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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12

there was 81 per cent In arithmetic the contrast was even more
SIXTY years ago 20 per cent. Of the class had solved the
problems correctly, while in 1906 Is per cent. were correct.
So much for Springfield. The tests made in Brooklyn, N. Y,
were even more striking. The questions were given to boys and girls
IN the eighth year OF the elementary schools, where the children were
mitch younger than in the tests made in 1916. The percentage OF cor
rect answers at that time had been 2o while in Brooklyn it was II per
cent: lr the arlthmetical tests in 1916 the percentage of pupils who
received 70 per cent or more was y, while in Brooklyn it was IS. Six
wears ago more than two per cent. missed every word and more than
ten per cent spelled but one word correctly. In The Brooklyn test there
was not a pupil who missed every word nor one who spelled but one
word correctly. Again, in the test in 1916 some ~ per cent. missed II
words or more, while in the Brooklyn test but a trihe more than one
per cent spelled SO badly. The figures speak for themselves. WI
Very positive conclusions may be drawn from these figures. In
stead OF negechng the three RS: it will be seen that our pupils are
twice as proficient as were the children of 90 years ago, for all their
oldtime brain firing and uninteresting drill. Meanwhile our modern
course has been extended to include execution and expression in i'm
proving those attainrnents that depend chiefly On judgment and mem
DRY. The acquisition Of skill in any intellectual OF bodily Junction de.
vdops a reserve Of intellectual power to be dawn ur on when occasion
requires.
The work is becoming less theoretical and more practical along
all lines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12
German Patent Office Faults.

The German patent Office comes in
for much censure. One would suppose
such an institution to exact no more
of inventors than is needed to pay
current expenses, but in reality the
charges are SO high that the state
pockets half the income as profit. 1t
is pointed out that for poor inventors
matters are almost as bad as they
were when Gutenberg, after ~inventing
the art of printing, lived in poverty
and finally had to pawn his apparatus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12

Here the devoted sister interviewed
with force from her humble employ
ment at Genoa.
Too Beautiful for Governess.
On leaving the Roman convent
school three years after her elder sis
ter had quilted it, Ada Cavalieri Ito
give her the family name adopted and
made famous by the other) had to face
the same hard proposition that con-
fronted Lima.
She was quite as beautiful as Lima.
Indeed-as you shall learn, if you have
not already heard 1.-THE sisters look so
much alike that photographs of one
nave been mistaken for the other.
Also, she had a voice. Yet she never
hesitated. She had been educated for
a governess. 1t was correct and hon
orable to be a governess. And a gov
erness she would be. Even after she
had lost her first three places by a
strange and unique fault she never
wavered.
Surely, it was a unique fault.
This young girl is too beautiful to
be a ~governess," wrote her first en-
ployer to the superioress of the school
as she returned her. Her conduct has
been irreproachable. She is goodness
itself, intelligent, patient and with a
talent for teaching. Yet I will not
keep her. Her presence cannot but
prove a danger in a household"
At last a good and generous lady
beautiful enough herself not to be ieal-
GUS of another's b~eauty-took the per-
secuted Signorina Ada as teacher for
her two small children. | may not
give her name; she was the wife of a
foreign consul.
Ada Cavalieri had watched her bril-
liant sisters triumphs with uneasy
wonderment that grew to terror.
She had fought with Lima 70 rive I'D
the music hall career. She had never
ceased bombarding her with letters Of
e6postulation. Later on she compro-
missed.
Urged Sister Onward.
If you will not give up the stage, be
a real artiste!" was her final appeal.
When Lima had begun studying With
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces.
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear.
ing quality of the goods. This trouble
can be entirely overcome by using De-
fiance Starch, as it can be applied
much thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12
First of Grange Banks.

The opening of a bank with a cap
ital of $4,000 in Tioga, Pa, would
not, under ordinary circumstances,
constitute a notable event, but as the
bank is organized under the auspices
Of the State Grange, is owned and man
aged by grangers, and is designed to
be he first of a series of grange banks,
its opening is very interesting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12
Strenuous for Loeb.

During the storm which lowered
over the White House between Con-
gresham Wadsworth and the presi-
dent it became necessary to disconnect
the telephone wires to prevent them
being melted by the fervent heat of the
controversy. These be troublous
times, my countrymen, remarked Pri-
vate Secretary Loeb to a bunch of
newspaper correspondents when he
had accomplished the disconnection.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12

cation of poor girls Of good family for
governesses and companions.
Has World at Her Feet.
On account of her age, Lina's time in
the school was short. Once in the
world, 1t did not take her long to de-
eide against the teaching career. Be-
sides her beautiful person, she had a
pretty voice; and even had the voice
been less her first appearance on the
music hall stage left no doubt as to
the kind of success she might expect.
1t was at this time that Lima Cavalieri
gave her friendship to Prince Alexan-
der B%aratinski, second son of a COLI
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12
Little Girls Desire.

Mabel had always worn high-topped
shoes, much to hr own dissatisfaction,
and n day while admiring her moth
er's slippers she said: Mamma,
can't I have a pair Of low-necked
shoes next summer"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12
shin RuiIdlno In United States.

Washington, D. C.-Only two large
steamers were built on the Atlantic
coast in the United States during the
past fiscal year. Ship building in the
United States is confined almost to the
great lakes, where So steel steamers
were built with a tonnage Of 237,724.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12

BY following the directions, which
are plainly printed on each package Of
Defiance Starch, Mems Collars and
Cuffs can be made just as stiff as de-
sired, with either gloss or domestic
finish. Try it, 16 OF. for 10c, sold by
all good grocers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12

1.-THE Romans had small regard for
human life in their amusements."
eyes," answered the mar Of violent
prejudices. cts a matter of great
surprise to me that they failed to dis
cover football. Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12

and panic and recriminations behind it,
and in a row that would not have been
out of place in a Latin quarter cafe
Lima Cavalieri and Alexander Baratin-
ski spoke their parting words.
We know no more than this. Was
it one of loves hateful treasons? Was
it desertion in the hour of need? The
girl had worked and shaved to please
him. The world would have liked to
see him stand manfully by her in her
hour of failure. That Lima has never
accused him proves nothing. She may
have been too proud-or she may have
been in the wrong. And, note, that
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12
OPERATION AVOIDED
ExPERIENcEoF MISS MERKLEY
She Was Told That an Operation VA
Inevitable. How She Escaped 1t.

When a physician tells a woman suf.
fering with serious feminine trouble
that an operation is necessary, the very
thought of the knife and the operating
table strikes terror to her heart, and
our hospitals are full of women coming
for just such operations.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12

How about revising the tariff that
shelters trusts, Mr.. President? Can't
you spur up your unwilling Repub-
lican congressman to relieve the PEG.
ple?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12

It would be wrong to send some peo.
pie to Heaven; they would miss go
much the chance to worry over the
wildness of their neighbours children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12

Pa" said Willie, thoughtfully, Il
think l know now what the minister
meant when he said 1T is more
blessed to give than to receive"
"Yes? What was it?" "Castor OIL"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12
BROKE pauqhter's Neck at Play.

Fort Worth, Tex.-While he wat
Tying on the floor and romping with
his children, VIM. F. Wilson, Of
Blanket, broke the neck Of his IL
year old daughter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12
Tlrf plarr nf thr "Thrrf R'H'
III MnArrtt EAmrattnn
By WILLIAM H. MAXWELL.
superintendent Of New York City Schools.

HE public schools have been a good deal criticised for what
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is said to be a neglect Of the Three Rs and the tendency
to special courses. As a matter Of fact, the so-caled "Three
d0&61 Ks have probably never been more carefully taught than
EGSA now. | know that there are many people who would return
M to the barren instruction Of 90 years ago, despite modern
I&kD educational methods. 1t is said that children to-day do not
80 spell and cipher as well as those of half a century ago, and
great has been the lanentation over the change.
But the facts are quite different. 1t is not generally
known that actualtests have been made by submitting the examination
questions Of @ years ago to the children Of to-day in similar grades.
lii the test made in Springfield Mass. IT. was found that whereas n 18d6
there we're but 40 per cent. who spelled in the test correctly, in 1905
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12

Don't blame all the stomaches tt
The beef trust, cucumbers and came 4
salmon may be responsible.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12

Charity may cover a multitude OF
sins. but a lot more will spring up.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12

Succeeding years confirmed this sue
cess, and artistic and social satisfac'
tions of grand opera ceased to cost her
anything financially. On the contrary,
she had never done so well in the halls.
At the Theater of Ravenna, at the
Grand Theater of Palermo, at the
Opera of st. Petersburg, and notably
at the ultra-artistic Casino-Theater at
Monte Carlo she has had repeated en-
gagements. In Russia she is all the
rage. Her W country of Italy has
taken her to its heart.
And she has bought a mansion in the
Avenue de Messine for her Paris resi-
dence! u.s..
During her present summer vacation
she will furnish it herself--a work of
peaceful satisfaction.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-12
Beautiful Old Maid.

1 N
Avenue de Messine. 1t is a short
street of only "a numbers, running
from the statue of William Shake
speare in the little square of the Boule-
ward Haussmann to the delightful Pare
Monceau, surrounded by Its palaces.
1t is a street of the newly rich, per-
haps; few great titled families live in
it. But those who inhabit it are snug
and at peace with the world. Well,
among all, there will be none more
snug than a most glorious old maid.
You know who 1t is. There a be
but one such-"the most beautiful old
maid in the world"
In her own way she is happy. Is 1t
not strange Here is beauty gone to
waste, you will say. Well, judge for
yourself. Some time ago the somber
sister had a skittish moment. 1t in
cited her to prove her equal beauty.
How she dressed in one Of Lina's
gowns and posed to one of the first
Paris photographers as her famous sis
ter is a tale that has been more than
once told.
For a time the counterfeit present.
ments circulated in commerce., being
practically undistinguishable from pho
tographs of Lima Cavalieri. Nowadays
they scarcely exist.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

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th< pro5ees e. me rsrnsxis sprtL
inx rsferlA<se IN sssx<s1 IT, seat
k.ppra. NJ sssS no Am IN sssy
= i dox 20 a. kss rssoiatsu1s
ana stcsenee He H~lieEss. hos
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effective Il Il ssfs ems hy ! -
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NJ do1bfs r ne sftcss II ! sics srt
xraaszi ckzaxe d xoFsh shiie n
g. Ne szss ths sudden ehsnxes IN
principles. tasssalx. ~relAssunx. fsshsohs.
ga tastes tthst have tse hnsf ehsnts
Il Winning il onr Oar sappcse al
ne newspapers and periodicals sApaid
ss.eaeniy aaoss q Carnegie system -
Ihsnasir sH~sallnx~whAg x0n1 hap
I~n. TO begin with The nation
.ouid be ID ! rage: q would break In
10 D storm % sooffs. teers. sxrcssms
~esrslnKs. stsnperssionr and kesp N
~ sor months--has n senld hare %
read the p.p~rs. n csuldnt help ~.
self. ny and BY. and gradually. the
offensive phonstics would lose sosne-
shinx az their strange and uncanny
kok: sftcr smother BIZ ana oy they
sonla iose N a. d. and begin 10 look
rather natural and pleasant. after
1 couple 81 years of fhis. the nation
would think them handsome. sane,
and expressive. and would prefer
them to d other breed Of spellinK
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

President Foster Of the Territorial
A. 4 ~. college writes from MesiilA
Park that Prof.. Vernon. head ~ the
agricultural department o. the col.
leee. viii probably come mp 20 Las
Vegas next week with q view 10 ar.
ranging for the beginning ~ The col.
iege series OF tests In dry farming.
President Foster says that Las Vegas
10 the most feasible point In the ter
ritory upon which 70 begin expert.
mentx. but that the college win push
the work In other years 70 every part
Of the territory where the conditions
are favorable. He expresses satisfac.
tion that q Campbell demonstration
farm II ID be established here and
says that the college and Campbell
people al work together greatly "a
their mutual advantage and 10 the
benefit on the whole territory.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

II may be that little reform In the
definition Of crime will do more good
than In improving our method u
spelling. Raise 4 one dollar bill ID
d ten. pass Il and get caught. and
10 prison you 20. because that action
Is legally defined as q crime Buy
4 corporation with q million dollars,
raise the capitalization 10 ten mil.
lion and sell the stock al psi, and
YOU VIII attain an enyied place IN
the ranks OF high finance. because
that method Of swIndIing n not de.
fined legally as q crime. And who
are 10 blame for this state OF affairss
The people who are behind the laws.
Our legislatures represent The In
tellieence. honesty and Will Of the
people.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

For the past five months there has
been ID average or one building s1aps
pleted every week 1t Farmilgton-
stlu soUss ReQplestnsist that te are
not doing much In the way Of grow-
ing. The different carpenters now
have contracts fof At least six frame
houses which are awaiting material,
and the Granite Block company has
CONTRACTS Tor m6 of that material.
Others who prefer brick are also
waiting until such AN also be- pro
cured.-rarmington Enterprise.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

A great many guilty men 80 free,
but rarely, II ever, In this country n
an innocent man condemned by our
courts. The man convicted Of seri-
GUS crime can take his case from
court o court until the highest Judi
cial authority ii the land has pro
nounced upon his case. The men
who are opposing the trial In the
courts Of the serious charges against
Meyer, Haywood and their ccmpan-
ions weaken the cause of labor II
this country. II these men are limo
cent, they VIII not be convicted; u
they are guilty. they should be pun
ished and those men who object are
enemies To our nations interests.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

The bucolic editor OF the Aibu'
querque Journal opines that dry
farming ID Las Vegas will work All
right this year. but he has given HIS
ipse dixit that on . year when the
precipitation Is average. We cant
set along without irrigation. We
have q few Or these experienced,
know-it-ali people up here who
wouldn't be convinced that crops
could be grown s~uccessfully upon
our uplands. though they nav them
with their own eyes for . dozen years
In succession. These people have moi
been convinced BY the success schiev
"a BY the aocalled dry farmers n
] hundred localities whore the rainfall
Il less than II Is here and the sol
not 20 good. BY all means let thu
Albuquerque editor and his kind thinl
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

The Hopeful mine. at Parsons,
which has been hampered the past
winter by ! shortage of fuel. viii
som be crushing ore on six Hunting.
ton mills. The financial condition Of
the company operating this mine has
been materially improved. and al indi.
cations seem favorable for success
fnl operations. This property has
long been recognized AZ ! good how
grade proposition. and Its capacity
Tor profit u bounded only BY the
amount or ore handled. Captain
News.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

We do nus believe II railroad bait
inx. and ~e DO believe that otvith'
standing al the hard things aid In
the newspapers. the majority Of the
people q this country arc willing q
b. fair % the nilrosd and All ths
other great interests a the country,
There are 81 course many people
who have been led AWAY BY The akita'
tion that has been uplnx % on ne
subject az railroad rebates and on
prcssive trusts. until thsy = tneitIi
ed TO attribute III that y bad and
nothing that d good 20 the sresl I'm
terssis fhHt after IN have done mors
to develop this country than al othe'
agencies. II 10 the effort made b
railway and other powerful corpora
tions 10 influence courts and con
tr0l legislatures that Inn given ths
plain people the strongest feeling
against corporations. n theAe cor
pcratious now show q disposition q
Give the people . square deal On
majority of the people are ready =
reciprocate.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

Dave Day, of the Durango Demo
crat, the firecating Colorado editor.
has for some moons been devoting .
large part Of his paec 70 the trial
of the case Of Iesse otAnnel. murder
81 ~ Sheriff WIN. rh0mpson. Nov
the courts have decided to humor
Day and have cleared otansei. and
the editor retoiceth accosdlneiy.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

IL there h corruption Ia our courts.
In our legislatures. In NJ public
life. II q solely because Of the dis.
honesty among the people. The way
to reform our lawmakers and dis.
penseru 10 to reform the people.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

The Las Vegas Commercial club
u working every day for the i'd
vaucement OF the interests OF the
community and It merits the support
Of every business and professional
ma1Hin Las Vegas.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

Las Vegas win have q territorial
dry farming convention On May 4,
but the event will not be- dry one
by any means for even dry farmers
occasionally lrrigate their throats.
Who. five years ago. would have
dreamed of ! convention On non-irri.
cation farmers In New Mexicoi This
commonwealth is only to enter the
gales Of . magnificent vista Of In
dnstrial prosperity.--New Mexican.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

Good vosk n stili beinx done on
The streets and ID tho alleys q th@
city BY ! gang u Dvisoners under the
supervision Of the city Officers.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

The hope for ~ perpetuity of
N country n that . fearless. honest
and intelligent Judiciary BE- maintain.
"a. n this Ii 10 b. done III shackies
and leading strings must BE- remov.
ed.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

There 10 yet another duty for the
nezt city council 70 perform. and that
u 10 Gise hearty support u tho pub
lie library.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

Resolved that Ne let well enough
alone II the feeling on ! majority
81 me republicans Ia congress when
the subject Of tariff Il mentioned.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

OF course Andrew Carnegie lean
find spelling seformeru q Ill kinds
81 loae - No A willing % finance
the scheme.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

The editors of NV Mexico should
reorsssize Inc territorial press asso'
cistton-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

Next Sunday IL Faster and many
vho Are mol usually 10 desout are
praying for fins weather.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

There eens 10 BE- 10 doubt but
Senator sn0ot viii serve out his
term anyway.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

Collar county leads the serritos,
An erins~. WAY j. thIss 588
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-13

III Il time 70 ls<ia mes shs wsI
On tk< dsn1eiboaL
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-28
Local weather Report.
Brief Mention.
BFTef Mention. High water to-day, 7:A a. m.

High water to-day, 7:44 a. m.
 The Century and Harper's Magazines flor october at the Pease-Lewis con- pany.
 At the various sessions for naturaliz- ing new citizens which have been held at the court of common pleas and which ended Wednesday evening a total of 175 new citizens were made.
 Fire gutted room In John Faster nak's house at PAS Wallace street yes- terday morning before the fire depart ment responded to an alarm from box a31 extinguished the danes.
 Sylvester 2. Por, the local theater manager, has declared that the rumor current in Bristol that he was con- templating the erection of a theater there is entirely without foundation.
 Articles of incorporation were filed yesterday at Hartford by the Isenberg Tailoring company of this city with a capital of $2,000 The incorporators are Jacob H. and Gussie Segaloff and Ja- cob and Mamie Isenberg.