
Mr. Gilder's first volume of verse.
"The New Day," appeared in 1875, and
was' followed by "The Celestial Pas
sion," 1887 "Lyrics," 1885-and 1887:
"Two Worlds and Other Poems," 1881:
"The Great Remembrance, and Other
Poems," 1803. The contents of these
five volumes were gathered Into one
volume, under the title "Five Books of
Song," and published by tbe Century
Company In 1804. He bas since pub
lished "For tbe Country," 1887, and "In
Palestine" last year, both by the Cen
tury Company.
Mr. Gilder holds a distinct and hon
orable-position among American poets.
His first volume, written under the in
fluence of Italian studies, contained
lyrics of much Imaginative beauty. Its
-fine quality and verse since bas been
warmly received. Iu later years bis
work bas shown a wide range of
themes—a broadening vision and a
deepening purpose. As has been well
said, however, "He remains neverthe
less essentially a lyrist, a maker nf
songs a thorough artist, who has se
riousness, dignity and cbarm. His is
an earnest nature, sensitive alike to
vital contemporaneous problems and to
tho honey-sweet voice of tbe Ideal."
THIS MAY SAVE MANY LIVES.
An Invention of Great Use in Case of
Wrecks.
Moved by tbe many recent acctdentB
at eea, with tbe resulting loss of life,
Cbarles Ellas, who lives at Great \-p-k
Long Island, N. Y„
has Invented a life
saving buoy, which
a I
make It possible
for shipwrecked
mariners to float on
tbe surface of tbe
water for more
an
witbout danger to
life. It consists of I
an aluminium case, I
shaped like a bar-1
rel, seven feet In
length and weigh-1
In
I
weighted at he I
bottom to keep it In
an nprigbt position, I
and is built in two)
halves, wblcb open]
on rubber hinges
on one side and fas- mfe-savino bvot.
ten together on tbe otber. The case Is
fitted with pockets on the Inside, wblch
bold supplies of food and water for
twenty days. At tbe top a flag floats
ae a signal to passing vessels.
Water Ch 'ap In Glascow.
In Glasgow a 15 bouseboldcr obtains
for 71d per annum a continuous, never
falling, unrestricted stream of the
purest water In the world, delivered
right Into his kitchen, wasbhouse and
bathroom. It Is calculated tbat 880
gallons of pure water are delivered to
the citizens of Glasgow for every pen
ny paid. And It Is water of such pecu
liar softness tbat the householders of
Glasgow can pay tbeir water rate out
of wbat tbey save on soap.
When you Uilnk a man is talking
nonsense, possibly be Is talking sense,
and you are uoabi* to comprehend