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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
soup and Civilization In Guam,

The inhabitants of Guam are being
rapidly civilized and may soon claim
admission as an American state into
glorious union. The evidence?
In the early part of last year some.
body shipped $500 worth of soap ia
the island as a speculation. The gen.
tie Guamites were so delighted that
they Immediately called for more,
and in October 5000 pounds were
shipped. That will probably be the
monthly order from the island,
When a Guam lady takes to soap
the level of civilization is raised the
world over. She is no longer content
with the elaborate costume of nose
ring, bracelet and garter. She wants
the comforts and luxuries of New
York. Beginning with soap she will
soon aspire to the fashionable. And,
of course, the Guam gentleman will
do likewise in his man fashion. Sonp
and civilization-the American occu-
patton has borne fruit. - st. Louis
post-Dispatch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05

She was nearly up to his landing.
She had paused. tiff q parcel
comes" he had said a dozen times,
you might let me have it at once"
She had paused, she knew not why.
The silence of his room awed her.
Into her head came that queer recol-
lection of the man down the street.
the man who, out of work and des-
perate, had swallowed a dimes worth
| of carbolic acid. And she heard a rus
tie a soft, silken, slow rustic on the
stairs behind, as il some great lady
were feeling her way up. Gyp looked
and looked. A sweet oval face
framed in fri, came above the land
ing, the dark. velvet eyes in it were
looking beseechingly, fearfully, up
into hers. And Gyp knew what had
happened. 1t was the woman-the
woman whose heart was his, the
woman who had come to find and take
him away. And Gyp's red hands
clutched the parcel in a spasm Of
jealousy.
"Mr. Meredith? They told me he
- The whisper broke off.
"Yes, ] know you. He's here"
Gyp breathed back. That's his room,
up there. And t~his-here's his book,
come back as it went. viii you take
it?"
A pause. His door had opened!
He knew nothing of the tragedy
breathing outside, of the two women
who looked into each others eyes.
He never knew, and never would
know, of the last whisper.
"His-his book!s And he does not
know? o, thank you! Bless you for
telling me! Give it to me-his book.
1 came to the minute. lit was to
be. / waited till 1 dared wait no
longer! Not a word. He need not
know now. Colby, good-by!"
She had taken the precious parcel
close against the furs of her breast,
and was gone.
just a week later, when Gyp knelt
YEARLY down to wash the top stairs
the mans door opened. In the mans
eyes was a wild light, in his hand
that mornings letter. For one of the
most wonderful things in life had
happened. And it seemed so natural
that it should happen!
"Gyp," he said, Il knew you'd be
glad know you will. They've taker
my book. You shall have a copy. ]
shall be going soon. They might cal
or send. I could hardly let then
know this address. You've been kline
-ah, but you have! l wanted
meant all along to give you a little
present. You must-you must; yor
have been so thoughtful"
1t was an envelope with a golt
piece inside. He went hurriedly dowT
the stairs. For him a new life hat
begun. He was treading a golden
dancing path, with a woman's sweet
oval face at the far end of it. His
book had been taken! He could moi
be expected to know of the huddled
dreary figure on the top of the land
ing there; of the red, twitchine
hands that covered a face. He hat
given her an eagle. Women like Cyl
have no hearts to break.-Chicagt
Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
COMPENSATION.

Oh! were / blind. I still shouldaxnow
The splendid sur were shining:
His warmth would. through the unseen
glow,
Fill eyes for vision pining.
And were I deaf. l still should feel
Elysian music round me:
In soundless ears would yet be real
The thrill that once had found me.
So, were l dumb. 'twould matter not
That words could ne'er be spoken:
For soul to soul can voice its thought
Though silence be ~unbroken.
CLAY MacCauley. in N. Y. Independent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
Keen Doctors Straight.

Germany and China afford excel.
lent object lessons in the treatment
of medical men. In Berlin the doc.
tors coachman e a white hat,
The advantage of this in, say, a street
accident, is obvious. In China the
doctor is paid only so long as you
keep well, and is by law compelled
to illuminate the exterior Of his resi-
dence by night with as many lamps
as he has killed-that is, "lost'-na.
tients.-Medical Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
Use Their Toes with Facsrit,

A scientist connected with the lea
body museum of Harvard university,
who has been spending some time
among the Maya people of Yucat4n,
says that they use their toes IN mary
kinds Of work as readily as they use
their fingers.--Chicago Inter C:eanY
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
a %succesn.

"Do tell us what Mrs. Bouncer Ii
like" /
"Well she's a woman Of 60 who
looks so, thinks she's 40, dresses like
80, and acts like 2o.'--Life
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05

There are numerous excellent
eason for assuming that Senator
Vests oratorical vaccination of the
coal tariff took all r~ight.-Washington
Post (Ind.).
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
Mr.. Hanna SAYS he has no desire

Mr.. Hanna says he has no desire
to NEEDLE in the affairs of the Della
ware republicans, and then proceeds
to dip in and advise them of what a
wicked thing it would be to elect even
one democratic senator from that
state. We often wonder what would
happen II Mr., Hanna should he as fun
ny as he knows how.-Wsshington
Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05
If free coal is a good thing TO,

If free coal is a good thing for
one year, why isn't it a good thing for
two years? And If for two, why not
for all time? A year, republicans con
tend, is sufficient time to allow produc-
ton to catch up with consumption.
When that event occurs and the trust
can supply the trade the rebate must
cease so that divine grantees can rob
the consumer as they please. In the
meantime, let us be thankful for small
favors. And perhaps free coal for a
year will be a convincing argument.
Republican voters burn coal just as
democrats do.--St. Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05

have agreed to put some kim of a
bill through the senate, if Speaker
Henderson will force it through the
house.
The fact that the president sent
for Henderson and converted him to
the mild form of antitrust legisla-
ton that was considered necessary,
is now, a matter of history. Hender-
sons reward is to come later. The
plan of the senator's is to do by indi-
rection what is impossible in a di-
rect way. The way being blocked
for the passage of an antitrust bill
through the senate, it is intended
to have the conference on the de-
partment of commerce bill, which
has passed both houses, insert in the
measure, through an ampliication of
its provisions regarding the bureau
Of corporations, all that part of the
antitrust programme relating to
publicity. The rest of the pro-
gramme relates to rebates. and dis
ordinations and is covered by a bill
introduced by Senator Elkins, and
by him reported favorably from the
committee on interstate commerce.
AS Senator Elkins is an out-and-out
friend of the railroads and is known
to be interested in corporations, the
measure is hardly likely to be mimi
cal to trust interests.
The Importance of this programme,
says the Boston Transcript, lies in it's
relation to. senate strategy. "It elm
mates the judiciary committees in
both house and senate, making the
committees on commerce and on in
terstate the real vehicles
Of decreed republican policy. This
has long been desired by the leaders.
It's next advantage in getting
the antitrust programme before both
houses as a privileged matter, through
the medium of a conference report.
This gives it precedence over even
statehood"
All this is not of much consequence
to the people. 1t is intended to again
fool them by making them believe
that their servants in congress, and
especially their president, are trust
busters. The result of the legisla-
ton will show that the bills are en-
tirely inoffensive to the trusts, and
this is foreshadowed by the senators
and representatives, who are trusts
agents, being favorable to the bills.
The democrats will probably vote
for the measures, for not to do so
would lay them open to the charge
that they are opposed to antitrust
legislation.
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property above ground were destroyed
by Are, the plant was abandoned and the
railroad now Ia but a streak Of eHbank-
ment stretching through wastA land.
Some one had bought the bonds In the
heyday Of the company, and they remained
buried until they were sent TO us for sale
Their sole value was as souvenirs OF great
and unfulflled ambition.
AT times we recsive stocks and bonds
which have increased wonderfully In value
since they last saw light. At the time OF
the Northern Pacific corner nine shares
81 the stock were sent to US and sold for
$500. They had been rescued from a
trunk where the owner, who had taken
them for debt Of 80. had put them years
before
And all this. added the banker seriously.
shows you the working scope Of big bank,
If you need further proof you will find under
that despatch about the result Of the yacht
races, which just read to you, another
despatch but this one is from the president
Of so-called trust which wants us to lend
1t 81 100000 until some big accounts due
to II mature"
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A NEGRO POPULATION PARADOX.
Its City Birth Rate Less Than the Death
Rate, Yet II Increases

The only element in the population of
New York city which has a higher death
rate than birth rate is the colored popu-
lation. In year 500 colored children are
born in the city of New York, and 1000
importance when the small colored popu-
lation OF New York is considered and when
the fact is known that the same disparity
between deaths and Dir. rs among colored
people exists in many other large cities
in the United States.
The general tendency of the coored
population throughout the whole country,
North and South, is from the rural into
the city districts-from farms to the city
and should the mortality in the city be
greater than it is in the country districts
the colored population, like the Indian
population in other days, would diminish
to the point of extinction.
In So of the cities of the country, so re-
Gently reported in the CeIs Office show
an excess Of deaths among the negroes.
In New Orleans, for instance, there were
last year. 100 births among the negroes
and $500 Deaths in st. Louis, 900 births
a 700 deaths, and so on through the large
cities, the exceptions being chiefly in the
Southwest and in Southern California
Notwithstanding this, the colored popu-
lation of the United States, which gets TO
augmentation whatever from immigra-
ton, continues steaGily to increase, ard in
a ratio very little les S than that Of the whit
population, added to enormously by new
Corners from other lands
This paradox lie explained BY the fact
that the birth rate among colored people
is very much larger in the country dis
tricts of the South than is the death rate
There is cor stantly large ard natural
increase in the colored population in the
rural q nd semi-rlra districts In percentage
it is NOT high, but in totals il is cons dera bic
Colored people who flock to the large cities
do not 90 there in childhood, but when
at or near adult years. Colored girls from
10 to 20 seeking domestic service go to
the large cities, and boys seeking the at
fractions of large cities or towns in prefer
ence TO life on the farm or plantation con-
stitute the chief element of addition 10 the
colored population Of towns and cities
Any person who is possessnd Of the IL a
that the colored population uf the United
States Is dying out needs only to orsult
the census figures TO see his mistake. There
were q, $50, 900 colored people in this country
by the census OF 1880 there were 800 600
by the census OF 1890, and &, s5O, 900 by the
census OF 1870 There is no diminution of
colored population In the United States
or in any part OF 1t, despite the figures the
big cities chow
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
4 SONG FRON rams.
which Germany knew Long Ago ana
which New YORK seems la Find Good.

New Works latest popular melody comes
here from Paris and Is already sung in
French and English words in one az two
of the theatres II II called "Niens Pou-
poue Viens" which means Conn" htrla
chicken, come and the rest Of the words
Are ltlst about AZ sensible But they mad"
a Juror IN Paris, although II must hav.
taken a great deal II suggestion and grim
ace to have made them H. highly appreciated
on the b ueyard7
Like most Of the popular songs heard
here this dltfy was impr rted by the pro-
prl"tgr II u Fifth avenue restaurant Other
dirscJuTs II the restaurant orchestras
import new music every year ILuh tfsaes
songs are heard ~ tins restaurants uefOTs
they reach the stages ~ he theatres
But this particular tune, though 1t came
here from ffHnc@, " really u Gaffnan tIa@
originally Al 'kpmm. karIr chen. Komm'
it was popular IN Germany Tor sewers !
years before Il reached Parir Nobody
there seems 10 have cared whether or not
the tuns cams from the "ansmy's country
And hsre IN New York the tune " accounted
. PsnsiAn and ~ 0srnAa origin VRknowu.
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OLD EOLKS ~ STELBEN COUNTY
Fine Place 10 Live Long In, rs witness q
Gathering Last Week.

BATH, n. y, Sept b--ln attendance at
the old Folks Harvest Home al this place
on Wednesday were George Reynolds 81
Bath who was l0l years old on Aug y
Last, Charlotte Little of Savona, aged o.
John W Jones Of Ayoca IN his ninety
seventh year and Abigail stewart and
Caroline shorter of Bath, Aaron DAVIS of
Cohooton and Edwin Merchant of Thurs
ton, all past VI A..
All Of these venerable persons are active
and In good physical and mental health
Besides that remarkable group o. PIC
niGkars, there were present from different
parts " the country ssyenty-sIA pais9is
bet~sen tho ages OF w aud w. and ito be-
tween 10 and Nv
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
WHEN YOU RIDE IN MEXICO
Don't Take the Cab with the yeslsw Fles
Stick 10 the Colorado"

Don't Take the Cab @Hh the Seslew EHes
Stick to the Colorado"
Cabs in Mexico city are only trifie more
expensive than In Paris The charge for
one course in Paris Is one franc and a
half, or 80 cents. and the charge for one
"viaje' in Mexico city Is three reals. or a71s
cents.
The cabs are drawn by shaggy little
ponies which are driven at break-neck
speed, and are forever racing to the curbs
Of tho broad -paseo' at the imminent risk
Of disaster. The ono that arrives first
gets the passenger
There are three grades Of cabs in Mexico
city, which are known as the red, or col
orado"; the blue, or SAUL and the yellow,
or Amarillo" The latter must be avoided
like the plague. which their color seems
to typify. They are used to carry the
lowest kind Of poems, pro6igates and Grim
q load OF passengers who DO not pay any
fares. but who transfer their affections
to any uninfested neophyte who happens
to have the misfortune to enter tho cab.
The blue cabs are acceptable when red
cab is not to be had, but the red cabs are
the best.
These three grades are distinguished
by little tin hags Of the corresponding
color which are in plain view up by the seat
of the driver There is joint in the stick
which supports the flag. and when the cab
has fare the flag is bent down.
The cab fares are regulated by law. and
a slip of paper must be pasted inside each
cab opposite the seat to inform passengers
of the rates, but the cabby always expects
slight -propina' For three-real trip
he generally secures half dollar from q
foreigner. The climate is so even and SO
beautiful and invigorating that more than
half the vehicles are open victorias, but
the rates for them are the same.
There is just one point upon which the
uninitiated is likely to trip There are scores
OF fest az holidays, on the Mexican calen-
dar, and on a fiesta day the usual rate ID
almost doubled.
The drivers are unexceptionally dense
and il one makes the slightest mistake In
pronunciation they throw up their hands
Mexican fatalistic expression: "Quien
sabe?' The only equivalent in English
which would indicate the same amount OF
| Indifference and despair is, God knows
Of course, the cabbies all try to cheat
! the "tourista, but an appeal to gendarme
| will quickly bring the cabby to his senses
! The gendarme in Mexico city is armed witt
side, and he has no conjunction about
| bringing a cabby to time with flourish
of that weapon.
At night the gendarmes stand in thu
middle Of the street with lantern bet weel
their feet They maintain the same position
| for hours, but even if they 60 away, tn
lantern is sacred Woe to the cabby VIII
runs over it. A convivial Yankee VIII
once facetiously kicked one of the lantern
was stabbed by the policeman. For
tunately the United States was represented
in the person of Ambassador Clayton
and he understood the honor in which tn
police lanterns are held, and manage
| 10 smooth over the difficulty
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in the racks and each rider has three
chances, as before In tlis way the sport
continues hour after hour until it may mar
row down to two or three competitors.
The last rider is proclaimed king Of the
tournament and takes the first prize. He
is also allowed to select the Q leen of Love
and Beauty. The girl whom he chooses
is crowned by the marshal in the presence
of the entire assemblage
After the riding the orator of the day
delivers an address to the knights, supposed
to be somewhat similar to those given
on the fields of chivalry 400 years ago.
He also delivers the coronation address,
referring to the gallantry Of the modern
knights and the deeds Of their predeces-
sors.
The crown usually consists of field flow
ers, according to the season. Sometimes
they are of white roses, but at the smaller
tournaments they may be simply Of field
daisies.
When this ceremony is over, another
procession is formed, and the marshal
and attendants and riders proceed up al d
down the course. This closes the days sport
in the field.
Then there is a ball in the evening. 1t is
opened by the successful knight and the
queen. still wearing her crown and at
tended by her maids of honor. Like the
queen, the maids are dressed in white.
While many Of the horses used for this
sport are thoroughbreds, some OF the riders
have trained half-breed animals so that
they have become reliable and are fire.
quently prize winners Not few stables
OF the country seats contain animals which
are trained purposely for tournament
running and are broken to the proper gait
as colts.
The tournament horses are as interested
in the contest as their riders, and seem
to know by instinct what is required Of them.
Some Of them have been trained to a de-
gree that seems almost wonderful, and
more than once. if sent over the course
| by himself, at the word Of command will
run as straight as if carrying his owner.
There are several public courses as well
as private ones, and in the fall season
when the sport is most popular, frequently
! six or seven thousand persons will be at
| tracted too contest. which may include
! Atty riders, and last from noon to night
fall.
The balls following frequently assume
f, the form of germans, and the Queen of Love
and Beauty is attired in silk or satin.
| The farm tournaments are more simple
in character but are marked by displays
of fine Craftsmanship. The knights are
attired in their Sunday clothes" Some
| Of them decorate themselves with sashes
and occasionally they put feathers in their
| hats.
With them the tournament is frequently
an all-day affair. continuing from morning
until night, with an hour or so at noon
! when the spectators and contestants enjoy
a reunion over the bountiful lunch. which
has been brought along in vehicles.
A barn or possibly the kitchen Of neigh
| boring farm house is used for a ball room
decorated with evergreen boughs and
festooned with grain and flowers. The
village lawyer or doctor becomes the orator
and one of the more prominent farmers
acts as marshal, selecting his aides from
the young men of the neighborhood
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
If THE DITCH rs ORG
This Is the Sort Of Thing You May Expect
In Upper broadway.

The solitary figure Of woman picked It's
way along the narrow pathway bordering
the moat
She stopped near IL huge boulder and
blew shrilly upon the little silver whistle
she wore suspended from her neck
moment later there wa IA cTcakIhg 40 d
clankina OF rusty hinges and chains and rht
drlwbriige slowly descended She hurried
across and pushed her way through the
massive portals close By
An hour, maybe two hours, later she
rged, trumphantly carrying "a small
paper bundle She crossed tho draw ridge
and silently re,Gaoed heI steps along The
marrow pathway
John" called he Broadway mGrchaL,
when shs wac gone, y gllees you may sr
well rsiss tbs drswhrldgs again don't
expect any more cust01sSI over ths subway
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