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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26

drant, and letting the. water run into
a trough at the camel stand in the
m%enagerie, and before / knew it the
camels had filled up until they were
swelleG four times as big as they
ought to be. Then they laid down,
and couldn't march in the. grand
entree, and pa sent for a plumber 10
have the camels fixed with faucets.
That boy was a genius, and we kept
him and put him iTto the lemonade
privilege. You can fill a camel with a
hydrant all right, but if you bring the
water in pals he will beat the game,
/ remember one boy at Wilmington,
| Del, who insisted on going along
with the show, cause bis mother
made him work after school, and my
heart was touched, cause | know how
a boy hates to work after school, SO
7 gave him a job sprinkling insect
powder on the %bulfaloes, that were
scratching themselves against the tent
poles so much that I felt they had
something alive concealed about their
persons. That boy started in with
his can Of insect powder on a buffalo
calf, and then he filled the cows hair
full OF the powder. and when he start
ed on the bull, the bull took a sniff
Of the powder on the COW, and got II
up his nose, and he held his head
up kind Of scared like, and turned his
upper lip w%rong-side out, and began tc
paw the ground. Then he made .
charge on that boy, and tossed hin
through the tent, and looked through
the hole, and saw the boy scratching
gravel towards town. II he is no
running yet, he is probably doini
chores for his mother both before ant
after school.
| have discouraged most of the boy
who wanted to run away and go witt
the show, by giving them a curry com
and brush and telling them they coul'
have a permanent job currying of tn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26

Pa says as long as your conscience
is clear, and your pores open, life is
one glad. sweet song. Well, I don't
know, but If pas conscience is clear,
he must have strained it the way they
do rain water, to get the wigglers out,
or else he has used an egg to settle
his conscience, the way they settle
coffee. If his pores are open, he has
opened them in the old way, with a
corkscrew. But, with all | have had
to contend with in the way of a fright
full example from pc. l am not SO
worse.
How many boys of my age. do you
suppose, could put in a season with a
circus, and have all the facilities ]
have had to go wrong, and come out
as we'll as l have? The way the freaks
just dotted on me would have turned
the heads of most hoys, but when
found out that all of them, from the
fat woman and the bearded woman. tc
the trapeze performers, ate onions
three times a day, | said: NAY, nay
Hennery will camp with the animals
whose smell is natural, and not &C
quired."
Say, do you know ! have saved hun
dreds of boys this summer from ruin
cause in every town there are lots o.
boys who want to run away from
home and go off with a circus, ant
cause l belonged to the show they al
came to me, and pa appointed me tt
discourage the boys, and drive then
away from the show. know in Wiz
ginia all the boys wanted to run away
and but for me the state wouldn'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26
Sham Love of Nature.

Praising the genuine love OF naturd
which exists in the hearts of so many
quiet people, who have a real delight
in the silent and exquisite changes.
the influx and efiux of life which We
call the seasons, an anonymous Eng
fish writer says: "Those who arc
fortunate enough to spend their lives
in the quiet countryside have much
of this tranquil and unuttered love OF
nature; and others, again, who are
condemned by circumstances to spend
their days in toilsome towns, Inc yef
have the instinct, derived perhaps
from long generations of country fore
fathers, feel this beauty, in the snort
weeks when they are enabled to ap-
proach it, more poignantly still. The
fact remains, however, that a love Oh
nature is part of the panoply OF culti'
| walton which at the present time peo'
| pie above a certain social standing fee
bound to assume. Very few ordinary
persons would care tc avow that they
| took no interest in national politics,
in games and sports. in literature, In
appreciation Of nature, or in religion
AS n matter of fact, the vital interest
that is taken in these subjects, per"
haps in games and sports, is far below
the interest that Is expressed in them
A person who said frankly that he
thought that any of these subjects were
uninteresting, tiresome or absurd
would be thought stupid or affected
even brutal. Probably most OF the
people who express a deep concern fol
these things believe that they are Civ
ing utterance to a sincere feeling; but
not to expatiate on the emotions whicf
they mistake for real emotion In tn
other departments, there are probably
a good many people who mistake tol
a love Of nature the pleasure OF ffesi
air. physical movement, and change o
scene. Many worthy golfers, for in
stance, who do not know that they ar
talking insincerely, attribute, In ron
v~essation. the pleasure they feel Il
pursuing their game to the agreeall
surroundings in which it is pursued
but my secret belief is that they pa,
more attention to the lie OF the littl
white ball. and to the character 9
bunkers. than to the ~pageantry OF 50
and sky"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26
HIS KIND CAME IN PUNCHES
Then Hubby Was Sorry He Had
Taken Any Interest in
Dreams.

Some time ago, in New York city, a
man was Weakened in the night to find
his wife weeping, uncontrollably, relates
Harper's Magazine.
My darling" he said, in distress,
what is the matter?"
"a dream!" she gasped. 81 have had
such a horrible dream"
Her husband begged her to tell it to
him, in order that he might comfort her.
After long persuasion she was induced
to say this:
Il thought l was walking down Broad
way, and | came to a warehouse, where
there was a large placard, Husbands for
Sale, You could get beautiful ones for
$500, and very nice ones for as low as
$l00."
The husband asked, innocently: did
you see any that looked like mel"
The sobs became %strangling. Dozens
of them" gasped the wife, done up in
punches, like asparagus, and sold for ten
cents a bunch"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26

lions of Osier willow cuttings, and put
In the whole winter. In the spring,
when it was time to deliver the goods,
they went into the river bottoms and
cut a whole lot of pussy willow"
cuttings, delivered them to the farm
ers, and got their money, and went
away. When the pussy willow cut
tings died in their tracks, or grew up
Just plain pussy willows that never got
high enough to hide q jack rabbit, the
farmers of Kansas ,laded their guns
and waited for pa and the brakeman
to come back to Kansas, but they
never went back.
The brakeman became president OF
a great railroad. but when he has to
60 across the continent in his special
car, he lodges Kansas, and goes across
by the northern or southern route.
Pa has SO far lodged the farmers, but
money wouldn't have hired him to
stay with the circus. and meet those
farmers that they sold the willow gold
UllCho w. anu JCht VhSh = pAhSS
anybody around the show, pa takes
me one side and tells me that hon
esty is the best policy, and to never
lie, cause my character as a man
will depend on the start ! make as
a boy. He don't want mi to &c
through life regretting the past, and
being afraid of the cars for fear some
act OF my younger days will become
known, and queer me. guess pa
knows how 1t is hisself.
Well, II there is n thing I an
proud of, 1t Is that | have always
been good. When | grow up to be {
man, prosperous in business, and be
longing to a church, and married, ant
have children growing up around me
I can put on an innocent face and
bold front, and point to my past VIII
pride, IL I should go to live anon
strangers, where nobody took the pa
pers. and the people were notion to me
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26
ATTACKED THE HEART
Awful Neuralgia Case Cured to Stay
Cured by Or. Williams
Pink Pills.

Neuralgia in any form is painful but
when it attacks the heart itisfrequently
fatal. Complicated with indigestion of
o form that affected the vital organ it
threatened serious consequences in al in
stance just reported. The case is that of
Mr.. Il. L. Graves, of Pleasanthill, La,
who tells of his trouble and cure as
follows:
81 travelled considerably, was exposed
to all kindsof weather and was irregular
in my sleeping and eating. 1 suppose
this was the cause of my sickness, at
any rate, i'll May, 1905, I had got SO bad
that I vas compelled to quit work and
take to my bed. I had a good doctor
and took his medicine faithfully but
grew worse. I gave up hope Of getting
better and my neighbors thought I was
surely going to die.
81 had smothering spells that it is
awful to recall. My heart futtered and
then seemed to cease beating. I could
not lie on my left side at all. My hands
and feet swelled and SO did my face.
After reading about DIR. Williams Pink
Pills i'll a newspaper I decided to try
them and they suited my case exactly.
Before long I could see all improvement
and after taking a few boxes I was en-
tirely cured. I am glad to make this
statement and wish it could cause every
sufferer to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills do not simply
deaden pain; they cure the trouble which
causes the pain. They are guaranteed to
contain no narcotic, stimulant or opiate.
Those who take them run no danger Of
forming any drug habit. They act
directly on the bloodanditis only through
the blood that any medicine can reach
the nerves.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all
druggists Of will be sent, postpaid, on
receipt Of price, 30 cents per box, six
boxes for 81. so, by the Dr.. Williams Med
iciua 90 SCHENECTADY N ".
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26
TALES ABOUT WRITERS.

The late Henry Harland is said to
have received $4,000 from one of his
novels, but his manner of working
killed him.
M. Ju~sserand, the French ambassa-
dor to this country, is a voluminous
author, whose works abundantly show
the thoroughness of the writer.
DIR. William Henry Drummond, the
poet of the French-C Canadians, has
given up his medical practice and gone
into copper mining in the dominion.
A volume by the well-known italian
tenor, Signor Caruso, containing Garlic
atures of members of the company as
we'll as the staff is attracting much at
tention. The singer will give the prof
its of the sale of the book to the TIA
liam Benevolent institute and its hos
pital.
Bliss Perry, editor of the Atlantic
Monthly, is appointed to a professor
ship in English literature in Harvard
college, a chair which has remained
vacant since 1866 and which before
that time was occupied by George
Ticknor, Henry Wadsworth Longfel-
low and James Russell Lowell.
The poets corner" In the cemetery
of the Alexander Newski cloister In St
Petersburg has been augmented by the
grave of Myrrha Lichwizkaya (Yibert),
one of the few Russian women who
have attained eminence for their poet
ry. She was the daughter of a promi-
nent lawyer in st. Petersburg, where
she was born in 1868. In 1896 her first
volume of poems was issued; three
other volumes followed. Her verse is
characterized by oriental touches, and
her favorite theme is love.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26
Gave an Artistic Description.

A sweet girl student thus described
the manner in which a goat butted
the boy out of the front yard: "He
hurried the previous end Of his anat-
omy against the boys afterward with
an earnestness and velocity which,
backed by the ponderosity Of the
goats avoirGupois, impaired a mo.
mentum that was not relaxed until
the boy landed on terra firma beyond
the pale of tine goats jurisdiction" p
Western Kansas Publisher.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26
Cures Cancer, Blood Poison and
Rheumatism,

If you have blood poison producing erup-
tions, pimples, ulcers, swollen glands,
bumps and risings, burning, itching skin,
copper-colored spots or rash on the skin,
mucous patches in mouth or throat, fall
ing hair, bone pains, old rheumatism or
foul catarrh, take Botanic Blood Balm (B.
B. b.. 1t kills the poison in the blood;
soon all sores, eruptions heal, hard swell
ings subside, aches and pains stop, and a
perfect cure is made of the worst cases
of Blood Poison.
For cancer, tumors, sw~ellings, eating
sores, ugly ulcers, persistent pimples of all
kinds, take b. b. B. 1t destroys the can
Ger poison in the blood, heals cancer OF all
kinds, cures the worst humors or suppurat-
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of pure botanic ingredients. Improves the
digestion, makes the blood pure and rich,
stops the awful itching and all sharp,
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thirty years. Druggists, 81 per large bot
tie, with complete directions for home
cure. Sample free and prepaid by writing
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe
trouble and free medical advice also sent
in sealed letter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26

This is the first time since we start
ed out with the circus in the spring
that pa and l have not been two
"Johnnies on the spot" ready for any,
thing that the managers told us to
do. Oklahoma, though, and the In
dian territory, have been too much
for pa, and they sent him on to Kan
sas City to recuperate in a hospital
for q week, while the show does Kan
sas to a finish, and makes a triumph
al entry into Missouri.
| wonder how the show will get
along without us for a week. cause
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26

Guest-Didn't ! telegraph for the
best room in the house?
Clerls-Yes. sir.
Guest-Why didn't you save IT for
me-
ClerkAI've already given the best
room IN the house to 50 people TO-
night, and / thought you wouldn't like
to be crowded.-Clevela1d Leader.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26

Pa Is Sent to a Hospital to Recuperate
The Bad Boy ~Discourages Other
Boys from Running Away with the
Circus-He Makes Them Water the
Camels, Curry the Hyenas and Put
Insect Powder on the Buffaloes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26

not using a centrifugal
cream separator from &c
per cent. to so per cent.
of your cream is thrown
away with the skimmilk
just wasted - and the
cows accused of not earn.
ing their feed. In addi.
ton your own time and
labor are being wasted.
Mhn not Get nE
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26
50% MORE CREAM
FROM Same COWS.

Don't accuse your cows Of being
Improbable. Give them a square deal
and they will pay you well. If you are
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26
Goes the Limit.

Knicker-Is he a reformer?
Bocker-Yes; he advocates the simple
spelling and phonetic lite.-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26

1t is quite possible for a big man to
shrink from his duty and for a small man
to rise to the ocacsion.-N. Y. Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26

Good ~housekeepers use the best. That's
why they buy Red Cross Ball Blue. At
leading grocers, 5 cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26

way ~ 50 " DI
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leaks, and double your profits. A DE
LAVAL machine may be bought upon
such liberal terms that it will more than
earn it's cost while you are paying for
1t and still be good for 20 years more
of clear profit use. As compared with
other separators the superiority of the
de LAVAL is seen in the fact that over
200, 900 DE LAVAL machines, ten times
fGhe number of all others combined, have
been sold to date. You may have ample
trial of a DE LAVAL free of all cost.
Now is the time to get a DE LAVAL
while COWS are making the largest
product, and savings count biggest.
Write to-day for free catalogue and
full particulars.
TIVE De LAVAL SEPARATOR Go.
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Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-02
THOMPSON, lSlElDEm sC@
Howard and Sixteenth Streets

the water at ECO this morning and was
taken to the receiving hospital, where he
died.
Immediately after the alarm of fire was
given Captain Wilson, Third Officer Wal
lace and Fourth officer Dahl were notified
and proceeded to investigate. They de-
scended to the first hold, where they found
the cargo on the starboard side Of the ves-
sci burning under a slow fire, which gave
evidence of having been at work for sew
eral hours. The hold was choked with
smoke and the officers were unable to do
effective work. They had successfully got
to the second floor when the captain stag
gered and fell limp at the feet of his two
companions. Wallace and Dahl picked him
up and carried him to his cabin. where the
ships surgeons with great difficulty re-
vlved him.
Undaunted by the terrible experience of
a moment before, Wallace and Dahl again
descended to the second floor after direct
ing that fire alarm be sent in from the
wharf. Both were carried TO the deck by
firemen. but Wallace soon died. It required
the united efforts of many engine COM
panies, aided by the fire tugs on the bay.
to subdue the fire.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-02
Nominations by President.

WASHINGTON. Feb 1.-The president
today sent the following nominations to the
senate:
Governor general OF the Philippines,
James f. Smith, California, vice Henry
Clay Ide, resigned, to take effect June /.
1906
Registers of land offices: Luke u. Bates,
at Valentine, Neb.; Stephen J. Weeks, at
O'Neill Neb.
Receiver of public money: Sanford
Parker, at O'Neill, Neb.
Postmasters Colorado-Olie Thorson,
Glenwood Springs John Alfred, Leadville.
Iowa-George II. Loring, Dallas Center;
Kate G. Warner, Dayton; Lewis II. Mayne,
Emmetsburg; ID. +, Allen, Laurens; Fran
els A. Lewis, Marcus; Fred Mccall, Ne
vada; Charles L. Early, Sac City; Harold
r. Scott, Sibley. Kansas-Joseph w. A.
Cooke, Ellinwood MissouIi-Henry &.
Shubert, Richland Simon p. Loebe,
Charleston; Thomas ]. Clon, Dexter. Ne
braska-Lewis NJ. Short Ainsworth; Henry
Gietzen, Humphrey; Timothy 3. Caluon,
Lyons; Chess Chinn, st. Paul; Sanford y.
Cole, Wymore. Wyoming-George w.
Hoyt Cheyenne.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-02

Of water from the encroachment Of the
flames.
When II was seen that the flames were
eating their way aft Captain Wilson, who
was lying injured and unconscious in a
berth in the cabin, was lifted by willing
hands, carried ashore and sent to the har-
Dor hospital. He was suffering from bad
burns.
Eighty thousand dollars in gold, being
carried as military treasure to Manila, was
rescued from the ship and guarded by SOL
diers. Lines of soldiers also guarded the
entrance to the dock i-- -'
Captain Dalxin. lost his life because of his
unninching resolution and dauntless cour-
age in lighting the fire. The body was
found at the foot of ladder and carried
out. Other firemen stated that Dakin had
come out of the hold alive after entering
1t and it is believed that, enfeebled as he
was by his first attempt. he still manfuly
rushed back TO the place of danger. 1t is
thought he may have been drowned in the
hold.
When the fire broke out Acting Chief
Sullivan was in charge of the fire forces.
He opened hatch and let a long ladder
down into the hold. To this act OF prudent
foresight was due the saving of the lives
OF many. II he had not done this the men
overcome by the fumes In the hold could
not possibly have been rescued, the next
hatch led into the heavily laden coal bunk
ers. tr
Ftredghter Overcome.
Captain Gilbert of the fire department
was overcome three times by the smoke.
returning time and time again to his work
until he at last was carried away uncon-
sctous. -"
smoke and carried out, but revived and
made a heroic attempt to save his chief,
Captain Dakin, whom he knew to be in n
periIous position. almost losing his own
life in the unsuccessful effort. While Hose
men Clunie. Matlock and Brown were fight
ing the flames in the third hold, the former,
standing nearly at the top of the COM
panionway and passing the hose down. was
overcome and fell. He was caught by Mat
lock, who. while endeavoring to support
Clunie was also overcome and the pair fell
unconscious at the feet of Brown. The
latter, choked and all but ready to give
up. valiantly fought his way up tho ladder
with the form Of Clunie in his arms and
then returned for Matlock. Brown had
successfully passed the latter up the lad
der to outstretched arms when he stag
gered and would have fallen but for the
quick work of Hosemen Curtin and Regan,
who clutched the Keeling man and drew
him TO safety. D. Hennessey. lineman OF
Engine No. 4. at work in the hold, fell into
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-02
OVER SEA HABIT
difference on this Side the Water


The persistent effect upon the heart of
caffeine In coffee cannot but result in the
gravest conditions, In time.
Each attack of the drug (and that means
eaoh cup of coffeo) weaKens the organ
little more. and the end is almost a matter
OF mathematical demonstrations a lady
writes from a Western state:
Il am OF German descent and II was
natural that ] should learn at very early
age TO drink coffee. Until / was % years
old / drank scarcely anything else at my
meals.
"a few years ago I began to be affected
by steadily increasing nervousness
which eventually developed into a dis
tressing heart trouble that made me very
weak and miserable. Then, some three
years ago, was added asthma in It's worst
form. My suffering from these things can
be better imagined than described.
During all this time my husband rea-
llzed more fully than did | that coffee
was injurious to me, and made every effort
to make me stop.
Finally it was decided a few months
ago. to quit the use OF coffee absolutely
and 10 adopt Postum Food Coffee as our
hot table drink. had but little idea that
It would help me, but consented 10 try Il
to please my husband. l prepared II very
carefully. exactly according to directions
and was delighted with its delicious flavor
and refreshing qualities.
Just as soon as the poison from the
coffee had time TO get out OF my system
the nutritive properties of the Postum
began to build me up. and | am now
fully recovered from all my nervousness,
heart trouble and asthma ] gladly ac-
knowledge that now, for the first time In
years | enjoy perfect health and that
owe It all 10 Postum" Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little book.
The Road TO wellvills' In pkgs.
Postum Food Coffee contains no drugs
! Of any description whatsoever.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-02
WORKMEN BURIED IN TUNNEL
Explosion LoOsens Mass OF Earth.
which Kills and Injuries
Several Men.

OTISVILLE. y. Y, Feb. 1.-Several
workmen were buried under masses Of
earth in a CAVERN which occurred today
in the Erie railroad tunnel, which is now
being constructed near here. Three dead
have been taken from the cave-in and two
injured The accident was caused by an
explosion. A great number OF men, mostly
negroes and Italians are employed in dig
ging a tunnel mile in length through
Hill. The men who were killed and in
jured were removing the debris after
blast had been fired, when a portion Of
the roof OF the tunnel fell upon them. The