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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12

turn In, and she let him go to his
berth, and he got out on the platform,
and just then the second section Of our
train came along, and stopped o
water, and pa crawled into an animal
car and laid down in the straw with
the sacred COW. She beloved all night
cause the sacred bull, her husband, had
been attached for debt at Vicksburg,
but when pa got in the car in his shirt
sleeves and bumped his shoulders up
on account of the'cold, the COW thought
may be she had been unnecessarily
alarmed, and may be pa was her nus
band.
So she quit believing, and laid down
and chewed her cud till daylight.
Then when she saw that pa was an
other person she got mad and chased
him up into the rafters of the car,
and he had to ride there until the
train got to Memphis. The hands res
cued pa, but he got away from the
creditors all right.
We made a new lot of creditors at
Memphis, and they proposed to go
along with us, but we shook them on.
Gee, but we made a killing in Mem
phis, and don't you forget it. We had
handbills on all the wagons in the pa
rade, telling the people that the pro-
ceeds of the afternoon and evening
performance would be given to deserv-
ing persons, in charity, and the inten-
ton was to use the money to pay OH
the hands. My, but how the people
turned out. The tents were all full,
and we had more money than We have
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
Doctor BI1glamS Says
MANY PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBE
Lydia <. Pinkhans,S
Vegetable C0nnp0und

The wonderful power of Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over
the diseases of womankind is not be.
cause it is a stimulant, not because it
is palliative, but simply because it is
the most wonderful tonic and recon
~structor ever discovered to act directly
upon the generative organs, positively
curing disease and restoring health and
vigor.
Marvellous cures are reported from
all parts of the country bywomen who
have been cured, trained nurses who
have witnessed cures and physicians
who have recognized the virtue OF
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, and are fair, enough to give
credit where it is due.
If physicians dared to be frank and
open, hundreds of them would acknowl.
edge that they constantly prescribe
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound in severe cases of female ills, as
they know by experience it can be re.
lied upon to effect a cure. The follow.
ing letter proves it,
DR.. S. G. Brigham, of 4 Brigham
Park, Fitchburg, Mass, writes:
at gives me great pleasure to say that ]
have found Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound very efficacious, and often pre-.
scribe it in my practice for female difficulties.
"My oldest daughter found it very benefi.
cial fora femaletrouble some time ago, andmJ
youngest daughter is now taking 1t for a fer
male weakness, andis surely gaining in health
and strength.
IT freely advocate it as a most reliable spe
cifc in all diseases to which women are sub.
ject, and give it honest endorsement"
Women who are troubled with pain.
full or irregular periods, bloating lol
f%atulency), weakness of organs, dis
placements, Inflammation orulceration,
can be restored to perfect health and
strength by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. If advice is
needed write to Mrs. Pinkham, al
Lynn, Mass. She is daughter-in-law
of Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty.
FIVE years has been advising sick
women free of charge. No other living
person has had the benefit of a
wider experience in treating female
ills. She has guided thousands to
health. Every suffering woman should
| ask for and follow her advice if she
wants to be strong and well.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
ONE ON II T JOE"
And He Quietly Paid for the Extra
Work He Made as Rep
resentative.

The late Gen. Joseph Wheeler, when a
representative in congress, was travel
ing in a buggy along a country road III
mis- district in Alabama. He overlook a
mail carrier groaning under the weight
of an enormous sack of stuff, and invited
the man to take a seat beside him.
"Why don't you have a horse" said
the general. q have had three at diff
ferent times" replied the carrier, but
they died. The work was too heavy"
You mean that the burden of the mails
was too great?"" eyes, that's just it.
There's a - fool representative from
this district who sends out such a lot
of truck that the mails are loaded all
the time. This bag is full of such stuff;
books and SUCH" How much money
would buy you a horse?" asked the gen.
eral, feeling in his pocket. Horses are
high now answered the carrier. Il
couldn't get a good one for less than
$50" Fighting Joe counted out $50,
"That'll buy your horse" he said. The
man gazed upon the money in aston'sh-
ment, and could not find a word to say
before the general drove off.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
AN UNLUcKY THIRTEEN.
They We're All Creditors and Not
One Ever Got a Cent Due
Them,

ibid you ever sit down at q table
where there were just l3?" asked a man Of
his companion in a railway carriage.
'Unce," replied the latter.
"Well, you never observed that any bad
luck followed it, did your"
"Why, yes. Bad luck for most Of the
49,"
ANY of them die?" !.
Not that l know of. Never heard Of
any of them dying" 49,.
Not enough v~ictuals to go round?"
queried the other.
"Who's talking about victuals? There
wasn't any victuals."
Thought you said you sat down to a
table where there were IL persons.
That's what l said. The table was
in a lawyers office. 1t was a meeting of
my creditors. There were u of them. /
was the other man."
There was a long pause, and then the
first speaker inquired:
in what way did the meeting prove u
lucky, may | ask"
None of them ever got a cent from
me" answered the other, heaving a deep
sigh as he left the carriage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
THE RABBIT AND EASTER.
How the Little Animal Came to Be
Connected with the Celebra-
ton of the Day.

The part the hare plays in the cele-
bration of Easter has nothing whatever
to do with the resurrection of Christ.
1t is a survival of Teutonic folklore of
unknown antiquity, and its religious
connection is with nature-worship, and
that phase of it in which the moon was a
chief divinity. The hare became a SYM
boil of the moon, for several reasons
because it ONE out at night to feed;
because the female carries her young
for a month, representing the lunar
cycle; because the young are born with
their eyes open and were tabled never
to close them, thus resembling the
moon, ''Open-eyed watcher of the
night" in n way or another there
grew up a fund of stories in which the
connection of the hare, the lunar period
and the paschal full moon, which fixes
the date of Easter, developed so that it
gave rise to many popular customs, in
Germany, among the Scandinavian
peoples and in England. The queerest
bit of this folklore is that of the white
hare, which the children are told comes
into the house on Easter eve and leaves
in corners eggs adorned in beautiful
colors, which every good child may
have. The egg was in religious legend
from the oldest times a symbol OF
opening life and Of immortality, and
naturally Of the resurrection, so here
we have the people coupling the two
AS for the rabbit, he is not the same
as the European hare, but he is his
nearest American congener, and Other
legends concerning the rabbits foo
and the full of the moon exist amons
the negroes Of the south.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12

across the river, at daylight, and v
that early it seemed as though the
whole colored population of Memphis
was on the way to the park, to secure
good positions, so they could receive
their share of the money. AS the train
got to the middle of the river, and
safe into Arkansas, the whole man
agement breathed a sigh of relief. The
boss canvassman said: ut is like get
ting money from home" and pa said:
1T is like taking money from the tin
cup of a blind organ grinder" and
the treasurer of the show said, as he
put the days receipts in the safe in
the business car: 1T looks good to
me-" Then they all turned in to sleep
the happy hours away, that beautiful
Sunday on the way to Indian Ter
ritory and Oklahoma.
Well, sir, you can never make me
believe tnat money obtained dishonest
ly, will stay by a person, or do him
any good, and that was demonstrated
In the case of our show the next day.
We got acquainted with an old show.
man who was out Of luck, who used
to run a wild west show, but got bust
ed up, and as he didn't care where he
went, W took him with usN on the
train, and all day Sunday he talked
about his show experiences, and finally
he said II we had any horses with oui
show that could run races, we could
make a barrel Of money at Guthrie
where we were to make u next stand
He said the Indians and half breed
all.had Indian ponies that they though
J could beat any horses thst ever Wort
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
INDIAN PROVERBS.

The coward shoots with shut eyes.
Small things talk loud to the Indians
eye.
No Indian ever sold his daughter fora
name.
When a fox walks lame old rabbit
jumps.
The paleface's arm is longer than his
word.
A squaw's tongue runs faster than the
winds legs.
There is nothing so eloquent as a rat
tlesnake's tail.
The Indian scalps his enemy; the pale
face skins his friends.
There will be hungry palefaces SO long
as there is any Indian land to swallow.
When a man prays one day and steals
six. the Great Spirit thunders and the
evil one laughs.
There are three things it takes a
strong nan to hold: A young warrior,
a wild horse and a handsome squaw.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12

and all they can eat. That is rather
tempting to country people, so we had
a full car load of creditors with us
for a week, and we gave them plenty
to drink, so they had the time of their
lives, but they didn't get their money.
After going with us all through
Georgia, they held an indignation
meeting in the car, and between high
balls and cheese sandwiches they got
sleepy, and we side tracked their car
In the woods at a station in Mississippi,
where there was a post Office, saw mill
and a cotton gin, ] guess they are
there yet unless Mr., Pullman's lost
car experts have found the car and
driven them out with fire extinguish-
ers.
Pa came pretty near being left in
that car with the creditors in Missis-
sippi. He was helping to entertain
the guests, and jollyipg them up to
believe they would get their money
when we got to Memphis the next day,
when he noticed the car had been side
tracked, and he knew that was the
way we were going to dispose Of, the
creditors. He thought some one would
tell him when to get off, but he was
sitting up with a landlady from some
place In Georgia that we owed a lot OF
money for feeding the freaks, and she
was threatening that II she didn't get
her money she would have the hearts
blood Of some one. So pa was afraid
to leave for fear she would stab him,
But when the car stopped on the sid
Ing, pa took on his coat and hat and
yavrrd. and said he guessed he would
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12

Gee, but this show has been up
against it the last week. We haven't
made a paying stand anywhere. The
show business is all right when you
have to turn people away, or let them
in on standing room. Then you can
snap your fingers at fate, and drink
foolish water out of four-dellar bot
ties of izz that has the cork trained SO
it will pop out clear to the top of the
tent, and make a noise that makes
you think you own the earth, but
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
SAVED BABY LYONS LIFE.
Awful Sight from That Dreadful Com
plant, Infantile Eczema-Mothsr
Praises Cuticura Remedies

sour baby had that dreadful complaint.
~Infantile Eczema, which afflicted him for
several months, commencing at the top OF
his head, and at last covering his whole
body. His sufferings were untold and
constant misery, in fact, there was nothing
we would not have done to have given him
relief. We finally procured a full set
three or four days he began to show a
brighter spirit and really laughed, for the
first time in a year. In about ninety days
he was fully recovered. Praise for the
Cuticura Remedies has always been our
greatest pleasure, and there is nothing too
good that we could say in their favor, for
they certainly saved our baby's life, for
he was the most awful sight that | ever
beheld, prior to the treatment Of the
Cuticura Remedies. Mrs. Maebelle Lyon,
1926 Appleton Ave-, Parsons, Kan, July
10, 1906"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
HISTORY OF EASTER
Day Commentaries Resurrection Of
Christ-A Movable Festival
Among Christians.

1t is we'll known that in the early
Christian church for a long series OF
years warm disputes took place as to
the proper date on which to observe
Easter. The churches of Asia Minor,
following what is called THE tradi-
ton of st. John" kept the fourteenth
day of the Jewish month Nissan. The
western churches, however, supported
by the church at Jerusalem and a few
others, said it was necessary that a
Friday should always be set apart to
commemorate Christ's death, and a
Sunday His resurrection, The con-
test grew so warm that each side ex-
communicated the other. Surely triv-
ialities could hardly go much further!
1t is difficult for us to imagine that
our fathers could have disputed, and
separated the n from the other, over
a matter of this kind; but it is true
that the apple of discord which
seemed to the people of that age to be
made Of gold, to their successors ap-
pears to be made only of iron or clay.
With us, as is we'll known, Easter is
what is called a movable festival. 1t
is always held on the next Sabbath
after the vernal full noon. with the
exception that of the vernal full moon
should fall on a Sunday, then, to
avoid all conformity with the Jewish
practice, Easter is not kept till the
following Sabbath. The vernal full
moor is that which either takes place
on March'21 or on the next date after
March q. If the vernal full moon
falls on March q, and that day hap
pens to be a Sunday, then Easter
cannot be held till April rs, which is
the latest date on which Easter can
fall, the earliest being March 90.
This is certainly a very mechanical
co~ntrivance, and one which most PEG.
pie find 1t difficult to understand or
remember. Owing to obvious connec-
ton between Easter and the Jewish
Passover, the French call the former
Paques from the Hebrew Pesech,
which means a passing over), and oh
viously some such title as this would
be more appropriate than ours, which
comes from the Saxon goddess Eostre
believed to the same as the Syrian AS
tarte and the Greek and Roman
Venus, who was specially worshipet
in the spring season as the mother
and giver of animal and vegetable
life. From the earliest ages various
customs and superstitions have asso
ciated themselves with Easter. AS a
Christmas it used to be believed tina
all water was turned into wine ant
that all cattle knelt in thei' stalls il
alteration of the infant Saviour, so /
was held that at Easter the SUI
danced in honor of Christ's resurrec
tion.-Chicago Standard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
DoTTY'S EASTER THOUGHT.

Whenever l see Easter eggs
l wonder how they grew.
Because | know they are too fine
For any hen to do:
l think the bird that laid them must
Have been a cockatoo.
I've watched and watched our biddy hens
From morning until night;
7 know just what I'm talking bout,
And that I'm truly right
When | say all the eggs they lay
Are always just plain white.
The bird that lays the Easter ones
Id dearly love to see;
II must seem like a box of paints
A-sitting on the tree,
If ! could find it, l would say:
Please lay an egg for me-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
To Cuba, Every Friday, the Havana
Limited.

A swell Pullman train of dining car,
club car with smoking room, barber shop
and bath room, with barber and valet in
attendance; stateroom, drawing room and
observation sleeping cars, leaves st. Louis at
9:45 P. M. via the Mobile and Ohio R. r.,
and arrives at the steamship docks at Mo.
bile at 800 P. M. Saturdays. On arrival
of the Havana Limited, the palatial
nineteen-Rnot, twin-screw s.. S. prince
George sails, and passes into the har.
Dor of Havana at sunrise Mondays.
Returning. the S. S. Prince George
sails from Havana at 500 2. M. Wednes-
days, arriving at Mobile at daylight Fri
days, and the Havana Limited leaves the
steamship docks at 900 A. M. and ar
rives at st. Louis Saturday mornings.
A delightful weeks outing-inexpensive
and full oil interest. Low rate excursion
tickets good for six months. Call on your
home Agent or write Jno. M. Beall, Gen
nral Passenger Agent, st. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
An Old Custom.

Easter has always been considered
the chief festival of the Christian
year, 1t is the sanctified symbolism
Of the wonderful resurrection of
Christ; but it is also symbolic of the
renewal of life in nature. Like many
other customs, it is the ~perpetuation
Of an old usage, which became the
rule in the Christian church in A.
D. 6S.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
Offered a Reward.

Mrs. Grumpps-Did you advertise for
poor, dear, little Fido?
Mr.. Grumpps-Yes.
did you give a full description OF
nim?'
YES"
"And did you say u address was
on his silver collar2"
Yes"
And did you offer a reward?"
Eyes"
What did you offer?"
81 said If the findet would return thu
collar he might keep the dog."-N. ~
Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
Foot in It Again.

$50 she's engaged, Ell? That merely
goes to prove the truth of what l have
always contended-that, no matter how
plain-looking a girl may be, there is a mate
for her somewhere in the wide world.
Whom is she to marry?"
"Me!"-Chicago Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12

l wonder if the anguished moon looked
down
Through all that long last night
And buried in her SCARED breast, lean and
brown,
The memory of that sight!
l wonder of tn uneasy birds awoke
As glowed that strange, great light
Which paled the purple east where morn
ing broke,
And sang, inspired by Gods own breath,
There is no death! There is no death"'
There is no death, o hearts that throo IN
vain
With longing, pulsing tide,
Or in loves fullness, nigh akin to pain,
Unfearingly abide;
There is no death, o soul whom niggard
fate
Has left unsatisfed.
The cycles swing and joy those lips await
Who oft nave sung on earth in pain,
II rise again. l rise again!"
No sacrifice, o Self. can blot thee out,
Or satisfy the debt
Which binds thee to the usurer of DOUBT
With interest of regret!
Still is not life to even thee denied:
One way remaineth yet
AS was thy Christ, must thou be crucihed.
But with those wounds in hands ana feet,
Zen Self finds resurrection sweet!
Rejoice, o soul whose work is just begun
That all time lies before!
Rejoice, o heart whose treasures all nave
won
That DINNER, farther shore.
The stone that angels moved away that
night
Was rolled frcm Heavens door;
Awake and stand forth in hopes sudden
light,
And sing as sang the birds that morn: :
There is no death, for Life is born!"
Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
And did you offer a reward?'
A Flourishing Industry.

Friend-How are you getting alona
now?
Sharpfello = First rate. Making
money hand over fist.
Indeed! You told me some time
ago that your trade no longer paid
living wages"
well, 1t doesn't.
"Then how do you make SO much
money!"
Teaching others my trade."--N. X,
Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
Substantial Reason.

The Father-But why do you want to
go halfway across the continent to at
tend college when we have one just as
good right here at home?
The Son--k cannot tell a lie. father. /
don't like the yell of our home institu-
tion.-Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
No More for Him.

Tomson-I picked up some wonderful
antiques while | was in Europe. Pm going
to speak to old Priceless about them.
Johns-Don't! He married one while
you were abroad, and got awfully sold.
He's sour on antiques!"-Detriot Free
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
During Devotions.

Stella-How do you know she is old
fashioned?
Bella-She occupies the sermon in plan
ming a gown instead of an auto.-N. Y.
Sun. h
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12

A good many people find it easier to sing
81 am thine, 0 Lord" when they have
left their purses at home in another pocket.
Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
Not Receiving Callers.

Jailer-Sir, theresa reporter outside
wants to interview you.
Noted Prisoner-Tell him Pm not in
lie journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12

The Show Does Poor Business in the
South-Pa Side Tracks a Circus
Car Filled with Creditors-A Per-
Torrance Given 'for the Poor"
Fills the Treasury-A Wild West
Man Buncoes the Show.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12

Every time a boy has to wait while his
elders dine he. declares that when he is
a man he will have a table big enough for
all.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12

Indeed" said the manufacturer, re-
lates Judge. '"That is most interesting.
What is your invention?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12

Lewis Single Binder straight Sc cigar is
good quality all the time. Your dealer or
Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
Vernont's Biggest Tree.

Probably the largest tree in Vermont,
If not in New England, stands in the
d~ooryard Of Jerry Richard, in the north
east part CT tbs town Of Chester. The
tree measures 23h feet in circumfer-
n G two feet from the ground, and the
branches spread from side to side about
1870 feet. There are seven limbs which
measure two and one half feet through,
and the tree is estimated by w%oodchop-
pers to contain from Is to 20 cords 81
wood.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12

Brighter Than the Sun.
The star Campus surpasses our sun
in light-giving power some 20, 900
times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-12
Writing for Cash.

N WtAtAuk AVA SoSA.
what are money orders, ra?
.Your mothers letters to me when
she Is on a vacatioD."--Judge.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-09
The City of Munich.

Munich Is one OF the most beautiful
cities in Europe, with broad streets,
frequent fountains, many stately stat
ues, numerous open squares, large
wooded parks, swift river flowing
directly through the center of the
residence section, galleries that contain
several Of the finest rscoilections Of
pictures and sculpture in the world, IL
braries, academies Of design, schools
of science, a magnificent opera house,
a theater that was erected exclusively
for the production of Wagner's operas,
and various other attractions which do
not disturb the classic atmosphere,
but appeal to the artist, the student
and whoever seeks for beauty and for
rest No city of equal size has so many
noble monuments and public buildings
while probably a larger number Of
the population of Munich is engaged
in study and artistic and scientific pur.
suits than may be found in any other
city. The Royal library is one Of the
greatest in existence, probably second
only to the British muSeum.-William
E. Curtis in Chicago Record-Herald.