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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28

would take too much time and space
to enumerate here, but among which
may be mentioned the rule which con-
strues it as an insult when a man in
filling his neighbours glass slants the
bottle backward instead of forward.
More than one sanguinary duel has
been fought to the personal knoWl-
edge of the writer In Austria for a
breach of etiquette of this kind. IN
the same way in the orient, II in
showing the blade Of a sword to an
acquaintance one happens to turn the
edge thereof toward him he will con-
slider his honor impugned, and If by
any chance he is a Japanese OF ran
he is capable of going off and commit
ting suicide by ripping himself open,
leaving a document stating that hav-
ing been insulted honor demanded
that he should commit hara-kiri, and
calling upon his nearest relatives to
avenge him.
In Relation to the Thaw Case.
With regard to the application of
the unwritten law to the case of
Harry Thaw, there are several con
siderations to be noted in e~ndeavoring
to bring it to bear upon the tragedy
of Madison Square roof garden. If
/ young Mrs. Thaw had been without
any stormy antecedents, and had been
subjected by Stanford White to indig-
mites and insulting proposals since
her marriage, her husband would have
been justified, according to the terms
of the unwYitten law, as understood
abroad, in shooting him, though of
course it would have been more chiv-
alrous to have given him a chance of
defending himself instead Of taking
him at a disadvantage and unarmed.
But, unfortunately, young Mrs.
Thaw is not without a past; that she
was educated at the cost of White,
and had known him first as a school
girl, then as a model, and finally as q
chorus girl, for several years prior tc
her marriage, cannot be denied. Hel
relations with White before becoming
Mrs. Thaw, and also her career ii
New York and Paris prior to her mar
riage we're of a nature to debar hel
husband from shooting White unless
he had actually caught him in thu
very act Of insulting her. That a
least is the status of the Thaw-Whit'
drama from the point of view of I'm
written law.-New York World.
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TOMATOES AS A FIELD CROP.
The Kind of Soil That Is Best and
Its Preparation.

This crop is more probably grown
on good clay subsoil or low lands bor-
dering on our bays and rivers. The
seed should be selected by every
grower. Sow the first seed about the
middle of April, in we'll prepared soil,
where the tomato plant has not been
grown for five years at least. Spray
plants in the bed three times with
Bordeaux mixture. This will help the
first blossoms to resist the blight;
If they do not drop, you are pretty
sure of a crop.
A sod field of scarlet or crimson
clover covered in the winter with 10
loads Of manure per acre, plowed un.
der in April and kept well narrowed,
should be used. Mark out rows four
feet with pillow, SOW down these rows
600 pounds per acre of phosphate COM
posed of four per cent ammonia, nine
per cent phosphoric acid, ten per
cent potash. Then cover and mark
rows crosswise with light marker four
feet; give shallow cultivation and
plenty of it when the vines are not
wet with dew or rain, up to the time
they begin to ripen.
Early tomatoes require hotbeds and
cold frames to grow the plants to a
strong, stocky condition, with bios
SONS set before transplanting to field.
Light, high, warm soil, with not SO
much vegetable matter, is the best.
Mark rows three feet each way and
drop half a small shovelful of well
composted manure in hill. Set your
plants with as much dirt as will hold
to them in this anu and cult
vate well. A little nitrate of soda
around the plants after they start to
grow is helpful. Pull off the poor,
knotty or specked tomatoes as they
ripen.
Never wait for a season of rain,
says Farm and Home, but set your
plants when ground it dry, sun is hot
and nights warm. BY pouring a little
water around each plant, small,
fbrous roots will start from the plant
the first night they are set, when
ground Is warm.
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sail succeeded in reaching Australia,
more than 1000 miles away. He
walked 1900 miles to Sydney, shipped
as a sailor, reached the Levant, Inc
for nine years was at liberty working
as a seaman. Then a French mou
chard (spy) wormed his secret out
Of him, and for the sake Of the reward
gave him up to justice.
The Dutch government recently
transported about 200 convicts from
the big penal settlement in Sumatra
to Merouke, the new pearl fishing vii
lage in Dutch New Guinea. The men
we're kept in a stockade, and every
n Of them knew that to remain there
was their only chance Of safety. The
surrounding country was infested with
head-hunting savages. One night q
large number Of the prisoners cut the
wire and made a dash for freedom,
running straight inland. Every n Of
them fell into the hands Of the saw
age Tugaris, and all that was eyeI
seen Of them again by the expedition
sent in search was 10 decapitatet
heads stuck on poles, mute but grim
" eloquent recorders Of the horrors
they had gone through.
The horrors Of Russian revolution
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airy jails have driven men to strange
risks. On a bitter day In February,
1905, a Swedish fishing vessel sighted
a small boat tossing on the gray
wave of Hernesand. In the bottom
was a man, hatless and c~oatless, and
nearly dead from hunger and expos
ure. When he recovered he told his
rescuers that for six days he had been
rowing or drifting through snow.
storms and gales. He had been al
rested at Vasa, in Finland, brought to
st. Petersburg, and thence had made
his escape.
A couple Of years ago eight ccx,
victs made an extraordinary escape
from the United States ship Grant
while she lay in Manila harbor.
Breaking the chains Of their handouts.
they climbed an air shaft and slid
down the anchor chains into the
water.
The peril from sharks raj wei
known to them Ill, and they were al
weighted with leg irons. YET they at
tempted to swim ashore. One wa
pulled down, but the others, aftet
hours in the water, succeeded in find
ing q boat and pulled Of along th'
shore.
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Hardly What He Wanted.

Albert Douglas, who will succeed
Congressman Grosvenor Of Ohio in the
next house, is not Weighted down with
worldly goods, and was rather startled
by an experience he had while looking
around Washington for quarters. At
one of the good hotels he was shown
a suite consisting Of bedroom, parlor
and bathroom. On inquiring the
monthly rent he was informed only
$1,000 for yourself ami wife" Recov-
ering his breath, which he managed to
do without showing a 1.-THE of his as
constituent, he said with great calm
ness, "Tll write my wife all about the
rooms and let her know beforehand
what comforts we shall have when we
come here to live. So until ! hear
from her you need not mark me for
this suite. She may think from the
price that your hotel Is not the kind
we ought to live in"
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AWFUL NEURALGIA
Pain Turned This Woman's Hair
White but She Mas Cured by
DR.. Williams Pink Pills.


10 not seek reler from sunerins
simply, u Tree our system from tne
disease wnicn is the cause OF your
suffering. mat IS the message Whlcn
a former victim OF neuralgia sends 70
those VINO are sun IN lts grasp. Hot
applications powders tnat deaden me
senses ana otners tnat reuuce me
neart acIlon may cause temporary ~
lleI put the pam ~ sure 70 fetuih VIII
greater intensity:
MIS-. EVelyn Creusere, VINO uas
nome az OIL bouieVaru
Weast' Detroit, Mich, sunereo ior
years with neuralgia until sne trleu
tnis Oonlc lreatment. Sns says.
my u pesan apoue slA yeaIs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28
BONE POINTS ABOUT NEEDLES.
Tho Evolved Product of Centuries OF
Invention.

The point of a needle is a very i'm
portant part of that useful little In
strument, and there are many points
about needles calculated to interest
tho general public. The daily con-
sumption of needles all over the world
is something like 100000, while
every year the women of the United
States break, lose and use some 30O,-
900, 900 of those tiny tools. Few peo-
pie while threading a needle have
ever given a thought to the various
processes through which the wire
must pass before it comes out a
needle. Yet the manufacture OF
needles includes some 81 different
processes from cutting the wire and
threading the double needles by the
eyes to separating the two needles on
the one length of wire, heading, hard
ening in oil, cleaning out the sides of
the eye, point-setting, and final pol
fishing. For wrapping purple paper is
| used, since 1t prevents rusting. There
are many sorts Of needles, for sur
| geons', cooks, glovemakers', weavers'
sailmakers', broommakers', milliners
and dressmakers' use. The needle ie
the evolved product of centuries Of
invention. In its primitive form II
was made of bone, ivory, or wood
Point by point its manufacture has
improved, until this little but not in
significant instrument is now one Of
the highly-finished products OF TWEEN
tieth century machinery and SKILL
lions Herald.
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this instance, however, the tragedy
was followed by g separation OF the
noble couple involved. Baldwin OF
Belgium, in spite of his popularity,
was universally regarded as having
received his deserts, and his assailant
looked upon as having complied with
the requirements of the code OF social
ethics. Nor was he ever troubled by
the authorities IN connection there
with, and remained a respected men,
Der of his class, and of the communl-
ty in general, and of society, both at
home and abroad.
When the late Edward Parker Dea-
con found A. ASeille, the French club
man and race horse owner, in the
apartments of Mrs. Deacon on that
memorable night in the hotel at Nice,
and shot him as he endeavored TO
conceal himself behind a sofa, he
acted strictly in accordance with the
demands of unwritten law, and it may
safely he assumed that if he had been
a Frenchman instead of a foreigner,
and an American at that, he o
never have been sentenced to even
the brief term of Imprisonment 10
which he was condemned.
Unwritten Law and the Duello.
Duelling is even more strictly for
hidden by law in England than On the
continent. But if a member OF the
English diplomatic service, or an Off
Ger of the English army or navy, re
ceives while abroad a challenge to
fight, or is made the subject of an in
dignity calling for redress to fight, ne
is forced to resign not only his com
mission but also the membership o.
his clubs. Not even all the immense
social influence of colonel the Hon
Frederick Wellesley, brother of the
F late Earl Cowley, and now husband
of the widowed Duchess of yelling
ton, was able to save him from a fat
such as this while acting as charg'
, d'affaires of Great Britain at Vienn;
r some IL or Is years ago. Col. Welles
ley, who was also A. D. G. to Queer
: Victoria, became involved in the Aus
trian capital in a quarrel about a WON
/ an with an Austrian nobleman, Coun
] K, who resented to such an exten
{ his behavior, as well as his remarks
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28

According TO IT the Co. respond
emf in a Divorce Case Is Ex-
pected to "PepUrc HimsefLike
a Gentleman -Cnless Stan.
ford White Was Actually
Caught 10 the Act of Insulting
Mrs Harry Tbaw. Der Hts
hand Was Not justified IN Kill.
inc BIN Under the "E'uwritten
Law.
OF all the popular phrases of the
English language there is none that
is more misused and misunderstood
than that of "unwritten law" And
just at the present time it is on every
body's lips in connection with the
trial for murder of Harry X. Thaw.
To judge from popular comment,
one would imagine that its jurisdic-
ton was restricted exclusively to one
or at the most two particular classes
of homicide. But it cover a far
larger ground and affects almost
every phase of our life.
Among the several stories current
concerning the mysterious tragedy Of
Meyerling, which robbed the veneer
able emperor of Austria of his only
son, the most generally accepted
version is that he vas slain by the
uncles of Baroness Marie Vetsera o.
else that he was subjected by then
to such bodily injuries that he blew
his brains out, the men having learned
of the princes intention to cut adrift
from the girl, in compliance with his
pledge to his parents, instead O.
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that he struck him with his glove
across the face and challenged him to
fight. Wellesley refused, however, to
accept the challenge on the ground
that by so doing he would render him
self liable to dismissal from the army,
owing to the fact that the English
articles of wal prescribe the penalty
of being cashiered for every officer
involved in a duel either as a princi.
pal or as a second.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28
UTILIZING CORN D
The Best Way is to Cut 1t Up Into
Short Lengths.

It is desirable to utilize all the
food value there is in the corn fodder,
though the usual way of feeding it to
the stock is a very wasteful method.
Where the daily supply of fodder is
thrown in the barn yard at FEEDING
time, what the cattle do not eat is
trampled down and destroyed so far
as the feeding value is concerned
The leaves and the stock are all stock
will eat. From one-third to one-half
the length of the fodder is readily
eaten in racks without cutting. When
the stalks are heavy, coarse n hard,
the upper half may be cut for feed
with a sharp broad axe n heaVy
block if but a few cattle are fed. For
a larger herd, says a correspondent
of Farm and Home, we have adopted
a large shearing knife, home made'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28

Is immeasurably more severe than
anything that statute could devise.
For instead OF being restricted to
himself, it extends to those who are
nearest and dearest to him, and he
has no alternative but either to kill
himself or else to disappear and seek
his fortune in some remote foreign
country, where. disguised as to ap,
peasance, silent as to his origin, n
under an assumed name, he passes
his time in fear and trembling lest ne
should be recognized and be once
more driven forth like the wandering
Jew of old from his temporary refuge.
Construed Insults.
There are all sorts of minor pro
visions of the unwritten law whica it
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ll.d TO Iask bx His General.

Called to Task by His General.
Wellesley was at once relieved OF
his office of charge d'affaires at the
suggestion of the Viennese court,
which did not relish the idea of being
compelled to accord diplomatic hon.
ors to a man who had thus shown the
white feather. and shortly after his
return to London n of his fellow
officers Of the Guards, Capt. John Del
acour, who had witnessed the affair
at Vienna, brought the matter before
the notice of the other members OF
the corps. In due course 1t reached
the ears of the old duke of Cambridge,
cousin of Queen Victoria and general
issimo of the British army. He sent
for Col. Wellesley and asked him If
it were true that he bid taken shelter
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28

Sheer white goods, In fact, any fna
wash goods when new, owe much OF
their attractiveness to the way they
are Numbered, this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equala
ly satisfactory If proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28

the kidneys. / have been told l had a
floating kidney. l had intense pain in
the back, headaches and dizzy spells
and the action of the bladder was very
irregular. About three years ago l
tried Doan's Kidney Pills, and found
such great relief that / continued, and
inside a comparatively short time was
entirely rid of kidney trouble"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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"Unqvritten Law";
Notable Instances
of It's Application.

It's Application Bereaved the
Emperor OF Austria, Who Took
No Revenge for the Killing OF
His So1-Prince Baldwin of
Belgium. Heir Apparent to the
Throne. Violated It's Provi.
sions, and His Slayer, an lndie-
nanf Husband. Was Never
Troubled by the Authorities
II Has a Relation, Too. in En-.
fopeau Countries TO the Duel
TO Chatting and TO Suicide.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28

Give Defiance Starch a fair trial.
try 1t for both hot and cold %starching,
and If you don't think you do better
work, in less time and at smaller cost,
return it and your grocer will give
you back your money.
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MI MRs ~ DkNCQW. l

behind the army regulations to avoid
the consequence of a quarrel at
Vienna, thereby bringing discredit to
the corps of officers of the famous
regiment to which he belonged. Wells
ley, of course, was obliged to
admit that he had been guilty of the
charge. Then" said the duke, you
had better leave the army"
Leave the army, sir?' exclaimed
the colonel. But what am | to do If
| leave the army?"
Turn dancing master and be
damned to you!" replied the burly
old royal prince, swinging on his heel
and ordering his aide-de-camp in wait
ing to show the colonel to the door.
A few days later it was announced
that Col. Wellesley, who in his boy
hood had been a page of honor OF
Queen Victoria, had been "graciously
permitted to resign his commission
in the army.
Unwritten Law and Perjury.
Perjury is according to every Grim
inal code OF Europe a felony, yet the
correspondent in a divorce case, no
matter how guilty, is compelled by the
unwritten law to perjure himself in
the witness box like a gentleman
and failure to comply with this re
ouirement entails an ostracism which
by many is regarded as worse than
death. as one of the most eminent
of English statesmen found to his
cost. In endeavoring to exculpate him
self of the unfounded charge of hav
ing betrayed a young married woman
whom he had known from childhood
he admitted under examination tina
he had been guilty of too great in
timacy with her mother. This comics
sion, extorted from him in a momen
of evaporation and when smartini
under a sense of injustice, resulted Il
the ruin of his political career and II
his being blacklisted by English SC
ciety.
Perhaps the most mortal of all sin
in the eyes Of unwritten law is unfai
MAY at cards, and there are few fam
lies of birth and breeding on eithe
side of the Atlantic who would not IL
initely prefer to have a murdere
among their relatives than a ma
who has been caught cheating at tn
card table. For it infiicts a stain upo
the family escutcheon which ca
never be effaced, and which is remer
bered against the house concerne
from generation to generation.
man caught In the act Of unfair pie
is exempt from punishment by II
tribunals of the land. But the penal
! imposed upon him by unwritten la
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28
Product. from Pine.

In 1905 the pine distilling establish.
ments in the United States numbered
Is; the wood distilled amounted to
1850 cords, valued at $40, S05, and the
output was as follows: 1862, 500 gallons
Of tar, 34,7S0 gallons Of oil, 2SS,1S0
gallons of turpentine and 800, 106 bush
els of charcoal. s.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28

When you talk about scabby pota-
toes remember that scab Is a disease
spreading by 3 of germs. These
germs may be on the seed potatoes
or In the soil. You may kill those on
the seed by soaking in formaldehyde.
Lime, ashes or manur will make the
germs In the soil more active.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28

just Ike thous-
ands OF others.
Mr.. Martin says:
81 think I have
had kidney dis
ease ever since
the a During
an engagement
my horse fell on
me, straining my
back and injuring
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28

Some day there may be universal
peace. If it comes it will be when n
man has succeeded in ~gobbling every
thing and at the same time convinced
everybody else that he ID too strong
to be fought.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28
nsn.nd far coooanut Meat.

For the year ending june 80, 1905,
the exports of copra (dried cocoanut
meat from the Philippine islands
amounted to 145, 1851 ,913 pounds, Of
which France took s8.336,35O pounds,
or about 81 per cent. The next most
Important buyers we're Spain and Ger
many.
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In His Eather,s Eootatens.

Allan Sankey, ZOE of the famous sing.
ing r~evivalist, is following his fathers
footsteps as a composer, and some
Of his hymns are popular in New
England revival meetings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28
Women In Business.

One of the largest typewriting CON
Germs in the world is in New York
city and conducted by two sisters.
Women writ servers are a success in
many of our large cities.
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Cardinal Fond Of Golf.

Cardinal Merry del Val, the Pepe's
secretary of state, is a keen golfer.
Twice in each week he plays over a
private course in the grounds Of the
Villa Doria-Pamphili
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE'
That is LAXATIVE BROMo Quinine. Similarly
named remedies sometimes deceive. The first and
original Cold Tablet Is q WHITE PACKAGErwith
black and red lettering. and bears the signature OF
m w GROVE. Csc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28
Blo Appetite But Short on MIX

Cold may cause a big appetite, but
II the food is all used in fighting the
cold, there will be very little left to
increase the milk nov. Just take
notice.
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DESPERATE RISKS
o FREEDOMS SAKE

No Chance Too Great for Unhappy
Prisoners to Dare II Liberty But
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Stories Of E.
capes from Bondage in the Face OF
the Most Fearful PeriIs and Hard
ships-Men Plunge Into shark-In-
tested Sea Weighted with Leg
Irons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28
HARDsHIPs OF ARMY LlrE.
Lett Thousands Of Veterans with Kid
ney Troubles.

The experience Of David w. Martin.
a retired merchant of Bolivar. Mo-, is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28

In Brussels, in the Avenue Louise,
foreign visitors are still shown a de-
serted house, where Prince Baldwin OF
Belgium, favorite nephew Of King Leo
pold, and heir apparent to the throne,
was killed by an indignant husband
of princely but not royal rank. In
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28

In the mind Of every convict the
idea Of freedom stands first. This
was proved a little while ago at Dart
moor, when a mar named Searle, who
had served the greater part Of his SEN
tence. and would in the ordinary
course Of things have regained his
liberty in a comparatively short time.
made q sudden dash through the mist
OF a rainy evening. He passed many
hours Of cold and hunger In the soak
ing downpour. though he must have
known his chances Of getting clear
away we're not one In ten thousand, and
thouga he was wrll aware that when
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-28

There are rs brigadier generals in
the United States army.