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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14

the morning. M. Witte will take pas
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse,
which sails from Cherbourg July 26.
The peace party is overjoyed at the
appointment of M. Witte and believes
this action not only insures success
full termination of the negotiations,
but that M. Witte will secure the best
possible terms for his country Some
OF the grand dukes and coIrtiers of
the emperors encourage, however, are
reported to be furious at M. Whites
selection.
M. Witte's Notable Career.
Sergius Witte, the Russian plenipO-
tentiary, may be regarded as the lead
ing liberal statesman of Russia. For
the last thirteen years he has been
one of the strongest personalities in
the Russian bureaucracy, although his
political fortunes suffered a setback
when he was compelled to resign the
portfolio of minister of finance in Au-
gust, 1903, and again when, after being
appointed president of the council of
ministers in the same month, his Office
gradually lost it's importance until ru-
mors of his intention to resign and go
abroad had been persistently circulat-
ed
Witte is about flfty-six years old
and has steadily worked his way up
from the position of an underpaid rail
road clerk who occasionally acted as
porter to that of the leading statesman
OF Russia in spite of the fact that his
enemies are numerous and include
some of the most powerful in Russia.
In appearance he is a man Of large
stature, big limbed and muscular,
standing over six feet high. Witte
has the reputation OF being harsh to
his subordinates. but his honesty and
ability have never been doubted even
by his worst enemies. He was Great
ed count in 1901.
M. Witte is thoroughly familiar
with the Far Eastern question in all
its bearings.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14

Pineules contain the Alternative and di.
uretic properties found in the native
pine. A certain cure for all liver, kid
ney and bladder diseases. A single dose
of Pineules will relieve the worst case Of
backache in one night. Sold by Stod
dard Il Halstead,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14
REPORTS uNcoNFiRMED.

Rumored Mutlny Of Troops at Moscow
and Warsaw.
St. Petersburg. July 14---Rumors
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-07-14
CHOLERA INFANTUM.

Child Not Expected to Live from One
Hour to Another, but cured by Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy.
Ruth, the little daughter of f.. N
Dewey of Agnewville, Va, was very i'll
OF Cholera Infantum last summer. "We
gave her up and did not expect her to
live from one hour to another" he says
II happened to think OF Chamberlain {
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
and got bottle of it from the store. In
five hours saw change for the better
We Kept on giving it and before she
had taken the half Of one small bottle
she was we'll /" This remedy is for sale
by Stoddard g. Halstead.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10
THE RETORT COURTEOUS.
Torrid TRADE of Juvenile Caucasian
Coolly Countere6. by Small At
rican Recipient.

A little Afro-American was trying to
IDENTIFY was a novice in the ways of news
boys. says the New York Times. for he
displayed nj timidity about poaching
on others territory. But his innocence
of custom was not to last long. A boy OF
abouthis wv age came along and looked
his African rival over. Then he said I'M
kind and even rude things to the new
conner. They were to the effect that ii
the African tarried long in the vicinity
various and sundry unpleasant things
would happen to his anatomy that would
make it difficult to identification after
his body had been .laid on a wet slab at
the morgue.
The information was impaired CARRIED
in language far more forceful than
would have been approved by the Gerry
society. The young Caucasian also in
formed his rival that he was many
things, which, it seemed, was news to
the African. whose countenance was q
picture of amazement and ~incredulity
The TRADE of the white boy lasted about
three minutes, when he paused because
he had run out of anathemas. Then he
spoke once more, and followed his re-.
marks with a swing for the right side Of
the others jaw. The blow was neatly
lodged, and as the African FASTENED
away he cried back:
All them things what you said I is
you Is EN-"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10
HABIT OF GOOD MANNERS.
There Is Nothing Truer Than That
They Cannot Be Put On and
Off at Ones Will.

A gay society for you or for me or
for anyone to practice and perfect our
selves in all the lovely arts that make
for popularity.
The best school for manners is al
ways ones home, which may be a great
or a humble house, set in the fashion
able district of a large city or in the
country or in the back woods. Where
ever it is you can perfectly easily and
most advantageously pursue there your
own course of study of the deeds and
words that express and that win love
and liking.
A little air of gayety is one of the
most attractive qualities that q house
companion can display. A languid
melancholy mood creates a depressing
atmosphere. If you are subject to low
spirits make haste to realize they must
be controlled or thrown off entirely:
much more frequently than is thought
they are just a lazy indifference or in
diligence.
Simply because you are not within
eyeshot of strangers, because some
thing has happened to annoy or dis
tress you and only the family is to be
assembled at dinner, don't assume that
you have the right to bring to the table
a long and woeful countenance on
which it would seem that a smile would
never again dawn. Come in to break
fast with a shining morning manner
and give your greetings all around with
q look and in a tone that compliment
tarily imply you are most pleased to
see your relatives again and that you
are ready to take a most prompt and
affectionate interest in them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10
CORRECT BODILY DEFECTS.
With the Simplest Of Home Apparatus
a Woman Can Remedy Mod
crate Imperfections.

The bar has many uses in corrective
exercises. 1t should be so arranged
that it can be adjusted in many posi-
tons. The slanting position is very
important in corrective work. Let its
lower end be just high enough for you
to reach easily. AT this end you should
begin the ascent, working your way to
the higher end, where you will find
yourself dangling in the air. The low
side, of course, is the one to be raised
in this process. At first you may drop
gently when you have reached the high
end of the bar. Later, you should hang
for a few seconds before dropping.
Take the ordinary standing position,
heels together, hands on hips. thumbs
to the rear. Raise arms in circle, let
ting fingers meet on the top of the
head, Palms resting on head. This is
at count one. At two, return to posi-
ton. Al three, raise only the arm be-
longing TO the side of the low hip Or
shoulder, letting it go through the
same motion as before. At four, re-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10
ODDITIES OF INVENTION.

Prof. Baiardi, of Turin, has sue.
ceeded in perfecting his invention of
photographing the eye and advo-
Gates its practical use for diagnosis of
diseases of that organ.
A French engineer named Otto has
invented an apparatus for purifying
drinking water at home; it's capacity is
60 gallons an hour, and it's cost about
the same as that Of an electric incan-
descent light. Ozone is generated,
which kills all germs in the water.
In some parts Of the west where
irrigation is much depended upon, a
current motor" is in use which, by
an ingenious use Of levers and iron
blades, makes the water Of flowing
streams pump itself. The pressure of
the current causes the blade to swing
backward and forward, and the force
thus exerted is communicated to ma.
chinery which runs a pump.
The recent classification at the Brit
ish patent office shows that cooking IL
the popular subject Of invention, hav
ing been the subject of 1875 British
patents in AZ years, or an average Of
70 a year. Umbrellas brought out
1,457 inventions, and hats 1,41l. In
vention tends to run in grooves, 1896
and 1897 rejecting the enormous de-
velopment in cycles, while motor We
hicle inventions have doubled since
1000
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10

her by the Southern railway. Corpor-
ations must not be entirely soulless.
This is how it all came about, and
why Mamie Gibson is going to attend
the Asheville normal collegiate insti-
tute and secure the education she has
dreamed of and wished for, and yet
felt would never be hers.
This is the story: Mamie Gibson,
the heroine, IA years old, lived in a
rough mountain hut with her father in
care of her younger brothers and sis
tiers. 1t is a wild, stupendous region,
with the Black mountain range rising
high on every side. A river rushing
like a torrent through the gorge below
spreads away in soft silver loneliness
as 1t reaches a plateau in the wilderness.
Nannie's mother had died but a few
weeks before, and, being the eldest, she
became the Little Woman" of the
household. She was at work about the
house cooking and caring for the chill
dren when suddenly the mountain trem-
bled, and with the roar and crash of a
cyclone an immense slab of the noun
tain fell upon the main track Of the
Southern railroad.
Goes to the Rescue.
1t was a situation to appall anyone but
the little heroine with good cool blood
in her veins. She recovered her wits
instantly and became master OF the sit
uation. Selling a red tablecloth, she
told her sister Patty, a little tot nine
years old. to run for her life down the
track and flag trains coming from below.
Then turning household affairs over
to little Julia, a six-year-old mountain
kid, she ran like a deer up the track,
where she knew a train would soon be
coming down the mountain. she had
no red tablecloth. but she switched
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10

turn to position. Continue in four
counts.
Many bending and reaching exercis-
es given for other purposes are benefi-
cial in the spine-straightening process.
Fol instance, raise the arms in a circle
above the head, locking the fingers;
bend from side to side.
Any swinging by rings, bar or ladder
is of benefit. If you have the use OF
a gymnasium where there are many
rings, so the length of the row, swing
ing from one to another and alternat-
ing hands. If you are working at home
and have only a pair of rings, raise
them to a point where your feet barely
touch the floor when you hang, then
run forward and swing backward.
If you are talented at turning on the
bar, practice this accomplishment
daily. All the turns you make help to
straighten and unkink the abused
spine.
The swinging practiced in golf forces
stretching; so does serving in tennis.
But beware lest these exercises encour-
age your one-sidedness. If so. better
renounce thdm for awhile and devote
yourself to work especially adapted to
your needs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10
FROM FOREIGN URC

During the past Is years London has
trebled her debt and doubled her tax
rate.
A William and Mary copper farthing,
dated 1892, intrinsic value half a ce1t,
was sold the other day at auction in Lon
don for $35.
All idiots or cretins in the Alps are 10
be treated at government expense, with
tablets of extracts of the thyroid Of
sheep and other domestic animals.
The underground stations on the Lon
don tube" railway are to adopt an
American idea. Each is to be painred
~conspicuously in different colors.
An Austrian army officer cut himself
under the chin in shaving, the green
collar of his tunic rubbed against the cat
and he died of blood poisoning.
Bull work is said to be very popular
o in England. 1t is furniture mate
of wood, tortoise shell or other costly
material, pierced and inlaid with metal
or pearl.
The demand for gas works in small
towns down to 5000 inhabitants is in
~creasing in Germany. Last year so new
gas works were established in such
towns at a cost of from $22, 500 to $50, 900.
The Mendesley (English) parish coun-
Gil, which struck out a new line in mu-
nicipalization by starting a poultry
farm, has realized profits on the first
years working which are equal to a re-
duction in the parish taxes of a cent
aud a fifth on the dollar.
Cardinal Richelmy has Instituted a
movement to secure funds for the cree
ton of a monument to Christopher
Columbus in the neighbour god of ST.
Peters, Rome, to commemorate the
four hundred and fortieth anniversary
OF the great discoverer's death.
a commodious building will soon be
opened in the Commercial road, in the
East End of London, which Will be used
by the United synagogue as a court
mouse in which the chief rabbi and other
members of the Beth Din" will sit daily
TO hear Jewish disputes brought before
them for adjudication.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10
WHAT is A PERFECT HAND?
SLapeliness and Suppleness as Well as
Smoothness and Whiteness of
Skin Essentials.

First-In smoothness of quality. The
skin must be perfectly even, like mar
BILE.
Second-In color, which should be
according to the style Of the complex
ion-white, cream, brunette or olive.
1t can also be pink, or rosy, but never
mast it on any account be red.
Third-A perfect hand must be per-
feet in shape. The palm must be plump,
yet not pudgy, and the fingers must be
long and tapering toward the tops. The
fingers cannot well be too long, nor
too tapering, the longer and more
pointed the better, as far as the hands
are concerned.
Fourth-A perfect hand must be
graceful. The fingers must act indie
pendently. Particularly should the
third finger be inclined to curl a little,
which is always a good point in a hand.
Compact, heavy, solid fingers are never
pretty.
Fifth-A perfect hand should have
a delicate wrist, not bony nor too heav-
lily veined. The wrist should be round
and without the wrist or knuckle bone.
In looking at the hand closely there
Is a sixth point, which must be noted
and this is the shape of the fingers.
They should be round and not fiat, and
the nails must be long and curved, not
round and sharp.
Seventh-The hand should be per-
tectly kept. A hand that is not well
kept cannot be beautiful. 1t should be
kept not only well, but intelligently
Many beautiful hands are spoiled by
the lack of intelligent care.
These points, according to Pierrot,
are those which 60 to the making up Of
= perfect hand.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10
BABY'S INSTINCT
Shows He Knew What Food tc Stick To

- HHN
Forwarding a photo of a solendidly
handsome and healthy young boy, a
happy mother writes from an Ohio
town.
THE enclosed picture shows nv f.
year-old Grape-Nuts boy.
"Since he was 2 years old he has
eaten nothing but Grape-Nuts. He de-
mands and gets this food thu ee times
a day. This may seem rR' her un.
usual, but he does not care. for any.
thing else after he has eeten his
Grape-Nuts, which he uses With milk
or cream, and then he is through with
his meal. Even on Thanksg- wing day
he refused turkey and all The good
things that make up that great din
ner, and ate his dish of Grape.Nuts
and cream with the best results and
none of the evils that the other foolish
members Of the family experienced.
He is never sick, has a beautiful
complexion, and is considered a very
handsome boy. May the Postum Com
pany prosper and long continue to
furnish their wholesome food" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
book, "The Road to MELVILLE" In
every pkg
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10
North Carolina Heroine
Saves Passenger Train
A Pretty Mountain Maid Prevents a Bad
Accident on the Southern
Railway.
USES HER RED PETTIcoAT FOR FLAG
The Passengers Wanted to Adopt Her, But She Would Not
Leave Father and Sisters-The Railroad Com
pany to Give Her an Education.

Asheville, n. Ca tale that reads
like a romance woven by an ingenious
teller of stories is that of pretty Nan
ME Gibson, the South Carolina noun
tain maid, whose presence of mind
saved a fast passenger train from
plunging to destruction down a noun
tain precipice; whose loyalty to home
and kindred caused her to decline of,
fers from rich people to adopt her. and
give her a life of ease, and choose in
stead the days of toll and care in the
little mountain home of her father and
sisters because she was needed there.
And now m the unexpected Sc
quel to the story of her devotion-an
education, the dearest hope of her
young life. This has been guaranteed
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10

instant they brushed the trainmen
away from the girl and Rugged and
kissed her as if she were the only heroine
on earth. Bob Weaver, the engine
driver. had already picked her up in
his arms, calling her an angel whom
Heaven had sem to save the train and
its passengers. A dozen men. with
tears in their eyes. came forward and
wanted to adopt little Mamie on the
spot, while others, swearing or cry
ing, were taking up a collection. Enough
money to fill a Baptist preachers stove
pipe hat was raised in two minutes.
Mamie thanked everybody in a sweet,
bewildered way, but told them that her
mother was dead. and that there was
no one to care for the children and run
the house in the absence Of her father
but herself.
Told Her Story.
With the modesty of the violets by
her side, the girl talked shyly of her
family affairs, and explained why it
would be impossible for her to accept
the many kind offers showered upon
her for a home in a big house, with serv-
ants to wait upon her and a piano to
play after she had learned music and
other things.
She accepted the money, however. be-
cause it was pressed upon her, and they
told her that she could do what she
pleased with 1t. 1t was all hers, they
said.
Like a dutiful daughter, she gave every
penny Of 1t to her father, who is an in
dustrious and honest man. Instead OF
going on a North Carolina spree to
drink moonshine whisky and have a big
time with the boys at the crossroads,
he went further down the mountain and
bought the sweetest little home you
ever saw. There is a patch of grass
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10
ADVICE TO STOUT WOMEN.
Be Careful to Avoid the Very Tight
Skirts and Never Wear Any
thing Save with Long Lines.

For the stout woman the great
Worth insisted on flowing lines and
quite regardless of the prevailing fash
ions-absolutely refused to trim their
gowns with horizontal effects. The
stout woman will therefore be wise if
she accepts as cardinal points in the
study of her wardrobe these two essen
tials.
1t is wonderful, too, what a straight
line will do for the stout figure, while
curves merely accentuate it's embon-
point and become unsightly instead of
beautiful. All gowns should be of some
soft material that can be put on ex-
tremely full over a closely fitted lining
of silk. This lining clings to the fig
ure and adds nothing to its bulk, while
the voluminous skirt, draped upon it,
is too soft to take up space over the
hips and yet is full enough to give
broad. sweeping lines.
Many stout women are appalled, at
the suggestion of a full skirt. But If
they will try on a skirt that lies snugly
around the hips and waist and flares
well out from the hips down, they will
see how slender their figures will ap-
pear in contrast to the fullness of the
skirt. The fullness should appear to
spring from the belt, and the outline
of the hips should never be accentu-
ated by having the skirt fitted to them,
The fitted yoke, with a gagged or fittec
skirt %springing from the yoke, is alsr,
an error of judgment.
There is no fashion worse suited tn
n stout woman, as such a skirt cute
the figure and gives a short. dump.,
appearance. The top of the skirt should
lave a f~ullness laid in plaits and.tucks
just as one pleases. Of course, the
extensively gagged skirts should neves
be worn except by tall women, and
even by them with discretion.
In the matter of trimming great care
should be taken. Long panels some.
times appear to reduce the size of the
figure, but the horizontal trimmings,
whether put on in wavy lines or seal
Tops, always reduce the height and ap-
pear to increase the breadth of the
oma who wears them. Trimming on
the hens gives breadth to the bottom
of the skirt and seems to give a be
coming length to the wearer.
The stout woman who dresses to hel
figure rather than to fashionable mod
els is always more smartly gowned
than she who wears what is fashion
able in itself rather than what is suit
able.
Don't use frills of any kind on g
gown if you are stout. Use fiat trim
rings.
Don't wear wide belts.
Don't trim a skirt except at the bot
tom.
Don't wear a sleeve that is full below
the elbow.
Don't wear an Elton coat. Always
have the coat line extend as far be,
low the waist line as possible.
Don't wear a tight-fitting coat.
Don't wear bow ties. Wear some.
thing small and narrow if a tie is re.
quired.
Don't wear fluffy things around the
neck. Let the neck finishing be as flat
as possible.
Don't wear a high-cut decolletage.
Have the low bodice cut to an extrem-
ity of decollete, and build up the top
with patchy effects to the required
height.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10

off her red petticoat as the roar of the
train was heard approaching and waved
it frantically as the big locomotive
came laundering down the mountain.
The engine driver reversed" and the
grinding machine came along in a cloud
of steam and with fire streaming from
every wheel. The heavy train finally
came to a stop not ten feet from the
big rocks of the mountain avalanche.
1t was in that part of the canyon where
the road runs through a notch in the
mountain, 1000 feet above the valley.
Wanted to Adopt Her.
When the passengers swarmed out
Of the train, and men. women and chill
dren looked into the dizzy abyss they
realized what they had escaped. in an
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10
Popular Polo Turban.

Somebody commenting upon the polo
turban declared it to be the most ridic-
ulous fashion of the year. Take the
rrown out Of your last summer hat"
advised this authority, "and you have
q polo turban, If you need a little
trimming stick a shaving brush in the
side. And behold your polo turban is
complete" Still the polo is becoming
and it is a change and women are glad
70 see it taking the place of the very
vide picture hat which has grown mo
sotonous season after season.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10
a Diet.

For a consumptive, the diet should
be nutritious and easily digested; for
instance, clans, new milk, cream, eggs,
butter, olive oil and the best Of brown
bread, corn bread, rye bread and rice
and most of the vegetables that agree.
For drinks, fresh milk and cocoa rathsy
than tea or coffee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-10
WHATS in a NameP

Friend Of His--Rut I thought you said
his name was Hills?
The Friend--1'hat's right,
Friend Of His--'Then what made yor
call him Wells-eh? 4
The F~riend-Such alucky beggaS, yor
know.-Ally Sloper.