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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-27
The beautifuI nome Of Prof. P. a.

The beautiful home of Prof. P. A.
Grimsley, formerly of Washburn col
lege, corner Seventeenth and Boswell
avenues has been sold to Mr.. William
NJ. Shaver, grand secretary Royal
Arch Masons. The neighborhood,
while greatly regretting the loss of
Mr. Grimsley and family, are much
pleased in gaining Mr.. Shaver and his
family The sale was made by the
Capitol Real Estate Co.. w. A. Neis-
wanger, manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-27

American humor has struck Upper
Silesia Germany, and at least one soul
there is waiting patiently now for a re-
ply to a hopeful letter that he address
ed to the editor of the Arizona Kick
err Arizona, North America
Among the other playful WhimS of
the genial and kindly soul who writes
the weekly utterances of the murder
ously inclined editor of the famous
ARIZONA Kicker" he INDUCED not long
ago in a complaint that he was be-
sieged by wild western bachelors who
demanded wives, and he told, in his
usual moderate and simple way, how
empty his territory and surrounding
states were of women.
That paragraph was copied and
copied, and finally it came under the
eye of an honest creature in an editorial
office in Germany who could read Eng
lish and who possessed the accomplish
Inent of being intensely solemn and
grave. The woeful scarcity of women
impressed him so much that he trans
lated the article carefully word for
word, and conscientiously gave full
credit to Der Arizona Staats-Kicker-'
The worthy citizen in Upper Silesia
read it and dipped his pen into ink.
Then he addressed his letter:
IAN die Redaktion,
des Arizona Staats-Kicker,'
Arizona,
Nord America"
bedy in the New York postoffice must
niRFa OF q postmark till 1t was received
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-27
AMERICAN HUMoR IN sILEsIA.

A German Who Read the "AriZona
Kicker's'' Call for Women in the
West, and Is Ready to Send For
ward wagon Loads of FrauIeins
If He Can Get a Few Addresses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-27
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-27
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-27
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21

E60ExnkN
signed many plates in the copper-plate
engraving, which superseded the old and
very beautiful wood-cuts. According
to Edward Almack, to whose delightful
work l am indebted for much informa-
ton, the earliest English book-plate is
one of Cardinal Wolsey's, drawn and
colored by hand; executed somewhere
between 1914 and 1880, it still exists in
the book he once owned, and which is
known to have belonged later to Henry
VIII. The earliest dated English plate is
1874, and the second one is IL years
later.
German ex libris are always armorial,
while French and English are varied; In
the latter we find J%acobean, Rocco.
Chippendale, and the later Georgian, or
the wreath-and-ribbon style; different
as the design may be, the fashion of it's
execution differs as much. One finds
among book-plates woodcuts, wood en-
cravings, etchings, copper-plate line en-
cravings, steel engravings mezzotint,
stipple and aquatint. The field for the
collector is so large that boundaries are
necessary if he intends to insist on any
thing like order; he may collect any one
of the styles l have enumerated, or he
may limit himself to the designs of one
artist, Again he may gather only the
book-plates of poets, of barristers, of
artists, or royalties, or. very sensibly,
only those Of the members of one fam
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
Not I'm Need Of Advice.

"0h, you needn't caution me to look
out for swindlers,' replied the limo
e~ent-looking man, when spoken to by
a depot policeman in Buffalo. Il got
taken in once, and that will last me
to the end of my days"
$50 you did get c~onfdenced?" asked
the officer.
81 did, for a fact, and it was right
in this depot, too. A Teller borrowed
two dollars of me and gave me the
check for his trunk as security"
sand there was no trunk?"
"Oh, yes, there was. Yes, there was
"a humping big trunk, ard it was full
of boots and shoes, and I sold $40
worth to my neighbors and had a lot
left"
But how do you make out that you
were confidenced?"
"Why, the Teller led me to believe
that the trunk was chock full of gold
bricks and each one worth $50, 900, and
there wasn't a blamed one in it.. You
needn't worry about Gilbert G.
Schemerhon. He's been right there
and had his eye teeth cut, and he
knows a swindler from a barn door
with one eye shet."-Chicago Evening
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
WHEN FARM ANIMALS DIE
There's Money in Their Hides If They
Are Taken Of Properly and
Promptly Sailed.

Each year there are many thousands
Of cows, horses and sheep that die by
sickness or accident whose hides will
bring good prices il taken off prop.
erly and promptly sailed and sent TO
market. 1t is nor important to salt
hides taken from dead animals than
those that are slaughtered, for the
sticking draws out most OF the blood
from the hides as we'll as the meat
of such. Not SO with the animal that
dies without being bled; hence the
necessity Of prompt and well sailing.
To do this, 1t requires a bucket of salt
to a good-sized hide; smaller ones in
proportion. Such hides il well taken
Off and not cut with holes will bring
full value. The wool from dead sheep.
when the hide is spoiled, is worth
saving also. II farmers will carry out
our suggestions, they will thank us for
telling them Of it. Take them Oft
right, follow instructions on sailing
and they will get number one price il
lsent to a good firm. They should not
be deceived by buyers at home, who
tell them that hides and skins from
dead animals are not worth half thu
price Of those from slaughtered ami
mals.-Midland Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
DISEASE IN sWILL BARREL.
carelessness Which Is the Direct
Cause of Immense Loss Among
Hogs on the Farm.

The more closely swine diseases OF
the ordinary character are investigated
the more clearly it appears that they re-
suit almost exclusively from improper
feeding and care. Ithas been discovered
that the ordinary swill barrel is a breed
er of germs that carry diseases of vary
ing character to the animals that con-
sumo the swill. 1t should surprise no
n that this is true, when the contents
of the average swill barrel are inven-
toried. In contributing to that recep-
tacle no thought is given to anything
but the disposition of some waste of the
house in a quick and easy manner
The swill barrel is located to tempt
deposits of everything that no other use
can be made of, regardless of its charac-
ter as food of health or nutrition. So
into it go meat scraps, partially decayed
fruits, vegetables cooked and uncooked,
all the table scraps, greasy, sour and
sweet combined, coffee and tea grounds,
milk in all stages of acidity; soapy and
pnclean dishwater, the vilest ingredient
Of all; and not ~infrequently a drowned
chicken spices the conglomeration. The
combination is, as a rule, in a state Of
fermentation, and too often putridity,
adding enormously to the ~unhealthful
character of the nauseating mass.
The pigs may get it, for the hungry pig
Is not fastidious, and he is not we'll
enough up in hygienic lore to know that
the stuff is unhealthy. But the feeder
should know that it is not proper food,
land should not prepare that sort of a
banquet for his porcine guests. Rheu-
matism, swollen joints, skin diseases,
sore eyes and diarrhoea are some of the
ailments that have been traced directly
to the alleged food just described. Swill
IS all right, and much of the offal of the
house table may be used in 1t without
danger. But it should be fed when fresh,
OF in the first stages of fermentation:
and greasy, soapy. decayed and putrid
articles should be kept out of it. Here
is a place to prevent disease that is al
ways difficult and sometimes impossi-
BILE to cure .-Indiana State Sentinel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21

rare when obtained. The bo~ok-plates
collector occasionally sets himself to ac-
quire examples of plates in every style
of every age, and n noted collector has
about &C, 1000; many of these, to the great
credit of his taste and judgment, in their
original books. Germany appears to
have been the first home of ~"bibliothe-
kzeichen," as it was of wood-engrav-
ing also, for the earlist known plates are
the Brandenburg, the Won Zell and the
Hans Tigler, which all date from about
147O. In the sixteenth century of course,
Albrecht Durer is well known to have
been a designer of ex libris, and follow
ing him the famous brothers Beham de-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
MIX Is Good for Poultry.

There is 10 better or cheaper food
for the laying hens than milk. 1t Is
not advisable, however, to feed great
quantities of 1t in its liquid state, as
it is very loosening to the bowels. 1t
should be prepared as follows: Place
thick sour milk in pans and set. over
the fire to heat through well, when
the whey may be easily separated
from the curd. It should be drained
60 a dry, powdery mass, when it will
be Mt to feed. The curd from two pans
Of milk will make a generous feed for
rs hens. Be sure to- give plenty Of
water, also grit. 1t will be found a
profitable feed.-Woman's Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
HE WAS WILLING TO PAY.
But Was a Little Too Foremost in
Ordering the Help
Around.

A lively looking porter stood ON the rear
of a car in she Pennsylvania depot. A fussy
and eholeric-looking old man cIambered up
the steps. He stopped on the platform,
pulled a moment, relates the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, and then turned TO the young man
in uniform and said: 'Peter!'
Yes, sir.'
81 am going to St. Louis. / want to be
well taken care Of and can pay for it. Do
you understand"
Eyes, sir; / hope"
"Never mind what you hope. You listen
to what / say. Keep the train boys away
from me. Dust me off whenever | want you
to. Give me an extra blanket, and if any
fellow has the berth above me, slide him
over into another one. | want you to-"
"But, say, boss, /"
Don't talk too much, young man. Here's
two dollars. Now / want to get the good
of it. Not a word, sir"
The train was starting. The porter
swung off to the platform.
"All right, boss" he shouted. "Pm pow
erful sorry you wouldn't let me talk, but
! amt going out on that train"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
Two Kinda.

"I'm locking for a wife," said the
man from the country, bluntly.
The manager of the matrimonial
agency rubbed his hands together and
smiled genially.
"Yes, yes" he said, pleasantly. "We
have many estimable ladies on our list,
and W. shall be glad to place you in
correspondence with one"
drained or untrained?" asked the
man from the country.
81 beg your pardon" returned the
matrimonial agent. "I-I don't believe
1 quite understand"
maid or widow?" said the man from
the country, by way of explanation.
After that, Of course, it was readily
e that he was not the inexperienced
man he had seemed.-Chicago Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
Of Wide Interest.

Breed, Wis, July ls-Special-Chas. Y.
Peterson, Justice Of the Peace for Oconto
Co., has delivered a judgment that is of in
terest to the whole United States; Put
briefly, that judgment is, "Dodd's Kidney
market to-day"
And Mr.. Peterson gives his reason for
this judgment. He says: Last winter |
had an aching pain in my back which
troubled me very much. In the morning
I could hardly straighten my back: l did
led me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills, After
taking one box l can only say they have done
more for me than expected as l feel as well
now as ever l did before"
Pain in the back is one of the first symp-
toms of Kidney disease. If not cured by
Dodd's Kidney Pills it may develop into
Bright's Disease, Diabetes. Rheumatism or
some of the other deadly forms of Kidney
Disease.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21

whenever a decision was rendered that
did not meet with their approval.
Times have changed and, according to
President James A. Hart of the Chi
cago National league club, umpires OF
to-day have a sinecure, if there is
anything of the kind in baseball.
Their life is easy compared to that
of any other active participant in
baseball" said Mr.. Hart. 1.-THE UNI
pire is without worries of any kind.
At least he should be, so far as the
game is concerned. He draws from
$500 to $3.50 a month from the league,
with So a day expenses, beside his rail-
road fare. He works one and a half
to two hours, and all he has to do is
to stand up and make his decision. He
Is king of the field-no one is allowed
to differ with him, and when they at
tempt such tactics he is authorized to
drive the troublesome individual from
the field. With the positive backing
of the president of the league and the
cooperation of the club presidents and
managers, the umpire of to-day GER
tainly has a great job. Umpires to be
successful must be trained up just as
the ball player is. He must begin at
the bottom and work up through the
minor leagues to the majors. College
and amateur games are his start, then
the minors. P~eculiarities of voice and
manner are his stock in trade and tho
fans like him the better for it. Roast
ing the umpire has absolutely no effect
on him, and the mounting kind of a
player generally gets the worst of it
on decisions. The single system Of
umpires is better than the double. |
do not favor the latter, for l do no.
think it good. The more umpi-
there are the more places there are 10
lay blame. The single system has the
advantage in greater Capitalization Of
authority. Umpiring, not only in the
big leagues but all over the country, is
generally improving, l think. The
days of rowdyism have passed, the
leagues representative knows he will
be supported to the limit by the presi-
dent of the organization, backed up
by the club officials, and the play
er who persists in transgressing the
laws set down for his government
will gradually be driven out of the
game"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
George Was Diplomatic.

How long would you be willing to
wait for mel" she asked, in tones SO
low he could scarcely catch the words.
And then she went on: You know,
George, my father has recently invest
ed in a silver mine, and he is going
there at once, and cannot leave moth
er alone. So | ask you again, George,
how long would you be willing to wait
for me?"
wait for you, my darling?" repeat
ID George, with deep emotion, for his
was no fieeting love, dear reader. II
will wait for you until we learn how
the silver mine turns out. Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21

lily; indeed, the collector of ex-libris has
a merry choice.
A word to the accompanying illus
trations. They are designed by Charles
e. Dawson, the well-known poster ar
fist; the Raymond Needham plate is a
picture Of the old Revolution house near
Chesterfield, England; 1t Is cut on wood,
and is the plate Of the witty writer
known as "Marjoribanks." In another
specimen st. Cecilia looks down from a
fame Of life which rises from the book
of knowledge, Under it Miss Marie G.
Tomalin has herself written a favorite
phrase from the ''Rheingold." A charm
ing Q libris shows a little boy studying
an old sun-dial, and is the more pleasing
as it was designed for a very devoted
mother.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
The Grenade Throwers.

The Grenadiers, the senior of the
British regiments which compose the
brigade of guards, got it's name from
the fact that toward the end of the
last century the men were armed
with hand grenades to throw among
the enemy. They had to be in the
front of the fighting line, hence they
gained a reputation for bravery and
the name Of the Grenadiers. The badge
Of the regiment is still a hand grenade
spouting flame, though that deadly en-
CINE of war has long since been super.
seded.-Scottish American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
Gem. Have Organic Life.

Scientists frequently remind us that
gems possess life-organic life. Every
body knows that opals and pearls grow
dull when worn by invalids, and it has
been lately proved that rubies and the
turquoise show the same sensibility.
Pearls are most delicate and lose color
and b~rilliancy and actually die. Rings
and pins should not be worn by in
valids because the invisible emanations
of disease penetrate the microscopic
interstices of the gem and kill it's life
Philadelphia Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21

An attendant at Mount Vernon not long
since found a lady weeping most bitterly
and audibly with her handkerchief at her
eyes. He stepped up to her and said,
"Are you in any trouble, madam
"No, sir" she sobbed.
81 saw you weeping"
ing at the grave of the Father of His Coun-
try"
"Oh! Indeed, madam" said he, chats
it! The tomb is over Wonder. This is the
ice house. "ZIndianapolis journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21

or thurman, Aston
Gibson, who once
piloted the blue
blooded thorough
breds belonging to
Gen. Jackson, is
living in retire
ment at Calera,
Ala. Last Fourth
of July he cele-
brated his 18th
birthday, for it
was on July 4,
1888, that he first
saw the light OF
day at a little vii
lage in the Fair
field district of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21

so you found that the estate Of
your late uncle was intact?" asked the
friend of the heir.
Eyes, and 1t was not to be wondered
at. My uncle was a lawyer, and a
good one, too"
Drew up his own will, eh?'
Eyes. He drew 1t up; then he went
into court and broke it himself and
threw all the fees back into his es-
tate.r-Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
SPORTS AND
AT
There has been a radical change in
regard to umpiring in the major

leagues in the
last five years,
and to-day the life
of the ''arbitra-
tor" is a bed of
roses compared
with what it was
a few years ago.
Umpire batting"
was then recog-
nized as one of
the worst features
of the game, but
it was almost i'm
possible to govern
the players, who
a S S a e d tho
league 0 fiji cial
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
Likely to Get Even.

Old Friend-What became of that
beautiful full-length portrait of your
self and your first husband?
Mrs. Twotimes-It Is hidden away
in the garnet. My second husband has
never seen 1t yet. I'm keeping it for
a surprise.
"A surprise"
"Yes. If he ever again gives me a
shilling bottle of perfumery for a
birthday gift, I'll give him that paint
ing for his next birthday present.
Stray Stories.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
Deficient in Knowledge.

DeuCIeuI IN hMOWIeuBe.
Mother-Johnny, how do you like
your new teacher?
Johnny-Purty well; but she's aw-
full dumb about history!
"Why, Johnny! what makes you
think so?".
II asst herwhen Jesse James wasshot
en- Ehe didn't knowl"-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21

every keen collec-
tor of books has his
library LABEL (for
so the German
name has it), yet
many an g col
lector of these
same labels la no
collection of books,
which seems to me
a distorted taste
i~ndeed-for the la
bel and the book
belong to each 9TH
err, and should be
collected together
to be really inter-
esting and most
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
The Jerusalem Road.

OF all dreary roads few have such
desolate Surroundings as that leading
from Jerusalem. The road winds
among rocky hills which for miles
seem destitute of every living thing
save occasional locks of long, black
haired goats and sheep, apparently
eating pebbles and attended by a
youthful shepherd. The steep hill
sides are dotted with numerous holes
and caves cut in the rock.-Indianap-
oils News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21

inch boards are needed, and two or
three pounds nails, the cost is small.
Cut and peel four poles about five
inches in diameter at small end and
II feet long. Cut eight small sap
lings IA feet long and three or four
inches in diameter, and four small
pieces, II feet long, to nail on top OF
the posts. Dig four post holes IL feet
apart and three feet square.
Before putting down the posts, bore
n and one-half-inch holes, Is inches
apart, beginning at small end. These
holes are for pins for roof to rest on.
Put down the 17-foot posts, set per-
fectly plumb, and nail on the 12-foot
%stringers, C, at or neal top. To put
on the roof take four of the 14-foot
pieces, made smooth. Halve them
at the corners, allowing frame of
roof, of which these pieces are the
siils, to come outside the posts one
and one-half inches on all sides. This
gives room for the roof to be raised
easily from any corner.
Take four small pieces for rafters.
Place a small block at apex, a., and a
small crosspiece at each corner, in
side posts, b, for foot of rafter to
rest on. The roof may be three feet
higher at apex, a, than at stills, C.
The roof boards should come down
six inches below stills. A foundation
Of hay rails, {, keeps the grain or
hay off the ground. This barrack will
hold 200 stocks of oats or wheat, or
four to five tons settled hay. For
bins to hold the roof use iron bolts,
or good wooden pins of oak or birch.
The roof is raised as filled. When
the barrack is emptied, the roof may
be let down.. A. Macdonald, in Farm
and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21

South Carolina. "Old Hickory" as
Gibson is known by many of the older
generation of turf followers, takes
great pride in his age, and never
wearies of relating racing reminis-
cences of his early life. But his voice
10 cracked and his eyesight is almost
gone. Gibson had retired from the
turf at the time that BILLY" Lakeland
was making his debut on a thorough
bred and was old enough to be the
grandfather of children before the re-
nowned Snapper" Garrison ever
achieved international fame In the sad
die. During the days that Lakeland
was riding, Gibson was serving as a
soldier on the western frontier against
Indians. There are records slowed
away in many turf closets that will
show the part Gibson took In the
meetings at the Rapides course IN Al
exandria, La; Glasgow course in Ken
lucky, Newmarket course in Peters,
burg, Va; Prudhomme course in
Natchitoches, La; Chattahoochee
course in Columbus, Ca; Nashville
course in Nashville, Washington
course in Charleston, Congaree course
in Columbia, s. c.; Herring course In
Baltimore, and many more tracks. Tho
most noted race that Gibson ever par
ticipated in is possibly the memorable
match race between Gen. Andrew
Jackson's Truxon and Irving's Plow-
boy. Every section Of the south was
on hand, and feeling ran high. The
contest was for 81, 900 a side, two-mile
heats, and Gibson finished first with
Truxton, but the claim of foul, which
was not allowed, is said to have
caused the duel that followed between
Jackson and Gen. Dickinson. After
his retirement from the turf Gibson,
followed Gen. Jackson ir war and was
in the battle of New Orleans. Hc
knew Daniel Boone. Davy Crockett
and many other pioneers, with whom
he was associated.