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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-30

schools were also taught by card play.
ing, and the Famous One Hundred
Poems of the classics, known as the
Hiyaki-nin, which is the household Bi.
BILE of Japan, was learnt by games OF
proverbs. The courage of children, es,
pecially boys, was tested by the telling
of thrilling ghost stories in eerie
places or in the half-light round the
hibachi on winter nights. Little girls
had famous examples recorded to them
of filial piety and obedience by the
story of some virtuous daughter, who
sold herself to a life of misery to save
her parents from starvation. But the
most important part of child's edu.
cation was it's lesson in etiquette. Ell
quette was so farreaching that little
child had to begin its education before
it could walk; very early did girls
have to learn the special teachings for
women, called Washoka-Mebel-Bun
which by their nature were qualified
to rob a mother of her childs heart.
Teachers of the various etiquettes Wis
tied the houses of the middle classes,
the etiquette of the Solemn Tea-Cere-
mony, of flower arranging, of domestic
and social life, were some of the most
important. Only girls of the humber
classes learned music, singing. and
dancing The koto was the only in
strument permitted in the houses of
the upper classes.
In Japan there is a very hard and
fast line drawn between the moral
training and the education of boys
and girls. You seldom see boys and
girls playing in the streets together.
If you do, you will notice that when
boy loses in game his face receives
dab of paint When a little CIR!
loses she sticks straw in her hair.
At the different festivals for boys
and girls the mark of sex is easily dis
tinguishable On the days of the boys
festival the whole city lies under
heaven Of floating carps made of hol-
low gaily-painted paper. Every street
is lined with bamboo poles, from which
carp fly out into the breeze like flags
to testify the fact that the Japanese
man-child is capable of fighting its way
upstream against all the adverse cur
rents of life. On the day of the girls
festival every stall and shop groans
under the burden of solemn-faced dolls.
If you asked a little boy in Japan
what his highest ambition in life was
he would tell you to die for, his en-
peror. little girl would say: To OBJ
serve the teachings of the seven sages.
so that she might be submissive
daughter to her father. submissive
wife to her husband. submissive
daughter-in-law to her husbands par
ents, and, last of all, submissive
mother to her eldest son II she was
left widow. DOUGLAS sLADEN.
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ing both TANKS of Kuropatkin's army
at Mukden. Japanese cavalry patrols
have reached the vicinity of Tie pass.
1t is now considered impossible for
Kuropatkin to hold Mukden after the
fall of Port Arthur, which both sides
are now awaiting. The Russian army
is concentrating at Tie pass. Oyama' S
troops are spread out in huge semi
circle, the outer ends of which are
being slowly but persistently drawn in
The Japanese troops which have
been marching up the main road are
said to be in a position to hurry shall
low draught boats still farther up the
Lao river, and to occupy positions
north of Mukden in a few days. Eth
er Gen. Kuropatkin will be caught in
a trap with Japanese on all sides of
him, or he will be compelled to evacu-
ate Mukden, where junction might
readily be effected of Japanese forces
Oyama, on the other hand, has fully
2S5,000 men, and is expecting $4,000
more The main body of the Japanese
army is now within ten miles of the
Hun river where the next engagement
will probably be fought.
Demand Port Arthur's Surrender.
Chefoo, Sept 26.-Final demand for
the surrender of Port Arthur has been
made by the Japanese commanders
The exterior forts have all fallen
Their guns are in the hands of Jap
90
turned on the citadel they once de-
Tended. Three of the inner fortified
tons have been wrecked by the con-
slant rain of Japanese Shells Gen
Stoessel. commanding the garrison, al
though he realizes that death faces
him and his men, has decided to defy
the demand and will fight to the last
A general assault, with more deter
mination than has hitherto been en-
ployed, is now in progress, having
been started in the night.
The attack followed the receipt of a
dispatch from Field Marshal Oyama
to the commanders about Port Arthur
Gen. Nogi was told to make desperate
effort to take the forts within the next
three days. This successful action
will release $4,000 men to be used n
the advance upon Mukden. For the
last two days the bombardment has
been desultory. However, the jap
anese had some gains.
During the present incessant fire,
the guns have opened with force
hitherto unknown. The heavy artil-
lery is fired on an average of twice in
one minute. Every window in Dalny.
it is reported, was broken by the force
of the bombardment.
Admiral Wren, in command of the
squadron bottled up in the harbor,
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Will Call Peace Congress.

Washington, Sept. 26.-In response
to the presentation of resolutions re-
Gently adopted by the Interparlia-
mentary union President Roosevelt
Saturday afternoon said:
81 shall at an early date ask other
nations to join in a second congress
at The Hague. l feel, as l am sure
you do, that our efforts should take
the shape of pushing forward toward
completion the work already begun
at The Hague, and that whatever is
now done should appear not as some
thing divergent therefrom but as a
continuation thereof"
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Love Causes Suicide.

Akron, O., Sept. 26. = The dead body
of Joseph Blake, aged 80, was found or
the front porch at the home of c. N.
Belden, here, Saturday, Blake having
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head. Friday night Blake
called at the house to see Miss Hattie
Rowe, of whom he was enamored. The
girl refused to see him and this, it is sup
posed, resulted in the suicide. Blake
shot himself last winter in an attempt
at suicide for the same cause.
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Installed as Grand Sire.

Allentown, Pa, Sept. 26-Grand Sir
Sire-elect Robert E. Wright, of the
sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows,
who was prevented by illness from at
tending the meeting in San Francisco,
was installed at his home here Satur-
day by Past Grand Sire Clement T.
Campbell, of Ontario, in the presence
of score of officials of the grand lodge
of Pennsylvania.
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Brief Notes.

Wanting to die because he cannot
get rich quick enough to please him
self, and having made several at
tempts to end his existence with a
butcher knife, Tom Jensen, farmer
who lives near Fosston, was COM
mitted to the Fergus Falls asylum.
The two-year-old daughter of Will
liam Uran, who lives near the tracks
of the 500 railway on Buffalo river,
was run over and instantly killed by
a gravel train.
The plans for the St. Paul jubilsS
are progressing.
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NN\S bTOOhlyu navy ydiu WASh
SSMA the engineers were prepar-
NY ing the foundation for the
Sg great battleship, Connect
cut. While driving spiles
to support the new ship, the workmen
located the sunken hulk of the old
prison ship, jersey" of unhappy rev.
dictionary memory.
After the struggle for American in
dependence, this marine charnel house
was abandoned where she lay in Walla-
bout bay (the present Brooklyn navy
Yard, and slowly settling to the bot
tom, beyond the sight of men, contin-
ued to sink deep in the. mud until all
trace of her was gone, even in the
memory of the last generation.
The local public had evinced inter-
est from time to time in commemorate
ing the patriotism of more than II 900
prisoners whose sufferings were only
ended in death, by gathering the bones
of these unfortunates hastily buried
ashore and giving them proper burial
with such honorable obsequies as
could be paid the unknown martyrs
who sacrificed life and liberty rather
than accept the terms offered by Bri-
fish captors-service under the Eng
lish flag. Historical societies and the
United States government had
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-30

child For no grown-up woman in
Japan ever does have a good time until
she is too old to enjoy it. l think il
was Sir Rutherford Alcock who first
made the remark that Japan was the
paradise of babies, and from the day
you set foot on the original of the IA
nous willow-pattern plate to the day
you sigh your Sayonara to sacred Fuji,
as you leave Yokohama bay, you rea-
lie the truth Of his remark.
When l first drove through native
city in Japan, l thought that every
other shop was top-shop, and l never
could have believed that the world
contained so many children, for moth
ing is too young to play on the mikd-
dos highway in Japan. Doll-like girls
of a few years old, dressed exactly like
their little mothers except for their
gayer clothes and Enthusiastically shaver
heads, carry yellow-faced babies of a
few months old, tied on to their backs,
while they play ingenious games with
gorgeous balls made of scarlet and
gold silk, or cart about on their high
wooden clogs after the falling shuttle
cock, which they will send bounding
up again over the tops of their paper
homes with wooden battledore decor
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Nominated for Congress.

Connorsville, Ind, Sept. 26. = Demo-
Gratis of the Sixth congressional district
Saturday nominated U. Stokes Jackson.
of Greenfield, for congress by acclama-
ton.
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| JAPS TURN THE
| RUSSIAN FLANkS
oYAMA SEEMS TO HAVE oUTGEN-
ERALED KURoPATKIN AT
MANCHURIAN CAPITAL.
EXPECTED TO FALL
BACK TO TIE PASS
Mai. Gen. Orloff Has Been Dismissed
from the Army for Actions at Bat
tie of Liaoyang - Port Arthur
Seems in a Bad Way.

London, Sept 26. = The retreat from
Mukden has begun. Both Russian
TANKS are turned, and it is evident that
Gen. Kuropatkin will fall back to Tie
pass to escape the danger of complete
humiliation by Oyama's forces.
Report from Mukden.
Mukden, Sept. 26. = The Japanese
continue their advance northward. Gen.
Kuroki's headquarters are close to Pen
sihu, about As miles east of Liaoyang. A
Turkestan regiment is reported to have
killed eight Japanese cavalrymen in the
brush near Yentai Junks are coming up
the Lao river regularly with supplies
for the japanese. The return OF Lieut..
Gen.. Rennenkampff to the command of
the cavalry division has been signal
lied by renewed activity on the part of
the Russians.
Orloff Dismissed.
ST. Petersburg, Sept. 26. - Maj. Gen.
Orloff, held responsible for the retreat
of the Russian forces from Liaoyang,
has been dismissed from the army This
action was taken in accordance with a
decision of Gen. Kuropatkin.
Is Kuropatkin Trappedp
Toxic, Sept. 26.-Field Marshal
Oyama is driving the Russian forces
northward and has succeeded in turn
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URELY no child in Japan
ever wished to be grown
up, and no little girl in a
moment of discomfort ever
heard from her mothers
lips the catch phrase, Your
good times coming, my
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09
ALL AROUND THE FARM.

Plants derive their substance chiefly
from the air, as all the carbohydrates
are supplied by the air, and those ele-
ments come into the plant through the
leaves and comprise many times the
bulk of that derived from the soil.
On many farms there are muck
swamps that might be made a source
Of value, especially where nitrogen is
wanting in the other soils.
The COW pea is worthy of more at
tention that it has received, though
it Is receiving more attention every
year.
The larger part of a decayed plant
Is of no value for manure, but may
help the mechanical structure of the
soil.
There was never a time in the his
tory of the world when agriculture
was as popular as at the present time.
The exhaustion of the humus in a
soil frequently renders it almost un-
tillabie.
The first care of the farmer should
be to maintain the fertility of his
land.
In swine raising for the beginner, a
start should be made with a few ami
mails.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09
When Cutting Short Grain.

When cutting very short grain with
! harvester, considerable difficulty is
often experienced, as the short cut
grain will accumulate upon the sickle
bar in such quantity as to clog the
sickle. And it will be found that if the
reel is lowered enough to prevent this,
the short grain is thrown too far back
upon the platform and scattered SO
badly that it cannot be properly bound
into bundles without great loss. To
avoid this, get some very heavy can-
vas, ten inches wide, and fasten 1t with
lacks the full length Of the reel Stats,
and this will sweep the grain gently
oato the platform and thus avoid
waste.-Farm Journal,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09
LOTS OF FARMS LEFT YET.
Public Domain Is Not by Any Means
Exhausted, as Some Would
Have Us Believe.

The material development Of tn,
country is quietly progressing at a re-
markable rate in n direction which is
not given much popular attention.
More than p, 1924, 299 acres of the pub
lie lands were turned over to private
individuals last year. This means that
an area almost equal to that of the
state of Indiana has within that time
been added to the productive regions
OF the United States. Most of these
newly opened lands were homesteaded
by farmers, as will be seen from the
following figures: There were 5 4,36E
patents of all classes issued within the
year. OF this number Al, 1854 are classed
as agricultural, 1904 as Indian allot-
ments, 1,104 as mineral patents, 200 as
coal patents, z76 as private land claims,
lS7 as railroad patents and 40 as
swamp land patents. The total sum
which the government got by way OF
fees and commissions for issuing these
patents was $11,024, 744. Under a re-
cent law the most of the receipts from
the sale of public lands will hence.
forth be set aside for retaining arid
lands by irrigation.
In the public domain there are still
unappropriated $50, 979 1907 acres Of
surveyed lands and sol ,976, 1869 acres of
unsurVeyed lands, a total of more
than 97o,955,OO acres. A great many
tracts in this immense area, of course,
Will always remain uncultivated and
unsettled, but it has been estimated
That when the contemplated system of
irrigation shall be put into WORKING
order so much good land will be
opened that a population as large as
the whole nations present population
could find room there to thrive
perously and contentedly.
Rapid strides are now being made in
the developing of the public domains
The excitement and uproar of former
pioneer days are absent in this work
but the process is marked and very eff.
fective. The passenger traffic on west.
ern railroads is evidence of this fact
Agreeable reflections arise in contem.
plating that the United States still
owns SO much arabic public land. The
dangers OF an overcrowded population
by immigration or natural increase are
still remote, The census for many
years yet to come will not show an ex.
cess OF people above what the ives.
Will need in settling IN itc vanap,
lands.-Kansas City Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09
How to Get Strong Chicks,

If a breeder wants good, strong chicks,
he must begin at the beginning and
see that the stock that produces the eggs
is strong and vigorous. Strongly fertil-
lied eggs come only from stock that is in
good condition, vigorous and healthy,
well fed and we'll cared for. The germ
in an egg from weak, diseased stock will
always be weak and will never produce
a strong chick, If it matches at all. The
breeder who failed to get his breeding
stock in the pink Of condition before
the commencement Of the Matching sea-
son will not get the best results.-Com-
mercial Poultry.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09

at least 100 years before it's introduce
ton into California. 1t is claimed that
it worked its way eastward overland,
but this may be doubted to some extent,
as it is certain that it was grown in the
Southern Atlantic states a generation
ago in a tentative way. But that most
of the spread has been from California
! fields seems certain, the plantations fol-
lowing the lines Of railway over the
mountains and through the arid deserts
OF Arizona and New Mexico. 1t has now
become the great hay crop Of the semi
arid region.
Alfalfa was looked upon as a plant
adapted to the dry sunny climates only.
but it is now coming to be considered
a cosmopolitan plant of great range of
| growth. 1t is certain that where it has
been grown in large quantities it has
enormously increased the productivity
Of the land and increased the number OF
live stock that can be carried on each
acre. The .ranchmen of the west are
now using immense quantities of alfalfa
in the winter feeding of stock being
prepared for market.-Farmers Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09
DRAW DRAFT ON THE SHAH.
One Way to Even Up a Bank Account
When Called Upon to Make
Good Overdraft.

"Just to oblige" a depos;tor the
cashier of a bank in a western town
allowed him to overdraw his account
5 1000, relates the Chicago Tribune. A
few days later the cashier learned there
was to be an examination of the banks
account. He sent at once to the de-
positor, told him of the impending ex-
animation, and asked him to make his
account good.
Il can't do it, replied the depositor.
81 haven't the money and l can't pos
sibly raise it inside Of three weeks.
What can I do about it?"
The cashier was in sore straits. He
did not have money enough of his own
to make good the deficit, and for a long
time he couldn't think Of any way of
bridging the trouble. Suddenly a bright
idea dawned on him.
TIL tell you what we'll do" he said
tc the deposition. you draw a draft on
the shah of Persia for s / 1000 and depos-
it it in your account. 1t will be at least
six weeks before we'll have it returned
protested. Meanwhile you can Skin.
mish up the money to make good the
overdraft."
The depositor laughed at the idea,
but made out the draft on the shah and
put it in for collection.
"There'll be a hot time in Persia
when the shah gets that" the depositor
said to the cashier, and the cashier
agreed with him.
Within three weeks the depositor
made some collections through his reg.
ular business and Strengthened out his
bank account.
About six weeks after the draft was
made on the shah the cashier received
a check from Teheran for $1,000 from
the equerry of the shah. On the back
of the voucher which accompanied 1t
and above the Endorsement Of the
equerry, this statement was written:
"The shah OF Persia requests that
hereafter all bills from the United
States of America shall be itemized."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09

Mrs. Bizzey-I notice you're cleaning
house, Mrs. Newcome, and | was afraid
you might be tempted to throw your
rubbish out on the back lot. lust want
ed to say that we don't do that sort of
thing here.
Mrs. Newcome-I burned all our rub
bish in the furnace this morning, Mrs.
Bizzey, including an old book on Ell
luette," which | might have saved for
you.-Philadelphia Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09
ONE MAN SAVING MACHINE

an inch by two inches wide, seven feet,
three inches long. Guides C from b
to play in are three feet two inches
clear. Pitman d is four feet long, one
inch thick. Saw is six feet; projects
four feet, two inches. Handle is set
slightly slanting. The saw is bolted
on to side Of pitman. Forward two
bolts have large washers. Two boards
e e are halved together and nailed to
standard. They are about three am,
one-half feet in length. Saw Gear
riage" is simply two straight logs
placed at convenient height-Rural
New Yorker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09

whose hymns are sung in every
however, are in their possession. Prof.
Sterrett tells us, for instance, that 'the
battlefield of C%haeronea and the vii
lage in which Plutarch played rs a child
are now the property of an American
lady."-Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09
Why smokestacks Escape Lightni


Naturalists consider it a wonderful
fact that the Bermuda islands have only
seven native species of land birds, while
no less than 1913 other species pay visits
to the islands. Many of these visitors
are birds which pass the summer in the
United States, and utilize the Bermuda
islands as a convenient winter resort
thus initiating some of their human
compatriots. Even some American bats
follow the example of the birds by win
tering in the Bermudas.-Youth's Com
anion
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09
UntimeIy.

DO you know what you are trying to
say asked the chronic fault finder,
when you speak of a mar going to an
untimely grave at the age of SOP"
81 do" said the undaunted obituarist.
'"The old william ought to have gone
there 40 Years AGO."
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mANlOOD ~
WS,. !d:}llN]I&
THE INTEREST IN ALFALFA.
Plant Is Coming to Be Considered a
Cosmopolitan Grass of Wide
Range of Growth.


The interest in alfalfa seems always
on the increase. Ten years ago the
farmers of Kansas were discussing
whether or not they would grow this
crop, while now the same discussion is
being carried on in the states far to the
east and north. Alfalfa was first intro
duced into this country by the monks
who settled on the coast Of California
in the early part of the last century.
They doubtless brought it from South
America, where it had been grown for
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09

Scientist-So you have followed the
sea all your life? Ipresume you are a
through meteorological prognosticator
by this time.
Jack Tarre-A which?
al meal you can easily foretell a
gale, can't your
Easy 'nough, sir. When you see the
captain dancin' around an yellin' out
40 orders at onct, you kin jest make up
VI mind tibet it's goin' ter blow."-N.
Y. Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09
Live Stock in Cold Climates.

Cold climates are as well suited to
the raising of live stock as are tenn.
perate and warm climates. While herb
age Is more abundant in the warm
climates and the winters are shorter,
yet most of u farm animals do bet
ter in the cold climates than in the
warm, and diseases are less numer-
ous. Grass is a greater factor in the
north than in the south, for climatic
reasons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09
Jack Tarre-a which?


An Eskimo youth is qualified tc
marry when he has succeeded in kill.
ing a polar bear unaided, this feat be.
ing regarded dis proof that he is capable
of providing for the wants of a fam.
lily. He starts forth at night to Sc.
cure a wife, which he does by Selling
the first girl he can surprise unawares.
N Y SIM.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09
Want Good Men.

A noteworthy feature of the applica.
lions this year to the bureau of self
help for graduate service is the de.
mand from corporations for Yale men
to take permanent positions, many OF
them well paid. Several of the calls
for teachers are for positions paying
So, 500 year or more.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-09

II understand their engagement has
been broken"
Eyes. She says she was deceived.
He had only six century runs to his
credit instead of 16, and as she had
IA herself, he was clearly out of her
class."-Chicago Post.