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ANTIQUITY OF SWEETS.
Sugar Used to Be Costly Present.
 Origin of Modern Delicacles.
From the London Glohe.

From the London Globe.
 We are using today. if in different com binations, very many of the primeval equivalents for sweets; the various deIica- cies au miel ct plsatche' are only an other form of the honey and nuts or almonds of which the earliest records tell us; in all probability, too the candled fruits especially in evidence at this time differ only slightly from the "melpekta" and "dulciaria" of the old Greeks and Romans Etymolosically,' too, at any rate the popular marzipan of today may be the 'martinus panis" of Italy, as 1t is certainly the marchpane. that prime fav- orite with our medieval ancestors. Before the general use of sugar. it is evident that the variety of sweets, as we under stand the term, must have been limited; even when 1t became known. its price according to some authorities equal to 30 shillngs pound of our money-must have made them in very special sense caviare to the general.
 But when sugar came Into general use sweets blossomed forth into a thousand varities; indeed a thousand is but a paltry estimate when we recall the boast of the Spanish confectioner In Beaumont and Fletcher's play: "I can teach sugar ' he tells us, Ito slip down your throat in million ways" The old dramatists give us here and there feeling allusions to the furore for sweets that came in with the spacious times of great Eliza beth. !"
 One of the servants of old Capulet begs his comrade to save him piece of mach pane; there are some who tell us, on the authority of an old cookery book, that those pretty like tiny kickshaws" that MT Shallow, J. F., bade to be brought into the arbor, were a recognized description of sweets; we meet with kissing comfits'' over and over again. and We are told that these were not, as the name might per suade us. those innocent discs of barley sugar twisted up in colored paper and
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Not all the students spend their sum mer in study of the problems of the lobster alone The clam, the crab and some of the food fishes have also received
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balism occurs, but not enough of 1t to prevent a goodly proportion of the lob sters surviving to the age proper for liber- ation.
 The supply of larvae comes, of course, from full grown egg holsters. taken by fishermen from the waters of the bay. All winter long the female crustaeean bears exposed on the under part of her body great clusters of eggs-from S000 to 600 ia number, according to her size. In June and July these hatch out. Throughout the spring months the expe- riment station at Wickford offers pre- mlum for goodszed Holsters fin berry" as the technical term is. The offerings are usually sufficient for the purpose in hand.
 Experts can tell by the look of the lobster's eggs when they are ready to hatch. Into one of the rectangular canvas bags, with the water still, are plunged a score of more of the females whose broods are just about to break through the shells of the eggs. Soon the water Is alive with a cloud of tiny larvae most ly all stomach and eyes and antennae. As soon as the number Is estimated to be about 20.000 the mother Holsters are re- moved and the great paddle, set some what like the fan that shoos flies in a restaurant, and actuated by the engines on the house boat, begins to rotate From then on untll tneN nave reached what the naturalists call the fourth stage the youthful Holsters are literally in the swim. Day and night the paddle keeps the waters stirring, enough coming through the sides of the bag so that it is always fresh and pure.
 Each stage of the lobster's early de- velopment has Its technical peculiarities. The main point is that the little creatures mott frequently until. anywhere from ten to sixteen days after birth, they have passed the period in which they swim helplessly about in the water seeking |whom to devour. and have reached the age in which they begin to hide from their foes by burrowing under rocks or roots. Arrived at the fourth stage they are so far able to take care of them selves that it Is the custom of the Wick
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attention Yet because of the special facilities offered at the station most of the investigations have concerned the big clawed crustacean of the banquet table. Many of the researches have been im- portant enough for the commissioners to publish in their annual reports or In spe- cal pamphlets. Thus one student has looked Into the rate of growth of lob sters and discovered many curious and entertaining facts, chief amog which Is the lack of uniformity. one lobster, at four years being sometimes three or four times as large as another lobster of the same age. Another young man has gathered and published many data regarding the changes in form and color in the success sive stages of the creatures growth One has studied the subject of the regenera- ton of lost parts-it being an important fact that the lobster when one of his secure in the certainty that another will quickly replace 1t.
 These and many similar investigations have been carried on aboard a queer looking collection of rafts and floats that is anchored to a two-ton stone in a shel tered cover of Narragansett Bay about 20 miles below Providence. Two house. boat cabins in the centre of the plant contain respectively a little scientific la
 
 three horsepower. The latter are an ab- solute necessity for artiticially faising the broods. Round about In every direction are floats and boxes containing old and young Holsters.
 The process of rearing consisss essen- tially in getting a lot of the Ftle fel- lows-twenty thousand Is the ordinary number-nto a great square canvas bag t,,b t,, x,-hi ha Nta, ic kept constantly in a circular whfi+ by revolving paddle. Food-tineiy ound clans, usually--ls dropped into t wfli every three or four hours. n nd day. The new born lobsters ly little beggars, and they wi N other up if they are not kept
 at the same time furnishe with other food. Even In th = lated breeding bag mere or 4 F.
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THE INTERSTATE CONTRACT COMPANY
Forty Mes of Railroad Grading, Etc.,
 at Pensacola, Fla.

Proposals for Grading forty (40) miles of Ra..road etc., will be received at the office of the INTERSTATE CON- TRACT CO.,, No. 224 (second floor) Brent Building, Pensacola. Fla, until noon on July 20, 1907.
 On and after the 22d of June, the PLANS, PROFIlES, CONTRACT SPECIFICATION and forms of PRO- FoSALS FOR WORK can be seen at the above address.
 The work to be graded, covers twenty (20( miles of the Andalusia Division, and also twenty (20 miles of the Atmore Division, of the PENSA- C LA, ALABAMA & WESTERN RAILROAD.
 The company reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
 B. K. ROBERTS, For the INTERSTATE CONTRACT COMPANY, s-23-to-7-15
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elent oklsses., which nre stlll to be found

yelept Kisses" which are still to be found in old ia shioned shops. but partook rather of the nature of our aromatic cachous. Even the sweet potatoes" beloved by Fal- staff were not mprobably more or less what we now call crystalliZed, and were eaten much as we eat preserved quinces and aprlcots.
 A packet of sugar was at one time a costly present to make even to royalty; the touch is quite true that makes simon Awkward the bearer of a parcel of rose sugar as a gift to the Lady Loring his tory tells us about the "comiit box that the great Guise missed as he was enticed to his doom
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Where Ignorance Is Bliss.

From the BOnemlan.
 Young Innocence-"Mama the man who drives the wagon here every morning must be a might good Christian"
 Mother-"Whatm makes you think so, my child?"
 Young nnocence-''Because, just now he took a barrel of ashes and when he lifted 1t over his head to put it into the wagon the barrel turned upside down and the ashes spilled all over the mans face and down his clothes. and stuffed his mouth and eyes; and the man didn't do anything but sit right down and just talk to God about it."
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Ringleader Flour is the best. G. w. Hopson 6 Sons Mill, agents.
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Tax Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the book of assessments of efferson county, Alabama. has been prepared and is ready for in- spection, and that the court of the Beard of Revenue of said county will sit on the second Monday In July, 1907 to examine the assessors returns and to correct any errors therein. JOHN T. REED. President Board of Revenue Tor Jefferson
 County. Ala.
 June 27, 1907. 6-S-l5t
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NEW EQUIPMENT
for handling baggage. Telephone SS
S25 REWARD

Will be paid for return of one large bay horse, with black mane, tail and feet and one small bay horse with four white feet.
 DR. M. A. COPELAND.
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MAKES A DIE.

ference when you want to catch train. Telephone SS for handling baggage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
Patrons of express companies


Patrons of express companies
who have felt the exorbitant charg-
es will be interested in this news
item in the New York World: "The
Adams Express Company cut
S24, 100000 melon for it's stock
holders yesterday. The news was
not announced until after the busi-
ness day in Wall Street had end
ed, but the cutting will probably
do something to-day in the way
of knocking holes in the funeral
pail which has overhung the
financial district for months. Once
before, in 1898, the Adams Express
Company cut huge melon for its
stockholders. That was a S12,-
000,000 melon, just half the size of
the one handed out yesterday.
The S24, 100000 melon amounts to
a 200 per cent dividend distribu-
ton on the stock. The capital of
the company consists of 10000
shares which are generally quoted
as at par value of S100. Adams
is joint stock association which
was formed in 1854. On a basis OF
100 the 10000 shares have PAL
value Of S12,0OO,000, but the stock
has a market value of $500 a share.
or a total of S36, 100000. The S24,-
100000 melon will be distributed
in the form of collateral trust foul
per cent bonds, just as the S12,
100000 was distributed nine years
ago. For each share of stock 6
, shareholder will get 5000 in bonds
] Announcement of the melon cut
ting was made by Levi G. Weir
president of Adams Express Com
pany, in circular addressed tx
; the stockholders"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
The Common Man.

In this world OF ''blue-blood" gone to seed
With little OF flower and much OF weed
With the "uncommon rich," and the "un-
common WISE
And the "uncommon" rank hypocrisles,
It's good to meet common" man
One OF the most uncommon clan
With heart that beats for the common good,
And with faith in the Common Brotherhood.
Not common" enough to disdain, with art,
In common affairs to take part.
With hands not common" enough to soil
When grasped by the honest hand of toll.
Not common" enough to deceive and lie
For gain, or "business policy
Not common enough to even pretend
For the sake OF fame, or useful friend.
He may be common, like me-or you
Aye, as the oft-told ancient shoe,
But his goodly store of common sense"
Merits uncommon deference.
His coat may be OF a common weave,
His speech too common to deceive,
But in his wealth OF common worth
The highest virtues there find birth.
So here's to the man OF common clay"
Whe sheds Gods sunshine day by day;
With a smile for all, and curse for none,
And keen regard for the "common rum
With love for truth, and kindly air,
And strength the common loads to bear;
With extended hand, anda heart OF gold,
And a cheer, and hope for the "commoI
fold'
With sympathy for your grief and woe
And common enough to tell you so.
We.say OF such soul as he
"Oh, the common mans the man for me-"
N. o. II.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
The Raking Of the Green.

Many years ago there was OBJ
served a unique custom in the lit
tie town of Guilford, Conn. On
one day in the fall of the year the
women of the town assembled on
the village green. Each carried a
wooden rake, decorated with her
favorite color, and each was
dressed in white, decked out with
colored ribbons. 1t was day OF
fete, and it was called "The Rak-
ing of the Green"
Then with song and laughter and
with many a jest this band OF wo-
men cleaned the village green OF
all the leaves and refuse and dirt
of years accumulation. When
the Job was done, they adjourned
to the Town Hall, where they were
Joined by their husbands, and
brothers, and the village fathers.
A public banquet celebrated the
occasion.
While this was not the first
chartered Village Improvement
Association in the country, it was
probably at that time the most en-
thusiastic, and had perhaps the
largest attendance. New Haven,
Conn, can rightly claim the first
effort in Village Improvement,
while Stockbridge, Mass, should
be remembered as offering the
second.
More than hundred years ago
James Hillhouse, of New HaYen,
organized what he called the "Pub-
lie Green Association. He raised
fifteen hundred dollars for grading
the green and for planting elms.
One man is said to have donated
FIVE gallons of rum for this pur-
pose. James Hillhouse was also
United States Senator for twenty
years. Almost every one had for
gotten what he did at Washington,
but no one is ever likely to forget
his services in making the city Of
New Haven classic by the beauty
of Natures Gothic architecture
The whole country owes him q
debt of gratitude that can only be
paid by planting elms in his
memory.-H. D. Ward IN Woman'l
Home Companion for august.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
Mr.. Henry George was not

Mr.. Henry George was not
member of the previous admins
tration. But he was almost as OBJ
jectionable to the Busse brand of
educators. He was not sufficiently
commercial and was therefore a
dangerous ideal to hold up to
American youth. He was merely
thinker, a student of social con-
ditions, friend of the people. He
seemed to be inoculated with the
pernicious idea that taxation
should be just. Those who deny
his conclusions will not deny that
this was his basic idea. Such a
suggestion in any form could not
fail to wound deeply the sensibili-
ties of Mr.. Busse's aggregation OF
educational experts. But Mr.. Geo.
M. Pullman-there was their ideal.
He was a money-grubber. He
was a tax-dodger after their own
hearts. He amassed millions.
His name will be remembered as
long as the sleeping car takes its
toll from the public. He added to
his laurels during the great strike.
When he died he left nothing to
charity except his memory. He
was a man who should be held uE
as bright example to American
youth. He stood for the dollar
The other mans concern was hui
manity. Chicago Examiner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
Board Of Education.

The Board of Education of Iron
county met in accordance with
Section 3, of the Act of the Forty
Fourth General Assembly of Mis-
souri,, relating to text books, ap-
proved March 10, 1907, and adopted
the following books for use in the
public schools of Iron county, fol
a period of five years:
Spelling - Hunts Progressive
Speller.
Reading - The Rose Primer,
Jones' First Reader, Jones Second
Reader, Jones' Third Reader, Pro-
gressive Fourth Reader, Progress
sive Fifth Reader, Curry's Liter
ary Readings (for higher grades.
Language and Grammar-Reed's
Introductory Language Work.
Reed & Kellogg's Graded Lessons
in English, Reed & Kollogg's High
er Lessons in English.
Geography - Natural introduce
tory Geography, Natural Schoo
Geography.
History - Barnes Elementary
History, Barnes School History.
Arithmetic - Smiths Primary
Smiths Practical.
Physiology - Our Bodies anc
How We Live (Blaisdell.)
Drawing - Practical Drawing
Books webb & Ware
Penmanship Writing Hour
| (Recommended.)
Civil Government RAIDERS Civi
Government and History of Mis-
souri, (revised.)
Books for use in the high schoo
remain the same as they we're.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
Your Liver

Is out of order. You go to bed in
a bad humor and get up with a
bad taste in your mouth. You
want something to stimulate your
liver. Just try Herbine, the liver
regulator. A positive cure for
Constipation, Dyspepsia and all
liver complaints. Mrs. F., Fort
Worth, Texas, writes: 'Have used
Herbine in my family for years.
Words can't express what | think
about it. Everybody in my house,
hold are happy and well, and we
owe it to Herbine." Sold by Ar
cadia Valley Drug Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
Abraham Lincoln

Was a man who, against all odds,
attained the highest honor man
could get in the United States.
Billiards. Horehound Syrup has
attained place, never equalled by
any otherlike remedy. 1t is o sure
cure for Coughs, Colds, Brochitis,
Influenza and all Pulmonary dis
eases. Every mother should keep
supplied with this wonderful cough
medicine. Sold by Arcadia Val
Icy Drug Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
Letter From G. H. Polk.

Z Ed. Register:--I have not seen
this weeks issue of the REGISTER,
but will write another article for
you. After we crossed into Utah
we went up canyon three and a
half miles long, the entrance to
which is called Castle Gate. 1t is
a narrow gorge with bluffs 1000
feet high, one of which looked as
if it might topple over onto the
train.
AS we came down the mountain
into Salt Lake Valley we came
over a grade which is said to be
200 feet to the mile. This is an
irrigated valley and is very pro-
ductive. We saw great herds OF
cattle and fields of alfalfa. Brig
ham Young was wise in his choice
of a location for city, but he was
wrong when he thought no Gen
tiles would come across the Rock
les to molest them, for Salt Lake
City is about half Gentiles.
AS we passed through Provo
(the home of Senator Smoote) we
could see, away up on the side o.
the mountain, a great Y, which
had been put there by the college
boys. 1t was painted on a rocl
with lime, and was 300 feet across
and could be seen for miles.
We arrived in Salt Lake City OF
the evening of the goth and stopped
seven hours. We went through
the Mormon tabernacle. The guido
told us this building was 150 fee
wide, 250 feet long, 70 feet high
and seated 5000 people. 1t wa
constructed without nails, and th'
wooden arch overhead is the larg
est wooden arch in the world. TIL
timbers that support it are fastene'
together with deer hide thongs
The great pipe organ has fifty-fiv
! pipes, cost S115, 900, and for year
was the largest in the world.
They will not allow Gentiles il
the Temple, and as we had neve
embraced the Mormon faith, wer
considered such and stayed out
side. The Temple was forty year
in building, is of grey lookin
stone, cost S4,000,000, and is q
feet high from the ground to tn
brass image on the dome.
We went down to a place calle
Solitaire Beach, thirteen mile
from the city, and had a look {
the great Salt Lake. They hay
everything down there IN the wa
of amusements, such as role
skating, boat riding, dancing
shooting gallery, etc. The trair
begin running about s o'clocl
and one goes every forty-fily
minutes, and carries about fiftee
cars crowded with people. On OF
way down we passed through IL
salt fields. They pump the sa
water out into shallow basins COZ
ring hundreds Of acres, and whe
the water evaporates they scraI
up the salt into great heaps. The
get five or six crops off the san
ground in year. | was told th
one company, with an expenditu
of $4,000, harvested S290,OO0
one year. AT one o'clock we lie
J for Ogden. 9. Fl. POLK.
j -. -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18

The New York World calls the
initiative and referendum "some-
thing new." 1t is, however, as old
as the republic. If the World wants
to see some examples of the refer
endum it might look at any one,
or all, of the amendments to the
federal constitution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
Eczema is Now Durable

ZEMO, scientific preparation for
external use. Stops itching instantly
and destroys the germs that cause skin
diseases. Eczema quickly yields and is
permanently cured by this remarkable
medicine. All Druggists. Write forsam
pie. Z. w. Rose Med. o.,St. Louis, Mo.
Arcadia Valley Drug Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
All the World

Knows that Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment has no superior for Rheu-
matism, Stiff Joints, Cuts, Sprains,
Lumbago and all sprains. Buy it,
try it and you will always use it.
Anybody who has used Billiards.
Snow Liniment is living proof
of whatit does, All we ask OF
you is to get a trial bottle. Price
25c, SOC and 81. Sold by Arcadia
Valley Drug 90.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
A Well Known Fact

That no skin disease, whether from
internal or external origin, can long
the two powerful germicides,
ZEMO and ZEMOTONE, they destroy
the germs that cause the disease, they
always cure. Write forsample. E.W Rose
Med. Co., st, Louis. All Druggists sell it.
Arcadia Valley Drug Go.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
The Smile

That won't come off, appears on
baby's face after one bottle of
Whites Cream Vermifuge, the
great worm medicine. Why not
keep that smile on baby's face. If
you keep this medicine on hand,
you will never see anything else
but smiles on his face. Mrs. s.,
Blackwell, Okla, writes: "My
baby was peevish and fretful.
Would not eat, and / feared he
would die. | used bottle Of
Whites Cream Vermifuge and he
has not had a sick day since"
Sold by Arcadia Valley Drug Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
The Man With Dandruff

can now be cured. He should buy a
bottle ofzEMO to-day. ZEM0 destroys
the germ that causes the disease. Its
use stops itching instantly, prevents fall
ing hair and leaves the scalp in a clean
healthy condition. All Druggists.
Arcadia Valley Drug Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
Take the Postmaster's Word For 1t.

Mr.. F. M. Hamilton, postmaster
at Cherryvale, Ind, keeps also a
stock of general merchandise and
patent medicines. He says:
"Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy is standard
here in it's line. It never fails to
give satisfaction, and we could
hardly afford to be without it"
For sale by Arcadia Valley Drug
~
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18

Go to Theodore M. Atteburry
to have your clothes cleaned and
pressed. He also has uncalled for
garments for sale. Shop in the
Broadwell building, south Ironton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
Great Britain's LARGEST Growth.

The largest growth of the popula-
tion of Great Britain was between
1871 and 1881 It amounted to 1913
per cent against.S.2 per cent in the
next ten years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18

FOR SALE-The best Swift &
Co.'s Fertilizers and Poultry Bone,
also Northern Seed Rye, at IRON
ton Manufacturing Co.'s Flour
Mill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18
REGISTER office for Job work.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.l
Notice is hereby gwen that the under|
signed, VIM. r. Edgar, Administrator d
bonis non, of the estate of J. w. EmersoI|
deceased, will make Final Settlement Of hi
accounts with said estate as such Adminis|
traitor de bonis non, at the next term Of III
Probate Court Of Iron County, Missouri, I
be holden at 1ronton, in said county, q
thef12th day of August, A. D. 1907.
WIN. R. EDGAR,
Administrator De Bonis Non.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-18

See 9. @. Dinger for guttering,
roofing, tinware and graniteware
repairing, opposite Lopez store.