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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-15

dher tIep., OuIOJ, IN charge OF the
measure, and Pettus (dem., Ala.) butat
various times during the debate lively
colloquies occurred in which other SEN
ators were participants Senator Pet
tus delivered a carefully prepared
speech in opposition to the pending
bill. He argued that it was unusual,
and in violation of the principles of
this government as laid down by the
fathers of the country. He congratu-
lated the president on the position he
had taken in his last annual message
favoring free trade between the United
States and Porto Rico Senator Fora
ker replied the mortgage indebt-
edness of the island is $26, 000,-
600 The United States govern
ment has extended the time for it's
payment of that debt for eighteen
months and if necessary the time will
be extended again. Senator Foraker
explained the provisions of the bill,
showing that all internal revenue tax
es and customs duties aggregating
$4,000, 900. instead of being paid into
the United States treasury, as has been
the case in every other territory,
would go into the treasury of the
island and be used solely for the ben
eft of the Porto Ricans Sena-
tor Foraker said it was gen
orally understood that all sugar and
tobacco now on the island was owned
by the sugar and tobacco trusts. If this
were true, he said, the imposition of
the tariff produced would fall upon
those well able to bear it and contrib
ute at least that much to the suffer-
ing Porto Ricans. Senator Foraker
| became involved in a colloquy with
Senator Hoar as to the powers of con-
gress to levy such duty. The question
said Senator Foraker will have to be
determined ultimately by the supreme
court of the United States eff we
cannot levy duty on the products of
those from the Philippines. If the
Philippines are now part of the
United States and if we cannot levy a
tariff on their products we might just
as well dismiss the customs house and
go out of the protection business"
He thought the Philippines could
not be dealt with as it
was proposed to deal with
Porto Rico. Senator TilIman asked:
Then the contention is that we can
take Porto Rico under our wing and
protect her to the utmost but cannot
do the same thing for the Philip
pines?" Replying toaq question from SEN
Teller Senator Foraker said he re-
garded Porto Rico as a dependency of
the United States, not as integral part
of it. Senator Hoar made a clos
ling observation in which he took
sharp issue with the principles enun-
ciated by Senator Foraker He
held that the doctrine proposed to be
applied to Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines would result in despotism.
Washington, March 8.-The house
unseated CASTOR A. Roberts, dem
0crat, from the 4th Alabama dis
trict, and seated in his stead Will
liam F. Aldrich, republican, who has
been three times contestant from the
same district. He is now given the
seat for the third time by a republican
house The vote was a strict party
one. Mr.. Aldrich was sworn in.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
FOR MALARIA,
CHILLS AND fever.
The Best Prescription Is Groves
Taste1ess Chill Tonic.
The Formula Is Plainly Printed on Every Bottle
So That the People May Know just
What They Are Taking.

Imitators do not advertise their formula
knowing that you would not buy their medi-
cine if you knew what it contained. Groves
contains Iron and Quinine put up in correct
proportions and is in a Tasteless form. The
Iron acts as a tonic while the Quinine drives
the malaria out of the system. Any reliable
druggist will tell you that Groves is the
Original and that all other so-called sTaste-
less" chill tonics are limitations. An analysis
of other chill tonics shows that Groves is
superior to all others in every respect. You are
not experimenting when you take Grove's-its
superiority and excellence having long been
established. Groves is the only Chill Cure sold
throughout the entire malarial sections of the
United States. No Cure, No Pay. Price, soc.
NOTE The records of fbe Paris Medicine 0oy 81. louis,
show that over ONE and 0ne-hasf million hOfd0s of
Groves TasfeEess Chill Tonic were cold fast year and
tire sales are continually increasing. The conclusion 10
inevitable fhaf Groves TasfeEess ChfN Tonic 10 n pre-
scripd0n for malaria having genuine merit and amy
druggist or chemist will feN yO0 sd.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
MONTE CARLO SUICIDES.
Their Number Not Exaggerated-A
Witness Describes How One
Was Dealt With.

"I had always believed" said a man
who has just returned from his first
trip abroad, that the number of sui
rides credited to Monte Carlo every year
was exaggerated for sensations sake,
but | have been there recently, and I
Am inclined to believe the worst. I am
convinced from what l saw that be-
cause of the precautions of the authori-
ties there and the universal system of
bribery which prevails only a small per-
centage of the suicides due to the gam
ing table is made known. u let me
tell you of one that [ saw myself.
81 was in Monte Carlo or Tuesday,
March %, when, in broad daylight, a
~well-dressed man walked out of the Ca
sino, sat down on the steps, and, with
a revolver, blew his brains out. Such
incidents were apparently too common
to attract extraordinary attention, and
til authorities Of the place are always
prepared for them. Almost before the
smoke of the revolver had cleared away
a lot of attendants rushed out, and after
covering the body with sacking, which
was kept on hand for the purpose, re-
moved it. All trace of the tragedy was
washed away, and in less than five min
utes there vas nothing On the steps to
excite suspicion. I have no doubt that
the authorities buried the body at their
own expense, and that nothing fur
tner viii be heard of the case.
every few of those Monte Carlo sui
cides are identified. As a rule, they are
either broken-down gamblers or men
who have gone there with the inten-
ton of ~recouping by a single stroke, or
losing all and dying. Silence in many
cases is gained by granting to relatives
a sum from the secret service money,
which is set aside every year from the
vast e of the 'Societe des Bains
de Mer de Monaco for the purpose of
hushing up scandals. Too much pub
iicity, you know, might bring the hand
of justice on this establishment, which
ruins thousands of men and women.
81 met a few Americans there, but
they were either sightseers or a very
cheap class of gamblers and bunco men
You don't find your thoroughbred
American gambler, wasting his time at
Monte Carlo. 1t is the hunting ground
for the low-down bunco man, and he
can make more by telling Americans
hard-luck stories han by playing the
tables. 1t was that suicide, however,
which impressed me more strongly
than anything else. I couldn't help
specializing as to who the poor chap
was, and how his friends or family
would account for his disappearance.
That led me to wonder how many such
un%fortunates were swallowed every
year by Monte Carlo, leaving behind no
record of their end. Idon't believe that
anyone but the authorities of the place
knows the number of suicides there,
and it would not be discreet for them to
telI."-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

the end bracing ceases to retain its po-
sition the life of that fence ends, and
demned for the sole reason that the
end bracing has been defective. In the
cut is shown system of bracing which
we do not think has as yet met its peer,
and we believe if erected properly, will
give the best of service. The object held
in view in this plan is to obtain a brace
that will not allow the end and Sec
ond post to draw with the fence, as is
the Ia with a single brace either
slanted or placed horizontal between
the posts. The illustration explains it
self--George w. Brown, in Ohio
Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
How to Stack Corn Fodder

How best to stack corr fodder to
keep, and be handiest in getting at
when feeding. is often a question
given much thought by the farmer.
This method possesses many advan-
tages hat will recommend it above
others. Set two posts u or rs feet
apart where you wish the stack to
be. Across from one to the other.
four and 4 half or five feet from the
ground, spike a 2X4. Stand the fod-
der against this. with the butts on
the ground and the smaller ends COM
ing together at the top. There should
be a space of two or three feet at the
bottom. This will give the rat, dog
and cat an opportunity to keep the
stack clear of mice. This stack will
turn the rain and snow of winter,
will keep dry and bright, and when
used will not be opened to the wealth
er, as no stocks r left exposed by
removing the top.-Farm Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Thinning out all inferior birds
should be done with an unsparing
hand.
AL houses that require repair should
nov be attended to. See that all roofs
are rain-proof.
1t is not a hard matter to keep the
poultry house absolutely clean, if it is
cleaned daily.
Government reports show that 49,
Goo, 0 $1,000 eggs were not enough to
supply this country last year.
Nearly all cases of chicken cholera
are caused by filth, improper food or
lack of care. 1t is a disease of the
bowels.
Hens confined in coops must be fire.
quently examined for insect vermin,
and if any are found they should re-
ceive a good busting with insect pow
der.
Before the fall rains set in is a good
time for storing under shelter a good
supply of dry dust to be used under
roosts and in the dust box during the
winter.
All runs bare of grass would be all
the better for turning over once a
month. Before doing so. it is well to
scatter over a good sprinkling of quick
lime.
Never keep a cockrelI simply because
he is pretty or tame. Unless he can be
used to good advantage kill or market
him.. New blood should be infused
every year if the best results are Sc
cured.-National Rural.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
RAILWAY

Express trains pass each other at q
velocity of 90 yards a second.
The railways in this country sup
port about 1000. 900 persons and their
families.
There are now over 500 street rail-
way corporations in Pennsylvania,
where so years ago there were only
about 60.
\ western road has a fiat car
equipped with al air compressor and
boiler to operate a sand blast for
cleaning bridges and iron structures
preparatory to painting.
For ten or fifteen years the Italian
government has built no new locomo-
tives OF rolling stock. Recently no
fewer than IL trains stopped, broken
down, in one day. The cause of the
government neglect is the system by
which it owns the rolling stock and
lends the use of it to private COM
panies.
The governments of Austria and
Germany now own most of the rail-
road lines in their respective coun-
tries. but freight agreements are not
uncommon among lines which are
still under private ownership. The
freight rates, for instance, on lines
that cross the Alps between France,
Austria, Switzerland and Italy are
fixed by agreement between the vari-
Gus railroads concerned. and the pub
lie does not complain, for this union
of INTEREST," has. with apparent hon
esty. aimed at the abrogation of in
furious competition and the fair dis
tribution of traffic among the lines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
PARTIES IN JAPAN.
American Young Folk Might Vote
Them Dull and Stupid, But They
Are Very Enjoyable.

The little girls, of course, enjoy play
ing at scenes in real life, and initiate
successfully weddings, funerals, din
ners of ceremony, visiting, etc. Like
our little people, they sometimes play
DOCTOR" and they can mimic pompous-
ness and peculiarities of all kinds. They
have children's parties, too, for which
the young lady of the house sends invi-
tations in her OWE name. Children, as
well as grown persons, have seals, and
these invitations are sealed with the
young lady's own seal in vermilion.
The parties are given in the afternoon,
and the guests begin to arrive about
three o'clock, sometimes accompanied
by servants. The young hostess puts
On her lacquered clogs fastened with
scarlet thongs in order to receive her
guests at the top of the steps, where
she bows very low to each, but does
not shake hands. All are conducted to
the reception-room, which is usually
in the rear, overlooking the pretty gar
den, the little clogs being first taken
off on the veranda.
Each wears a silk kimono with
sleeves touching the ground; a hand
some obi. woven II r1cn CeSlgnS, Is tleO
in a butterfly bow, and CLEANS of scar
let OF blue crepe are seen in the elab-
orate chignons. The girdles are gay,
but the dresses quiet and harmonious
in color. The guests are arranged &C.
cording to well-kEown rules of prece-
dence and etiquette, the place of honor
being next to the raised dais at the end
of the room; and all sit with knees bent
under so as to rest the body on the heels.
The little hostess, aided by an elder sis
ter, or perhaps her mother, at once
serves her guests with REFRESHMENTS;
and these consist of the invariable tea,
sliced sponge cake, and various sweet
CONNECTIONS, and are placed before each
guest ON lacquer trays, Or little wooden
stands about four inches high. Re-
freshments finished, they begin to play
at quiet games, always addressing each
other with titles of respect, never laps
ing into noisy play.
What a stupid old party!" some lit
tie American may exclaim. Perhaps
you would not think so If you saw them,
yourself unseen, and could understand
what they were saying. They play
with spirit, and have a sense of humor,
quiet as they seem.-Ida Tignor Hod-
nett, in st. Nicholas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
Keeping the Chicks Warm.

The editor of a western poultry jour-
nal says: "Warmth is necessary to the
health and life of the chicks" That
lis all right as far as it goes, but that
one lone sentence does not go far
enough. Warmth is essential, but the
best kind is not the applied sort. 1t is
better to help a chick to keep itself
warm than to keep it warm. Some ar
tifcial heat is necessary for brooder
chicks, but too much is worse than
none. \ good many chicks are muir
dered each year by keeping them too
warm and coddling them. A healthy,
w%ell-bred, properIy-fed chick ought to
supply a good deal of its OWE warmth
from within. Keep the chick comfort
able and well fed. Supply sufficient
heat to help them TO warm up when
they want to, and provide a way to get
from it when they want to. Keep
your eyes on the chicks and not on the
hermOmete
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
SOME CENSUS LESSONS.
Official Figures VIII show n Wonder
full Decrease I'm the Number of
Farm Mortgages.

The statisticians at Washington are
busy Analysing returns OF the small
army of federal census takers, and be-
able to know definitely some of the
results. The growth in population in
some of the big cities has been al
ready announced. showing splendid
gains during the last ten years. For
a long time there was a decided drift
of the people from country to city.
But in recent years hints have not
been wanting that this movement has
been checked. In fact, in some of the
older country districts of the middle
and eastern states a decided trend
toward turning to country life may
be noted. The federal census should
clear up all these uncertainties, how
ever, along with many other subjects
of dispute. One thing sure. it will
afford a good idea of the splendid
growth of the agricultural interests
of the country. We believe it will
bring to the front so positively the
bettered conditions of farmers as a
class in the way of smaller average
Indebtedness and decreased number of
mortgaged farms that it will be less
difficult in the future to borrow
money for Legitimate farm enter
prises. Furthermore, these facts
should impress country banks and
city capitalists with the splendid Sc
curity they have in %loaning money on
farm property, this resulting in a
lower rate of interest. There is
something radically wrong when
farmers T obliged to pay six to
nine per cent, while city people and
corporations can borrow money on no
better security al three and one-half
and four per cent.-Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
PLAIN POINTERS.

Fools give up realities and chase
shadows.
The widows veil isn't always a vale
OF tears.
It i'll becomes the dwarf to ridicule
the giant.
Perseverance often accomplishes
more than power.
Too often we value outward show
more than inward worth.
Envy is the acknowledgment of the
good fortune of others.
Two half truths do not necessarily
constitute the whole truth.
The man who would be a leader must
never keep the procession waiting.
Complaints of married people at the
seashore are murmurs of the tied.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

Egg eating, says a poultry fancier,
IAN be prevented by keeping plenty
of ground bone, oyster shell and fine
gravel before your flock all the time,
so they may eat at will, and construct
the nest in a dark place. By doing this
you will seldom be annoyed by those
egg eaters. On those that have formed
the habit, pare off the upper mandihle
quite blunt, also the lower, and put
china nest eggs in nests; they will
work awhile at those artificial eggs,
and finding they cannot break them.
will yield This is the best cure I know
of-Farmers' Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
HELP FOR WOMEN
WHO ARE ALWAYS TIRED,

- do not feel very well, / am SO
tired all the time. / do not know What
10 n matter with me-"
You hear these words every day; as
often as you meet your friends lust so
OFTEN are these words repeated. More
than likely you speak the same signii-
can't words yourself. and no doubt o
40 feel far from well most of the time,
Mrs. Ella Rice, of Chelsea, Wis,
whose partrait we publish, writes that
she suffered for two years with bear
1ng-down pains, headache, backache,
and had all kinds Of miserable feelings,
all of which was caused by falling and
inflammation OF the womb, and after
d~octoring with physicians and numer-
Gus medicines she was entirely cured by
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
The Reads the War News.

81 don't know who is the more stirred
by all this talk of war and war prepare
ton, the movement of troops and yes
sells, and so on" said a civil war veteran,
"the younger men who have grown up
since the days of '61, to whom it is all
new, or the men who fought in the civil
war, and so know what war is; but I
rather think the veterans are. The vet
eran knows that first thrill, too. It
came to him in 81, and every drumbeat
now stirs a thousand recollections.
There isn't a word of the news, no
matter what it's about, hat doesn't
move him. Fascinating as it all is to
those to whom it is new, it strikes him
with even greater force. Everybody
reads the war news, but it has, I fancy.
the most absorbing interest for the men
who have already fought."-N. Y. Sun
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

Lydia E. 'Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound.
Ii you are troubled with pains,
fainting spells, depression of spirits,
reluctance to go anywhere, headache,
backache, and always tired, please re-
member that there is an absolute
remedy which will relieve you of your
suffering as it did Mrs. Rice. Proof
is monumental that Lydia E. Pink
greatest medicine for suffering women.
No other medicine has made the cures
that it has, and no other woman has
helped SO many women by direct advice
as has Mrs. Pinkham her experience
is greater than that of any living per-
son. If you are sick, write and get
her advice her address is Lynn, Mass
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
BRACE N S
Description of a Bracing System
Which Is Said to Give Most
satisfactory Service.

One of the greatest problems that
confront those who must replace their
old fences by a modern wire fence is
that of securing an effective system of
bracing, for the general elasticity and
life of a wire fence lies almost wholly
in the manner in which it is braced
from the end posts. No matter how
good or how serviceable a woven wire
fence may be put up. just as soon as
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

of square timber in the ground. with
boxes ON sides. as shown in the fig
ure. Chop chickens head off on post,
with Ratchet, and put fowl in box.
Here it will bleed nicely and keep
clean. This is much better than to
have the fowl Hopping all over the
yard. smearing everything with blood
and covering itself with dirt.-M. T.
Haxton, in Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
BLOCK FOR
try Either for Home COnsump.
tiOn or for Market.

This illustration shows a very
handy device for use when killing
poultry. especially where they are de-
capitated for family use. Set a piece
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

Ell can't understand it." he said, with .
hopeless little quaver in his voice. II cam
understand it. Why do the women have
their skirts made ten inches too long, and
bold them ten inches too high?"
For he had not yet learned the folly of at
tempting to understand the eternal femi-
nine.-Baltimore American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-26
CLARA BART0N'S APPEAL.
More Funds and Medicines Are Needed a,
Earliest Possible Moment.

New York. Sept 25.-The following
telegram from Miss Clara Barton.
president Of the American National
Red Cross, was received, today, At
headquarters in this city:
We need a general assortment Of
medicine for tropical sickness, quinine.
calomel, cathartic pills and malarial
remedies. Mainland points in Calves
ton and Rrazos counties have had
practically no attention and the inhabi-
tants are nearly ruined. Much sick
moss exists there. We have sent q
large shipment to LEAGUE city and
clear River on the mainland where 80
homes We're destroyed. There are in
those two towns more than 800 entire
Iy destitute persons, many of whom
are sick and without medical attend
ancc or medicine In Galveston our
Warehouse, relief station and orphan
asylum are in full working order We
gave clothing, food and medicine yes
tcrday. to 40 families. \ committee of
more than 80 Galveston church women
has been organized 70 search out for
mclly Wcil-to-dn families who lost
their all and are too sensitive to ask
relief publicly. The captains Of tn"
Mallory steamships san Marcos ana
Sabine worked hard, an day yesterday.
distributing I;rd Gross relief t;rd
cross contributions received. y.@tcr-
day. aggregated $1,000 More funds arr
urgently needed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-26
RlCHM0NO'S ANNUAL FAIR.
Very Fine Exhibits q Produce, Stock ard
Farm Products-A Large Attendance

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