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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
Mayo & Copley's Orchestra.

s. Professors Mayo and Copley or
[ganize a new orchestra, and will be
In readiness to furnish orhhestral
music for all entertainments. The
personnel Of the new organization
viii be as follows: Prot. Cop1ey,
violinist; Prof. Mayo, pianist;; T.
willing, cornet; Frank n. deehan,
Etrombone and Alex Gunderson,
The personnel Of the organ
zationi Is sufhcient Ruaranteethat
nodes sIho engage their services Will
tbe edisAppointed
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
Drown in Short Time

THE story frequently repeated
about professional divers who have
been able to remain under water for
over two minutes is silly" DR.. Joseph
Boehm tells me. "No one can remain
under water that long without drown
ing, whether they are trained divers
or not. At Navarino, where the
sponge divers are reported to be able
TO remain under water three and four
minutes, tests were made recently
and resulted in conclusively proving
that none of them remained down as
long as a minute and half Ninety
seconds seems very long time to the
watcher on shore, and 1t is about the
limit of a divers endurance under
water. At Ceylon. where time tests
were also made among the famous
pearl divers, it was ascertained that
few of them remained below the sur
face as long as a minute. and other
tests made on the Red sea among the
Arabs proved that minute and a
quarter was the longest they could
endure without a fresh breath.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
On Muleback in Bolivia

c. j. Post, who is travelling through
unknown South America" for Har-
per's Magazine, writes in the March
number of a dangerous ride through
the mountains of Bolivia:
I'VE kept on ascending between
winding walls" he says, at length
emerging on a narrow table land-the
top of the cliffs we had seen from the
decks of the Limari. A short distance
over the level ground, and then from
the farther edge we looked down on
the fiat, stony bottom of the Vitor Val
ley-a ragged gorge that wound tor
tuous course through the desert. A
narrow trail with short, sharp angles
zigzagged down a steep gully to the
bottom. The mules carefully picked
their way down among the loose
stones. hating inquiringly at times to
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
A Machine That Talks

A talking machine that has created
no little sensation is that just pro-
duced by DR. X. Manage, a well known
member of the French academy of
medicine. 1t is an interesting device,
which reproduces with perfect accur-
acy the sounds of the human voice,
not, as in the case of the photograph,
by merely repeating words spoken by
a person, but by. a process which is
purely mechanical from start to fin.
ish, and in which no word is spoken
by any human being. The sounds are
produced by a system of vibration
Attached to the machine are a series
OF plaster heads, five in all, repre-
senting the five vowels, a, e, /. O, u.
They are each a perfect model of a
persons mouth. fitted with pliable
lips and perfect teeth. Air currents
set in motion by the machine are
made to pass through the dummy
mouths, which are fitted with sirens.
Through his invention, DR.. Marage
has discovered that the steam sirens
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14

ION the coast of England several
years ago diver. trained diver, one
of the best on the coast. renowned
for his endurance, went down and
was pulled up so slowly when he gave
the signal that he was under water
about two minutes and five seconds.
He was drawn out OF the water in
sensible, with blood flowing from his
nose and ears, and 1t was only after
long and arduous work that his re-
covery from the effects of that two
minute stay under water was assured.
Drowning is quick death. Even
though the water is kept out of the
lungs, insensibility will ensue in one
minute, and complete Inconsistencies
in two. The stories of people who
have been in the water five minutes
being resuscitated are generally mis-
takes or untrue. A man could not be
in the water five minutes without
coming to the surface several times,
and be restored to life. st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14

choose perhaps a shorter cut. II Vt
seemed to their instinct feasible they
gathered their hind legs under them,
their front hoofs sticking stifIly out in
front, and slid down on their bellies,
in cloud of dust, and carrying with
them small avalanche of loose shale
as they landed in section of the trail
below. You sit back In your saddle
al! saddles in these parts have crup-
pers and breastplates to prevent your
sliding over the animals ears as you
go down or slipping off behind as you
go up mountain. path-and as you
watch the tossing line of packs below,
the speculation forces itself as the
consequences of a mules misstep.
That 1t is not all idle speculation is
shown by the scattered skeletons be-
low in the valley, bleached to varying
degrees of dull white."-
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14

used on board ships can be so con
structed as to initiate certain sounds
Thus different phonetic syllables may
be obtained which could be used to
form an international alphabet. BY
this ingenious contrivance attached TO
this wonderful instrument it is posi-
BILE to see reflected in tiny mirror
the vocal chords of singer.
by the same device, one can also
trace their action, and see how. as
the note gets higher, the aperture be.
tween them becomes less and less.
until when the top note is reached IL
is almost closed. AS the force of air
current expelled becomes stronger the
opening decreases in size. II increases
as the force becomes less. The small
er the aperture the greater the vi
bration. This is how human beings
get their singing voices. "There is
no mystery about IT," declares DR..
Manage. 1T is purely mechanical
process, based on known laws of high
er mechanics. Sketch.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14

In his coffin bed John Gear lay dead,
But John Gears ghost stood near:
And the clergyman talked at the funeral
And the ghost bent low to hear;
The waiting ghost of the man who was
dead,
He fingered to hear what the clergyman
said;
SO the clergyman spake and the people
And the ghost looked on and the dead
man slept
And the dead man slept
"The man who is dead" the clergyman
was the true true salt of the earth;
Who shall gauge the good OF his we'll
spent life
And the measure of his WORTH
For he was a man of the olden type,
OF the honest, noble. sterling stripe"
shame fell on the ghost as he stood nigh,
For he alone knew these words were
lie
These words were lie.
And the ghost was afraid and was sore
dismayed
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
Evil Of the Tenement House.

The worst phase of city life is
found in the tenement houses, where
whole families are crowded together
in single rooms, and the most ordi-
nary decency is impossible. Think OF
nine persons sleeping, eating and pre-
pairing food in room eight feet by
twelve, and scarcely high enough to
allow its occupants TO stand erect!
Imagine the conditions OF life where
fourteen persons OF both sexes and
OF ages varying from nine years to
adult manhood and womanhood, herd
together in a cellar without divisions
or partitions of any kind. Hundreds
OF people are found living in tene
ment rooms with an average OF six
persons to a room.-EXchange
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14

with presents, was placed in one of
the rooms, Tiger, after looking 1t
carefully over and perhaps wondering
why he ladn't noticed it before. climb
ed up b an easy perch among the
branches and proceeded to eat the
festoons Of popped corn.
When there is no one disposed to
play bal with Tiger he calls the
game himself, and at once becomes
the who'll team. He throws the ball
into the air, bats it about with his
paws, rms to the top of the stairs
for a thDw-down, and after winning
a hot hard game, curls himself up In
a punch bowl for a snooze.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14

way is essentially Moorish in style,
and consequently exceedingly grace
full in shape. II may be made of very
thin wood, and you will see that at
the sides and top 1t is cut away in an
open pattern.
The arch frames shallow chelves
fitted across the doorway proper, be-
fore the arch piece is put over, and
the door must be hidden by Japanese
gold or leather paper pasted over ii.
The shelves are set wide apart down
to where the arch terminates when
they are set round a shallow cupboard
in the center. These lower shelves
serve as a bookcase. while the cup
board will be admirably adapted for
stationery and small effects.
The whole framework may be
enameled or stained as suits the
taste.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
USEFUL TO LIGHT sLEEPERs.
Clock Enables Them to Tell Time In
the Dark.


Clock Enables Them to Tell Time In
the Dark.
While entertaining some friends In
MS apartments the other day, we'll
known man about town pointed to a
beautiful electric clock on his bed
room mantel.
See that?" he said. That clock
is the latest invention. can hypno-
tise it so that 1t will ring the hour
any time. day or night
AS he spoke he sat unconcernedly
on the edge OF his bed.
Nov. watch IT, he said.
The hands marked 9:20. Suddenly
something inside the clock began to
ring off sounds that appeared to be
musical dots and dashes. First there
were four sets of five rings, and then
nine solemn rings in a deeper tone
which, being interpreted, meant 1920
O'Clock. The guests were much mys-
titled, but their host explained that he
was surreptitiously pressing an cleo
trio button attached to the bedpost
The new kind of clock is an ex-
pensive ornament, and it is specially
designed for people who are in the
habit of waking up in the midnight
hours. When they wake and wonder
what time 1t is, all they have to do
Is to touch the button. Then the
hour is rung off. and they can fall
asleep again without having had the
trouble of striking light to satisfy
their curiosity View York Times.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
Matches at rs Cents a Boz

The first really efficient lucifer
match must be put to the credit of
Mr.. John Walker of Stockton-on-Tees.
who in 1927 placed them on the mar.
ket under the name of "congreves,r'
In compliment to Sir William Con.
grove. the inventor of the war rocket.
says Chambers Journal These
matches were sold for a shilling a
box, which contained, besides a few
dozen of the matches. a little piece Of
folded sandpaper, through which each
splint of wood had to he drawn be-
fore II could be made to lnfiame. An
original tin box, stamped with the
royal arms and bearing the word
"Congreve' is preserved as a curios.
ity in one OF the London museums.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
Ghost of John Gear

As he heard the words of praise;
And he thought of the wreck and the
wrong he had done
Through, the stretch of the long-gone
days;
And woman's face that was blanched
with tears az
Loomed up from the vast OF the clamor-
ing years;
But the ghost, while he heard all the
praise of the priest. -
Felt burn on his forehead the mark OF
the beast
The mark of the beast.
And the priest preached on. but the ghost
of John
Heard naught but the woman's tears;
For the silent tears of her silent life
Were thunder in his ears.
And the priest still preached with his
words of praise,
And the face doomed up from the long
gone days;
The priest still praised and the people
wept,
And the ghost passed on and the dead
man slept
The dead man slept.
Sam Walter Foss.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
WHEN LIQUORS WE'RE CHEAP.
Philadelphia Signs at the Thought Of
Good Old Times

oOOu OIu lines,
Il seldom drink liquor myself" said
an elderly man. who was in a remin.
iscent mood, but when | consider the
prices charged for drinks to-day com.
pared with the prices asked in my
youth, | can only wonder at the
change that has taken place. Long
before the Germantown railroad was
built my father used to keen. a tavern
at the corner of Ninth and Green
streets. 1t was near the old hay
market, and in those days the locality
was really suburb. In looking
through some of his papers the other
day came across some old docu.
ments, among which were several re.
ceipted bills from John Hoffman in
1926. Rye whisky was billed at 80
cents a gallon, appleiack at 80. and
Jamaica rum at 37h. Another bill
SHOWS cherry brandy charged at 80
cents a gallon, and French brandy,
presumably cognac, at 81. If we
could buy the same brandy to-day al
$40 a gallon I guess we'd be lucky
And imagine buying good rvs whisky
Tor SO cents gallonl WHY I Nm
drives me to drink just to ssA c usSs,
Philadelphia Record. l,Aav
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
DECREE OF TALMUpIc LAW.
Wives of Jewish Soldiers All Given
Conditional Divorce.


According to the Jewish World a
very touching editorial appeared IN a
recent issue of the Hebrew Daily
Hazefrah OF Warsaw, Poland, where
the editor, Mr. Sorolow, calls atten-
ton to the Talmudic law which re-
quires every married man before 60
ing on the battlefield to grant con-
ditiona divorce to his wife, that she
may remarry If he does not return
within reasonable time after the
end of the war
The rabbits Of LODI have caused all
the Jewish soldiers that left that city
for the seat Of war to grant such di-
vorces and Editor Sorolow suggests
that ;ho example of LODI should be
copied all over Russia.
Every married soldier, volunteer or
reserve, registers with rabbi mis-
name. address, age, height, birth
marks name of company. and regi.
ment he joins, and the rabbi keeps a
record of same until the soldier re.
turns from the war.
If reasonable time after the close
of the war elapses and the soldier
does not return. he is counted among
the lost and unidentified dead, and his
wife obtains the divorce from that
rabbi granting her the right to re.
marry.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
Oldest Tree In the World.

1t is said that the Oldest tree in the
world is DO tree at Adnuradhapura,
Ceylon, which was planted close to a
buddhist shrine in 245 b. c., and is
therefore 2,l4S years old. Legend has
II that this tree sprang from branch
which severed itself by miraculous
power from the sacred tree under
which Gautama became Buddha. the
enlightened one.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
The Journey.

There was danger enough, God wot-
Treacherous path and pit,
Gray fog to blur the way to her
Where never star was lit.
IT was struggle and slip and strive
Through a hundred deaths and more;
Ger the trail unknown where l went
alone
To lay my heart at her door.
And the welcome. the clasp, the kiss,
And the wonderful joy thereof
They only know who have dared the foe
And have fought their way to love
-Theodosia Garrison
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
SsERvlANs FOND OF WATER.

-<JboU tTdNCicT tNotSS TcSulidE Ouo-
,c& tom of the Country.
- ianeis-sxy>1A&nss~ <snna'y
's$>thus giYl striking glimpse of
.own prejudices and tastes: 1.-THE
cfvians drink too much cold water,
Iid they drink 1t till they are pulpy.
IN average Serb drinks enough cold
water for an English COW. | doubt
whether the language contains an
equivalent for bad training, for when
| tried to explain the idea, it created
4 doctor told me he had
never heard the theory before. To
him it seemed a natural and whole
soaa, habit; moreover, he added
there is'enty,' and seemed to think
1t was rather wasteful to leave any
unswallowed To me II explained the
lack of activity; the nation is water
logged. All day long and every day
the Serb calls for a glass of cold
water, and when he has drunk 1t he
calls for another. Perhaps owing to
this he has little space for alcohol;
at any rate. never saw drunken
man, even among the peasants"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
Irvine from Wisconsin Wire Grass.

Irvine from WISCONSIN, wire Grass.
Wire grass Irvine is new product
of the Northwest which promises to
relieve the stringency of the supply
of Manila Irvine during the wheat har-
vest season, The wire grass from
which the twine Is made is grown in
Minnesota and Wisconsin, and other
products as well as twine, are made
from It. C. W. Crawford of Indianapo-
lis, explained the nature of the new
product:
"For the last ten years or more"
he said. the wheat harvest season
has assumed thepaspect of bugbear
to farmers who did not have a large
supply OF Irvine on hand. Without
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14

MY friend grinned and remarked.
You should nave waved the ghostly
fish away, crying: 'Begone! Nine
tenths of You are lies, and the rest
OF you are too small to brighten any
body. New York Times.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14

twine binders cannot run, and without
binders 1t is impossible to harvest
wheat.
"The only variety of Irvine that
could be used in the past was the
Manila variety, imported from the
Philippine Islands. The supply of that
always gave out before the harvest
ended, and the lack of 1t often occa-
stoned great loss. The new wire
grass has proved to be equal, il not
superior to Manila twine, and the
farmers may rest easy now"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14

Wnlcn s I r a n 3 @
s h a pc s crowded
around my bed
side and filed the
air with gasping
sounds" says ex-
President Grover
Clev e la n d. II
spoke to them, de-
manding who and
what they were,
and they answer
ed: We are the
ghosts of the fish
over whose cruel
capture and pain
full death you long
have gloated.'
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
is DECORATIVE AND USEFUL.
How Unused Doorway May se Con-
verted Into an Ornament.

Verted Into an Ornament.
The illustration depicts an exceed
lngly ambitious treatment for an un-
used doorway, which, If well carried
out, will make a great furnishing addi-
ton to a room at q comparatively
small cost, and one which will be
found specially useful when a room
has two doors, one only being used.
Immediately over the top of the door
is a wide shelf for pottery, this being
exceedingly novel IN treatment, in as
much as IT has wooden piece under
meath it into which the shelf brack-
cts fit; this Under piece when stained
or enameled acting as good back
ground for two or three choice plates.
The decorative scheme of the door
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
CAT PLAYS PINo-PoNe.
Massachusetts Town Can Boast Of
INTELLIGENT Kitten.

Massachusetts Town Can Boast Of
intelligent Kitten.
In Bedford, Mass, there is an eight
months-old kitten who plays ping-pong
by himself and does many tricks
which are often performed by dogs,
but seldom by cats. He will sit In
imitation Of a rabbit while he begs for
a bit of meat and will do regular
dance on his hind legs in return for
a second helping.
Tiger is as inquisitive as a monkey.
If box comes to the house he is the
first to want the cover removed. He
gets into bureau drawers, inspects the
contents of visitors suit cases if the
lids are left unfastened, and last
Christmastime, when tree. hung
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
GHOSTS NOT TO BE FEARED.

Unklnd Assertion Made by a Friend Of
ExPresident Cleveland.
Il was describing TO friend the
other night dream recently had, in
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14

A man may love his vile, bat his
sweet content depends largely on his
cook.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14


>>.s nme--seems to ASAS@
wiz play an important 80
fare.
In gun sights, leveling "NI,
and telescopes there is whaAlNll
"fiducial" mark, which is used-r
obtain a faithful result 7
These marks of course are useless
in the dark, and. though many wa,
of Illuminating them have been trio.
nothing has proved satisfactory.
Mr.. Andrew A. Common of Eaton
rise Falling. was the first to attempt
to solve the difficulty by the use of
radium, and his experiments were so
successful that he applied for a pat
ent. Unfortunately, he did not live
to have 1t granted, but the complete
specifications submitted by Mrs. Com
mon, his widow and executrix, have
just been accepted.-London Daily
Mail.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
Odd cons,,lates

Jacques Lebaudy Emperor OF sa.
hara," who is now in Brussels with
his court" is establishing consular
agencies in northern Europe. In a
little Norwegian town called Fredriks.
valen hangs a consular shield in front
OF BARRIERS shop, bearing the words:
"Agence du Consulat je PEmpire de
Sahara"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-05-14
Painful Accident.

First Johnny-Hello, Percy, dear
boy. Hurt your arm?
Second Johnny-Yaas, spwained II.
bal Jovel
Third Johnny-Gweat Scott! How
did you do that?
First Johnny-Twying to tie my
own beastly necktie, bal Jove!-Com-
ic Cuts.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-08-17
EGAN BREAKS RECORD
IN CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF.
Sixth Annunl Western Golf Assccia-
tion Meet Opens With Fine
Play.

Highland Park. ILL.,. Aug. 16.-H. Chan
dler Egan of Exmoor to-day took gold
medal honors in the qualifying round Of
tn sixth annual Western Golf Associa-
tion championship. easily leading the field
of eighty-one starters from all over the
West with a total score of 1A for thirty
six holes. In the morning round the for
mer Western champion. playing with new
clubs. his favorite set being destroyed in
fire which destroyed half of Exmoor
Clubhouse. set new record for the
course. totaling seventy.
This displaced the amateur record of a.
held by himself. and the professional rec
ord of 12. made by Robert Simpson Of
Riverside. A put missed by one inch on
the home green prevented Egan from
making G. In no doub.e-round qualify
Ing play in a Western or a national cham
pionship has any PLAYER before succeed
ed in making total below 150. Twenty
strokes under bogey for the long route
stamps the days work OF Egan as the
best golf seen in the West.
Perfect golfng conditions prevailed all
day. 1t was nearly dark when the media,
scoring was finished and the thirty-two
qualifiers were made out.
Playing with ESan during the day was
his college mate. Fay ingalls,. Harvard S
champion. who got total score OF 153.
This gave him a prominent Qualifying