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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
IN THE LAND OF STANDSTILL.
Correspondent in Venezuela Writes
EntertaininSly of Caracas
and Its People.

Such is the name given to Vene-
zuela by James Barnes, who went
there during the recent difficulty as
the correspondent of the Outlook.
Here is a bit from his picturesque
description of Caracas in the Out
look:
There are the barracks; the one
of the north with it's single gun pre-
scented to the Venezuelan govern
ment by Empress Eugene, and with
all its loopholes frowning at the city,
like all the other "~defenses." There
is another near the center of the
town, where the small brown soldier
boys stand guard at the door, armed
to the teeth. At night both places
given wide berth and the unknowing
stranger who may not understand
the peremptory "Halte, qui vive!" is
in no little danger. Much afraid of
these places are the %peaceable inhab-
%itants, and much right have they to
be so, for the soldier that supports
the reigning government is a priv
legged person. 1t does not do to
complain of him. The keeper of a
cafe f%requented by the troops once
spoke to the colonel of an Andino
regiment and said that his soldiers
borrowed his knives and forks and
did not return them. "Do you mean
that the soldiers of my government
are thieves?" replied the colonel.
The restaurant keeper replied that
ual observer, or words to that eff
feet; wh%ereupon the colonel shot
him dead. and that was the end of
the matter.
south and crossing the shallow river
is the far-famed iron bridge 1t
joins at it's further end with a broad
road about a mile in length. Beauti-
tiful gardens and well-kept lit
tie villas, mostly the pleasure homes
of politicians are on either side.
Here on holidays meet the upper
classes. the old conservatives, the
wealthy tradesman and the success
full politician. The pampered favor
lite of the latter drives here, too,
lolling back in her victoria. The
people bow to one another or give
the cut direct, as their acquaintance
ship dictates or their position in the
social scale may give them privilege
or not. At the eastern end used to
be the gay quarter, the dancehouses
and the fandangoes. A little park
is at the western end, where there is
also, strange to say, a baseball field.
A hopeful sign for the future is that
a small percentage of the youths
and boys have taken up outdoor
sports, this within the last four
years. This mile or more of good
road is all that is worthy of the
name of driveway" in a country
bigger than the state of Texas! The
people are very proud of it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
Travelling in Java.

A man who has been travelling in
Java thus writes about the Dutch CO.
lonial railways. He says: Trains are
used in Java, not On account OF their
speed, but on account of the long dis
tances one has to cover. ii you are in a
hurry and you haven't more than five
miles to go-walk. You MAY find some
difficulty in keeping up to the train if
it is going down a stiff gradient, but you
will more than make this up IN the
fiat, and you'll romp past it on coming
to the slightest ascent. 1t is a solemn
fact" he continues, that once in the
course of a mile walk along a highway
running parallel with the railway line
[ caught up to and passed a smell lex
press train. Toward the end of the
walk | entered a shop to purchase some
cigars, and only after l had been in the
shop ten minutes did the train again
pass me."-Pinang Gazette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
Poser for the

"And here's your genuine silk flags"
called out another faker, 'for Is cents
apiece. Show you're not %Spaniards by
waving the stars and stripes"
"Will you sell two for a quarter?" in
quired a politician, with an eye to a bar
gain.
mo, sir" replied the faker indig-
nantly, "why, they're selling them for
20 cents apiece across the street"
"Then why don't you go across the
street?" asked the mar of politics, and
the question was such a poser that the
faker, who is noted for his ready wit,
had no answer to make to it.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
DEADLY GULCH.
Narrow Canyon Filled with a POis-
onOus Gas Which Is Fatal
to Animal Life.

Death gulch is by far the most dan
yerous section of the Yellowstone
park, according to the Anaconda Stand
ard. This gulch is in a remote Sec
ton and is never visited by tourists.
Many years ago a trapper told OF a re-
markable gulch strewn with carcasses
of wild animals, to enter which was
death. This story was looked upon
as a myth until years later, when the
place was found actually to exist.
Death gulch is located Is miles from
Yancey's. 1t is q narrow canyon with
precipitous walls for the most part.
There are places where the canyon
LAY be entered down the sides, but
most of the unfortunate animals which
wander into the gulch come in by its
head. In the bottom of the gulch and
along it's sides are strewn the skeletons
and remains of elk, deer and bear
that have met their end there. 1t is
this gulch that was made famous by
Seton Thompson in his story of "Wah,"
for it was there that the grizzly died.
Three years ago DIR. Frank W.. Trap
hagen, professor Of natural sciences
at the agricultural college at Bozeman
and one of the best known chemists of
America, and Peter Koch, president
Of the Bozeman national bank, visited
the gulch. A strong wind was blowing
at the time, and they were able to go
into it from its mouth without danger.
DR.. Traphagen found, as he had sus-
pected, that the unfortunate animals
which had ventured into the canyon
were killed by a poisonous gas, which
lie carried back to his laboratory in
Bozeman. He found it to be a deadly
gas, heavier than the air, SO that when
no wind was blowing the lower part Of
the canyon would be filed with it, and
it would cause death to any living thing
that breathedit 1T.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

When q British ambassador Is ap-
pointed to France he is allowed $50, 900
for outfit.
Eighteen hundred and ninety-seven
authorities are in charge of British
highways.
Hamburg and Bremen together have
"a per cent. (55 and 29) of Germany's
steamship traffic.
The Egyptian pyramids cannot vie
in size of stones with the ruins at Baal-
bee in Syria. The stones of the latter
are 60 feet long and 20 feet square.
The German emperor has more serv-
ants in his employ than any other O.
arch. Altogether they number over
1900, about two-thirds of them being
women.
A German book of etiquette dated
1910 has these among its rules: "Do
not use your thumb to spread the but
ter on your Bread" "When you drink,
raise the cup with both hands," "Do
not suck the marrow out of bones, or
gnaw them like a dog;""Do not drink
the soup from the plate"
Not long ago when King Alfonso was
shooting in the royal park. known as
GEL Paras,'' he was arrested by two
gepdarmes for violation of the close
season. The kings attendants were
indignant, but Alfonso, acknowledge
ing that the gendarmes were in the
right, handed over his bejeweled shot
gun and announced his readiness to
pay the statutory fine.
Justin Mccarthy once wrote the fol
lowing about the first appearance in
parliament of Joseph Chamberlain,
who is now occupying such general at
tention: Judging from his political
speeches, the tories had set him down
as a wild republican, and they expect
ed to see 4 rough and shaggy man.
dressed with an uncouth disregard for
the ways of society, a sort of Birming-
ham Orson. who would probably scowl
fercely at his opponents in the house
and would deliver his opinions in tones
of thunder. The man who rose to adj
dress the house was a pale, slender,
delicate-looking and closely shaven
parsonage. very neatly dressed, with
short and carefully brushed hair and
wearing a dainty eyeglass constantly
fixed in his eye, He looks like aladies'
DOCTOR one stout tory murmured'
Seems like the model of a head clerk
at a west end draper's,' observed an
other. Certainly there was nothing
of the Orson about this well-dressed
well-groomed representative OF the
Birmingham democracy
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
A Prince In Hard Luck.

A great misfortune has overtaken
Prince Henry XIV. of Reuss-Greiz,
heir and only son of the reigning Prince
Henry XXI1I. The young prince, who
but recently came of age, had an opera
ton performed upon his eyes, with the
strange result of making him deaf. He
has also lost his speech, and his eye
sight is not yet restored. He has five
sisters. but in case of his death the sue
cession will lapse, and the domain pass
to Prince Henry XIV, head of a col
lateral branch.-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
Slow rea of London Population

SLOW increase O1 LOhuOn GDpuidtAOu
The annual report of statistics relat-
ing to London has just been published.
Taking the increase of population be-
tween 1891 and 1896 as a basis, the pop
ulation of London in April, 1897, would
be estimated at 4~,474,33O, an increase
of 41,312, equivalent to o.9S2 per cent,
or less than one per cent. in the year.
With respect to births, marriages and
deaths, the statistics quoted stop at
1896, with births for that year: Males,
legitimate, 65,92s; illegitimate, 2,552;
females, legitimate, 62,S6s; illegiti-
mate, 2,4S1; making a total of 1883,
showing a decrease of 1922 over the pre-.
vious year. Of the 79,744 people mar.
ried in London in 1896, 35,754 were
bachelors, 36,755 spinsters, 43,11S wild.
overs and 3,117 widows.-Medical Rec.
ord.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
THE FREE KIDNEY DOCTOR.

It's the people who
doubt and become cured
while they doubt who
praise Doan's Pills the
highest.
Aching backs are eased.
Zip, back, and loin pains
overcome. Swelling Of the
limbs and dropsy signs
vanish.
They correct urine with
brick dust sediment, high
colored. pain in passing,
dribbling, frequency, bed
wetting. Doan's Kidney Pills
remove calculi and gravel.
Relieve heart palpitation,
sleeplessness, headache,
nervousness, dizziness.
TAYLoRsvILLE, Miss. II
tried everything for a weak
back and got no relief until |
used Doan's Pills"
j, n. LEWIS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
Model Pedestrians,

Prospective Leaser-Are the tramps
bad around here?
Landlord-Bad? Why, sir, they are
such good tramps that they are not sat
isfied with one Sunday, butactuallykeep
seven to the week. Not II will do a
hands turn on the Sabbath, either
Chicago Evening News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02

One of the departments of Cornell
university has kept a record of the de.
struction caused by Lightning i'll New
York state during August. 1t killed
six men, IS horses, 20 cows and one
sheep, and struck 80 barns, - resi-.
dences, two churches and one mill. The
churches seemed to fare worse than
any other kind of property.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02

The reason you can get
this trial free is because
they cure Kidney Ills and
will prove it to you.
WEST BRANCH, MICH
Doan's Kidney Pills hit the
case, which was an unusual
desire to urinate - had to get
up five or six times Of a night.
/ think diabetes was well I'm
der way, the feet and ankles
swelled. There was an in
tense pain in the back, the
heat Of which would feel like
putting ones hand up to a
lamp chimney. have used
the free trial and two full
boxes of Doan's Pills with the
satisfaction of feeling that /
am cured. They are the rem
edy par excellence
B. F. BALLARD.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02

II have always heard it said that
your wife is a woman of her word
said Gazzam to Bickers.
"That's quite right" added Bickers,
"quite right. She is not only a woman
OF her word, but a woman of a good
many words. detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
She Thought n Great Deal.

Hewitt-My wife spent about two
hours last night telling me what she
thought of me.
Jewett-I didn't know she thought SO
much of you.-N. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
How Money Is Most Easily Made

Money has been and always can be
made more easily out of simple patent
edinventionsthan out of any investment
or occupation.-Chicago Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
America,s Indians.

Ethnologists are of the opinion
that when America was discovered
there were not on the continent OF
North America any more Indians
than exist now.-Knowledge-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
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POST LIFTING MADE EASE.

POST LIFTING MADE EASE.
vice for lifting and removing posts.
the other end over the c@G Cf The
bar, taking a short purchase, and then
pull down as indicated by the arrow
Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
She Meant "Acrobat," But

Mrs. Casey-Luk at thot, now! Isn't
the bye q born diplomat?
Mrs. Cooney--And phat is a diplo-
mat?
"Whoi, a diplomat is wan av thin
fellys thot kin twisht themselves amy
old way and then twisht themselves
back ag'in!"-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
HOW TO LIFT POSTS.
An Easy Thing to Do, Provided One
Knows just How to Tackle
the Work.

A crowbar, chain and two-foot piece
of joist as shown in the illustration
make an excellent and convenient de-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
But lie Couldn't Control His Wife.

But lie Couldn't Control His Wife.
Hewitt hear that you have named
your new automobile after your wife?
Jewett-Yes, but l have changed the
name.
"What for?"
81 found it was easy to Il an auto
mobile Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02

What an unlimited stock Of ex-
cures some people have.-Atchison
Glcbs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
cRANl-ToNIc HAIR-FooD CO.

HH%~Hy h@w% l"DoSE &c 526 West Broadway, NEW YORK. sRUe% arH PARIS
SPECIAL NOT. The Company isl Incorporated under the Laws ottes State of New York. Send
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02
0 TRIPLE SIZE BOTTLES TO Be Distributed

This paper has several hundred subscribers, all of -
G ~ whom would find pleasure and benefit in the useo Of Grant G ~
Tonic Hair Food, if they but knew how beneficial its q
. use is to all who suffer from dandruf, itching scalp,
- falling hair. We have therefore empowered the Chief
wopru Chemist attached to u Laboratories to send t. every WORTH
FOR reader, as an Introduction, a Large Two Pound Nam FOR
d ana moth Size, $500 bottle of Crani-Tonic HairFood with d m
p M two cakes of CraniTonic Shampoo Soap Irregular price p
II 50 cents a cake) and One Tube of ZenaCream Irregular
ID price 81 LOO making S. 90 worth of the Greatest Hair @
and Scalp Products in the World, all for S 100. II
Post Office and Express Money Orders, Checks and
Drafts are Safer than Currency or Stamps. Any of these car be sent.
Sold by all Dealers, in Four Sizes, at SOC, $1OO, $500 and $500 the
Bottle, EXPRESS PREPAID when ordered direct from Laboratory by Mail.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-06-20
Inside Of Partisan Art.

Paris has lately been amused by
suit brought by Nine. Brach, who gave
up the. stage for sculpture: She has
sued to prevent a publisher from SELL
ing copies Of statuettes which she her.
self made and owned. In the trial it
was asserted by the defense that Nine.
Brach had bought the statuettes from
a sculptor named Ricardo, but had not
bought the right Of copying them. She
had paid $50 Nfor one and $40 for the
other, and the only privilege that
went with the sale was the right to
sign her name to them. It was also
asserted in the suit that a popular
statuette which the state had bought
for the Louvre had been made by
Nine. Brach in the same way; she had
paid Ricardo to do it for her and let
her win the glory. The models sat for
Nine. Brach, who worked busily with
her clay, but behind a curtain M. Ri
cardo was as busy at work and to
much better purpose. Ricardo, in the
slang of Paris, was a 'tghost," of which
genus there are many who help ladies
to make pictures, statues and novels
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-06-20
THE GREAT AMERICAN SAILOR.

One Of the Chief Factors In the Build
Ing Of the Country.
Unstinted praise, of the American
sailor, backed by solid arguments of
his worth, were contained in the ad-
dress Of the Rev. Winifred C.
Rhoades, pastor of the Eliot Congre.
gational church, at the meeting of
the, Woman's Seaman's Friend Soci-
ETY. at the Central Congregational
church Monday afternoon. He said
in part: 1--WE hear much about the
banker, the flnancier, and the soldier,
but Of the poor humble sailor there is
very little said. AS a matter Of fact,
the sailor was one of the chief fac
tors in the building of the United
States. During the early days, fish
ing was one Of the leading industries
of New England, and later the trips
up and down the coast in search of
cod were of inestimable value in the
civilizing and settling Of hitherto I'M
explored regions. Prominent men
were sailors in those days. Robert
Treat Paine, one of the signers Of
the Declaration of Independence, was
the commander of vessel, and from
the time when the first ship built on
American soil was launched on the
Mystic by Gov. Winthrop, New Eng
land excelled - both in shipbuildlng
and I'M the handling of these same
ships at sea.-Boston Transcript.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-06-20

ooatinAsd Don -. and ~ cially
=. tho half ;. Beausa4h ~ 3 ave
lengths. sadtilla, second. .Regets, third
. length away
He's got 'em tiptoedl' yelled d
gray-beared enthusiast. Let's III fall
In line, boys!' sz r. ... Is L
II noticed Brand twisting his mus.
taches viciously. i: :z. e .@.<s II s +.
"sIn the stretch Bequeath! Sidtilla5
second six lengths back, Reggie third
"a head away =. { :. ss=.5#.. 81. S.
""=''I said he was the goods admon.
ished Douglas. Some day you'll wake
up to the fact that, ts :s. =
Bill Jackman wins by head!
Little Reggie second-a nose in front
Of First PastI' IL #*@ - RI H.:
"And all that 1 said to Douglas
was: ,.%.
~"I gave you the chance and you
wouldn't take it,
Him." grunted the dyspeptic look
ing individual, as he rang for the wait.
er. $50 the phony tip made good after
a1l?"
1T surely did," responded the tall
man. "Odd, wasn't it?"-New York
Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-06-20

weeds, he placed it inside the mouth
of the hole, and, igniting it with :,
match, waited for the ignominiou,
flight of the astonished householder
But Master Badger was a resourcefu
animal, and not disposed to- be made
a butt of practical jokers. He soop
came up from the depths of his hole
as soon as penetrating smoke told
him that there was a fire on the prem,
ises, and deliberately scratched earth
on the burning grass with his strona
claws until all danger was past. NC
human being could have grasped the
situation more quickly or displayed
greater skill in dealing with an I'M
familiar event-Nature.
Unsptlt Water in Glass Upside Down
When we look at a glass of water
we quite naturally expect that if we
turn it upside down it will all fall out
and this is generally so, but with
small piece of thin paper we may turn
the glass of water upside down with
out splitting drop. Fill drinking
glass as full of water as it will hold
Take piece of paper and press ii
tightly over the top of the glass. TURF
the glass upside down, holding youl
hand a moment on the paper over tn,
top, and then remove the hand.
If the experiment has been don.
carefully and there is no air left in
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-06-20
Optical Illusion.


When the eye is steadily occupied in
viewing any particular object or when
it takes a fixed direction while the
mind is occupied with any engrossing
topic Of speculation or Of grief, it sud-
denly loses sight of, or becomes blind
to, objects seen directly. This takes
place whether we use one or both eyes,
and the object which disappears will
reappear without any change in the
position of the eye while other objects
will vanish and appear in succession
without any apparent cause. If a
sportsman, for example, is watching
with intense interest the motions of
one Of his dogs his companion will van
ish, and the light of the heath or of the
sky will close in upon the spot which
he occupied.
In order to witness this Illusion put
a little bit of white paper on a green
cloth, and within three or four inches
OF it place a narrow strip of white
paper. At the distance of twelve or
eighteen inches fix one eye steadily
upon the. little bit of white paper,
and in a short time a part or
even the whole of the strip of paper
will vanish as II it had been removed
from the green cloth. It will again ap-
pear and again vanish, the effect de-
pending greatly on the steadiness with
which the eye is kept fixed. This illu-
sion takes place when both eyes are
open, though it is easier to observe it
when-one of them is closed. The same
thing happens when the: object is
luminous. When q candle is thus seen
by indirect vision it never wholly dis.
appears, but it spreads itself out into
a cloudy mass, the center of which is
blue, encircled with a bright ring Of
yellow light.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-06-20
The Smoke in the Tubes.

The Smoke in the Tubes.
worth performing. Take two small
glass tubes of equal size, which are
closed at one end. Into one of them
put small amount of hydrochloric
acid (muriatic acid), and pour it iout
again. Now cover this with a. piece
OF paper or cardboard until you are
ready to use it. Into the other tube
put a little ammonia and pour it out
as you did the hydrochloric acid.
Now place the two tubes together
mouth to mouth, with the paper be-
tween, and you will notice no change
until you pull the paper from be-
tween the two tubes, when the two
tubes will fill with a dense, smoke
like vapor. This is caused by the
combining Of the two gases left in the
tubes by the ammonia and hydroch-
loric acids.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-06-20
The Reason.

Do you know what moves the tides.
AS they swine>from low to high?
It's the love, love, love,
OF the moon within the sky.
Q, they follow where she guides,>
DO the faithful-hearted tides.
Do you know what moves the earth,
Out of winter into spring?
It's the love, love, love,
or the sun, the mighty king.
Q. the rapture that finds birth,
In the kiss Of sun and earth.
Do you know what makes sweet songs,
Ring for me above earths strife?
Ills the love, love, love,
That you bring into my life.
O, the glory of the songs.
In the heart where love belongs.
Ella Wheeler: Wilcox in Chicago Amer
lean.