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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-03
"E. NJ"
Dainty b Work,

Dainty things in ribbon work are
becoming more captivating, both as
regards the coloring, the fashioning of
the flowers and the variety of ma
terials used as backgrounds. Many of
these articles are still further beauti.
fed by addition of frills in either
gauze or muslin, bordered with one or
two rows of bebe ribbon, sewed quite
straight at the top of the ruffie in a
contrasting tint.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-03
Costume Accessories.

Black and darby colored straw and
chip hats prevail among those intend
ed for late summer and on them are
used the autumn flowers which are iii
a class by themselves and never seen
at other seasons. Gloves and wells
and shoes carry out the color scheme
OF the walking costume as nearly as is
possible and for runabout purposes
the glOssee brown kid II preferred.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-03

Before using Doan's Kidney Pills I
suffered everything from kidney trou-
bles for a year and a half. / had pain
in the back and head, and almost con-
tinuous in the loins and felt weary all
the time. A few doses of Doan's Kid
ney Pills brought great relief, and !
kept on taking them until in a short
time l was cured. / think Doan's
Kidney Pills are wonderful"
For sale at all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milbur Co., Buffalo, N. Y
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-03
Her Visit spoiIed.

The Amiable Woman-Did you en-
joy your visit to Standardization?
The Perfect Lady-It was perfectly
horrid, that's just what it was! Why,
Shakespeare's tomb was guarded so
meanly that I didn't get an %opportu-
nifty to chip off a single souvenir, or
even to write my name on it.-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-03
Hard Fate Of AGED Pauners.

A eensus was taken recently Of the
81. Johns road wcrkhouse, London.
which showed that the number Of In
mates was 1913, and of these 1,15O
were over so years old. The particu-
lars: Between so and 40. 4ss; between
20 and so, 511; between 80 and 90. 159;
between 80 and 100. III. There was
also an inmate aged 101.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-03

The total dividends Of the Sewing
Thread trust for ten years are stated
at 265 per cent. Still when they adj
vance the price per spool 20 per cent.
people who profit by the Dingley
"cinch'' are no more nearly unani.
nous than before in the demand for
reforming 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-03

tney get out Oi Ofuoi
1t causes ~backache.
headaches. dizziness.
languor and distress
ing urinary troubles.
Keep the kidneys
well and all these
sufferings will be
saved you. Mrs. s. A.
Moore, proprietor Of
a restaurant at Wa
terville, Mo-, says:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-03
Annoyinn.

I suppose your family had a good
time in Europe"
WELL" answered Mr.. Cumrox, II
don't think mother and the girls en-
joyed themselves all the time. You
see, they had SO much trouble figuring
foreign money back into dollars that
every now and then they were en-
barrassed by finding they had acct
dentally ordered something that
wasn't expensive"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-03
TIRED

Tho kidneys have a great work to
do in keeping the blood pure. When
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-03

Preparation is the basis of power;
and the whole secret of ucces in
life is for a man to be ready for his
opportunity when it comes.7Disraeli.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-03
NELLLE'S LESSON !
By VIVIAN CLAUDE (

By VIVIAN CLAUDE

Copyright. BY Joseph B. BowIes.)
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

was built by King Henry II in expaton Of the
murder OF St Thomas q Beckett, Archbishop OF
Canterbury, has long been burdened with curse.
to the effect that il should pass from father
TO son, which according 10 some dates from the
time Of the confscation of the abbey at the Refor
nation and by others has been ascrbed TO act
Of sacrilege perpetrated by the fifth Lord Byron,
surnamed The Wicked
This peer had many crimes in his record lnClud-
ing the killing of his coachman, whom he Shot dead
for some disobedence, and the singularly cowardly
murder OF his cousin William Chaworth while he
was staying as his guest at Newstead Abbey. Byron
was tried for this latter homicide by the House OF
Lords and escaped with verdict of manslaughter,
which was punished by the imposition of heavy
fine Held up obloquy in connection with this
crime, and ostracized by society, he Withdrew TO
the country TO spend the remainder of his days in
Newstead Abbey, SO embttered against his fellow
creatures that he sought in every way possible 10
shock and horrify them In fact he was believed
by the people of the district TO be in league with
Satan and invited the wrath of Heaven by violat-
ing the sepucher Of the old time abbots of Newstead
one of whose skulls he had mounted in silver and
converted into drinking cup, which he used at
those orgies at which he ard his boon companions
defed Providence and hailed Satan He lived to
see both his son and the latter's only boy die by
violence in quick succession, and 1t was in this way
that the abbey passed into the hands OF the poet,
a distant relative.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27
Ridiculed the Superstition

A NDNG those who have suffered n this manner
n are Lord and Lady LeIth, who, when they ac-
! Fyvie Castle, N AberdeenshIre, were disposed
icgle the idea that Il was accounted unlucky:
] .- Leith IS a American woman, daughter OF
l. = January Of ST. Louis, and her husband, after
z from the British navy, established himself
ness in this country and made large fortune
ago as president OF the Joliet, the ILLINOIS,
lie Federal Steel Companies, before returning
z. native land 70 buv Fvvie Castle. All sorts OF
l--d- cluster round the latter, including that OF
-.. -lmpeter Of Fyvie, whose unhappy love Tor
-A.- Iifty the miller's daughter, has furnished
..-aes OF 50 many poems.
Trumpeter's tragic death, which IS SAID 10
used even the very stones 70 weep, led 70
I'll. ..e3sition Of a curse upon the castle by that
I-.-. # magic and spells. Thomas the Khyiner'
angered beyond measure at the disposition
o. - ord Of the castle u rdlcule the ldea lhat
could weep, declared that the ownership OF
E. should never pass from father 70 son uhIll
tie lri Of three stones known as Inc weeping
Stone was recovered. One Of the stones IS oiilIt
in-s he castle walls. where II absoTbs ana eNudeS
moi. a-e in a most curious way; another Is trans
f-i 20 the possession of each purchaser or tenant
@. ..a estate; while the third which IS missing :
currently believed to be living embedded IN the Inuu
- -- bottom of a terribly deep lake IN remote
p1-..au Of the property Whatever doubts may
have existed in the mind Of Lord and Lady Leith
e H The value of this superstition were set a. resi-
- e death Of their only Percy N South Africa
during the BOer War
>n' but his parents were prepared ioI lileIl , ue
rraEcfnent For fully twenty-tOur hours before the
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

III 49, , eNAA'A NAAN A'fA+s
Mrs. PoyntZ were Staving with
their two only sons at the
seaside town of Bognor. on
the Sussex coast. One hot IulV
dav after a pleasant outing
the party We're on the way
home, when sudden squall
upset the boat, drowning
Poyntz, his wife, and his two
sons. The calamity was of
course credited TO the account
OF the curse pronounced upon
the ancestor of Mrs. Poyntz by
the monk at Battle Abbey.
With regard to Battle Alb
bey, its possession seems To
have brought misfortune upon
the Websters; for they were
obliged by financial embar-
rassments TO get rid OF II;
and it passed through several
hands before being purchased
by the late Duchess of Cleve-
land, mother of Lord Rose
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27
Had TO Sell the Abbey

THE sixth Lord Byron, the bard, everyone
i knows had no son, and left only daughter,
afterward Countess of Loveace, who, like Newstead
Abbey figures often and lovingly in his poems,
notably in "Childe Harold The abbey therefore
at his death went 20 a remote kinsnan, who became
seventh Lord Byron. and he was obliged, through
poverty TO get rid of the old place. He sold II to
Colonel Wildman
The latter, likewise pursued by the maledlcton
his only son and was overtaken by other reverses,
which led him dispose of the property to the late
William Frederick Webb the traveller and explorer.
Sornetirne after becoming the owner of the abbey.
Webb discovered by mere chance, in second hand
bric-a-brac shop on Bedford-st OFF Coyent Garden,
in London. the gruesome drinking bowl OF the
fifth and wicked Lord Byron He at once purchased
n and caused the skull 10 be reverently rentered
within the abbey precincts hoping that thereby
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

s.a-b be for its existence TO a whole series OF sub
1en- purchasers and tenants Of these 50 called
lucky houses
There are plenty OF country houses which may
-aus described, the blight being in some instances
-.bed % a tragedy or crime, and IN others to the
that the property after being cOnsecrated 10
use Of the Church, had been sacrilegiously
E--sted from the latter Il IS not that the houses
haunted-for every ancient manor or castle
= respects itself has its familiar specter, which
rms 70 such a degree a recognized feature OF the
bishment that people have actually appealed
he English tribunals 70 quash sales on the
and that the ghost had failed 70 materalize.
o.. r Is because these unlucky houses bring mis-
--ue 10 the owners or lessees.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

receipt II the dispatches con-
tanning the news that the young
officer born in America, had
fallen n battle. the people OF
4 yyle Castle had been troubled
bF The appearance of the spec
i-- 81 the Trumpeter, known
~ the countryside as The
Green Laddie," who for the
last FIVE hundred years has IN
Nariably shown himself when
ever any calamity was about
~ overtake the owners or oc-
c2pants Of Fyvie.
j. was with the object Of
aFerting a similar misfortune
that Colonel William Frederick
Webb. on dying, bequeathed
Aewstead Abbey, the famous
home Of the poet Lord Byron,
- his youngest daughter, mar
ned TO General Sir Herbert
Chernside, instead of TO his
eldest girl, or 20 his only son
koderick. The abbey. which
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

the curse upon the place might
be lifted But being N doubt
about the matter, and fear
ful lest any harm should beiali
his only son. he declined :,
leave Newstead Abbey 10 HIM.
but bequcathed the place u
his younger daughter, Lady
Cheruslie who has children
What the ultimate fate ot
the abbey may be II Is difficult,
10 see, Tor recently coal ha,
been discovered on the estate.
the mines proving exceedingly
rich The operations, how
ever. cannot be extended with
out cntaillng the destruction ~
the abbey. with lis clolstcr-
and quaint old garden and
1t Is understood that General
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

~ ACH ear witnesses a
L. rs.ie-able increase
the number OF
Ame-cans who lease
huy castles ani
" Europe, oftentimes
-- that -u0n thereof whence
t-- ."- ancestors originally
This being the case.
May ae Well 70 recommend
-e before concluding any
la--- they should assure
-- selves as 20 whether the
a,ch they intend 10 aC-
not the subject Of some
-e malediction; for eX-
-.e has demonstrated thai
ne G-5e n such cases Is likely
G. eE-end rs baneful influence
.r-.. ----o,.,-1 arr-faa~-- --.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

Sir Herbert and Lady ChermSIde. called upon -
choose between the possession OF 4 country house
burlened with 4 curse on the one hand. and great
wealth the other. have come TO the conclusion
TO abandon the Abbey
Two other famous mansions, each of them bur
dened with a curse, and popularity known
lucky houses are Battle Abbey and Cowdray Park.
the latter the country seat OF the Earl OF Egmont,
while the former, owned by Sir Augustus Webster.
is now leased to Michael Grace OF New York Il
mention them together it is because they after
a fashion, united in their misfortune
Battle Abbey, built by William the Conquerpr.
remained in the possession OF the monks until the
reign of King Henry VIII. who drove out the
frars and presented the abbey and its lands 70
his favorite, Sir Anthony Browne, Knight OF the
Garter and Master OF the Horse
The Terrible Curse
T7HE story goes that as Sir Anthony was celebrat-
i ing his housewarming m the great abbots hall
a monk suddenly appeared, no one knew whence.
strobe up to the dais and pronounced solemn
maediction upon the spoiler OF the Church. He
warned Sir Anthony that the would Cleave
to every owner of the place and to his remote pos
terity and foretold the special doom which was -
be their temporal punishment. BY hre and
water" he exclaimed your line shall come to an
end and perish out of the land.
The prophecy sank deep into the minds of men,
until it was literally fulfilled in remarkable
ner two and half centuries later. Sir Anthony
died suddenly before he had been able TO
plete the great manor house which he had begun
10 construct on the site of the old abbey which
he had partially demolished for the purpose His
eldest son, created Lord Montague. moved 20
Cowdray Park; but he did not, however, escape
the curse He got mixed up in the Gunpowder
Plot with Guy Fawkes, and was put to death
the scatfold
Misfortunes of one kind and another pursued the
family relentesslv Several of the Lords Of Mon
tague met their death by violence The eighth and
last Lord Montague was drowned III the Rhine 4
little over one hundred years ago in foOlhardv
attempt to shoot the falls at Schathausen. BY
strange coincidence, the very same day, Cowdray
Castle was mysteriously burned 70 the ground.
Battle Abbey had already been sold by the fifth
Lord Montague TO Sir Godfrey Webster, in the hope
of escaping the effects OF the curse Cowdray Went,
on the last Lord Montague ) death IN the Rhine,
10 hi. sister. married % Stephen Poyntz.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-04
Summary Of Ebents as They Happen

ILL OlAO WV JSSAS 70
visited the Vatican, the pope per-
sonally escorted him, arm In arm,
through the Vatican museums and
galleries. No such honor has ever
been done by pope to private per-
son, and very seldom even to a SOW
ereign.
In view of this there is hope at
the Vatican that Mr.. Morgan may
in time become Roman Catholic, in
which event one of the greatest hon
ors the Church can confer will be
given him, making him the equal IN
dignity to a Cardinal.
Prize Beauties" to Go.
President Roosevelt gave impera-
tive orders to the Isthmian Canal
Commission, when he said, "The
most rigid economy consistent with
the highest degree of efficiency"
must be applied to all departments
in the canal administration.
Meantime the two $4,000 "prize
beauties,'' as Senator Tillman dub
bed them, are preparing to give way
to lower-salaried men. David r.
Ross, who was made purchasing
agent of the commission under
Chairman Shonts, already has ten
dered his resignation under polite
pressure, to take effect July Is. Ern-
est S. Benson, the $4,000 general
auditor, whose accounts are audited
by a $4,000 official of the Treasury
Department before they are finally
passed, will, it is stated by an Off
cial of the War Department, resign
the first of August and be succeeded
by his assistant, Mr.. Lewis, whose
salary will be $4,000.
The Haywood Trial.
"This is not a murder case; it is
trial to execute, hang and kill for
ever the Western Federation of Min
ers and all other labor organiza-
tons" In those strong, simp'e
words, Clarence Darrow opened
the defense and told the jury that
is to pass judgment on William D.
Haywood, what the defense expects
to p. owe in denial of the State case
against the chiefs of the Western
Federation of Miners.
Darrow announced that Haywood
will take the witness stand, and the
jury, after hearing his story, will
then be able to judge as between this
man who always fought straight out
and Orchard, "the skulking, sneak
ing, lying, cowardly/ assassin who
testified to save his own miserable
neck"
In the beginning Darrow said the
defense will prove that Orchard was
the constant agent of the Pinkertons
and mine owners detectives, though
he wished the jury not to misunder-
stand him and get the impression
that the defense will contend the de-
tective association ordered or exc,
l. n
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-04


Commission, the Lighthouse Board,
the Mint and the Post Office. Wood
ward, the postmaster at New Orleans,
was a member of the firm when he
went into office. Wight is his broth
er-in-law.
The Camp & Hinton Company,
from which Mr.. Wight has said he
is retiring, has had many orders to
furnish lumber for the Isthmus, one
granted less than a month ago,
amounting to $184,O00.
The Panama Lumber and Trading
Company, another corporation in
which Mr.. Wight has an interest,
was also in the business of supply
ing lumber for the canal. The same
is true Of the f. B. Williams Cypress
Company, which is also known as
the f. B. Williams Lumber Company.
The HI. M. Elliott Company, another
concern in which Wight has an inter
est, are forwarding agents. All are
interested in Government contracts
to the extent Of millions Of dollars.
The deal is excellent for the Pres
ident in a political sense and lucra-
tive for Wight and his friends in
business way.
Rebel Chief Sees Clemenceau.
Marcelin Albert, the head and
front of the winegrowers rebellion,
called on Premier Clemenceau in
Paris. Albert's coming direct to
Paris appears to have made a most
marked impression and contained all
those elements of dramatic surprise
that are so dear to the French peo-
pie. Clemenceau spoke to his caller
in severe terms, telling him that he
was directly responsible for the tu-
multi in the South with its attendant
anarchy, mutiny and bloodshed. AL
bert lost his composure and burst in
to tears. They then discussed the
best course to be taken in the future
and at the close of the interview
Clemenceau showed Albert out
through the private door.
Fresh troops are being distributed
over the country and particularly
where possible storm centers are fear
ed. 1t is estimated that there are
now more than 10000 in the three
departments of Southern France.
100000 Sage Gift.
Mrs. Russell Sage has added to her
charities by giving 100000 to found
and maintain the Russell Sage Insti-
tute of Pathology, as an adjunct to
the New York City Hospital on
Blackwell's Island. Mrs. Sage's
chief purpose in endowing the Insti-
tute Of Pathology is that the diseases
of old age can be carefully studied.
The two institutions, with more than
1000 inmates, afford tremendous OPP
portunities for the study Of senile
and nervous diseases.
Taft Small Fish.
Senator Foraker. of Ohio. said he
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-04
rAUni FUUK.
Hartman Arrested.


was under way E. H. Hartman was
arrested by Lieut.. Billiard, President
Roosevelt's quasi-official representa-
tive and chief of police Of the Yale
Harvard boat race course. Harri-
man persisted in following the crews
and failed to heed the repeated
warnings given by Lieut.. Billiard.
Hartman was taken to the Navy
Yard and held until the races were
concluded and it is said that the
chagrin of Mr.. Hartman when he
was deprived of view of the race
at its most exciting stage, was too
keen to permit expression.
Texas to Bar Consumptives.
Dr. w. H. Brumby, State Health
Officer, gave out statement, in which
he said that within a few days he
would issue proclamation estab-
fishing a rigid quarantine against all
persons afflicted with the disease in
dH dCut0 ueSIce.
Another Railroad Horror.
With a crash that could be heard
for blocks, a passenger train on the
Highland Division Of the New York
& Hartford Railroad plunged into the
rear end of a work train at the
Sigourney street crossing, Hartford,
Conn, killing eight men and injuli g
thirty-fve. Several of the injured
are expected to die.
Kidnapped Boy Slain
Failing in their demand for $4,000,
Italian kidnappers put to death Wal
ter Lamana, an eight-year-old Italian
boy, at New Orleans. He had been
kidnapped by the Black Hand two
weeks ago When the pursuit be-
came too hot for them they put to
death the innocent child. The body
was found two miles in the interior
Of a big swamp near the eli y. Sew
eral of the participants have con-
fessed and many arrests will follow.
Roosevelt Wight Bargain.
President Roosevelt by appointing
Pearl Wight, of New Orleans, Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, has
completed a most remarkable bar
gain.
Through the combination as ar
ranged President Roosevelt expects
to control the delegations from Lou
isiana and Mississippi to the next
Republican national convention.
Wight s friends and business asso.
ciates stand to receive remunerative
contracts for Isthmian canal and 9th
er government supplies. In addi-
ton, these interests will have a pow
erful friend at court to look after
their interests.
Pearl Wight and f. T.. Williams,
closely allied in a business way, are
the head of the Lily White organi-
zation. The former was appointed
member of the National Committee
by George Il. COrtelyou to fill o va
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-04
Social Democracy at Princeton.


Princeton, has just instituted most
radical and complete reorganization
Of social life at Princeton University
one that marks a departure from
the other big universities.
In brief, it aims to absorb the va
rious college clubs into what are
termed Residential Quads," where
there shall be good fellowship and
closer intimacy between faculty, up
per class men and "freshies. +"
The system will establish a real
democracy, with each "Quad" occu-
pying dormitories, dining-rooms and
rooms for social enjoyment in com
mon. Instead of the rivalry and Bit
ter feeling engendered by club cleo
tiopS and reflections, there will be
unity and a desire for the common
good-true loyalty to the univer-
sity.
The experiment will be studied
with deep interest as to its working
out, by the other big universities.
The Cost of Progress.
During the year 1906, 2,66O deaths
were reported to the coroner of AL
legheny county, Pa, 919 of which
were the result of accidents in mills
and mines
Some Of the victims were burned
by molten metal, blast furnace
burst, or a huge ladle was upset in
the steel mills; others were caught
in the rollers in a plate mill, and
some were crushed In the machinery
of the rail mills. Many were killed
in mines by falling slate, some by
gas explosions, and others by falls
from derricks, scaffolds and like
structures. Not a few met death
while working about electric cranes,
which pick up massive pieces of
structural steel at the simple moving
of lever.
The average number of deaths re-
ported to the coroner is about $50
a month. For the first five months
of the present year there were 1,O95
deaths, 344 of which may be clas;e
as sacrifices upon the altar of in
dustry.'
Emory Foster Dead.
Emory Foster, Of the New York
Worlds editorial staff, died from
acute Bright s disease. Mr.. Foster
was widely known in newspaper cir
cles, and had held responsible exec
utive positions in New York, Phila-
delphia, Washington and Chicago.
Morgan May Become a Catholic.
The Pope wishes to give J. Pier
pOnt Morgan some conspicuous token
of recognition and appreciation, and
the Vatican authorities have sounded
Mr.. Morgan's personal friends as to
whether he would accept the title Of
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
Mr.. Morgan has endeared himself to