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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11
SEEKS PAY PORTLAND
Ex.ouEEN LII OF HAWAII ASKS
MONEY OF CONGRESS.
10 Child Of Royal Line and Traces An
esstry Back TO Princess Who
First introduced Christianity
Among Her subjects.

Washington.-Queen Lihuokalani,
former ruler of the Hawaiian Islands,
who is still endeayoring to collect
from the United States for the So
called crown land which became public
property when this country took pos
session of the islands nearly 10 years
ago, appeared before the house COM
mittee on laws the other day to urge
her claim.
The queen has no legal claim Of any
kind, and she and her relatives have
at last been forced to concede this.
They are now appealing to the gener'
osity of the American people on the
ground that the former head of an in
dependent nation which was-absorbed
by this great country should have a
fitting income entirely aside from the
contributions of friends and former
subjects.
The former queen has aged q
great deal in the last few years and
broad white streaks have appeared IN
her coal black hair. There are wrin'
kles in the brown face Of the woman
who, when she first appeared in Wash
ington was unanimously voted to be 9
decidedly beautiful if dusky matron.
When the queen was di~spossessed
what was then known as the crown
lands amounted to about 100000
acres. According to local residents
these lands we're in no sense the prop
erty of the monarch. but belonged t.
the state, and properly were turned
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11
To Enjoy

the full confidence Of the WeI-Irfomed
of the World and the Commentator Of
the most eminent physicians it was essen
tial that the component parts of Syrup
OF Figs and Elixir of SIENNA should be
known to and approved by them; there
fore, the California Fig Syrup Co. pub
fishes a full statement with every package.
The perfect purity and uniformity Of pro-
duct, which they demand in a laxative
remedy of an ethical character, are assured
by the Company original method of man
ufacture known to the Company only.
The figs Of California are used in the
production of Syrup of Figs and Elixir Of
SIENNA to promote the pleasant taste, but
the medicinal principles are obtained from
plants known to act most benefcially.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

over first to the republic, then to the
United States, and then reverted back
to the territory as ordinary public
lands. The queen and her followers
always have commended that these
lands were private property belong
ing to the reigning family. When she
was driven from the throne her in
come from this source amounted to
about So, 900 annually in addition to
a public fund Of $40 1000 a year for
maintaining the royal household.
Since that time the deposed queen
and her friends and associates have
pressed vainly their claim for recon-
pense before n congress after In
other. The present value of these
lands is something v 10000, 900,
but the queen has now scaled down
her claim to the point where she is
willing to compromise for about $780,
600 in hard cash. There is a growing
feeling In favor of generous action to-
ward the former queen, whose years
are now fast declining and many
statesmen say a bonus direct to her
would be worth a good deal more than
the money involved, because of the
good impression 1t would create among
the Hawaiian part Of the population
of the islands.
Liliuokalani ia a direct descendant
OF one Of the most picturesque char
acters In the history of Hawaii, whose
story has been told in a thousand
missionary meetings and sent broad
cast in a million Sunday school vol
INES. She is, in fact, a great-grand-
niece of Kapiolani, the island princess
OF female chief, who did more than
any other person to bring the natives
to Christianity.
1t was Kapiolani who dared to pluck
the sacred berries which grow at the
brink of the crater of Kilauea. The
natives had been taught that a person
who picked those berries would surely
die a most horrible death because OF
the supposed sacrilege directed
against the goddess Pele. Kapiolani
not only gathered the sacred berries,
risking her life in securing them, but
she led a picturesque procession Of
her retainers, some 200 in number,
down to the lake of fire below the rim
Of the crater. With opened hymn
book, singing praises to the God of
the new Christian cult, she defed Pele
and threw the sacred berries into the
burning lake. OF course nothing hap
pened, and the supposed sacrilege was
not punished In any way.
Pele as an awe inspiring deity was
compelled to go out of business and
the simple natives fiocked to the Chris
tian standard fully convinced that d
new God had arisen who would sure.
ly punish unless he were followed
with praise and thanksgiving. This
was the beginning Of the ~extraordi-
nary conversion of the simple island.
ers, the like Of which probably never
has been seen or heard before or
since in the history Of missionary
effort.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

Laundry work at home would DO
much more satisfactory If the right
Starch we're used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use SO much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste Of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as 1t can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
or strength than other makes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11
The Loves, Courtship
and Marriage of
Abraham Lincoln

said after he was president, and !
often think of her now, and / have
loved the name Of Rutledge to this
day"
A year or so later Lincoln became
involved In a singular embarrassment.
Al girl named Mary Owens came to
New Salem to visit her sister, Mrs.
Able, and spent four weeks. Lincoln
met her, and liked her for her steady
and well-balanced character, her evil
dent domesticity, and, neither last nor
least, her prepossessing appearance,
After she went he j~estingly told Mrs.
Able that II she would bring her sis
ter back he would marry her. Mrs.
Able reported the conversation, and
Mary Owens accepted Lincoln's of
fer as being seriously intended.
Lincoln was in a dreadful Dredica'
ment. Go back upon his word he
would not, even II it meant lifelong
misery for him. Mary Owens was a
year older than he, and when he met
her again she seemed to have lost
most of her good looks. He wrote to
her. Il am afraid you would not be
satisfied" he said, you would have
to be poor without the means of hid
ing your poverty. What have SAID
l will most positively abide by, pro
vided you wish 1t. My opinion is thai
you had better not do it. You have
not been accustomed to hardship, ant
it may be more severe than you nov
imagine. l know you are capable o
thinking correctly on any subject, ant
II you deliberate maturely upon thi'
before you decide, then ] am Willing
to abide by your decision"
This did not sound in Miss Owens
ears like the ardent protestation 0
true love. She wrote, back and CAV
him a piece Of her mind, saying tina
he was deficient in those little link
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11
Mary Todd Lincoln, from a
photograph made about 1851.


which go to make up a woman's hap.
piness."
Lincoln, not a little relieved, accept
ed this rejoinder as the conclusion
Of the matter and wrote to Mrs.
Browning: II have now come to the
conclusion never again to think of
marrying"
About a year later a. high-spirited
and fascinating Kentucky girl, 81
years old, Mary Todd-the sister OF
q Mrs. Edwards, at whose house LIN
coin was a frequent visitor-was the
cause of a broken resolution. Stephen
A. Douglas was among Lincoln's RI
walls for the hand Of the beautiful
s%outhron, but Lincoln won out In this
his first debate against the little gi.
ant" and in a twelvemonth from the
time that he first met her Lincoln was
engaged to be married to Mary Todd
and on November A, 1912, they were
married by the Rev. Charles Dresser,
at the house of Mary's brother-in-law,
Ninian w. Edwards, who had been
bitterly opposed from the start to the
alliance on the ground Of Lincoln's
church-mouse poverty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln went to board
at the Globe tavern, where the charge
was 81 a week for the twain.
The four children Of the union we're:
Edward Baker, born March 10, 1916,
who died in infancy; William Wal
lace, born December 81, 1850, who
died in the White House February 20,
1862; Thomas, born April A, 1853, who
died at the age Of 10, and the eldest
born and sole survivor, Robert Todd,
born August /, 1843. The latter, a
lawyer by profession and a Harvard
graduate, became secretary of war
under Garfield and Arthur, minister to
England under Harrison, and is now
president Of the Pullman Company, re.
siding In Chicago. Mrs. Lincoln out
lived her husbands martyrdom until
July 16, 1882. DR.. Thomas w. Ores
ser, the doctor who attended her in
her last illness, says of the closing
years of her life: TN the late years
Of her life mental peculiarities were
developed, which finally eliminated In
a slight apoplexy, producing paralysis
Of which she died. Among the pc
culiarities alluded to, one OF the most
singular was the habit she had during
the last year or 30 OF her life OF i'm
muring herself in a perfectly dark
room, and for light using a small can
ase kgfls. Y when the sun was shin
ing bright out Of doors. No urginl
would induce her to go u into the
fresh air. Another popularity was the
accumulation Of large quantities 81
silks and dress goods In trunks ant
by the CARLOAD which she never USED
and which accumulated until it wal
really feared that the floor Of the
~storeroom would give way. She wal
bright and sparkling In conversation
and her memory remained singularly
good up to the very close OF her life
Her face was animated and pleasing
and to me she was always an interest
ing woman. and while the whole worlt
wa finding fault with her temper ant
deposition, 1t vas clear to me tina
the trouble Was really b cerebral dis
ease"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11
THEY KNEW HOW TO WORK
BUT DON'T NEED TO WORK NOW
so HARD.

The experience Of the Bisser Bros.
in Western Canada is similar to that
reported to every agent of the Cana
dian Government, whose advertise
ment appears elsewhere:
"Wheatwyn, Sask, Nov. 9Th, 1908.
ITO the Commissioner of Immigra-
ton, Winnipeg, Manitoba--Dear Sir:
!, in company with my brother and
other relations, arrived in this coun
try in the spring of 1893. At the time
we got of the train at Wolseley, Sask.,
we had only a few dollars, not enough
to start farming IN our own accoSut,
SO we were compelled to work out foI
a considerable time In order to make
sufficient money to enable us to es-
tablish ourselves. When we thought
we had enough money to start with, l
and my brother took up one quarter
section (160 acres) land each in the
Loon Creek district. In 1900 we moved
on our homesteads with one team Of
horses and one walking plow. While
! was engaged with the work in the
field, my brother built a shack and
barn of logs, which we have hauled
during the time we were not able to
work in the field. We were certainly
working very hard, but l am glad to
say that we made our fortune in this
country. To-day we do not need to
work so hard as we used to, as we
have three men hired steady for
whom we pay $4,000 to $4,000 a month,
besides board and lodging during the
summer time! / am also glad to tell
you that to-day we are owners OF a
section and three-quarters of the best
land, with first class buildings thereon,
besides having all the necessary ma
chinery. We always do our own
threshing, for we have a % horse
power threshing outfit.
Our success in farming in this
country also enabled us to get rid Of
number Of horses of less value, and
instead we bought 10 pure-bred mares
representing a value in the neighbor
hood Of $4,000.
Regarding raising grain, which II
the main factor In our district, | an
proud to say that we have always
had good success. We have raiset
wheat as high as 35 bushels to thu
acre; and this year, although We SUI
fered from lack of sufficient rain, GU
wheat went ~ bushels to the acre
and we had 900 acres In crop. W
have broken this year about 100 acre
new land, and by next year we viii
have about LILO acres In crop. Fo
one carload of wheat which we hav
shipped a few weeks ago we got
price Of 81 cents per bushel, and !
graded as No. 2 Northern, although W
have a quantity Of wheat which Wi
surely go as No. / Northern. Durin
the six years we have been farnin
fer ourselves we have never had on
frost around here, so that we Away
had a good crop.
II, for MTself, feel compelled to sa
that our Great West is the land wher
a person who is willing to work an
trun his hands to anything can max
a fortune, and a comfortable livinl
Our country is a thoroughly free coul
: try, and we have a good Government
and, as long as we have good crop
and a good Government, we r sati
! fed, and / think that Is all we wan
yours very truly,
; "LORENS BISSER,
: up. o. Wheatwyn, Sask.."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11
Cosmopolitan University.

Statistics Of the University of Penn
sylyania show that 1t has the most
cosmopolitan student body In It's his
tory. 1t has drawn more than 1900
students from places other than with.
In the borders Of Pennsylvania; Of
these ESQ are from foreign countries.
Of which 81 are from British terri
tories; AZ from Europe, SO from China
and Japan, Is from the foreign posses
sions Of the United States. and IS
from Latin-American countries. The
Latin-Americans come from ri caun-
tries and represent at least so differ
ant towns.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications. as, they cam t reach the dis
eased portion of the ear, There is only one way to
cure deafness. and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed condition of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube is infamed you have q rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing, and when 1t is entirely closed, Deaf
ness is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine eases
out Of ten are caused by Catarrh, which ts nothing
but an iniamed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness Caused by catarrf) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. ], CHENEY & 20. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11
a Black Ef= for Home.

1t Is a coming fashios to hire a hall
to entertain your friends, tl give din
Rer parties in a hotel, to be married
In q church, to be taken to a hospital
when you are sick and to an under
takers al soon as you die, and left
there until the funeral. The tendency
is to conduct all public occasions
away from home. The htmT Is get
ting a black eye.-Atchison (KanN
Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11
Earliest portrait of Lincoln.
Dagaereotype taken about
the tine of his marriage.


publish it, and | began once, but l con-
cluded that 1t was not much of a story.
But | think that was the beginning Of
love with me-"
When ABE" was % years old he be-
came clerk In the store Of Denton
Offutt, at New Salem, Ind. 1t was a
general store, and his employment
was various. Presently he was made
postmaster, and carried letters (for
the sparse population of a couple Of
h%undred), In his hat, and hungrily
read every one Of their newspapers
before he let them go. He also found
employment as deputy county survey
or. He boarded at the tavern Of one
James Rutledge, grandson Of a signer
OF the declaration, and there he met
and fell head over heels In love with
the beautiful, blue-eyed Ann Rutledge.
Ann Rutledge had been engaged to
a prosperous young farmer, John Nc
Neill by name, but John Mcneil had
heard the east a-callin'," and had
gone thither upon business bent, prom
Using to come back and reclaim her as
his bride. His letters, at first frequent
and ardent, became non-committal and
occasional, and finally there were no
more Of Mr.. McNeiu's missives for
Postmaster Lincoln to hand to Ann
from the crown Of his hat. She still
was faithful to McNeill's memory. For
q long time she would not listen to a
word of love from the newcomer. But
1t was the old story Of first endure,
then pity, then embrace"
ABE likewise felt sorry for the
Tilted Ann, and longed to be able to
comfort her with his sympathy. They
were thrown together three times a
day at meals, and presently she let
him sit with her on the steps, and that
led to long rambles through the coun-
try roundabout. When at last she was
convinced that Mcneil was never
coming back to her, Ann Rutledge
Welded to Lincoln's impassioned plead
Ing and agreed to become his wife.
She must have realized the promise
In him which others disbelieved or
deserted but dimly, for she felt her
need Of a better education, that she
might be q more suitable helpmeet for
him. So 1t was arranged that while
Abraham went to Springfield for the
legislative session and to study law she
should 30 to Jacksonville, Ill, and
spend the winter In an academy there,
In the following spring they wers to
b. a4asrie6j
Spring came. but the apple blos-
SONS and the roses were laid upon her
grave.
The doctors said Ann Rutledge died
Of byIin fever, and doubtless they
were right. 1t may have been due to
her lttAetic, eager desire to learn
enough to be the wife Of the future
statesman that she saw In the over.
grown and awkward clerk Of the coun-
try store.
Lincoln wal beside himyalf with
grie and his trends fAAred suicide
He never was again quite the man 81
lr~repressible buoyant spirits that he
was necessarily before Ann Rutledge
was taken from him.
II really loved that GIRL" be once
"tt NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NY
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11
Come Get Your Medicine.

If that little bit of three-cornered,
ha1f-jointed, pin-headed squirt with a
big automobile and a size three head
on his miserable, slanting shoulders,
who turned the corner of Ferry and
Main streets on two wheels the other
afternoon, and nearly sent three pedes-
trians into Kingdom Come, will call
at this Office we'll tear his scrawny
soul to pieces and lick him to a "fraz-
zle" after the most approved Roose-
veltian methods. He knows who we
mean.-Buffalo News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11
His Pleasant Visit.

why are you whipping that child
so?" asked a man of a German who
was b%elaboring a boy of ten.
That's none of your business" re-
piled the German. Besides, l have
a right to whip him. He is my sis.
ter's child, who is here for his pleas
ure."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

Starch, like everything else. is be-
Ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market rs years
ago are very different and inferior to
those Of the present day. In the lat
est discovery-Defiance Starch-all in
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition Of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

With a smooth iron and Defiance
Starch, you can launder youl shirt
waist Just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear Of the goods,
and 1t will be a positive pleasure to
use a Starch that does not stick to the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

A new constable was on duty at one
Of the London police courts, and was
conducting a prisoner to the cells.
Mind the STEP" he said, as they
came to a dark orner
"All right" muttered the prisoner;
II knew that step before you were
born"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

men who have made history, writes
Fullerton L. Waldo in the Philadel-
phia Ledger. Listen to his own story
of the first awakenings OF the ten
der sentiment-it is very like the
dream Of Kipling's Brushwood Boy,
except in the non-fulfllment:
when / was a little codger Tin the
log-cabin Indiana days., n day a
wagon with a lady and two girls and
man broke down near us, and while
they were fixing up they cooked in our
kitchen. The woman had books and
read us stories, and they were the
first | had eve heard. / took a great
fancy to one Of the girls, and when
they were gone I thought Of her a
great deal, and one day, when was
sitting out in the sun by the house. I
wrote out a story in my mind. I
thought took my fathers horse and
followed the wagon, and finally |
found 1t, and they were surprised to
see me. | talked with the girl and
persuaded her to elope with me, and
that night / put her on my horse, and
we started off across the prairie. After
several hours we came to a camp and
we found it was the one we had left
a few hours before, and we went in.
The next night we tried again, and
the same thing happened-the horse
came back to the same place, and then
we concluded we ought not to elope,
! stayed until I had persuaded her ia
Their to give her to me. / always
meant to write that story out and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11
AVOIDING Embarrassment.

"Dickey," said his mother, when
you divided those five caramels with
your sister did you give her three?"
mo, ma. thought they wouldn't
come out even, SO / ate one fore |
began to divide."-United Presbyter-
ian,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11
Try Murine Eye Remedy

For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes.
Compounded by Experienced Physicians.
Conforms to the Pure Food and Drugs
Law. Murine Doesn't Smart. Soothes Eye
Pain. Try Murine for Your Eyes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

The Herb laxative, Garfield Tea, aids
Nature in maintaining the general well-be-
ing of the body; it corrects constipation,
pnriGes the blood, brings health.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11
important 10 Mefhers.

1t takes a lot of nerve to enable a
young married man to enter a store
and purchase a dozen safety pins from
q former sweetheart.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

Lewis Single Binder straight DC. .You
pay i0c for cigars not 80 good. Your deal
or or Lewis Factory, Peoria. Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

Even a wise man occasionally has
time for the silly chatter of a pretty
girl.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

Lewis Single Binder Cigar has a rich
taste. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory,
Peoria, iii.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

The first time a girl is engaged she
imagines that she is as important as
the heroine In a novel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

Easy money" is the kind that a.
ways comes to the other fellow.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUINTNE"
the signature Of II. w. GROVE. Used the World
over TO Cure q Cold In One Day. 2tc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-02-11

Use Aliens FOot-Ease
gurestfred, aching, sWeating feet. zbc. Trial package
free. A.S Olmsted, lie Roy, N X.