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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28

dishonest man or woman in Holland.
that played it on dad in Amsterdam,
but I think she only played him for a
joke, for she laughed all the time. Dad
was much struck at seeing the women
selling milk from little carts, hauled
by teams of big dogs, and he negotiated
with a woman for a dog team and cart,
and ali one day dad and | put on wooden
shoes and Dutch clothes and drove the
dog team around town, and so we had
the time of our lives. more fun than |
ever had outside of a circus, but the
shoes skinned our feet, and when the
dogs laid down to rest and dad couldn't
talk dog language to make them get up
and go ahead, he kicked the off dog with
his wooden shoe, and the dog got up and
grabbed a mouthful of dads ample
pants and shook dad till his teeth We're
loose. and a woman driving another
mess of dogs had to come and choke the
off dog so he wouldn't swallow dad.
pants and all. Dad gave her a dollar for
rescuing him, and what do you think?
Say. she pulled an old stocking of money
out OF her bosom and counted out 80
cents in change and gave it back to dad,
and only charged four cents for saving
his life, and that couldn't occur in any
other country, cause in most places
they would take the dollar ard strike
him for more.
Dad wanted to take the dog team
and cert to Milwaukee to give it to a
friend who sells red hot weiners. and
so we arranged to have the team load
ed on the boat, but just before the boat
sailed the dog team was lying down
on the dock, sleeping and scratching
f1eas. when the woman dad bought TIE
team of came along and spoke to the
dogs in Dutch, and, say, those dogs
woke up and started on a regular run
away down the dock, after the laugh
ing woman, and disappeared up ta.s
street, just as the boat whistled to plls;.
in the gang planks. Dad and | stoo"
on deck and saw the team disappea.
and dad said "Buncoed again, and J.
is all your fault. Why didn't ytSs
hang on to that off dog?"
Well. we lost our dog team, but we
got the worth of Il money, for We
saw a people who do not eat much be-
side cabbage and milk. and they are
the strongest in the world, and there
never was a case of dyspepsia in their
country, We saw a people with stone
bruises on their heels and corns on
their toes, smiling and laughing all
the time. We met a people that work
all the time, and never take any recre-
alton except churning and rocking ba-
bies, and yet never have to call a doc
tor, because there are no doctors ex-
cept veterinary surgeons, who care for
dogs and cattle.
The people we met in Holland wear
wooden shoes to teach them patience
and humility. With wooden shoes no
frenzied financier of Holland will ever
travel the fast road OF speculation. slip
on a bucket shop banana peel. and fall
on the innocent b%ystander who has
coughed UP his savings and given
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28

whole business in one day. He got a
rowboat and went out in the harbor
to where the backbone of the Maine
acts as a monument to the fellows who
yet sleep in the mud of the bottom,
and after tying a little American flag
on the rigging that sticks above the
water, and damning the villains who
blew up the good ship. we went back
to town and drove out to the cemetery
where several hundred of our boys are
buried, where we left flowers on the
graves and a cuss in the balmy air
for the guilty wretches who fired the
bomb, and then we went back to the
city and walked the beautiful streets
until dad began to have cramps from
trying to eat all the fruit he could
hold. Then it was all off, and |
was going to call a carriage to take
him to the hotel, when dad saw a ne
gro astride a single OK, hitched to a
cart, who had come in from the coun-
try, and dad said he wanted to ride in
that cart, if It was the last act Of his
life, and as dad was beginning to swell
up from the fruit he had eaten |
thought he better ride in an open cart,
cause in a carriage he might swell up
so we couldn't get him out of the door
when we got to the hotel.
So | hired the negro, got dad in the
cart, and we started, but the OK walked
so slow I was afraid we would never
get dad there alive, so | told the negro
dad had the cholera and that settled
it, for he kicked the OK with his heels,
and the OK beloved and run away, and
the negro turned pale from fright, and
| guess the runaway ride on the cob.
blestone pavement was what saved
dads life, for the swelling in dads in
side began to go down, and when we
got to the hotel he got out of the cart
alone, and / knew he was better. for
he shook himself, gulluped and said,
you think you are smart, don't your"
So | will close. Yours,
HENNERY.
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lunch, and you go to a doctor, who
does not do a thing to you, but scare
you out of your boots by talking chol.
era, and giving you the card of his
partner, the undertaken, telling you
never to think of dying in a tropical
country without being embalmed, be-
u you look so much better when
you are delivered at your home by the
express company. and then he gives
you pills and a bill, and an alarm clock
that goes off every hour to take a pill
by, and furnishes you an officer to go
home to your hotel with you to collect
his bill, and you pawn your watch and
sleeve buttons for a steerage ticket to
New York.
Dad has not been much good in Ha-
vana, cause he wanted to see the
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MISSOURI A NEWS.
sen.ation In Audrain county.

Miss Dixie futile, daughter Of T. NJ.
futile, one Of Audrain county's most
prominent farmers, was arrested II
Mexico, by United States Deputy Mar
shal Wilder on the charge of sending
improper matter through the mails.
Miss futile was recently seen by Post
Office Inspector Reed and denied the
charges, as she did when arrested. For
six months many citizens OF AudraiR
county and Mexico have been recipi-
ents of numerous anonymous letters,
whose contents could not be published.
At first the matter was quieted. but
when the letters continued TO arrive al
the offices and homes OF well-known
persons, the post-office department
was notified, and a search was institut-
ed for the senders of these epistles-
Several weeks passed, and no discov-
cry was made. AS a last resort
marked stamps were sold to suspected
parties. 1t is alleged that some of the
marked stamps were sold to Miss
Dixie futile, and later found on n
VI tie ltltIs. Inc ulSlIlCI dllOI uty h&S
notified, and the arrest followed. Not
only have men been the victims OF
these attacks, but the characters OF
some of Mexico's well-known society
girls were attacked, and grave accuse
lions made concerning their behavior,
Miss Eighty-One Turley, a teacher in
the South Side school here, was one OF
the principal sufferers. She not only
received the written attacks, but men
connected with the schools received
letters in which Miss Turley was as
sailed. Prof. D. A. Mcmillan, super
intendent of the schools; 7. T. Tur-
ley, Marshal Faddis, Joseph Barth
John Simcoe and Tom Bruce have re-
ceived these letters, beside many 9TH
ers. Miss Turley was not the only one
attacked. When seen she stated that
the motive for the letters was a mys-
terry to her. though there seemed to be
both social jealousy and bad feeling,
because of her success in school work,
expressed in them. Miss futile and her
father went to Montgomery City with
Marshal Wild, and bond was given be-
fore United States Commissioner L. A
Thompson.
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DOES THIS LOOK LIKE TIP

bent yet lower, seeking with wordless
eagerness the sweet symbol that he
craved. But she nestled closer still
where he could not see her glowing
face, and the answer came, halt. stified,
after a moment of shy silence:
You're not magnanimous like your
commander. He would not touch the
sword Of Gen. Lee"
81 see!"-and this very slowly, and
you prefer that l should be-like
Gen. Grant,"
No answer, verbal at least. Even
queens are women and would be
wooed. He should be made to know
this, even when both heart and lips
said yield. But the fates were against
her. Silvery laughter and soft voices
sounded close at hand now. All, some
We're happy, even in the shadow Of the
great surrender, since there were still
loved ones left for the sweet home
coming.
1T is Georgia. whispered Benton,
"and, as live, Kate Falconer! They'll
be here in a minute and I'll be gone.
Rosalie, do you remember that night
three years ago when you said now or
n~ever."
One moment Of fluttering heartbeat
OF latent, still smoldering rebellion,
then at last--surrender. Slowly and
with down-cast eyes the queenly head
was raised. One swift look into his
| glowing face, and the white arms stole
about his neck; the rosy mouth up
lifted and, meeting the fervent pres
sure of those bearded, eager lips, in its
own sweet way, gave answer.
L'ENvoI.
Three years later, in the early spring
Of '68, we were steaming back through
Mississippi sound, en- route for New
Orleans by way of the Rigolets. 1t was
an exquisite morning, and the land
breeze was laden with the fragrance
of the magnolias and soft with the
balsam of the southern pine. The
steamer darted swiftly through the
placid blue waters, bearing among
other passengers a little party of Off
GERS and ladies, returning from a brief
visit to Mobile. Carver was there,
captain and brevet lieutenant colonel
in the regular service, and still with
Hancock. who was then commanding
the Department Of the Gulf. Benton
was there, holding like rank with his
old friend Of the staff; and with Ben
ton, seated on the upper deck, was
Resale, looking fondly into his face at
times, then again, with earnest inter-
est, on another pair, talking in low
tones together at the bows. It had
been q solemn pilgrimage, this mis-
sion to Mobile. They had gone thither
to lay away all that was mortal Of Paul
Ladue. transferred from the rocky
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28
BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.

Gx-Governor Of Wisconsin, Former Ed
itor of Peck's Sun, Author Of rPeek's
Bad Boy" etc.)
Copyright. 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles.)'
Havana, Cuba.-My Dear Old Greas-
er: We stopped in Holland for a couple
of days after we left Belgium, and it
was the most disappointing country we
visited on our whole trip. We expected
to be walked on with wooden shoes, and
from what we had heard of that duke
that married Queen Wilhelmina we
thought we we're going to a country
where men were, cruel to their wives,
and swatted them over the head when
things didn't go right, but when we saw
the queen riding with her husband, as
free from ostentation as a department
store clerk would ride out with his cash
girl wife, and saw happiness beaming on
the face of the queen and her husband,
and saw them squeeze hands and look
lovingly into each others eyes, we made
up our minds that you couldn't believe
these newspaper scandals.
And when we saw the broad-shoul-
dered, broad-chested and broad-every-
where ONE of Holland, we concluded
that it would be a brave or reckless hus-
band who would be unkind to one Of
them, and mighty dangerous, because
the women are stronger than the men.
and any woman could whip four men at
the drop of the hat, because she could
take off her wooden shoes and strike out
and a man would think he had been hit
by a railroad tie.
! do not know what makes Hollanders
wear wooden shoes, unless they are sen
fenced to do it, or that they are unruly
and have to be hobbled to keep them
from jumping fences, but the people are
SO good and honest that after you have
met them you forget the vaudeville
feature of their costumes, and love
them, and wish the people of other
countries were as honest as they.
For two or three days we were not
robbed. and do not believe there is a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28

purer air, and the Isle OF Pines, which
has tropical scenery and less
yellow fever.
But now the island of Cuba is a joy,
and Havana is like Heaven-until you
come to pay your bill. Streets SO wide
you cannot see a creditor on the other
side, pavements as smooth as the road
to perdition, and tropical trees, plants
and flowers, with birds of rare plumage,
you feel like sitting on a cold bench in
the shade and wishing all your friends
we're here to enjoy a taste of what will
come TO those who are truly good, in
the hereafter, when suddenly you are
taken With a chin up th spinal col
umn, and a cold sweat comes out on
the forehead and the internal arrange
ments go on o strike because of the
cold, perspiring cucumber you had for
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28
nIin0isnnk Like Missouri.

A company Of 16 Illinois farmers
have been looking over lands around
Centralia, and express themselves as
very much pleased. They expect TIC
buy homes, and move their families to
Missouri.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28
Beniu min Harmon Pardoned.

Acting Gov. Mckinley has granted q
pardon to Benjamin Harmon, sent up
from Sullivan county in 1903, for ten
years, for murder in the second de-
gree. In pardoning Harmon, Gov. Nc
Kinley made the following statement:
in matter of application for pardon
of Benjamin Harmon, it appears from
reading ev idence that on the nine
tenth day Of March, 1902, prisoner
shot and killed James Brandon, who.
il is admitted, had debauched his wife,
broken up his home and. was openly
defying the injured husband and
threatening, to steal his little child
and take her away, if he had to kill
him in order to accomplish his pur-
pose. The morning of the homicide
by means Of correspondence between
deceased and prisoners wife, which
had fallen into his hands, he learned
of another plot to rob him of his child
and in the heat of passion thus
aroused and prompted by a fathers
duty to protect his W flesh and
blood, he fired the fatal shot, Ills par
don is asked by several hundred of
the best citizens of his home county
including eleven of the jurymen before
whom he was tried, and by most of the
county officers, and also by the judge
who presided at the trial"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28
A Preiudiced oninion.

Suppose the government insists on
fixing railway rates?"
We'll" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax,
it'll be a hard job. Under the present
system tn stockholders are content.
If the government takes a hand neither
the stockholders nor the public will be
satisfied. Washington Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28
Huntsville booming.

Since the taking of the government
census in 1900 the population of Hunts
vile has increased from 1905 to $685..
The personal and real estate property
has increased from $93S,S75, assessed
valuation in 1902, to $500, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28

The last time | saw Mrs. Newbride
she said her husband was sick"
Eyes; the last time ! saw her she
was making some dainty dish for
him
All! | guess must have seer her
just after you did."--Philadelphia
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28

The proposition to bond Cape Girar-
deau county In the sum of SIS, 900 to
build a new courthouse and Jail car.
ried by an overwhelming majority.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28

Archbishop Glennon, of st. Louis
has returned from his trip to Europe;
during which he has visited Ireland
England, Germany and France.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28

Acting Governor Mckinley pardoned
Robert Reel, a mere boy, from the
penitentiary just before he died of ty-
phoid fever. He breathed his last out.
side of prison walls. .
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28
Jefferson CITY Votes Bond Issue.

A special election held at jefferson
City for the purpose of issuing $25, 900
worth of street-improvement bonds.
carried by a vote of 1913 to 139.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28
Grain Elevator Burned.

Fire at Mexico destroyed the i'm.
mense building of the Hathaway-Reith
Grain Co., and damaged adjoining
structures, among them the city hall.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28

Notwithstanding the crippled rail,
road facilities, occasioned by high wa
ter, the state normal school at War
rensburg has opened with a large en-.
rollment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28

After Driving a Milk Cart in Holland,
the Fad Boy and His Dad Go to
Cuba-The Bad Boy Finds Havana
Something Like Heaven-In the
Harbor They See the Backbone Of
the Maine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28

Have you ever been in
a hay field where the
workers have a jug of
cider under a haycock
to keep it cool? Have
YOU ever burrowed in
the haymow on a cold
winters night to keep
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28
Fined For Lifting the Lid"

AS a result of recent work by two
detectives of the Anti-Saloon League
oe Missouri, two druggists and a res
taurant mar of Laplata have within
the last six days had fines assessed
against them amounting to $2,400.
The work of the agents was such that
there was a conviction in every case
tried. The defendants will appeal to
the Macon circuit court.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28
Folk Considers His Youth.

Joseph Shepherd, a train robber, has
been discharged from the state peni-
Tertiary, on pardon from the governor.
on account of his youth
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28

Men who affect virtues have no az
lection for them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28

A heavy storm blew down the wild
animal tent at the Eagles carnival, at
Marshall, and for awhile there was a
panic in the city,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28

The residence Of l.. NJ. Ilulen was
destroyed by FIRE willis the family was
absent at Centralia. Loss. $1,000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-28

At the annual meeting of the Farm.
ers' and Miners bank at Bonnie Terre.
the capital stock was increased from
$50. 900 10 500, 600.
Williams news., 1905-02-04
The Bioscope Company

The International Bioscope Co. that comes to the opera house next Monday, Feb. 9th, must not be con- founded with the many picture shows seen here before. The Eng fish Bioscope is the most perfect instrument in existence for the pro- jection of life motion pictures. The scenes of the Bioscope are presented without the usual flicker and vibra- tion sos commonly seen in exhi- bitions of the kind. The manage ment guarantees the best satisfac- tion or refunds the money.
 Several scenes taken by the Bio scope Co.'S. own photographer will be shown here, including the tourna- ment of roses, at Pasadena, Cal. Jan ?, 'O5. Prices 25c, Soc, 75c. Seats on sale at Joe Johnston's.
Williams news., 1905-02-04
COUNTY RECORDS

The following is the weekly re- port of instruments filed in the re- corder's office for the week ending Feb. 1, 1905:
 Transito Martinez and wife to Geo. Babbitt, realty mortgage, on lots in Flagstaff.
 U. S. Fidelity Go. to c. NJ. Funston and E. NJ Doe power of attorney.
 E B. Perrin and wife to United States, five deeds for lands in S. r. reserve
 Marion Clark to Chas. A Chestnut, nel4 of sec 32, tp IS h. r e; consideration $500.
 E. w. French, trustee, to c. A. Green, deed, lot 12 and w1a lot Il, blk TX, Flagstaff.
 A. E. Douglass, trustee, to c. A. Green, deed, lot 1S, blk TX, Flagstaff.
 c. A. Green and wife to G. H. Coffin, deed, lots 12 and 13 and w1a II, blk TX, Flagstaff.
 J. Munds to Mrs. NJ. A. Carrier, half int in TT cattle; consideration $7000.
 Agreement and contract between J. W. Fran cis and Eugene T. Merritt for sale of mines in David Rabbit to Mrs. NJ. J. Lockwood, war ranty deed, lots to 12, blk 63, Flagstaff con- sideration $1S00.
 Mrs. NJ. J. Lockwood to Rabbit Bros, realty mortgage, lots 2 to 12, blk 63; $1S00
 D. H. Jones to c. J. Babbitt, chat mortgage $sO0 on Bar D cattle.
 J. R. Kathreps to Mrs. II. R. Heckthorn, bill of sale FIX brand.
 W. M. Slatey locates Honest Abe and Copper Hill mining claims, White Mesa dist.
 Columbia S. and L. Assn to D. S. High, release of trust deed.
Williams news., 1905-02-04
"The Moonshiner's Daughter"

"The Moonshiner's Daughter which is to be presented at the Odd Fellows opera house Feb. Sth, is a new and original melodrama in four acts. A thrilling story. abound ing in strong and novel climaxes is interestingly told. It is play that appeals to all classes of theatre -go- CTS, and is one of the few genuine successes of the season. The theme of the piece deals principally with the revenue service, the danger and excitement attendant in hunting down and capturing the moonshi- ners in their mountain retreats. There is strong, healthy senti- ment underlying the play from be- ginning to end. An attractive fea- ture of the entertainment is num- Der of high class specialties which are introduced. Tickets now on sale at Joe Johnston's.
Williams news., 1905-02-04
Does the School Need an Addition :?

The following letter was written by J. H. Gerard, principal of the Williams Schools, as a report to County Supt. of Schools J. s. Amundsen. It needs no comment, as it speaks for itself.
 There has been some discussion of building an addition to the school building and do not know of place, that it is needed more than it is here.
 At present I am having in my room, 15 to 16 classes day with a very few minutes for each class. If any one can get good results out of that length of time 1 should like to meet him.
 Next year, if another teacher is not added, there will be five grades in this room, the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth. What can 1 do with that?
 The children in the ninth grade will be ready for the tenth, and it is right that they can not go on with their work unless their par ents go to the expense of sending them away.
 The building of this addition will not make taxes one cent greater, and the children are suffering for better attention.
 The condition of the school makes work drag, and, in place of it being a pleasure for the child to- at tend school, he hates it.
 The teacher also is worried, and when night comes must rest, in place of giving the proper prepara tion for his days work.
 People say that this has been the most satisfactory year that they have ever had, but, in my mind, it has been far from successful.
 should say by all means build this building, and put in at once another teacher. Two teachers are really needed, but conditions will be greatly improved if one be added.
 Why keep in the treasury money of no use, when it can relieve the conditions here, and make some thing of this school of which they can be proud?
 should say that the building of this building is absolutely neces- sary. 1 can not do the work of three grades properly, and what . shall 1 do with five?
 For an expense of $25.00 an of flee could be built in one end of the hall, and all valuables kept there
 Another thing, it has been impos- sible for me to visit the other rooms as my time has been taken in my own. There are really four sepa- rate schools.
 There is now about seven thous- and dollars in the treasury.