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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

bundle of papers lying before him. The
grand jury looked the witness over.
ooh! I don't know just what you
mean by that, but l just came down
to tell you about Harry. You see
Harry wrote me all about this"
"But, madam, Harry who?" inter-
rupted the prosecutor, with just a
suspicion of Impotence in his voice.
He was tired and wanted to get home
and play with the boy" a little while
before supper. A great rest that, and
Billy needed the rest. Then, too, there
had been 9 good many women before
the grand jury during the session and
they weren't always just relevant in
what they had to say.
why, Harry-my boy-Harry wrote
me all about it, and knew if / came
down and saw you and explained it
to you-for I was quite sure you did
not understand about it-that 1T would
be all right. Harry wrote me the
whole thing the day after he was ar
rested; and it was SO perfectly fool
ish."
She laughed at the thought.
THE idea of their arresting Harry
and for-Harry sent me a clipping
from one Of the papers-just think Of
lt--for stealing, gentlemen, my Harry
stealing! And what do you think they
said he stole? You wouldn't believe
It! But they really accused my Harry
Of stealing a razor-a razor, mind you
and"-conclusively-"Harry has a
razor of his own! l sent it to him last
Christmas. Did you aver hear Of such
a foolish thing? When my train came
In this morning / went right over to
the jail and saw the gentleman in
charge and explained it all to him
and he said that he would like to let
Harry out, IL he could, but that |
would have to see you and explain to
you. I know he'd have done 1t IL he
could, because he seemed a real kind.
hearted man. He said that he had
a son about Harry's age and knew
Just how | must feel and he was sure
there was some mistake, and"
But, madam, what is your sons
manner" asked Billy, his tone some.
what Modified.
why Harry Ainsworth. And now
that I've made 1t clear to you gentle
men you'll have him let out right
away, won't you?-because want tc
start back home tonight and take him
with me. / had a pretty hard time tc
get away. / work, you know, and
must be back tomorrow. Harry's
father died a year ago, and since
then Harry and | have both had tt
work. Harry. has worked at a greai
many hotels before in different parts
of the country. The boy he worked
under here was a friend Of his-Franl
Bowers was his name-that's why hi
came here and"
! but, madam" i%nterposed Billy, hes
7 tatingly, as he looked over a pape.
b had drawn from the bundle. '.yoV
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

his children were reared on the great estate anu
from the first their lot was that OF the arlstocra"
They married well" and are said to nave con-.
pletely renowned his views. It is told OF lolsIol
that his wife has always managed to slip a piece
of velvet under her husbands crown or thorhs
just when he wishes to press it to MS head mos'
heavily" ..
That might be termed an inconsistency, Du'
surely it is not the counts choice.
The work which some of the critics OF other
nations scott at has reached from the thatched
hut of the poorest peasant clear to the palace OF
the emperor himself,
For the sake of peace also, Tolstoi has accom-
plished a great work. The first Hague conference,
which made history, would probably never have
been called had it not been for the persistent
gospel of this friend Of the %populace at large
Tolstoi saw that the eventual result OF his teach
ings would be some sort of worlds peace gath,
ering and he expressed qualification when Car
Nicholas called the initial session of the body over
which the dove of peace was destined to perch.
No church in the world, it is recorded, carried
out as petrifed a ritual as that of the Slav. 10
day, chroniclers tell us, there exists a tendency
towards softening of the customs of religion In
the cars country. Teachings of simplicity by
Tolstoi will be accorded the honor for this change
if 1t is eventually wrought.
Humane treatment of prisoners and philanthrop
ic moves of the immensely wealthy men Of Rus
STA are also laid to the work of the count. Tolsto
tasted the bitter cup of imprisonment himself ant
he was well prepared to go about that work witt
a Zest born" of actual experience.
Simple moral truths have been the axioms o
Tolstoi throughout his later years and while
skeptical persons call his ideas impracticable thei
defender could, were he not all too modest, poin
to the works which have followed in the wax,
of his unique, quaint gospel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
THE SENSE OF DISTANCE

the effect in which we find the great
est enjoyment and by which we store
up the greatest renewal Of strength
for the future, we get through our
sense Of distance.
"We are SO shut up in the city, our
range of vision is SO limited; live
where we will or go where we will
here and u sight stops short at
walls. Then when we 90 away and
leave the city behind us. as we get
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

may be left in me of the contraction
Of the city and to expand anew in this
great spaciousness through the sense
of distance. Space has no care nor
confinement, but only freedom. And
what joy and relief to be where one
can cast off all chains and be free!
ANY change is good for us; but the
greatest JOY In change that comes to
me is through the sense of distance"
IN. X. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
WALKING Backward.

Not long ago a man Of 81 walked
backward from Macclesiield market
place to the Crescent at Buxton. He
covered the whole distance Of IL miles
in three hours Ia minutes As seconds,
or is minutes 15 seconds under the
wagered time. In 1875 Alcock chat
was the mans name), performed the
same feat in two hours A minutes.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

What Tolstoi has done for the peo-
ME of his time in Russia is to be found
in the dress, customs and habits of the
lower classes of that absolute mon
archy, but the critics say that right
in his home his own teachings lave had
little effect. The answer which close
friends of the count give to that asser-
ton is that Russia's benefactor Is TOO
broad-minded to make his home a mar
tyrdom and to intlict his beliefs upon
his wife and children if they do not
care to abide by them.
So while Tolstoi has spent his lie OF
the greater part of it in preaching the
anotnino Of ~nnunrtu and nnn-reSiStanGe,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
pomastlc Economy.

Mora, was that the goldman l saw
making love to you yesterday even
ing?"
YES, ma'am; but 7 'ope, ma'am--"
Does he love you very much,
Nora?"
"E sage q does, ma'am."
"DevotedlyT
Eyes, ma'am."
well, tell him that unless he gives
us better weight than he has been
doing we shall get our coal else
where"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

: THE peasants of Rus
STA had their way in
the bestowing of a title
upon Count Leo Tolstoi,
he would be known as
the Most-B Beloved Leo
Tolstoi. For there is
no man in the world
who has so many friends
among the plebeians.
Still Tolstoi is immense
ly wealthy, but that
does not interfere with
the great life work
which has now nearly
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Births In New Works. "zoo.v

New York city's Bronx Geological
garden has more additions to its col
lection Of animals by birth than aay.
other such garden in the world.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

1a2e-BoRN ON FATHERS
AT kAZAN.
ta4s-RECEivED DIPLOMA AS LAWYER
AT kAZAN.
1s51-DEsERTED HIS ESTATE.
1s53-ENLlsTED IN THE ARMY OF DAN.
UBE IN CRIMEAN WAR.
1e57-vIsIT ABROAD WHICH CAUSED
DISAPPOINTMENT IN MODERN CIVIL
LIZATION.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

The man who wants gold has got
ito dig for 1t, but the trouble is some
folks don't enjoy q pick and shovel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

ATE AT YASNAYA PoLYANA.
1a64-1s6e-WRoTE HIS MASTERPIECE
"WAR AND PEACE"
1s62-MARRIED SOPHIE ANpREYEVNA
BEHRs or MOSCOW. r.
1sso-iMPRlsoNED FOR HIS TEACH
INGS.
1s97-THRUST INTO PRISON FOR A
SHORT TIME BECAUSE OF ALLEGED
ANTAGONIST TOWARD GOVERN
MENT.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
output q American ouarrles.

Slate valued at $6,01S, 220 was quar-
ried and sold in the United States in
1907, an increase over 1905 output OF
$350.s75.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
A Pleasure Mr.. Glimmerton Finds
When He Takes His. Vacation.

Zone Of the things that | go on my
vacation for, one of the chief things"
said Mr.. Glimmerton, lis distance; the
refreshing, reviving, expanding power
of distance. The change to new
scenes, as any change whatever is all
ways sure to be, Is helpful; but the
broadening, uplifting clarifying effect,
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-25
PETITION.

To the Honorable Board of Super visors of Imperial County, State of California:
 Whereas Article fourteen Q4), Sec tion one CD, of the Constitution of the State of California, among other things. provides:
 Sec. 1. The use of all water now appropriated or that may hereafter be appropriated, for sale, rental, or dis tribution. is hereby declared to be a public use, and subject to the regula- tion and control of the State, in the manner to be prescribed by law; any Board or Body failing to pass the necessary ordinances or resolutions, fixing water rates, where necessary. within such time, shall be subject to peremptory process, to compel action at the suit of any parties interested, and shall be liable to such further processes and penalties, as the legis- lature may prescribe.
 Sec. 2. The right to collect rates or compensation for the use of water supplied to any county, city and county or town. or the inhabitants thereof, is a franchise, and cannot be exercised except by authority of and in the man ner prescribed by law"
 Whereas. the Supreme Court of the State of California. in construing the foregoing sections, have held as fol- lows:
 The provisions of this section are both self-executing and mandatory
 Spring Valley Water Works ys. San Francisco. 61 Cal. 18."
 The Supreme Court, in referring to the foregoing provisions of the Con stitution, held:
 Under this section, the use of water for sale is public use, and the price at which it shall be sold, is a matter within the power of the Board of Su- pervisors to determine.
 Spring Valley Water Works ys. San Francisco, 82 Cal 2S6."
 The Supreme Court held: Since new Constitution, Supervisors have power to fix and determine rates or compensation to be collected from city and county, as we'll as private per sons.
 "P. W. Factory ys. Brickwedel, 60 Cal. 166171."
 The Supreme Court held: All ordi nances fixing rates subsequently to the month of February, and prior to July the first, when 1t is required to take effect, is equally valid, if passed voluntarily, as if passed under peremp
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-25
BUILDERS BUSY
lContinued from page I.l

(Continued from page l.) for the erection of a concrete busi- ness block of two stories.
 More Buildings Planned.
 R. Fishbaugh, of Yuma, has been in El Ceutro the past few days, look ing after business interests, and he is making plans for Ae erection of a two-story block, 5Ox14O feet, at the southeast corner of Main and Fifth streets. This is to be built early in the fall
 J. w. Coulson is completing plans for the erection of concrete office building on Fifth street, just to the south of the new hotel block. Mir Coulson is also arranging with Levi of San Bernardino for their joint erection of a building with fifty-foot frontage on the north ssGe of Main street, opposite the Goodrich store. This block will be one-story with base. ment, and it is expected it will be completed early in the fall.
 If present plans mature, there will be a handsome business block with 100 feet frontage on the south side of Main street and located to the east of the Blackinton building. This will be a two-story structure, and will be erected by w. T. Bills.
 J. l.. Travers will begin next week the erection of a seventy-root addition to the packing house of Fl CentrO Fancy Melon Growers Association. He will also remodel the old association . packing house and office.
 MT. Travers has just completed for Mrs. s. H. King two pretty cottages on Broadway, at cost of 5000 each
 H. E. Pearson has completed a handsome residence of one and half stories on Olive street This he will occupy for his own home.
 Fl Centro's hospital building on Sixth street is nearing completion and makes a fine showing. It will be ready for use early in May.
 J. w Coulson has just taken pos session of his new cottage at Sixth and Olive streets; J. w. Ott has just completed a cottage on Fifth street at a cost of $2OOO.
 The Imperial Valley Advertising Company is building an office and warehouse on Broadway, near Fifth street.
 During the present week work was begun on the funeral chapel which the Cortner Brothers are erecting at the corner of Seventh and Broadway. This firm for long period held the position of leading undertakers of Red lands, but they have disposed of their interests in Redlands and have come to Fl Centro to reside. They have es- tablished a temporary office with the Goodrich furniture store.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-25
1Ity Recorder-rventy doIlars.

City Recorder-Twenty dollars. City Attorney Fifty dollars. Which said salaries shall be paid monthly on the first Tuesday of each month succeeding the month in which said service is rendered. Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect immediately.
 Adopted April 23rd, 1908
 H. B. PEARSON,
 President Board of Trustees. Attest: F. c. RAVENS, City Clerk.
 3-1t
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-25

The El Centro Hardware and Imple- ment Go. have secured the agency for the well-known New Process" and Insurance" gasoline stoves. These stoves are positively guaranteed by them.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-25
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to the Cali fornia Development Company. Ca cor poration), and it's allied corporations, and to all persons interested in the above petition to which this notice is attached, that the Board of Super visors of Imperial county, State of Call fornia, will hear the above petition in regular session at 10 o'clock a. m., June 3rd, 1908, at the office of said Board in the County Court House in Fl CentrO, California.
 Done at Fl Centro, California, this 23rd day of April, 1908.
 D. s. ELDER, Clerk of Board of Supervisors of Inn perial county, State of California.
 apr 25-may 16
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-25

The Board of Trustees of the City of Fl CentrO do ordain as follows:
 The officers of the City of El Centro hereinafter named, before entering up- on the duties of their respective offices, shall each execute and file bond ap- proved by the Board of Trustees of said City with two good and sufficient sureties, in the following penal sums, to-wit:
 City Clerk-Two thousand dollars.
 City Treasurer-Four thousand dol lars.
 City Marshal-Three thousand dol lars.
 City Recorder-Fiye hundred dollars.
 Section 2. The following monthly salaries shall be paid to the officers of the City of El Centro hereinafter named, to-wit:
 City Clerk-Fifty dollars.
 City Treasurer-Ten dollars. City Marshal-One hundred dollars.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-25
CITY ORDINANCE NO. ONE.

An Ordinance Fixing the Amount of Bond to Be Given by the Clerk, Treasurer, Marshal and Recorder of the City of El Centro, and Fixing the Salaries of City Officers.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-25

for the erection of concrete busi- ness block of two stories.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-17
Five Dollar Purchase

New York Sales omTng The Sam RTnau Compn
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look packed
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-13
0unner's Deafness.

A British writer. quoted by the Army
and Navy Journal, declares that so per
cent of the men in the British navy
are more or less deaf as a result of
heavy air shocks to which their ears
are subjected by the firing of the big
guns. Strange to say, however. this
disastrous effect on the ears is some
times greatest in the case of small
guns. For instance, it has been found
that the gun crews of the Dread
nought's twelve inch guns suffer less
from the ring" than men handling
three Founders. This is explained by
the protection resulting from the bar
bette in which the former is inclosed
and which is not as a rule used for the
three FOUNDER and further by the fact
that the men operating the twelve inch
gun are about nine times as far away
from the muzzle as those Of the three
FOUNDER crew. To avoid the worst ef-
fects Of these gun discharges on the
ears 1t is recommended that a piece of
rubber be kept between the teeth so
that the month will be held open and
clay fiber plugs be used in the ears.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-13
SAFETY GAS STOVE COUPLING,

1 NAL oAOVC
pie mean Of connecting this tube at
n end to the service pipe and at the
other to a stove.
In the accompanying engraving Gig
u the connecting pipe is shown at
tached to the gas supply pipe by mean
of a swivel coupling, A, Of well known
type. At the opposite end the pipe is
coupled to the supply pipe G Of the
gas stove by means Of a simple mech
anism. Z.
A nipple formed with a tapered open
ing is threaded on to the pipe G. Pivot
ed to this nipple is a bifurcated lever
provided with a central pin which is
adapted to engage a cam, E Gig. 2,
formed on the nipple. The lower ends,
F, Of the lever are connected by links
G to a yoke, H. The latter bears against
a shoulder on the tapered head ] Of
the connecting pipe. BY swinging the
lever e toward the right, as shown in
the engraving, the crosshead II draws
the head ] into firm contact with the
nipple, thus coupling the connecting
pipe to the stove supply pipe. The pin
which bears on the cam Z is pressed
into engagement Herewith by means
of a spring in the cap D. The cap is
threaded to the shank of the lever, so
that it may be adjusted to regulate the
tension of the spring. 1t will be evil
dent that this method of coupling pre-
vents the parts from working loose,
and to avoid tampering with the coup
ling the cap D may be firmly screwed
down, so as to exert a strong tension
upon the pin and make it difficult to
throw the lever to the release position.
The inventor of this gas connection is
Mr.. Hartman E. Loeb, Jersey City, N. ].
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-13
Terrors Of q Royal Palace.

The reported discovery by the czarina
Of a terrorist death sentence lying on
the bed of her sleeping son recalls two
similar tragic episodes in the life of her
mother-in-law, the dowager empress.
On one occasion. says the Westmin-
ster Gazette, she found on her hus-
bands dressing table a curious and IN
familiar jewel cast and on picking it
up to examine it more closely was
both surprised and alarmed at its
weight. Hurrying with it into her
own room, she plunged it into a basin
Of water and summoned the project of
police, who pronounced the innocent
looking jewel a a bomb Of a partic-
ularly deadly type.
On another occasion on entering Al
exander's study the czarina fancied
she heard a slight rustling sound be-
hind the window curtains. With a
rare presence Of mind she took her
husband away under pretext of bid
ding his children good night in the
nursery. On leaving the room she
locked the door and gave the key to a
party of soldiers, who on entering and
examining the study made the star
thing discovery that some one had
made his escape through the window.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-13

its nearest approximation. To save al
this occasion for mental stress and in
cidcntally net the government a better
revenu from sale Of postage stamps
Postmaster General George Won l.
Meyer proposed that slot machines fol
this service be tried. There are a nun
Der Of such inventions, and some thir
ty-fve Of them have been undergoing
tests in several large cities.
In several instances at least attempts
to beat the machines by imposing coun'
terfeit coins upon them have been
quite successful. 1t Is claimed that
others, however, are able to distin.
guish between the true coins and the
false. Usually the machines are built
in series, some furnishing one CEN
stamps when the proper coin Is placed
in the slot, some two and Ave cent
postage, etc. In the case Of one ma
chine to obtain a two cent stamp it is
necessary to insert two pennies, one
ut a time. the first releasing a lever
and the second causing the stamp to
protrude from the aperture. If the
machines are approved, it is the inten-
ton to place them in hotel Hobbies,
drug stores and other places conven-
lent to the public.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-13
THE HEAT OF THE SUN.
French Scientists Say Solar Tempera
lure Is 900 Degrees F.

ture IS SsIUO degrees r.
4 discussion as to how hot the sun is
has been carried on between French
scientists. Professor Millochau, the
physicist, says:
I'VE have seen that by applying Ste
fans law to the numbers given by va
rious observers for the solar constant
we find that the suns temperature Is
between 5000 and 1000 degrees. Will
son and Gray in 1902 made a direct
measur Of this temperature (by means
Of the thermoelectric pile) and obtain
ed 5,573 degrees, and measurements
made with the pyrheliometric telescope
lead to the figure 5,G63 degrees. There
Is yet a third method Of evaluating the
solar temperature. 1t consists in an
application of the physical law Of radi-
alton known as the law of displace-
ment.' The product of the wave length
corresponding to the maximum Of in
tensity in the spectrum emitted by the
body, multiplied by it's temperature. is
a constant quantity which has been
found by experiment to be $500. Now.
the maximum of energy In the solar
spectrum is found near wave length
O.5, which would make the tempera-
ture $500 degrees.
1.-THE agreement Of the results reach
ed by these various methods is certain
~ not due simply to chance. and we
may assert that the effective temper
allure of the SUI is nearly 5.4O0 degrees
c., or 900 degrees F."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-13
COOKING a Fine Art.

"French cooking-cooking regarded
as a fine art-seems to me a waste of
talent" said a millionaire. "Take, for
instance, Joseph. the chef whom one of
the Vanderbilts brought over at a sal
airy of $4,000 and who left America in
disgust, declaring that in culinary mat
tiers we We're ignorant and uncouth
barbarians.
"%Joseph's best dish is 'poularde a Ia
Mariveaux.' He takes a very tender
pullct, wraps it in the belly of a young
lamb and swathes the parcel in bacon.
He let's the pullet absorb the flavor of
the lamb and the bacon, and then he
cooks it-cooks it how? In the steam
arising from a pint Of old Scotch
whisky blended with a quart Of fine
port.
"There," ended the millionaire, "you
have the fine art Of cooking. Isn't it a
waste Of time?"-1ndianapolis Star.