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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-16
Reciprocity and Revision.

Those Democratic leaders who are
to prepare the bill revising the Payne
law should rejoice in the appearance
of the tariff pact with Canada at this
time. Had it been sent to congress
as a surprise next winter it might
have upset their calculations-might
have obliged them to go wei a por-
ton at least of their work. AS they
are just beginning the shaping Of
their plans, they can take the pact
into account now, wen should it fail
of Endorsement by the Republicans at.
this session.
There has been an idea, particular
ly since the Baltimore jubilee, that
the tariff next year would be a simple
proposition. Might 1t not take the
form of a revision of the wool sched-
ule Of the Payne law as a starter?
The Republicans are not united in
support of that schedule. The presi-
dent did not like 1t at the time he
signed the ley measure, and the
Democrats to a man were opposed to
it. Why should not MI. Clark and
his friends content themselves with
overhauling q schedule not acceptable
even to many of the Republican lead
ers, and then ask for an Endorsement
at the polls upon a promise to go on
with the work, piece by piece, until
the whole Payne law should be re-
vised out of existence?
The presidents message next win
ter in its tariff feature should be a
particularly interesting document.
The chances Of his denomination are
today nine In ten, and that the tariff
will be the paramount issue seems
certain. How, then, will he put the
matter up to congress, and what re-
spouse in the way of a bill will the
house make? Both sides will have
the presidency In mind and both will
find it advisable to walk warily.
But, to repeat, the Democrats are
fortunate In having nearly a year in
which to study the new aspect Of the
Ease before putting their own views
into shape for discussion and action.
Washington Star.
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NOTHING BUT WORDS
SPEECH OF SENATOR ROOT DE-
VOID OF REASONING.
ReactIonsfy Sentiment VIII Find LII
tie Favor Even Among lts
Frlends-Race Question Had
No Place In Argument.

Mr.. Roots defense of unpopular
election Of senators would be regard
ed with some favor as oratory If 1t
had been made In a high school prize
debate. Coming as it does from an
advocate of brilliant attainments, 1t
must be distinctly disappointing to
he reactionaries. The only possible
explanation for the weakness of the
Root argument is that the usually re-
%sourceful senator could not discover
any point that would give plausibility
to his reasoning. The case was hope
less. That is why Mr.. Root was as
dull and unconvincing as II he were
defending a pauper criminal by ap-
pointment Of the court in a case
where the evidence of guilt was over
whelming.
That also is why the generally skill
full New Yorker abandoned his usual
dependence on argument and resort
ed to tactics calculated to prejudice
the jury In his favor. And so he
threatened the south with federal su.
pervision Of state elections If the con-
stitutional method of electing United
States senators were changed.
While the race question has no
rightful place In the discussion, and
would not be dragged into 1t If the
~reactionaries were not driven to a
desperate defense of their position,
Mr.. Root seemed hopeful of soaring
southern senators away from the di-
rect election cause by telling them
that grandfather clauses and white
supremacy would be imperiled by the
success of the Borah resolution.
No southern Democrat who really
wants to see the United States senate
popularized would be driven off by
such intimidation. The senator's from
the south know that Mr.. Root and
most of those who oppose the direct
election amendment have nc interest
in the southern negro who is kept
away from the polls by grandfather
clauses or shotguns. Their concern
for the DISTINGUISHED colored voter
was not manifested until it seemed
wise to affect sympathy for him In
order to brighten the white south with
the DOGGY of a federal force bill as a
means Of defeating the popular de.
mand for the Borah amendment.
When the people shall have won
their irresistible fight for the direct
election of senator's the Roots will
forget all about the DISTINGUISHED ne.
gro. If occasion should demand 1t,
and 1t would serve the cause of spe-
cial privileges SO to do, the present
champions of the trampled colored
voter would no doubt some day strike
hands with southern senators to keep
him ground to the dust, and would
defend, in impassioned pleas for white
sovereignty at the south, the electoral
injustice they now SIMULTANEOUSLY
condemn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-16

built a splendid home since the death Of her
husband and the wealthy Mrs. Wyeth Of Phila-
delphia had her nephew-architect carry out
her ideas of a distinctive home.
In point of achievement, however, unques-
tionably the greatest of all the house build
ers in the coterie of wealthy widows is Mrs.
Albert Clifford Barney, who inherited one
fortune from her father, a Cincinnati pio-
neer, and married another. Mrs. Barney is Of
a most artistic temperament and is indeed an
artist of no mean ability in both oils and
water colors. She spends much time in Paris,
where she and twp. of her daughters, who de-
vote themselves respectively to painting and
sculpture, are much in their element. When
she is in this country Mrs. Barney divides her
time and her bOundless energy between the
staging Of Greek plays and other amateur the
atricals of a most ambitious character and the
designing and building of houses for love OF
it. These unique habitations that she creates
Mrs. Barney sells or rents, and be it said to
her credit that she Is a clever enough business
woman to make her art profitable In dollars
and cents as well as in personal satisfaction.
In the field of philanthropy American wild
ows have of late years accomplished 80 much
good as to make these bereaved ones as a
class the most respected and most admired
contingent of American multimillionairedom.
The generosity of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst in good
works has insured her a place for all time in
our real hall of fame and Mrs. Harrimans gift
of a splendid park to the state of New York
bids fair to be but the first of a series of no
table benefactions. Mrs. Russell Sage Is an
other woman who in a comparatively brief
w~idowhood has helped the needy in many
ways, and the late Mrs. Gardner Hubbard,
widow of the man who reaped the greatest
financial rewards from the invention Of the
telephone, was lavish during her lifetime in
good works.
There is one group of widows in the Unit
ed States in the members of which-for all
that they are most of them living very qui-
etly-the public is bound to take a keen inter-
est. This group is made up of the widows Of
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WOULD LIE AWAKE ALL NIGHT
WITH ITCHING ECZEMA

Ever since l can remember / was
9 terrible sufferer of eczema and
other irritating skin diseases. / would
lie awake all night, and my suffering
was in~tolerable. A scaly humor set
tied on my back, and being but a
child, I naturally scratched 1t. It
was a burning, itching sensation, and
utterly intolerable, in fact, 1t was so
that l could not possibly forget about
1t. 1t did not take long before 1t
spread to my shoulders and arms, and
/ was almost covered with a mass Of
raw flesh on account Of my scratching
II. / was In such a condition that my
hands were tied.
"A number of physicians were call
ed, but 1t seemed beyond their med
ical power and knowledge to cure
me. Having tried numerous treat
ments without deriving any benefit
from them, I had given myself up to
the mercy Of my dreadful malady, but
! thought l would take the Cuticura
treatment as a last resort. Words
cannot express my gratitude to the
n who created The Cuticura Mira
cles,' as / have named them, for now
I feel as if l never suffered from even
a pimple. My disease was routed by
Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and I
shall never praising the wonder
full merits they contain. I will never
be without them, in fact, I can almost
dare any skin diseases to attack me
80 long as / have Cuticura Remedies
In the house. l hope that this letter
will give other sufferers an idea of
how I suffered, and also hope that
they will not pass the 'Cuticura Life
Saving Station" (Signed) c. Louis
Green, 929 Chestnut St., Philadelphia,
Pa, Aug. 20, 1910.
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LIVED LONG WITHOUT EATING
Men and Animals Have Made Some
Remarkable Fasts a Mat
ter of Record.

: The record for fasting, so far as
humanity is concerned, is held by
Granie, a French murderer, who de-
termined to starve himself to death,
and from the day of his arrest refused
to eat. In spite of every effort on the
part of his warders, who first tried
tempting him to eat by placing the
most dainty meals In his cell, and
when that failed, attempted feeding
him by force, he held out for SO days,
at the end of which time he died. Up
to then the longest authenticated fast
on record was that accomplished by
Giovanni Succi, who tasted at the
Royal Aquarium, London, for As days.
But these records sink into insignia
canoe when compared with the fat
pig of Dover, enshrined in DR.. w. B.
Carpenters Manual of Physiology"
This pig weighed 100 pounds and wa
entombed for 100 days by the fall of
a portion of the chalk cliffs. When
dug out 1t weighed only 40 pounds,
but to the surprise OF It's owner wa
alive.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-16
REVIEWS ANTIQUE WASHSTAND
Long islander Sells Piece of Furniture
for Fifty Cents and Buys It
Back for $40.

An elderly Long Islander once at
tended an auction of old furniture.
Among the articles for which bids
We're asked was a heavy marble
topped washstand. The Long Island
er bid ten cents for 1t, and as he was
the only n who spoke the wash
stand was knocked down to him
rather to his dismay, as he had to
have 1T conveyed to his distant home.
For several years this ten-cent antique
was an occupant Of the barn, its mar
BILE top being removed and the interior
Of the stand serving as a receptacle
for cans of paint.
One day a clerk from a furniture
store in the neighborhood called at
the Long Islanders and accidentally
caught sight Of the unappreciated
washstand. He made some inquiries
concerning it, and eventually pur-
chased it for SO cents. The clerk took
his purchase to the store, gave It a
thorough renovating and it became a
handsome piece of hardwood furni-
ture, the marble top adding the fin
ishing touch. Not long after this
transformation the elderly Long
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the Pennsylvania coal and oil magnate, and
AIRS. NJ. a.. Hanna, widow of the late United
States senator from Ohio.
Mrs. Hanna's life since the death of her
husband, we may here digress to explain, has
illustrated how great is the latitude Of life
open to the modern wealthy widow in con-
trast to the circumscribed existence of the av-
erage widow of a prominent official of a cen
fury ago, who, upon the death of her husband,
was wont to retire to his plantation or country
seat and live in the utmost quietude if not in
actual seclusion. After the death of her hus-
band Mrs. Hanna lived for a time in a fash
ionable hotel in Washington. Then she built
a large house and occupied it for a time, later
disposing of it to a prominent army officer.
Next she had a special apartment arranged to
her order in one of the largest of the new ho-
tells in New York, even providing a special
kitchen for Maggie" her Jewel" of a cook.
Then desiring a change, she hit upon the idea
of her present program of life, which calls for
an extended %sojourn in Europe each spring
and summer and a winter residence in Wash
ingtcn, where she has two apartments of IA
rooms each in a fashionable apartment house.
Mrs. Hanna's 2S-room apartment might
seem a pretty pretentious residential establish
ment for a lone woman to maintain, but it Is
scarcely a circumstance to the enormous four
story mansion erected at the national capital
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Bell Must Be Tuned.

The general impression is that the
tone of a bell is largely a matter Of
accident, but this is not SO, A bell
must be tuned the same as a piano
or any other musical instrument Ev-
cry bell has five sounds, which must
blend together in perfect harmony,
and this is accomplished by shaw
ing down certain parts until the de-
sired harmony is secured. In the
event Of shaving too deep the bell is
not injured, but the tuning operation
is prolonged, as other parts must be
operated on and cut away to a CORE
spending degree.
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To incline Toward Mercy,

Jim had been far from a good boy
during the day and toward nightfall
he realized the fact fully. Being we'll
acquainted with the workings of fam
lily discipline he essayed a little d.
plomacy.
Shall you tell father about mef'
he inquired Of his mother.
Certainly I shall tell him." respond
ed his mother, with sorrowful firm
ness.
Shall you tell him before dinner or
after dinner?" asked the culprit.
After dinner" was the announce
ment.
Mother and Jim gave a wiggle
Of anticipation, couldn't you have q
BURBERRY pudding for his dessert?
Couldn't you do that much for me,
mother Youths Companion.
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CURRENT WRECKS A BRIDGE
Twenty-seven Big Timbers Are Cut
Through In One Day by Aid Of
Electricity.

One of the most ingenious uses to
which electricity was eve put was in
the wrecking Of a bridge over the Wa
bash in Indiana.
This bridge had been purchased by
the county authorities, who intended
to replace it by a steel structure erect
ed on the old piers and abutments.
The owner agreed to remove the
bridge in 80 days.
The chief difficulty lay In the short
time agreed upon for the removal of
the bridge. Several wreckers to whom
the matter was submitted declared
that it would be impossible within 80
days TO pull down the old bridge with
out injury to the piers.
The structure might be blown up
with dynamite, but the explosion
would also destroy the piers. Were II
fired, the heat would crack and injure
the masonry Of the bridge. The sc
days expired, and an extension Of one
week was granted.
The owner was at his wits end
when he CHANGED upon an electrician
who proposed. not to blow UP the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-16
Drift From Hiqh Tariff.

The drift of the country away from
the high tariff position is strikingly
illustrated by the experience Of SEN
ator Hepburn Of Idaho, with a stand
pat speech before the members Of the
silk Manufacturers association OF
America at New York Saturday night.
His attacks on the Canadian reciproc-
ity agreement met now a chilly 81
lence and again shouts Of disapproyal.
When he launched into a general
eulogy Of the schedules and declared
that those present would starve to
death II protection we're withdrawn.
there were cries Of Il guess not" fol
lowed by shouts Of laughter. The re-
ports say that after the meeting a
good deal Of sharp comment was
heard among the groups OF manufac-
turers over the senator's attack mon
what President Taft is trying to do
for the expansion Of American trade
and dustry.-Springield Republican,
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Home and school.

Home and school are two different
spheres and have of necessity differ
ent duties to perform and different
work to accomplish In the training and
teaching of the child. But unless the
Ideals are the same and unless there
is a systematic attitude of mind be-
tween parents and teachers, the best
result cannot be achieved and the
child must suffer.-Mrs. e. L. Frank
lin, Secretary Parents National Edu-
c%ational Union. England.
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brink Of another the trail may wind,
with a tangle Of rocks and brush hem
ming 1t in, and grim peaks hanging
over In the background. Right down
and round about the sleds are guided
along the narrow course, and then in
to the valley where the town n~estles;
and on and on speeds the little train
Of sleds or toboggans, to check their
course only for the dark boundary Of
the river that Is too deep and cold to
freeze In any weather. And IN start
ing out tobogganing on the dangerous
Elopes Of the western mountains W
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Islander and his wife visited the fur
niture store, and when the wife saw
that beautifully polished antique
washstand she fell in love with it, for
it just filed her ideal. Her husband
seemed to have a suspicion of the
truth, and endeavored to distract her
attention. But the affair ended by the
woman purchasing the stand for $40,
and it is now n of her most highly
priced possessions.
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A BALL FOR BABY

through the p%erforation in the card
board and then proceed to fill up the
hole by drawing the wool through and
through over the cardboard until no
more will pass, Cut it and tie 1t be-
tween the two circles and remove
these by tearing them away.
The ball should be sewn on to nar
row satin ribbon, blue or pink, as the
case may be, and to this ribbon
should be attached a quantity Of little
gold or silver bells, which will Jingle
merrily when the ball is swung to and
fro by the ribbons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-16

If ever love Is stitched into a gift
it goes into the one that celebrates
baby's first birthday. One Of the pref
TEST presents, which. will give the
little one great Joy, is a large edition
Of those balls which the happy
mothers of today delighted to fashion
as children with two circles of card
board perforated in the center.
Instead of making the circles an
inch or two in diameter, make them
full six inches in size, and use pink
and white or pale blue and white wool
Of a very feecy type. Tie the wool
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mon bond of winter sports. And 1t
takes the Canadian with his easy go
ing propriety and love Of living pleas
antly to turn cold and snow and Ice
to sociability and pleasure.
Tobogganing is a perennial delight
among those people who love to travel
a mile in a minute or SO and walk
back uphill to do It again. Out in the
west, where government trails have
been made up to the mines there is
t~obogganning, or its equivalent with
sleds and bobs. Around the base Of one
precipice and again along to every
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erybody invariably feels a thrill of
reinsurance If told that the pilot is
q Montrealer. For the man from Mon
treal is supposed to be an expert with
a toboggan, even as he is with a canoe.
1t is In Montreal that "tobogganing
reaches its supremacy. The men and
women start out in parties and go up
to the starting place, where several
distinct burrows mark the course Of
the toboggans. In these troughs the
tcboggans follow each other in rapid
transit. The sun shines bright, the air
rs sharp and exhilarating. The snow
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Cause and Effect.

II see from the papers," said Daw-
son, that there is a great scarcity of
chorus girls this year.
Il was afraid there would be-" said
Wiggles. ITS only another case of
cause and effect. The French cham
payne crop has practically failed, and
Holsters are scarcer than hens teeth
this season."-Harper,s Weekly.
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bridge, but to burn it apart His pro-
posal was gladly accepted.
Each span of the bridge was COM
posed of nine chords of three timbers
each. The 81 stills were to be cut
simultaneously, so that the span would
drop between the piers into the river.
The cutting was to be accomplished
by burning through the wood with
loops Of iron resistance made red-hot
by the passage Of the electric current.
Fifty-four resistance loops were
heated to wreck each span, and the
spans were wrecked one at a time.
Sufficient current was used to heat the
iron wires cherry red. The result was
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exactly the same with every span. Be
tween the turning on Of the current
and the fall Of the span an hour n
40 minutes elapsed. Then the mass
Of timbers fell into the water well in
side the piers, so that they were unin-
jured.
The cut made by the hot wire a
sharp and clean, and the wood was
not charred more than an inch from
the place of fracture.
The current was first turned on at
about five o'clock in the morning, and
at two in the afternoon the last span
crashed down to the river bed
Scientific American.
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Snappy,

Ten cents worth Of canine pepper"
said the little boy in the suburban
store.
"Canine!" echoed the astonished
clerk. "Why, my little man." I guess
you mean cayenne pepper"
The little fellow was doubtful.
Maybe l do, mister" he h~esitated,
"but mamma said it was the kind of
pepper that had a sharp bite, SO I
thought 1t was canine"
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WINTER GAY TIME IN CANADA
Tobosoanlns a Source Of Great Delight
for Those Who Love Swift
Travelling.

1t takes a good Canadian really to
enjoy winter; for winter Is a part Of
the national spirit Of Canada. From
the shores Of Labrador to the noun
tains Of the west, and from the bound
ary OF the United States to the frozen
arctic, It descends with impartial rigor,
binding the vast country in the com
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by Mrs. Slater, another wealthy widow, who is
the sole occupant of this palace save for the
Is servants who minister to her needs.
Wealthy widows, it may be added, have not
shirked the responsibilities of house building.
Indeed, on the contrary, it seems to be one Of
their fads. Mrs. Letter, in addition to her
town houses, has lately been building a sum-
mer cottage" costing hundreds of thousands
of dollars on the North Shore of Massachu-
sets near the summer home of President Taft.
Mrs. Hay, widow of the late secretary of
state, has built a magnificent mansion in Cleve-
land; Mrs. Pullman and Mrs. Marshall Field
have ordered new homes from plans which
they had a hand in making; Mrs. Hit has
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lies like q fine, dry powder Of dia-
mond dust. Everybody is clogged
with snow dust. Everybody is tingling
hot, and eyerybody's face is aflame
with rudy color. The Chinaman
didn't see the philosophy Of Whist
walkee backee one mile" But the
Canadian doesn't ask for the philoso-
ply Of It. He merely goes in for en-
joying 1t, and incidentally gets a whole
lot Of exercise out Of the thing
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! don't see how some Of them (the
%railroads) will get along.-Presldont
Baer OF the Reading formerly Of IT,
divine right.
Patience, Geo. It will all be cleai
enough In q little while, even to you.
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Just the Thinu.

Fgg-What are you having carved
on the photographers tombstone?
Fogg-Taken from life. - Boston
Transcript.
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II looks as II the devil never took a
vacation.