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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-15

From financial standpoint the sea-
son was the best in the history of the
Canadian lacrosse league. The figures
for the season show receipts amount
ing to $77,5O0.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-15

The task of reforming the profess
icnal boxing rules has been assumed
by Tom McCarey. manager of the Pa
cific A. c., of Los Angeles, in addition
to his other duties. Mr.. McCarey says
that the weights should be rear
ranged, the rules amended, and the
old game of fistcuffs put on a new
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-15

This season was the fifth for a Chi
cago team of the National baseball
league to go over 700 per cent in a
pennant race.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-15

mixture Of brown and yellow. So the
world of the oceanic lake and the dory
and the two men was very hideous and
CHASTITY. The younger mans face was
pallid and wrinkled. The older mar
still sat silently in the stern, with both
eyes wide open and grave.
Hemmeon complained of hunger and
thirst. He kept looking across the I'M
dulating lake, asking fretfully If the fog
would ever lift. He said that the cook
on the schooner was probably getting a
feed ready, and he remarked that the
feed would go mighty we'll. He felt of
his stomach, and then he asked the old
er man If he, too, was pretty hungry.
well, I could eat" said Matheson,
grimly. But keep your ears open fol
the fog horn, and don't think Of grub
We ought to hear that thing by and by
And maybe the fog will blow away"
On the Boundless Ocean.
To the younger man it vas incom
p%rehensible what had become Of thu
Quonnapowitt. He had thought sh'
lay to the westward, but the longei
he gazed at tn. exasperating western
horizon the less he thought Of hi
original theory. At first he suggested
that they row in that direction. Blu
the older man argued that becaus
the breeze came from the northeas!
and because the schooner Ead proba
bly, changed her position during tn
preceding "a hours, they ought to roy
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-15
CHARLES MATHECoN -

of the family beating heart, and then
he rose and looked around for his
oars. He saw n of them on the
crest of a wave; he couldn't see the
other two, and then he worked desper-
ately. From the bottom of the dory
he tore off a batter board and used
ii for a rudder. 1t was a very crude
affair, but it suficed to control the
dory after a fashion.
After many hours the mound Of oil
skins in the bottom Of the dory moved
restlessly, and eventually the head of
q man appeared from the debris and
a weak voice inquired what had hap
pened. The active figure in the stern
replied briefly, and urged the youth
to busy himself with the bailine
bucket. Hemmeon worked for half an
hour, and then began tc talk and talk
always incoherently. Chiefly he &C
cused the other man of Withholding
his food from him. He pleaded anc
stormed and threatened. And thu
the night grew older and older ant
gray morning dawned.
The sea was ribboned with foam
TIE older man in the dory examined
1t tor a long time, and his eyes sanl
further and further in their sockets
/ He listened to the younger man i'm
, passlJely and made nc answers to hi
/, charges. This silence melted the ma
youth to greater frenzy. But the in
dustrious mar with the batter board
' tryinK to steer with a board and bal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-15
THE STATE OF OHIO.

The white population of Ohio Is
equal to about hall of the white popu-
Iation of North America, outside OF
the United States.
Ohio is as big as eight of the small
est states combined. 1t is less than
cne-sixth the size of Texas and a lit
tie over o%ne-quarter as large as Cali
fornia.
The difference between the highest
land in Ohio and the surface of Lake
Erie, in elevation above the sea, is
almost equal to the height of the four
rallest buildings in Cleveland placed
on top of one another.
In population relative to area Ohio
is about equal to Spain, the average
density being somewhat greater in this
state. Russia, Norway, Sweden and
Turkey have fewer inhabitants in pro-
portion to their extent than Ohio.
No part of Ohio is farther north
than central Italy. The southern linn
its of the state are in the latitude OF
the extreme southern part of Italy, ex-
cept the tip of Calabria. Cincinnati
is only a little north of Lisbon, Portlk
gal.
About ten per cent, of the people q
Chic live in Cleveland. This city &C
counts for about % per cent. of the
foreign-born inhabitants Of the state
II has much more than half of certain
foreign elements, notably the Bohe'
mians and Hungarians.
Ohio is the seventeenth state in age
the thirty-second in area and tht
fourth in population. There are only
seven states which do not surpass
Ohio in the altitude above sea level o.
the highest point of land within theil
boundaries. These are Rhode Island
Delaware, Florida. Louisiana, Mlssls
sippi, Illinois and Indiana.
Although much smaller than man!
OF the states famous as grain produc
ers, Ohio usually ranks among TIT
first half-dozen ir the yield OF wheat
corn and oats. 1t stands as high Il
apples and is usually fourth or fifth il
tobacco. Ohio grows more tobacc
than Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Ala
bama, Missouri, Mississippi, Georgia
South Carolina, Indiana and Penn
cvlyania all to2ether.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-15
AWFUL EXPERIENCE OF A FISH,
ERMAN OFF COAST OF
NOVA SCOTIA.
Five DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER
Mind of Youthful Companion Gives Way
Captain Matheson Prevents Murder
and Suicide Until They Are
Finally Rescued.

southwesterly, with the wind. He told
the young man that that course would
undoubtedly lead them into a fleet OF
fishing smacks or into the path OF
| other craft. The younger man as
scented.
The older man advised him to take
the oars and row, and added that he
would relieve him after a half hour.
The younger man finally became
very weary and hungry and sleepy.
Now and then his head dropped on his
breast and lay there until the man in
the stern prodded him roughly with
an oar, whereupon the young man
slowly awoke and showed much an
ger. Sometimes his friend spoke to
MIN brusquely and sometimes he
pleaded with him. The young man
continued to complain. He said he
was hungry enough to eat leather. He
wished to eat some of the remaining
fish in the bottom of the boat. The
older man ordered him to leave them
alone, and, to make certain that he
complied, he picked them up, n by
one, and threw them overheard. The
young man said he had already eaten
one, and when the other man scolded
him he laughed loudly.
| Youths Mind Deserts Him.
But by and by the laugh became
r a shrek and the complaints incoher
emit. To check the delirium, the Older
, man splashed cold water on the burn
Y ing face. These ministrations restored
his friend to temporary sanity. Blu
e presently the older man vas so bus!
e trying to manipulate the dory in thu
turbulent sea that he couldn't Civ
much attention to the youth, and then
alive the wailing of the wind and thu
4 water, he heard a disorderly clamor
d And once in awhile the youth reached
r forward and grabbed him by the arm
i and demanded his supper. He accused
g Matheson Of keeping his food from
him.
e During the night the storm tossed tn
e dory about like a piece of wreckage
d Sometimes it amused itself by delue
p ing it's occupants, and once, whe,
Hemmeon was standing theatrical
4, in the bow and eXpostulating with hi
d companion, a wave descended upo
the boat and careened it so far tha
the raving boy lost his balance an
l. toppled over the side. Mathewso
jumped for him and caught him b
,g the collar of his jacket, and, whe
lie the next wave came along, he yanke
* him into the boat again. The youn
e. man was no longer delirious; he Wa
III as limp as a dead man. His face we
n, pallid and parboiled.
us The old man stopped down and fe
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-15
THE EDITOR
Explains How to Keep Up Mental
and Physical Vigor.

A New Jersey editor writes:
"A long indulgence In improver food
brought on a condition of nervous dys-
pepsia, nearly three years ago, so Sc
we're that ! had to quit work entirely.
| put myself on a strict regimen Of
Grape-Nuts food, with plenty Of out
door exercise and in a few months found
my stomach SO far restored that the
process of digestion gave me pleasure in
stead Of distress.
1T also built up my strength so that I
was able to resume my business, which
Is onerous, as / not only edit my own
paper but also do a great deal Of OUT.
side writing.
n find that the Grape-Nuts diet en-
ables ne to write with greater vigor
than ever before, and without the feel
ing Of brain-fag with which I used to bc
troubled. As to bodily vigor-I can and
do walk miles every day without fatigue
"a few squares used to weary me be-
fore / began to live on Grape-Nuts!
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little book
ssThe Road to MELVILLE" In pkgs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-15

was in the path of commerce. He told
the lunatic that they would see more
! schooners.
Men Finally Rescued.
In the morning on the horizon ap-
peared two steamers and three schoon-
ers, but they continued on their way
unseeing. Yet at last, when Mathe.
son figured out that the day must be
Saturday, he detected still another
sail. He couldn't see very plainly,
but he told the youth in the bottom
of the boat that it was a fishing
schooner. After a time he began to
believe that she was drifting in a
course similar to his own. He made
out a number Of small boats around
her like a flock of busy chickens.
Later he saw the boats spread out and
ramble hither and thither. SO he
struggled to his feet and held up his
signal for the last time and waved II
to and fro.
Then he saw the other dorymen
wave something back and st3el theil
boats toward him. The stimulating
influence of their acknow:ec gmen1
was so great that he leape'i TN the
maudlin figure in the bow lnG tried
to rouse him to a realization Of the
most wonderful event in the world
The youth answered him with fain
incoherence. The boy was very pal
lid.
Later. on board the Flora S. Nick
erson, the older rescued trawier dranl
, endless quantities of water. nventu
! ally he said to his
what day Of the week is it,"
They answered: "Saturday-SatuI
day afternoon. When were you los
r in the fog?"
3 He answered: "On Tuesday-
don't remember what year.
a The other fishermen counted RAPID
q ly on their fingers, and then the
4. gasped:
|. Zone hundred and two hours
God"
In a nearby bunk the pallid yout
, babled continuously. When the
d brought him into Boston the othe
day and sent him to the hospital b
a was still babbling.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-15

Halifax.-Afoat on the limitless ex-
panse of ocean off Browns banks, the
Nova Scotia fishing ground, for over 100
hours in a little dory, and with a COM
panion crazed through lack of food and
drink. such was the awful situation
experienced by Charles Matheson, a
Boston fisherman, recently.
Matheson with Frederick Hemmeon,
a youthful Nova Scotian, had left the
fishing schooner Quonnapowitt n
gone trawling. When they finally filled
their dory neal shutdown and were
about to return, their vessel was no
where in sight. They studied the rim
of the universe with great care, but they
could not see her. So far as they were
concerned she did not exist.
So the younger man threw out the an
Choir and made himself restful in the
bow and watched the waves undulating
lazily out of the clouds of mist, into the
small world, and then into the mists
again.
A moment later he said he guessed he
would doze awhile, since there were no
signs of the schooner.
Keep awake" answered the older
man sharply. you'll take cold if you
sleep in this dampness."
But Hemmeon protested that he woulC
sleep only a short time. The other mar
commanded him to sprinkle some water
on his face and swing his arms vigorous
ly. The older man had been to sea during
the past 80 years; the younger man onl!
three years. So the latter obedientl!
sprinkled his face with the cold brin'
and exercised, and presently he said HI
was wide awake again.
The First Night.
Hemmeon said the fog was growing
thicker. The older man corrected hin
with considerable sternness. He sal
night was coming. He told the younge
imam to swing his arms whenever he fe
drowsy and cold. Several times durin!
the early part of the evening the youtl
rose in the bow and exercised: later, h
Law still so long that his dory mat
grabbed an oar and prodded him an
ordered him peremptorily to kee
awake. ct
Always they listened for the foghorr
, and the youth often wondered what ha
become of the schooner. But the nigf
grew older and older and the cold pent
trated through their oilskins. Occi
, sionally the youth swore.
, Finally the morning came. The fc
. was so thick that the light of day mat
l only the merest impression on the dal
brownish coloring of the atmospher
Atfirstthe nearby horizon was blacks
, green; hours later it was a murky gree
and in the late afternoon it was a curio'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-15

out the boat and 10 forget constant in
ternal disturbance. forgot the lunatic.
Mad Youth Attempts Suicide.
All the afternoon and early evening
of this day the youth sputtered and
fumed. and at last began to talk abou.
his home in Nova Scotia, and car
ried on a long conversation with his
mother and father. He told them
that he had gone out fishing with =
man named Matheson, and that this
man, by reason of some enmity for
him, had eaten all the food and drunk
all the water in the boat. He said
that he suffered so much from hun
ger and thirst that he finally wished
to Jump into the sea. Whercupon he
stood up and screamed a long de
nunciation to the nan with the board
and bucket, and, when Matneson or
dered him to sit down, flung himself
over the side of the boat.
The older man dropped his board
and bucket and jumped for the luna
tic. The latter fell into the water
but his friend had him firmly by thu
tail of his smock and dragged hin
back into the dory. For a long tim
the youth lay apparently dead. Mathe
son tried to revive him, but the fire.
quent deluges of water Interrupts
him. He bailed automatically for tn
remainder of the night.
In the morning the storm lessened
but the waves still tumbled over on
another in a threatening manner, S
that the older man busted himself /
steering the boat and in bailing.
Vessel Is Sighted.
Shortly after noon the creature l
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-15
UNIQUELY DISTINGUISHED.

Mrs. C. F. Latham, of Grant. Fla-
has the unique occupation of collect
ing birds and animals for geological
gardens. Her home has been in that
location for 20 years. and she has had
some varied and exciting experiences.
/. A. e. johnson, Of New York, who
has been created a knight of the Royai
Order Of the Dannebrog by the king
of Denmark. is the owner of two Swed-
ish newspapers in the United States
the Nordstjernan, Of Philadelphia, n
the Hemlandet, of this city. He also
enjoys the distinction of being a
knight of the Swedish Order of Wasa.
Carlton ]. Balfour, a blind Kansas
City youth of 20, is a musical composer
of ability, some Of his work having
been published. Usually blind persons
learn music by ear. but young Balfour
has his sister read mot play the
notes for him. He is able to retain
the combinations a long time IN his
mind. He lost his sight through an
accident at the age of three years.
Helen Masow, a graduate OF ths
State Institute for the Blind at Berk'
eley, Cal, is well known in misieai
circles through her fine voice, and h
is now creating much interest because
of her participation in athletics, she
is an expert skater at the skating RINK
besides being an ardent horsewoman,
riding through the streets ane
with as much confidence as he. more
fortunate sisters.
George ]. Coppernoll, of C~ajleton,
Mich, has lived to attain a distinction
given to few men-the celebration OF
his golden wedding with his second
wife. Mr.. Coppernoll is IS years old
and has lived on the same farm for
60 years. He first married in lS4h
and his wife died in 1851. In 1857 he
vas married to his present wife and
to-day both are we'll and hearty.
James Russell, a well-known chafac-
ter about the North end of Boston and
a resident of this country for about
60 years, astonished his acquaintance
a few days ago by applying Tor MS
naturalization papers. He had beef
supposed for many years that he was
a citizen. He came from Scotland
when a boy and fought for the south
in the civil war, serving under Stone
wall Jackson. 1t has taken all thes'
years to overcome his feeling of an
tagonism to the union.
Thomas Dinsmore, a well-to-do resi-
dent of Palermo, Me, gives five dollar
to everybody born in that place. Tn
money is deposited in a bank to tn
child's credit and remains there unit
the recipient reaches legal majority
Mr.. Dinsmore was born in Palermo .
years ago. He went to California l
184S. sailing around Cape Horn, an
accumulated a fortune during tn
gold-hunting craze. In later years n
Travelled a great deal, finally settlln
down in the place Of his birth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-15

the bottomSof the boat wriggled to life
again and moaned fitfully. This was
%reassuring to the older man, and he
looked again from horizon to horizon.
And after q time, when the dory rose
on the crest of a wave, he thought
he saw a speck in the distance, He
watched it intently, and finally con-
cluded, with a feeling of great joy, thai
it was a schooner of some sort. So
he Jumped for the pitchforli and took
off his jacket, forgetful of the January
wind, and raised the crude signal in
a frantic manner
The vessel seemed to approach them,
then it remained in its relative posi-
ton for an apparently interminable
time. It remained there so long thai
ever the older man lost patience and
began t., scream. The feverish youth
gradually comprehended the unusual
excitement and regained sufficient con
seriousness to join in the cries for sue
cor. Together the two men stood up
in the uncertain dory and waved their
apparel to the far-o1f vessel, AMI
yelled until their parched lips split
and the blood ran down their chins.
The vessel eventually disappeared in
the far-off east.
Then the youth sank down in the
bottom Of the dory and resumed his
raving denunciation of his compan-
ion. The latter sat with bowed head
and for a long time gave way to his
emotions. 1t vas his first break
down. Later in the day when the
boat rose O. a boiling wave, he saw
other schooners. Each time he waves
his slicker in a frenzy and yelled un
til his dry throat refused him utter
ance, but the men of the vessels nevel
saw the lone dory and its corpselik'
cargo.
Just before shutdown that night TIN
trawlers saw a steamer, and once NOR
they went through the mockery Of wav
ing their garments and trying to shout
The steamer was beyond the limits o
their world. Still Matheson urged tina
they we're in the path Of commerce
: and he told the youth that they woul
, probably be sighted on the morrow
9 Hemmeon huddled in the bow Of tn
: dory and raved all during the evening
Tries to Kill Companion.
Toward midnight he began again |
talk of his home and to tell his pal
e ents Of the cruelty Of a man name
Matheson. The latter tried to QuiE
him, but the mad youth glared out {
d burning eyes and threatened to XII
# him. After a time he crept along tt
d bottom of the boat and fumbled abol
in the water unit. be saund the pitcl
n fork. And then h. ssrang up an
h stood over the cider man, brandishir
the pitchfork. Matheson moved quicI
ly also. He tried to seize the youth
I. wrist. Hemmeon laughed and jumpt
backward, nearly swapping the boz
Mathesen pleaded with his friend. II
youth screamed with laughter and. h
is fore the laugh ended, made a sudd'
Id plunge with the %pitchfork. Once Mat
eson missed the wrist and bare
n. lodged the prcngs OF the fork. r
ID nex- time he gripped the mad you'll
TX wrist and wrenched the pitchfo
s.. away.
n Hemmeon, in struggling to regain
is staggered and fell overheard. The old
i'd man leaped for him just in time aga
n to catch the tail Of his smock, but I
d, wet garment slipped out Of his gre
III and the lunatic went down into I
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-15

brine. Matheson clutched for hts COM
panion frantically, and at last caught
him by the hair of the head. He was
barely able. TO drag him into the BOA
again. The effort left Matheson ex-
hausted. For a long time the. youth
again lay in the bottom OF the dory
like a corpse, and his friend thought he
was a corpse, but he couldn't try to re-
yivo him because another wave came
into the boat and compelled him to re-
sumo bailing.
Presently his arched figure suddenly
Strengthened. His naggard eyes
opened wide and stared tensely into
the night. Far off to the starboard he
thought he observed a change in the
blackness. Gradually the misty yellow
reflection became a number of twink
ling stars, and later a continuous dis
charge of sparks issued from the cen
! ter of the radiance. The trawler Shout
ed to the still figure in the bottom oI
the dory:
Its a steamer! She's oearin' dow
on us!"
At once he reached for the fork ant
repeated his frenzied signaling. Tit
steamer came nearer and nearer, bui
at last she approached no more, bur
began to recede. Then Matheson con
cluded to signal no longer, he sa
down in the boat and sobbed tear
lessly.
The youth revived during the nigh
and sang and swore. Mathesol
bailed and steered the boat and KEEP
the fork close beside him. The olde
man was alternately discouraged an
hopeful. He felt certain that the dor
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-15
Penalty Of Fame.

Gen. Nogi, of Port Arthur fare, Ia
paying the penalty Of popularity at
the hands Of autograph seekers. But
the form which this has taken IN
Japan has about 1t a touch Of senth-
ment, inasmuch as the iplatives Of sol
diers who fell before Pct Arthur are
seeking the generals autograph in
scriptions to place on the tombstones
Of the dead. w
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-15
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-15

In Brazil servants will not sleep in
the house, as a rule, but expect to
leave at seven at night and not re-
turn until seven or eight the next
day. AS a result, many houses have
a pane of glass in one Of the windows
taken out, through which the baker
and the milkman pass their goods on
their early rounds, without troubling
a member of the family to get up and
open the door.