Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05

b. NJ. Loser, chief dispatcher at De
Soto, and who will be transferred to
this city. will arrive with ten assis-
tants. FIVE dispatchers aud FIVE oper-
ators, to open the Office for the rum
ming Of all trains on the main line be-
tween Bismarck and Hoxie and the
Cairo branch. Tie Charleston Office
will be discontinued 90 that date and
the Belmont branch will be handled
by the De Soto Office. The local offices
will be in the X. M. G. A. building.
The importance OF Poplar Bluff as a
railroad center has long been recog-
nized and this act Of the Iron Noun
tain is a recognition of the advantages
and superior facilities to be had here
for handling their trains. 1t ~portepds
much for this city. 1t means further
Improvements aud effectuslly squelches
any further talk about removing the
passenger division. 1t mean that
Poplar Bluff will continue to be the
railroad center OF southern Missouri
and that our city will continue to grow
In population and Importance until we
shall be a great big s~ure-enough city.
Hats off!-Poptar Bluff Journal.
The wind blew shrill, the morn was cold,
The ground was frozen hard
And rut and bump we're in the mold
On street and in the yard.
She lightly, swiftly tripped along
With hyinu feet and. free
Her quickened breath in half-formed song
Gave voice to melody
Fast pressed the ground her twinkling feet,
The ruts and bumps flew by,
Across the avn into the street
Adown the sidewalk high!
Now on the sidewalk, high-so high!-
There was a frozen hump!
1t tripped those feet affecting by
And down she came ker-bump!
But no n saw the fall, save one
There's comfort in the thought
And l will never tell, l swan,
How harsh the jar it brought!
Let her who runs apace, apace,
Beware the ground she treads!
/ TOI uuulpS Tx ldlu III lldHy d pidSC
To bump the wisest heads!
Long, long ago-thirty years almost
nowhere lived in 1ronton a boy by
the name of A. B. McFadden. He was
a grandson of the late John A. Miller
who was once Public Administrators of
the county. "a. B." as we always
called him. has long since leaped into
fame and fortune in the world OF sport
and physical culture. The following
story OF his career is taken from last
Sundays Globe Democrat: "The fads
and theories Of physical culture are
attracting great attention. Professors
Of all sorts advertise their wares,
guaranteeing health and Sandow-like
strength with twenty minutes exercise
in the morning. Hardly any are new
in principle; ONE are unique in exc
%cution. But of all. the most insistent
and clamorous prophet Of hygiene is a
former St. Louis wrestler, who is max
ing a fortune, 1t Is said, in New York,
by his classes and books and even
magazines. Now known as Bernarr
McFadden, 1t has not been so many
years since Barney McFadden was one
of the local colony Of athletes and
most of those with whom he associated
are still here. John G. Meyers,
George Baptiste and Mike Mooney
were three of those McFadden trained
with, and all three of them have stories
to tell of time when Barney, as he was
then called by his %intimates, was
merely seeking health through the
benefit of exercise instead OF wealth,
as we'll. McFadden might never have
been heard OF in physical culture had
it not been that he was compelled to
take to exercise to keep himself
alive. He was told that he had
consumption and the doctors pre-
dicted that he would die. Then Nc
Fadden took up exercise and by dint
OF hard aud regular work Ia the old
Missouri gymnasium he not only fooled
those who said that he could not live,
but became one Of the best athletes in
the city, as we'll. 1t was as a wrestler
that McFad1en was best known here
and his matches with Luttbeg are still
too we'll known to need much mention.
When the wrestling game went to the
bad McFadden went IN the road for an
athletic goods house and the next thing
he turned up In New York as an ex-
pert on physical culture. He is now
the editor Of a magazine devoted to the
topic In which he is most interested,
and is regarded as an expert by the
New Workers."