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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-22
Des Arc.

error in the sales of the Morris Bros.
It should read, sales fifty thousand
dollars up to the first of August, 1901.
Miss Leila O'Neal has resigned her
position here az primary teacher in
our public school. Miss Laverta Hack
worth has been employed in her place.
B. Hickman has gone to Greenville
to fire the big saw mill. His family
will go in ten days.
Jno. Chiffon, near Brunot, lost his
house and household goods by fire last
week. 1t was lately built and was
quite a loss to him.
We have quite a car famine at pres
emit on the /. M. road. Stevenson Bros.
have over fifty cars of lumber at differ
emit points ready to load.
E. w. Graves brought in from his
farm to-day one stalk of corn twelve
fourteen inches long. He will make
two-thirds of a crop on an average, but
some of it will go fifty bushels to the
acre.
We have had some good rains around
Des Arc.
Chas. Hickman, Jas. Chiffon and
several other farmers on Big Creek
will make fine corn.
The Baptist Church is being painted,
and we thank the business men of
Pennington, Ironton, Brunot and Des
Arc for kindly helping US to raise
funds to pay for same.
Doc. Farrar and Bolon Reno are
shipping two cars of stock from here
to-day.
Mr.. Chas. Semands, accompanied
by his cousin, Miss Jesse Quinn, of
Commerce, Mo-. are visiting relatives
and friends here this week.
Miss Lizzie Black returned from
Lesterville Monday, where. she has
been visiting relatives the past two
weeks.
Miss Lima Farr is visiting Brunot
friends this week.
Mrs. John Lovelace returned to her
home in Irondale last Friday.
Chas. Wilkinson, of Piedmont, was
see on our streets last Sunday.
Miss Matte Maddox is visiting
friends at De Soto this week.
MI. Walter Thomas and sister, Miss
Minnie, left last Friday for Trinidad,
Colorado, where they go for their
health.
Mrs. Jas. Lovelace visited her
daughter, Mrs. Fred Farr, of Brunot,
last week.
Mrs. E. Eustus, of Hendrickson, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Leonard
Morris, this week.
Rev. Stewart will fill his regular ap-
pointment here next Sunday in the M.
z. Church.
Aug. 20, 1901. ISAAC.
AS my article escaped the waste
basket / will try again.
Every one was anticipating preach
ing here Saturday and Sunday night,
but vas doomed to disappointment, as
the preacher failed to preach.
Miss Mamie Dale, of Poplar Bluff,
visited relatives here this week.
Mrs. Fanny Porthero, of ST. Louis,
who has been visiting relatives here,
returned home Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. Meadows, who are Wis.,
iting their aunt, Mrs. Chas. Williams,
visited relatives last week at jackson,
returning Saturday. Mr.. NJ. returned
to his home Ia Gillian, La, Sunday,
and was accompanied IS far as Pied
mont by his wife and little cousin, Miss
May Williams.
DIR. Toney. OF Piedmont, was seen on
our stFeets last Monday.
The sick folks of our vicinity are
recovering slowly,
Aug. 10, 1901. JAKE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-22
What a Tale It Tells.

If that mirror of yours shows q
wretched, sallow complexion. jaun-
diced look, moth patches and blotches
on the skin, it's liver trouble; but DIR.
Kings New life Pills regulate the
liver, purify the blood, give clear skin,
rosy cheeks. rich complexion. Only
csc at Arcadia Valley Drug Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-22
For Sale.

NV fine young horse and new run
about and harness-saddle and bride;
also some household and kitchen fur
~niture, stoves. and double : barrel
breaeh-loading shotgun. Inquire at
this Office.
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No signature Is necessary.

Mr.. Daniel Bantz, Otterville, Ia,
says: ssHave had asthma and a very
bad cough for years, but could get no
relief from the doctors and medicines
| tried, until took Foley's Honey and
Tar. It gave immediate relief, and
done me more good than all the other
remedies combined" Arcadia Valley
Drug Co.
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Would Have Cost Him His Life.

Oscar Bowman, Lebanon, KY,
writes: ST have been using Foley's
Kidney Cure and take great pleasure
in stating it gave me permanent cure
OF kidney disease which certainly
would have cost me my life." Take
none but Foley's. Arcadia Valley
Drug Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-22
BelleyieW Briefs.

The severe drouth has been broken
and you a again see the appearance
of the returning smile on the faces of
the jolly farmers.
Quite a good deal of gardening is
being done.
Mesdames jackson Herring, of Pa
ducah, KY. are spending the summer
with their mother, Mrs. Cox.
Mrs. Conner, of St. Louis, was the
guest of Mrs. Campbell last week.
Walter Woods and wife and Miss
George, of Lesterville, we're in town
last week.
Miss Sue Muse, after a short visit to
home folks, returned to St. Louis.
Mrs. Davis, of De Soto, spent several
dogs at home.
Miss Minnie Presnell mas returned
to st. Louis.
ing in Lesterv1lle.
Mrs. Kerlagon spent a few days with
her mother last week.
E. NJ. Logan has a new buggy.
MIR. Hartzell spent Sunday at home.
Ten thousand pounds of -four passed
through our town last week to the new
store at Brule.
Rev. Calvert did not fill his appoint
ment here Sunday. He is holding a
meeting on East Fork. Quite q num-
Der of Jul B. Y. people attended the
meeting Sunday.
Tom MARI and wife, and Carol
Phillips. went to st. Louis on the ex-
cursion Sunday.
Allie Warren and Simon Black have
returned from their fishing trip to
Coldwater.
Miss Ula Campbell is visiting in Bis
marck.
The Methodist Ladies' Aid will give
an ice cream social on Thursday even
ing August 90. All are invited to
come, and a nice time is assured.
Mrs. January and her daughter, Mrs.
Cross, are visiting Mrs. Mccall.
Phillip Hartman and family are Wis.,
iting relatives in town this week.
Miss Mamie Hill was the guest of
Miss Nellie Hill last week.
Mrs. Edith Dent spent Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. Bell.
The Baptist Association will con-
ven at the I'd Baptist Church Thurs
day before the 4th Sunday of August.
E. M. Logan and Miss Jennie spent
a few days in st. Louis last week.
Chas. Muse and daughter, Maggie,
were in town Tuesday.
Jack Edison passed through with a
drove of'cattle to ship to the city.
August Is, 1901. B. B.
Still we need rain.
Farmers have all their wheat
threshed and ready for sowing wheat
when it rains.
Mrs. DR.. Adams is visiting her faith
er.
Mr.. Ed. Logan. of st. Louis, is here
visiting relatives and friends.
Mesdames Earral and Bell have re-
turned from their visit to Reynolds
county.
Rev. Lambert filed his regular ap-
pointment at the Presbyterian Church
Sunday.
Misses Lizzie and Mona Fitzpatrick,
of st. Louis, are visiting Miss Mamie
Mckenzie.
III. L. Bell has purchased an up-to-
date organ.
Miss Ethel Hale is at home again
after an extended visit In Tennessee.
K. E. Muse and Miss Fannie Warren
were callers in Ironton Saturday.
Crave Edmonds is employed at
Whites livery stable in Arcadia.
Mr.. John Williams, of Irondale, is
visiting his uncle, Mr.. Bond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Muse spent Friday in
Pilot Knob.
Mr.. Hartzell spent Sunday at heme.
Mrs. Chambers daughter, from Pied
mont, is here paying a visit.
Mrs. Lette visited her mother, Mrs.
Meyer, Monday.
Miss Lulu Meyer is at home again.
Mr.. Lette. children and mother, of
Doe Run, visited Mr.. John Horn Mon
day.
Aug. 20, 1901. B. B.
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"Ny baby was terribly sick with the
disrrhoea," says j. Fl. Doak, of Will
liams, Oregon. 1--WE were unable TO
cure him with the doctors assistance.
and as a last resort we tried Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhnea
Remedy. | am happy to say it gave
immediate relief and a complete cure y
For sale by Arcadia Valley Drug Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-22

String Beans 2 cam for Is cents at
Good Luck.
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Bears thu The Kind You Hasa Al#ays Bought
''sa : &WlZM
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-22

II lbs. Granulated Sugar 81 at Good
Luck.
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Best School Shoes ut Good Luck.
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HOME SKETCHES.

regret that / attempted this series
Home Sketches" The past, view
IN ed broadly, like a distant
VA vista of valley from the noun
70 tain-top, lies dimly smooth
and even to the ~contempla-
ton; but when traversed dis
closes many a thicket and hill
and gully OF half-forgotten in
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Granulated Sugar $5.T6 q hundred
pounds at Good Luck.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25
Beautiful Weltevreden Is a
Great Residence CITY.

From Batavia a wide road runs for four
miles along the canal. the canal and road
being lined with houses on both sides, until
1t reaches the city OF weltevreden, which
Is the great residence city Of the Dutch in
the East Indies. This is one Of the most
beautiful cities in the world. 1t is a e.
Gantic park in which not only the homes
of the people. hut even the stores and the
business houses. have gardens and trop-
fcal trees about them. There are public
squares containing hundreds Of acres,
there are great avenues OF palms and vast
collections Of orchids and beautiful iowers
and all the surroundings of fairyland.
Take the Kings Plain. for instance. This
Is a park a mile square almost in the CEN
ter of the city. 1t contains more than 500
acres and II Is one vast stretch of velvety
lawn. There are roads running around IL
which are as smooth as those Of Central
Park, and back Of these looking out
through the trees are the villas of the
nabobs of this Dutch capital. Each of
them has grounds about It with so many
curious plants within them that II would
be a very botanical garden anywhere else.
Here the driveway up to the house IL Do
tween two rows Of royal palms. and there
It is between an arbor Of shade trees %
gigantic thai you will not see their like
outside Java.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25

Concordia has a great garden about II
where every Saturday night its members
give a concert to their families and friends
The music Is furnished by one of the mill
ta-y bands and It is as good as any you
will hear in the great gardens Of Europe.
Last Saturday night the band sat in a
stand In the open air, while the audience
were seated on chairs about the tables in
the tropical garden in front of the club
house. The light wa. furnished by hun
dreds Of white-gIobed lamps. which hung
from the trees. and also by the rays Of the
full moon, filtered through the green palms.
There were, I Judge. at least q thousand
ladies and gentlemen present, n as we
sat there chatting and drinking, stately
native walters In turbans and livery trotted
about in their bare feet and waited upon US.
The people at the tables were as well
dressed as any European crowd and as
fashionably dressed as the average audi
ence Of our concerts at home. With the ex-
ception of the military officers. who were
clad In white duck. with gold lace and
brass buttons. the men wore black clothes
and the women wore bonnets and well-nt-
ting dresses.
In the intervals I walked through the
clubhouse. 1t was hoored with Italian mar
BILE. and parts Of II were walled with great
mirrors. 1t has a library and newspaper
room. a large billiard room and halls for
dancing and card playing and all the conve-
niences of the best clubs all the world over.
Another night I spent at the Harmonic
Club. where the concert was equally good.
1 am stopping at the Hotel des Ind. one
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25
NOTED PIONEER WHO WALKED
FROM NORTH CAROLINA To ILLINOIS
That Was Seventy-FHe Years Ago,
and in That Time Henry Michael
Has Accumulated a Snug For
tune, and at the Age Of Ninety
Seven Years Is Able to Enjoy 1t.

Special Correspondence Of The Sunday Republic.
Mattoon. ILL.,. Aug. 23.-Henry Michael. 81
years old. is one of the few survivors Of the
hardy pioneer type that settled Illinois. His
vitality is the admiration of the whole sec
ton. Wednesday he sat for his first photo
graph He arose at dawn. did the chores
about premises and walked ten blocks
to a photographers studio with a stride
SO vigorous that only intimate friends
half-century mark.
No more apt illustration in real life Of the
success OF a man in spite of handicaps could
BE- found. Mr.. MichaeTs parents were so
poor that they walked the entire distance
from North Carolina to Coles County. ILL.,
noist seventy-fve years ago. when the coun-
try they traversed was but a wilderness. in
Tested by savage men and ferocious beasts.
Their six children also walked or were car
ried by the elders. The journey consumed
In q clearing near Kickaroo Point, south Of
this city. and that was the first home Of
the Michaels.
Henry Michael received SO a month for
bis services from a neighboring settler. He
was then u years old. Until he becam. q
landowner he never received more than 30
cents a day for labor that began at day.
break and frequently lasted long after sun
down. There were no schools. and Mr.
Michael never learned to read or write. His
natural shrewdness overcsme Obstacles.
however, and In early manhood he acquired
. farm. At the age of a he married Miss
Louisa Lawrence. and ten children were
born to them. When he retired several
years ago he divided an estate valued at
$1,000 among his children.
Although unable to read or write. Mr..
Michael has transacted land and cattle deals
thousands of dollars with absolute |
accuracy by a mental process that for
~quickness routed other mems figures. He
has q wonderful memory. and possesses a |
rude. dramatic ability that makes him I'M |
excelled as a teller of tales Of pioneer DAYS.
Mr.. Michaels Democracy Is his boast. He |
has never voted any other than the Demo- |
cratic ticket. and says he never win. He |
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the rest Of the food was brought n m
consisted Of picked olives. picked sgUD
stuffed with peppers. shaved beef stsWoa
raw cucumbers and one or two other thinon.
tho names Of which I do not know. Tharo
must have been a dozen different ingfod1-
ents in that rice on the plate. and wh0 she
had smoothed the pile up It looked M .
Chinese grave. Her delicate ladyship ate
the whole with q fork and . tablslpooa.
working the two together to eonvsy u
food to her mouth. There were 0thefs a1o1e
her doing the same. and. TRANCE 70 NJ
none seemed to suffer inconvenisncA. 10
After this course there was one a 0aa1s
steak, cooked in American style. and q -.
ert Of bananas, cheese and coffee Tho
bananas and cheese wero eaten toguGAsE
In alternate bites. and the eoff6o Was o.
the same cold. hot milk nature - ~ -
had at my breakfast The walters WW0
natives. in white cotton Jackets and bra0hA>
colored petticoats over white pantaiooaak'
trimmed with turkey red. They went aheue
in their bare feet. and although they eoulA
not speak English. they did very wen. ~
FRANK g. CARPENTRY
Copyright. 1901. by Frank q. Carpentsr.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25
HENRY MnCHAEEs

seldom fails to walk to the polls enc cast
his ballot.
Mr.. Michael comes Of a Iong-nved stock.
An elder brother. Daniel. 80 years old. =
still living at Yarmouth. Ia. Another
brother. Charles. who is 81. still labors &C
his trade in this city. His mother lived to
see her one-hundredth birthday, and her
father passed that age before he died.
An exceptional feat performed by Mr..
Michael when in his seventies Is told BY
neighbors. Four acres of wheat on his
farm were blown down by heavy winds.
The harvesters were unable to cut II with
the machine and were about to pass II BY
as worthless. Mr.. Michael declared II could
be harvested proftabiy. but every one
laughed at his assertion. He secured .
sickle and cut the four-acre patch in a.
many days The grain. a fine quality. aver
aged thirty-fotr bushels and a peck to the
acre. II sold at s. a bushel and his four
days labor melted him more than $50.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25
Batavia Is Much Like Rotter-
dam and The Hague.

Batavia is situated at the eastern end Of
the island. at the mouth Of the Tjiliwong
River. and not far from the harbor tf
Tandjong Prick. with which 1t is connected
by railroad and canal. l landed at the har-
Dor on my ship from Thursday Island and
was quickly passed through the customs and
came to Batavia in about half an hour by
rail. The town consists of two parts. q
lower and an upper. The lower, hich is
Batavia proper. comprises the Government
offices, the chief exporting and importing
houses and all the old buildings. 1t is not
milk a city Of Holland. A wide canal
runs through the principal street and the
houses along this have white walls and
sharp overhanging roofs Of red tile. They
are just like the buildings in parts OF Rot
terdam and The Hague. and with their
signs and Dutch merchants would
not be out of place II lifted up bodily and
dropped down in the Netherlands.
The town has many natives and many
Chinese. 1t is surrounded by small houses
and II is very unhealthy.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25
LATEST LABOR TROUBLE.

From the Boston Transcript.
Harry: wonder why it was that Frauk
ah1 bertna broke on their engagement? I
understood 1t was all arranged. even ~ IN.
marriage day"
DICK. 1t was discovered that the veddfne
mig was made by nonunion labor, 10 ~
clergyman refused to perform the eremonv
sna no other minister In town dares % d
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25
MademOiselle Mixed Rice Hash
and Other Things Together.

The plate was now pretty well filled but
mademoiselle mixed the rice, hash and
other things together. and sat back until
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25

tropical floods and other water problems
that We have in the Philippines. 1t Is as
cheap to telegraph here as in tho United
States. and. in fact. there are all sorts of
modern improvements.
But let me tel you something about Ba-
tavia, the city from which this letter Is
dated 1t is next to the largest city of
Asiatic Holland and is the capital of Java.
the town was founded when Peregrine
White. the first baby born in the United
States. was making mis- first squall in hts
cradle at Plymouth. and 1t Is now a city
Of lis 5000 people. with a vast population of
natives in the country about 1t.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25
BATAVIA Is LIKE A SLICE OUT OF HOLLAND.
,blems , pendent of their host, II they wish except-

pendent of their hosts II they wish except
ing at meals.
| I wish I could show you how some Of these
Dutch live away down here among the So
called savages on the edge of the equator.
I venture II you could see their homes many
Of you would go to the Philippines and
build others like them. Their gardens are
better than those OF any millionaire in the
United States. and President Mckinley with
his White House Conservatives has no
flowers for his receptions like those 1 see
here.
There is nc lack of furniture. The stores
Of Weltevreden are supplied by the best
establishments of Holland and you can buy
every luxury in the way of books. paint
ings. notions and furniture. All sorts Of
foods made in Europe are cold. and the
country raises vegetables and fruits Of every
description. The place is one where you get
lots for your money. but where neverthe-
less it costs lots to live. Every one lives up
to his income and a little beyond it. The
Dutch gentlemen dress better on the aver
age than our people at home. They are
sticklers for etiquette. and one dare not
accept an invitation to dinner without he
has a swallowtail suit.
Tropical Beauties of a Night
at the COncOrdia Club.
I put on my store clothes the other night
and went to a concert at the Concordia
Club. Batavia has two swell clubs. each Of
which has several hundred members. Both
have clubhouses which would be considered
fine In New York or Washington. and the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25
HARBOR AT
ICH SUPPORTS TWENTY-FIVE MILLION PERSON

Of the largest In the Far East, and by all
odds the largest in the Dutch East Indies.
II ID situated on the light side Of the
canal on the edge OF weltevreden as YOU
come up from Batavia. 1t has something
Ike ten acres OF gardens about II, all
shaded by magnificent trees. There Is a
eanyan tree covering a good city lot IN
front OF the veranda. and there are palms
and other trees in front of my room. The
house consists Of two long rows Of rooms
opening out on arcades or ~cloisters on each
side Of the grounds. with a parlor and din
fnG-room and Offices at the back. I don't
know how many rooms there are, but they
must number hundreds. and every one Is on
the first floor. l have two rooms opening
into each other. and I also use the pave
ment In front of my door. 1t Is there / loaf
In my patamas and bare feet from day
break until s or 9 o'clock in the morning,
and also again after my afternoon nap
from 8 until 6. I am by no means the only
barefooted. lightly clad guest. There il a
woman next door who wears only Q thin
mother hubbard and too slippers. without
stockings. except when she Is dressed for
the evening. / see her and her husband
trotting by every morning in their bare feet.
each carrying a towel. on their way to the
bath. and they eat beside me In much the
same costume.
Food Is Everywhere Plentiful,
but Uniquely Served.
I don't know that I like the Dutch man.
ner of eating. There is plenty of food. but
the way of serving it is 50 strange that I
the morning nv how hr,un, -. nm ~
coffee. This I am expected to take In the |
room or on the payement outside can
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25
How a Pretty Dutch Maiden
Enjoyed Her Dinner.

/ can better describe it by telling you
what one slender Dutch girl who sat be-
side me to-day ate at this meal. As she
came in to the table I could see the out
lines Of her form plainly through her thin
Jacket and calico sarong or single skirt,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25

which the ladies here consider enough sH-
cept when On dress parade: and had I
dared look. I might. I doubt not. have seen
her. az Sam Weller's father aid Of ths
women OF the tea party. swelling wtsfbly
before my very eyes" Al any rate. she
took the whole course. and I made . mem
oranda Of the dishes on q visiting card on
the other side of my plate ~ she did %.
First came the rice. Her ladyship gouged
out q quart Of the fiaky white grains with q
short-handled silver trowel. hers used for
tho purpose, and then smeared two spoon
fuls Of curry upon It. The next waiter
brought forth q pyramid Of sausages. SWIM
ming in gravy. and the lady took q SPOON
full Of sausage and some of the gravy. She
next took q leg and q second joint of broiled
chicken. and from another waiter . spoon
full Of green peppers and meat cut hne.
and then fried eggs. hasted beef. fried ba-
nanas and fried fish.
Mademoiselle Mixed Rice Hash
and Other Things Together.
h plate was now pretty well filled but
mademoiselle mixed the rice. hash and
other things together. and sat back until