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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15

Meroe as its capital. The kings, Arura, Har-
slot, Nastasen, who reigned In the fifth and
fourth centuries, conquered considerable ter
ritory south Of Meroe in Seminar and Kordofan,
and possibly In Abyssinia. While the suzer-
ainty of the Ptolemies seems to have been rec
ognized for religious reasons, King Ergamenes,
by putting to death the priests who had de-
manded that he should abdicate in the time Of
Ptolemy w Philopator (S21-2O4), paved the way
for independence. Ptolemy V. Epiphanes (204-
1871 was able to resist his attack upon Egypt,
but not able to prevent his asserting Of sover-
eighty in Ethiopia. Queen Candace seems to
have extended her power in the north, and
twenty-five provinces are said to have been
tributary to her. But her invasion Of Egypt
was successfully resisted by Caius Petronius
In b. c. "a. Napata, that had been rebuilt, was
destroyed by the Romans. Another Queen
Candace is mentioned In Acts viii. But gradu-
ally Meroe itself fell into ruins. To guard
against invasion by the Blemmyans, a people
akin to the Bugaitae, the modern Beja, Diocle-
tian moved the Nobatae, negro tribes Of the
same stock as the population OF Kordofan, from
the oasis Of Khargeh into the Nile valley.
The mountain region of Abyssinia was prob.
badly inhabited in very early times by Semites
as we'll as Hamites. Whether the original home
of the former was in Africa OF In Arabia the
ONtluOW pOpulhLlUu WOulu NATURALLY SSJ III Ilb
direction Of this Alpine country. AS the native
name shows, the Semitic Philippians were still
in the nomadic state when they entered this
territory, priding themselves on being wan
derers, roaming freely wherever they liked.
There were evidently successive waves of i'm
migration. II the Egyptian HIST is Of Semitic
origin, as can scarcely be doubted, they were
apparently kinsmen Of the Yemenites in Eretria
and on the Somali coast c. 1900 B. G. Sebaean
inscriptions found in Yeba, the ancient Ava,
may be as old as the seventh century B. G.
AS long as the Ptolemies dominate the
Erythrean coast from Adults, Berenice and Ar.
since, a strong Abyssinian kingdom could not
well develop. But in the reign Of Augustus,
when the Romans suffered serious reverses in
Arabia, and We're occupied in Africa with
Queen Candace, while the Arsacid conquests In
eastern Arabia forced the Yemcnite States to
seek compensation for their losses elswhere,
the Semitic element in Ethiopia seems to have
been reinforced, and the kingdom Of Askum
founded. The "Periplus maris Erythroei," prob
ably written by Basiles between A. d. So and
81. refers to n king Of Askum by the name of
zoscales, who controlled the coast from Masso-
wah to Bah Ell Mandeb, and was a friend of
Greek culture. 1t Is possible that some Of the
Greek coins with Greek legends that have been
preserved should be assigned to the second
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15
Aldrlch Now in the Fire.

Clearly Senator Aldrich did not
make things more comfortable for
himself when he jumped out of the
frying pan. The first apology Of his
life has aggravated his plight,
Aldrich's elastic explanation about
rubber has not satisfied the country,
and he has made no answer at all con-
corning lead and cotton. When a man
is assailed silence is better than I'M
convincing %utterance.
The country knows that the rubber
interests are closely allied. 1t be-
lieves that a movement was under
way when the Bristow sensation was
sprung to form a gigantic trust for
the encompassing of all the rubber
business-production and manufac-
turing, on the solid foundation Of the
Aldrich tariff. 1t knows that this COM
bination already had attained such
magnitude that prices, fostered by a
wholly superfuous tariff, which had
been increased by Aldrich, had great
ly advanced. It believes that Aldrich,
his son and his financial associates
prof1ted by this general stimulation Of
the rubber business. The essential
facts underlying this public knowledge
and this public belief are admitted
by the Rhode islander.
The public has not ceased what
Mr.. Aldrich calls ''prating about the
moral aspects Of the tariff"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15
T77W MIR E0lVXD At MP0E.

teenth century Life Of the Patriarchs'' and in
the "Ethiopic Synaxar," a woman who reigned
over the Benz ell Hamuna had recently invaded
the country, burned the churches and monas-
%teries, and driven him from place to place. Ma
rianus Victor speaks Of this woman as the foun-
der of the Zague dynasty, and as having mar
ried a ruler of the province Of Bugna, a name
afterwards corrupted into BENZ ell Zague.
Eleven kings of the so-called Zague dynasty
reigned until 1870.
The earliest monuments of Semitic speech in
Ethiopia are the inscriptions found at Yeha.
These are written in the consonantal Sabaen
script and indicate that the writer's used the
lesna Gees, the language of Semitic Ethiopia,
as early as the seventh century B. G.. Geez
Is today represented by two dialects, Tigre and
Tigrai or Tigrina. The latter is spoken in
Tfgre, and the former is spoken in the districts
north and northwest of Tigre. and shows great
similarity to the old Geez.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15
c5I47ZE or M EWWQ2W QLNIW ~oo0

GLIDING forty inscriptions In the hieroglyphlcs
of Meroe, two royal statues, and a great many
vases of a new kind Of pottery, objects OF WOOD
and glass, titles and pottery. Especially inter-
esting was the pottery which is almost as thin
as biscuit china, and gives evidence OF Roman
influence. Professor Sayce found Greek inscr1p-
lions showing how the city was destroyed at
the end of the fourth century A. D., by a King
of Axum, since which event the city was I'M
occupied.
Ethiopia was the name given by the Greeks
TO a country south of Egypt v%ariously concetv-
ed as including only Nubia (Aethiopia AegyptD,
or Nubia, sonnar, Kordofan and Abyssinia, or a
region extending indefinitely east and west
from the Upper Nile, but applied after the fal
of Meroe more particularly to Abyssinia. Tn
name is said to have had its origin from the
fact that 1t was alluded to by the Greeks as a
country Of sunburned faces.
Historically there were three distinct king
.doms known as Ethiopia, those of Napata, Me-
roe and Askum. There is no definite evidence
that either of these included at any time all
the territory between the southern border OF
Egypt and Bah ell Mandeb.
Already in the time of the old empire the
F1eyptians had relations with their southern
neighbors. From the forests CT Nubia they OBJ
tanned a large proportion of their timber, and
LIt 4 vi fibh '
from the ivory which found its way to this
place from the interior of Africa. King Uncas
&c 3290.3260 B. c. employed warriors belong
ing to six Nubian tribes in his war upon the
Redouins. The early pictorial representations
of Nubian archers do not suggest that they
were negroes. A regular conquest of the coun-
try south Of syene apparently was not under
taken until the twelfth dynasty &c. 2522-2323).
The most powerful Nubian people at this time
was Kash or Kosh, the Hebrew Cush. 1t Is
probable that the stock was originally Hamitlc,
though in course Of time 1t absorbed various
Negritic tribes. Usertesen III &c. 2409-2372)
established his frontier north Of the second
cataract and built for its protection two forts
nit Semneh and Kummeh on opposite sides Of
the river. Whether the Hyksos kings ever held
possession of this territory is doubtful. AT any
rate IL had to be recognized by Aahmes (1675-
1859, the founder of the eighteenth dynasty
and his SUCCESSORS. Napata probably had been
the capital Of the independent kingdom, since
It was made the residence Of the viceroy, en-
titled prince of Kosh, who governed the new
Egyptian province. In the time Of Rameses II
there was an unsuccessful rebellion. Pianchi 1,
who seems to have reigned In Napata since TIT,
awaited himself Of the weakness of Egypt at the
end Of the reign Of Uasarken III to make an In
vasion OF Egypt. He defeated twenty petty
rulers and forced a treaty. Shabaka, a grand
son Of PIanchi, united all Egypt with Ethiopia
under one crown. Napata was destroyed by
Cambyses In 524.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15

time at the club, A German friend took me
one evening to the German women's club. The
club has q magnificent suite Of apartments, in.
Guiding auditorium, reading room, parlcr, cafe
and smoking room.
When she took me into the last apartment
it almost feazed me for a minute. 1t was blue
with smoke. / had never before seen a room
filed with elegantly gowned, cultivated women
all smoking. These we're the wealthy society
women of Berlin, titled some Of them.
They were cosmopolitan in their dress and
manners and did not present any striking
points OF difference from the American women
except in the smoking. 1t made the occur
renee Of last summer, when our immigration
officials detained a second class passenger, a
woman art dealer, for inquiry into her sanity
because she smoked cigarettes, appear very
funny In retrospect.
The German women'sl clubs, like those of
the -Englishwomen, are based on the same prin-
ciple as mems clubs; these are places for so.
cial enjoyment and for the convenience OF
members In taking meals, entertaining friends
and SO on. They do not take up work in study.
philanthropy, reform and " on. like the wom-
ems clubs In America"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15
Or THE ~ MZ4P M Ill., Nr
M ZN HIh2 ar A/1OV.
and third centuries A. d.

and third centuries A. d,
On a marble throne In Adults, Cosmos
Indicopleustes found and copied in the sixth
century an inscription commemorating the power
of a great king whose name is not given. He
is supposed by some scholars to be the founder
Of the Askumite kingdom, but 1t is more prob
able that he reigned at the end of the third
century A. D.. King Aizana is known to have
reigned in the year A. D. 1856. In his time,
Frumentius preached Christianity in the coun.
try. The political relations that had long ex.
listed between Askum and Rome were such as
to favor his mission. In 378 Askum was re-
duced to its African territory. In A. D. SIS
Elesbaas, king of Askum, with the aid of the
Sabaen and Hadramautian rulers, made an
end to the Himyarite kingdom of Dhu Nuwas,
and Ethiopia again controlled Arabian territory.
Before the end of the century, however, the
Askumites were driven back to Africa, and
never again extended their conquests to Arabia.
According to a letter addressed to a king of
Nubia In the time of the Patriarch Philotheus
of Alexandria (98O-1002), preserved in the four
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15

as | can learn, 1t is made as follows.
First, all meat is stripped from the
bones and thrown on a chopping
board, along with some raw onions,
potatoes and the like. After 1t is
chopped into small pieces a liberal
quantity of salt, forecastle butter, bay
leaves and other seasoning Is added.
the whole being thoroughly mixed.
Each stoker has brought a tin bucket
aboard with him. and into his bucket
he places his 'whack of the mixture,
after giving the bucket a liberal coat,
ing Of butter. Then the cover IL placed
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15

use. Every evening after dinner two
Of the men>go aft to the galley and get
a couple OF panfuls of the delicacies
which they would otherwise never get
their teeth into. All the grub des-
tined for the sailors is thrown into a
big pan in the galley; hence the name.
Why the pan IL called black l cannot
see.
"Hoodle' Is a dish peculiar to the
stokers. It is also made from scraps
from the saloon tables, with the ex-
ception that occasionally raw pork and
beef are used in It's makeup. So far
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15
TARIFF LAW TRICK
SAMPLE OF HOW CONSUMERS
ARE ROBBED.
Women Especially Interested In This
Case, Which Has So vitality A.
fected the Cost of Their
Dress Goods.

Not long after the present tariff law
became effective a man ordered some
new shirts. He had been paying
$2.25 apiece, but the shirt maker told
him he would have to pay 49,, because
the goods he wanted had a few strips.
of mercerized cloth in it. All his
shifting material, he said, cost him
33 1-3 per cent. more than the previ-
GUS year If it had any mercerized
threads In it. Where there were any
figures woven In the piece the ad-
vance in price was greater. When
women buy dress goods which have
been mercerized OF have mercerized
threads In them-threads which have
been dipped in a solution of caustic
soda-they have 70 pay more than
they did a year ago.
Who did this, and why, and how
was it brought about? These ques-
tons are fully answered in an article
by Samuel M. Evans in the Worlds
Work. Senator Aldrich was the mas
ter workman. But for his adroit
agement in the senate and In con-
ference committee the changes IN
schedule 1.-The cotton schedule
which have so plagued consumers,
would not have been made.
Senator Aldrich did not do all this
of his own motion. He acted at the
instigation of two of the leading
Rhode Island cotton goods manufac-
turers. One of them was the author
of the cotton schedule of the Dingley
law, and was on the whole satisfied
with It. But there were some para
graphs which the Supreme court had
interpreted more literally than he had
meant they should be. He viewed
with alarm the slightly increased i'm
portations Of SOM kinds of goods. So
he and his associate wrote the
amendments they wanted adopted
slight additional changes simply de-
signed to meet legal questions" If 1t
had not been for the vigilance and
tenacity of the senate Insurgents all
the Slight changes" suggested would
have been struggled or bulled through.
Most of them we're.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15
Another TAFT "Economy.p

Every plank in the Taft platform
has meant an increase Of government
expense, new laws, new commissions,
new courts, always something to add
to the taxpayers burden. His latest
proposal Is an extension and supple
menting OF the consular service to Sc
cure foreign markets.
No power can force foreign trade on
American manufacturers as long as
they can pile up eYtortionate profits
at home under a high tariff that IL
censes them to rob the American con-
sumner.
The daily consular reports never
mention any American effort to secure
foreign trade. On the contrary, they
are replete with complaints that
American houses make no attempt to
enter foreign fields. Mr.. Taft's plan
to force export trade would be funny.
II it did not entail loading more tax.
eaters onto the shoulders Of the Amer.
lean taxpayer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15
Styles in Sailors Dishes

these days. The new style OF ships
and men brings forth new style dish
es. For instance. there is black pam
and noodle dishes seen regularly in
the quarters of the seamen and sto-
kers respectively.
" Black pan consists OF chicken,
ham and roast beef. The variety, how
ever, consists of scraps Of food from
the saloon tables and is given to the
men by the chef as unfit for other
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15
Passing of Wlnd-Jammer Brings New
Fashion In Menu for Sea-
Going Men.

.Dog's bodyY'" said the steamship
oficer, In answer to a passengers
query. ewhy. dogs body is a dish
peculiar to the sailing ship and tramp.
There are several others. but they
seem to be dying out with the wind
Hammer. as you seldom hear Of them
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15
Dynamite Inlures Two.

K~eenes.-1n the explosion Of dyna-
mite which they were carrying, Will
liam and Ira Bruce OF Keenes were
seriously injured. The former suffer-
ed the loss Of his right hand and q
foot.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15
Farmer Hanus HlmseIf.

Notwithstanding under the hall
Inclination that he would be sent to an
asylum, David Moore, aged 81, a far
mer, living northwest Of here, hanged
himself in the woodshed at his home
Sunday night,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15
II the vanished surface Of q piece
OF furniture Is injured by chloroform,
camphor or any other liquid which
dissolves varnish, rub the spot at
once with olive oil or linseed oil.


Greenville,-Mrs. Albert Hirsch,
aged 81, and son, John, aged 10, we're
killed at Whites crossing in the east
1ern limits Of Greenville by the New
York limited on the Pennsylvania
line.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15
Train.PIane RACE for Fair.

Springfield race from Chicago to
Springfield between a fast train and
n Of Wright Bros aeroplanes, is
the latest planned innovation for the
Illinois state fair, which opens Friday,
September 80, in this city.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15

The Republican party will not make
any apology for its record.-Chairman
Mckinley.
That's the way Mr.. Cannon feels
about It, too.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15

over the whole. On going on duty he
carries his bucket down with him, and
places It among the ashes under his
fires. BY the end Of his watch 1t is
thoroughly cooked, as you can mag
Inc, and Is carried up the ladders as
ne goes off duty. When cooked 1t is
noodle and. to judge by its aroma,
Is a rich and rare dish. How II de.
rived Its name 10 more than I can
tell"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15

A souvenir by any other name would
probably be called trash.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-15
EERZNAL JLY-DLAL, AND
AODA or EIZRE PMO on

Professor Garstang at Meroe, in the SUDAN
Professor Sayee in 1909 located the site Oh tne
city of Meroe on the east bank OF the ME- De-
tween the Fifth and Sixth Cataracts, ana the eA'
cavations carried on by Professor Garslane at
the end Of 1909 enabled the details OF the hthio
plan capital to become known. The lemple VI
Anon. where the Ethiopian Kings were cro"neu'
was also discovered. Even more interesting Is
the excavation of the beautiful sun Iempie'
which was discovered at the edge OF the KNOT
or meadow, thus confirming the account OIL Hero
dotus, who tells us that Cambyses sent to the
Ethiopian King to inquire about "the Table Oh
The Sun" in a meadow in the suburbs OF tne
capital. where cooked meats were set eacn
night" There is no doubt that this building Is
referred to in the Horneric legend that Aeus
and the other gods Toasted every year for Twelve
days among the blameless Philippians. Many
others buildings we're also explored, and the
Temples of the Lion and the Kenisa were dis
covered. 1t may be noted that the lion emblem
was Of frequent occurrence, and may probably
have been the totem Of the district. Many beau
tiful objects were dug up by the expedition In,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-06-09
LAUREL COUNTY.
PITTsBURG

Pittsburg, June 2.-People are very
busy working their gardens. Crops ar,
looking very bad owing to much cold
weather.-Last Sunday was decora-
ton day at Pittsburg graveyard. Most
all of the lodges we're represented
and several graves decorated. Several
people came out.-Emma, the little
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Hib-
bard is sick.-Mr.. c. L. Stillings pass
ed thru this vicinity Wednesday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Mills are visiting
tho formers parents at this place.
Mrs. b. H. Cole visited Mrs. Clarissa
Cole Tuesday.-M Harrison Moore
expects to start for Coalmont Sunday
where her husband has been working
for some time.-B. III. Cole will start
working at tho Laurel mines Monday.
Smallpox has about died out ar
ound Pittsourg.-Mr. and Mrs. John
are planning to move 10
Whitfield in a few DAYS.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-06-09
And departing leave behind us

And departing leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.
Footprints. that perhaps another,
Sailing DER lifes solemn main
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother
Seeing shall take heart again.
In 1925 Mary Lyon then rs years
old went to auckland, taught win
ter school OF % young women. Here
her patience was tried many times.
but let the obstacles be what they
might, she was never known to weary
Her trust in God and confidence in
herself were too strong to allow her
to be disturbed.
Perhaps Providence was the means
Of lifting Miss Lyon to the place she
filled in the world. Providence, the
death of some one or misfortunes
too numerous to mention. may be
the means of making our lives what
they are.
The opportunities of the time Mary
Lyon lived were limited as compared
with those that surround us for she
died In 1s49, when so years old. But
her high ambition and great aspira-
tons upward led her until she be-
came the founder and president OF a
seminary for girls at Holyoke and
during her years of service taught
there over $4,000 pupils.
She wanted a place in life where
she could aid in preparing some who
must mold the character of future
generations. Her qualifications were
OF the best-patience. endurance, sweet
temper. faith. fertile and sacred i'm
agina,ions and simple manners.
Her reward for all her labor and
deeds must have been one OF great
rejoicing, for the Bible says. what
soever a man soweth that shall he
reap"
Active as her mind was and easy
as 1t was for her to grasp large ideas
she could parcel out truths In the
small proportions in which common
minds are obliged to receive. She
worked her way down TO the depths
OF the soul and there planted seeds
to terminate, grow and yield in the
after life and eternity.
II We will give ourselves to the
service OF God as Mary Lyon did. our
desires will be to take the place He
calls US for, whether H. be a posi-
tion OF distinction or a humble and
tedious labor.
The life of Mary Lyon is a lesson.
a treasure to the world through which
the wise may be made wiser and the
good better.