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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Some men who beat the hangman
only win by a neck.
He IS a wise man who knows Just
when it's time to laugh.
II would be logical FOR the lightning
express 10 20 like thunder.
Don't ask woman her age. Take
it for granted and subtract four.
Sometimes Il seems as II the only
way 70 be happy is TO be downright
foolish.
The fellows who are always howl
ing for new deal viii often be found
not 10 know a good deal.
Most OF the good fish in tho sea that
haven't been caught seem determined
TO stay there. No place like home
sun. the man is something OF a
hero In the eyes of his valet who pays
promptly.
Doubtless we call the parrot Polly.
whether Il is a lady or not, because OF
its notable attachments IN continuous
conversation.
After a city has attained a popu-
lation OF 100000 a stranger may allude
10 Il as a village without danger Of
having his head knocked of.
Go 70 Europe and tell your troubles
TO the police. They will not be able
10 understand and will thus escape
MISUNDERSTANDING American.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26
PICTURESQUE HATS
SUMMER SHAPES WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE FALL.
VIII Be Draped with Silk or Colored
Chiffon instead Of Meta
Pretty Model in
Brown.

Many girls 20 whom the lingerie
hats OF the summer have been par
ticularly becoming are loath 70 aban-
don these fascinatngly picturesque
examples of the milliner's art for the
sitter and more conventional bead
gear which Is usually shown for early
autumn styles. The Charlotte Corday
shapes, especially those with high
crowns and brims which are little
dropping are quite appropriate for
wear in town after midsummer is past.
and for best occasions viii be worn
through the autumn. To render these
hats little less summary looking.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26
Whipped Cream Sandwiches.

Whip one-half Gil sweet cream to
a stir froth.. Add and mix onehalf
pound almonds blanched and pounded
TO a paste. Some add a dash OF rose
or orange flower water. Two table
spoonfuls sugar. Spread over thin
slices or bread, roll into tiny cylin-
ders. into strips or just In plain form.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26
WHEN you ARE TIRED.

Lie down In a dark place If only for
IS minutes.
Don't read anything in which you
are not interested.
Don't grit your teeth and work
harder. Ease up a little.
Don't talk any more than you can
help. Talking takes vitality.
Avoid people and their woes at that
time. Seek some one frivolous.
Realize that 1t is better to leave
things undone than oVerdo yourself.
Don't feel that everything must be
done in one day. There are 364
more.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26
A Word fron josh wlsa-

You are in luck II you can say:
What shall eat to-day?" The very
rich, often. and the very poor, always
say: What can I eat to-day?'"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26
FREcKLEs OF TRUTH.
The ought-to-be man. as a rule, ism

The ought-to-be man. as a rule, isn't
Any man IS apt 20 feel all run down
after his neighbors get through dis
cussing him.
In drowning your sorrows il is just
as well 10 tie a stone around the neck
Of each one.
Time Is money. provided you don't
waste a dollars worth of time trying
to save a penny.
There are people who have some
good In them, but il takes lot OF
coaxing to bring IL out.
Some people have an idea that they
can't be sincere without saying Gjsa-
greeable things TO their friends.
II one-half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives, it ought to
be informed that the process is the
simple one Of not paying its bills
Chicago Daily News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

A pretty woman may enumerate a
million resentments. but she knows 10
figure higher than so when it comes
TO counting her years.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26
Opium Users in New York.

There is evidently large growth in
the use OF opium in New York city. II
Is estimated that at least 5000 ghite
persons use the drug.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

Happiness is at the end Of the rain
bow Hut i'm the shower that pre-
cedes it some one is sure 10 get
soaked.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26
leap year to embrace you.

When a woman holds her tongue II
IS because she has either bitten it or
IS afraid of being bitten.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

small part OF Rnowiedse.-Jerome.
The school Of dimculty IS the best
school of moral dlmculty.-Faber.
A good conscience Is 20 the mind
what health is TO the body.-Addison.
Duty is the sublimest word En- Ian
guage. and sums the whole OF life
Lee.
To plead that anything is excus.
able is 20 admit that il is wrong
Smiles.
Liberality does not consist in Civ
ing largely. but i'm giving wisely
jerome.
That is an honorable work which
is done as well as We can do it,
Browning.
The obedience of the heart is the
heart Of obedience OF the mind
Hugh Black
Our happiness is a sacred deposit
Tor which we must render zccount TO
others.-Colton.
II you would not cease 20 love man
kind, you must not cease to 90 them
good.-Maciaren.
The hand can never execute any
thing higher than the character can
aSpirc-EmersOD
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

When n woman swears she Is telling
the honest truth" youu fare just as
well as If you accept an inferior
grade
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

a company is now being organized
In Germany with preliminary CAPT
tai OF $125,000 to establish a line of
passenger Airships between the prin-
cipal capitals of Europe, backed by the
Krupps and by leading bankers.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

The cheerfulness of some grass wild
ows may Dee explained by the fact
that grass inevitably suggests the
sod.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

Crews representing the United
States and Canadian governments are
at work near Houlton. Maine, marking
the boundary line.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26
EPIoRAMs BY ROSE mAcRAE.

The point OF difference between a
prince and pauper is the American
heiress.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

The caissons for the foundation work
Of the Singer tower were sunk to bed.
rock through nearly 20 feet of quick
sand
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

Opportunity, young man. is one wom-
an who will never take advantage OF
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

Fifteen thousand pictures are ROW
on exhibition in the two great salons
in Paris.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

A mining journal published at
Scranton has been calling attention to
the curious fact that in coal mining
communities there is a marked de-
nciency in the mortality from tuber-
cuiosis as compared with that OF other
localities.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

The bishop Of Londons evangelis-
tic committee has started its outdoor
campaign and will hold meetings every
Monday evening in Hyde Park, Lon
don, the plan being to extend the work
If 1t proves successful IN this place.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26
CUR CURIOUS CORNER.

Hydraulic presses are used in Eng
ia2d for making seamless steel boat
bulls
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26
w.eDoM FRoM lie WISE.

TAX not OF a good life, but let thy
good life talk.-Schiller.
He who hesitates much will accom-
plish Httle.-Von Moltke.
The doing OF evil TO avoid another
evil cannot be good.-Coleridge
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

The hand can never execute any
thing higher than the character can
aspirc.-EmersOn
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

small part OF Rnowiedse.-Jerome.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

II you would not cease 20 love man
kind, you must not cease TO 90 them
good -Maclaren.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

The little tug O. dreams can pilot
even man-of-war into the peaceful
harbor where the lighthouse is q
home.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

a good conscience Is 60 the mind
what health is TO the body.-Addison.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

After a city has attained a popu-
lation OF 100000 a stranger may allude
10 Il as a village without danger Of
having his head knocked of.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

What cruelty could compare to that
of the teacher who made the small
boy shut the blinds when the band
went by7
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

ConseIOusness Of ignorance is no
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

The school Of difficulty the best
school of moral .mculty.-Faber.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

Our happiness is a sacred deposit
for which we must render zccount TO
others.-Colton
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

Even deep-sea diver sometimes
falls head over heels in love and gets
drowned In a dimple.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

Don't ask a woman her axe. TAX,
IL for granted and subtract four.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

Doubtless we call tho parrot Polly.
whether Il is a lady or not, because OF
its notable attachments IN continuous
conversation.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

Go 70 Europe and tell your troubles
TO the police. They will not be able
TO understand and will thus escape
sufIering.-Nashville American.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

a girls dream house OF cards top
blos when she realizes that the man
she married is just like her brother
after all.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

Sometimes Il seems as II the only
way 20 be happy is 10 be downright
foolish.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

Duty Is the subumest word in Ian
guage. and sums the whole of life
Lee.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

II would be logical for the llghtnil
express 20 20 like thunder.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

Sull. the man is something OF a
hero In the eyes Of his valet who pays
promptly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

An, but if we loved where It were
wisdom to love. that wouldn't be love.
but common sense.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

The obedience of the heart is the
heart OF obedience OF the mind
Hugh Black.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

The fellows who are always howl
ing for a new deal will often be found
not 20 know a good deal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

Most OF the good fish in tho sea that
haven't been caught seem determined
70 stay there. No place like home.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-26

Some men who beat the hangmar
only win by a neck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

The whole thing seems incredible to
me. Never was a human being in
such perpetual living purgatory-un-
limited, absolute power on the n
hand, unfathomable, never-cool-down
hell on the other"
Jim, how does he do what he does?
I cannot make out anything I have
read or you have told me, how he
creates those panics and makes all
that money"
mo one has ever been able to fig
ure it out" / answered. Il under
stand the stock business, but I can
not for the life of me see how he does
it. He has none of the money pow
ers in league with him, that's sure,
for in the mood he has been in dur
ing the past two years it would be i'm
possible for him to work with them,
even If his salvation depended on it.
The mention of any of the big 'Sys-
tenn men drives him to a fury. He
has to-day made more money than
| any one man ever made in a day since
the world began, and he had only COM
menced his work when he quit to
please me. AS | stand in the Exchange
and watch him do 1t, 1t seems COM
monplace and simple. Afterward it is
beyond my comprehension. At the
gait he is going, the Rockefeller, Van
derbilt, and Gould fortunes combined
will look tiny in comparison with the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
HARMONY IN COLOR
FIRST THING TO CONSIDER IN
HOUSE DECORATION.
Choice of Satisfactory Wall Finish Not
Always an Easy Matter-Mis-
take Will Mar Effect of
Prettiest Room.

1t Is not necessary to go to medical
science 10 learn that certain hangings
produce certain impressions on the
mind. A brain specialist is said to
have declared that a sensitive person
living in a scarlet will soon show
the effect in increasing i%rritability,
which may end in madness. Dark
blue walls and furnishings are dis
tinctly depressing.
The choice of a satisfactory wall
finish is a more difficult matter than
it appears to be. Many a pretty room
is spoiled because the tints are com
bined cnsaillfully. Wall papers or
wall fabrics are intended to serve as
backgrounds for furniture and pic
lures, but it frequently happens that
walls are covered with patterns that
are either tnharmonious or too con-
spicuous.
When a family takes possession of
e new house they often decide that
certain rooms shall be papered in Ger,
tain ways because the colors selected
will harmonic with the hangings, the
curtains or the carpet, or because Ger
tain colors are fashionable. They de,
termine that the library, which is a
south room, shall be papered with
bright red and hung with red drap
cries. The I'LL pours into the win
dows all day and the effect is unsatis
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

ear, goodbye. In ten minutes you
will get word that Jim Randolph has
cut his throat" He stopped as though
I had plunged a knife into him, struck
his forehead a resounding blow, and
into his wild brown eyes came a sick
ening look of fear.
"Stop, Jim, for Gods sake, don't
say that to me. My cup is full now.
Don't tell me I I'm to have that crime
on my soul" He thought a moment.
II don't know whether you mean it,
Jim, but I can take no chances, not
for all the money in the world, not
even for revenge. Wait here, jim"
He yelled for his brokers, and several
rushed to him from different parts of
the room. He sent them back into
the crowd while he dashed for the
Amalgamated-pole. The day was
saved.
Presently he came back to me.
"Jim, | must have a talk with you,
Come over to my Office" When we
SpC LHeT6 ne tuFueu CHS hSS anu etoOu
in front Of me. His great eyes looked
full into mine. In college days, gaz-
ing into their brown depths, by some
magic | seemed to e the heroes and
heroines of always ha%ppy-ending tales,
as the child sees enchanted creatures
far back in the burning Yule log
flames. But there were no joyous be-
ings in the haunted depths Of Bob's
eyes that day.
GRO BE CoNTINuED)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
CHAPTER vii.

A number of times during the fol-
lowing year, and finally on the ami
versary of the Sands tragedy, Bob
carried the Exchange to the verge of
panic, only to turn the market and
save "the Street" in the end. His
profits were fabulous. Already his
fortune was estimated to between two
and three hundred millions, one of
the largest in the world. His name
had become one of terror wherever
stocks we're dealt in. Wall street had
come to regard his every deal, from
the moment that he began operations,
as inevitably successful. Now and
again he would jump into the market
when some of the plunging cliques
had a bear raid under way, and would
put them to rout by buying every
thing in sight and bidding uL prices
until 1t looked as though he intended
to do as extraordinary work On the
upside as he was wont to do on the
down. At such times he was the idol
of the Exchange, which worships the
man who puts prices up as it hates
him who pulls them down. Once when
war news flashed over the wires from
Washington and rumor had the cab
met members. senators, and congress-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
A wEALTH-sAPPlNe SYSTEM.
lIew Public Utilities Managed In a
Way That Retards Progress.

"
1t should be borne in mind that the
investment of outside capital, the
ownership of public and semi-public
utilities by others than residents of a
community, is a serious thing for the
people residing in the place. In west
ern cities there r hundreds of illus
trations of the working out of this
plan of securing public utilities. There
is need of a water-works. Outsiders
come into the field with a proposition.
The city or town council is approached
and the final result is that a franchise
covering % to so years is granted.
The works are built. People are then
compelled to pay highest rates to
meet interest on bonds and watered
stocks. The company perhaps pays
taxes less proportionately than the
residents of the town are compelled
to pay, and the only money left in
the community that is earned by the
operation of the plant are the taxes
paid, the wages of the few laborers
employed, and the salaries thatFa few
straw" officers draw. All the profits
are drawn to the owners of the plant
in some other city, generally Wall
a system that draws the money earned
in the community to some other place.
1t is the same with street-car sys-
tens, electric and gas lighting plants
and all other s%emi-public and public
utilities under private ownership, and
in which outside capital is chiefly in
vested.
Should these utilities be owned by
home capital, all the earnings would
be retained in the community, to seek
investment in other Improvements and
the people would receive a general
benefit. There is no argument that
ce.a prove that foreign ownership of
any enterprise is good for a commu
nifty. Any system, it matters not
whether in a commercial line, financial
or other branch, that takes from a
community the earnings of the people
and uses them for the enrichment of
other sections, is a wrong system.
Let business men of every town get
these facts fixed indelibly in their
heads. Let commercial club enthusi-
asts settle down to the fact that when
through their work any enterprise is
built up that means continual drain
on the sources of the place, it is
better there be no commercial club.
If there are any e%nterprising citizens
enough in a place to invest in their own
town in this way, the town should
| have no difficulty in stimulating a
I municipal ownership sentiment and
have the good work carried on. Com
mercial clubs are all right, but it is
often that they are operated all wrong
than all right.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
An Organization Era.

This is an age Of organization"
The farmers combine to regulate the
markets for their products, the grain
dealers and the stock buyers combine
to keep prices down, the -four manu-
~facturers and the meat packers com
bine to keep prices up, and the job
bers combine to hold the combined
manufacturers in check, and the re-
tailers combine to carry on their bust
ness in a way to gain a living and
make light the exactions demanded by
the manufacturers and the jobbers.
The working man combines to protect
himself in his work and against the
cutting ef wages, and so it goes. The
struggles Of life are many, but can
not they be lessened by having fewer
combinations? Will not the practice
Of home trade principles act in a prs-
tentative way against combinations9
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

men selling the market short on al
vance information, when the stand
ard Oil" banks had put up money
rates to $50 per cent and a crash
seemed inevitable, Bob suddenly
smashed the loan market by offering
to lend one hundred millions at four
per cent; and by buying and bidding
up prices at the same time, he put
the whole Washington crowd and its
New York accomplices to disastrous
rout and caused them to lose millions.
He continued his operations with in
creasing violence and increasing prof
its up to the fourth anniversary of the
tragedy. On the intervening anniyer-
sary / had been compelled by self
interest and fear that he would really
pull down the entire Wall street struc.
ture, to rush in and fairly drag him
off. But with his growing madness
my influence was waning. Each raid
it was with greater difficulty that I
got his ear.
Finally, on the fourth anniversary,
in a panic that seemed to be running
into something more terrible than any
previous, he savagely refused to ac-
cede to my appeal, telling me that he
would not stop, ever if Randolph &
Randolph yer doomed to go down in
the crash. 1t had become known on
the floor that | was the only n who
could do anything with him in his
frenzies, and my pleading with him in
the lobby was watched by the mem
bers of the Exchange with triple eyed
suspense. When it was clear from his
emphatic gestures and raised voice
for he was in a reckless mood from
drink and madness and took nc pains
to disguise his intentions-that
could not prevail upon him, there was
a frantic rush for the poles to throw
over stocks in advance of him. Sud
denly, after l had turned from him
in despair, there flashed into my mind
an idea. The situation was desperate,
| was dealing with a mailman, and ]
decided that l was justified in making
this last try. I rushed back to him,
Bob, goodbye" | whispered in his
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
How to Gather RanldlN.

Every woman who sews knows the
difficulty in making gathers lie smooth
when gathering by hand has been
necessary. 1t is also difficult to make
the shirrings lie smooth and fiat with
out taking time to stroke" or
scratch them into place. In shir-
ring, take up on the needle a little
more Of the goods than you leave be-
tween the stitches, SO as to show the
thread as little as possible. Press the
thumb against the needle, moving 1t
with each stitch, and fill the needle
as full as possible before drawing the
thread through. This gives every
stitch the effect Of a small plait, much
the same as machine gathering. This
method also gives little work in ar
ranging the gathers. With a little
practice the work will become me-
chanical and you will be delighted
with the neatness and rapidity Of the
work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09
w FOR THE SICK.
Things to Remember When Sending
Cheering Gift.

When choosing flowers to send to
sick friends remember that the two
necessary qualifications are that they
have only a faint odor and that they
are a variety of flower that is lasting.
Carnations probably give more sat
isfaction than any other flower, and
the odor is refreshing.
Roses, lilies of the valley and violets
are all suitable for a sick room, but
they do not keep fresh long. They
will keep much better, however, if
they are removed from the sickroom
every night.
Put them in a cool place and cut
the stems, then fill the vases with
fresh hot water in which a pinch Of
salt has been dissolved.
This will not only make the fra
GRANGE last, but will freshen the flow
ers and make the colors look brighter.