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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18
CARRYING BABIES IN WALES

The quaint old Welsh way in which
Swansea women carry their babies at
tracts every ones notice when visit
ing that town for the first time. A
big shawl over the right shoulder is
drawn down to the left hip, where the
two ends Of the shawl are metz and
held together, forming sort 1. pouch
or pocket, in which the baby snuggles
costly and safely.
Its weight is SO supported by the
hip and distributed by the shawl over
the whole upper part of the body that
there Is no strain at all nor any firing
of the arms. This probably accounts
for the upright carriage of the Welsh
mother. Moreover, the method is
comfortable for the child and so safe
that in Swansea small boys swathed
In their mothers shawl are seen car
rying the family's latest baby.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

and misery. / advise all suffering
women to take Lydia E. ,Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. "-M Mrs. EMMA
WHEATON, Vienna, w. Va.
Lydia Z. Pinlxham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or HARM
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases of any similar medi-
cine in the country, and thousands Of
voluntary testimonials are on file in
the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, I'LL
ceration, displacements, fibroid tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every such suffering woman owes it to
herself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
about your case write cOnfiden-
tial letter TO Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn. Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18
HAWK ATTACKS A BABY.

Attacked by hawk recently, the
year-old baby of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Shepherd, who live on farm about
two miles from Pc Ell, Wash, had a
narrow escape from death. There
were two pet chickens on the place,
which were on the doorstep. The
hawk was evidently after the chickens
and swooped towards them. The
chickens ran into the house and un-
der the lounge. The hawk followed,
and not noticing the chickens but no.
ticing the child, which was playing
on the floor, attacked it, and sank its
talons into the child's face, severely
decorating it. The mother heard the
child scream and ran to its assistance.
She screamed and scared the hawk
OF the child and it flew into the kitch-
en-. A farm worker who heard the
noise, came into the house and de-
spatched the hawk with a club. 1t
was large bird, measuring three
feet four inches from tip to tip.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

The illustration shows young Pa
puan, of Hood peninsula, British New
Guinea, wearing plume of white
cockatoo feathers, which shows that
he has slain an enemy in single COM
bat. 1t would seem that the wearing
of such plumes must soon die out.
Head hunting is now forbidden joy
to the Papuan. A result of this pro-
hibition of what was national sport
throws curious light on the effects
that so-called civilization may have
on aborigines. The Papuan, well sup
piled by nature with food, had no
need to work and will not work now.
Not so very long ago, however, he
spent much time in strenuous head
hunting. This kept him exercised
and in good health. Now that he is
not allowed to head hunt, it is said
that he has begun to degenerate.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18
JAP ALPHABET DIFFICULT

1t takes a Japanese child seven
years to learn the essential parts OF
the alphabet One must be familiar
with 2t4 signs, which serve the same
purpose as initial letters in English
dictionaries. Then, after one has
tracked down, in one of these 214
signs, some part of the character for
which he is about to make search,
he still has a yeritable darkest Africa
ahead of him. The pompous first per-
sonal pronoun is avoided whenever it
is possible in speaking Japanese.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

part of their clothing to light the cav
ern, but when their last match was
exhausted they found themselves in a
four-foot cavern, with a bottomles pit
on one side and Gig on the other
In crouched position they remained
there for 20 hours until rescning par
ties found them. The men almost
froze. but KEEP up circulation by con-
slant rubbing. A party of 13 men,
one of five rescuing parties, aided by
500 feet of rope, succeeded in drag
ging Mohlenpah and Price to safety,
and crowd of anxious people greet
ed them at the entrance of the cav
ern. Mohlenpah had almost aban-
doned hope of escape.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

Only about seventy-five eggs of the
great aux are now In existence One
OF them was sold in London the other
day for $1,575-the highest price ever
known to have been paid for an egg
OF any kind. But of course there never
can be any more great aux eggs. mas
much as the bird became extinct about
seventy years ago-its principal breed
ing place and last retreat being lone
ly rock called Funk island, 32 miles
out at sea off the coast of Newfound.
land
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18
KILLED BY TROLLEY ROPE

A man who was riding bicycle i'm
mediately behind trolley tramcar
met with peculiar death at Boulogne
one morning lately. He was acct
dentally lassoed by the trolley rope,
dragged from his machine and trailed
along the street for some distance.
When released from the rope he was
found to be dead from strangulation
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18
SWORD FISH RAMS A BOAT.

While Edward Ebrite and Charles
Mcpherson were returning from Ala
mitos Bay, to Long Beach, Cal, large
swordfish rammed its sword through
the side of their boat. With an iron
bar as a weapon, the fish was stun
ned and captured, after which the
hole in their craft was plugged up and
the men made their way to the pier
without further mishap
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18
WOMAN SERVES AS JUROR

For the first time in California a
woman was sworn in recently to serve
as juror. Mrs. Johanna Engleman
of Santa Monica took her place In the
jury box of the superior court of Los
Angeles county.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18
LOST IN AN ICE CAVE.

To be lost in an ice cave for "a
hours was the unpleasant experience
of two Newark IN J.) citizens re-
Gently. One of the victims, John
Mohlenpah, says that he with six
others, went to the cave, but with j.
S. Price, became separated from the
others and lost his way. They burned
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18
STRANGE STORY OF A WATCH

A silver watch which he lost in a
field IA years ago has been recovered
by Jacob L. Graybill near Mannheim,
Pa. The field was plowed and har.
rSwed each year, and the watch was
found recently by a workman. The
crystal was unbroken, but the works
were ruined.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
Eleven years ago I
was a walking
shadow. Ihad been
under the doctors
carebutgotnorelief..
My husband per-
suaded me to try
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound and itworked
like a charm. 1t re-
lieved all my pains
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18
New EnaIand Pie.

Some poor dweller in the benight-
ed beyond of Chicago asks what real
New England pie is like. 1t probably
will not help him to be told, but IL
he means apple, it is like an essay by
Emerson liquefied with the music of
Massenet and spiced with the syni-
cism of Shaw; if he means pumpkin.
it is like some of Gounod's music
heard in a landscape all sun and flow
ers. 1t is too early yet to describe
the mince pies of 1909. but last years
and last year was not an extraor-
binary good year-were like an in
crease in salary and present from
home arriving on the day when ones
conscience was behaving itself.-Bos-
ton Globe.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18
OWES
HER !.
LIFE TO
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Vienna, w. Va. "I feel that owe
the last ten years of my life to Lydia
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

For Colds and cripp-capudine
The best remedy for Gripp and Colds Is
Hicks Capudine. Relieves the aching and
feverishness. Cures the cold-Headaches
also It's Ijquid-Efects immediately-l0.
Is and Soc at Drug Stores.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18
STRANGE COMPANY.

be sure. l have never seen the fox
such good friends with a duck before.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

The average man Is satisfied with
his past If it is past finding out.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

tbs cylindrical
pacide
It's
surface IN is reached by
81 onamented with the figure
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

Your county fair is nothing more nor
less than mirror in which is reflected
the progress of years time. Show the
whole people what has been done and
they will be inspired to do something
themselves.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
The Birth Of a Whistle.

Compared with the cultural cough"
OF the motor-car's warning signal the
whistle emitted by a railway engine
is musical. Seventy-fve years ago,
however, this shril note was un.
known and a provincial contemporary
reminds us that engine drivers OF a
former generation kept by their sides
a tin horn, which they blew before me-
gotiating curves and dangerous cross.
ings. But the noise thus made was
feeble. In 1888 an English farmers
cart was run down on the way to mar
ket and 900 eggs, 100 pounds Of but.
ter, two horses and man were de-
stroyed by the engine. The railway
had TO pay damages. The managing
director sent for George Stephenson
and said angrily, Our drivers can't
blow their horns loudly enough 10
clear the tracks ahead. You have
made your steam do so much, why
don't you make II blow good loud
horn for us?" Stephenson pondered
An idea came to him He visited a
musical instrument maker and had
constructed a horn that gave a hor
rible screech when blown by steam
From this horn the locomotive whistle
of to-day has been evolved.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17

neatness caused him TO take out each
piece of paper and lay II carefully In
the bin. Near the bottom he found
two captured horn agates of Bum
o'Reilly's. He had often admired
them and he unhesitatingly put them
into his pocket. Some gloomy vivi
sector OF child nature might prophecy
from this act a criminal career for lit
tie Frederick William. but II would
have been too premature prophecy.
His mind was chockfull OF precepts
from his mother. his Sunday school.
and Miss Lucy. But he had as yet no
moral sense at all, and II never oc.
Cured to him that these maxims were
intended for any practical use. Hav.
ing disposed of the horn agates, Fred.
erick William finished emptying the
basket. and II was when he had come
to the last piece OF paper that he saw
something sticking TO II. 1t was a
small brown, moist object. Fitting
climax TO an almost perfect day.
The tears had quite dried upon his
little shiny pink cheeks. and he sat
down comfortably beside the biz as
with slow and happy content he ate
the despised remnant of Miss Lucys
ginger snap.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
The IceIess Refrigerator.

A scheme for an iceless refrigerator,
for use of poor families, has been
evolved by Miss Winifred Gibbs, cook
ing teacher and diettician on the stam
of the society for improving the co.,
dition OF the poor. 1t is designed 10
do away with the use not only of the
icebox, but ice itself.
Miss Gibbs refrigerator consists ok
tubs into which sawdust is placed
Whatever is needed to be kept cool
may be packed in the sawdust in
bottles or tin boxes and the tempera-
ture will be maintained for least
three days exactly as when placed In
the refrigerator. The sawdust viii
prevent outside heat from reaching
the receptacle inside. The refrigera-
tor is intended particularly to keep
milk cold as when delivered by the
milkman.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
KiIowats,

1t is expected that in the early flu
tpre electricity Will .slip ersssles .tssn
on all the railroads of Germany. II
will take nearly s135, 10000 to re.
place all the steam locomotives with
electrcs.
A great dam is to be erected across
the Colorado river at Marble Falls,
Tex. When completed this dam will
give more than 10000 horsepower,
which will be used to operate large
cotton mill and other industries.
The largest electric power station
in the world will shortly be erected
within Ia miles of Johannesburg, un-
der the terms of contract officially
announced. by which the Victoria
Falls Power Company will supply cleo.
trio power 10 practically all the mines
In that great grohp.
The largest storage battery in the
world has been installed at the Six
teenth street station of the New York
Edison Company. The $50 cells have
a capacity of $4,000 amperes for one
hour at 100 volts. II will be used only
in emergencies
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
COUNTING Machine.

A counting machine that is reported
to be an Improvement over anything
of the kind yet produced, the inven'
ton of a Swedish engineer, was re-
Gently supplied to the counting-house
Of the Bank of England for expert.
mental purposes, and its performance
was highly successful In point OF
rapidity. The machine is operated by
electricity. and is capable of counting
up and sorting money into paper bags
or tubes at the phenomenal rate OF
10000 coins an hour. The coins are
placed in a receptacle at the back OF
the machine. and are mechanically
sorted. stacked and inserted into pa
per tubes.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17

ventor, an Australian, who wishes to
pay his respects to the ex-president
because of the visit of the world
girdling feet to Australia.
The clock Is made with two diais
one for day use and one for night,
says Popular Mechanics. The night
dial is transparent. with lenses above
II and a small electric lamp under
meath. When the possessor of the
clock retires for the night he turns
the night dial toward the ceiling. At
tached to the side of his bed is an
electric push-button. connected with
the lamp by flexible cord. BY press
ing this button at any time during the
night, the lamp is turned on, and the
outlines of the numerals on the dial
are thrown against the ceiling. The
shadow of the dial Is four or 1--WE feet
in diameter, making the numerals
easy to read.
Photographs of Mr.. and Mrs. Roose-
welt will be placed on both dials, the
front OF the case will be decorated
with crossed American and Australian
flags, and the sides will bear reproduc
tons of the Australian coat OF arms.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
tlEc II /
KORLDS
TO REMOVE GLOBES EASILY.
Places Replaced Without Much
Trouble.

Incandescent lamps are often loated
in almost inaccessible places. as In
high ceilings, domes, etc. Obviously,
when the lamps are burned out they
must be replaced by new lamps. They
also require cleaning at stated inter
walls. In both operations, IL is neces-
sary to employ some device by which
they can be quickly removed from the
sockets and replaced. A simple con-
trivance for accomplishing this has
recently been patented by New York
man. AS shown in the illustration
1t consists of wire Jaws protected by
rubber of like substance, which 1T
over the bulbs. The Jaws are at
tached to long pole, so that the OPP
orator can reach the lamp from 4
considerable distance A flexible mem
Der holds the jaws to the pole, which
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
His EaXorlte.

The man from Waybaok was wan
dering aimlessly along city street
when sweet strains of music. unfamil.
lar to him, caused him to gaze around
wonderingly in search of their source.
Where's that there music a-comin
from, anyway" he asked a policeman
From that church across the way
finest chimes in town." said the police
man.
We'll welll' heerd the city
churches wuz addin show features as
special attractions, but didn't be
lieve 1t till now!" said the ruralite;
"ain't any NV 'em equipped with 9
steam calliope yet, is they?"-Illus
trated Sunday Magazine.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
Wireless Not Harmful.

Marconi denies the assertion re
Gently made to the effect that wire
less telegraph waves are dangerous
to the health of the operators. TIs
says that he has been in the business
10 years without injury, adds that his
health was never better than during
periods when he was exposed for
many hours day to the conditions
which have been challenged.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
Woman's Brlqht Idea.

II was a woman who had an idea
when her chickens kept disappear.
ing from the roost. She painted the
legs red and when six disappeared in
one night she went with policeman
to the places where chickens were of.
fered for sale and in one crate found
her fowls all dressed for the market.
but still with their painted legs.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
Leason LEARNED from MATURE.

1t seems to me that to be quiet and
to be active. or rather, TO be quietly
active. constantly going on with un-
firing energy, and yet so softly as
scarcely to be perceptible, this seems
to me to be an approach toward per
lection. And this lesson we learn
from nature. which is increasingly and
yet imperceptibly changing. Anne ].
Clough.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
More important.

He had just taken her measure fol
"a new soiitaire, when, ufter the man
ner of her sex, she began to work the
Interrogation point.
George, DEAR" she began, "am
the only girl"
Nov. look here, Grace" he inter
rupted, don't ask me If you are the
only girl / ever loved. You know M
well as l do"
20, that wasn't the question at all
George" she said 81 was going to
ask If / was the only girl that would
have YOU"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
Man Does Not Know How to Live.

Modern, life so depends upon med
ical science that, whether humanity
is willing or unwilling, the profession
is indispensable to progress Because
mans life is so artificial, he is tho
only animal that does not know how
to live, and must be assisted on every
hand by the science and imitation OF
nature. -Philadelphia Press.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
WIRES STRUNG HIGH IN AIR.
Telephone Cables Suspended 700 Feet
Across Valley to Avoid Flood.
Waters.


wires to telephone poles in the valleys
of some of the rivers of California
because the water carries them away
during the flood season. says Popular
Mechanics. This illustration shows
the plan adopted to suspend the wires
across 700 feet of river valley near
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
Japanese wv.

The Japanese ivy will cling to the
smoothest surface, unlike its cousin,
the Virginia creeper. which needs a
rough surface to cling to. Many an old
farm building would be made beautiful
were vine or two of 1t planted to It's
walls.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
Lookino for an ExpIanatIon.

There is a man in Midland town
whose name is Burst. 1t is misfor,
tune that would not have attracted
much attention II he had not called
his two children Annie May and
Ernest Exchange.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
For a Soft Corn.

Procure an ivy leaf, soak it in vim.
egar for some hours and apply to the
corn Allow it to remain on the whole
day. Repeat the application for sew
eral successive days and the corn win
take its departure.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
helaht Of AmiabllItx-

"They say Thelma's husband is a
very amiable MANI" "Amiable? |
should say so. ! have known that man
to laugh at a joke when he was taking
down the stovepipe."
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17

Encouraged by the success which
has marked the experiment with lob.
sters in the Sooke basin. near Victoria,
b. c., another carload of Holsters for
planting purposes will be shipped To
the Pacific coast from Halifax, N. s.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
TIMEpIEcE FOR Ex-pREsIDENT
Unique Electrical contrivance 10 Be
Presented to Theodore Roose.
welt on Return Home.

When Theodore Roosevelt returns
from his African hunting trip he.wm
End awaiting him shadow" clock.
the second of its kind in existence
The gift will be received from It's in
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17
Suspended Across 700 Feet of Space

Fresno. The ordinary telephone-pole
crossbars are made fast to heavy ca
bles, and these bars carry the wires.
as under ordinary circumstances
Three sets of crossbars are attached
to the suspension cables in the TOO
foot space.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-17

can be pulled over by a cord. With
this arrangement lamps at right an.
giles to the pole can be unscrewed as
readily as those directly above.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-05-20
that of purchasing a farm at

that of purchasing a farm at the very earliest opportunity.
 There are hundreds of pros porous farmers who started by renting, but it only lasted a few years. Soon they were settled on farms of their own. Better buy a small farm and add to it as one increases in wealth than to rent year after year. Rent money departs never to return. You have no acres, no stock, no buildings to show for it in the future days; neither can you be independent and do as you please on rented farms. In a sense you are slave. Then, too, you are most certain to get careless and become slouchv farmer. You won't fix up the farm because it is not yours. You lose your de- sire to be a neat farmer, and things go to waste about you.- W. D. Neal in Farmers Voice.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-05-20
Our High School Boys Slaughtered.

It was a dreary afternoon for the goodly number of local fans who congregated at the high school baseball park Saturday afternoon to see our boys take the Hagen highs into camp in old time form. It was not only dreary from a weather stand point-many of us now regret that it did not rain the entire afternoon-for our boys were led to the slaughter pen to the tune of 9 to ?.
 The game started in fine style, only three visitors facing Downs, the local slab artist in the initial inning. In the second the Hazen lads made one run on a hit and two errors. In the third inning they were set down in one, two three order. Next came the fatal fourth, and after this the locals never had look in. A couple of hits, one of them a home run, coupled with a string of errors, allowed the visitors to score five runs in this inning.
 The game was featured with numerous good plays on both sides, and both pitchers were in fine form, and barring the errors the game was an excellent exhi- bition. We have fast little team, and with proper coaching we believe they could be devel- oped into the best high school team in this section.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-05-20

We have some good town property in Eastern Illinois that rents well, will trade for land near Carlisle.