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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
FOR THE SAKE OF DISCIPLINE.
The Railroad Man Won at Poker hut
He Played with the
Wrong Man.

I'm my young days." said the rail-
road man. with a touch of pathos in
his voice, 81 got a job as station
agent at the most lonesome junction
4 ever ran across in the west. l had
TO board myself, and outside of the
train hands and a stray cowboy there
was no n to talk to. 1 was getting
mighty tired of the job when a
stranger stopped off one night to
take the narrow gauge. He had
three hours to wait, and as there was
nothing doing with me l made bold
to ask if he didn't want a little game
of poker.
II might take a hand for small
stakes he replied, after looking me
over pretty carefully: and L got out
an old pack of cards and at it we
went. / never was a decent hand at
the game, and at that time hardly
knew the value of the cards. l fur
Their had only about so cents in
cash, and you may well believe me
that | did not sit down in a spirit of
avarice. We played a five-cent ante
and a ten-cent limit game for awhile,
N [ had the best of luck. 1 was
A0OoN wv ma dtlNdd hh0h III
stranger asked to raise the ante to
so cents and the limit to a dollar. /
didn't object, and my luck still fol-
lowed me. 1 didn't have to do any
bluffing. The poorest hands / got held
w pairs, while he was in luck to
get q pair of jacks. Before three
hours were up 1 was $50 ahead of
him, and when the train whistled and
1 called his attention to it he re-
piled:
Never mind the train. I'm going
to sit here till my luck changes
after / had seen the train off and
reported her we went at it again.
This time it was a dollar ante and no
limit to the game. The stranger had
a big wad with him and could have
raised me out, but he played fair. 1t
was more than I would have done
with luck dead against me. When it
came six o'clock in the morning and
the express was due l was $3.50 ahead
of the game. He didn't do any kick
ing, but went off good natured,
though 1 was soon to hear from him
again. That afternoon 1 got the
bounce through the division superin-
tendent, and when l asked the rea-
son, he replied:
For playing poker
"'But 1 neglected none of my du-
ties / replied.
".But you played against our new
superintendent
"sThe dickens I did! OF course l
didn't know him. Well, he might
have won my money.
But you won his, you see, and
we've got to keep up the discipline.
Pack up and giti'
"I got" sighed the story tell
er, relates the Detroit Free Press,
sand I thought it was a mean trick
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
GIANT SNOW MUSHROOMS.
Description of Some I'm
n Upper Valley of the elixir
Mountains.

Vaughan Cornish. f. r. G.. S., who
has recently made a journey across
Canada and British Columbia to study
there the surface forms of snow, de-
scribes in Pearson's Magazine the
great snow mushrooms that he dis
covered in the upper valleys of the
Selkirk mountains. Mushrooms of
great variety in shape and size, he
says, are produced by the large fakes
of sticky snow falling on the fiat tops
of tree stumps. Some of the mush-
rooms have long stems-I noticed one
on a tree trunk 25 feet in height-oth-
ers are little more than MOSES show
ing above the snow on the ground.
Mushrooms on short stalks always
have hollows beneath them-into
which one may easily fall-for their
caps shelter the ground beneath from
it's proper share of snow. The mush-
room that formed on the 25-foot trunk
measured IL feet six inches in diam
eter. The diameter of the tree itself
at the top was but four feet, so that
the snow projected beyond the trunk
for four feet three inches. It's depth
was about the same as the depth of the
snow on the ground-some five feet.
On a short tree trunk, having a diam
eter of two feet, the snow cap meas
ured nine feet across and four feet
in thickness. In years of exception
ally heavy snowfall, such as that of
1S9s-99, mushroom caps weighing as
much as two tons would be found
upon the largest stumps.
A Revised Judgment.
Nephew (after the football camel
Well, uncle, what do you think of the
game?
Uncle (from the west)-It's hot stuff,
Jimmie-beats Dustin broncos all hol-
Ter. Say, if you ever hear me calm
fasteners tenderfeet again, kick me.
will you?@udge.
One Notion of
Some people think they are goou
because they are sorry when they are
bad.-Atchison Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

for a year or so. Then I was offered
a better job on the same line, and I
got a call to the superintendent of
fee. He gave M some general talk,
and we had finished our business
when he suddenly said:
"'Oh. by the way, / believe you
play poker?
81 haven't since hat night 1 re-
piled.
eyes, just so. I believe you were
discharged next day"
eyes, sir
"fY-e-s, just so. Very interesting
game, and you didn't neglect your
duties. but as / saw some one look
ing through the window just as we
counted up I had to look out for dis
cipline, you know? Yes. Better
pin a newspaper over the window if
you play any more.'"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
OF LENTILs.
1t Is Now Being Given n Trial in Our
southwestern Territories
and

The plant herewith Illustrated is the
lentil, known scientifically as lens
esculenta. 1t is a small branching
plant with delicate pealike leaves. The
small white flowers growing in pairs
r followed by fiat pods, each con
tanning two very fat round seeds, con-
vex on both sides. Unlike the pea
and bean, the lentil is eaten only when
fully ripe. The brown or reddish lentil
is smaller than the yellow, but of more
delicate flavor. The lentil is y of
the most ancient of food plants, prob
ably one of the first to be brought I'M
der cultivation by man. 1t has been
grown from early times in Asia and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
hospital for TIred Tree.

Paris has learned the art of trans
planting large trees successfully, so
that at the earliest signs of decay a
street tree may be removed and the
SYMMETRY of the vista not spoiled by
it's successor, says Harper's Maya
zine. For these trees alone the ex-
penses of Paris amount to about $780,
900 a year. The municipal nurseries
include q hospital" or "cure,' for
h tired trees, where they are re-
stored, if possible, to health and
strength in soil that is richer than
the city's. In spring and fall these
trees on their way to or from the
hospital are no uncommon feature in
the street scenes of Paris.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

k88ENVN0Ay ID II1El IAl to NEE FNOM FILL-
ING INTO THE HANDS OF THE PHILISTINES. THEY
WILL BE MULCTED BY SOME CLEVER YOUNG MAN.
The fires of business acumen III bound to burn dimly when the
threescore years and ten mark is reached.
/ do not think that l shall ever take up with another enterprise
No. no matter whether the promoter a show me the usual millions
init" exhibit. I know of too many old men who have lost comfort
able fortunes trying to pit their reminiscent knowledge of business
against the steel traps of the wary Young money hunters.
Besides the wealthy man of 70 years has all he can do to look
his fortune without trying to increase it.
Let the old men take a lesson from me. / PLAY golf. It's medi-
cine with me, is that royal and ancient game. My physician prescribes
it with great regularity. To take part in the Age Limit handicap
poaf match at my golf club recently / travelled four DAYS and IS MANY
n;ohts bv rail to get there on time. I once won premier honors in
this annual event, but that was when I was II years old. Now 1 find
that increased age makes the need of an increased handicap allowance
more prominent.
Why, just before l made my preparations to go and play golf a
promoter of ~UNDOUBTED GOOD STANDING tried to interest
me in his plan to make China silk from a species of bark. The market
price of this silk is so cents. With this mans process it could be
made a four cents a yard. Think of the profit But I prefer getting
hibHck
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
HOMEMADE WAGON WHEEL.

the spokes of the old wagon wheel.
nail on Jour o boards on top of the
first four boards, being SURE to break
joints. Do likewise and nail four or
eight boards on opposite side of spokes.
The wheel is then shown as in Fig. d.
By getting eight, IL Or 16 quarter-inch-
bolts of the required length to go
through from one side to other, bolt
ed firmly, you will have a wheel that
will hold six tons, and by having a
light tire riveted on will have a wheel
that will last for years. The wide
boards should go on hind wheels; hubs
are about eight inches through. Eight
inch boards will make exactly a two
foot wheel, which is high enough for
the hind wheels, as it makes a wide
surface and will run light, and a more
handy wagon cannot be found.-S.
Doll, in Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

There is much work in the orchard
that a be dom in winter. Among
other things the blighted limbs of the
pear tree may be cut off and burned.
This is especially necessary if any of
the blight is still in the sap wood.
Later investigations seem to show
that limbs that have died of blight
are really not dangerous, the fungus
having also died. The danger is IN
the sap wood that is still affected, but
is still alive. In that the disease
germs are kept alive and r ready
to be transported to other trees when
the proper time comes in the spring
Farmers Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

Two tablets commemorating the bat
tie of Long Island are to be placed on
Brooklyn houses shortly. One will be
on an old stone building, now used as
a tailor shop, which stands where the
Cortelyon house was at the time of
the battle; the other, a little further
along in Third avenue, in the sidewalk,
where were buried soldiers who fell in
the action. These soldiers were of
Maryland.-Chicago Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
Not q Leap Year.

The year 1900 is not a leap year, be.
cause, although divisible by 4, it is not
divisible by 400. The year 1000 will be
a leap year, although it is a century
year, because it is Invisible by 400. The
arbitrary exception thus made in the
case of century years makes the Greg
orian calendar year correspond with the
solar year.-Albany Argus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
Lapels Refaced.

Women are buying pretty odds anu
ends to fix up their gowns until such
time as the gentler weather makes fresh
frocks imperative. A dash of plaid
smartens the jacket lapels of one black
dress hat has done good service. The
plaid is satin, and its colors are white.
black, canary and old blue. A black
satin folded belt. large jet buttons, a
black plated chiffon vest. black satin
collar, with white satin high fold, black
satin frill around the lapels, complete
the renovation.-St. Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
The Home sacred in Corea.

The rooms of a Corean woman are as
sacred to her as a shrine is to its image
indeed, the rooms of a wife or mother
are the sanctuary of any man wh>
breaks the law. Unless for treason OF
for one other crime, he cannot be forced
to leave those rooms. and SO long as he
remains under the protection of his
wife and his wife's apartments he is Sc
cure from the officers of the law and
from the penalties of his misdemeanors.
Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
Spoiled by Thoughtlessnes..

The best way 10 make a child good is
to expect good things from him. How
many children are ruined by hearing
from the lips of their mother or nurses
words that come thoughtlessly.
Naughty child!" l have heard a little
boy proclaim as an excuse for his mis-
deeds: 81 can't help it. I'm naughty"
He had been convinced that it was of no
use to try to be good.-Woman's Home
Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
Best for the Bowels.

no matter what ails you, headache to q
lancer, you viii never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without a grippe or pain, produce
easy. natural movements, cost You just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. G.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
SISTERS OF CHARITY
All Over United States Use Pc-ru.na
for Catarrh.

From q Catholic institution I'm Ohio
comes the following recommend from
the Sister Superior:
"Some years ago a friend of Onr in
sfifufi0n recommended to uS DIR. Hart
mans Peruna as an excellent remedy
for the influenza of which we then had
several cases which threatened to be OF
a serious character.
"We began to use 1t and experienced
such wonderful results that since then
Peruna has become our favOrife n7edf-
cine for influenza, cafarrh, cold, cough
and bronchitis"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
A POOR MANS WAGON.
How an Apparently Useless Vehicle
Can BE Converted Into a Serv-
iceable One.

By a little ingenuity an apparently
useless wagon may be made very
serviceable. Take two boards, 1xSx16
feet, and two boards, 1X1O, or 12x16
feet, and saw as in Fig. A. Nail four
of them on outside of spokes, then
mark the circle as shown by dotted
lines in Fig. B. When this is done you
have a wheel as in Fig. c.. Saw off
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
Where He Learned

"Why, John, where did you earn to
carve so nicely" asked Mrs. Hightone
Uppercrust, whose footman had carved
a turkey.
ST used to be a chiropodist on the
Bowery, ma'am," replied John, proud
ly.-Tammany Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

Gentlemen : -
II haveused sew
eral bottles of
Peruna and feel
greatly benefited
thereby from my
catarrh of the
head, and feel en-
couraged to be-
lieve that its con-
tinued use will
fully eradicate a
disease of thirty
years. Standinrn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

DAVID MEEKTSON.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Pernna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
a full statement of your case, and he
will be pleased to give you his valuable
advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
Plenty of Reasons.

The Judge-Have you anything to say
why the sentence of the court should
not be pronounced upon you?
Teddy O'Reilly-Faith, yer honor, Oh
have siven distinct raisons, my wan of
which would convince mesilf if Oh wos
only yer honor.-N. Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

H~orseradish is just as palatable in
December and January as in April and
Nay. Dig some and bury it in sand
and get out a root occasionally through
he winter, and see how nice fresh.
grated horseradish goes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
Tit for Tat.

SCI wish I were an ostrich said Hicks,
kngrily, as he tried to eat one of his
wife's cakes and couldn't.
81 wish you were," returned Mrs.
Hicks. STD get a few feathers for my
hat then.'-Pick-Me-Up.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

severance hat it was introduced to the
medical profession of this country.
The following letter is from Congress-
man Meekison, of Napoleon, Ohio:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

Pavenway-Don't you think the other
side of the street would be better walk
ing?
De Solate-It looks like it.
Pavenway-Then, why not go over
there?
De Solate-No use; it's always better
walking on the other side.-N. Truth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
Her Ideal

Vinnie-Minnie will never marry UNI
til she meets her ideal.
Vietta-What Is her ideal?
IA man who will propose."-Glasgow
Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
The Touch of Nature.

Mrs. Jorkins-This book on natural
history says that seals sometimes shed
tears just like men.
Jorkins-Yes. Just like men who
have to pay for seal skin jackets--N. Y.
Truth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
just About Right.

What is a promoter, JIM"
We'll, a promoter is one of those fellows
that can sell you a colander for a wash
basin. Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

Bill-aOld Skinaint SAYS his first dollar
was the hardest to get" JiIl-"Yes; and
the last is the hardest to give u~p."-Yonkers
Statesman
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

Sometimes a man is judged by his appear
ance and sometimes by his disappearance
Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

Pop, what is a driving rain ?" "Why, .
driving rain, my boy, l suppose, is a rain
that drives you indoors. "-Yonkers States
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

To Cure q Cold in One bag
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund money If 1t fails to cure. Csc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
SISTER SUPERIOR.

DR.. Hartman, one of the best known
physicians and surgeons in the United
States, was the first to formulate Peru
ma. 1t was through his genius and per-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
Detroit, Mich, Oct 8. 1901.

Detroit Mich, Oct 8, 1901
Dr. s. &. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear Sh--"'The young girl who uSed the Peruna a suffering from lar.
yngfis, and loss of voice. The result of the treatment a most SafHac-
tory. She found great relief and afe farther use If the medicine W e
hope fo be able II say she is entirely cured" SISTERS OF CHARITY
This young girl was under the CARGO Il the Sisters of Charity and used Pc
u for catarrh o the throat, with good results IS the above letter testifes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are the
brightest, fastest and easiest to use.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
KESN


possible comfort. This is the condition OF the
farmer In Western Canada-Provinoe of Manitoba
and districts OF Assiniboia, Saskatchewan and
Alberta; Tnousands Of Americans are now settled
seekers and settlers. New districts are being opened
up this year The new. forty page TIA OF
ton sent free TO al applicants; n. PEDLEY,
superintendent of Immigration. Ottawa, Canada.
or TO CD. BRoUGHTON. 07 Monadnock Building.
Chicago. ILL.,; !. s. CRAWFORD. "a w. Ninth st-
Four Bldg. indianapolis, lnd.i Canadian Govern
ment Agents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
REST IN YOUR OLD AGE
BY SAMUEL w. ALLERTON.
MILLIONAIRE FARMER.

EN- of money who attain my age-I am u years of ag
should be content to continue to the end of thei
journey without seeking to invest in new enterprises
They should be satisfied with what they have.
TRY AS THEY IA TO KEEP FROM FALL
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
JUS! THINK OF II!

Nvery farmer his own
landlord, no encum-
ORANGES. his bank account
increasing year by year,
land value increasing,
stock increasing. splen-
did climate, excellent
schools and churches. low
taxation. high prices for
cattle and grain. low rail.
Wav rates. and every
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19

One Notion of Goodness.
Some people think they are goou
because they are sorry when they are
bad.-Atchison Globe.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-17
sHERIFF"s SALE.

Py virtue OF an execution AMI order
u sale issued out Of the Circuit CouP
" he State Of Oregon, for the County
u Clatsop, on the 18th day OF June
1901, upon a judgment rendered therelr
IN tde 18Th day Of March. 1898, in "a
vOr Of J. T. Ross, J. Il. Hlgglns' II
e. Thompson and e. q. Ferguson
partners doing business under the hTH
name OF Ross, Higgins g. Co., plain
tIffs, and against Sllas II. smith de'
fendant for the sum OF s365.46 and
costs Of said action taxed at t2OOO' and
which said judgment draws interest,"
from date at the rate Of 10 percent pei
annum until paid, and upon "h'cI
there was realized upon execution anc
order Of sale issued hereon ana cTeo
tied hereOn, March 4, 1901, the sum o.
1890 leaving a balance Que on salu
March T. 1901, Of $4,000 with interesl
thereon from said date until pald al ~
per cent per annum, and the costs o.
and upon this writ commanding aho
requiring me TO levy upon the propeLy
" the above named defendant TO saus-
~ the balance Of said judgment IN,
teres., costs and all accruing costs.
did on the 18th day Of June, 1901, ouly
levy upon the following described reS
property, to-wlt: ,,,
All that portion OF the Solomon ernltn
Donation Land Claim situated IN the
County ot Clatsop, State Of oregon
described as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the southeast corner o.
The town Of Idlewild according to the
map and plat thereof, recorded in the
office OF the County Clerk Of ClatsoI
County. and as laid out and recorded
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-17

..u-y ly To a single political Interest
Wau NJ Gladstone arrayed London
society against the home rule cause poe
...u discussion languished in .h'
lraHag romes Society became alm"a
unanimously conservative and there va.
.l source for argument or controversy
Mn vent % their clubs when they
#-aal 90 ak about politics and ta'
-r.lt houses we're taken out OF politics
sd udlzs, artists, authors, actors anl
musicians wera welcomed at dlaner par
..s ana afternoon receptions but m.
marr se.s became more luxurious, il
my NOR. exclusive year after year ana
.a.rs was shr.akage Of Intellectual ac'
y.aes In Vanity Fair, with It's sump'
.us order Of entertainment, It's id0la'
tory u wealth ard Its love Of pleasuT
adj. excitement.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-17


by $ 'ls b SmIu an! his wife. .h.nre
.D wH..y I.r.. O. 30 following the
south lH. us sad .awn 10 the
north boundary ~ mat cera.n
tract 4 land ~ SAID Donation
LAM n4m now owned by .ouls
KIr.l,N hence eatt to the uor.h
boundary .In. OF mat certain tract OF
land 10 said yyna T.uJ Claim own.
cd by fla Astoria and Columbia River
Railroad Company thence easterly
along Nh. said north boundary lloc Of
SAID fr4r, of lana nwr.d hy said As.
tur.a and Columbia River Railroad
Company 1 an intersection with the
east boundary Inc ~ saiI town M
fdl.vud II proi4cf.d hence nor.herlv
on said protecting lin. Z, fine place Of
beginning
Al-, ali .f blocks numb red I. . 2.
&C. 7g O. 10 If ~ "a II u 22 q
"a Is. gG 27 p. and All ~ Llnck n.
eyctHtDg Hts Q and 10 and NH M
block Gye rxraptlno Ia, one All in the
,own NJ TdI.,vId % Ciatsnp conntv
st,te NJ Oregon a. i,id IN, ana record ;
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