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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06
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of the London Times, VIII for a period was en-
ployed by the Turkish Tobacco Reggie. Mr.. Bell
some years ago described the great piles of ma
terial, covered with the accumulated dust of four
and a half centuries, which tantalized him with
their possibilities, He could not get at what they
really were since the gloom made. it impossible
to distinguish any of the objects, and the Turks
would not permit a close examination.
Fascinating possibilities exist In the thought
of what the dust that has been accommodating
since the year of the conquest by Mohammed II
may conceal. 1t is doubtful If many treasures
in gold and silver and gems will be found, though
even this is possible. But the chances that pre-
cious manuscripts of the classics may be dis
covered are greater. Splendid libraries, contain
ing, probably, practically all the lost classics,
are undoubtedly hidden in ruins.
There are known to be 5000 manuscripts in
the sultan's library, which have been seen, and
that only hastily, by few foreigners. But the
chief hope Of scholars lies in their trust in one
of the least Objectionable traits of the Moslem,
his dislike Of destroying anything with writing
on it. Even If he does sacrifice pictures and
sculpture, he usually leaves books alone, in case
the name of God should be written on them.
Had it not been for this superstition the world
would be very much poorer in the old learning
than it is today.
AS for its strategic and political value it must
be remembered that Constantinople is to the
lubSldH CHURCH anu 10 us duueTeuIS WudL HOMe
is to the Roman Catholics, and for the last 200
years in particular 1t has constituted the prin-
cipal object of all Muscovite religious and po-
litical aspirations. Without attaching any
credence whatsoever to the purely mythical tes-
lament Of Peter the Great about Constantinople
a document which was never heard of until the
beginning of the nineteenth century, nearly a
hundred years after his death, and which is a
forgery concocted by the Pole Sokoniki and the
Frenchman Lesueur, at the instance Of the first
Emperor Napoleon, there is no doubt that Car
Peter had get his heart upon the acquisition of
Constantinople and had impressed this.idea upon,
his people as . national ideal.
However. whether the will be authentic or
genuine or not the fact is it does embody ma
tional aspirations, and has had a great effect on
Russian imagination.
Catherine the Great was equally bent upon
transferring the capital of her empire from
Petrograd. and from Moscow, to STEAMBOAT. and
when Napoleon l and Alexander | planned to-
gether their sharing the dominion of the world,
the Muscovite ruler insisted upon the possession'
of Constantinople on political and religious
grounds. declaring 1t to be "the key to the door
OF Russia" Napoleon would not and could not
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06
IN A SHADOW
Tea Drinker Feared Paralysis.

Steady use of either tea or coffee
often produces alarming symptoms,
as the poison (caffeine) contained in
these beverages acts with more po-
tency in some persons than in others.
II was never a coffee drinker,"
writes an Ill. woman, "but a tea drink
er. / was very nervous, had frequent
spells of sick headache and heart
trouble, and was subject at times to
severe attacks of bilious collie.
mo end of ~sleepless nights-would
have spells at night when my right
side would get numb and tingle like a
thousand needles were pricking my
flesh. At times l could hardly put my
tongue out of my mouth and my right
eye and ear we're affected.
"The doctors told me to quit using
tea, but | thought l could not live with
out it-that it was my only stay. l
had been a tea drinker for twenty-five
years; was under the doctors care for
fifteen.
about six months ago, | finally quit
tea and commenced to drink Postum.
II have never had one spell of sick
headaches since and only ms light
attack of bilious collie, Have quit hav-
ing those numb spells at night, sleep
well and my heart is getting stronger
all the time"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read '%-he Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereaI-thc original form
must be well boiled. l5c and 25c pack.
ages.
Instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissclves quickly in a cup Of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage Instantly, SOc and
soc tins.
Both kinds arc equally delicious and
ccas about the same per cup.
There's a Reason for Postum.
-sold By crocera
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06

the use made by the Moslem connuerors of the
seven hills, more or less dominated by splendid
seraglios and mosques, including the metamor-
phosed santa Sophia itself, gives Constantinople
today its peculiar character above all other cities.
and makes the near or distant view under vary
ing aspects of sun and season one Of unrivaled
magnificence, SO that it is today the chief picture
city of the world.
The mosques seem to be part of as well as ris-
ing out of a sort of curious mushroom growth
developing out Of rooted refuse Of stone and stuc-
co that spreads all over the two sides of the
Golden Horn, that famous arm of the bay on
which the city is situated with STEAMBOAT, the old
city on the west, and Galatay and Pera, where
the foreigners live, on the east, stretching along
the shores of the Bosporus toward tho Black
sea. And the mosques are wonderful. Here
they rise, huge masses of clustered rectangular
structures with all sorts of subsidiary buildings,
as it we're, tied up to and p~lastered against them.
And then out of this squat mass appear the
soaring, slender minarets, cutting the blue sky
in lovely tapering outline, broken only by the
balconies, from four to six in number, the latter
grouping only allowed in one case. however,
while above the central section, fortlike in char
acter, the domes and semidomes are uplifted, all
to be crowned by the great dome which balances
the entire mass In a manner that seems pure
chance, but makes an indescrible effect of beauty
and proportion, as is in evidence in the great
mosque ~Jeni-Jani near the Galata bridge.
Dolce far niente days will soon be over If 1t
again yields to the new invaders, and a new era
of enlightenment sets in. Then the street and
public life will take on a new aspect and the
city will be once more a place Of pilgrimage
Moreover, when the capital is once more ig
Christian hands, what a chance for the %antiquar'
ians and Psychologists and classical scholars and
specialists Every ruin should yield treasures,
and of all the promising places the most prom
Using are the mysterious vaults under the great
Agia Sophia mosque, formerly the Church OF st,
Sophia, originally built by Constantine in S6 op-
posite his palace and dedicated to the Divine
Wisdom fSophia). The church as 1t exists to-
Hday, one Of the greatest buildings in the world.
was erected in 532-537 by the Emperor Justinians
Anthemios OF Tralleis and lsidoros OF Miletos
we're the architects. Fossati, an Italian archl-
tect, undertook a thorough restoration Of the
exterior OF the building in 1S47, when 1t was
painted yellow with red stripes.
It is in what may lie under st. Sophia that
the interest OF psychologists will center. These
vaults have always been iealously guarded by
the Turks, and few indeed have been the out
siders allowed a peep at them. One of those who
saw the most was the late Moberly Bell. manager
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06
BETTER LAUGH THAN SCoLD
All Women Would Do Well to
Remember.

If he is suspicious don't take him
too seriously.
And why? Because, if you do, there
is always a great probability that he
will imagine that there is a good foun-
dalton for his foolish want of trust.
A lover is inclined, perhaps natur-
ally, to be a trife jealous Of the be-
loved one; but even this usually harm
less characteristic should not be en-
couraged overmuch.
AS for suspicion, it should never
raise its ugly head in the paradise Of
love; if it does, it will spoil everything
and cast a gloom over what should be
undiluted happiness.
A wise girl will therefore always try
gently to laugh her sweetheart out Of
such unpleasant fancies; of course
she will be careful not to give him
reason to begin them, but if they do
unluckily crop up, then she will do her
utmost to Danish them.
Kindly laughter will often do more
to make a man see that he has been
foolish and wrong than any amount of
the best-intentioned scolding or re-
proaches.
The latter are apt to leave a sore
ness and resentment behind them,
whereas a good-natured laugh leaves
no sting of any sort.
The very fact of smiling over a mat
ter together makes a bond of union
and harmony.-PittsLurgh Dispatch.
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"Ahem, the sick man, the sick man; is your maJes-
ty speaking as the doctor in the case OF as the
heir" With that the other powers turned against
Russian pretensions, and on all subsequent oc-
casions in various combinations, both In 1907 ana
in 1877, backed the "sick man" against any doc
toring by which Russia would be the residuary
legatee. And so events moved on for 60 years,
till the day of reckoning came, and Austria hred
the Serbian powder barrel and Armageddon
was on!
While it is an exaggeration, at any rate in
these modern times, to ascribe the mastery Of
world to the possession of Constantinople, it can
not be denied that the city occupies from a po-
litical, from a strategic and from an economic
point of view, one of the most valuable and i'm
portant sites in the world. 1t is a natural fortress
of great strength, protected as it is in the rear
by mountain and swamp. which make it difficult
to attack by land, by those wonderful straits,
the Dardanelles and the Bosporus, which furnish
matchless a defense against any onslaught
from the sea.
1t lies at the very point where Europe and
Asia meet and which connects the Black sea
with the Mediterranean, and even with the Indian
ocean, by way of the Suez canal and the Red sea.
When the railroad now in course of c~onstruc-
ton from Ismid to the head of the Persian gulf,
via Konia and Bagdad, is completed, which viii
constitute far and away the shortest and quick
est route from Europe to India, Constantinople
will become perhaps the most important station
along the line both as regards freight and pas.
senger traffic.
Even the existing trade route to India via the
Suez canal would be endangered by Russia's pos
session OF Constantinople. and 1t is for this rea-
son that Earl Grey. in admitting in parliament
that England had abandoned its traditional policy
of centuries and, would not oppose its free access
to the Mediterranean from the Black sea through
the Sosporus and Dardanelles, was very careful
not to say Russia should be given Constantinop1e
at oncel
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06

The best values that have been
shown in shopping bags within the
memory Of the Oldest shopper are to
be found in the leather goods depart
ments just now. These bags are shown
in many shapes, (most of them prac-
tical) and in medium sizes. Pin seal
and morocco are the most popular
leather, although there are other va
rieties to choose from. Black con.
tinues to be the favorite color, with
tans and browns next in importance,
and a few dark blues, greens, puppies
and reds for those who wish a bag
to match a suit or some dress acces-
sorry in color.
Four bags of pin seal are shown
here in black. Two of them are sup,
piled with very complete fittings. They
are soft, and the leather In three of
them is gathered on to the frame, so
that they are lore roomy than their
size would indicate.
The bag at the upper left-hand cor
ner is to be recommended to the tour
list. It contains a good sized fiat hand
mirror fastened to the frame by a bit
of strong ribbon, and a small coin
purse. In little pockets made in the
lining there are a small face powder
box with tiny puff, a scent bottle. a
case with nail file, and a tube which
may carry a days supply of cleansing
cream. Even this ample fitting is ex.
ceeded in some bags that carry a card
case and very small pair of scissors
besides.
The bag shown at the lower right
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06

5h@fF1 @Gl1@DI

be bought in narrow or wide widths,
and with embroidery in colors, as we'll
as white, on a white ground. Wolfe is
manufactured in an endless variety of
embroidered patterns.
The underskirt, in the dress pic
tured, is fitted about the hips and cut
with a moderate flare. 1t is finished
with a three-inch hem. The tunic is
fitted to the figure by means of tucks,
graduated in length and extending be-
low the hips. They are shorter at the
front. The tunic dips a trife at the
front, and this slight dip is repeated in
the bodice.
The bodice is cut like a plain blouse,
with the fullness gathered in at the
bottom and confined under a girdle
made of the embroidered scallops. 1t
fits the figure vaguely like a short
jacket. The neck is finished with a
turnover collar of lace, and the same
lace is used for the puffs and frills
about the sleeves.
A silk scarf tie finishes the dressing
of the neck. This design is one that
seems as we'll suited to the matron as
to the maid, and nothing prettier can
be found for graduation gowns Oh for
| the useful white dress for midsummer,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06

That very graceful garment, the long
tunic, which appeared and took the
world of fashion by storm late last
summer, is with us again. Sometimes
1t is an overdress as long as the under
skirt, but often it hardly differs at all
from the tunic of last season. The
skirt under it has grown wider, al
though 1t is often considerably mar
rover than the tunic. But it may be
equally wide, and in either case is
good style.
One need only to examine the gown
of embroidered wolfe shown here to
appreciate the charming outlines Of
the tunic skirt and to realize that a
gown put together on such good lines
is something more than merely fash
ionable. The style is so pleasing that
it has lasting qualities. The bodice
is cut on simple and graceful lines
also. This is a model that might be
safely chosen for, a gown of handsome
lace, with the expectation that little
change need be made in it from season
to season.
But the model as pictured is made of
plain and Observation-Disclosures wolfe,
not at all expensive. 1t is washable,
durable, and a beautiful fabric. 1t can
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06
SCENE an mr. cQlEWHoeW

consent to this, giving utterance to his celebrated
and historic phrase, mo, the possession of Con
stantinople by Russia would mean the mastery
Of the world"
1t was this question about Constantinople that
caused the break of the friendship of the emper-
ors and an enmity which resulted in Napoleon's
disastrous invasion of Russia, with his grande
armee, in the destruction of Moscow by fire, in
the coalition of Russia with Great Britain, Prus-
STA, Sweden and Austria against France, in the
invasion of the latter country by the allies, in
the disastrous defeat of Napoleon at Leipsic
and at Waterloo, in the loss of his throne and in
his exile, first to Elba, and then to 81. Helena.
The will is probably less authentic than that
famous mot Of the Gear Nicholas, who just be-
fore the Crimean war in 1853 said to the British
ambassador, apropos of Turkey, that I'VE have
on our hands a sick mana very sick man. It
will be. ! tell you frankly, a great misfortune If
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06
COULDN'T STAND THE CIGARS
Present Sent by German to His
Friends in the Trenches Proved
Of Priceless Service.

Muller alone Of his friends had re-
manned at home. All the rest were at
the front. But Muller was unwilling
not to do something for the fatherland.
He went to a ~tobacconist's and bought
of the cheapest cigars he could find
enough to enable him to send OF by
field post a small paper box full every
day for a week. Naturally he wrote
to ask how his cigars had been IN
joyed. The reply was a post card as
follows:
Dear Friend: Thank you for your
cigars. Through you we've been able
to do the fatherland priceless service.
Under cover of night we slipped out
and crept quite close to the enemy's
trenches. Then we each smoked m
of the cigars. In the morning the
French were gone-every mothers
son of them had cleared out"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06
JULIA B%orToMLEY.
Simplicity In skirts.

According to the Dry Goods Econo-
mist in the simple tailored suits the
skirts are made very plain. with more
or less flare around the hem. This
is introduced both in the gored and in
the semicircular models. A few skirts,
however, are shirred On at the waist
line. Some plated skirts are also in.
cluded in the orders.
In the dressy suits the skirts arr
usually made on similar lines, the
plated effects particularly being pop
ular. In mi instances these dressy
skirts are finished of at the bottom
with c%ordings. tucks, bias folds of the
material. silk braid or velvet ribbon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06

hand corner will commend itself to
the shopper or the traveller who
wishes to take a few notes by the way
1t has an oval mirror, set in the flap,
a change purse, powder box, scent bot.
tie and notebook, with pencil attach
ed, each slipping into its own particu-
lar pocket and easy to get at.
Instead of these fittings the remain
ing two bags are provided with Only
a mirror and coin purse. But a sepa.
rate compartment assures a place for
such fittings as the wearer may choose
to provide for herself.
Innings are made of strong MORE
silk usually, but gayly lowered silks
and satins. in durable weaves, add a
charm to these already charming shop
ping bags.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06

inhabitants 10000 are foreigners and
the balance is largely composed Of
French and Italians only recently nat.
uralized. Sixty years ago Monaco was
poor and desolate and Monte Carlo did
not exist. Then came M. Blanc, estab.
Iished the casino and called into exist.
ence the most beautiful hell upon
earth. The casino company, with its
capital Of 375. ZOO. 900 francs. nov prac.
tically runs the little princlpality. sub.
Sliding the prince. undertaking most
Of the public works and relieving the
population Of all taxation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06
Watch Her Shoes.

AS all the dresses, no matter wheth-
er for walking, the house. OIL for eve
ming. are quite short in the skirt, II
is easy to imagine the fanatic things
that appear in shoes. A slim ankle
WI be more to be desired than a pref
ty face this year, and what women will
Ia in their dresses they will expend
on their shoes and stockings. For the
house, the dressmakers are making
a specially Of very simple little satin
frocks with long sleeves and hip
sashes falling just where the wearer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06
nlIteracy in United States.

The figures of the federal bureau
show a striking decrease in child illit-
eracy in this country for the last ff-
teen years. Only fifteen out of every
one thousand children from ten to
fourteen years in the United States
are now unable to read and write. In
1900 the proportion was forty-two to
the thousand.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06
Characterized.

chanak.K alesi, the struggling town
near the "narrows" Of the Darda.
nelles. which figures frequently in the
latest operations, means "earthen.
ware castle" In Turkish. and Is 30
called from a celebrated pottery on
the Asiatic side Of the strait An
agent from this pottery used to be al
ways on the lookout for a wandering
European, and hooked on to every
passing ship His boatload OF saudy
crockery was generally more re-
markable for gliding and tawdry color
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06
The Only Alternative.

The young oma sat before her
glass and gazed long and earnestly at
the reflection there. She screwed up
her face in many ways. She fuffed
up her hair and then smoothed it
down again; she raised her eyes and
lowered them; she showed her teeth
and she pressed her lips tightly to-
gether. At last she got up, with a
weary sigh, and said:
Its no use. I'll be some kind Of
reformer."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06

chemically equipped barges, which are
used in pairs as a rule, are capable
of giving a continuous delivery OF
900 tons per hour. A record was
made. however, when these barges
put 1900 tons Of coal into a steamer
IN seven hours, this time including de-,
lays and stoppages for trimming.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06
HARD TIMES.

Whats become Of the old,fashioned joker
who used to answer, when asked If he was mar
ried: No, I'm in business for myself"
The last time ! heard of him he was still at
1t. but his salary had been reduced"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06

one OF these days
he, should slip away
from us; especially
before all the C
sary arrangements
have been made
The English ambas-
sador was strictly
noncommittal Q v e n
after the czar had
pointed out the hor-
rors of a general
e n
which might ensue
II the great powers
were not careful, SO
the Russian auto
crat repeated his re-
mark about the
"sick man" to Prince
Metternich, the cell
ebrated wit, who
was the Austrian
ambassador, and 1t
was Metternich who
cynically turned the
tide against any Eu-
ropean cooperation
with Russia in ham
ding the Turkish
situation, by re-
m marking CURLY,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06
CUTICURA COMPILATIONS
Are Usually Fresh and Clear, Soft and
Velvety. Try One.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Thus
these supercreamy emollients promote
and maintain the natural purity and
beauty of the skin, scalp, hair and
hands under conditions which if neg.
lected might d~isfgure them.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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than for taste. But the forms OF the
vessels we're often graceful. even
classical; and specimens Of the tall
water jugs he sells, or once sold, can
be seen throughout the Levant,
though seldom In London.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-06
Rapid coaIlns at Havana.

CoaIlng vessels at Havana IS ia
cilItated by automatic devices, accord
ing to a commerce report. A cargo
Of 5000 tons can be discharged and
stacked for storage at the wharf or
loaded Into barges in 1e hours, Me-