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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-05-18
PATRIOTISM.
Address Delivered on Memorial Day by
Rev. w. ID. Duncan.

At tho request of Q number of the
veterans, We are publishing below the
address which Rev. W.B. Duncan deliv.
cred on Memorial Day. Those who
heard 1t were anxious for it to be pre-
served, so The ADVERTISER gives it in
order that the veterans may place it on
Ala
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05
A BETTER ARRANGEMENT.

where mother used to have a garden.
The althea was bought in a nursery
at the time father visited at Geneva.
The f~orsythia was a layer donated by
a kind-hearted neighbor who has a
large clump in her yard. The climb
ing rose Baltimore BELIEF vas left
by a fruit-tree agent in payment for
his dinner. Each n Of these sepa-
rate articles when it anne was stuck
into the ground wherever there was a
convenient opening.
This outline is the history Of at least
t~hree-fourths of the farmyards which
one sees. The general result is fairly
we'll represented in figure 1. Here
there are two rows of trees at right
angles to one another. which are fine
and shady and form the chief features
of the place. However, they shade the
house too much, allowing no outlook
in any direction. There are some for
NAL flower beds cut into the lawn just
where the best grass ought to be. The
walks and drives are stiff and straight.
The shrubs stand about singly and at
a distance from one another, as If they
were afraid to associate with their
neighbors. What little lawn there is,
is on the other side of the road and
behind the row of trees. 1t is useful
only as a croquet ground. 1t is more
than likely that in some spring there
will be wires attachel along the tree
trunks, and the lawn will be used for
a yard for penning up calves.
In figure 2 we have a rough sketch
Of the same piece of ground and the
same house. The arrangement Of ma
terials on the grounds, however, fol-
lows a more agreeable plan. The
roads and walks are gracefully curved
perhaps too much so; but at any rate
they turn aside and leave room for a
much larger stretch of grass on the
left of the house. The trees are placed
in scattered groups and the sh%rubbefy
is arranged in heavy masses. Almost
anyone can see that the latter ar
rangement is preferable even in this
cold pen and ink sketch. Could the
two places be compared, with the trees,
| shrubs and flower beds all complete,
! the difference would be much more
| striking.-Country Gentleman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05

Is transformed from $50 volts to 220.
The gas for all heating operations,
such as a~nNealing, melting, ETC., is
manufactured by an independent plant
situated outside the building, and so
arranged that it can be controlled in
the exhibit. These machines were de-.
signed and built especially for this
purpose.
First of the series of devices com.
posing the plant Is a furnace which
supplies a heat of 1000 degrees F. for
the melting of metal alloys. Here the
metal is cast into ingots and washed
in a dilute solution of sulphuric acid
to free the surface from copper oxide.
The ingots are then run through the
rolling mill and reduced in thickness
from one-half IN inch to eighty-five
thousandths of an inch. This mill is
operated by a so horse power motor.
The power is transmitted to the rolls
by means Of helical gears and pinions.
After rolling the strips are heated
in the a%nnealing furnace to soften
them for the cutter. Then they are
cooled again by a water spray. For.
merly in the annealing process oxida-
ton took place during this operation,
b%lackening the metal and necessitat.
ing a special cleaning operation,
When the strips are cut to their
proper length by the multiple shears,
they are BANKED by the cutting press
which runs at 210 strokes per minute.
The blanks are then upset in order
to give enough metal at the edge for
the border of the finished medallion.
This tends to harden the edge and
after another annealing in a rotary
furnace, cleaning, drying and polish.
ing in a rotary tumbler and drying
machine, they are ready for stamping
Uncle Sans imprint of value is
then put upon the blank coin with a
press which exerts a pressure of 1870
tons, this great force being required
to properly bring up the design. Then
the bronze souvenir drops into the
custodian's hand a finished product
1t is just so that dimes are made and
that five. ten and twenty-dollar gold
pieces are supplied for the treasury
at Washington.
Processes used in the making OF
paper money are altogether different
for 1t Is here that the printer and moi
the machinist and founder serves g
usefulness. In another section Of the
big Government building at the
worlds fair there Is a fully-equipped
bank note printing plant.
In the Palace of Transportation may
be seen a full size section of the great
tunnel which runs from Jersey City
under the Hudson river, under New
York city at Thirty-fourth street, and
under the East river to Long Island, g
distance Of eight miles. 1t illustrates
the tremendous work and millions Of
dollars expended upon one of the
greatest engineering works Of modern
times. A great laboratory for testing
the power, efficiency and economy Of
locomotives is also in this building
Locomotives will be under full steam
and full speed in this laboratory, Thu
greatest show Of locomotive testing
ever conceived and costing a quarter
Of a million dollars.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05

Can a Good Man Smoke?

Since the publication of DR.. Laven-
dar's People (Harpers), Mrs. Margaret
Deland is in constant receipt of letters
whose writer's regard DR.. Lavendar
as a living reality. The other day n
of the authors unknown correspond
ents berated her with vigor for having
ever allowed DE-. Lavendar to smoke
or occasionally take a drink. The
writer blames Mrs. Deland altogether
for this weakness of DR.. Lavendar's
and declares that she is sure the min
lister would never have done anything
Of the kind had not Mrs. Deland
made him do it several times, and l
feel sure" continues the writer, ad-
dressing Mrs. Deland, "he would re-
sent it if he could, without hurting
your feelings" There could scarcely
be a stronger testimonial to the liv-
ing reality of a fictitious character,
nor a more curious view of the rela-
ton between that character and his
creator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05

best for the people of the world
to look upon; an exposition two miles
long and one mile wide; an exposition
that is twice the size of any other to
which the public were invited; an ex-
position that is larger than the three
previous large American expositions
combined. Such is the exposition
with which st. Louis celebrates the
centennial of the Louisiana purchase.
But the men responsible for the ex-
position do not wish that 1t should at
tract by it's size alone. They have
builded for beauty, as well as for big
ness, and who can stand in the center
of the great panorama without being
aroused to a pitch Of enthusiasm by
the beauty that surrounds him? 1t is
the beauty, rather than the size of the
fair, that first appeals to him.
Another thing that appeals to the
American, the man who loves his coun-
try, is the sentiment the exposition
stands for. 1t is a sentiment that Is
fully exemplified in the imposing he
roic statues of the states that stand on
either side of Festival hall. These
statues typify, not the states of the
east, but those of the west, the states
carved out of the Louisiana territ3-y,
the states that stretch from the gulf
to the Canadian border, from the Mis-
sissippi to Puget sound; states that
have within a century of time been
builded out of the wilderness. 1t is
for these the exposition has been build
ed; it is these again that have made
the exposition possible. The lesson
they teach is written deep in the his
tory of the nation.
To attempt an itemized description
CT the wonders this exposition has
brought to the doors of the people Of
the central west is impossible in the
space of a newspaper article. Twelve
thousand car loads of exhibits found
space within the great palaces. 1t is
almost Impossible to realize what such
a statement means until one has gone
from building to building. from ex-
hibit to exhibit. Nor is the space in
the building wasted. Every niche is
filled with something of interest, and
the demand was for almost double the
amount at the disposal Of the author
tiles. Some idea of this may be had
from the statement that the breakfast
food manufacturers alone asked for
more space than would have filled all
the Agricultural building, covering 1S
acres of ground, and with four miles
of aisles.
To pick even the more interesting ex-
hibits is almost an impossibility
though among them might be men
toned the largest pipe organ yer man
ufactured, with 145 stops and pipes
five feet in diameter and 80 feet long;
four acres covered with agricultural
machinery; the largest natatorium or
earth; ten acres of roses; ten acres Of
live game; the largest engines ever
built; a floral clock covering a quar-
ter of an acre Of ground, and Of which
the minute hand weighs over a ton
Such items but give the general idea
Of the entire fair. 1t is all big, 1t Ii
all beautiful, it is all interesting.
The exposition management is moi
boasting Of the "Pike." They wish
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05
Beauty, Size and SentiDent
of the Worlds Fair
1t Is Larger and More Beautiful Than Any Other
Exposition Ever Given.

When President Roosevelt touched
the electric key at the white house in
Washington, which set in motion the
machinery of the worlds fair at st.
Louis, he not only opened to the
world the greatest display of the arts
of peace the world has yer known, but
he gave to the nation a fit climax of a
century of growth of that vast territory
west of the Mississippi-the Louisiana
territory.
When, at the swing of a lever, 10000
gallons of water per minute was re-
leased to flow over the beautiful cas-
cades in front of Festival hall, there
was completed the most beautiful eX-
position picture the world has I've
seen, a picture that will live in the
mind of every visitor to the great fair.
Chicago had its Court of Honor, its
stately palaces set against a back
ground of the blue waters of Lake
Michigan; Buffalo had it's wonderful
illumination, its dusk of evening
Frightening into day again as the
countless thousands of twinkling
lights brought back the effect of the
rising sun, but these pictures, beautiful
as they were, have been surpassed by
the glory Of the cascades, the foaming
waterway, rushing downward from the
%colonnades surrounding Festival i1all
to the great lagoons, with their myriad
colors, intersecting the wonderfully
beautiful grounds in all directions.
Just as this newest of expositions
surpasses all others in beauty, so, also
does it in size. One thousand two hun
dred and forty acres, literally covered
with the treasures, the productions, the
curiosities of lie world, tell the story
of the fair in a sentence. No one Wis.
itor will ever see it all, though hi
spent the full time the exposition i!
open at the task, An exposition which
cost $4,000, 900 before it's gates wer'
opened to the public; an exposition
to which So nations from all cor
ners of the world have sent thei.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05
THE STRUGGLING FOREIGNER
How He Gets Things Twisted When
He First Comes to This
Country.

Boys and girls who are born in this
country and lmbibe a knowledge of its in
situations and its geography with their
everyday conversation have difficulty IN
passing examinations on them in school.
1t is little wonder, then, that the immi-
grants described in the New York Tribune
have trouble with their examinations when
they apply for naturalization papers. .
How is the president elected!" one OF
them was asked recently.
The applicant squirmed as if his memory
was about to collapse. Then a CLEAN OF
intelligence came into his eyes and he said:
by a big-a ~maehority." g.,
A native of Denmark, big-boned and
haxen-haired, was asked how many states
there are in the union.
New York, New Chicago, New Boston,
New Jersey and a lot more" he replied;
On further questioning it was found that
he had gathered that the name OF the state
was that of the town with New" Pre-
ixed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05
Roads Getting Into Politics.

The contest for nomination to con.
gress between Capt. Hobson, the hero
of the attempt to bottle up Cervera's
fleet at Santiago. and Representative
Bankhead, Of Alabama, has attracted
wide attention. But it is not generally
known that the question Of national
aid to road improvement was one of
the leading issues in the campaign.
Capt. Hobson strongly opposed the
measure as undemocratic and unconsti-
tutional, while ne talked in favor of
great appropriations for the navy. Mr..
Bankhead, on the other hand, argued
that to aid the states in improving
their roads would be a better and
wiser s Of the national revenues.
This argument took with the voters
and MIR. Bankhead won the nomina-
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05
SOAKED IN COFFEE
Until Too Stiff to Bend Over.

"When | drank coffee I often had sick
headaches, nervousness and ~biliousness
much Of the time but about 2 years
ago | went to visit a friend and got
in the habit of drinking Postum.
Il have never touched coffee since
and the result has been that | have
been entirely cured Of all my stomach
and trouble.
"My mother was just the same way,
we all drink Postum now and have
never had any coffee in the house for
2 years and we are all well.
"a neighbor of mine, o great coffee
drinker, was troubled with pains in her
side for years and was an invalid. She
was not able to do her work and could
not even mend clothes or do anything
at all where she would have to bend
forward. If she tried to do a little
hard work she would get such pains
that she would have to lie down for
the rest of the day.
II persuaded her at last to stop
drinking coffee and try Postum Food
Coffee and she did so and she has used
Postum ever since; the result has
been that she can now do her work,
can sit for a whole day and mend and
can sew on the machine and she never
feels the least bit Of pain in her side
in fact she has got well and it shows
coffee was the cause Of the whole
trouble. y
81 could also tell ou'about several
other neighbors who have been cured
by quitting coffee and using Postum
in its place" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book. "The Road to MELVILLE"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05
Urbanity and Suburbanity.

tinguished from the villager by his
better manners? There was a time
when urbanity vas a natural product
of urban life. That time, he thinks,
has passed. Nowadays, when mar.
meets man in the city, it is in conflict,
not fellowship. "We read sometimes
of the social arena and when civili-
zation has come to that 1t is vain
to expect any politeness of a higher
type than the etiquette Of the gladi-
ator." But from such strain upon the
tender virtues the life of the country
man is exempt. IF a certain restful-
ness is an essential of good manners,
if it is repose that stamps the cast
of We're de We're, shall we turn to the
city or to the village for this serenity
of the true ari~stocracy?, Urbanity
being what it has become, the great
problem of the future will be, not SO
much for photographers IS for social
lists, what is suburbanity going to
mean?"-Herbert w. Horwill, in Har-
per's Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05

the visiting public to remember the fair
by what might be termed its legitimate
portion, its wealth of educational *
hibits, and yet, who would say that the
shows along the ""Pike" are not edu-
cational in their way. On it are viii
lagos of every sort, and amusement
features of every description. Five
million square feet of entertainment.
Among outdoor shows, that are not to
be COMPOUNDED with those of the "Pike,"
may be mentioned the reproduction of
the City of Jerusalem and the forty
acres Of Filipinos.
Among the most interesting of the
many features of the fair are the vari-
Gus government exhibits housed in the
Government building which is 300
feet long by $50 feet wide. Every
function Of the government Is eXem-
plified in this building. Among these
exhibits is a complete government
mint for the manufacture of coin, but
at st. Louis Uncle Sam is making in.
stead of coin gold souvenir medals,
but the process Is the same as If the
product was legal tender. While Uncle
Sam has a monopoly on the money.
making business he guards the priv
ilege jealousy and does not risk the
precious dies, which put their i'm
prints upon dimes, dollars and eagles
to leave their place of keeping.
Besides a modern coming press
from which drops a bright medal al
every click, is a screw press built il
1895 and used at that time to stamI
small coins. There is also a hammer
100 years old and a small pair of bal
ances formerly used in the Philadel
phia mint. Comparing these with th'
improvements made in the last 10t
years reveals how much easier it il
now for Uncle Sam to replenish hi
treasury than it was when he wa
young in the business.
All Of the machines used in tn
plant are driven by independent direc
current motors. the power for whicl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05
A Bows Story.

Cross Roads, Warren Co., Tenn, May
2nd.-Orbra Young, the eleven.year-old
son Of Mr.. Lester Young, of this place,
has never been a strong boy for almost
from his birth. He has suffered more or
less with a distressing Kidney Complaint.
Recently, however, he has appeared to be
growing stronger and. better till, indeed,
to-day he is a splendid looking hearty lad.
He is a bright and very intelligent boy
and speaks of his former illness in this
way:
II have been bothered with Kidney
Trouble nearly all my life. 1 was grad
ually growing worse and at last it got so
bad hat | had to get up three or four
times every night. | commenced to use
a medicine called Dodd's Kidney Pills and
in a short time | was better. Now | can
sleep all night without getnng up and
feel well all the time. Dodd's Kidney
Pills are a good remedy, and [ can't help
but speak a good word for them"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05

GM s5'laEIJS
PLANTING THE FARM YARD.
How to Make Home Grounds Attrac-
tive and a Source Of Never
Ending Pleasure.

This is the time of year when those
persons who wish to make improve
ments in their home surroundings
have the matter most in their minds.
1t is a suitable time for looking into
the future and making plans. The
carefully considered preparation of
plans is much more important than
most people imagine. One of the
greatest reasons why the home
grounds on farms and in suburban
neighborhoods are so unattractive is
that the work is not planned. Enough
money is spent in many cases-some-
times much more than is necessary.
1t is always best to decide in advance,
as far as possible. what the arrange
ment of the grounds is to be. to put
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05

vic diseases have no idea that their
trouble is due to catarrh. The majority
of the people thinkthat catarrh Isl dis
ease confined to the head alone.
This is not true. Catarrh is liable to
attack any organ of the body; throat,
bronchial tubes, lungs, stomach, kid
neys and especially the pelvic organs.
Many a woman has made this dis
coveryaf long siege of useless treat
ment. She has made the discovery that
her disease is catarrh, and that Peruna
a be relied upon to cure catarrh
wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and salts.
factory 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 ad.
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05
Common Sense IA Worry Cure.

| once asked a physician what cure
he could suggest for the worrying hab-
it. 81 would prescribe common sense"
he said, land if a man or woman
hasn't got a stock on hand and can not
cultivate one the medical man is pow
e~rless." This worrying nonsense
grows. The best means to cure it lies
in the hands of the woman herself.
If she will just call a little horse
sense to her aid, resolve not to borrow
trouble, to be cheerful and always
think upon the right side of things,
she will live longer and be able to re-
tain her beauty. Every woman has the
strongest desire to keep her good
looks. Why then does she take the
course which is sure to make her yell
low skinned, dull eyed and thoroughly
uplovely?
The English woman is greatly adj
mired for her utter refusal to worry or
to be worried. Consequently she looks
young at so. Undertaking no more
than she can comfortably carry out,
and firmly believing in the coming OF
another day, she does not procrasti-
nate, but simply will not let the do
nestle machinery grind her down to
ill health and an early old age.
She is a frequent bather and regards
health as the prime factor of life, to
be looked after before everything else.
She sleeps nine hours and also takes
a nap during the day, arranging her
work in the most systematic n
Her little memorandum slip always
shows two vacant hours-they are for
rest. She eats heartily, but of the most
digestible food, and would rather have
a mouthful of good food and go partly
hungry than eat a whole meal Of
cheaper Observation-Disclosures In
Quirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05
Eo.1
TYPICAL FARMYARD ARRANGE
MENT.

this down on paper, and to follow the
plan through a series of years. We
strongly recommend this undertaking
to anyone who is seriously inclined
to secure a good result.
In a great many places sees
farmyards upon which a considerable
amount of work has been spent, but
which are highly unattractive by rea-
son of the fact that the materials are
all jumbled into an unintelligible mess.
Each shrub. each rose bush. and each
flower bed has a separate history.
Their different origins and different
intentions show on their faces. They
have no sympathy with one another.
They are not striving together to make
one harmonious composition. but each
one is looking out for itself. They
come from different places. The red
rose was brought from the old home
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05
Very Airish.

81 would like to see some of the latest
airs said the customer in the music de"
partment.
"Then just step over to the dudish floor
walker" responded the saleslady. He is
Just full of them."-Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05
Might Have Been Worse.

"John!" whispered Mrs. Swackhammer,
ment-hear them-they're-they're work
ing in the basement-"
"Wh-wh-what!" gasped. Swack. He
divei under the pillow and clutched his
pocketbook. What is it,"
'B-b-burglars!' chartered poor Mrs.
S~waeEhammer. Don't you hear them
-"
cav, rats!" said Swack as he lay down
and prepared for sleep again. "You scared
me nearly to death. | thought it was
plumbsrs.'-San Francisco Bulletin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05
A Particular Lady.

Mrs. Nuritch-I think I'll take this
watch. You're sure it's made of refined
gold.
Jeweler-Certainly.
Because / do detest anything that ain't
fl ed."-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05

The "shamelessness of Grand Rap
ids doesn't make such a great stir In
the world, but 1t seems to be as utter
as that of larger places.-St Louis
Globe Democrat
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-05
Not the Real Thing.

~Singsong-Does Graspit so by the golden
rule?
Bifbang-Well, not exactly.
Flows that"
"The rule he uses is only plated."-Cln
"cinnati Enquirer.