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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-07
sorp m twenty Feet Of water.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 4.-The steamer
Twilight sank in 20 feet Of water at
lock No. 2 in the Monongahela river,
the crew Of IL men escaping with their
lives by hurrying to the roof Of the
boat. then being taken off in skiffs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-07

New York, Dec. 5.-The editorial and
reportorial staff of the New York Sun,
100 In number, rendered a banquet at
Delmonico's to Chester s. Lord, in
honor of his twenty-ffth year as
aging editor of that paper.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-07
To the Federal Bench.

Vinita, /. T., Dec. ia Washington
dispatch says L. #. Parker, Jr., has
been appointed to succeed Judge Ray
mond on the federal bench in the In
dian territory.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-07
Frisco Depot Robbed.

Lawton, Okla, Nov. 30.-The Frisco
depot at Eldorado was robbed of $500
while Agent ]. M. Todd was absent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-07

Van Buren,, Ark, Dec. I'm the SIS,
600 SANDER suit of Mrs. Matte Hinton
against Lem Hite, the Leading hardware
merchant of this city, the jury gave
the plaintiff a verdict for $4,000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-07

Washir gton, Nov. 29.-lt is learned
that the president las decided not to
recede n point from his stand on
Ste legislation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-07
killed by a Big Four Train.

Carbon, Ind, Dec. 4.-Harry Will
Jams and Jack Sur were instantly killed
lea here by a west-bound Big -Four
passenger train. The men had taken a
hand car and were on their way to
Perth when they were run down.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-07
Family or Four burned to Death

Weston, w. Va. Dec. 2.-Charles F.
Douglass, wife and two children were
burned to death lear here. The fire
which destroyed The Douglass home
was caused by an explosion Of natural
pae
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-07

1t is said that 100000 domestic ami
mails. valued at $4,000, COO. are slain
by wolves every year in the Russian
empire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-07

st. Louis, Dec. 5.-John Martin
Steinicke, a native of Germany, where
he was a member Of the imperial
guards, and a civil war veteran, died
at Webster Groves, a suburb, aged rs.
He was a master butcher here for 40
years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-07
Death of n New England Author.

Boston, Dec. 5.-John Bartlett, the
well-known publisher and author Of
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" and a
Shakespeare Concordance" died at his
home here. aged IS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-07

King Oscar of Sweden is perhaps
the most gifted of royal musicians. At
his Stockholm palace he has a mag
nifcent musical library.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-07

Mrs. Gertrude Massey, the painter
Of miniatures, has received IL COM
missions from the king and queen Of
England.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08
ORIGIN OF FLY FISHING
Sport Dates Back to Classic Times. as
Shown in Greek Writings of Third Century

under the water, fearful of disturbing
the surface and so soaring away his
game. Then he comes near the shady
side of the fly, gapes and sucks him in
just like wolf snatching sheep
from the fold or an eagle a goose from
the yard. This done. he disappears be-
meath the ripple. The fishermen I'M
derstand these manoeuvres, but they
do not make any use of these flies for
a bait for the fish; for if the human
hand lays hold of them they lose their
natural color, their wings fray and
they become UNBEATABLE to the fish.
So for this reason they make no use
Of them, disliking them because their
nature forbids their capture. So with
angling craft they outwit the fish,
devising a sort of lure against them.
They lap a luck Of reddish wool round
the hook, and to the wool two cocks
feathers which grow under the wat
ties, and are brought to the proper
color with wax. The rod is from six
to ten feet long, and the horse hair
line has the same length. They lower
the lure. The fish is attracted by the
color, excited, draws close; and
judging from it's beautiful appear
ance that it will obtain a marvellous
banquet, forthwith opens its mouth,
but is caught by the hook, and bitter,
indeed, is the feast it has, inasmucb
as it is captured"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08

Probably few fishermen are aware
that fly fishing dates back to classic
times, says Forest and Stream. A
minute description of the artificial fly
as used by Macedonian anglers is
given by Aelian, a Greek writer Of the
third century A. D., as follows:
Between Berea and Thessalonica
there flows a river, Astraeus by name,
and there in it fishes of a spotted COL
CT; but by what name the people of
those parts call them it is better to
ask Macedonians. At any rate, these
fish live upon the native flies which
fall into the river, and are like no flies
of any other part; one would neither
call them wasplike in appearance, nor
would one reply to question that
this creature, is formed like aWhat~fWe1
call the humble bees, nor yet like the
honey bees themselves. It has really
the proper fashion of each of the
above. In audacity it is like fly, in
size it might be called humble bee,
in color it rivals the wasp and it
buzzes like the honey bees. All COM
mon creatures of this sort are called
horse tails. These pitch upon the
stream to seek the food they affect,
but cannot help being seen by the
fish, which swim underneath.
so whenever one of them sees the
fly floating he comes softly, swimming
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08
|CHANGE IN CHINESE LAWS
Barbarous Modes of Punishment Long i'm Use in
the Celestial Empire Have Lately Been Abolished

WI Ting-fang, long Chinese minis
ter in Washington, has succeeded in
inducing the imperial government at
Pekin to abolish some of it's cruel pun
ishments. An imperial edict of April
"a gives WI and Shen Chiapen credit
for suggesting the changes and then
proceeds: AT the beginning of the
dynasty when our sovereignty extend
ed within the great wall, the most
severe punishment was beheading. In
the year of Hsin Jul, however, when
we revised the laws: we permitted the
introduction of those punishments
which had been prevalent in the Ming
dynasty, hence ling chi (cutting to
pieces) was allowed for certain
crimes. It has always been distaste-
full to US to resort to these punish
ments, and it does not fulfill our i'm
perial idea of showing mercy to the
people. Now that we are once more
revising the laws, therefore, we hereby
order that for all variations of the
crime of taking life, beheading shall
be the extreme penalty in future;
ling chi, exposure of the detached
head and mutiliation of the corpse
must be. abolished forever"
AS a consequence of this abolition
all the other punisnments are moved
down a grade in severity. The laws
where the words ling chi occur, for
instance, will have chan chueh, or
simple decapitation, substituted. The
penalty of chan hsiac, Cr what might
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08

be termed compound decapitation, or
the entire removal of~the~head and ex-
posture of the same, must hereafter
read chao chueh or strangulation on
sentence. This is supposed to be
far more honorable death than decapi-
tation and was formerly reserved for
princes and other great men. Strangu-
lation, however, has it's own subtle
distinctions, and the penalty of chao
chueh will be hereafter modified to
chiao CHEN hou, or awaiting in prison
under sentence Of strangulation. This
difference is the difference between
certain death and having a chance of
reprieve.
Among other complications of Chi
nese law and its execution is unique
and rather racy method of dealing
with prison ers by lottery Once q
year the vermilion pencil Of imperial
authority is waved over chart on
which the names of convicted Grim
inals are written, and those which 1t
includes in haphazard sweep are
executed forthwith. The rest are
either reprieved altogether or their
executions are postponed for another
year.
Another important reform is the
abolition of the "condemned' brand
on the faces of prisoners. Hitherto
all who have been sentenced to ban
ishment for robbery and other seri-
Gus crimes" have been tattoed on the
face, in order to mark them as Grim
inalS for life.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08
ANTIDOTE FOR SNAKE BITE
Fluid That Is Used by Mexicans and Sup
posed to Be Secret Remedy of the Moki lndAn$

in a bottle made of a rife cartridge
shell which is tightly corked.
In anatomical descriptions Of the
RATHER no mention is made of this
particular sac, though air sacs are
members of the snake family. But
there is no doubt of the existence Of
it, for Mr.. Daniel said he had seen
Mexicans remove it frequently.
1t may be that this fluid is the Sc
cret of the Moki Indians, and accounts
for the immunity that they enjoy from
the poison of the RATHER. Those who
have attended their annual snake
dances and have seen dancers bitten
have wondered that the bites were
not fatal
At any rate, the secret of the i'm
munity is one Of the most carefully
guarded secrets Of the rites of the
Mokis and is kept within a select or
der of the priesthood. DR.. J. Miller
for years annually attended these
dances and made a study of the GER
emonies. The Indians formally adopt
ed him, not only into the tribe, but
advanced him in the priesthood. The
doctor wanted chiefly to learn the Sc
cret of the poison antedote, and he
was told year after year that the next
year he would be put in possession
of the secret. But he died without it.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08

Supt. B. F. Daniel of the Territori-
al prison, who has been in the city
for the last three days, says the Ar
iona Republican, told while here of
a certain cure for the bite of the ia t.
tlesnake.
He had heard of it while he had
been engaged in mining in Mexico,
and since he became superintendent
of the prison he has seen two or three
Mexican convicts who had been cured
and who had the scars to show that
they had been bitten. On the hand
of one of them was the trace of cen
tipede, whose poison also yields to
the remedy. It's existence, however,
is rot widely known. even in Mexico,
and is supposed TO be entirely TN
known out Of that country
There is in every rattlesnake a
small sac, about the size of Mexican
bean, attached to the intestines. This
is filled with a brownish or black
fluid. and that fluid is the cure for the
bite. If it is applied Immediately the
patient will not even suffer any swell
ing and will entirely avoid pain.
Many Mexicans carry the fluid with
them at all times when they are in
the mountains or on the desert. These
Mexicans kill all the rattlers they can
find, and most of them store the fluid
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08
.illiOnaireS

to yachting agent, personal friend,
and told him to get him a yacht. The
agent smiled.
Il tell you," he said. IF you will
give me the contract, matter of
friendship, for repairing and maintain
ing your yacht, I'll get you a steam
yacht less the commission which
would receive"
He got the contract, and all that
can now be said is that the yachting
agent is still perfectly satisfied with
his bargain.
The Aphrodite, $50 tons, burns not
less than forty-fve tons of coal a day,
and carries crew of sixty men, the
personnel and pay of which approx
mates the Corsairs in almost every
way. And when one comes to think
of it the impression comes that this
money expended in a steam yacht re-
suits in more good to the general pub
lie and causes money to flow through
more hands than any other sport. The
artisans who build the yacht are to
be. considered in this regard as we'll
as the butchers, the wine merchants,
and, in fact, the merchants of an in
finite number of trades who are called
upon to supply food and general stores.
Also, as in each season these great
yachts touch for a greater or less time
at many ports between this city and
Maine, it will readily be grasped that
money is laVished on trades people
throughout a considerable area of the
country.
When it comes to sailing yachts
the expenses are comparatively light
er, but only comparatively SO. For
instance, it cost $4,000 to $4,000 to
fit out the schooners entered in the
recent race for the Kaiser's cup. The
fact that all this expense was for
$4,000 mug speaks well for the purity
of the sport
To build the eighty fve-foot schoon-
er Colonia cost 100000. The seventy
foot class of schooners now racing, or
about to race, under the colors of the
New York Athletic club at coming
regattas cost no less than $4,000 each
to build, and it has been estimated
tldL IL COSC luOI IudA YI,VOO No\A
month to keep racing schooner yacht
in commission. The Captain, if he is
a good skipper, receives no less than
5000 of that monthly outlay, and the
sailors are paid $50 a month. Canvas
sails for these yachts cost 81 a yard,
and a sail spread of from 1000 to s.
600 feet, exclusive of the kites (small-
er sails), involves no infnitesimal sum
of money. An owner of a fleet schoon-
er yacht recently estimated that his
sails cost him $4,000 each season. Her.
reshoff charges about $4,000 for a
fast effty-one-foot~ sloop $3.50, to
build a racing seventy-footer), and SO
it goes.
In short, if you do not know what to
do with your money, go in for yacht
ing; buy a steam yacht, or racing
sloop from fifty to seventy feet long,
or a seventy-foOt schooner. II you do
this there will be no more difficulty or
care in getting rid of all that patri-
mony that bothers you-and more, too.
New York Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08
SYSTEM THAT DIDN'T WORK
Fatal Flaw in Young Mans Scheme
for Remembering Names and Faces

sent me to a hardware store on a per-
sonal errand.
My system consisted in associat-
ing the man in my mind with some
simple article connected with his
trade and prcfxing or suffixing let
ter Or more as necessary. For in
stance. Sanders the grocer would be
associated in my mind with sand, and
would of course remember to add
the three letters needed to form his
name.
well, l framed up plan on this
system to remember the hardware
mans name, and in two weeks l came
back again. MY system was working
beautifully. I walked in as brisk as
you please and hailed my friend.
"'How are you. Mr.. Snails" said.
"Something in the mans face made
me fear that~there had oheenc a slip
somewhere, Are you not Mr.. Snails?
| asked.
"'Yourg man. he said, you are
too blamed fresh. My name is
Stacks
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08
FRANKNESS NOT ALWAYS WISE
Why One Woman Has Determined Henceforth
Not to Commit Herself When Advice Is Asked

Come in, come in" said the friend
when she observed the woman's page
looking at her; you are the very per-
son l most wanted to see. Give me
your red-hot ideas about this hat.
have had it sent up on approval, and
so don't have to take it, and I'm not
quite satisfied with it myself. Tell me
what you think
The woman's page 1maglnes she is
wise in her generation, and she hedg-
ed gracefully. What lovely roses"
she said enthusiastically, land how.
artistically they are placed
t'Nonsense! What do you think Of
the hat" persisted her friend; tell
me the real truth, for must decide
today, and I really believe could get
something prettier, don't .you2''
Thus conjured, the page dropped her
wonted caution IF you really want
to know what I think, will tell you
that, in my opinion, the hat is too
large for you; smaller one would be
more becoming
"Well, this one suits me-" replied
the friend, tersely. And to maid pass
ing the door: MARY Anne, telephone
Nine. Browne and tell her I will take
the hat she sent up"
The vocabulary of the womans
page was not large enough to meet
the occasion, but she mathematical
herself by everything she knew, and
made a new and unbreakable resolve
never to speak her mind again about
the possessions of a friend.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08

The story of DR.. Clan Shimonose
and his wonderful gunpowder is told
by Yone Ncguchi, in Success" The
following brief quotation gives an
idea of the great Japanese inventor
and his work:
japan is honoring DR.. Clan Simon
ose the inventor of the Shimonose
gunpowder which the Japanese navy
is using in the war with Russia. Rus
STA herself frankly admits the power
and effectiveness of the Japanese
balls.
DR.. Shimonose is 46 years old. He
married when he was 26. He is the
father of one son and one daughter.
His wife is said to be remarkable for
her sympathy with her husbands
work. The Japanese sentimentally
call him one of the great inventors OF
the world, not merely of Japan.
He was born poor and without any
support for his education. While at
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08

When the wise woman is asked by
the friend of her heart, How do you
think this gown f1ts?'' she edges away
from the precipice which yawns at her
feet and takes refuge in platitudes.
Its beautiful gown" she says, and
then, with animation, aren't we hav
ing lots of strawberries this year, and
the fruit people say the crop of
peaches Will be abnormally large"
says the Baltimore News.
The wise woman has learned how to
answer such questions by sad, sad. ex-
perience. There was a time when she
would have replied, after much
thought: 'Why, the seam. which
should go down the middle of your
back is little awTy, and one armhole
is larger than-the other '-~--.~'~~".
She remembers the time when she
was innocent and thoughtless, and she
did this for the benefit of her dearest
friend, who had implored her to be
perfectly frank. -
She remembers that the friend gave
her che look of scorn and swept from
The room, remarking frigidly as she
lid SO: There certainly must be
something the matter with your eyes,
for this gown was made by the smart
est cutouirere in the city, and I think
it is quite the prettiest and best-ftting
| have seen this season."
This page, knowing these things,
came the other day upon friend in
her boudoir wearing new and tip
tilted hat and an absorbed and :anX-
ious expression.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08
GREAT SCHEME THAT FAILED
Uncle Joe's Brilliant Idea to Escape Conscrip-
ton Fooled by Stupidity of Medical Agents

"'But the risk says Hiram. Think
Of the risk, Joe. Oh, by Jimmy, no, !
couldn't do it,
"'There amt no risk says Uncle
Joe. In these confused times, with
the army doctors examinin' thousands
of conscripts day, there amt no risk,
whatever. Come on. Hiram. ODllge
me. III give you 5000 if you DO
"Such a lump of money as that
brought Hiram to terms. He said he'd
take the examination in Uncle Joe's
name, and sure enough, he done it,
first getiin' his pay in advance. He
wasn't detected, either But, by lingo,
this time the doctors passed him.
This time they declared him sound in
wind ard limb, and the makin's Of a
fust-rate soldier.
THAT is why Uncle Joe has been
so down on war all his life. He lost,
you see, 5000, and had to fight four
wears"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08
A Perfect UNDERSTANDING.

Yes, 1 remember that little bill
owe you-remember it perfectly we'll,
and, in fact. thought of it just as soon
as | arrived in town." said man in
REPLY to someone who had dunned
him. Let me see. Where will you
be at o'clock this afternoon-at 4
sharp?"
AT the hotel"
.-"All right; be at the hotel at 4
sharp
Collins" said an acquaintance,
"yol are a very plausible fellow. You
know that you do not intend to pay
that man.
We'll, no; that's fact
Then why did you want to know
where he would be at o'clock"
$50 that could time myself accord
ingly. If I know where he is at 4
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08

Some of the feats in remembering
names and faces of persons only seen
once performed by bank clerks and
persons in similar positions are as
tonishing, but it is a fact that very
few of them owe this faculty to any
Of the artificial systems OF mnemon-
les so widely advertised. Either the
gift is a natural one Or is acquired
at the expense Of much hard work.
The cashier of downtown bank
who is noted for his memory for
names and faces got talking the other
day about his faculty and confessed
that it had been acquired with much
labor.
when I was a young fellow" he
said, I was secretary to the president
of a New Jersey bank, and I made up
my mind that good memory for
names and. faces would be A valuable
asset, and set to work to supply what
nature had not given me. I invested
$50 in an elaborate system of mne-
monics,' and the first opportunity |
had to use it was when my employer
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08

"Speaking of conscripts," said the
sailor, as he laid down book on Rus
STA, did l ever tell you about my
Uncle Joe?
well, Uncle Joe, in the time of the
Civil War, had a friend named Hiram
Haines. Hiram was conscripted, but,
when he came to take the medical eX-
animation, he didn't pass. The Coo
tors said he was no good for a sol
der. They said he wasn't strong
enough to fight.
Hiram told Uncle Joe about this,
and Uncle Joe said, after thinking a
little while:
"Iook a-here, Hi, I'm conscripted,
too, and my examination is set for next
Thursday. What'st the matter with
you taking it in my name? I'D pass
sure, if I took it myself, for I'm as
strong as an OK. But if you took it
for me, fakin', you know, why I'd get
Off
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08

With little here to do or see
OF things that in the great world be,
Daisy! again talk to thee.
For thou art worthy.
Ttou unassu1ning, commonplace
OF nature. with that .homely face.
And vet with something Of grace,
Which love makes for thee!
oft on the dapplcd turf at case
I sit, and play with SMILES. >,
Loose types Of things through all de-
greeS,
Thoughts Of thy raising:
Aud many fond and idle name
7 give to thee for praise or blame,
AS is the humor Of the game,
While I am gazing.
A nun dernure Of 1owly port.
Or sprightly maiden of loves court
In thy simplicity the sport
OF all temptations;
A queen in crown of rubies drest,
A starveling in scantv vest. -
. Thy appellations. IT,. e.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08

War or no war, the aristocratic Rus
sian pursues his pleasures with an
abandonment that speaks of unlimit-
ed resources or unlimited reckless
ness. The pleasures of the table are
protracted to an i1ordinate degree. A
lunch, in which the courses are plen-
tifully watered with champagne, will
spread itself through the afternoon.
You may barely escape at 5 o'clock,
though you began to eat at 1. The
host never sits down, plying his
guests with a succession of good
things, liquid and solid. Even the
afternoon tea in middle-class circles
is a very formidable undertaking. 1t
includes dishes of various sorts, in
which meat will certainly figure, and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08

home he studied English under Fumio
Murata, who studied in London. In
his eighteenth year he left home for
Tokyo on foot. At that time Japan
had no railroad and no steamers ran
regularly. From Hiroshima, his ma
tive province, to Tokyo, is some 500
miles in Japanese measurement.
When he reached the capital he went
through the examination and was sue
cessfully admitted to the Imperial uni
versity. From scantiness Of money
he was often compelled to go without
food. He borrowed text books from
a fellow student and copied them. 1t
is said that he could not raise money
even for his hair cutting or bath.
After graduation he found work in a
printing office. His first wages were
small, but, like many successful Amer
leans, he always had an ideal in
mind and toward this idea, he con-
stantly worked. He is given great
credit for the victories ove- Russia.