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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
THE PEERAGE IN FICTION.
Duchesses Use Bad Grammar, Coun-
tesses Are Beautiful and I'm
titled Folks Are Smart.

"When | go back to England in the
spring." said the long expatriated one,
81 shall be presented"
Perceiving what she interpreted as
a sheer on the face of her American
friend, she went on: 80, perhaps you
think / haven't friends to present me.
Well, I've lots of 'em, even if | am a
nobody oven in this untitled country!"
Not at all, said the American, po-
litely. SIT is not a question of birth,
breeding or beauty. But happen to
know that to be presented you must
wear three ostrich feathers in your
hair, there's only one in your best
hat and you'll never save the money
to buy two MORE"
"That's so,'' unused the English girl.
perhaps I can borrow Aunt Ellen's.
DO you always have to wear three
feathers at court?" .
81 don't KNOW" said her friend, "but
if Aunt Ellen hasn't a coronet she will
have to wear feathers, l guess. It's
one or the other, Or perhaps BOTH"
"What a lot you know about the
British aristocracy!"
"My ideas are derived solely from
current fiction, l frankly confess; but
1 have no reason to doubt the accuracy
of it's portrayal of the titled of the
earth. For instance, should | meet a
duchess ] should at once scatter what
Is++1n I hora 70 tho fpJr
winds. Duchesses like that"
"Do they" queried the English girl.
"Why?"
"Why! Haven't you read fiction. Is
there ever a duchess nowadays in fic-
ton who has any grammar? No, in
deed. Their are always of
the most cheerfully unconventional
sort.
"Two of the last five novels I've read
have had a duchess in them, and they
were both the gayest kind of old par
ties. The first said gal and dropped
every e. and talked at the top of her
lungs, and the second dug up her own
garden and quarreled with the garden
er.
"They were both the kindest of wom-
en-all duchesses are, if you only talk
after their own fashion. | want to
meet a duchess badly"
Lady Towers was a duchess sis
ter" suggested the English girl. "You
knew her"
"Precisely. And could her manners
have been worse? No, you admit that
they couldn't. OF course she was a
spiteful cat, too, which just proves my
theory. She was only half a duchess
as you might say, and she had only hall
the attributes of one. Now countesses
are always beautiful. Did you ever
read of a countess who wasn't lovely
to behold?"
81 don't remember"
"No. of course not. You never did
Now, the ladies this or that are a more
numerous tribe; but it is safe to say
that if a woman is going to be rapid
she is married to a lord. 1t is always
the lords. of course, who live by their
wits, so there is some little excuse for
the ladies. u.n
"This is not SO hard and fast a rule
as the others, but it is generally a safe
one to make all rather naughty an6
attractive women the wives of lords
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13

President Roosevelt owes it to
himself and the country to manifest
his determination upon fair play and
humane dealing toward Cuba by ex-
erting his utmost influence in behalf
of a sufficient reduction of tariff du-
ties on Cuban products to avert the
disasters now threatening that is
land. The high protectionists in the
Fifty-seventh congress have made
this action imperative on the presi-
dents part. Either he must now
accept their distinct and most in
solent challenge to test of strength
or he must confess that when mat
tiers come to so formidable an issue
he fears to oppose the policies of
that element in his party.--St. Louis
Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13

cake, from which, too excited ven to
nibble, she rapturously extracts it, and
holds it triumphantly up to view. 1t
consists of two large hearts transixed
by a long, yellow arrow in the center
of a plain sheet of foolscap.
If such a valentine were sent, to-day,
it is probable the cake would be more
appreciated than the contents, and
that the fair recipients digestion
would be affected rather than her
heart.-Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
Trust Against Trust.

Here are two news items of indica-
tive interest:
/. The steel manufacturers of Great Brit
ain are organizing a trust to fight the
American one.
2. h tobacco manufacturers of Great
Britain are organizing a trust to fight the
American combine.
Combinations in restraint of COM
petition in trade are forbidden by the
laws of England as well as by our
own.
VIII the British trusts be as sue
cessful as u W in verifying Dan
iel O'Connell's famous saying that
"you can drive a coach and four
through an act of parliamentary.
Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
Not Seeking an Acceptance.

II suppose you will send me a valen-
tine next month, as usual" said Miss
Cayenne.
"Yes." answered Willie Washington,
who a ans kindly, II haven't failedsin
that respect in a long time. I have pro-
posed to you for a great many years,
and / hope to- have the pleasure Of pro-
posing to you for a great many years
to come."-Washington Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13

IF tariff concessions-and con-
cessions that concede-are not made
to Cuba in time to help the current
sugar and tobacco crops there will
be industrial depression and wide-
spread misery. Who is depressing
Cuba now? indianapolis News
(Ind.).
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13

Senator Hanna wants congress
to go slow on the isthmian canal
matter, for fear a mistake will be
made; but he is equally DESTROYS to
have congress go fast on the ship
subsidy scheme, for fear a mistake
will not be made.-Albany Argus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
With a Reservation.

Whenever a man admits that he
doesn't know a thing, he still makes a
mental Observation-Disclosures (la.)
Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
OF all the world giants of the past century none stand out in
stronger relief than does President Diaz of Mexico. His strength is

the more notable because coming
from a race that has given us but
few really strong and great men,
he has been so far above the aver
age of men of his time, not only
men of his own race, but of all
races, as to attract the attention
of all nations
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13

To the gates Of ~childhood's cline;
And l catch a glimpse OF Eden
Through the softly falling snow,
As / read the simple verses
Written in the long ago.
Little faces that have vanished.
Little hands we see no more,
Seem to come to us unbidden
From beyond the misty shore;
And the valentine / cherish, o.
Old, and quaint and torn. you know,
Is 20 me the sweetest chapter
Found in life's fair long ago..
You can hardly read the verses
By the childish fingers traced,
Years that nave forever vanished
Have the gentle lines erased;
But in memory's beauteous gardens
Still the flow'rs of youthtime blow
And l still repeat the verses
Penned-so long-so long ago.
Sunny links there are that bind us
To the fair and stored past,
Though the cruel years would leave US
To the mercy of the blast;
So the valentine she sent me
Lends to life a sacred glow,
And my heart repeats the verses
Written in its long ago.
Bending Ger the crumpled pages
I can see a vision fair,
And a form from out the shadows
Seems to seek my easy chair;
All! a hand my boyhood cherished
Strikes the chords of love, and, 10!
Quick my old heart thrills with music
Crowned with thoughts of long ago.
Ere I fold the yellow pages
Let me once more read her rhyme,
Traced amid a fair cheeks bushes
In the heart of %childhood's cline;
There! I put away my treasure,
With the bright sun sinking low;
For the valentine I cherish
Binds me to the long ago.
II. C. Harbaugh, in Ohio Farmer.
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81. Valentine
BY MABEL S. MLRRlLL~

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ming the milk. 1t
was the hour for
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01

cord or lay it in box plaits and tack it to
the shelf So far, you perceive, your col
oring are rich and warm, your suggestions
quaint and old-fashioned.
Paint the border of your floor a rich
chocolate or brown and have a carpet rug
with a border, for the center. Let this
be mingled browns and yellows, and lay
a black fur rug in front Of your fireplace
Over your mantel have panel set in of
plain brown ingram paper, reaching to
your picture mold. This must be the ex-
act shade Of some figure In your paper
Make it the width of the mantel and out
line it with a narrow beading of Oregon
pine. Against this hang an old-fashioned
colonial mirror in gilt frame. 1t is not
expensive to have these mirrors made,
as they may be, in three pieces For your
frame select plain, rather heavily round
ed, gilt molding, and have the panels di-
vided by two uprights Of the molding. The
center mirror is, Of course, wider than
the two wings. AS you probably know
what colonial mirror is, you will under
stand me. Hang this close to your man
tel cit should reach nearly across the
mantel width, and should@be about two
feet high.) You will find the brown panel
which extends to the picture mold above
the mirror will give dignity and style to
your mantel and will be fine background
for small etchings, plaster pieces or water
cOlors, in front of your old-fashioned mir
TOR set two tall brass candlesticks holding
wax candles, and for the mantel itself
make cover of your chintz, having a
valance across the front. You will find
that this bit Of effect is indescribably
quaint, and will give cozy, homelike ap-
pearance to your room. as we'll as being
extremely picturesque. Cushion your seat
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01

plush curtains with q brown silk cord, but
let the net hang slightly full over the
windows II you are to have buffet built
Into the wall, you will find this partic-
ularly good in the dark brown of your
wood stain. I would have one or two
small doors about it. of the small bril-
liant pieces OF glass, heavily loaded, which
help so much to enrich such an article
of furniture. Use white linen scarfs on
. this, bordered with Dutch lace. Have
your table made square, with very heavy
Legs, set close to the corners, and your
Flemish chairs upholstered in the natural
leather, using small bronze nails You
perceive, so far, that your color scheme
to brighten it with some strong blue or
green.
Severely Artistic D1ning-room.
L. S. L-Your letter conveys the infor-
nation that you have very, very little
money, and that you wish to furnish the
dining-room i'll your little house with
clean, artistic lines, and strong colors."
I gather from what you say that you wish
an effect strong enough to startle the be-
holder into forgetfulness of how small ia
sum has been spent on its furnishing.
You have the gray plaster walls in the
rough and you cannot afford to color them,
and you have two large easement win
dows. To drape these windows, get I'M
bleached cotton and dye in the green
which is the exact shade of the plant or
leaves of the Chinese lily. Dye your cot
ton this vivid green and hang it in full
straight breadths from a slender BAN boo
rod, which rests on little brackets over
your window casing; with 1t hang cream
cheesecloth. In good quality this hangs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01

wall itself noticeably attractive. In this
case l recommend one which is striped or
has large figures.
In diningroom. where broad, alter
mating stripes IF mulberry red and pink
ish cream came above high Flemish oak
Walnscoting, I once saw a beautiful
effect obtained. 1t was striking and rich,
and yet realized, while admitting its
novelty and beauty, that I should in time
become very tired Of it. For me, person
ally speaking, stripes often ruin the at
mospaere of room; they cut off all
sense of possible distance and leave moth
ing to the imagination. When, for in
stance, tapestry paintings or embroi-
der1es are used against wall, their chief
charm is that they excite the Imagination.
One has a sense Of out-of-door air, of
trees, Of dim distance. of being led on to
something beyond, which is fascinating
even to those who never think of analyz-
ing the sensation.
However. there are rooms whose at
tribute of ooZiness sometimes depends up
on this very characteristic of appearing
to enclose the occupant within its four
sides. For CITY houses where certain
warmth and richness is pre-eminently de-
s1rable, striped papers may be used with
good effect.
The accompanying photographs illus
trate three wall treatments. sach of
The dining-room on which tapestry ia
used above a polished mahogany vain
scoting is almost palatial in result.
The tapestry PAPER representing fruits
and foliage which is used in conjunction
with the beamed ceiling is rarely beauti-
full and the entire treatment OF this room
Is marked by extreme refinement OF taste.
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The Hill of Tara to Be Sold

fight. The Danes were finally driven from
ireland in a battle fought on the hill
side in the year $50 A. D. In later years,
Roderic, the last Irish king, assembled his
troops on, the hill for his great attack on
the English in Dublin. Coming down to
comparatively modern times, Tara Hill
was the scene of struggle between the
Irish insurgents and the yeomanry in 1885,
The rebels-or "Croppies '-were defeated
with great loss and many of them were
buried on the very spot where they fell,
hence the name is sometimes given to
Tara-the "Croppies' Grave" The stone
that marks the grave is far more interest
ing than the adjoining statue Of ST.
Patrick for it is believed to have formed
part of the almost prehistoric Hall OF
Tara. Aside from this stone no trace is
left of the college that Is supposed TO have
crowned this hill, but the place will con-
tinue to live through the best known Of
Moore's Irish Melodies:
The harp that once thro'' Tara's halls
The soul Of music shed,
Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls
AS If that soul were fed:
So sleeps the pride of former days,
So glory's thrill is DER,
And hearts that once beat high for praise
Now feel that pulse NO moro.
No more to chiefs and ladies bright
The Harp of Tara swells,
The chord alone that breaks at night,
Its tale OF ruin tells.
Thus Freedom now seldom wakes;
The only throb she gives
Is when some heart indignant breaks,
To show that>still she lives.
No one has even suggested as yet that
this most historic site in Erin should be
preserved for the public.
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very softly and sheerly, and If you put, a
broad hemstitched hem at the bottom you
Will have a curtain which is much more
artistic in effect than many expensive
ones. Stain your woodwork with a
Flemish oak stain; it will go beautifully
with your rough gray walls, as will the
green cotton. Place shelf wide enough
for flower pots on a level with your win
dow sill, and set a row of pots with lilies
and irises in them between your curtains.
Use small red flower pots in the red earth
enware saucers; do not break the line
with any variety If you wish the strong
artistic effect you speak Of. -. 80
Buy a good-sized table. such as is
bought for, ordinary kitchen use, and
paint 1t green, a shade darker than your
curtains. Design your dining-room chairs
in perfectly straight Dutch lines and have
carpenter; then paint them green like the
table. On your table use large square
dolly of white linen, and set plant In an
earthen jardiniere in the middle. Hang
some plain wooden shelves, stained to
match your woodwork, against the wall,
and on them arrange blue and white plates
and cups and saucers. Cover a small
square table with dark green denim
cover hanging almost to the floor, and on
this place your chatting DISH Some small
shelves over your doors and windows,
holding Indian baskets or zuni jars,
brass candlestick, etc., would do much
toward furnishing this little ROOM = A
drugget Of white and black mating laid
under the table and the floor finish that
you could manage on so small sum as
you have in hand. Do not use an ordf-
nary lamp in this room, for a single COM
monI,sece piece of any kind would throw
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out the severely simple scheme. One of
wrought iron, with silk shade Of creamy
yellow, would look we'll. Carbon prints,
past els, or water colors in fiat frames are
also appropriate.
A Room With Plain Walls.
Constant Reader-Your troubles, to sum
them, are: You have very high ceilings,
and perfectly plain walls (Which, of course
emphasizes their height.) Your windows
are high and narrow, your mantel is COM
monplace and, in your own opinion, hope
less, you wish to make your living-room
artistic, comfortable and inviting, and yet
you can afford to make very few altera-
t1ons. Well, let us see what can be done.
think l would paper the walls Of my liv-
ing-room with paper with medium sized
figures on it, the figures striking and styl-
ish in designs They should combine chloe
olate with yellow and little gold Con-
ventionalized figures are better than flow
ers here. Set your picture mold as low
as is consistent with your doors and win
dow castings. This tends to lower your
ceiling. Color your frieze and ceiling a
plain, strong yellow.
Now search the shops for chintZ, a
cretonne or simple cotton which has
beautiful designs in these colors. Cur
tain your tall. narrow windows with this,
catching them back with band of the
material, or which will be handsomer,
a heavy rope-like, silk cord of brown. You
can get this at the furniture stores for
20 cents a yard. To shorten your win
dows and give a quaint suggestion to
your room, have valance Of chintz at
least q foot deep across the top of your
windows. Make this by resting a little
shelf of wood about four inches wide on
the top casing. gather your valance to q
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Correspondence of The Journal.
London, Jan. 18.-One of Ire1and's most
historic places, the Hill of Tara, Is to
be sold soon. The farm which contains
the famous Hill of Tara was put up for
sale the other day, but attracted only two
bidders. The highest sum offered was
$14, $780,, and as this was considered in
sufficient the farm has been reserved for
private sale.
So shrouded in legend is the history of
this famous hill that 1t Is difficult to de-
termine when it first became a place of
Importance. From the earliest times up
to the end of the sixth century, a national
congress was held there during the feast
OF Saman once every three years. The
first two days of this assembly was spent
in friendly intercourse between the kings
of Ireland, the chief Druids, the bards
and philosophers. Afterward they turned
in for serious business, constituting a rude
sort of parliament, drawing up laws which
were considered necessary for the coun-
try. A college Is also supposed to have
been built on this hill, where the young
were instructed in music. poetry and the
mysteries of the hidden harmony Of the
universe
St. Patrick preached to the Druids here,
and no doubt won many converts to Chris
tianity on the very site which the farm
now occupies. According to tradition, it
was soon after his death that the "stone
of destiny on which the Irish kings were
crowned was taken to Scotland and there
after used in the coronation of a long line
of Scottish kings. From Scotland it was
brought by Edward I. to its present rest
ing place in Westminster Abbey. All the
British kings since then have been
crowned over it, and King Edward will
follow suit in June.
Tara Hill has been the scene Of many a
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near the fireplace with brown corduroy,
and If you can afford it have large cor
duroy-covered easy chair in the room.
Use brass fire irons and accompaniment
and If you have a lamp, make a yellow
silk shade for it,
I would have the walls of my dining-
room a plain strong green, using a paper
frieze with gold in it. A green felt or
denim cover for your table, when not in
use, will look we'll with your oak chairs.
White muslin at the windows and GRIM
son lamp shade.
Striped Wallpapers.
r. S. T.-You ask why I seldom recon-
mend striped wallpapers, and If am pre-
JUDGED against them. admit that there
are very few striped papers that I could
consc1 ent1ously commend to those who
come to me for advice. I see now and
then one in delicate colors which appeals
to my sense of the beautiful, and think
there are often to be found most beaut ifu1
satin stripes, overlaid with gold figures or
colred flowers. When they serve thus
for a back ground the stripes never vio-
lently contrast, and one Is not apt to be-
come tired of them, but can imagine be-
coming very weary, indeed, of a wall
which presented to the eye an unvarying
effect of strongly contrasting stripes. The
ethics of wall finish require a back
ground for ones lares and penates. If
these in pictures and bric-a-brao are to
be subdued into insignifcance by a wall
tention, much to their beauty and delicacy
is virtually lost
On the other hand, 1t is sometimes de-
sirable to help out the furnishing Of a
room (When one has not much to put in
it, or for other reasons.) by making the
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In New York all week arranging business
matters preparatory to sailing for Europe.
He goes abroad this week in the interest of
the big flour mill syndicate and some i'm
portant developments may shortly be expected
from his visit to the continent.
w. g. Sargent of Duluth. and sheriff of
St. Louis county, has been at the Victoria for
several days, the guest Of his old friend,
John Langdon, formerly of the Spalding
house, Duluth. He is here on official bust
ness, and as his mission is attended with con-
siderable secrecy. some important develop
ments may he looked for in few days.
Freeman P. Lane, the attorney, and F. s.
Danforth, secretary of the Millers and Manu-
facturers' Insurance company, are in New
York for the purpose of taking dispositions
to be used in an important suit to be tried
shortly in tbs Hennepin county district court.
The case is regarded as of special interest,
and, aside from the big money consideration,
it involves a point Of law that has never been
passed upon by the courts.