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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06

which had been pouring into the for
from beneath and around the door
and through the cracks of the parti-
ton. Every time the ship listed to
starboard, it reached a tiny knot-hole
and spouted for several feet in a
Kissing stream.
"She has settled on the bottom"
muttered Hardy; "she will hold now,
she will hold! The water can't pos
sibly rise high enough to drown me.
1 will climb on the table, on the d.
van"
1t rose to his ankles, to his knees
and he got upon the table, and sat
there holding to the edges. The wind
began to subside somewhat, and he
could hear the ghostly, unearthly
noises made by the wreck itself;
meanings and groanings, creakings,
knockings, mutterings, whisperings,
the gurgle and seething of the water
as it rushed in and out with the
rhythmical listing of the ship.
He climbed to the portfolio, opened
it and looked out. The early sun was
cleaning redly on a sullen heaving
sea. The waves were whitening over
a long reef. Perhaps, if he could pro-
cure something in the shape of a stick
or pole that he could poke out of the
window, with his shirt tied to it-he
looked about, and, to his surprise, dis
covered that the door was partly open.
He jumped down and waded to it,
thinking for the moment that the Jap
a csc had come to release him. He
pushed the door open and gazed into
the dim hold, where mattresses and
planks from the berths were floating
about in rather dangerous confusion.
He gained the ladder, mounted and
stood upon the deck; there was no
sign Of a living soul. Evidently the
Japanese had gone off and left him to
his fate. The door, he had no doubt,
had been jammed open by the strain
ing and plunging of the ship. There
was land in the distance, a faint coast
line, which he knew could not be that
Of Russia, for the Shikoku Maru had
been out only a few hours when she
struck. Hardy remained on the wreck
till nearly o He had about made
up his mind, should the crew return,
to let them get aboard, pick them off
with his revolver and take to the sea
with their boat, when he discovered a
steamer approaching. He signaled her
and she sent a small boat that took
him and his baggage off. She was a
Russian steamer, bound for Vlad-
ivostok.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06
Spiritual kinship Admitted by Dea-
cor Furnished Him with
Strong Appeal.

Big hearted generosity is not al
ways a marked characteristic Of the
bucolic brand Of the church deacon.
A well-known divine told a story Of
one the other night to illustrate a
point in universal brotherhood. 1t
could truthfully be said that this par
ticular deacon showed no symptoms
Of an acute attack Of liberality. The
deacon was busy with the MONDAY or
deal of disposing Of his lunch within
his rural domicile, when a tramp
came by and asked for something to
fill up the space Of a three-day fast.
Kind sir, I'm very hungry said
the tramp, standing by the open door.
You haven't been shaved inter-
posed the deacon.
mo, sir. but I'm very hungry was
the meek reply.
You're very dirty into the bar
gain still further objected the dea-
con.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06
CHAPTER W.
one FOND kiss.

They all took dinner together, Also
me, Mr. Sano, Neville and Hardy, at
the Aomori restaurant. Neville OBJ
jected strenuously to this arrange
ment.
"They aren't quite human, you
know he said. "Englishmen think
they lose caste when they dine with
coolies, and so they don't do it, don't
you know"
well, we shan't lose any caste by
dining with this little woman re-
Piled Hardy. warmly, any more than
If we were to dine with the queer Of
fa~iry-land. Personally, / shall feel
.honored to sit at the same table with
SO much grace and beauty We shan,t
need a bouquet with her there. Real
.ly, | consider her about as rare and
exquisite a feminine creation as /
have ever seen, and Il shall think you
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06
His Little Mistake.

They stood beneath the stars, silent
as the heart-beats of the night, look
ing into the diamond-studded shirt
front of the sky.
rs that Mars?" he whispered, as he
slipped his arm round her taper waist,
and gazed upon a glittering orb in the
distant blue.
mo, it isn't" she exclaimed, jerking
away; it's mine; and if you think
you are hugging mother, I can tell
you that you are very much mis-
taken" /,
The matter was amicably adjusted
before anything serious resulted.-Ex-
change.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06

l n ce visited a very rough boom
town in Oregon, near Cottage Grove.
In the leading saloon a man in a red
shirt said to me:
"Ye waIter carry yerself almighty
straight in these parts, stranger. Go
wrong the least mite and, by crinus,
Wen lynch We as quick as look at ye."
l smiled.
Would you lynch me- / asked, "if
l killed a dog?"
Would WEI" he snorted. why,
stranger, we've lynched fellers here
for KILN Chinamen!"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06

fortunate, because it precluded any
immediate danger of drowning. Har-
dy's position was uncomfortable in
that there was not a level surface in
the entire DON for him to rest on.
Man, inferior in this respect to a cat
or a fly or a worm, becomes next to
helpless when his standing-ground is
tilted.
There was at last a more violent
upheaval than any before. The ship
plunged and settled. leaving the cab
in floor nearly level. Hardy sprang
to his feet.
"She has either broken her back"
he cried, 'tor she has gone over the
reef and settled in the shallows!"
She listed to port and rocked gently
from side to side, rendering it impos-
sible for him to stand without holding
to something. And now the water,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06
CHAPTER Ill.
The Queen of EairN.Lanc

ne queer OF faIry-Land.
They were off for Aomori, at the
north end of Nippon, in the early
morning, leaving Yokohama on a toy
train that started at Gas. All day
they travelled through a country titled
like a garden, a country of vivid
green, with many brawling streams
of water clear as crystal, and hillsides
thickly wooded. The sky was dark
blue, reminding one of the excess Of
color used sometimes by impressionist
artists, and seemed aver low and near.
Objects evidently close by appeared
far off, an effect sometimes attained
in skillful landscape gardening, or per
haps in fairy-land. The frequent
farmhouses were built of bamboo set
Ion end, and were matched with straw.
As Hardy and his companion gazed
from the window, they were enter
tanned by the running comment of
their guide or dragoman, Masatsura
Tsuchiya, whom they had picked up at
Yokohama. This young Japanese had
spent several years in New York,
knew English, and was bright and
oficious to the verge of p~ertness.
When a Japanese merchant and a
pretty young woman boarded the
train about the middle of the day, it
was Masatsura who acted as intro
Queer and apologist.
This is a Japanese silk merchant"
he explained, and he is going with
his daughter to Hakodate. If the hon
orable gentlemen do not object, he
will bring his daughter in with us. I
have explained that such is the Gus
tom in England and America"
Bring her In, Of course" said
Hardy, rising and making one Of his
most graceful bows. we shall be de-
lighted to have the lady's society"
This was translated to Mr.. Sano, the
merchant, who executed a series Of
supple ~obeisances, and to the daugh-
ter, who o. and courtesied demure-
ly in Japanese style.
She's quite an acquisition, Ell, Ne
ville?' observed Hardy. by the way
turning to Masatsura-''does either
of them speak English"
Not q word replied the guide.
She's positively beautiful, don't
you think so, NevilleT Hardy in
quired Of the Englishman.
mo" replied the latter, ri can't say
that do, There's something sicken-
ing In their beastly yellow skin to me;
and those Sits Of eyes. pitched at that
angle, strike me as deformed, or, as
physicians would say, monstrous. All
foreigners living IN Japan regard the
natives as an offensive, inferior lot.
mo, / can't get UP my enthusiasm
over your Jap girls beauty"
We'll, to me, she's about the dainti-
est and most exquisite creation my
eyes ever rested on" persisted the
American. III there's any yellow In
her cheeks, it's a slight tinge Of moon
light, or, perhaps, one might fancy
a little gold dust mingled with the
mortal clay Of which she is made. She
IS as dainty az q March lilac blossom,
her lips are as red as Cherries, and
the blood that shines through her
cheeks. like--like freight through d
delicately-stained window is as
warmly red as II she we're Anglo
Saxon. d understand now how
foreigners, like your own Edwin Ar.
mold, for instance have married Jap
"A4N..| NW- DECENTRALIZATION
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06
New Ionic kiIxture.

At this season many people espe-
cially old folks need a tonic appetizer
which will also relieve kidney and
bladder troubles and strengthen the
blood and tissues. A well known ply
stefan claims there is aothing superior
as a winter tonic to the following tsken
three to six times daily in tablespoon
full doses. To a half-pint of good
whiskey add n ounce compound fluid
balmwort and n compound
syrup sarsaparilla.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06

Frederick Hardy, a fashionable Boston
society man, lost his wealth, was Tilted
by a girl and sent by a friend to take
/. charge OF an American Trading Company
store in Russia. On his journey through
Japan he met Stapleton Neville, sup
20 together to Russia. Because Of sus-
picious circumstances they were several
times molested by the Japanese. Hardy
was arrested and found upon his person
We're papers showing maps Of Jap forts.
Hardy was proven guiltless.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06
CHAPTER vi.
A Terrible Hour.

The ship had evidently ridden part
ly owe the rock or reef upon which
with long, free strides, pounded
it was perched and was resting at an
angle with nose downward. This was
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06

DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism usrI-
ally relieves severest cases in a few hours.
It's action is remarkable. 1t removes the
cause and the disease quickly disappears.
First dose benefits. 75c. Druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06
Cruel.

isn't that a good joke? It's my
own"
Great Scott! are you so old as
that?'-Lippincott's.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06

One good thing about a fall that
hangs on is that it keeps back the
beautiful snow" poems.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06

WE BUY HIDES, FURS, PELTS, ETC.
Ship us or write for Free Catalog 102.
Mcmillan Fur & Wool Co., st. Louis, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06

It's the judgment of many smokers that
Lewis Single Binder Sc cigar equals in
quality most Toe cigars .
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06

my God!" gasped Hardy, 1--WE have
run upon a rock and l shall be
drowned here like a rat in a hole, if
they do not let me out! Open this
door! Hello! Open, l say!"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06

Constipation causes many serious diseases. II
is thoroughly cured by Doctor Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. One a laxative, three for cathartic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06

Remember that a sound argument
doesn't mean loud talk.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06

When you can't tell the truah, don't
tell anything.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06

The best of plans fall out, and the
best of friends get married.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-01-06

stepped into the boat waiting to take
him out to the ship.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-03-24
See Taylor's new goods.


Mrs. Albert Tidwel of Quitman is
the guest Of her cousin, Mrs. c. c. Car.
roll this week.
Feischmaun's Yeast received at hi.
ais Grocery Store fresh twice week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel G. Smith arriv-
ed Tuesday night from Columbia. 6.
c., where they have been visiting sew
eral weeks.
FREE! FREE FREE! Teeth ex-
tracted without pain free of charge for
80 days at Dr.Psrramore's Office over
Davis drug store.
Miss Clara Coggins, who for the past
week has been visiting her sister, Mrs,
Randell Walker, in Valdusta is expect
ed to rel urn home to day,
All persons indebted to the late c. B
Ashley, will call on me and make set
tement. Chas. +. Davis, attorney for
Mrs. Cora p. Ashley, administrators,
The subscription list of this paper is
increasing by leaps and bounds. No
less than twenty-five or thirty new sub
scrbers have been added to our list
within the past two weeks.
On next Sunday--Easter there will
be services at : 30 o'clock, p. M, il the
Catholic church and Mass at 7 O'Clock,
Monday morning. Father Bresnahan
will ofliclate at both services.
have severed my connection with the
Fraleig h.Llnes- Snelier Co., and am now
located at the stables OF the Harrell
johnson Co.. east of the court house.
Have just received a carload Of tue
mules, Come and see them. b n
| Tucker. 1t
At the home of Ira Wright on Rura
Route 6, Rev, W. ii, Carraway Tuesda
afternoon united ia marriage Archie
Carrawav and Miss Carrie Benton
prominent young people OF thatsectior
Our congratulations and best wishes
are extended.
Slight evidences Of the political cam
paign were visible on the streets las
Saturday, There were a number o
people ia town aud one might see Of
nearly every corner two or three mel
with their heads together "a sure sigl
that politics was the subject under dis
cussion.
The news of the death of Mrs. Susql
Hartridge was received with profounC
sadness ia Madison where she Wac
greatly beloved Her death occurred
suddenly at her home in Jacksonville
on Tuesday. Her long life of eighty
one years was devoted to Going good u
otuers.
Six or eight new students arrived II
the city Monday from other sections o.
the State and enrolled rs pupils at thu
Normal at the opening OF school Tues
day morning. The Normal Department
lat the school now numbers more thar
one hundred and fifty pupils and mor'
are coming in every week. Hurry vi
the dormitory.
Ben Bishop closed bis store Monday
evening to go TO supper and he had moi
been gone MANY minutes when someont
across the street discovered 6righ
blaze merrlly burning 10 the store Thu
negro, Will Higgins, rushed across thu
street and calling help burst In the
door and In few minutes the blsz'
was put out and the danger was passed
| A pile OF paper bags aud VIZ piping pa pei
under the counter furnished the mater
ial upon which the flames were feeding
but the manner Of their ignition is moi
known. A serious fire was narrowly
averted,
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-03-24
TOWN TOPICS.
our Phone IS.


Stop by and see Taylor.
". l.. Tooke spent several days last
week 10 Leon county on business,
Taylor, the leading clothler and fur
ushier for the best.
Nj, and Mrs. B. B. Mccall left Tues
hy afternoon for visit Of several days
With friends 10 Jacksonville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Parramore re
8hrDed last Thursday from very please
out visit Of two weeks at Hampton
Sprlng.
B. \. Tucker can sell you good Ken
lucky mules and horses. See him at
Emrell-,ohnson Co., stables east Of
NJ cOurt house. 4w
n Prof. Bevan, an accomplished in
Instructor from Tennessee, arrived last
week and has taken teaching position
The Normal
We are informed that several dwell
N Hg houses will be erected this summer
|cn the property in front Of the home Of
Mrs, lmogene Psrramore.
N Don't forget that am now located at
VI Harell Johnson Co.'S, stables east Of
court house. Come and see me if you
want horse or mule, b. n. Tucker.
Real estate in Madison and Madison
county is becoming very active and
Bob Mcintyre is kept busy putting
Through deals. Several transfers have
been made recently.
The announcements of Walter @. Nc
Daniel and John w. Davis for county
treasurer and j, p. Taylor for county
commissioner for district three, appear
This week. See their cards 10 the an
AounRement column.
Mr. L. II. Bailey, one of the county's
pest citizens, who lives at Ebb. was a
BUSINESS visitor in the city Monday and
PAD this Office an appreciated call,
lsaVlng a big round dollar with us for
weekly visit of this paper for one year,
Uol' and Mrs. Knox Livingston from
nennettsvi,le, S. O., are in the city Wis
lung their many relatives and friends.
70" ard Mrs. Llvingstr are very popu-
ut with all Madisonians and their fire.
went visits are greatly appreciated and
enjoyed.
For le next thirty days we will take
ultra Is TO wire your residence or
pace II business at actual cost of mate.
y" No charge for the labor. Our
a'es are reasonable and within reach
|oiall' Estimates cheerfuIly furnished.
Wi US up, Madison Electric Power
company. 4w
Mr. and Mrs. A G. Anderson and
sifs' L A, Thompson of -omervile, N.
i. spent Monday 10 the city the guests
" "rs b. b. Mccall Mr.. Anderson is
|,.Ooty clerk in his New Jersey home
VT thompson, who has recently pur-
uased plantation near Greenville for
winter home, was unable to accompa
IL Inc party this trip bnt will visit our
FOWp later.
ins annual Easter Egg Hunt will
|S oSe place next Saturday afternoon,
.''n INST at four o'clock, on the Par
,.uore addition in front of the resi-
|s'uce OF Mrs. Imogene Parrainore. The
'u"oren and old folks are cordially In.
C'eo 10 be present and Join In the
|'saIen for hundreds of beautiful eggs
h 70 hlddsn for the occasion. Look
S'O'e Tor the prize eggs.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-03-24

Arr't thew pretty. Taylor new goods
Mrs. Jane B. Smith came down from
Quincy last SATURDAY. and is the guest
OF ). Alex Smith and family.
Par-a.slt-a-cide cures Itch in 30 min.
utes. Price 50 cents. Sold by d. G.
Smith. St
Felix Burnett, who holds nice DO.
stion with the Southern Stationery
Co., Valdosta, was in the city Sunday
and M"nday,
Morning service at the Episcopal
church Easter Sunday at II o'clock and
afternoon service at 4:3O. A welcome
for ll'who attend.
We offer our usual ten per cent. dis
count on ice coupon books bought for
cash from this date TO April LIST. Mad
ison Electric Power Co. II
Mrs, r, /. Grower of Quitman is Wis
Ting Mrs j, B. Crimson, Mrs Grooyer
so well remembered as Miss Peggi
Wyche, is greatly beloved by many of
our people who are delighted to have
her AS a visitor to our town.
MIR. &. Il. Coody last week purchased
the Baum Cottage in the northern part
Of town and with bis family moved il
to town FRIDAY and are now occupying
their new home. We bid this excellent
family cordial welcome
a delightful program has been AZ
ranged and will be presented by the
SUNDAY School children and the choir
AZ the Methodist church next Sunday
evening in celebration of Easter. These
anauHl Easter celebrations by the
Methodist people have long since be
come eagerly anticipated events and the
celebration this year will equal, If not
surpaes, any celebration Of former
years. 4 cordial invitation is extend
ed to everybody to he present at the
church promptly at 1870 o'clock. the
hour for the beginning Of the service
And we might remark that you'd better
come early if you would secure a good
seat,
The or duates of the departments OF
Music and Expression gave an enter
tanmept at the Normal Auditorium
Monday night which was attended by a
large audience Under the direction Of
the teachers Of the respective depart
ments-Misses Agnes Parramore and
Viyien Foye-the young graduates rem.
dered program consisting Of mrsica
selections and readings which evidenced
their proficiency in the arts named as
we'll RS the efficiency of the teachers
The graduates 10 Music who partici-
pated 10 the evenings program were
Misses Mamie Lou MADDEN, Mary Bur.
ton and Lila B'raleigh, and IN Express
sion, Miss wilma Smith and Messrs
Julian Calhoun and Angus Stanton.
Chairman Leslie OF the County Exec
utive Committee, has called a meeting
Of the organization which will be hell
at the court house in this city to-day
and at which the matter OF placing the
names Of candidates for the judgeshiI
add for States Attorney on the officia
primary ballot will be considered and
determined Many OF the county com
mittees Of the State have ordered the
names OF these candidates to be printed
on the official ballot Notwithstanding
the seton of the StateCommittee which
declared such candidates should moi
have place on the ticket, OF the coDn
ties OF the Third judicial Circuit Ham
ilton, Columbia, Lafayette and Taylor
have ordered the names placed on the
ticket, Suwsnnse has refused and Mad
ison 10 yet to decide.
Evening journal., 1910-09-10
SCOTT CARNIVAL
WILL END TONIGHT

The attendance at Scott Church
Carnival last evening was the largest
of the week, and Il was estimated that
from 1000 TO 1900 passed through the
arches. This evening will mark the
close Of the carnival, aud II the
weather continues clear, Il Is expect
ed that there will be q record break
ing crowd.
Owing to the illness of Charles
Macateer, who lives on Taylor street,
between Lombard and Pine streets,
It was necessary to move the carnival
yesterday. The young man was taken
ill with typhoid fever this week and
the noise OF the band and the children
in the street so annoyed him that the
carnival was moved up one square,
between Poplar and Lombard streets.
All fixtures were moved I'm less than
an hour. More or less trouble was
experienced in removing the electric
lights. and Il was o'clock last even
ing before these We're installed. The
change In the location did not in any
way detract from the attractiveness
of the carnival, for the houses on tha
square have been decorated, and th,
young people were allowed to hav
as much fun as they liked. Tn
/ booths as we'll as the ice crear
places, continue to do a big business
and the committees OF the variou
departments are constantly replenish
ing their stock.