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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-12-22
Investigate! Investigate!

The Republican threat to sim
vestigate" the vote in the big
Democratic Counties of Missouri
does not alarm anybody or weak
en- the determination of Democrats
to go thoroughly into the ''oficial"
returns of the election in st. Louis
and st. Louis County. There is
not Democrat in the State who is
objecting or will object to an alb
solute recount of every ballot cast
on November the eighth. The
more thorough and widespread
the investigation the better they
will be pleased. 1t is fraud that
the Democrats are looking for and
they don't care where it is found
or who it hurts. If the vote in
counties like Boone and Howard
and Monroe was crooked they will
be only too glad to have the fact
established. But nobody with an
ounce of brain believes anything
of the kind. The Globe Democrat
lies and lies wilfully when it
flaunts the ridiculous charge that
st. Louis and st. Louis County
election methods prevailed out in
the country where the Democratic
vote was large. Honesty is a car
dinal principle of the Democratic
party. Democrats never stole an
election in this State yet and they
are not trying to do it now. All
they are contending for in the
present contest is strict obedience
to the public will as expressed at
the polls on the eighth of Novem-
Der. They can not submit to the
evident robberies in St. Louis
City and County and preserve the
party record for manhood and fair
play. Imported negro buns from
the South have no right to dicta to
to honest citizens who live in Mis-
souri, and pay taxes. Thugs, re-
peaters and election crooks in st.
Louis can not blacken this State
and sell it out with impunity to the
Republican brewery gang of free
hooters and grafters. Let Repub-
lican party leaders and pie-hunt-
ers howl about what happene d
out in the country. 1t is a hoax
and false alarm and won't change
the situation one iota. The in
vestigation goes and it can't &C
too far to suit the Democrats
Clayton Argus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-12-22
EXPLORING BARKING ABBEY
Workmen Excavating for New Street
Find Subterranean Passage Lead
ing From Old Edifice.

In the course of excavations for
new street at Barking a subterranean
passage was discovered which had
evidently led from the old abbey.
A workman, while digging at
depth of ten feet, drove his pick INTO
some soft stonework, and after the
subsequent collapse of earth the pas
sage was revealed 1t was found tnat
the pick had been driven through the
arched ceiling of stone-built passage
some eight feet six inches high and
about six feet wide. Exploring par
ties have investigated the interior by
the aid Of candle light. The walls
were found to be damp and clammy'
and the floor was covered with thick
carpet Of spongy substance, into
which the feet sank slightly. For a
distance Of nearly 20 yards the pas
sage is clear, and at either end OF this
stretch it is blocked, in one case Dy
fall of earth and in the other case
presumably, by the character OF the
structure itself. Two smaller pas
sages turn off the first passage, and
in one of the side turnings there were
found half dozen human skulls anc
quantity of bones. Among the lat
ter is q number of jaw bones of horses
or other large animals All the bones
and skulls are charred, and the walls
of the passage also show traces 0
fire
The Abbey of Barking is reported
to have been built In A. D. 67S .!
Erkenwald, who afterwards becam'
Bishop of London, and whose siste
Ethelberga became first abbess q
Barking. 1t was the first nunnery es
tablished in this country. In A. u
$40 the Danes destroyed it by fire, an
4 1t lay desolate for century until re
stored by King Edgar. Many men
bers Of royal families were among II
abbesses. From the fact that tn
main passage runs in the direction
Barking creek, short distance away
it is believed to have afforded a char
mel Of communication from the able
to the waterway and thence to tn
Thames. London Standard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-12-22
CALIFORNIA; WINE ClsTERN
This Huge Tank is the Largest In the
World, Carved From Solid
Rock.

One of the show places of northern
California Is the Italian-Swiss colonys
immense dry wine vineyard and win
cry at Asti in Sonoma county, which
is also famous as being the section
where Luther Burbank, the plant wiz
ard, has conducted most Of his won
derful experiments with flowers and
fruits.
At Asti is the largest wine tank In
the world. This great cistern Is Wiz
tually huge subterranean lake OF
wine, carved from the solid rock and
lined with a two foot thickness OF
Portland cement, with glazed sur
face. The upper sides and roof are of
reinforced concrete topped by a unique
center dome built of rough rocks. This
mighty tank contains enough ruby
vintage for whole nation to toast its
heroes with and is Just 10 times as
large as the great tun at Heidelberg.
To be precise, the Asti cistern Is "a
feet long, "a feet wide and 25 feet
high, and it's contents would provide a
glass each to 100000 people. An
idea of Its great size may be gained
from the fact that when 1t was first
emptied hundred couples Joined in
a gay ball within it, to the music Of
large military band
The cistern was built to conserve
the wine until an opportune time ar
rived for selling 1t, and to make large
blends and maintain from year to veal
the same type and character. In this
tremendous underground concrete re
ceptacle the ruddy vintage, hermetic
ally enclosed and safe from outside In
fuences, mellows and ripens.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-12-22
Courts VS.. the Stage.

A Philadelphia attorney has
created a passing ripple of excite
ment by declaring that the drama
lists, in endeavoring to portray
court scenes on the stage, never
evince any accurate knowledge of
the subject.
The criticism is just one, no
doubt, and will be accepted with
out demur-without an appeal,
or reversal, or dissenting opin-
ion.
The fact seems to be that the
theater and the courts are as far
apart as the poles. Their meth
DDS, and perhaps their Intentions,
are wholly different.
On the stage man is tried every
day, but his case must stand on
it's merits. We acquit Hamlet
though Shakespeare can scarcely
be said to have done 50, and as
the courts scarcely could have
done. We are lenient with Othello,
though plainly the courts would
have had to "send him over the
road" We condemn the cruel
daughters of Lear, though the
Irregular" jury would have lei
them off, because they were
women.
| So, coming down to the modern
drama, we turn our thumbs dowr
or is it up?-when the bruta
trust magnate tries to prevent the
righteous mayor or governor from
performing the duty which is inn
perative. We would consign thii
large, masterful person to th'
deepest dungeons. But the courts
do not. We find that he is indict
ed occasionally, and once in
while he is even convicted; anC
then we hear tedious stories o
> higher courts, until we forget al
about lthe matter-which is per
haps not wholly unintended.
On the stage the most damaginl
testimony is blurted out to tn
: applause Of the gallery. In tn
courts it seems practice to re
: press such utterances as tend t,
y throw light on the case in hand.
No, indeed; court scenes are no
at all lifelike on the stage. Th
: only theatrical performance whicl
: seemed to us at all like a lega
= proceeding was "Parsifal, that w
attended in the afternoon, expect
= ing to learn what it was all abou
: only to be told to come back afte
: supper, if we cared for the fint
I summing up. And we are not sur
= we ever got clear idea of whe
= was going on.--&. Louis Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-12-22
Points for church-coers.

A clergyman was smoking cigar
under an oak.
a'My congregation coughed this
morning" lie said, 4 could hardly
make myself heard. It was most an,
noying.
WELL said the physician, the
next time they cough, tell them to
press the upper lip just beneath the
nose. Pressing the nerves in that quar-
ter win stop the most obstinate cough,
and by the same token. It win stop
q sneeze too.
"I'll tell you how to stop the hic-
coughs. You press hard on the cheek.
right IN front Of the ear. Those nerves
there control the hlccoughs as money
controls politics You need only press
the nerves will do the rest
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-12-22

"Ill be burned II didn't have to
laugh good an hard at one Nv them
there autty-lunatic, although didn't
feel much like snickerin' at the time"
said Farmer Chinfuzz to the other
soap-box warmers in the cross roads
store; IAN here's the answer: On
my way down to the county seat the
hoss ballzed good an stubborn fer a
spell an in the midst NV my rippin'
an snortin' along comes big red
auttymobile with a real friendly fell
Ter behind the goggles. When the
feIler found out that my outfit wuz
stationary fer the time bein'. what do
you s'pose he up an done? Grabbed
d monkey wrench. an oil can an q
hammer, crawled under my wagon.
made d noise like a b'iler factry, an
may be tetotally honswoggled If that
there hoss' name didn't stand up like
a porkypine's an he made tracks so
fast I'm thinldn' Wv trainin' him fer
the ring speedin' at next county fair.
b'gosh. ILLUSTRATED Sunday Maya
zine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-12-22
Estray Notice.

Taken up by John Mayfeld and posted
before James O.. Scott, Justice Of the
Peace in Dent township OF Iron county,
Missouri, on the Ist day Of December, 1910,
the following described property; One
bright bay horse, four years old past, little
white in forehead, right hind foot white be-
low pastern joint, short black name and tail.
Also one mare mule fourteen and one-half
hands high and two years old, appraised at
$3.50.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-12-22

perience and sought sanctification.
in March, 1910, while she was
washing, she received the blessing
which she had sought so earnestly.
Ever since she seemed to be so
overjoyed. The last prayer meet
ing she attended she was so
burdened for her boys that are un
saved and her earnest prayer left
deep impression on several that
we're under hearing of her suppli-
cation in their behalf. Her beau
tiful Christian character of her late
days was admired by all her
friends. She was stricken down
with typhoid fever, and suffered
several weeks without a murmur.
She bore her sufferings with all
patience one could have, and
prayed the Lord to take her quick,
that when she was laid in her rest
ing place for them not to weep
she was not there, she had gone
sweeping home to glory to meet
her Savior face to face. She was
laid to rest in the cemetery at
Emily's Chapel.
We are coming, dearest mother
We are coming by and by
Be you waiting, dearest mother,
For our time is drawing nigh.
You are gone but not forgotten.
And your memory meier shallfade,
And our lonely hearts will finger
Where our darling mother is laid.
A faithful mother, SO kind and true,
We always think and pray for you!
But God who loved you best
Has taken you home to rest!
A FRIEND.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-12-22
Tuscarora Fertilizers

Increase the yield, improve the
quality, enrich the soil. Every
harvest proves it. Can you afford
to risk your wheat? Be safe.
Tusccrora Fertilizers grow biggest
crops. Car load in stock. For
terms and prices see w. E. Bell &
Son, Belleview, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-12-22
CHRISTMAS TINE!
WE HAVE
All Kinds of Presents!

W/E have Good Things for
w Everybody: for the Babies
and for the Girls and the Boys;
for the Young Ladies and for the
Young Men; for the Middle-Aged
and the Old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-12-22

SpECIALLA special price on two
or more ladies' hats or on hat and
cloak, at B. N. Browns.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

AZ EW YORK.-The wild west was
~ once the home of most that was
romantic and daring in crime. To-
day it is superseded by the wild east
by New York city itself. Crimes are
being committed here which for dar-
ing and unwontedness can scarcely
be surpassed even by the most ina
ginative Of writer's OF fiction.
A few weeks ago, up the river in
the neighborhood of Hudson, there
was a hold-up such as Deadwood
Gulch or Coyote Canyon never sur
passed. A paymaster and his guard re-
turning from a bank with $4,000 to
pay of the laborers in a brickyard
were held up and shot to death within
a few hundred yards of their Office,
and to this day not one of the assas-
sins has been captured and not the
slightest light has been thrown on
the tragedy.
Recently in West Forty-seventh
street there was q duel between two
parties of men. Each of them was In
big touring car and they maneu-
vered up and down the street ex-
changing shots like two battleships in
action. There Was another duel be-
tween two automobile parties on Sew
enty-second street couple OF even
ings later.
Not long ago, one afternoon when
Broadway was crowded, a gambler
stood in front of one of the best
known of New York's theaters and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Bank Failures Due to Lax Examiners

banks had offered excuses that they
had been unable to learn in advance
of banks true condition. that off,
GERS and directors Of banks would not
correct conditions brought to their at.
tention. or any one of another dozen
reasons. Mr.. Murray in his statement
says:
Many of the examiners state in
their reports of examinations, forward.
ed to the controllers Office, that 1t IN
a hardship not only on the examiner
but upon many of the members of the
directory of country banks, to ask the
various boards to meet with the ex-
aminer during the progress or at tho
close Of the examination.
This investigation by the controller
and his chief of the division of re-
ports is also an investigation into tho
methods employed by every national
bank examiner. and upon seeing them
make an examination of several banks
and afterward holding a meeting Of
the directors. he will be able to deter.
mine who Of his examining force, II
any. are inefficient"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Now the Slot Machine Grocery Store

men, said Rev. Mr.. Robbins.
Our automatic grocery store and
lunch is not entirely for profit" said
Mr.. Robbins. 1T will really be a
great philanthropy. The poor in the
tenement parts Of the big cities buv
in small quantities and have to nav
the highest prices. A woman who
purchases 10 cents. worth of coal gets
It at the rate of $40 ton. So with
the other necessities Of life. The
cheap groceries are also unsanftarv
and much time is lost waiting to he
served, especially ii a child is sent to
make the purchase.
"Our grocery stores will consist of
small room with a lot of slots IN
the wall. II man wants a dimes
worth of coal all he has to do ia to
drop dime in the slot and he gets a
whole 10 cents worth. So with beans
sugar, coffee and all the rest Of the
groceries. done up in clean packages
prepared at central point and
bought In large quantities, which ex-
plains the big saving. You cannot
haggle over prices with the slot ma
chine, nor do you lose time in being
waited on. Prices will be from I cent
up"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Bring Rare Antiquities From Eevnt

tory exhibit now in preparation in
Philadelphia.
Among the most interesting vases
received were those of cylindrical
shape, covered with coat of whittsb
unbaked paint; they have waved
ledge handles at the sides and were
originally filled with scented fat an
unguent offered at the graves, The
almost innumerable ivory and wood
carvings, are not only evidence of the
artistic capacity of the early Egyp-
tlans, but indicate that the Esyptians
had commercial relations with dis.
tant places. These rare objects are
ample proof that Abydos is by no
means exhausted. Toward the end of
the season, In widening the cemetery
at the tomb of Ter, second king of
the first dynasty, a number of finely
made figures in mud were found.
These figures represent Osiris as a
mummy. They lay in bed of hard
sand not far from the tomb of Ter. in
later times worshiped as the tomb of
Osiris. In this tomb was found the
famous bed of Osiris, now in Cairo.
The figures all lay face upward, with
head to the west; two Of them had
blue glazed beads round the neck.
1t is a significant fact that many of
the discoveries of the last year are
injured by dampness, because they
lie so near the area of cultivation.
The wide extension of agricultural
Egypt resulting from the building of
tho monster dams at Assiout and AS
souan, has not been an unmixed
blessing. Many of the noblest monu-
ments have been injured and will nj
timately be overthrow by the en-
croaching waters. The relics of the
past that have lain safely in the dry
sands of Egypt are already beginning
to decay at the touch of the infiltrat-
ing waters. A few years more and
the excavator will find nothing of
value in places that are now rich
fields for archaeological research
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

D OSTON-The Egypt exploration
u fund OF England and the United
States has forwarded to it's headquar
tiers in fremont Temple a valuable
consignment Of antiquities to be d.
v1ded among museums contributing to
the society's excavations in Egypt
These objects were displayed in
Kings College, London, and represent
the result Of last winters work con-
Quoted at Abydos. Ehnasiya and Sid
mant.
Abydos has proved an especially
valuable site for exploration. Here
Osiris and Isis had their chief affairs.
to which offerings were brought from
the farthest borders Of Egypt during
the period of centuries from the
twenty-eighth to the thirtieth dynas-
ties.
The main work, which was carried
on under the general direction of
Prof. E. Naville, consisted of an at
tempt to clear finally the royal tombs
OF the first and second aynasties: but
much still remains to be done at this
site, and good results are expected
from the continuation of the work
next season. From these excavations
come slate palettes, jars and vases,
ornaments of glaze, wood, stone, car
nelian, amethyst and flint; flint
razors. ivory carvings, beads and pot
terry
The pottery of the predynastic
Egyptians was made without the help
Of the potter's wheel, of which they
had no knowledge, and the materials
employed by them were Nile mud and
clay. A full line Of this pottery will
have place in the commercial his
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Women to Pit Salon Against jackpot

Catherine Waugh McCulloch, Justice
OF the peace at Evanston. The league
Will maintain a salon in Sprin1field
throughout the next session Of the
legislature. This salon will be onite
the equal Of those through which
bra1ny women so often swayed the
destinies of France.
The foundation of the salon will, ho
good-looking young woman, and her
chaperon. This champion, who ia tn
guide legislators to right thinking IN
the suffrage question, already has
been selected. She is Miss Harriet
Grim. state organizer of the society
She will be assisted by the club WON.
en- OF Springfield and by Chicago
members of the league.
The headquarters of the salon Will,
be IN an apartment in Springfield
which will be furnished by the leaRue
for the express purpose, and open
house will be kept as long as there is
4 legislator or his wife In Springfield
to be entertained. The definite aim Of
the league for the coming session of
the legislature is municipal suffrage
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Wild West Outdone in New York Cit

engaged in a pistol duel with another
whom he claimed had .wronged him.
The aggressor was the poorer MARKS
man and was filled with lead. Halt
an hour later the sidewalk had been
scrubbed up and was dry and dusty
again, and the surging crowds gave
as little comment to the ARRAY as the
border men used to when a man WIS
killed over a game of cards in Abilene
or Dodge or any other of those roar
ing cities of the cow country quar-
ter Of century ago.
One Of the most daring deeds in the
history Of the metropolis was that
performed by Myles Mcdonnell. He
walked into saloon, where he knew
q lot of his enemies were waiting to
kill him. The minute he stepped in
side the door three or four Of his foes
opened fire on him. He drew his PTS
toll without batting an eye and an
swered shot for shot. The doctors Of
the Harlem hospital were busy for
several days thereafter attending to
the dead and wounded. Mcdonnell
killed two and seriously injured three
or four others. He himself got OF
without a scratch.
New York today has the greatest
clearing house for thieves in the
world. It Is there that congregate the
transatlantic robbers. men who work
the ocean greyhounde. After each
round trip they meet at this rendez-
vous and divide their spoil. There
also assemble the master thieves, the
big robbers, the clever men who steal
by brains as we'll as by force. They
are the safe blowers, the crack Sec
ond-story men, the cleverest of forg.
ers who steal with pen and ink, the
kings and princes of the wireless WIRE
tapping and gold brick industry, the
big sWindlers In fake mining schemes,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

MEXICO is a striking illustration Of
ASA the way modern business puts ma
tions under bonds to keep the peace
A naturally turbulent Latin-American
republic, mainly Indian in blood. pays
coupons on it's government bonds to
citizens of 81 nations. That is the
number of countries represented last
year In 1907, coupons on Mexican
government bonds were redeemed for
citizens of 16 nations.
Every country so interested, through
it's citizens, in the stability and homes
ty of the Mexican republic, is an in.
fluence on the side of peace and or.
der in Mexico. In very real sense
the Mexican nation has given bonds
to keep the peace by selling govern
ment securities to foreigners living
under many flags.
Less directly, but still in ways that
count heavily the sales of private
property to foreign investors are also
equivalent to giving bonds to keep the
peace. In the last quarter of a cen
fury American capital to the amount
of not less than $1,000,0O0,OOO. accord.
ing to excellent authorities, has been
invested in Mexican mines, planta-
lions, railroads and other Mexican
property. European money has poured
into Mexico in a similar stream.
OF course, no Mexican government
ever guaranteed the security or the
protitableness of such investments
No government of any great power
would undertake to collect from the
Mexican people, as a nation. money to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Want to Shorten Long Green Notes

plates and that would be much great
er than the renewal of such as wear
out On the other hand the experts
reckon that saving Of $612, SOB year
may be made by the reduction in size.
The secretary will ask congress to
conform the bank bills to the new d.
mansions at government charge for
new plates.
The work of so modifying the paper
currency would require 18 months. 30
that no sudden appearance of the
smaller notes can be expected. While
engravers and printers might be busy,
the scheme would pass into an old
story.
The department hesitates to go for.
ward in the matter without public ap-
prevail and invites criticism and sue-
gestion. The clipping OF of more than
half an inch in width and 1-2s inch in
length saves so much in paper and
permits five notes instead, of four to
be printed on sheet. The guess how
much longer the smaller note will last
than the present paper can he vert
ned only by trial. 49,. $3.50;
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