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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-20

The democratic party is in favor of the
Immediate construction, ownership and
control of the Nicaraguan canal by he
United States. The failure of the repub-
lican party to make any progress in car
rving out a pledge contained in it's plat
form four years ago, together with the
substitution in its latest platform of a
plank favoring an isthmian canal for a
Specific declaration in favor of the Near
aguan canal. would indicate that the re-
publican leaders either do not appreciate
the Importance of this great Waterway
to the maritime strength and commercial
interests of the country, or that the give
too much consideration to the interested
opposition of transcontinental lines. The
Hays-Pauncefote treaty, now before the
senate. would. if ratified. greatly lessen
the value of the canal, If it would not
indeed convert it into a positive menace
in time of war. The paramount interests
of the United States in the western hem
isphere, together with the obligations to
defend the republics to the south OF
us, make it necessary that our govern
ment shall be able to close the canal
against any hostile power.
Arizona. New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Arizona. New Mexico and Oklahoma
have long been ready to assume the re-
sponsibilities and enjoy the privileges of
statehood. n it will be q pleasure. as
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-20
w. J.. BRYAN.
Ten men in America control th

len men IN America control the
business of the United States. At
their joint word, or command, the
country would experience the horror
and miseries of a national '"tie-up."
This handful of ten men have it in
their giant power whenever the within
or caprice should seize them to para
lyze and stop permanently the wheels
of industry in nearly every staple or
commodity of the country. A near
and growing peril, even imminent, a
reality which hourly threatens the
life OF the nation. Five of these men
who rule the industries of the coun-
try supported Mr.. Cleveland eight
years ago in that presidential cam
paign; the other five supported Mr..
Harrison. That all ten are now sup
porting President Mckinley for re-
election is a sinister coincidence and
a significant fact
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-20
A strange circum.tnnce.

d popular actress who appeared in a
New York court of law the other day
said h was IS years old. We have not
learned, says the Chicago Times-Her-
aid, whether she did it for advertising
purposes or because she is in reality
somewhere near Sc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-20
Sustaining Power of Banann..

One of b most courageousmarches
ever taken vas that of Col. Will
cocks, to Kumasi. We hear that dur
ing the march from Kumasi the
whole party lived on bananas. On
one occasion they even waded Shout.
der high through a river for two
hours. Does anyone want a higher
test of endurance on a vegetable diet
than 'this?-The Vegetarian.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-20
Afterwnrd.

why, l had an idea that she though
you were the only pebble on the beach.
Maybe that was the reason abe
threw me."-Brooklyn Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-20
His short-Livea R.trn

"You can always tell a bridegroom.
"How?"
HE isn't afraid to take men home
to dinner without telephoning his
Embellishments Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15

and each stripe grew broader as it pro-
ceeded footward until it spread out into an
enormous flowing fiounce little less gem
erous than if it were accordion plated. A
big blue hat of fine straw, shaped precise
lyl Ike a leghorn fiat. low crown and all,
was dresser in three fitted fiounces of
chiffon two inches wider than the brim.
These fell Empty over the edge like
border of lace This is millinery freak.
but, strange 10 say, it is one of the most
becoming and facinating hats yet exhibit
ed. 1t belongs to the Simplicity head
gear curt and doesn't forget to live up
to it's costly traditions,
Some of the skirts seen were shirred
into points back and front. This is a
pretty style for slim women, as the chief
est fullness springs into being over the
hips, where it is in most instances needed.
Robe dresses which show dotted or lined
borders VIII be much in evidence, though
such decided novelties are usually short
lived. Canvas weaves in cotton and wool
are enjoying a vogue, and lace and black
velvet ribbon are largely employed in their
construction.
Parasols make their initial bow and, for
the most part, are the same old fanc-ful
arrangements of chiffon with pearl hand
les, dotted silk with animal headed sticks
or lace and silk with lovely Innings and
natural wood La Tosca staffs. Pongee in
colors is really the newest development
for use in parasols.
Separate waists, like Banquo's ghost,
will not down, though fashion writers are
told weekly by some dress oracle that they
are done for. AS long as shops display ex-
amples too beautiful to be despised and
women so enjoy the luxury of wearing
them, / say long live the separate waist
Flowers are always beautiful, and es-
pecially is this true at Easter time. Fig
ures are sometimes eloquent, as, for in
stance, when one gathers them with re-
gard to New York's flower supply. In
spite of the wealth of blossoms that crowd
shop windows and the hands of sidewalk
vendors, 1t gives faint thrill of surprise
to hear that New York city receives with
in the seven months that make up it's win
ter season about 50,GG0,000 roses, 10000
900 violets and Is, 100000 carnations, not to
mention the loads and loads of other bios
SONS. A single rose grower sent in more
than 500 900 choice blossoms; another man
has II acres under glass for violets. Flow
ers come here for sale from points several
hundred miles away. Altogether the vol
ume of business runs between 100000 and
$500O,0O0 a year.
But there is much more in the flower
trade than the merely commercial side or
it. In the matter of orchid growing alone
there is a deal of daring exploration
More than one firm of orchid!sts has ex-
pedft,ons forever afeld securing trop.c
wilderness and mountain steppes for new
species. Often such a party comprises $50
neonle-half a dozen white men, the rest
native hunters whose woodland skill is
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15

1t is also an art the symbol of saints, mar
tyrs and angles.
The Easter lily is native of the east
Those now cultivated in Bermuda and
poplarly known as the Bermuda lily were
originally imported there from Japan for
commercial purposes. The lily played an
important part in Chinese history 1000
years ago. 1t happened that the fiowery
Kingdom was ruled by the Emperor Chow,
monarch universally feared and hated.
No one could depend upon on his favor,
and at last his best friend, the prime min
lister, Ii Chung, began to trembie for his
life.
Knowing well the bloodthirsty nature OF
the emperor, Ii Chung devised a clever
scheme to escape from his power.
On day when he fanc.ed that the emper-
or was in a favorable mood he preached
the plan 1t was that 100 of the strongest
| young men and 100 of the most beautiful
maidens should be sent with him on board
! ship to an island in the sea- which he said
i had been revealed to him in a dream by
| the gods. There, for the welfare of China
/ (and its condition could not have been
/ much worse) these people were to be sac
rificed to the deities for the benefit of their
native country. There was sanguinary
/ touch about the plan that particularly
recommended it to the bloodthirsty mind
of wicked Chow, and he Immediately gave
cheerful assent to the project, even show
ed his interest by throwing in a royal
prince and princess.
The ship in which Ii Chung and his
!; hundred young men and madens sailed
was the very finest that China afforded
The larder was filled with danties and
every provision was made that the victims
should be kept in first class condition un-
! til the time for the sacrifice. The first
tomtom musicians IN the kingdom were
loaned for the voyage to charm the ears
of the passengers with sweet sounds But
in vain the artists tried their most pleasing
compositions; nobody would sing or dance,
while the prevalence of red eyes indica-
ted that good deal Ct weeping va. go
ing on.
When they were far from China, low
| ever, Ii Chung took the passengers into
his confidence. He hal not intended TO
! Kill them at all; instead they were going
| to the most beautiful island in the world,
where they would settle and where they
would live happily ever after, far from
, the power of The wtcke1 Glow
This island was Japan, and here they
/ did settle. But they had brought with
| them great quantities of lily bulbs as food
| Nobody had been able to eat much on
| shipboard, and quantities of these bulbs
We're left over. They were planted. and in
the balmy climate of the f1owery kingdom
they attained a beauty unknown in China
Years later some Europeans. discovering
| the beauty of this flower, imported it into
| their own countries and called it the Lii
! ium longiforum. But as an American
| named Harris was practically the first to
! discover the flower and make it popular
| in two continents 1t is now called the ILL
| ium harr:sii. ETHEL KNOX.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15
LEGEND OF THE
EASTER LILY

No flower has been more honored in
song or story than the imperial lily. Its
purity and its stately bearing have caused
it to be chosen as the symbol Of divinity
and the badge of kings
Although in this country we under
stand by the word lily the lily of the val
ley, the stately Gala of the wonderful
harrisi, or Easter lily, these are only
three varieties of very great family
members of which are found in all quar-
ters of the earth. Everywhere the lily
has been honored and held a sacred flower,
whether by the banks of the stored Nile
or Ganges, where, as the lotus, 1t received
honors little short OF those accorded to
deity. or in heather Greece, where it was
consecrated to Juno, the spotless yet i'm
perious queen of Olympus; or later in
Christian countries, where the flower was
dedicated to the Virgin Mary. No great
artist when he painted the Holy Mother
ever fgorgot to place near her the flower
that was the symbol of her heavenly rank.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15

turned to tracking flowers in place of
beasts. The explorers must be men of
parts and courage, since, aside from the
direction of affairs and the Drawing of
many dangers, they must note understand
ingly every particular of original situation,
write it out and attach it to the specimens
gathered, in order that the grower may,
SO far a $ possible, duplicate the conditions.
Thus it happens that in a great orchid
establishment you may step from a house
hot and humid as the Amazon valley into
one that IS relatively almost frigid. In
each you see strangely beautiful bios
sons unlike in everything save in their
common unlikeness to every other manner
of plant. And it gives a new scale of val
ues to see a long blossomy spray of the
most ravishing blue and to be told care
lessly that when cut that particular bit of
bloom will fetch easily $50, and, further,
that the plant itself is valued at $500 But
that is not so amazing as to have your
guide stop with bated breath before slip
per shaped, "greenery gallery" flower
borne upon knobby stalks and hear him
say that this specimen is worth $4,000, be-
cause, forsooth, being a native hybrid that
bears no seed it cannot be reproduced
Forcing flowers is another most inter
esting process. Often young apple trees,
big shrubby lilacs and their like are dug
from open ground and taken into warm,
| dark house, where their flowers buds
speedily unfold. Then they have trifle of
! light and air for hardening Their bios
SONS, however. are not durable. Much OF
| the earliest white lilac is the common
purple lilac thus brought into flower Lily
| of the valley IS always forced in this fash
| ion, with the exception that the plps are
| imported especially for forcing. 1t is said
| that latterly the florists have found bet
| ter way in geration-that is, to let the
| flowers come naturally to the pitch OF
| poisoning then put them in cold stor-
age, where they may be kept indefinitely
| and come out fresh and beautiful after
| three days in the dollhouse.
DAISY MAY.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15
MRS. BOSS" PLATT
IN HER HOME.
The Wife of the New York Senator
Leads Hotel Life But Is a Factor

The Wife of the New York Senator
Leads a Hotel Life But Is a Factor
in Society.
When Mrs. T. c. Platt, wife of the
senior Senator from New york, was
taken ill in Washington this winter,
her friends at the Capital, and in New
York, wondered what would become of
her many interests. There was an or
ange grove in Florida which needed
looking after. There was host of
holiday Easter charities calling for
their annual aid there were numerous
personal friends depending upon her
for leadership; and, more than all,
there was Senator pining away for
her company. For the first time in
years Mrs. Platt, wife of one of the
most widely known bosses in the
world, was ill.,
For many years the Platts counted
up to twenty and then stopped. Mr..
and Mrs. Plat have lived in a New
York hotel in the winter and at Man
haitian Beach in the summer. During
Congress they reside in Washington.
In all three places Mrs. Plat is very
well known
She is by no means a public woman,
nor has she ever been identified with
the "woman's rights" movement.
This does not imply, however, that
she has no opinions, nor that she is not
interested in the questions before the
country. They interest her greatly
especially as they concern Mr.. Platt.
She has followed his career inteili-
gently and loyalty. His triumphs
have been hers, and his disappoint-
ments have been harder for her to bear
than for him.
This was because he had very little time
to think about them. while Mrs Plat be-
ing otherwise unoccupied, was obliged to
remain at home and live up to the tradi-
tons of her sex while her husband work
ed. She shows now the effects of her ner-
vous strain to which she has been subject
ed. Her one desire now is to have Mr..
Plat retire from politics.
In appearance Mrs Plat is tell. with
dark hair, tinged with gray, and dark
eyes that look az one with very direct.
penetrating glance. Her features ere
small and exceedingly well formed and
her manner is cordial and digaifed. One
OF Mrs. Platts greatest charms is her
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15
"THE WOMEN AT THE TOMB.

Ike best to give where know who is be-
ing benefited.
II am fond of animals and you would be
surprised to know how intelligent some
animals are, especially cats. l like them
best. A dog you can force to do things
but cat you must pet into obedience.
cat will always resent unkindness some
say cats are my fad. l am very fond OF
travelling, especially into out-of-the-way
places l have been to Alaska and Pata-
gonia and many other out-of-the-way
corners. l have also been to Holland and
greatly enjoyed the trip. Some say trav-
cling is my fad, and then l like to drive,
but 1 do not carry it to extremes. Photo
graphy also indulge in to a certain extent
so l am afraid some one else will have
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15

wide verandas. Then 1 am interested in
the people down there. Many OF them
have to be cared for Ike children.
II suppose you know that what I do
in the way of charity / do in fashion Of
my own. | do not give 10 organizations
and things Of that kind, but I help people
personally known TO me, and / have all
can do, | assure you. Many. not seeing
my name on subscription lists, think / do
not give, but that does not trouble me.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15

voice which is exceedingly rich and mu-
steal. She dresses with taste, inclning
now to grays and blacks with much line
lace She is thoroughly feminine N dress
and manner and her little sympathy with
extremes in either.
When asked If she had any fad, Ms.
Plat laughed and said: Il fear am like
some lovers-inclined to be tickle; l am in
terested in so many things. Some OF my
friends say whist is my hoboy, because l
am fond of playing it, bur Ike all games
others think it IS my orange grove. ] am
much interested in that. l do enjoy my
visits there and l have ma sgd Il al my.
self | call it Paradise. 1t is. on Lake
Harris, and is very picturesque
THE cottage is a regular Southern one,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15

to decide what my particular fad may be-
AS to politics. Wen, my interest there
is, Of course, due to Mr. Piatt's work I
cannot conceive how a wife can fas 70 be
interested in what interests he husband.
But wish be would give It UP now"
DO you think Mr. Platt would feel
lost out OF political ltfe?'' she was asked.
oh, ne would never give up his inter
est in politics. his wife admitted. bur
do not zee why he should not give up ac-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15

tive political life One rarely gives up
wholly anything one has become so inten-
sely interested In. ] feel that Mr.. Platts
health should be the first consideration"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15
New Overall for "A child.

An overall a little fancy slip to be worn
over another gown, Is suggested in the H.
lustraton. There are many ways OF max
Ing up a garment OF this kind out OF odd
Connecticut western news., 1900-12-06
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

The French chamber of deputies unan- imously adopted vote of sympathy witk Mir. Kruger.
 The Manchester Guardian says lt un- destRnds Queen Victoria has decided to confer s duksdom on Lord Roberts and that parliament will be asked 10 vote hlm 100000.
 A terrible wreck of two trains on the Mexican Central railway occurred eu Thursday by which more than a score of persons were killed and GO injured. many of them fatally.
 The population of Russia was estimat- ed at about 7o,o00, ,oO0 in 1861, the year of the emancipation of the serfs. IL iA now calculated to be over 136. .oo0 ,OO0, ac- cording 10 a statement just published by the ministry of finance.
 The following dispatch has been re ceived from Colonel Willcocks, corn- mander of the British troops at .Coomas- sie, Ashanti. dated Nov. 24; The cam paign Is ended. The troops in escess of the garrison will leave here in few days.a
 Oscar Wilde died on Friday In an ob- scure house In the Latin quarter of Paris from meningitis and was received into the Catholic church on his deathbed. Wilde, who was about 45 years of age. was born in Dublin and was the son of Sir William Mills Wilde, an eccentric surgeon dentist, who has been termed the ''crazy doctor"
Connecticut western news., 1900-12-06

Phnadainnin, nave aRnea s euns,~s, ....p the construction of Il cruiser for the Ot- toman navy. The price to be paid Is st,- T50,ooO. which includes yilh.ou0 as in. demnity to the United States for losses sustained by Americans during the Ar menian massacres.
 Major Gorgas, chief sanitary officer of Havana, in his report for Novsmbew shows that IA deaths occurred In tb~ city from all causes. this being the lowest number for the same month during the last ten years. The deaths due te yellow fever were N4. or 20 below the figures for October Thitty-scven yellow fever pa tients are now under treatment. four of whom are Americans. George w. Grant. former chief of po- lice of Piainhcid. N. l., is dead from in- juries received on Saturday night by be- ing thrown from his bicycle. Grant sus. tained n fracture uf the skull three inches long above the right ear. Grant was chief of police for some years. but lost that po- sltion through politics. Al the time of his death he was doorman at police head quarters. He was 8a years old. The United States auxiliary cruiser Yosemite parted her cables on the har- Dor of San Luis d'Apra, island Of Guam. uIliteh uN mllehi htfuck reef ana Was wrecked. Five of the crew were drown ed. collier rescued the remainder. The typhoon which wrecked the Yosemite swept over the island of Guam on Nov. 13, demolishing thousands of dwellings. including Governor Schroeder's head quarters.
 Twcnty-onc were killed and fully b0 badly injured by the collapse of the roof of the Pacific Glass works on Fifteenth street, in San Francisco. while t was crowded with men and boys watching football game on the held adjoining. About 10 people fell through the roof upon the red hot furnaces and glass vatw below. All were horribly burned, and ie is feared that in addition to the deaths already reported there will be several more.
 The richest quartz ledge ever found la the Atlin district of Alaska has been un- covered on the Cleaner group. on Taku Arm. David von Cramer has reachca Sksguay with samples of the orv, in which free gold Is very plentiful. He says the ledge is IS feet wide and that it cou- tsins streak of wonderfully rich ore Two and oHe-ksif ounces from this streak were pounded in mortar. yielding nvarlr yI 50 in gold. The owners declare thss half a ton of picked ore will yield ovsx sl2,OO0.
Connecticut western news., 1900-12-06
They Had All Le.t one.

An old gentleman, evidently n gath. erer of statistics, but with a kindly face which shaded Of to something like philanthropy about the edges. was gazing abstractedly down Regent street, London. Suddenly he stepped up to gentleman who was waiting for bus and, touching him lightly on the shoulder, said. Excuse me, but did you just drop & soyereignT holding out In his hand the coin mentioned.
 The gentleman questioned made nasty search of his pockets and said, Why. so l did, and hadn't missed It." holding out an eager hand.
 The old man drew forth notebook and took his name and address and then said, "I thought so," turning away.
 Well" said the other, do you want 1t all as a rewardT
 "I did not find one" said the old man, "but 1t struck me that in large city like this there must be a lot of money lost. and upon inquiry l And you are the thirty-frst man who has lost a sovereign this very morning. London Answers.
Connecticut western news., 1900-12-06
General Markets.

N&w tufhs I've s FLoUR-Stste and western mors active as& nrmer with hnyee quite wilAnK to meet fermss ssking rates; Minnesota patents ss. eo~tas, wia. ter straights S soas winter extras a eosi %. winter patents, ss ooas.p0.
 wHEAT-Extrsmsly dull all the morning. bus little hrmer covering by scattered shorts and the strength of corni Jsunary, TTHc. March, TpA arg ls.iac
 RyE-stssdyg state. s0ablc., c. f. f., Nsw Ysrk carlots, No. f western. 551sc., f. Q. b. shost CoRN-Ruisd stronger nght country enss- ings, higher cables and active December covering, May, s2As.a T.iec,
 OATS = Inactive. but steadier, track. white. state, 2sIsss4c.s track, white, western. asNssAc. PoRk-stsadys mesa. si1sls; family. sitso@is. LARD-stcady; prime western steam, 7.sbc. BuTTER-Firmi state dairy, ieassc.i creamery. i7a26ise.
 cHEEsE-strons, large, late made, ios.sles.e,, 1, small, late made, He.
 EoGs-strong, state and penasylvsnis, 1ssssc. !. western, loss off, 2pc.
 suGAR-Raw finn; fair refining, 8 l5ieo.i csR. tritugai po test, 7.isc. refined steady, crasAsA. Sc.s powdered. 5.7Oc.
 MoLAssEs- Steady New Orleans. sasSsc RICE-Steady, domestic, .Aadifc., Japan. "A H5c.
 TALLow-ouiet; city, sNe.l country, .Ns sxe.
 HAY-stcadyi shipping. 77,tssooi s.sd e ahaKpe kEapAs
Connecticut western news., 1900-12-06
Interested.

"A bride and groom" he said, "were crossing the Atlantic for their honey moon. The weather was rough. The third day out the stewardess came to the groom as he lay moaning in his berth.
 Your bride endeayored to break 1t gently to him-'last night gave up the ghost and now Is rocked in the cradle of the deepr
 Well was the languid answer, what of 1t? I can't help itl Don't bother me about 1t nowr
 Dear, dear? mournfully exclaimed one of the two Scotch gentlemen who were being addressed. Dear, dear! And, pray, who were the parrhtiesY !" Hampers Bazar.