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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30

HE GREW WHITE.
aloud, starting up. And then the
storm burst-I ragged UP and down the
floor, shaking my clenched fists,
gnashing my teeth, muttering all
kinds of furious commands and
threats-a truly ridiculous exhibition
of impotent rage. For through it all |
saw clearly enough that she wouldn't
have me, that all these people I'd been
trying to climb UP among would kick
loose my clinging hands and laugh an
they watched me disappear. They
who were none too gentle and slow
In disengaging themselves from those
Of their own lifelong associates who
had reverses of fortune-what consid-
Grafton could BLACK Matt" expect
from them? And she--the necessity
and the ability to deceive myself had
gone, now that | could not pay the
purchase price for her. The full hid
eousness OF my bargain for her
dropped its veil and stood naked be-
fore me.
AT last, disguised and exhausted. l
flung myself down again, and dumbly
and helplessly inspected the ruins OF
my projects-or, rather, the ruin Of
the one project upon which | had my
heart set. had known | cared for
her, but ii had seemed to me she was
simply one more, the latest, OF the
objects on which | was in the habit
Of fixing my will from time to time to
make the game more deeply interest
ing. now saw that never before had
| really been in earnest about any
thing, that on winning her | had
staked myself, and that myself was a
wholly different person from what
had been imagining. In a word, sat
face to face with that unbelievable
mystery Of sex-afinity that every man
laughs at and mocks another man for
believing in, until he has himself felt
1t drawing him against will, against
reason, and sense, and interest, over
the brink Of destruction yawning be-
fore his eyes-drawing him as the
magnet-mountain drew Sindbad and
his ship.
BUTT is not in me to despair.
There neve vet was an impenetrable
siege line; to escape, II IS only neces-
sary by craft or by chance to hit upon
the moment and the spot for the sor-
tie, Ruined | said aloud. Trapped
and trimmed like the s%tupidest sucker
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30

that she would choose her own
friends, and he accepted her deci-
sion.
Six months after Lieut.. Edwards
had graduated from West Point and
entered the army he made Blossom
Nathan his wife, and took her to the
western post, where his command was
stationed.
Bryant in the mountains had fin
ished his college course, and not End
ing it sc easy to secure a civ. ap-
pointment to the army, had settled
down to the study of law in his home
town, and confined his military ambi-
tons to a place in a local company of
state guards.
Then came the call to arms to
ave the union. The southern states
had seceeded; the flag had been fired
upon. Every available company of
the regular service had been rushed
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30
Believe or Not, AS You viii

painted the eggs with all the colors
of the rainbow--blue lights for the
blue rooms. red for the red rooms,
white lights for the rooms done in
white, green lights for the hay NOV,
always observing the proper effects.
The seventeen rooms of the home,
the barn and eutbuildings are all bril-
liantly lighted with these eggs, so
the buildings, which occupy a prom
inent tree-embowered and vine-en.
tangled hill, a be seen for miles.
We accompanied Colonel Van Rens.
selaer to the city garage, where his
forty-horse power auto was. Each
headlight Of TIE machine carried an
egg instead Of a lamp. Taking one
Of the eggs into a dark room, the light
thrown off from 1t was of the bright
ness Of the sun, ana we were at once
convinced Of the t%ruthfulness OF the
story.-T. B. Murdoch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30
mat ever wandered into Wan stresti
A dead one. no doubt: but III g to 1t
that they don't enjoy my funeral"
Xv.
a eENTEEL aHoLp.uP.s


In my childhood at home, my father
was often away for a week or longer,
working or looking for work. Ny
mother had a notion that a boy should
be punished only by his father; 30.
whenever she caught me in what she
regarded as a serious transgression,
she used to say: You will get & good
whipping for this, when your father
comes home" At first l used to wait
passively, suffering the torments OF
ten ~thrashings before the good whip
ping" came to pass. But soon my
mind began to employ the interval
more profitably. / would scheme to
escape execution Of sentence; and,
though my mother was a determined
woman, many's the time / contrived to
change her MIND. I am not tecom.
mending to parents the system OF de-
lay in execution of sentence; but l
must say that in my case it was re-
sponsible for an invaluable discip-
line. For example, the textile tangle.
knew I was in all human proba.
bility doomed to go down before the
stock exchange had been open an hour
the next morning. All textile stocks
must start many points higher than
they had been at the close, must go
steadily and swiftly up. Entangled as
my reserve resources were in the
coal deal, l should have no chance to
cover my shorts bn any terms less
than the loss Of all l had. At most, |
could hope only to say myself from
criminal bankruptcy.
There was no signal Of distress in
my voice as l telephoned Corey, presi.
dent of the Interstate Trust company,
to stay at his Office until l came; there
was no signal of distress in my man.
ner as I sailed forth and went down
to the Power Trust building; nor did
I show or suggest that l had heard
the 'shot-at-sunrise" sentence, as |
strobe into Roebuck's presence and
greeted him. l was assuming, by way
of precaution, that some rumor about
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30

A sICKLY WHITE"
me either had reached him or would
500 reach him. l knew he had an
eye in every secret of finance and in
dustry, and, while | believed my secret
was wholly my own, l had too much
at stake with him to bank on that,
when / could, as l thought, SO easily
reassure him.
1--WE come to suggest, Mr.. Roe
buck" said l, that you let my house
Blackjack and company-announce
the coal reorganization plan. 1t would
give me a great lift, and Melville and
his bank don't need prestige. My daily
letters to the public on investments
have; as you know, got me a big fol-
lowing that would help me make the
fiotation an even bigger success than
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30
HE MADE A MISTAKE.
New Jersey Private Mistook Violin
Resin for Shavinu Soap.

New Jersey Private Mistook Violin
Resin for Shaving Soap.
"a soldier named Ed Norton said
a veteran from New Jersey, was one
Of the quickest men with the fiddle
| eve listened to, and he carried it
with him to beguile camp life. A
fellow named Charles Foster was his
tent mate, who, having discovered a
slight down IN his chin, endeavorad
to coax 1t forward BY frequent ap-
p~lication Of his razor.
"One day Charlie was boasting Of
a cake Of shaving soap he had found,
and said that he had used it twice.
and had found it just fine. He OFFER
ed to lend 1t to Morton. When the
soap was produced Morton ex-
claimed: Why, IL there amt my resin
that have been looking for more
than a week
There was soap enough In the
brush to make lather and Charts
thought he was using soap when ha
had the fiddle medicine"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30

~ S BOY and man, Col. Bryant
IN had been a soldier. AS a boy
v ship at West Point, and the
army as a life career. Blessed with
wealthy parents, there seemed nothing
In the way to the accomplishment of
his ideal when the opportune time ar
rived. At Is he began a course Of
study that would fit him to pass the
required examination and admit him
to the United States military acad-
envy. AT Is the opportunity came.
There was a vacancy at the academy
to be filled by appointment from his
congressional district, and he entered
eagerly into the competition for the
coveted place, feeling confident of
winning the prize,
His most formidable opponent was
Billy Edwards, the son of a strug-
Cling clergyman, into whose path fate
had thrown no special opportunities,
but who had improved every chance
for study that had been given him,
and who wished the appointment
merely as a means of securing a de-
sired education.
The two had never been friendly,
and on one of two occasions had had
some boyish quarrels over the atten-
tons each had attempted to be-
stow upon Blossom Nathan. When
Billy Edwards won the coveted ap-
pointment every semblance of friend
ship between the two boys ceased,
and Bob Bryant refused even to- as
sociate with anyone who called young
Edwards their friend.
Grievously disappointed in not win
ming the cadetship, young Bryant en-
tered a military academy with a deter
mination to prepare himself for a
military career, trusting to his ia
ther's wealth and influence to secure
for him a appointment to the army.
During their school days both boys
kept up a correspondence with Bios
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30

The flag balf-mast is flying and the air
Is filled qDfh praise
Of those qUho by the Nation stood through
out her trying days,
When strobe the God of Battles in his fury
DER the land,
And crimson grezu Poton1ac's tide and red
the RIO Grande;
When the cannon tore the cedars in the
green gales of the South,
Where noqv the hue-bird builds Der nest
deep in the n1ortar's mouth;
But alb! the snoqvy qvings of Peace abope
those fields are spread,
And Columbia, like a mother, comes to
croqDn fer gallant dead.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30
WHEN COLUMBLA
CROWNS HER
DEAD
BY T. c. HARBAUGH.

What has set the drums a-beatirg meath
the tender skies of Nay?
Why troop the children from tbe fields
wth fo9vers fresh and gay2
Isee the yet rams gather in Their buttoned
coats of blue,
With here and there an empty steebe 10
prope the 9pearer true;
I hear them talk of battles in their youth
time long ago,
Where side BY side they stood and met the
onslauebts of the foe;
And noZu the 6oice Is silent, and each
soldier bozvs his head,
For zueH they knoqu this sacred day Colunt-
bta cro7vns her dead.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30

Comparatively few people know
that ringing a bell ruins it. That is,
a bell has a definite length of life,
and after 50 many blows will break.
A 900 pound bell, struck blows Of 178
foot pounds Of force, broke. after H..
900 blows. A 1000 pound bell broke
after $4,000 blows of $50 foot pounds
lorce. A steel composition bell
weighing 1000 pounds broke after "a
blows Of $50 foot pounds. but its
maker sald u was caIculatsd SsF :
LIGHTER blow.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30

Nathan. until at the end Of three
years Bryant insisted that she could
aot retain the friendship Of both he
and Edwards, and that all correspond
nee between her and his rival must
,aasa. or her would have nothing more
DO with her. The young lady very
yromrtly informed her angry suitor
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30

No more / hear the rumble of the battles
braSer car,
Ihabe to part the fzoqDers fair to find the
4uounds of zuar;
I hear a robin singing zuhere the colonel
brabely died,
And a butterfly IS hoV 'rins zuhere the
legions multiplied;
The bugLe is no longer becrd on fields pe
lope TO name,
And the roses bloom in beauty in the sacred
camps of Fame,
And doqvn the street a-narching, Ufh
Old Glory at their head,
Come the bet'rans, for Columbia BIDS them
all salute her dead.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30

Sleep on, O 7uearers of the btue! the need
of praise you pe epon,
Sleep on the long, long summer Hro' In
shado7u and in sun;
The s4ueetest bloom that Nature yields
les on the soldiers breast,
And nepernore euar's clarion notes shall
break your peaceful rest;
The battle echoes panish Ike a distant
%cannon'S boom,
Behold! Columbia gently lays a uoreah
upon a tomb,
my CHI drenl Peace be 4Dfb youi,' speaks
she foqv auth dropping head,
Then she Kisses all the roses she has laid
upon her dead.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30

First FEEDING En- Jelops.
The folding en- gelops was ..fat uted
In 1sss,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-04-04
Historical Editions of the Book of
the Royal Blue"

The last three numbers of this pleas
ing little magazine contain a number
of historical sketches relative to James
town, Yorktown and Williamsburg,
Virginia, and Washington, D. c., espec-
tally prepared in advance of the James
town Celebration in commemoration of
the three hundredth anniversary of
English speaking people in America.
The January number tells of the cele-
bration in detail with illustrated de-
scription Of the Exposition buildings and
grounds, with birds-eye view of Hamr-
ton Roads as it will appear with the
magnificent Naval Display. A large
map shows locations of the battlehelds
and principal historical places which
may be visited in connection with the
Exposition.
The February number treats almost
exclusively of Washington in connection
with the jamestown Exposition, with
most interesting write-up Of the Nat
ional Capital, fully illustrated This is
most appropos, as the majority of visi
tors going to jamestown will desire to
take advantage of the stopover privilege
at Washington enroute to and from tie
Exposition.
The March number is dedicated TO
Virginia, and graphically tells the story
of the surrender of CORVALLIS at York
town and gives most complete history
of Williamsburg where the first legis-
lative body in America was convened.
AS reference books in schools, these
three numbers are valuable They can
be had from the Passenger Department
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at
Baltimore by mailing the requisite pcs
tage, five cents for each copy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-04-04
BORING FOR OIL AND
Gas WILL SOON BEGIN
Contract for Sinking the Well Was Let
Saturday to An Ohio FTm of DriIers.

At a meeting of the Yough River Oil
and Gas Company held on last Saturday
afternoon at the Office of Mr.. E. H.
Sincell in Oakland contract was made
with the firm of Galbraith & Hewitt
of Columbus, Ohio, to sink the first
well for the local company, operations
to begin as soon as the derrick can be
erected and the machinery put upon the
ground.
At the meeting above referred to a
committee composed of Mr.. j. w.
Alderton, general manager, and Mr..
Chauncey Kimmell, vice president of
the company, was selected to look over
the ground under lease and locate the
place where the well is to be drilled.
These two gentlemenlon Monday made
an exhaustive survey of the land and
decided that the most likely spot where
the product may be found is located on
the farm of Mr.. John Harmed, a mile
northeast of Hutton. The place selec-
ted Is but hundred yards north of Mr..
Harmed 5 residence and here the stake
will be driven on Saturday morning at
eleven O'Clock when those interested in
the we'll and the success of the under
taking are invited by Mr.. Alderton and
Mr.. Kimmell to be present.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-04-04
Ministerial Association at Friendsville

At the March meeting of the Minis
terial Association of Friendsville the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing term: President, Rev. D. A.
Friend; vice president, Rev. A, L.
Donachy; secretary, Rev. H. c. Salem;
treasurer, Rev. w. NJ. Lister.
AT the meeting many matters of bust
ness were discussed and each pastor
gave an interesting account of their
Sunday services.
Plans are under way for public
meeting to be held in one of the churches
when papers of special interest to lay
men will be read by different ministers.
The April meeting of the Association
will be held at the residence of Rev. d.
A. Friend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-04-04
RESIGNED AS PASTOR.
Rev. John A. hcClelIand Severed His
Connection With Oakland Con-
gregation.

At congregational meeting of the
Oakland Presbyterian church held On
last Sunday morning, Rev. John A.
McClelland, who has been the pastor
for the past two years or more, tender
ed his resignation to take effect upon
the assembling of the Presbytery which
meets next week.
1t is rumored that Mr. McClelland re-
signed the pastorate here in order to
accept call rendered him by the Graf
ton Presbyterian church at Grafton, W.
Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-04-04
TWENTY DIVORCES
AN HOUR GRANTED.
Decree Granted Every Three Minutes
In the United States.

During working hours of court offici-
ais there is a divorce suit filed every
two minutes and divorce granted
every three minutes in the United
States, accordingito figures compiled by
the Census Bureau. This has been the
average for the past twenty years, and
sensus officials say the average is in
creasing at an alarming rate
For the twenty year period from 1867
to 1887 there were only 1884, divorce
suits filed in this country. For the
tWenty-year period from 1887 to 1907
the number aggregates 100000 or
more than four times the number for
the first period. Experts figure it that
for the twenty-year period prior to 1887
there were 80 divorces for every 100, 600
inhabitants, while for the twenty-year
period from 1887 to 1907 there were 70
divorces for every 100, 900 population.
DEGREES of divorce are issued in about
two-thirds of the suits filed.
THE astonishing thing developed by
the investigation now being made by
the Census Bureau" said an official.
''is that the greatest increase in divorce
is in the rural districts. do not mean
by this that the rural districts furnish
the most divorce cases. The cities still
do that. But the increase in cities for
the last twenty-year period over the
period from 1867 to 1887 is not as large
as the increase in the rural districts.
We are now trying to find out the cause
of the increase, both in city and coun-
try
The bureau has 100 agents in the field
now, gathering divorce statistics. 1t
is getting such details, such as the
cause of the proceedings, whether hus-
band or wife filed suit, whether suit
was contested, number of years par
ties were married, number of children,
whether alimony was paid, and if in
temperance was either the direct OF
indirect cause.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-04-04
WJ. C. BRYOON HAS RESIGNED
Ne Retires as General Manager of
Davis Coal Q Coke Co.

Saturday afternoon MIR. John c.
Brydon sent in his resignation as gen.
eral manager of the Davis Coal and
Coke Company, with headquarters in
Cumberland, to take effect at once.
Mr.. Brydon explaining his action, said
that he had followed his friends, Messrs.
Winslow S. Pierce, president, and Fair
fax 5. Landstreet, vIce-president, of
the Western Maryland, and Thomas B.
Davis, Jr., vice-president of the Davis
Coal and Coke Company, with head
quarters at l Broadway, New York.
Mr.. Davis is nephew of ex-senator
Henry G. Davis, the veteran Demo-
crat and founder of the coal and coke
company. Mr.. Brydon stated that he
could not tell of his future movements,
but said he would remain in Cumber-
land for time at least.
tits understood that many designations
are the result of the desire of President
Bush to have men prominently linked
with the Gould interests fill these
places.
The Davis Coal and Coke Company.
under the recently enacted law, which
will soon be effective, will be entirely
divorced from the railroad manage
ment, railroads not being allowed to
operate coal mines
Mr.. Brydon-said his action was con-
templated several days ago, while in
the South, he and Mrs. Brydon having
been at Palm Beach, whence they were
called by the death of Mr. Brydon S
father, Mr.. William A. Brydon, which
occurred at Bloomington, Nd.
1t is understood that the salary of Mr..
Brydon as general manager was $40, coo
a year, he having held the position since
June l, 1906. He had been general
superintendent Of the Consolidation
Coal Company and the Somerset Coal
Company, and previous to that had been
superintendent of the Somerset Coal
Company for II years. He was with
the Davis Coal and Coke Company be-
fore going with the Consolidation inter
ests, as superintendent Of the Thomas
mine. He began the coal business in
his youth, his father having been pio-
coal operator, and he had always
Nh close to the Davis interests in
West Virginia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-04-04

An aggressive business policy on the
part of our business men, reaching out
for everything within reach, encourage
ing all would-be corners, expanding
money when two-fold return is reas-
onably certain, it would seem is one of
the ways to best build up city. A
town is what its people make it. 1t may
slowly grow by the little accretions that
accidentally fall within its influence, or
it can be pushed into vigorous and rapid
growth by the aggressive activity of its
business element. The United States.
although the youngest among nations,
manufactures more goods, sells more
merchandise, raises more produce, en-
ploys more labor, pays more wages,
gives more happy and prosperous homes
than any nation on earth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-04-04

Two horrible tragedies in less than a
year. Two men hurried out of time
into eternity so quickly they scarce had
time to say God be merciful to me
sinner wives made widows, children
made fatherless, men with their hands
stained with the blood of their fellow
men, many of our friends and neigh
bors, both old and young, pursuing the
same course that brought this man to
his untimely end. What assurance have
you, my friends, that your end will not
be as sad as was his?
Oh the accursed traffic What mis-
cry ! What woe it brings in its train
Had | the power to Danish it from the
face of the land, even though it cost a
million of lives to do it, would gladly
do so, for the price. even at that, would
be low, for at least million of lives are
sacrificed to it every ten years, to say
nothing about the physical and mental
suffering brought upon helpless women
and children.
Ten thousand murders committed in
the United States during the year 1906,
at least nine thousand directly charga-
BILE to liquor ; prisons and insane asy-
lums overflowlng with prisoners and
patients brought to their doors by
drink. But one of the saddest things
connected with the business in our town
is this If all who profess to be follow
ers of Him who died for US, (who was
the gift of God, great love for man,
and who live within the corporate limits
had cast their votes against instead of
for the license, as many did, these fra
casses would not have occurred in our
town.
Sometime the Great Judge of the
quick and the dead will come and we
will have to give an account of our
stewardship. Brethren, how will you
explain these actions to Him Oh, |
fear you twill call on the rocks and hills
to fall on you and hide you from His
face, ," unless you repent of these acts.
God speed the day when the church
shall rise in righteous Indignation and
shake off the coils of the serpent, the
saloon, which is singing this nation like
an adder. Then will nine-tenths of the
sin, misery and woe which now rests
upon this Nation like pail fall away
How long, Oh Lord how long must
we endure ?"
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Plans Have Been Received

The plans for the new court house to
be erected in Oakland, have been re-
ceived here and are on file at ..the office
of the Board of County Commissioners
where they may be seen by all intend
ing bidders for the erection of the
building.
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