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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
AN ANCIENT INSTITUTION.
The Ballot Box Was in Use Among
the Early Greeks in Secret
Voting,

The practice of settling questions by
majorities is Of the greatest antiquity,
says the New York World. In early
times men fought out questions that
they afterward found it simpler to de-
eide by ballot.
The Greek democracies, whose great
assemblies of all citizens have been
compared to New England town meet
ings, used black and white beans
thrown into a box as a simple means of
expressing a Eyes" or mo" Very early
| the Greeks used oyster shells for a SIM
liar purpose and the porcelain tablets
later used as tallies in voting were
| called "%astrakoi." A man who was ban
ished by a vote so expressed was ''ostra-
cised." We still use the word.
Ballot" means literally a little bali
used in secret voting until comparative
ly recent times. A club is said to black
ball" a member. The white and black
bean over again.
Secret voting has always been charac-
t~eristic of Latin peoples. In this they
were more modern than the Anglo
Saxons, who were accustomed to voting
by "the living voice" and never changed
the custom uptil recent times.
But Latin usurpers have always
known how to influence the ballot, Sc
cret or otherwise. The "plebiscite," by
which Louis Napoleon in 1852 was &C
cepted as hereditary emperor of thu
French, was 1924, 1923, against 253,149
Napoleon the Little thus got a bigger
vote than any president of the United
States ever received.
The open vote was prevalent in botf
England and the United States well intt
the nineteenth century. John Ran
dolph, Of Roanoke, once said in Londor
that it was inconceivable that Americ;
would adopt the ballot until it became
a nation of scoundrels." Ballot reform
was for years the r%allying-cry of liberal
ism in England, as it was in the Unitet
States.
Only within the last few years, o
since the adoption of the Australian bal
lot, has "secret voting" been really Sc
cret. Before that a man could marsha
bought votes in blocks of five" put bal
lots in the mems hands and make theI
keep the papers in sight until deposited
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
PINAEoRE DAYS.

/ sometimes wonder where the girls of
yesteryear are gone;
The sweet ones in the picture that, on
memry'S canvas drawn,
1 turn to look at now and then; a pic
ture of outdoors
Where boys in knickerbockers play, and
girls in pinafores
Are just as sweet as they can be-as
sweet as they were then.
All, yes; I think they're sweeter now
since they'll come not again,
Except in memory, to play the games we
used to play.
! wonder If it benefits to turn to yester-
day.
I wonder if it benefits a fellow when he's
old
To turn to other scenes and days and
locks of braided gold,
And girls he used to long to kiss, but
whom he did not dare;
But only dared to stand around won
der if they'd care.
When Lizzie Hohlfelder was young, in
aprons starched and stiff,
And yellow braids and dimpled chin, ]
used to wonder if
But what's the use of Numbering o'eI
things we can't forget?
But still her mem'ry comes to me and
makes me wonder yet.
All, If she would or she would not, tits
years too late to know.
Since we were young-Lord, stop the
years!-'twas 20 years ago;
I sat one night a year ago and heard hel
sing and play
The songs and tunes my boyhood loved
before it went away;
And each tune took me farther back tt
youths unclouded skies,
And when 1 turned to come away thu
tears were in my eyes;
For We had been for just a space a.
young as once we were
Me just a romping lad, and she-just Liz
zie Hohlfelder.
Both just as young as what we were; she
still seems just as young
IS when she first san those old song!
that just last year she sung;
Her voice is just as clear and sweet, he
eyes are just as blue;
tbs only just myself that's lost the you'll
I one time knew:
The years have jostled me and made
punching-bag of me,
And I'm too fat to cross one leg abov,
the other knee.
I wonder if it pays to turn when lf,
burns dim and low
To comrades, boys and girls we loved, II
days Of lorg ago.
j. M. Lewis. il Houston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Roosevelt on the Trusts.

While President Roosevelt asks
nothing specific at the hands of con-
gress in the way Of corrective legis-
lation against the abuses of the trusts.
he does, nevertheless, by his general
remarks and recommendations, define
a doctrine which most men will ap-
prove as far as it goes, and out of
which, if his party in congress wills,
may be developed ONE tangible pub
lie benefits. Should the spirit and
general purport of his message upon
this theme find expression in legisla-
ton, a measure of relief will have
been granted against the corporate
mischiefs to interstate commerce.-St
Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Distinctly Disappointing and Un-
original with More Important
Subjects Omitted.

Considered from the literary point OF
view, and, as the president is a literary
man, it is not unfair SO to consider 1t,
the message read to congress is dis
tinctly disappointing, says the Indian
apolis News (Ind.). 1t is long, rambling,
unoriginal, and wholly without struc-
tural unity. Nor is it even we'll writ
ten. Subjects are considered together
which have no necessary or even nat
ural connection. Less important mat
tiers are exalted over lose of the
greatest importance, many OF these,
indeed, being passed over altogether.
For instance, there is practically no
discussion of the affairs of the treas
ury beyond a recommendation, rather
indefinite and p%erfunctory, Of certain
legislation with reference to the cur
rency. The tariff is ignored. The
question of the persistent deficit is not
considered. There is no word about reci-
procity or closer trade relations with
| Canada.
Foreign affairs are treated in the
most general way, the president de-
voting himself for the most part to an
academic discussion of the advantages
Of peace and war, though we have
his assurance that the rights Of our
people will be protected, and a pro-
test against the treatment of our
Hebrew fellow-citizens by the Russian
| government. Also the president
recommends that we give the Filipinos
the benefit of low tariff rates. If this
is not done, he thinks that cit will be
a wrong to extend our shipping laws
to them"
Much space is given to irrigation
and the preservation of forest reserves
and altogether too much attention i:
devoted to the needs of Washington
city. These might better have beer
left to the district commissioners
whose recommendations the presiden
might have Endorsed.
The message opens with a mild pie;
for economy, though Mr.. Roosevelt
argues that our national development
means necessarily an increase of eX
penditures. We must have battle
ships, forts, public buildings and i'm
proved waterways, all of which, be
ing permanent investments, should b
provided for when we have the money
Yet expenditures should be CAREFUL
watched, and "the cost of doing gov
eminent business should be regulate
with the same rigid scrutiny as tn
cost of doing a private business.
There is nothing new in the discussio:
of the relations of capital and labor
or of the corporation question. 0,
these subjects the presidents view
are so well known that it is not neces
sary to consider in detail his restate
ment of them in this message. The
do not seem to us to be very clear Q
well thought out. He would trea
everyone fairly, compel everyone
treat everyone else fairly, enforce a
laws against everyone, and have sue
new laws as congress may find nece'
sary. On the whole, it is not an II
spring, or, indeed, a profound, u
terance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Canadian Gretna Green.

Some people suppose that Gretna
Green is no longer in existence. 1t has
simply changed it's latitude and longi-
tude. Its name is now Windsor, AM
it is a Canadian town in the province
Of Ontario, close to the United States
border. 1t was recently stated in the
provincial Legislature of Ontario that
no fewer than 800 marriages were Gel
ebrated in Windsor during the past
year. The great majority of the happy
couples had hastily crossed the bor-
der from the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Gen. Stoessel.

Gen. Stoessel, the gallant defender 0.
Port Arthur, is descended from a mill
tary family with a long record of serv-
ice. His grandfather, q general in the
Swedish army, settled in Russia in the
reign of Emperor Paul, and had two
sons, both Russian officers, who were
Russian by birth and members of the
orthodox church. Gen. Stoessel himself
who was born in 1S4S, entered a cadet
corps at ten years of age and left the
Pavlef military academy as an officer in
1866, st the same time as Gen. KlroDat-
kin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
The president properly refers to

The president properly refers to
the extravagances Of the government
printing establishment, and then sends
10 the compositors, the pressmen and
the binders a message of some $4,000
words.-Chicago Post.
THE president would have had a
lot more trouble with his message but
for the guidance Of that 12-c9lumn let
ter which Editor Pulitzer wrote IT,
Simself.-L'etToit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

He-Don't you think that Belle haa
aged rapidly?
She-She has not aged at all during
the past 20 years.-Philadelphia Tel
egraph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

movements In unDrOken silence Nehr-
er and nearer through the muffled
hours of night crept a. foe who slum-
bered not, whose case was desperate,
and whose existence as a fighting
force depended on the capture of that
convoy. All they craved-food, cloth
ing, weapons, and, above all, ammu-
n%ition-was in those wagons.
AS the first glow of dawn deepened
and burned in the eastern sky, a soil
tary rifle shot rang out over the plain;
then another anu another, in SHARP
| succession, running into one long, un-
broken rattle of musketry. Phit-ping
phit-ping, sang the hail Of Mausel
lead that stung and blinded and be-
wildered men and animals alike. Phit.
ping on every side, and no shelter al
hand.
The moment of attack had been vel
chosen-when Kaffir drivers were har.
Messing the ox-teams, and the hustle
of the start was on rhe unpreparet
men. Taken at a disadvantage, ant
for the moment in hopeless disorder
the men seized their rifles and wildly
returned the enemy's fire, wasting
1 their bullets as fast as they could dis
charge their weapons.
In the midst of the excitement Ar
thur found time to think Of John.
Lilo down, john" he said, whats
the good Of exposing yourself lik'
that? The men are all right-the!
will be steadier presently" he urged
as q bullet hit his brothers helmet.
To his amazement, Johns fact
turned CHASTITY pale. "This must b.
stopped" he said brokenly, like a mai
shaken with some terrible fear. wv
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
Awful Experience
of an Oil SmelIer

Lloyd Bailey says there IS vast
oceans of oil on his Dye farm on
Middle Island creek. He further
asserts that he has the benefit of
magic and scientific tests to sub
stantiate his statements.
One day this week an oil smeller
came along the highway, leading
by his meadow, carrying his oil
tester OF magic wand In the form OF
a forked stick. He was Flooding
along keeping au attentive eye on
tn Icy roads paying no heed to bis
witch" when all at once he was
brought up with jerk which al
most took his breath and later al
most cost him his life
The oil witch" took the bit In
Its own teeth, Its owner was uncer.
enormously yanked out of the road
and over the fence into the field.
The witch" kept Its owner going
some" for q distance Of two or three
hundred yards when the tines OF
the tester were attracted towards
the ground. Its owner was seen to
make half dc zen or so Alphonso
and CASTOR blows, when he sudden
" turned turtle and landed on his
head; inverted he stood trans6xed
the spot.
The combined assistance Of two
husky men together with a stout
yoke of oxen were necessary to ex
tricate him from the mysterious and
impelling force which held him
fast.
The impact of the collision of his
head and the frozen earth Is thought
to have fractured his skull, and the
smellers life Is despaired of. The
oil Is still there awaiting the COM
ing of some adventurous wildcatter
and 1t Is needless to add that Lloyd
is happy If 1t does cost one life to
discover the untold treasure.-
Peasants Co. Leader.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
Oklahoma Lands.

The Frisco System by establish
Ing the Frisco Colonization Bureau
at Pittsburg, Pa, has taken steps
to enable eastern people to obtain
reliable information concerning the
very rich lands In Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, and to also OBJ
tain the lowest railrord fares to that
locality. Along the Frisco System
are the finest agricultural lands In
the southwest, at prices within the
reach of everybody. If you are
In that section and want
the finest farms and the lowest
railroad fares, write your wants to
Sydney Van Dusen, Travelling
Agent, 31S Lewis ock,s.Pittsburg,
Pa. 17tt
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
women and Jewels.

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that Is the order of woman's pref
erences. Jewels form a magnetic
mighty power to the average wo'
man. Even that greatest OF all
jewels, health, Is often ruined In
the strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If q
woman will risk her health to get
coveted gem, then let her fortify
herself against the inslduous oonse.
quences of coughs, colds and bron'
chial affections by regular use q
DR.. Boschee's German Syrup. 1t
will promptly arrest consumption
In liz early stages and heatl the at.
fected lungs and bronchial tubes
and drive the dread disease from
the system. It Is not q cure all
bat 1t Is a certain lure for coughs
colds and all bronchial troubles.
You car get DR.. Green's reliable
remedies at D. A. Memberships
Get Green's Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27

Another redic1lus food fad has
been branded by the most compe-
tent authorities They have dis
PEELED the silly notion that one
kind of food Is needed for brain,
another for muscle, and still an
other for bones. A correct diet
will not only nourish a particular
part of the body, but will sustain
every other part. Yet, however
good your food may be, It's nutri-
ment Is destroyed by indigestion or
dyspepsia. You must prepare for
their appearance or prevent their
comming by taking regular doses of
Green's August Flower, the favor
lite medicine of the healthy millions.
A few doses aids digestion, stimu.
lates the liver to healthy action,
purifes the blood and makes you
feel buoyant and vigorous. You
can get DR.. Green's reliable RENE.
dies at D. A. Memberships.
Get Green's Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
Decorated With Elk Teeth.

A dress owned by klowa Indian
squaw was sold in Fl Reno, Okla,
for 81 900, and the purchaser thinks
he was lucky to Get it at that price
1t is lavishIy decorated with elk
teeth, which are becoming almost
as valuable as PEARLS, and the sQuaw,
like many of her paleface sisters,
thought that 81, 500 was altogether
too much money to be invested in
one dress.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
Better than Cold.

II was troubled several years
with cronic indigestion and
nervous debility, writes F J.Green,
of Lancaster, N. II. mo remedy
helped me until I began using Elec-
tic Bitters, which did me more
good than all the medicine I ever
used. They have also kept my wife
In excellent health for years. She
says Electric Bitters are just splen
did for female troubles; that they
are grand tonic and invigorator
for weak, run down women. No
other medicine can take Its place In
our family" Try them. Only SOC
Satisfaction guaranteed by D. A.
Hendershott.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
RECORD OF THB PAST
No Stronger Evidence Can Be
Produced

Look we'll to their record. What
they have done many times In
years gone by Is the best guarantee
of future results. Anyone with a
a bad back, any reader suffering
from urinary troubles, from any
kidney Ills, will find In the follow
Ing evidence proof that relief Is
near at hand.
Mr.. GIN. Myers, the well known
shoemaker of Wincher avenue and
I4th street, Ashland, KY, says:
"Doan's Kidney Pills are like true
friends, the longer you know them
the better they are appreciated. I
can add nothing to the first state
ment I made In 1896 after I pro"
cured the remedy at the Ventura
Drug company, and took a course
of the treatment, which cured
me. was absolutely free from
all backache for nearly three years,
then I noticed a slight ache as the
result of a cold, In my back. A
box of Doan's Kidney Pills dis.
posed of 1t. have recommended
this remedy to many, and have
never heard of one who did not en-
dorse the claims made for It,"
For sale by all dealers. Price,
80 cents a box. Foster-Milburn
company, Buffalo, N. Y, sole
agents for the u. S.
Remember the name-Doan s.
and take no other.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
A Promising Oil Country.

The Greek, Usage and Cherokee
Nations In Indian Territory are re-
ceiving wide recognition as a pro-
missing oil country, and capital and
have so far brought
handsome results. The oil Is OF
superior quality; the territory Is
reached directly by the Frisco Sys'
tenn, who issues free Of charge, a
booklet, giving full data concerning
the country and Its possibilities
Mailed to any address upon request
to Sidney VauDuseu, 700, Park
Bldg, Bittsburg, Pa. 1tf
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
Proclamation and Election Notice by the
Mayors

Proclamation and Election Notice by the
Mayor:
The legally qualified voters OF
the city of Sistersville, Tyler County,
West Virginia, will take notice that
the annual municipal election In
and for said city will be held there
In, at the different wards thereof,
on Thursday the 24th day of March,
1904, for the purpose of electtng
the following municipal officers, to-
wit. mayor, city clerk, city collect
or and treasurer city assessor, three
auditors, also one councilman from
each of the four wards, the latter
for a period of two years. Said vot-
ers will take further notice that the
following named gentlemen are
hereby appointed commissioners
for the purpose of holding and con-
Quoting said election.
1st Ward:
Samuel Agnew,
w. L. Armstrong,
J. ". Maher.
end Ward
@. NJ. Beaver,
w. D. Bedillion,
James Chambers.
grid Ward:
J. E. Magner,
A. B. Wilson,
Harry Work.
4th Ward:
F. D. Mccoy,
II. W. Roberts,
George S Galley.
Said election In the different
wards will be held at the following
places:
1st Ward, Armory Hall,
end Ward, City Building.
ard Ward, Jones Hose House,
4th Ward, Citizens Hose House.
H. @. MEEK,
Attest mayor
ED. o. BOWER,
city clerk. 2 % I'm
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
How to Prepare Sweet Potato Sweet

HOW to Prepare Sweet Potato S"eCI
A truly delicious way to serve swe"'
potatoes Is to prepare them in the fo'.
lowing manner: Slice cold boiled sW""'
potatoes in half. Sprinkle with salt. \
little pepper and a perfect deluge OF
sugar. Fry in pan Of hot grease H.
orally spreading sugar on the upwa:'
side. Turn and brown. cooking SLOW
". When taken out the sugar Shout
have cooked 10 candy. which -,
string from one potato 10 another wh"l
lifted.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
Have You Irdieestten

If you have indigestion, Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure will cure you. It
has cured thousands. 1t Is curing
people every day-every hour.
You owe 1t to yourself to give 1t
trial. You will continue to suffer
until you do try 1t. There Is no
other combination of dlgestants
that digest and rebuild at the same
time. Kodol does both. Kodol
cures, strengthens and rebuilds
Sold by
Opera House Drug Store.
Stotler & Corbett Props.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
Papa's Heather.

Mamma-Georgie. where is the I"
cents l gave you to put in the contribu
ton box for the heather?
Georgie-I'm saving it for Aunt Her
ty when she comes.
"Why:"
Georgie-'Cause l heard papa say,
us the old heather coming here
again.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
Protruding Piles Cured

Five years ago I was troubled
with protruding piles. They were
very painful, and for six weeks
I was unable to replace them. /
used one IS cent bottle of San.Cura
Ointment which relieved the pain
and cured me entirely. have had
no return of them In FIVE years 1t
also cured my daughter of the piles,
I could make oath to the above.
John G. ROSS,
Hydetown, Pa.
CSC and soc. If your druggist
does not keep 1t, send stamps or
money order to Thompson Medical
company, Titusville, Pa. We will
send 1t postpaid.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
BiROSMA CURES BACKACHE.

THoMPsoN's BARosMA will positively cure any
case OF Backache, Kidney, Liver and Bladder
trouble. or money refunded. THoNPsoN's
BARosMA also cures sciatie Rheumatism, Nerv'
BUSINESS and Palpitation OF the Heart. Perfectly
harmless. Pleasant to take. Has cured many
children Of non-retentton. Druggists
Sold by G. ", Grier
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
In the Honeymoon.

Adoring Rride--.Iack. darling, is tn
Wednesday or Thursday:
Doting Groom-I think it's Friday
dearest.
"Of this week:'-Life.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
Hydetown, p
The Limit.

"Today | heard a new definition
of ultra wickedncss," said the man
who is fond of telling strange things.
"a bright young woman who was
expressing her disapprobation of Q
certain individual whose character
did not appeal to her fine sense Of
the properties wound up her ex-
coriation with the highly original
remark that when the Objectionable
person in question departed this life
and presented himself for admission
at the door of the lower regions his
Satanic majesty would probably re-
fuse to let him in on the ground that
he would be too bad for even that
place. Detroit Free Press.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
House and Lot For Sale

The handsome home of A. S, Nc.
Gov, corner of Main ard Catherine
streets, including the lot, Is for sale:
House has gas, water, bath and
electric lights Possession given at
once. For terms and price rpply
at the house. tt
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27

Base envy withcrs ut another's TO-
and hates the excellence 1t cauup.
reach.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-27
Photographs

Anyone wanting Photographs OF
themselves or friends, should come
and sit now. If you are little
particular about your pictures this
Is good time to come, in the dull
season. From New Years to Eas.
ter Is one of them. We have more
time to give to the sitter and their
negative, and can give you finer
work than In the rush season. We
have a larger variety of styles and
finishes than the majority of city
Studios, and Our work loses moth
Ing In comparison with the best.
II you have any old Pictures. you
want copied or enlarged, bring
them up.