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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25

no means of gaining admittance to
this country. They are eager to take
the places of the thousands who are
now leaving the United States for
good with fortunes and completeness.
Thrifty ciestials
Send Money "Home."
Express companies which have
branches in Chinatown in the larger
cities are busy transferring accounts
of thrifty Celestials to Picking, Hong
Kong and Canton. Hundreds of the
returning Cinnamon are buying large
establishments in the trade centers
of their native country, while others
are investing in farms and planta-
tions. They return with stories of how
they are often i'll treated in the Unit.
ed States, but they also clink the
American gold which they have gar
nered. The depletion Of the Chinese
population is, as Investigations made
In the principal colonies in the Unit
ed States show, hardly met by the
birth rate or by the influx of the orr
entails across the borders. The result
OF all this has been to increase the
wages of Chinese workmen in Amer
lea to exorbitant figures.
Chinese are In demand not only 70,
work as laundrymen, but as highly
paid servants. The prevailing rate
for laundrymen is from SIS to $40 Of
more a week, with board. Once {
Chinese has learned the uses OF irons
and starch his services are In demanC
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25

a day, taking half an hour each
timer"
always, senor.'
"But she doesn't look to me like 4
kicking cow.
"~'Pernaps she is not. I do not
know
4 cast off all the ropes said the
ex-soldier, "and then took the pail
from him and sat down and MIXED.
The COW stood as quiet as q monu.
ment. During the performance a
score or more of men and women had
gathered around, and when 1t was
over | said:
There, now. But why tie your
cows up to be MIXED?
Santa Marital gasped an old man,
a. he looked around on the crowd and
crossed himself. II we are not to tie
our cows up to be MIXED how long
will It be before these Yankees will
be telling us that 1t is not necessary
to keep our eggs four weeks before
eating"
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YANKEE WAYS A SURPRISE.
Porte Rican Astonished at Applica
ton of Common Sense,

The Porto Rico cow said the
man who had been stationed on the
island as a soldier for two years, "is
as humble a looking nnimal as one
ever came across. / never saw one
hook or kick or display the least tenn
per, 0 did l ever find anyone else
who had. The first time | v e saw
one MIXED was a matter of the
greatest surprise. When a boy had
driven her up to the shed. where she
stood chewing her cud and switching
her tail, the owner brought out a rope
and tied her head fast to a post.
Then a second rope made her front
legs fast. "A third did for her hind
lcsr and = fourth went around her
boyd. She was trussed UP until she
could hardly wink an eye.
what On earth III all that for?' /
asked the man.
4 am going to milk her, senor,' he
replied.
And you tie her ID that way twice
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Mrs. Bur-rke's good ma-an talk iv
r-rules iv ordher an minutes an tn
com-ity Nv tn whole"
"Tis little l know Nv tn comfy
Nv tn whole or tn comfy iv tn half
or amy OF com-ity," protested Po-
liceman Flynn.
Thin tits time We Parned," an
swered Mrs. Flynn.
Of cours it is unnecessary to say
that Policeman Flynn followed the
course his wife had outlined for him.
That was essential to domestic peace.
He mastered a few parliamentary
terms, and he went to the ball, and
he danced. He "gr-rabbed the gir-rl''
and he grabbed her tight, and then
in solemn manne they described vari.
GUS uneven circles on the floor of the
hall. But Policeman Flynn was not
happy. 9TH grabbin' TIL girl is all
Fright, If We ,c'u'd shtop there" he
said, but he seriously objected to the
rest of the programme. He tried to
beg off, but his wife would not per.
NIT it. Instead, she kept picking out
new partners for him, and it really
seemed as if the most influential mem.
bers of the lodge were the homeliest.
She began with girls, progressed to
women, and the end came when he
saw her approaching with a dumpy
and awkward little woman who must
have weighed in the neighborhood of
ESQ pounds. How can l ta-alk parli'.
mint'ry la-aw whin that's shtandine
on me toes?" he muttered to himself,
meanwhile looking about for some
e of escape. His eye fell on an
open window that seemed to have
been placed there for his sole benefit.
When Policeman Flynn struck the
ground he found himself in a light.
shaft, walled in on all sides. There
was no escape except by means of a
rope or a ladder. Meanwhile the
sounds that came from above told
him there was excitement in the dance.
hall, and he waited patiently to see
what would happen next. When
things had quieted down somewhat
several heads were thrust out of the
window, and his wife's voice floated
down to him with the query: Bar
ney, are We there?"
II am" he replied.
Don't We know tits not the wa.av
out?" was the next question, and
there was a world of sarcasm in tbe
tone.
I'm not lukkin' fr tn wa-ay ont u
he answered, surlily.
Thin what are ye' dom there?"
His answer to this was cold and
pointed, and there was something Of
both bitterness and reproach in the
tone when, after a pause, he trusted
himself to speak.
I'm %shtudyin' parli'mint'ry la.aw.'
he said. "'Tis a meetin' IN tn
comfy iv tn hole"
Copyright, by the Century Cos
Copyright, 1906. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
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PAPERS WALL WITH CHECKS.
Remind Owner Of Time When He
Was Prosperous.

Sitting many ho6rs a day gazing
reminiscently at the walls OF a square
room papered with cancelled bank
checks, Gerald de Costa, a queer old
character, Is passing the last days Of
his life, says a New York World cor
respondent at River Denys, Cape Bre-
ton. Physicians say that he has an
incurable disease and order him to lie
down, but he insists on sitting up,
that he may look at the checks.
De Costa went from London to
Chicago after the great fire which
devastated the Windy city and be-
came a prosperous grain merchant.
He continued to wax rich until the
panic Of 1893, when he was forced to
the wall and left practically penniless.
While wealthy he did a big business
through banks, and as he always kept
the checks after they had come back
through the clearing house he had
nearly q trunkful at the time he
failed.
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Many Cross Border
Disguised as Nuns.

Some of the Chinese under the d.
rection of shrewd agents have even
passed over both the Canadian and
Rio Grande borders CARRIED as nuns.
Most of them are born imitators, and
once they have seer their instructor
in familiar poses they follow his d.
rections to the letter.
Little is heard these days of the
spectacular methods Of running the
blockade which were once employed
by eager Chinese and have dropped in
to disuse. Chinese no longer have
themselves packed up in boxes or
chests and sent by express; neither
do they go in vans, which are likely to
be suddenly tipped into rivers: There
are seldom wild chases across the
snow from Canada to the United
States, with accomplishments of bay
ing hounds and barking revolvers.
Such methods are irregular and unre-
liable and they have been supplanted
by those which are esteemed as more
| businesslike.
Chinese are not welcomed in Can
ada any more than they are here and
a head tax of $500 each is placed up
on them. 1t is regarded as, in fact,
prohibitive. Until three months ago,
when a law was passed assessing
them at $500 a head, no such tax was
eXacted in Newfoundland.
Chinese could be carried in bond
from Vancouver without having to
pay the impost demanded of them in
the Dominion, and the result has been
that many of them availed themselves
of those conditions. 1t was until
quite recently the custom to permit
Chinese who were supposed to be on
their way to the United States with
proper credentials to remain in Cana
da for 80 days before they were noti-
fed to proceed with their journey. BY
a special arrangement, however, with
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25

Boston.-It is the lure of wages so
high that five years savings make a
fortune that is drawing venturesome
Chinese these days into the country
by novel shifts and in strange dis
guises.
Officially the smuggling Of Celestials
across the borders Is dead. Experts
in immigration and some inspectors
will say when questioned that there
is no such thing. AS a matter of fact,
however, although the Chinese popu-
lation of the United States is not in
creasing, and timidity and the severity
of the enforcement of the exclusion
act deter many who might otherwise
attempt to gain this promised land,
plans for getting the contraband rae
into the United States are holder and
more skilfully concocted than ever.
Messages sent along the New Eng
land coast a few days ago to intercept
the Frolic, a schooner yacht, with her
consignment of 35 coolies, called pub
lie attention to the faoF that the Chi.
nese are still mindful of the oppor-
tunities offered in this country. Tao
tics similar to those attributed to the
vessels charters are used by shrewd
spectators, many of whom are Amer
leans. Chinese who have persistence
and courage are able to make their
way here in spite of the utmost vigil
lance of the authorities.
From a sentimental point of view
1t would appear that Chinese would
not care to come here for fear they
would be subjected to indignities by
the inspectors who are stationed at
ports of entry and in the principal
cities and towns on both the northern
and southern borders. This does not
apply to the more conservative of the
race, but there are hundreds Of
shrewder and holder spirits who see a
chance to gain wealth and they miss
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Rulers Look for "Ralny pay.r

Nearly all European kings and
queens have money invested In for
eign countries. Every year the car
and czarine of Russia intrust a large
portion of their private savings to the
British and French national banks.
King Leopold, Of Belgium, has a uni
versal reputation, and not an enviable
one, as Leopold 6 Co., rubber mer-
chants. He founded the Congo Free
State and is one of the largest rubber
and ivory dealers in the world. He
is also one Of the ~cleverest OF finan-
ciers, and knows his way about all
the bourses Of Europe. King George
of Greece s~peculates largely In crgi-
cultural products, follows carefully all
the fluctuations of the financial mar.
kets and is assiduous In putting his
money into good things. The sultan
of Turkey declines to trust any Turk
ish bank with his savings, which are
nearly all deposited in British banks.
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1900

tn pay-vilion."
otis easy da-ancin'," urged Mrs.
Flynn. "All We ha-ave to do is to
gr-rab ye-er girl an go r-round an
r-round till We fall OF tn music
shtops."
"Will we wind me up?" demanded
Policeman Flynn.
Don't be ma-akin' a fool Nv ye-er-
silf," retorted Mrs. Flynn, indignant
ly. "Ye'll ha-ave to da-ance, an yell
ha-ave to tax to thin iv parli'mint'ry
la-aw. We must LUX 1t up SOS we can
lux wise an use tn worlds like We
knew all there was to it. IT'S a
gr-reat pint yell ma-ake FIR me in
that, FIR livery a Nv thin knows
that tn wife Nv a ma-an that's poshted
on parli'mint'ry la-aw is a val'aBle
officer FIR to ha-ave. Ye sh'u'd hear
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25

knows ! never c'u'd da-ance, Ohio! I
think | see mesilf whir-rlin' r-round
like thin fellies Barnum used fr to
bring over, from some haythin la-and.
Tn only wa-ay yell get me to da-ance
is tn wa-ay tn byes did to Regan.
Dye ray-mimber Regain, tn time they
had him out to TIL picnic? He was an
awk'ard felly that niver had done
anything more graceful than carry
a hod Nv brick up a ladder. He
sc'u'dn't da-ance amy more than a
COW that's tangled in a ba-arb wire
tince. but tn byes an tn gir-rls was
bound fr to have him thry, an 10
they made a peg-top Nv him. Some
" tn la-ads held him while tn r-rist
w thin wound a c~lo'es-line r-round
him. Thin, at TIL wor-rd, they r-run
with TIL line an he began f'r to shpin.
Ohio! but I can see him nowl Talk
about ye-er r-round da-ances? There
niver was tn akel " that wan "
Regan's. He'd be shpinnin' yet II
he hadn't gone through q windy "
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25

the Canadian Pacific the Chinese
were rushed through the British terri
tory without having the advantage Of
the 80 day clause. This arrangement,
however, did not hold with certain
smaller railroads which carried pas
sengers to Newfoundland. The United
States Chinese inspectors have ne
gotiated an arrangement within the
last few weeks under which Chinese
supposed to be on their way to the
United States must be bonded.
There are o said to be hundreds
of Chinese in Newfoundland who have
for months been waiting their chance
to attain their ultimate goal, the
United States.
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Woman,s Progress in CHINA.

Chinese women are being emanci-
pated. Schools for the daughters Of
mandarins have been opened, and some
Chinese girls are even attending
courses at the University Of Toxic.
Periodicals for women are issued in
some OF the larger cities, and a book
has been published which is devoted
entirely to a plea that girls should be
allowed to select their own husbands.
The empress encourages this move
ment. She has endowed a school for
the families of high officials, and has
given orders that the practice of foot
binding must be given up.
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These checks he has always treas.

These checks he has always treas.
ured as souvenirs Of his prosperous
days and when he came here in 1898
and bought a small house between
River Denys and Port Hood he pa.
pered the walls Of one Of his rooms
with them. They are drawn on at
least 20 banks, and De Costa declares
that he can tell what each paid for.
This is all the more remarkable, as
the man settled his personal as well
as his business obligations with pa
per. He neve carried more than a
dollar in cash in his pockets at one
time, and If a man didn't want to
cash a check he made no sale.
De Costa says that he would rather
look at the checks than eat his din.
ner, and this is literally true, for al,
his meals are served in the cheek
room.
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Size Of SUMS Corona.

The brightness OF the corona, or rinc
Of light enctrcling the sun, was meas
ured by Mr.. Charles Fabry during the
last total eclipse. He found the light
Of a point a twentieth degree from the
suns edge to be equivalent to about
~720-candle power, Or a little more than
a fourth Of the brightness OF the full
moon The sky neal the uneclipsed
sun is 1000 times al bright.
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Officers Fooled by
INGENIOUS akeup.

Although smuggling them across
the Canadian border is now almost
stopped, some of the most ingenious
schemes are employed with success.
1t is a popular fallacy that all Chinese
look alike and that no matter how
they are arrayed they will betray at a
glance their oriental origin. There
are white men in Vancouver, B. c..
who do not accept that theory. for
by shrewd manipulation they are able
to convert the most thoroughgoing
Chinese into an American or Canadian
farmer.
A coarse shirt, a pair of blue over
alls and a straw hat will work won.
ders in the hands of an expert. Par
ties of Chinese going across the Do.
minion in bond not infrequently leave
the trains 40 or SO miles before reach
Ing the boundaries of the United
States. Here they are taken in hand
by M who understands something of
theatrical makeup and converted into
tramps, farmers or whatever he thinks
would be best suited to their talents,
After that 1t Is a walk to the border.
and in many cases it is possible for
the coolies to gain their destination,
Once within the borders Of this coun.
try they usually prowl 40 or so miles
farther before they think 1t safe to
board a train and proceed in a more
conventional manner.
Chinese have been intercepted in
the state Of Washington making their
way on boats in the rivers, ostensibly
bound to work as laborers on some OF
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Hardly have they been taken into
custody, however. when relatives or
friends, accompanied by a shrewd law
yer. go to the rescue with birth GER
tificates and afidavits which show
that the persons detained were really
born in the United States and as such
are entitled to admission. 1t is esti-
mated by a prominent inspector that
If all the claims to American birth
made by Chinese be true every Chi
nese family in this country must have
| rs children.
Chinese of intelligence who can
give any evidence that they arc not
laborers, but actually merchants, are
able to get into the United States with
little trouble. One Of the familiar
schemes-and it is one which is often
successful--is employed by merchants
for the benefit of friends and relatives
here. The merchant will practically
close out his business, leaving, how.
ever, a few outstanding accounts.
Sometimes, If his customers are good
Poy, WV " tuIGc ODll6luS lllCudo nloy
consent to be debtors. The merchant,
after comfortably establishing himself
in China, sends his friend or kinsman
over to the United States to close
out his business, looking after his bad
debts and generally adjusting things.
duly certified accounts are shown to
the inspectors to demonstrate the ne
cessity for admitting the merchant"
without delay. Frequently such a n
is found ironing shirts in a laundry,
but his legal status is that of a dealer.
Aside from the Chinese who gain
admittance through the gates Of the
country by lean of keys to which
they have no legal right, there Is a
vast majority who as merchants, stu
dents, travellers or actors are entitled
to all the privileges guaranteed them
under the statute. The classes with
money do not have to fear being sub
mitted to inconvenience. AS far as the
Celestials are concerned who get in
without complying with the law the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25

entry as a merchant, for he is entitled
to that privilege under the law. The
ironing board, at the present time,
however, is the best means by which
the average Chinaman may find life
smooth and profitable.
To get a chance to avail himself of
present conditions in the labor mar
ket Chinese who have initiative or
are under the direction of some Amer.
lean ~adventurer who is bold and re-
sourceful frequently make their way
here by methods underground and
over sea.
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Rough Weather Ends
Trip of "Slave Ship"

Rough Weather Ends
Trip of "Slave Ship"
In this connection a real life story
of the sea, of smuggling and adven-
ture, thrilling pursuits and hair.
breadth escapes, and the perilous voy.
age of a little schooner, under whose
battered down matches was a cargo
such as the slaveTs of the story books
carried, ended when the Frolic of Bos-
ton was discovered by chance in the
harbor of Providence, R. I.
1t was the sea that had been its
refuge that finally wrought the un.
doing of the Frolic and foiled its adj
venture after it had played tag with
revenrfe cutters and customs officers
for weeks along the coast. The Frolic
was a battered and crippled ghost of
a boat when it crept into port with AZ
woebegone and starving Cinnamon in
its hold. In the night, while it was
believed the crew Of a storm beaten
fishing boat was repairing damage,
dories went to and from the shore
and the Frolic and II Cinnamon were
landed.
The Cinnamon were still being
taken ashore and hidden in coal
heaps, when a man employed on one
Of the pockets on a dock stumbled
across a shivering group of Cinnamon
and gave the alarm. A little later
customs and immigration officers
swooped down on the Frolic and cap,
tured Is Cinnamon and two Of the
crew. Skipper H. X. Colby, of Bos.
ton, who led the adventure, and his
mate, "Al" Adams, slipped away in
a dory and escaped. On shore off
GERS captured John G. L~ehnemann, Of
Boston, whose part in the adventure
was conveying and smuggling China
men to the refuge Of the Chinese
quarter in Providence.
The two members of the crew of the
Frolic who were captured said the
little vessel had beaten about the
coast from Eastport Me-, to Cape
Hatteras for two weeks, lodging rev
enue cutters and coast guards, ant
buffeted by storms. They said the
Frolic's captain only took the des
perate chance Of running into Provi
dence when the little vessel had beer
SO battered it could not stay al sea
any longer.
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yesuvius Dust Travelled Far.

Paris was ov%erspread with a dry,
yellowish fog the morning of April II
of this year. A scientist, believing
that the fog had been caused by the
eruption of Mount Vesuvius, placed
upon the roof of his dwelling a series
of plates covered with glycerin to
catch the dust In the fog. 1t was
found that part of the deposit on the
plates was a very fine sand, complete
ly identical with the ash sent up by
vesuvius in 1922. In addition to this
sand the fog contained some perfectly
spherical globules of cxidized iron.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25

With a smooth iron and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less e and tear of the goods,
and it will be a positive pleasure to
use a Starch that does not stick to the
Iron
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25

The population Of st. Petersburg
Is still growing said the census ON
cial, ~jubilantly.
We'll have to see about that an.
swered the car The police are '
IDENTIFY not doing their duty 10 sending
people to Siberia. Star.
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A Good Fellow.

What kind Of a man is Bliggins?"
Hes a good fellow. He'd borrow
your last dollar in order to lend it to
somebody that he thought needed it
more than you do."-Washington Star.
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the rye farms. They n disguised
as immigrants Of other nationalities.
Many of them have essayed the roles
of Italians, after incasing themselves
in corduroy jackets and trousers and
tying gayly colored silken handker-
chiefs about their necks.
1t is along the Rio Grande border,
however. that the smuggling of dis
guised Chinese is conducted with con-
summate finesse. The scheme In
use there, If followed by a really cap
able Chinaman, are usually effective.
Hundreds of the more intelligent are
landed in Havana and at Mexican
ports, whence they can make their
way to this country.
Chinese immigration is welcomed in
Mexico. There is a tradition pre-
served in the old histories of the Ce-
lestial empire that centuries ago
trading junks from China landed on
the western coast of Mexico and
opened UP commercial relations with
the subjects of Montezuma. The Chi
nese often have in mind this ancient
relation when they go to the country
over which rules President Diaz. The
Chiese learn Spanish, adopt the Mex
lean dress and manners, learn to wear
a sombrero with grace and often, al
ter waiting for two years to perfect
themselves in being imitation Mexi-
cans, they bodily cross the southern
border and make their way to the
nearest Chinatown.
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what do You consider a peculiar
experience?"
well, ! had Just paid the grocer bis
bill when"
When something woke you up?"--
Houston Post.