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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

was knotted on her brow, indignation
cleaned in her. eyes. Miss Muffet peer
ed out as usual and then retreated pre-
cipitately-not out of earshot; however
Are you the secretary" demanded
the visitor of the man behind the
desk. .
Il am" he answered, "and you are
and how do you know that?" she
asked in intimidating tones.
Because" he answered promptly,
you came here a year ago and asked
for aid We sent man out TO lnves-
tigate and he found that you owned
your own house, had money in the bank
and that you, your husband and three
of your children were worrying.
The woman gasped and sank INTO
ooh, we always remember race,
interrupted the secretary pleasantly.
what is it you want today?,
well, it's just this" said the visitor,
the hard tone of her voice changed TO
wheedling one Zone of my boys has
been working on farm up In the
country, and they say he stole chick
en- I'm not sayin' whether he did or
not, but they're taking him TO Rea
Wing. l want 70 uto get MIN sent oaoA
home" -
I'm sorry you feel badly about your
SON." said the secretary, but think II
he was found guilty of stealing, the
training school will be the best place
for him.
The woman rose indignantly. That
boy brought in four dollars week,
she said Indignantly. DO you mean to
say that 1 have to lose that for two
years?"
1T may be the making of your son,
madame" said the secretary. you're
not in need Of the money that he
earned, and think he's very we'll OH
where he is"
What do 1 care about him?" said
the visitor angrily. ITS the money,
the good money Pm losing, that I'm
thinking of. Amt you going to DO
nothing about i? %
Pathetic Gases of Deserving Poor.
The secretary explained that it was
impossible, and the woman bounced
Indignantly out of the room. Miss
Muffet ventured out of her hiding
place, surveyed the secretary APPROX
ingly and then shook her head sadly.
Had she been gifted withnspeech she
would undoubtedly have said: 1T is
such cases as that which shake ones
faith in humanity. Fortunately we
have very few of them"
Later in the week, Miss .Muffet's risi-
bilities were tickled by a very differ
ent visitor. 1t was late in the after
noon when little, old colored woman
shambled through the door and bobbed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. 31.-"T
never had. in either Radcliffe or Har-
ward, better writer of our language"
This is the tribute paid by DR.. Cope
land, of the English departments Of
the two Cambridge institutions Of
learning, to Miss Helen Keller, who,
although deaf and blind, will be grad
uated from Radcliffe with honorS next
spring.
For three years Miss Keller, who is
one of the most remarkable young
women in the world today, has toiled
at Radcliffe, side by side with her
more fortunate sisters, who have been
blessed with all the gifts of nature.
Her tremendous handicap has appar-
emily been no drawback, for she has
made record any young lady might
be pround Of.
In this, her senior year, Miss Keller
is taking no composition work, for that
is all done so far as her degree is con-
cerned. Her work now consists Of a
course in Shakespeare under DR.. Rand
and Prof. Morgan; Prof. Morgan's
Latin course, comprising the writings
Of Tacitus, Horace, and Catullus;
Prof. Moore's Plautus and Cicero
| study; Prof. Kittredge's Shakespeare,
| and DR.. Nelson's nineteenth century
| literature. This compels her to be
at the college every day, and, with Miss
| Sullivan, her companion, she walks
from her boarding house to the col
lege, distance of three quarters of a
mile, for each lecture, sometimes sew
eral times day. She enjoys the
walking very much, and in fact, this
| forms no small part of her recreation.
/ She has other forms of relaxation, but
seems to feel that unless she is ac-
complishing something she can Ill af-
| ford the time.
An idea of how hard she works may
| be gained from the amount of work
/ sha acont,nnlichad lact 1roa, II, O ddi
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01
81 IND HELEN KELLER IS READING
SHAKESPEARE in SENIOR YEAR

task, though she can read her specially
prepared books as fast as one able 10
see can read aloud. She attends every
one of the lectures in her courses, with
her companion, who sits with her and
interprets through the medium OF the
hand language the words of the III
structor. Her supplementary reading
Is from specially prepared books for
the blind. A friend presented her last
summer with a full set of books for
this years courses. To prepare them
he employed twenty writers for the
whole summer. The books in the Latin
courses alone fill two shelves.
Her disposition is as pleasant as ever
and would seem to have grown rather
more optimistic. She looks at the
brighter side of things. Not long ago
she read a clipping from a Liverpool
paper of q review of her book on her
life, saying that If she wrote it, and ii
it was real, 1T was wonderful. She
wrote a reply to the editor, saying that
when she was asked how she knew
when it rained, she answered that she
felt it. She knows when her dog PARKS
by feeling it, and so she knew she
wrote the book herself for she had ols,
tfnct recollections Of the throes or
composition.
Thus her senior school days are 1uliy
occupied with what most people would
consider a full year of college work
in attending meetings for the better
education of the blind, In writing ana
working for them, In writing words OF
comfort and cheer to them on her
Typewriter, making raised characters,
and to others on the ordinary type
writer. and in reading; and yet she
finds time to enjoy game or checkers,
to ride on the bicycle. to go boating
and canoeing, for she is splendid
oarswoman, and walks not only to her
lectures, but often for the pleasure OF
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ton to her full course, she wrote the
story of her life, which was published
in the spring. This consisted of about
As, 600 words. At that time she was
doing English composition, and for the
first two or three themes wrote some OF
her experiences. They seemed to be SO
interesting that she conceived the idea
of writing a complete story OF her life
and offering it in installments as her
English composition for her junior
year. Later the plan of publishing it
was evolved. She has just finished a
IL, 000-word essay on Optimism, and
an article on what she will do after
she graduates, for an early issue of a
Philadelphia journal. a
Her list. of correspondents would
seem immense to the ordinary person.
Many people in every part of theqeoun-
try want her encouragement, her Ideas
and her bright letters, and she always
responds. She enjoys the Eletter Writ
Ing, too, after she has finished her
studying Another thing she will soon
do, in addition to her college work, is
to visit New York for the opening of
the Wright Oral Schoolcfor the Blind.
She attended this school, before it's en-
largement and so takes a great deal
of interest in it,
Assexpressed in her article on what
she will do after her college training
is, completed her whole influence and
work will be for the help of those af-
flicted as she is. In every way In her
power she will strive for better educa-
ton of the blind. All conventions and
meetings with this object she has at
tended, without retarding her In her
college work.
And now, at the end Of her college
career having done all this work, she
has attained enough high grades IN heI
eighteen courses to receive her degree
with distinction.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

a courtesy to the man behind the desk.
Her face was wrinkled and her form
was bent. A bright red Handkerchief
was tied about her head, and the black
skirt and worn black shawl which she
wore, though exceedingly shabby, look
ed neat and clean. She told sad tale
of sickness and want, and begged that
some provisions be sent to the house.
The secretary took her name and adj
dress and explained that he would have
a man sent out that very afternoon to
investigate the case, and that If things
were as she said her wants would be
supplied. The secretary turned to his
desk, thinking that the woman would
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

leave, but, instead of doing that. she
dropped down on her knees, and lift
ing her Wrinkled and toil-worn hands
began to pray loudly for the board Of
control and the secretary and the man
who was to go out to her house. The
secretary was no more astonished than
Miss Muffet. The latter indeed, reck-
lessly courted decapitation by thrust
ing her small head far out between the
ratings in order to get better view Of
the queer visitor. But the prayer was
brief, and when "auntie'' shuff1ed out
the expression on Miss Muffet's face
showed that she was turning the mat
ter over in her mind and was not so
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01
. HE Little Miss Muffet of the nurs-
cry rhyme sat on tuffet' IL VIII
he remembered.

-HE Little Miss Muffet of the nurs-
cry rhyme sat on tulfet, II VIII
be remembered.
The Little Miss Muffet of the board
OF control does not.
As a matter of fact, there is no sucn
thing as a tuffet in the somewhat dlngy
office in the city hail. where the poor oI
ST Paul come to tell their tales OF woe:
II is probable that were there tuffet
+bara Miss Muffet would decline to sit
on II for the Miss Muffet of the board
of control is not a demure little girl
in a nursery book rhmye, but an IN
ouisitiye little Yorkshire terrier, Win
q pedigree several yards longer IMAM
herself who owns the secretary OF the
board of control, claims a proprietary
interest in the board itself ana Ieels
incumbent on her to keep her eyes a'iu
ears open to everything that goes on III
the office When there is nothing DONG
in the board of control Office, MISS
Muffet passes the time comfortably by
gazing with rapt admiration at the blue
ribbons which hang on the wall In the
office. underneath a bit of glass. Every
ribbon represents a Muffet triumph,
bench-show victory, and, when no Wis
itors enter the office, 1t is quite prop
able that the time does not hang heaV-
flv on Miss Muffet's paws. But Visit
OrS DO come, anu SluCc liC W
endowed with all the curiosity or her
sex. each one must be carefully scrutl-
nized by the sharp eyes that peer Out
through the railing which fences IN the
secretary's desk.
1t is unfortunate that little MISS
Muffet is not gifted with the power
of speech. Were she so gifted she
could tell tale of mingled pathos ana
hurnor that could not fail to move TO
tears and laughter every one who reau
1t. For, when the days begin to grow
shorter and colder in st. Paul, a motley
procession files into the office in the
CITY hall, where twice a week the board
of control sits and where every day III
the week Little Miss Muffet sits weigh
Ing in her doggish mind the merits OF
those who come to ask the city for alo.
The board is calm, judicious, d1gnlhed.
Miss Muffet is nervous, inqu1s1tlVe, ana,
In spite of her pedigree, more sympa-
thetic than dignified. 1t is probable
that if the terrier had her way the
self-respect of the city's poor would
be hopelessly undermined. Fortunately,
the board is there to see it maintained,
and no impulsive giving imparts to
those who come to ask for aid false
impression of the business and the pur-
pose of the board. Miss Muffet might
be imposed upon, the board never.
One morning last week the door
which leads into the board of control
office opened and a tall, muscular, red
faced woman moved heavily across the
room to the secretary's desk. Wrath
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

certain that there had been anything
outrageous about the queer incident.
At any rate, it is not probable that the
old colored woman's action will create
a precedent in the board of control Of
flee. Many will still, doubtless, come
to prey" but there seems to be no
danger of the office being threatened
with continuous prayer-meeting per-
Torrance.
Three Glasses to Deal With.
There are three classes Of people that
the board of control, so far as its work
of taking care of the city and the
county poor, has to deal with. There
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

cation is in sight because they
want it to be and not because there
is not plenty more things to in
vestigate if they wanted to. They
have only scraped the surface in
the Post Office Department. They
have not touched the bureau where
the mail contracts are made with
the railroads for carrying the mails.
There is perfect mine of rot
tenness to be unearthed in those
contracts if they would go after
them, but they will not do So.
They are sick and tired of the
whole business and are anxious to
hush it up as soon as possible. If
there is a Congressional investi-
cation next winter look out for
snags in that bureau. Somebody
is going to be hung up on them.
For, Notwithstanding the fact that
a Republican investigation is very
much like a man looking for some
thing nasty in the dark-looking
for it but hoping he will not find it
the Democrats are going to dig
for keeps.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
PROBATE DOCKET.
Term Docket Probate Court, Iron Coun-
ty, Mo-, November Term, A. d. 1903.
Monddu, November 8.

Agatha Kerchner, Executrix of the estate
of Lorenz Kerchner, deceased.
Henry Kendall, Administrator of the estate
of Charles Kendall, Jr,, deceased.
Virginia c. James, Executrix of the estate
of Thomas F. c. James, deceased.
D. II. Hartman, Guardian of the estate Of
Minnie Hartman, minor.
Frank M. Adams, Administrator of the
estate of A. II. Eaton, deceased.
VIM. Trauernicht, Guardian of the estate
of John Meyers, insane.
w. 7. Gay, Curator of the estate of
Charles P. Ruhl, minor
Tuesday, November 10.
E. B. Inner, Guardian of the estate of
Albert P. Inner, minor.
E. B. Inner, guardian of the estate of
Louis A. Inner, minor
James B. Buford, Administrator of the
estate of James H. Smiley, deceased. Final.
August Rieke, Guardian of the estate of
Herman Rieke, minor.
Thomas J. Hickman, Guardian of the
estate Of Mary Elizabeth and Charles Henry
Gray, minors.
P. w. Whitworth, Guardian of the estate
of John Timlin, alias Norton, insane. Final
Giles G. Henderson, Guardian of the
estate of Florence Henderson, minor.
J. B. HAMPTON,
Judge ofProbate and Ex-Officio Clerk.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

Because of their pride of race,
the Chickahominy Indians of King
William county, Virginia, have
disfrancised themselves, and not
one of them can vote under the
new constitution of Virginia. A
telegram to the New York Tribune,
under date of Richmond, Va, Sep
tember 25th, says: "The new or
ganic law provides for only two
classes, and as the Indians could
not be registered under the class
for whites, they refused to be
classed with the negroes, and as a
consequence refused to be reg
istered at all. Their pride of birth
will cost them their votes, and they
have no redress, as the number of
Indians in the State is so small
that it was not thought necessary
to provide special class for them
under the franchise clause of the
new constitution"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Manana.

After apologizing for the removal
of Miss Todd, the postmistress at
Greenwood, Del, Walter Well
man, the Washington correspond
ent for the Chicago Record Herald,
says:
cat the same time the comment
OF the press generally, now that
the affair has attracted attention
in all parts of the country, is so
unfavorable to the huckstering OF
politicians in postoffices that it is
regarded as quite probable Presi-
dent Roosevelt will soon-that is,
after the Presidential election
take steps to revolutionize the sys-
tenn and have the fourth class
post-offices placed under the civil
service"
1t is interesting to be assured by
Correspondent Wellman that ''it is
regarded as quite probable Presi-
dent Roosevelt will soon-that is,
after the Presidential election
take steps to revolutionize the sys-
tenn and have the fourth class post
offices placed under the civil SER
vice."
Manana, ,manana, manana, seems
to be a very popular cry under the
Republican administration.
"After the Presidential election .
the Republicans will revise the
tariff.
"After the Presidential election
the Republicans will amend the
currency laws.
"After the Presidential election
the Republicans will establish the
merit system to which Mr.. Roose.
velt and Republicans generally
have professed devotion.
"After the Presidential election, ,
but "after the Presidential elec.
ton" there may be no Republican
party.-T'he Conemoner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
DO You Want to Yawn?

Feel cold shiverings, aching in
the bones, lack of energy, head
ache, and great depression? These
symptoms may be followed by
violent headache, high fever, ex-
treme nervousness, condition
known as malaria. Herbine cures
it. Take it before the desease gets
a fair hold, though it will work a
cure in any stage. J. A. Hopkins,
Manchester, Kan, writes: 81 have
used your great medicine, Herbine,
for several years. There is moth
ing better for malaria, chills and
fever, headache, billiousness, and
for blood-purifying tonic, there
is nothing as good" SOC at Area
dia Valley Drug Go.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
IRONTON " 22.19
PRIZE WINNING CORN.

At the corn show to be held in
this county in short time under
the auspices of the Missouri
Worlds Fair Commission, it is i'm
portant that the finest specimens in
the county be selected and that
they be in the best possible con-
dition. The best of this corn will
be taken to st. Louis to compete
with the world.
AS already announced, prizes are
offered for the best corn, white,
yellow and mixed, and other prizes
for the best display of large ears,
and still another for the best dis
play of long ears. The best corn
is not always the largest, and in
selecting ears to compete for these
prizes it is important that they
should possess quality as well as
size. Above all the entire exhibit
should be uniform, that is, all of
the ears should be as nearly alike
in size, shape and color as pos
sible.
Each individual ear should carry
it's size throughout it's length, that
is, be as large two inches from the
tip as tits two inches from the butt.
Avoid ears that taper sharply to-
ward the tip. Every row should be
straight and regular and should
continue the entire length of the
ear. The butts and tips should be
filled with deep grains that are as
nearly uniform in size and shape
as possible with the other grains
of the ear. The ears should be as
large as possible, but it is not ad-
visable to sacrifice quality for size
in the entry for the best corn. In
the show for the largest ears
quality will not count for so much,
but even there the prizes will likely
be awarded on the best large ears,
so they should be we'll filed, be
uniform in size, shape and color
and should have length in propor-
ton to their diameter. This pro-
portion should be about as 4 is to
IS, that is, an ear measuring 12 in
ches in length should be about 8
inches in circumference, measured
3 inches from the butt.
Handle the show corn with the
utmost care so as to avoid shelling
off the grains. Do not put it in
sack. Handle it in boxes and keep
it in bins or boxes that are mouse
proof, and wrap each ear in paper
before bringing it to the show.
This will prevent shattering and
will preserve the bright, fresh color
and add materially to the attrac-
tiveness Of the display.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Our Washington Correspondence.

Tt comes to this political nerve
center in a pretty straight line from
the Ohio hustings, that the Repub-
licans claim that they will have
over one hundred thousand ma
jority in the election to be held in
that State in November, is a game
of rank bluff. There are unmistak-
able signs of alarm over there since
Hanna was trapped into defending
his ship subsidy scheme that would
cost the people of this country
$40, 900, 900 a year and benefit solely
a shipping trust in the East. In
order to make his little gift
enterprise apply to the State Of
Ohio, Hanna used what would, at
first blush, appear a cogent argu-
ment, to-wit, that shipping on the
lake and all trade had increased
wonderfully in the past few years.
With childlike innocence in all
matters that do not appertain to
his own pocketbook, Hanna forgot
that no provision of his ship sub
sidy scheme related in the slightest
degree to the lake vessels. All the
conceded development Of traffic
on these vast inland water ways
cost the United States Treasury
not one cent. None of the inter-
ests engaged in it ask any share in
Mr.. Hanna's generosity with the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Saves Two From Death.

"Our little daughter had an
almost fatal attack of whooping
cough and bronchitis" writes Mrs.
w. K. Haviland, of Armonk, N.
Y, "but, when all other remedies
failed, we saved her life with DR..
Kings New Discovery. Our niece,
who had Consumption in an ad-
vanced stage, also used this Won
derful medicine and to-day she is
perfectly WE'LL" Desperate throat
and lung diseases yield to DR..
Kings's New Discovery as to no
other medicine on earth. Infal-
lible for Coughs and Colds. SOC
and S1.00 bottles guaranteed Area
dia Valley Drug Co. Trial bottles
free.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
"It Goes Right to the Spot"

When pain or irritation exists on
any part of the body, the applica-
ton of Ballard's Snow Liniment
will give prompt relief. "It goes
right to the spot" said an old man
who was rubbing it in, to cure his
rheumatism. G. r. Smith, Propr.
Smith House, Tenaha, Texas.
writes: 81 have used Billiards. S
Snow Liniment in my family for
several years, and have found it to
be fine remedy, for all aches and
pains, and l recommend it for
pains in the throat and chest" 25,
SOC and $t.00 at Arcadia Valley
Drug Go.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Mothers

Who would keep their children
in good health, should watch for
the first SYMPTOMS of worms, and
remove them with Whites Cream
Vermifuge. 1t is the childrens
best tonic. 1t gets digestion at
work so that their food does them
good, and they grow up healthy
and strong. 25c at Arcadia Valley
Drug Co.