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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
FIVE LIVES SACRIFICED.
In Their Home Near Al
tOOna, Pa,

Altoona, Pa, Dec. 2.-Five persons,
a mother and her four children, were
burned to death at Gwayn station, on
the Wopsono creek railway, three
miles north of the city early yester-
day. The husband escaped with Sc
vere injuries.
The dead are:
Mrs. Mary C. Burke, 40 years of
age.
Adam G. Burke, 16.
Mary E. Burke, 10.
Johanna Burke, II.
Joseph Victor Burke, 8 years.
Carl w. Burke, the husband is Sc
riously burned about the back.
Mrs. Burke and the children, save
Adam, retired at the usual hour Sat
urday night. Mr.. Burke, who was
in Altoona, did not get home until
late. The lamp was burning in the
kitchen for him. Before he went up
stairs he turned it low. A lunch was
left on the kitchen table for Adam,
who was a stage hand at the Altoona
opera house. 1t is not known what
time he came home.
Mrs. Burke was awakened by a
dense smoke in her room. She awoke
her husband, who found the kitchen
abuaze. Burke's clothing was ignited,
but he rolled in the snow to extin-
guish the flames. He then summoned
the assistance of neighbors, but when
they arrived there was no hope of
saving the house OF rescuing the in
mates. Burke was sent away to the
hospital crazed with grief. The house
was soon consumed and the bodies,
charred and blackened, were recov-
cred. One corpse could not be distin-
guished from the other. The general
opinion is that Adam forgot to ex-
tinguish the light in the lamp when
he retired and that the lamp was in
some way upset. possibly by the fam
lily dog.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER.
Twenty Years In the ~Penifentiary
for Poisoning a Patient at the
Instigati0n of Others.

Jacksonville, H., Dec. 2.-The jury
In the case of William Webb Fergu-
son, charged with the murder of DIR.
j. L. Barnes, of Monticello, by poi
soning the doctor in Central hospital
for the insane, Jacksonville, last May,
at the alleged instigation of Mrs.
Mamie Barnes. of Quincy, the doc
tors wife, and Mrs. McWilliams, the
mother of Mrs. Barnes, returned a
verdict early, yesterday, after being
out seven hours, finding Ferguson
guilty of murder and fixing the term
of punishment at 20 years in the pen
itentiary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
Mother Roasted Her Babe.

Sioux City, Ia, Dec. Mrs. j.
Fred Meyers, living five miles from
Correctionville, wrapped her ive-
months-old baby in a blanket, put her
in the oven of the kitchen stove to
keep warm and went out in the yard
to gather fuel. When, half an hour
later, she returned, the fire in the
stove had blazed up and the room was
filed with smoke. Rushing to the
oven, she found the blanket and
clothes in flames. The baby was dead
and its arms and legs burned to e
crisp.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
WILL STAND BY THEIR GUNS.
Cape Colony VIII DO Her Whole
Duty While the Boer Up
risino Continues. !,

Cape Town, Dec. 2.-Sir Gordon
Sprigg, prime minister of Cape Col
ony, during the course of a speech
at a banquet, said Cape Colony was
maintaining in the cape an army
numbering $4,000 men, the bulk of
whom were mounted. and that these
numbers were increasing weekly. II
was a great strain on the treasury,
said the prime minister, but the col
ony was prepared to bear it as long
as necessary. The rebels we're being
gradually worn down and the pros
pect was not discouraging.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
WOMAN EXPLAINED.
rican Who Has Had Fifty
Five Wives.

Who shall be considered qualified to
speak with wisdom on the subject of
women if it is not he who has had
55 wives.
Obendaga is aSenegalese chief whose
spouses have numbered precisely two
o and fifteen. Obendaga has
studied all of them. He be-
lieves he knows something of wom-
ankind. What he knows has crystal
lied into maxims of great pith and
piquancy. Here are some of them:
wives are like weeds, sometimes;
unless you choke them they choke
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
A
when the Lid Is Down the Contents
Cannot Escape, Says It's


Occasionally after dirt has been
brushed into a dustpan it gets out
again before it ought to. An article
of this class has been devised, how
ever, which is windproof. The San
Diego (Cal.) Sun says: at may be
safely carried from room to room, or
through Railways outdoors to be
emptied without the danger of the
dust flying into ones eyes, or on the
floor again, only to be swept up
again. When sweeping is being done
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05

you; unless you cut them off they poi
son you.
when a woman smiles and keeps
her teeth shut, marry her for a colula
who can bite when she laughs.
when a woman weeps pat her
once; if she still weeps, peat her
twice.
IF you do not like a woman's ear
cut it off; she will hear no less and
may look more beautiful.
"Despise not all women built like
cocoanut trees; in every forest must
be some cocoanut trees.
ga yellow woman is like muddy wa
ter, fit only for cooking.
why kiss? 1t is like patting a
sugar tree.
when you want a woman take her
if you can if you cannot, make her
feel her loss.
B condescending always to q
simply to fall and lie around at the
foot of the tree. A man with many
wives is a %cocoanut tree with much
fallen fruit.
ga woman fights with chances; a
man with spears. Some glances are
sharper than some spears.
IF there is trouble in your huts
shift the women; women must live
together a week before they fight.
"Some wives nurse grievances like
children and love them full as well;
see hat such wives have a family Of
grievances.
Zone wife is as if the clock always
marked high noon; there are other
hours on the clock.
cone wife is like one meal every
day, and that one meal always boya-
da, the same food; the stomach will
not stand it.
"Slap some, pinch others, never pat
them unless to save a word.
Talk little to women; listen much.
They talk for many and listen for
few.
Better to have a woman fear you
than to think she can wave a doga
to a lover behind your back. A wom-
an admires a lion hat will eat her
more han a monkey that will chatter
for her peanuts.
1.-THE wink is not known in Senegal:
we do not blink at the sun or al each
other. What we see, we see. What is,
we see; what is not, other countries
can wink at.
"Fifty-five wives are like a long
journey. When the traveller wearies
he can rest by the wayside in the
moonlight.
1.-The less clothes a wife wears the
more she has to hide in her head If
she would keep it from you. Clothes
are foolish; t~attooing is far more or
namental and does not chafe. Tail
ors are like monkeys tails, good only
for hanging.
what is art? l never saw it before
/ came here. In Senegal art as I see
it in this country would be for a mon
key to hang by its tail in a cocoanut
tree and make all tribes believe it was
a man in high suspense.
"Wives are useful, particularly if
you smoke. Let their teeth be good;
it means better snuff.
Marry much. Do not AXE it seri-
ously. Often bad wives make good
1t is hard to be the widower
of a good widow.
"When the cooks spoil the broth
in our land we put them in the pot
to make more 1t solves the question
of food.
MANY women would rather be one
of 55 wives than one of none"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
Mi,k Increases Weight.

IF milk does not disagree with one
a quart or more a day will help i'm
mensely in the work of getting fat. 1t
should be slipped rather slowly, as it
turns into curds the momentit reaches
the gastric juices of the stomach, and
when a large quantity is swallowed at
nee the large mass formed is not
quickly digested. A tablespoonful of
1ime-water in a glass of milk will neu-
tralize its bilious properties.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
Death Germs i'm Pin Heaa.

The swallowing of a pin is less to
be dreaded than the contagion that
may Turk about the pin. Under its head
and about the point of apencil a whole
multitude of disease germs may Turk,
which, being given entrance to the
mouth, from there soon infect the
whole body, thus causing illness, or
perhaps even death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
A Succession Exneriment.

Muskegon, Mich, Dec. Capt.
r. D. Mayo, who left Chicago Satur-
day afternoon in his ~life-saving de-
vice, arrived safely at Grand Haven
at ten o'clock yesterday morning.
The voyage was made without acct
dent, although a strong sea was en-
%countered.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
The -swffehmen's strike.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. There is lit
tie change in the switchmen's strike.
The situation is steadily improving on
the roads and by the first of next
week the railroad officials say they
win be in al good shape as before the
strike.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
Her NATURAL Expre..,on.

She-I positively look silly in that
photograph.
He-I suppose the photographer
asked you to look natural, didn't he?
-Yonka-s Statesmau.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
The Refns Comsng HOME.

London, Dee. 1.-The Cunard line
steamer Lucania, which leaves Liver.
pool to-day for New York, win have
among her passengers Lester and
John Reiff. the American Jockeys.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05

When she awoke again to conscious
ness, she found herself seated in the
easy chair where she so often rested.
She was seated as if she had been
placed there by some tender hand. By
her side was an empty glass, as If
someone had given her water.
She started up, as the full recollec-
ton of the situation came back to her.
She looked round. No one was there.
She looked at the bed. The clothes
were thrown back, as if by a hasty
hand. But it was empty.
There was only n sign of recent
occupation.
On the toilet table by the window,
lay a cap-a soldiers cap-the cap OF
a Communard.
Flung carelessly down by Armand.
there it had lain all through the sol.
diers' search.
She seized it n%ervously, and them
with a furtive glance at the door, she
kissed it.-Cassell's Magazine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-12-21
sTCRYETTEs,

Not long ago a prominent country
lawyer. becoming nettled at the rul-
Ing Of judge, picked up his hat and
started to walk out of the court room
Are you trying to express your con-
tempt for the Court" mo. your
honor" was the reply. Il am trying
to conceal It,"
An American once went to Windsor
castle and insisted upon seeing Queen
Victoria. He was told that 1t was quite
impossible, as an audience with the
Queen could be had only by appoint
ment. Still he persisted. and then
they told him flatfooted that. before
seeing the queen. he must state the OBJ
5ect of his visit. He said he wanted
to show her a new piece Of furniture
a throne-bed-a perfect throne by
day and perfect bed by night.
The spielers who were at the MID
way at the Pan-American exposition
were a Quick-witted lot OF men. and
took advantage of every remark, good,
bad, or Indifferent, made by the spec
tators who listened incredulously to
their harangueS. C..e OF them. how
ever, waxed so eloquent in depicting
the attractions OF the entertainment
which he represented, that a brawny
tiller Of the soil. who stood open
mouthed before him, CALCULATED: by
gum!" mo. buy ticketsv' shouted the
spleler, quick as fash. and he had
the farmers half-dO11ar hafore the LAT
ter realized what he was about.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-12-21
LAST MOURNING PICTURE.
King and Queen Pose for Painting t
Be Executed of Them.

King and Queen Pose for a Painting to
BE Executed of Them.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
have had their last mourning photos
taken. The official term of grief has
expired and their royal highnesses will
hereafter be taken in the ermine and
the purple, but not in black. The
queen has now laid aside her veil OF
crepe. upon which the crown posed so
jauntily in the spring and summer, and
now she wears the most beautiful cos
tunes in vari-colors, though for the
most part in gray, az be- majesty Is
very partial to that shade. Tho king
will hereafter don his army uniform
or wear citizens clothes, as may please
him, but the heavy dead black Of
mourning will not be noticed The last
mourning photo of their maiesties
shows them in full regalia, but with
the weeds upon them. The king, ever
gallant, holds the queens fingers in
his own, and the queen stands just q
little in the background, as BELTS a
consort. Her majesty is sweet-faced as
ever, but a trlfe thin. Though wo-
man past middle life she still holds her
own and Is now, as she has been for
the past generation, the prettiest royal
lady in Europe. Their mourning pic
ture is to be perpetuated In beauti-
full painting to be Immediately exc
cuted by the court painter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-12-21
LITTLE CLASSICS.

That is the best garden which pro-
duces most roots and fruita.-Dr.
Johnson.
Enthusiasm is the genius Of SINGER
ity. and truth accomplishes no victor
les without it.-Bulwer Lytton.
Talents are best nurtured IN sofi-
tude: character Is best formed in the
stormy billows Of the world.-Goethe.
Our business Is not to build quickly.
but to build upon a right foundation.
and In right spirit-Dr. Joseph
Parker.
The most delicate and the most SEN
sible Of all pleasures consists IN pro-
noting tne pleasures OF otherS.-LA
Bruyere.
The greatest results in life are
usually attained by simple means, and
the exercise Of ordinary qualities. The
common life Of every day with its
cares, necessities and duties affords
ample opportunity for acquiring ex-
perience of the best kind; and It's most
beaten paths provide the true worker
with abundant scope for effort and
room for self-improvement. The great
high road Of human welfare lies along
the old highway Of steadfast we'll
doing, and they who are the most per-
sistent will be the most successful
Samuel Smiles.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-12-21
JOHNNY on Golf.

Coli is q game that is played with
lot OF sticks. . little round ball, and
q caddy. The caddy is a boy with
slim legs. and poor but honest par
ents. You scrape up a small mound
of sand and put the ball ON top Of It.
Then you raise the stick over your
shoulder, shout "Fore!" IL a loud tone
Of voice. and hit the ball with all your
might. The great aim Is to knock the
ball into q hole which Is in the dis
tance. II you lose the ball you have
to get another. There was a hotel
clerk who married a rich young wom-
an. and he did not have to be a clerk
any more. so he Joined golf club
and wore real diamonds and the An
est clothes that money could procure
When he went out to play his first
game of golf he looked With
proud disdain at the little oall Then
he raised his club aloft and gazed
haughtily about him, but instead of
saying "Fore!" he yelled 'FRONT.'"
and for some reason or other he never
got into real good society after that
JOHNNY.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-12-21
..EoME AaOs PHILOSOPHY.

Men VII stald ii their own light
and get scared at their own shadow.
1t is wonderful how much value 4
15cent collar will add to a 1o-cent
man.
II all the world was as honest a.
We are. nobody would steal when any
body is looking that way.
When a man feels respondent, the
whole world looks blue. We look at
the world through the eyes Of our
hope
Our goody great men know too much
entirely about heaven, and not half
enough about the tenements and how
els ON earth
No odds what sad condition society
drifts into, the politician is there to
swear that it Is the only logical con-
ditton possible
Some men think for the pleasure Of
thinking. some for the pleasure 1t
gives to others; but, mostly. people
think for profit.
You may talk about the goody. hard
working. economical boy all you want
to. but all OF you love the prodigal
son best, after all
One nice thing about belonging to a
church is you can be . church member
and be almost anything else. SO long
as you pay your dues
When a fellow gets to that point
where he can read everything. and be-
lieve nothing. he has got humanity
reduced to a common fraction.
Dead cats drift out with the tide,
live ones climb on a rock and keep
dry. Laooring men play dead cat and
float out On the popular political wave
A man can sit down and think him
self into q beautiful Christian being,
but 1t Is harder to go out among the
poor and work yourself into the same
holy calm
The coward is always noisy and
boisterous after the danger Is all over
-Finnickey Finnukin in Pennsylvania
Grit.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-12-21
MODES OF 1901.

Headd1> sses-A bonnet of lilac silk;
the crown full. and confined with a
handkerchief, which ties under the
chin.
A cape of yellow crepe, the crown
long and full, and confined in several
places with bands of Grape, ornament
ed with bows Of the same.
Walking Dress-White cambric mus
lin, made tight over the bosom, with
q collar to turn back, trimmed all
round with lace; long sleeves. con-
fined above the elbow In two places;
petticoat Of the same, with a narrow
founce around the bottom. Bonnet of
green silk. tied down with a Aandker-
chief: nankeen shoes.
A bonnet of slate colored silk,
trimmed, and tied under the chin with
pink ribbon.-London Times, August
I, 1901.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-12-21
LITERARY NUlkS.

"The Crisis may yet break a record
among the "best-selling" books. At
present the publishers announce the
sale Is steadily advancing to the 3OO.-
oU0 mark
new volume by DR.. William T.
6edgwick Of Boston will be OF especial
interest to students Of public sanitary
conditions. It bears the title "The
Principles Of Sanitary Science and the
Public Health. with Special Reference
to Causatlon and Prevention of Infec-
tious Diseases"
A now work Of fiction for the lover
OF boys stories appears in Miss Mar
guerite L. Glentworths "A Twentieth
Century Boy" The author is said to
have special talent for depicting the
modern American boy.
The recent death Of John Fiske lends
a poignant interest to his Life Ever
lasting" the remarkable lecture on i'm
mortality delivered by him last win
ter at Harvard university. Professor
Fiske's lecture will be published soon.
Mrs. Ellen Olney Kirk has written a
novel which is promised for early pub
lication. 1t Is entitled Our Lady Van
ity."-Chicago News.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-12-21
Regarded with Suspicion.

A young man who Tvs in German
town was thrown firm a crowded troll
ley car recently and sustained severe
sprain of the hand, which necessitates
his carrying that member in sling.
II didn't mind this so much until
President Nick nley was assass mated"
he said, but 1t Is an a,-ual fact that
since then have become an object OF
suspicion. Cog sz. you know. had q
fake bandage en- his hand to conceal
the pistol. Well, imm mediately after
the shooting I not 'ced that as I walk
ed along the street p ople u.d look
at me eskance and turn to watch my
actions. l thought it rather strange
that 1 should att act so much atten-
ton, and then 1t dawned on me that
might be taken for another Czolgosz
1t Is strange" said the young man, ac-
co ding to the Philadelphia Record.
what slight CO ned dsnce will some
times make an unple SAINT Impression" 4"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-12-21
NURSERY SUGGESTIONS.

The apartment should be ventilated
during the night as we'll as the day.
A sick child should never occupy an
inside room. Fresh air is prime ne
cessity.
The sunniest and best room in the
house i. not too good for the child to
sleep In.
Gas stoves consume the air required
by the child, and are not advisable in
a sleeping room.
No sweeping should be done while
the children are In the room. II, how
ever, because Of sickness, this Is nee
essary, drst the furniture and floor
with a moist cloth and use a carpet
sweeper instead Of broom.
In the nursery medicine cupboard,
which ought to be kept relgiously
locked, keep witch hazel for bumps
and bruises. wine Of ipecac for croupy
nights and bottle OF lime water and
oil for burns and scalds. For colds
and hoarseness prepare a half-pound
jar of lard and turpentine. Mix these
water 1t will thicken, but table
spoonful can be heated In a few min
utes at ary time and rubbed on a
child's chest. back, neck and the soles
Of his feet. A box Of mustard has
place in the nursery medicine cup
board for hurried mustard plasters.
bottle Of vinegar FOR bruises, pack
age Of absorbent cotton, a roll OF
bandages from half All inch to an inch
and a half wide. tincture Of iodine for
chilblains, ginger or peppermint water
fer collie. chlorate OF potash for sore
throats. oil Of cloves for toothache and
4 roll Of surgeons adhesive plaster for
cuts. 1t is a good plan for a mother
to ask the advice of her doctor about
simple home remedies.-A physician
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-12-21
FUNNY0RAPHS.

What is the difference between .
good duckshooter and man that
steals a painting?" "One brings the
canyasback and the other doesn't"
Higgins-What are those children
running after that golfer for? Wig
gins-They think he Is a bagpipe play
er and they want to hear him play.
We're awfully ashamed of father"
What has he done?" why he went
to New York and got run over" by
an automobile?" mo. by horse car"
She-Yes. she Is a woman who has
suffered great deal because Of her
belief He-Indeed! And what is her
belief? She-That she can wear No.
shoe on No. foot.
Hocus-What happened when you
own business. Pocus-I don't exactly
know. When + recovered conscious
ness 7 was in the hospital.
Mistress-Now, Bridget. there Is
one thing ] must insist upon. II you
break anything, I want you to come
and tell nae at once. Brldget-Sure.
ma am. ! can't be runnin' to ye every
minute Of the day.
Willie (aged 5)-Papa, didn't you
tell me that If I took care Of my pen
MES my dollars would take care OF
themselves? Papa-Yes. my son. Will
lie-TheL why didn't your dollars take
care of themselves the other day when
you lost your pocketbook!
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-12-21
PERSONALS.

Senator Hawiey Of Connecticut, Is
tie senior surviving officer of the orig
inal organization of the Grand Army
OF the Republic
The King Of Roumania Is personally
interested in plan to educate his peo-
pie by the establishment of theaters
In every town in the kingdom.
It is reported that in his will Sig
nor Crispi named a certain politician
to examine his papers and superintend
the publication of his memoirs.
Sir Henry Johnson recently returned
to London from Ugandae. has a collec
ton Of photographs said to be the
finest ever gathered together in Africa.
Luigi Carreno, a well-knOwn Roman
journalist, recentlv got employment as
a day labOrer in the vatican garden In
order to get material for an article on
the daily life of the pope.
Lord Salisbury is one of the best
German scholars in England Teutoa-
ic literature has been his hobby for
years, and he is especially interested
in the various German dialects.
DR.. E. J. Crow, the we'll known or
ganist Of Ripon Cathedral, England
resigned his post. which he had held
so efficiently for % years He was a
pupil Of DR.. J. L. Hopkins at Roches-
ter Cathedral
The Rev H. J. Katzmiller, pastor of
the United Brethren church at
Quincy, Pa, has given his farm Of 100
acres to the church 70 be used as the
site for an orphanage for children Of
the denomination.
The annual prize Of 5000 francs for
the best work in medical research Of
fered by the Belgian government was
awarded this year to Prof. A. Van
Gehucten for his works on the human
brain and spinal cord.
To advance the project Of beautify
ing the river front Of Springfield,
Mass, for which the late Tilly Haynes
wilIed $4,000 Everett H. Barney Of
that city has offered to be one Of nine
teen persons to give 5000 each.