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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24
CALL THIS "PROSPERITY.""
Facts Give the Lie to the Interested
Optimistic Statements of Re-
publicans on Labor.

The Hon. j. G. Cannon said, the day
the republicans nominated him for
speaker of the house, "The people never
were so well and perfectly employed as
now" That great republican leader,
Congressman Hepburn, of Iowa, who,
when he is speaking will not brook in
terruption by any new member, said, on
December 1, To-day every man in the
United States who wants to work finds
employment in the great labor fields Of
the United States, and at compensating
wages"
How do the facts bear out these strong
optimistic assertions? On October %
the Boston Transcript, a leading repub-
lican paper, said:
"Organized labor is facing the greatest
wage crisis since the panic of 1898. 1t
has been estimated that before the close
of the year the big employing concerns
of the country will have discharged near
ly / 900, 900 men,"
On November II the New York Jour-
nal of Commerce and Commercial Bulle-
tin, the greatest journal of this class in
this country, said:
TT would be folly to shut our eyes to
the fact that industrial and in turn com
mercial depression are following right
along in the wake of the financial col
lapse. Mills are shutting down; mining
is being restricted"
The National Labor Tribune, of Pitts
burg, said, November 81:
There are still more idle mills
throughout the country than seemed
possible during the flush times of a year
or more ago. What is still more I'M
pleasant to contemplate, a number of the
shutdowns appear to be for good, or at
least for an indefinite time"
The International Mercantile Agency
of which ex-Director of the Census Mer-
RAM is the head, said, about December 5:
The week is characterized by further
s%lackening industry: Wages Of 200,-
900 industrial employees have been re-
duoed ten per cent. or more, and prepare
lions are making to effect a similar re-
duction with respect to 5000 Others
in various lines on or about January l."
AS indicating the slackening in indus
try, we may note the falling off in the
production of pig iron. The Iron Age
of December 10 says that the production
fell from an average of 1,600, 900 tons a
month for July, August and September
to 1914, 600 tons for November, and that
Such a drop within the short space OF
two months is altogether unprecedented
in the American iron industry" Yet il
says that not only did the stock Of I'M
sold iron greatly increase during No
vember, but that for the first week In
December there was a still further fall
ing off in production.
If, as has heretofore been supposed
the iron and steel industry is the
barometer of business, then a great in
dustrial storm will soon be upon us.
Of course those who choose to do SO
can accept the interested optimistic
vaporinss of their republican states
men and discard the disinterested
warnings of our great trade and labor
journals and of our financial and com
mercial authorities. This is a free coun-
try and a man need not put a roof on his
house if he does not think there will be
any more rain. Time will tell who were
right.
pvpNN W IIHT n
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24

Baked toast is a simple luncheon dish
which becomes an esteemed d~elicacy
when rightly made. A day-old bakers
loaf is cut in rather thick slices and
toasted to a delicate brown. Each slice
is then cut in two and packed in a bak.
ing-dish before being covered with hot
milk in which a little butter has been
melted. The dish is set in a fairly hot
over long enough for the milk to be
thoroughly absorbed but not dried in
Served hot but not too soft, and witt
some tart jelly handed around with it
the dish is suitable for luncheon or 6
Sunday night tea.-N. Y. Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24
Boxing Hogs for Shipping.

Previous to shipping, place the hog in
a pen or lot by himself to accustom him
to being alone. Feed him lightly, which
puts him in better condition for the trip.
Measure the animal and cut your ma
terial accordingly. Permit him to step
forward and back again and be able to
lie down with comfort. Let the box be
high enough to prevent the pigs back
from touching the top. Light wood that
will not easily split is the kind that is
used for boxes. See that he is well
watered and fed mot slopped) and have
sufficient food for the journey.-Up-to-
Date Farming.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24

~ At the same time 1t does seem
rather odd that it should be necessary
to $'end out so many denials of any flic-
ton between che president and Mr..
Hanna.-Indianapolis News (Ind.).
The. trouble with the post office
department is that it is used to reward
politicians, who act as if they think they
have already earned the salaries in party
service. They wouldn't bother their
heads with practical and economical
business plans and probably couldn't If
they would. This sort of thing leads to
widespread Indifference and Indifference
leads to i~neficiency and graft" The
post Office department needs business
administration, first of a%ll.--Sioux City
Tribune.
Republican contemporaries are
having considerable to say of 1.-The de-
mocracy's poverty" when it comes to Sc
lecting a candidate for the presidency.
If the republican party had scme of that
sort of poverty it would be more com
Portable just now. The democrats, at
least, have their whole party to choose
from, while the republicans know that
they must confine themselves to one mar
or insure their defeat, while they know
at the same time that by nominating that
man they are inviting defeat.-Louis-
Vile Courier-Journal.
The senate has also failed to con-
firm the recess appointment Of Leonard
Wood as a major general. His friends
make the extraordinary suggestion that
even IL one session does end and the 9TH
er begin precisely at loon there is theo-
retically On instant between them, when
Mr.. Roosevelt might again designate
Wood as a major general by a recess
appointment" So silly a bubble may
exhibit in a favorable light the ingenuity
Of its authors, but the president can
hardly be expected to take 1t seriously.
He would be more wise to abandon alto
gether his attempt to confer upon his
personal friend this unearnod promo
ton IN, Y. World (Ind.).
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24
Winter Feeding of Hens,

The farmer raises the needful grain
for his fowls, but even In a mixed ra-
ton of what he a cheaply provide for
the hens, the proper amount of protein
needed for the wirter egg laying may
be missing. This may be supplied In
the form Of plenty Of skim milk, but II
the supply Of skim milk be insufficient,
then the farmer must provide a reason
able amount Of protein in the form OF
the animal meals that are we'll adver-
tised, unless he has a good supply OF
nicely cured clover hay for the winter
laying hen.-Farmer's VnicA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24

"You are all right" said the doctor,
after he had gone through with the
regulation humping and listening with
his patient. Not q trace of heart dis
ease. Fifteen dollars, please"
The patient drew a long breath and
remarked: Il am sure now / have
no heart disease; if I had should have
dropped dead when you mentioned your
fee."-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24
Defect of the Whipping Post.

The only effective punishment is that
which reforms, which sends the former
convict out into the world with a deter
mination to be a decent man, or keeps
him out of mischief for the rest of his
life. The whipping post does neither,
1t only intensifies his adherence OF
law and order and adds a personal ma
lightly to his general tribal hatred OF
good Observation-Disclosures Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24
Be Sure to Have Pc.ru.na on Hano
During the lnclement Months Of
Fall and Winter,

Group, capillary bronchitis and ar
ticular rheumatism are the special banes
of childhood. These all alike result
from catching cold.
One child catches cold and scares its
mother into Mysteries by having Group
in the dead of night.
Another child catches cold, develops a
stubborn cough that will not yield to
ordinary remedies. The parents are
filled with fo%rebodings.
Still another child catches cold and de-
velops that most fatal malady of child
hood, capillary bronchitis. The doctor
is called, pronounces the case pneumo-
MIA and, if the child is lucky enough tC
live, it has developed weak lungs from
which it may eve recover
And yet another child catches cold
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24

Mrs. Schafer, 436 Bope Ave, st. Louis, No, writes:
ain the early part of last year 1 wrote TO yOu for advice
for my daughter Alice, four years of age. She has been a
puny, sickIy, aiIing child since her birth. She had con-
WILSON'S and catarrhal feverS. was always dOcforing
until we commenced to use Peruna. She grew strong and
WE'LL Peruna is q wonderful tonic; the best medicine !
have ever used.
TO take Pernna. Ihad catarrh all through my whole body,
but thank God, your medicine set me all right. lWouid
not have any other medicine.
''Peruna cured my baby boy of a very bad spell of cold
and fever. He is a big healthy boy fifteen months old. ]
have given him Peruna off and on since he was born. I
think that Is why he is so well. Icannot praise Pernna
enough. We have not had a doctor since we began to use
Peruna-aH praise to h.-Mrs. Schafer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24

and articular rheumatism is the result.
Ankles, knees, wrists and elbows be-
come suddenly swollen and painful. A
long disastrous illness follows. The
child may live and becomeconvalescent,
a miserable invalid of valvular disease
of the heart. All these mishaps are the
direct result of neglected cold. Peruna
is the safeguard of the family. 1fachild
catches cold Peruna should be used i'm
mediately.
A few doses of Peruna and a child's
cold is gone. The apprehension of the
parents flee away. The household is
free from fear once more.
If you do not receive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use Of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a.
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman S%anitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24
A Long Trip for Snuff.

The East Greenlanders journey round
to West Greenland to get snuff, and will
consume four years in a single excur-
sion there and back, often, according
to Nansen, remaining no longer than
an hour at the trading station before
taking up their homeward march.-Chi-
cago Chronicle,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24

"Why, grandpa, you used to say that
you killed six Indians with one shot;
then you cut it down to five; now you
say it was four"
well, well, my child, I suppose that's
because my memory's failin' a little
every ycar,"-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24
The Dog as a Cure for sleeplessness.

A Russian remedy for insomnia is to
have a dog sleep in the room, and pref
erably in the same bed. 1t may be
through Il of companionship, or
one of security, or it may act sug-
gestively; at any rate, it is said at times
to prove of value when other means
fail.-Public Health Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24
ANNA R.BROWN

Mrs. ]. NJ. Brown, Dun.
negan Springs, Mo.
writes:
My little daughte ,
three years old was trous
bled with a very bad
cough which remained
after an attack of ca
tarrhal fever. She has
taken one bottle of Peru
ma through which she
has obtained a complete
cure. She is now as we'll
and happy as a little girl
can be. When ourfriends
say how well she looks l
tell them Peruna did it,"
In a later letter she
says: Our little daugh-
ter continues to have.
good health"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24

Ward-I understand the girl to whom
you are engaged has a twin sister who
is her counterpart in every respect.
How do you manage to tell them apart?
Blakely-I don't trv.-N. y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24
Pe.ru.na Kept in the House for Five
Years.

MI. Albert Lietzman, 1886 Milwaukee
Ave-, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
81 am only too glad to inform you that
I am feeling splendid and have never
felt better in my life. Through the ad-
vice of a friend I tried Peruna, and am
glad to say it cured me to perfection. ]
began to tell a friend about Peruna the
other day, and had no sooner COM
menced than he told me his folks have
kept Peruna in the house for the last
five years. l am sure l wouldn't be
without it. Mother also uses it to keep
herself in good health"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24
HINTS ON BUTCHERING.
II Saves Lots of Annoyance
and Hard Wcrk

For hogs we prefer the Poland-Chinas.
While they do not produce as large lit
tiers, they are larger hogs and of a more
"dignifed" appearance. For meat, feed
bone and muscle producing food until
about six months old and give them q
steady shove then, and fatten on corn
and sometimes mush. For meat, we
often kill some of the old sows. These
VIC fatten in the same manner. Do not
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24

II your wage determines your worn
you are never worth it.-Chicago Trib.
une.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24
PE=RUNA PROTECTS THE LITTLE ONES
Against Winter Catarrh In Its Many
- phacaC
Neglected Colds in Children
Often Bring Disastrous
Results.

Peruna should be kept in the
house all the time.
Peruna should be kept in every
house where there are children.
Don't wait until the child is
sick then send to a drug store.
Have Peruna on hand-accept no
substitute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24
Pe.ru.na Protects the Entire
Household Against Catarrhal
Diseases,

As soon as the value of Peruna
is fully appreciated by every
household, both as a preventive
and cure of catarrhal affections,
tens of thousands of lives will be
saved, and hundreds of thousands
of chronic, lingering cases of dis
ease prevented. Peruna Is a
household safeguard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

BYRON w. HOLT
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-27
Bingham Praised.

WASHINGTON, March 27. - The president has addressed through Sec retary Root the following letter to Colonel Bingham, superintendent of public buildings, which is of interest mainly because of the light it throws on the exact relations which have ex- isted between the president and Sec retary Root and the retiring official: "As am about to leave for trip to the west and as your services here will be finished before return, wish to send you this parting line of thanks and appreciation for the excellent work you have done in your present position. You are now leaving, of your own accord, with what hope Is the satisfaction of feeling that you have not only done good work but that this work has been appreciated. I have very high regard for your successor, Colonel Symons, and per haps my feeling about you can best be expressed by saying that believe he will keep up to your standard"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-27
New York Markets.

FLOUR-Dull, but steady; Minnesota, 3,65; winter extras, $2.so@s.1o winter pat
 WHEAT easy on cables, rallied on covering, but again sold off under realizing and bearish crop news; May, 77 5-18@77Ac.; July, 75l&@751ac..
 RYE-Dull; state, 56Q60c. c. i. f., New York; No. 2 western 60c., f. o. b., afioat.
 CORN--Firm on light receipts and a de- mand from May shorts; May, 4sA@5o1sc. 1:
 OATs-Ruled firm and higher on cover ing; track, white. state, ,41@p46c.; track, white, western, 41Q46c.
 PORK-Firm; mess. SIS. .25@19; family, .IARD- Steady; prime western steam. 1045c
 BUTTBR-steady to firm; state dairy, 17Ql27c.; extra creamery, 29c.
 CHEESE-Firm; state, full cream. fan cy, small colored, fall made, 15c. small. fall, made, 14i4Q14ac. large. white, fali made, 14A@141ac.
 EGGS-Strong; state and Pennsylvania, average best, i4iac. western, fancy, 14hc.
 SUGAR--Raw nominal; fair refining 3-16G3Ac: centrifugal, 96 test 1l-16c {; refined quiet; crushed, 5.40c.; powdered, 4.90e.
 MoLAssEs- New Orleans. n@
 RICE-Firm domestic. 4A@7c; Japan nominal. v TALLOw-Firm; city, 5s4c,; country, 60 6Ac.
 HAY-Steady; shipping, 55D7Oc; good to choice, 90c.0$105.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-27
spider-webs and Acoustics.

There is hope for the spider. Hith- erto he has been evilly regarded as a predatory parasite, which tolls not though he spins; his tolls and his cas- ties in the air have been rudely preached by the long broom of the housemaid. But he may yet come into his own, for Dr. laval suggests that the gossamer tissues with which this artist among insect craftsmen hangs OUT ceilings may have acoustic virtues. Speaking recently at the opening sit. ting of the Paris Academy of Medi- cine in it's new hall (which is acoustically deficient), he told story of public hall in England which was noted for its acoustic properties until in an unhappy moment the ceiling was given spring cleaning and a clean sweep made of all the spiders webs and, with them, of the halls good name. The doctor does not suggest installations of spiders webs, but thinks it might be good thing to hang cotton threads over the auditorium. Tapestries hung behind all the open ings on to the rostrum of his hall were found greatly to enhance the acoustic effect.-Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-27
MINERS TO INSIST
That Award of Strike Commis-
 sion Be Carried Out.
COAL OPERATORS NOTIFIED

Two of the Independent Concerns
 Want Men to Work Under Existing
 Conditions-Hence the Notification
 Sent Out by the Executive Board.
 Hazleton, Pa, March 27.-The execu- tive board of district No {, United Mine Workers of America, has notified G. B. Markle x Co and A. Pardee & Go, inde- pendent coal operators, that the miners will insist upon the award of the strike commission being carried out to the letter. These two firms, according to members of the board, have suggested to the men that work be continued un- der existing conditions without regard to the award. The proposition was re- jected at a meeting of the executive board. It is estimated that the various classes of employees will receive the following sums: Miners, $25; laborers. SIS; drivers and runners, $10: door boys and helpers, $9; other inside em- ployes, SIP; blacksmiths and carpen- ters, $14; slate pickers, $4; other out side employees, SIS; engineers, $22; fire men and pump runners, $14.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-27
SUNSET. LIMITED TRAIN WRECKED.
PRETTY TOUGH TOOTH.
Dentist Tried Forceps and Then Pic
 ture Hook on 1t.

ture Hook on 1t.
 w. H. Laplante, a young man who resides on North Main street, is think ing of suing a local dentist for injuries inflicted upon him while pulling tooth Monday afternoon. Laplante states that he called at the dentists office and was kept in the chair for over two hours During that time he was sub jected to various kinds of torture, ana then he had to leave with the roots or the tooth in his jaw. He says that as soon as he sat down in the chair the dentist noticed his i've walk" button and asked him if he knew that he was in boycotted office. Laplante replied that he didn't and that if he had been aware of 1t he should have gone some place else, but seeing he was in he did not want to leave without having the tooth extracted. On hearing this, he states that the dentist and his wife gathered about him and after telling him what they thought of unions, the man started to pull the molar. The first yank he gave it he brought half of it. Then he tried to get the rest of 1t with the forceps, and after fooling around it for over an hour without | y
 ceps aside and took common screw out of the back of picture that hung on the wall and sunk it into his gum. Then he got screwdriver and forced the screw into the flesh. until it could go no further. Then he pulled it out again and kept repeating the opera tion until Laplante felt himself faint ing and called for something to drink. Nofn drsf ha ri u the dentist seeing that he was likely to have a case on his hands, tried little liquor. This relieved the patient some what and after being told that the root was out he went home. Later he found that this was not so, and suf- fering much pain, he was obliged to call at another office to-day and under go another operation. He believes that the man he patronized Monday after noon "butchered" him because he saw the i've walk" badge on his vest, and says that he intends to consult an at- torney about it. Laplante's story sounds rather fishy, but after one looks into his mouth he feels assured that he must have been subjected to hard usage, but in all probability it was one of those cases that proved too much for the dentist, and probably he made the best he could of what turned out to be a bad case. Anyway, Laplante feels aggrieved over the affair and says that there is no doubt in his mind but that the boycotted dentist took this way of getting even with him, thinking that he might have had something to do with putting his name on the black list He denies any knowledge of boy cotting and aTnrms that he didn't know that the dentist be visited Monday was one of the marked men until he told; him. If what he alleges be true 1t proves very forcibly the truth of the old saying that it is poor rule that cannot be made to work both ways.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-27
4 MAN'S SUDDEN DEATH.
Came While Preparing to Play
 A Game of Cards.

His Wife Denies Several Sensational
 Stories-He Was the Owner of the
 Snow Pump Works at Buffalo-Also
 Connected With Standard Oil Co.
 New York, March 27.-James Heman Snow, president of the noyal Gas Co, and prominent in business circles, died suddenly ill an apartment hotel i'll Mad lson avenue late last night, of heart disease. He was stricken while play ing cards. Mir Snow was director of the National Transit Go, secretary and director of the International Pump Go, and indirectly connected with the Standard Oil Co. He was a member of the New England society, and the Colonial and Olympic clubs. MT Snow was about 50 years old.
 MT Snow was the owner of the Snow Steam Pump Works at Buffalo, N. Y. Sensational statements having been made as to the circumstances surround ing Mir Snow's death, Mrs Snow made the following statement:
 MT Snow and I went to Mrs Halls apartments last night for dinner. After dinner Mrs Hall suggested game or cards. Besides ourselves Mrs Halls 13-year-old daughter was with us. MT Snow said he would stay in the dining room, while the card table and count CTS were arranged in the front room. It was while we were in the other room that he was taken i'll, and later died.
 MT Snow and have had no trou- ble at all Our marital relations were always of the happiest and anything that has been said to the contrary is untrue.'