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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09

The name of Millet, the painter.
has been made familiar to many be-
sides art students by. his 'Angelus.'
How the genius of the artist was
reused and encouraged is told in his
recent biography:
The most original person of the
family and the one who had the most
influence upon Millet was his grand.
mother. She was an old country.
woman of intense religious faith, liv'
ing in God, seeing everything in God.
and mingling God in every scene OF
nature and every act of life.
One of Millet's earliest recollec'
tons was of his grandmother wax
ing him when he was quite a little
child and saying to him:
up, my little Francois! IL yor
only knew what a long time the birds
have been singing the glory of Gal!'
When he had to leave home to go tt
Paris his grandmother said: 81
would rather see you dead than un'
faitI.ful to Gods commands"
At a later time, when he had begun
to make his way in Paris, she re-
minded him again:
Remember, my Francois, that you
were a Christian before you were q
painter. Paint for eternity, and
think that the trump which will cal
to Judgment is on the eve of sound
ing."--Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09
WHERE KINGS ARE M M
In the Creek Nation Alone There Are
10 Less Than Twenty-Five
of Them.

Kings are very common in the Indian
territory. In fact, they are so COM
mon that no attention is paid to them,
and their movements excite no com
ment whatever. In the Creek country
alone there are % real king. Nero
Drew is a fair sample of them. Each
one has a kingdom to look after, and it
keeps him busy doing ii, says the Kan
sas City Journal,
The title does not descend from IA
Their to son. as it does in the etfete Eu-
ropean monarchies. The Indians elect
their own kings. The tenure of office
is two years. However. whenever an
Indian is chosen king and serves his
people well he is usually reelected
without opposition. Some of the old
kings in the Creek nation have neen
at the head of their Kingdoms for 40
years or more. Nero Drew has been
a king for SO years.
The Creek nation is divided into 20
towns, which is about the same as a
township in the states. Each town has
a king, whose duty it is to look after
the Indians of his town. He has no
power to spend their money or to com
mand them to do anything. His powers
are somewhat paternal. He looks after
the sick. and sees that they have med
zeal attention. He cares for the poor
and decrepit. When any of his sub
iects get into trouble. he gives them
fatherly advice and frequently appeals
to the federal authorities to show
them mercy. He advises with his sub
iyts on all matters pertaining to their
interests. In truth, he is their worldly
adviser. Sometimes he is their spirit
ual adviser also, for occasionally the
Indians elect a preacher as king.
Indian kings are not very well com
pensated. They get no salary. 1t is
a labor of love with them. The only
possible show they have of getting any
money out of the Office is through
boodling at elections. In this respect
the Indians are not behind the times.
They Doodle the same as other people,
Elections sometimes come high to the
candidates. Town kings are usually
quite influential among the people Of
their kingdom and they command a
fairly good price for their influence
at elections. Most of them are full
blood Indians. Some, however, are
mixed bloods.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09
A CONOESCENSION.

Gwendolen Jones was chubby and sweet,
And her age was half-past three;
And she lived in a house on Wellington
street,
In the yard with the walnut tree.
Harold Percival Marmaduke Smith
Was almost half-past four;
And he said. when they gave him a base
ball and bat,
That he'd play with the girls no
more
Gwendolen Jones she gazed through the
fence,
At an end were all life's joys.
AS she saw the friend of her youth depart
"'To play with the great big boys"
Harold Percival Marmaduke Smith
Up to the field marched he:
Bu his eye was BACKED, and his head was
whacked,
And his ball no more did he see.
And the boys called him baby" because
he cried,
Did Teddy and Willie III Tim,
And they chased him away when he
threatened to tell,
And said they'd mo use for him."
Gwendolen Jones came down to the fence,
AND her face wore a joyful smile
When Harold Percival Marmaduke said
He'd play with her 'once in a while"
st. Nicholas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09
VIII Aid Research.

Two professors of jena university
H. Siedentopf and r. Zsigmondy-
have discovered a new method of mi
croscopic preservation, whereby ul-
tramiscroscopic particles are not
only made visible, but can also be
studied with a full view of determin-
ing their size. A full description was
recently published by the inventors
in the German scientific journal An
nalen der Physik volume 10, 1903).
The method consists mainly in a
powerful artificial illumination of the
particles to be observed.-Consular
Report.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09
VISIT M OF ANCESTORS.
Ancient Religious Ceremonial AM
nuaIIy Observed by the
Chinese Court.

The Chinese court started recently
for the western tombs of the royal
house of China. There was an inn
mems amount of ceremony observed
in relation to the visit and no less than
400 railway cars were requisitioned to
convey the royal pair, their courtiers
and baggage on their journey.
One afternoon a representative of
the London Daily News waited upon
an influential Chinaman resident in
London to CLEAN all the particulars
possible in relation to the ceremony.
SIT is purely a religious ceremonial"
remarked the official. There will be
no iunketing, no feasting. Everything
will be carried out in the most solemn
manner One object of the visit to
the tombs is to impress upon the minds
of the visitors is that m or later
all men, no matter how great their po-
sition, must go to the grave. Another
is that the dead may live in the memo
ries of their descendants from genera
ton to generation and their virtues
be ~perpeuated. BY such ceremonies
the Chinese people believe that they
offer an incentive to men to live good
lives, so that their children and chill
dren's children may take a pride in
their tombs.
"It is not" continued the Chinese
gentleman, absolutely necessary that
A. p,rNn,n ~. ar,prnSp Shnl1f visit
the tomb every year, but when the
crowned heads cannot make the jour
ney they must send as their representa-
tive the next heir to the throne, the
nearest of kin. Should they omit do
ing this the Chinese rae would con-
slider that an objectionable insult had
been offered to the illustrious dead,
which would be productive of the
gravest results. both politically and
socially. The tomb which is the OBJ
jective of the present visit lies some
considerable distance west of the city
of Picking, and can nov be reached OF
nearly reached by rail.
"Tn days not so very remote the pill,
gr1mageS were mace ellHef III CARTS
or in palaquins, the common people
going on foot. During the time the
pilgrims were passing through any vii.
lage or town all labor ceased until the
cortege had got well upon its way;
even the laborers working in the fields
stopped work as a sign of sympathy
and respect for those who were show
ing honor to their dead. In those
times the Chinese royal pilgrimage
was a most interesting andpicturesqut
function. Even now, when the west
ern method of travel has robbed the
journey of much of its quaint cere'
monial. it is an imposing sight, anc
one which Europeans are not wei
coined to witness"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09

Her life was of no great conse
quence, she told herself, but kandol
was dearer to her than a thousand
lives. She could not let him risk
himself SD recklessly for her.
As Randol, disappointed and baf.
fed, reached the corner, the lights
flared in his face and she saw the
eagerness in his eyes had given place
to suspicion. He must think her
falsel He who had believed SO i'm
plicity in her faith that he had glad
ly risked everything for her, would
now think she had put her family
pride above his love.
The gay holiday throng surged
around her. Girls with glowing eyes
looked up into the faces smiling
above them, happy voices rang in
her ears, passing singers trolled gay
~love-songs, while the forlorn little
toy-vendor stood motionless in her
corner.
Would he go? Had he given her
up? She strained her eyes after him
as he mingled with the crowd. Per-
haps he did not care so much after
all!
No, he was coming back! If she
could only tell him she was true, she
thought. If he could know all the
long veal that were to follow that
she had failed him only to saw him,
then he would think kindly of the
nun in the Spanish convent.
He was again almost within reach,
peering, searching, wondering. She
could stand it no longer. Dropping
her basket quietly to the ground the
piteous little creature turned and
fed.
When Randol reached the angle OF
the wall where the shadows grew
deep and thick he looked carefully
but found it empty.
Back through the streets the little
peon fled, alone. No one tried tC
speak to her, for every eye was filled
with the lights and pleasures in the
plaza beyond.
She reached the frowning house
she had so lately left forever, ant
found it still in darkness.
1t was early yet, but she had LIVED
out all the joys and sorrows of hel
life in this one hour. She Slipped
quietly around to the servants en-
trance, then into the great hall. Th'
door was still half open, and thu
bishops voice was still explaining t.
the sonora the penance her daughte1
would have to go through before sh'
could enter the sisterhood.
Again the old sonora thought sh'
heard an unusual sound in the hall
Was it a door creaking on a rust,
hinge, she asked herself, or a ra
scampering through the old adob
wall?
Again the little figure IN the othe
side of the partition stopped and he'll
her breath till the voices took u
their argument.
When at last the unsuspectini
sonora came to Dolores room, an,
said, s%ternly, my daughter, we hav
decided" the little senorita meekl,
acquiesced like a worthy Cardenas.-
San Francisco ArgGnaut.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09
Origin Of MacnrOni.

Macaroni is said 10 have originated
in Italy. A wealthy man had a cook
of marvellous genius, One day he de-
vised these tubes and served them up.
The first mouthful elected from the
epicure the ejaculation, earl" or "the
darlings." With the second mouthful
he called "mascari." or 'oh, what
darlings!" and with the third he called.
with emotion, ina %caroni!" sob, but
the dearest darlings!" and the name
has chung to it ever since.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09
An Imperative Sentence.

Prof. Geo. c. Wakefield, who teaches
one of the Language" classes in the
Sumner county, Kansas, high school.
called on a pupil to define an 'impera-
tive sentence" The correct answer
was given. He then asked a boy to
give an illustration of an imperative
sentence. The first boy couldn't do it.
The next one called on rose to his feet
and said: prof. Wakefield, go away
back and sit down"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09

The last congress created 1876
new Offices and employments at an
annual compensation of $7,927, $50. As
the congress also abolished 1915 Of
fees the net increase is 9,5o1, with an
aggregate of $6,9s6, 1853 in salaries and
wages.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09

The first monument to slaves in this
country was erected in the town Of
Fort Mill, S. c., by Capt. S. E. White, an
ex-confederate soldier, who sought in
this way to perpetuate the memory
and glorify the fidelity with which the
negroes in the south served during
the war for southern independence.
This monument was erected about 10
or Is years ago. while many of the peo-
pie whose truth and loyalty it is in
tended to commemorate were still
living,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09
Live Bnt in n Brick Will.

One day recently a brick wall in
Baltimore, which had not been touched
since 1871, was torn down, and in a lit
tie cavity, completely enclosed, was
found Il bat which must have been
there for So years. 1t flew out and was
captured. In the same cavity was
found the skeleton of another bat
which had not been vigorous enough
to stand the long wait for light and
food.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09

After a great many experiments,
metal lace has been produced of great
strength and considerable beauty. For
screen doors or fire screens Noting
ham lace curtain stuffs, in green,
brown, gold or silver oxide %colors, are
beautiful far beyond the possibilities
of m white netting. A strip of
common lace metallized in gold or sill
YER and made into a lampshade gives
a charming effect. Arabian lace, when
metallized, has the appearance of be-
ing made of heavily-woven silver or
GOLD
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09

The next morning he read In the pa.
pers that his wife's fete champetre
b%eggarded description.
"Then l am not alone in being beg
CARED by It'll" he exclaimed, and .
strange comfort crept into his desolats
beart.-Puck,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09

Grimes-How is your son getting
along in college?
Gormason-Splendidly! The amount
of things he knows is wonderful. l
can't imagine how Mrs. G. and | got
along before he went there.-Bostos
Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09
Fly Paper.

"What's the matter, Willie2" said
Mrs. Brown to her small son, who was
crying.
my kite won't fly" sobbed Willie.
"and ! made it out of fly papoy', tool
The Tyre.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09

Return,

Mrs. Hauskeep-Suppose l should
give you a nice dinner to-day, what re-
turn would you make?
Hungry Higgins-Well, ma'am, If !
liked your cookin' I'd return just ~
often as | could, ma'am.--Philadelphis
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09

The Iroquos we're a part of the Five Nations confederacy or
gained, so legend tells us, by E1iawatha. The confederacy was or
ganized in what now constitutes the State of New York about the
beginning of the fifteenth century, and continued practically unchanged
until the beginning of the eighteenth century when the Tuscaroras,
of North Carolina, became a part of the league, after which it was
known as the Six Nations, and as such took a prominent part on the
side of the English i'll the revolutionary war. At the time OF the
revolution the members of the confederacy numbered about 5000.
To-day the descendants of the tribe which composed the league NUM-
Der about 1900, but are widely scattered over the United States and
Canada.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09

Mrs. Newlywed - You don't press
me to your bosom as often as you
used.
Mr.. Newlywed-No; I can't afford
to mash the cigars in my vest pocket
as often as I used.-Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09

Musician-I don't suppose you heard
what | was playing last evening-you
and the others kept up such a chat
ter.
One of the Chatterers--No; but then
I don't suppose you heard what we
were talking about; so I guess you lost
more than we did.-Boston Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-09

Softleigh-Yaas, I always cahwy al
umbrella, doncher know.
Miss ~Cutting-I always suspected
that you didn't know enough to go in
when it ains.--Chicago Daily News,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-11-13
What Business to Take Home.

Orison SWEET Marden in November
Success: 1t is a reflection upon our
own business ability that you cannot
make a living during business hours.
Your Ill umo is q confession to your
wife of your weakness and ~incapacity,
and of your not being master OF he
situation, or equal to confronting emer-
gencies. Women naturally admire
strength, capacity, efficiency and cour-
age In men. They admire a man who
cannot only make u living, but also
make 1t easily, without fretting, stew
ing or worrying. Your wife will think
less of you IL you continually lug home
your business cares.
h does not mean that you should
not keep your wife informed about your
business. Every man should talk over
his affairs With his wife, and she should
always know the exact condition Of his
business. Many a man has come to
grief by keeping his wife III ignorance
OF his straitened circumstances or de-
clining business, or of the fact that
he was temporarily pressed for capital
and unable to indulge in certain uXu
ries. A good wife will help a man
amazingly In his business troubles or
struggles to get established II h
knows just how he is situated and what
is required Of her. Her economy and
her planning may give just the needed
support; her sympathy may AXE out
the sting of the pain, and enable hin to
bear his trials. This confidlng frankly
in a wife is a very different thing from
everlastingly harping on the disagree
able features OF a business or letting
them ruin your attitude toward your
family, making life miserable for those
not to blame.
Good cheer, a feeling Of good will
toward one another and toward other
people, and a spirit of h~elpfulness and
utter unselishness should always be
present in the home. 1t should be re-
Rarded as the most sacred spot on
earth. The husband should look upon
it as The one place in all the world
where he can get away from business
troubles, and the exactions, grinding
and crowding of LIES ,struggles--a
place to which he "a flee from all In
harmony and discord, and find peace,
and rest, contentment n satisfacton.
longs to go. and from which he Is io;i4',
to part.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-11-13
MAID N
of Courtesy Should go Give,
Servants of the Household.

VI eIlS IIoGSSfOt0s
Cooking Club: It should be plain enough
tina examples are as much to servants
as 10 children, since in manners and So
cial training servants are as children. II
the mistress be courteous to every mem
Der of her family, and they in turn to
her, the maid soon feels the atmosphere
of good breeding and unconsciously be-
comes amiable and respectful. But let the
mistress speak sharply to her husband,
or scold the children in public, or let the
master constantly find fault in the pres
ence of the servant and she will shortly
discover that courtesy is not one of the
essentials of the establishment. and will,
most likely, add black looks and uncivil
words to the general d~isharlnony.
Servants being initiative. there is more
reason that the conduct of employers be
worthy of Imitation. If the mistress of a
house be careful of her dress, her speech.
her daily habits, her handmade Will. i'll al!
proba baility, grow more careful, of hSr
own. But the woman who comes to her
breakfast table with disheveled and rum
pied gown has no right to find fault with
the maid in a dirty calico and ~slosenly
shoes. Like mistress, like maid, as well
40 like master, like man. Unless II good
example be set there is no cause to COM
nlain of servants for following a bad one.
They would rather improve their condi-
<,on than degrade it. They would iathe,
no ladies' than servants Their ignCraEca
makes them mistake the false for tie
true. the bad for the good. If every mis-
tress would take pains to set a far exam
ME TO her maids, and aid them now and
then bv timely and delicate hints. SHE
would soon have servants who would lie
In fact the help they are In name.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-11-13
A cHEss-PLAY,Ne TOWN.
One Of the Requirements ofeEvery In.
habitant Of VILLAGE in HUNGARY.

habieant of Village in Hungary.
There is in Hungary a village prob
ably unique among the worlds towns,
in that it not only encourages chess as
u pastilIe, but insists that the king Of
games shall be played by every man,
woman and child in the place.
1t is just as necessary in his out-of-
the-world spot for the inhabitants to
be proficient chess players as 1t is for
them to be able to read, write and
cipher. Prizes are given to the school
children for proficiency in chess.
Problems are given to the scholars
that they are expected to take home
and work out in their spare hours in
addition to their other tasks.
Hungary has long been famous for
her chess players. Indeed, this little
village has, as can be we'll understood,
turned out more thar one player who
has been considered AT to rank
with such giants as Lasller, Steinitz or
Tchigorin.
Every Christmas a great tournament
is held in the village, II the burgo-
master gives prizes for the best ju-
venile and adult players.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-11-13

Mistake of Women Who Are Always.
Fighting Dust.

~ ~ NV VsVNoyS
Fighting Dust.
From the Cooking School: The truest
homes are often in houses not especially
we'll kept, where the comfort and hap
p1ness OF the inmates, rather than eX-
treme tidiness nj the preservation of the
furniture, is first consulted. The object
Of the home is to be the center, the pivot
on which the family life turns. The first
requisite is to make 1t so attractive that
none of its members shall care to linger
long outside It's limits. All legitimate
means should be employed to this end and
no, effort spared that can contribute to
this. purpose. There are many houses
called homes. kept with such waxy neat
ness by painstaling, anxious women, that
are so oppressive in their. nicely as to
exclude all home feeling from their spot
less precincts. h very name of home is
synonymous with personal freedom and
relaxation from care; solid comfort.
But neither Of these can be felt where
such a mania for external cleanliness per-
Tades the household as to render every
thing else subsequent thereto. Many
housewives if they see q speck on floor
or wall, or a bit of fthread OF paper on the
Hoor, rush at it as If 1T were the seed Of
p~estllence, which must be removed on the,
instant. Their temper8depends upon their
maintenance of perfect purity and order
II there be amy failureaons their part or
oAJ OlE SlICQIlSldilSSS fd6uitSl
them, they fall into a pathetic despair and
can hardly, be lifted out. They do5not see
that cheeffulncsS is more l1eedful to home
than all the spotlessness that ever silone.
Their disposition TO wage war upon mac.
ulateress OF any sort increases until they
become slaves of the broom andedustpan.
Neatness is one thing and a state of per-
petual housekeeping quite another
Cuteof this grows by degrees the feeling
that certain things and apartments are too
good for daily use. Hence, chairs and
sofas are covered and rooms hut up, save
for special occasions, when they are per-
nitted to reveal their violated sacredness
mi q manner tina mars every pretense OF
hospitality. Nothing should pc bought
which is considered TOO fine for the full-
est domestic appropriation. Ear better rs
tile plainest furniture on which the chill
dren .can climb than satin and damask
which must be viewed with reverence.
When anything is reserved or secluded, to
disguise the fact is extremely difficult. A
chilly air wraps 1t round, and The repul-
sion of strangeness is experienced by the.
most insenslble.
Home is not a name, nor a form, nora
routine. Material n method will not
and cannot make it. 1t must get its light
and sweetness from those who $inhabit it5
from flower and sunshine, from the sym
pathetic natures which, in their exercise
Of sympathy, can lay aside the tyranny
OF, the broom and the awful duty Of ends
less scrubbing. n. Z