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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
Worse and Worse.

"The late Admiral Walker" said a
naval officer in Washington, believed
heartily in marriage for sailors. He al
ways urged sailors to wed. Nautical
bachelors were held up to scorn by
him.
"Strolling with him in New York
one day we met a young ship-broker.
Admiral Walker hailed the young man
de%lightedly. He clapped him on the
back, wrung his hand and cried:
Congratulations on your marriage,
my young friend. No mor sewing on
of buttons now, eh?'
: "'No, indeed said the ship-broker
sharply. 4 wear a belt now. 1t keeps
me so busy raising money to pay my
wife's bills that l have no time to
sew on buttons"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
SAYING "HelIo" to Heart Throbs.

Saying "HelIo" to Heart Throbs.
ut is a curious thing" said a prom
inent lecturer recently, "how some
books have a strong radiating person
ality, so that you feel like saying
'Howdy' every time you come across
them. Last Christmas | visited friends
back at the old home on the farm.
When the supper dishes had been put
away, the chores done and the evening
lamp lighted we gathered beside the
organ for a good old fashioned sing.
On the center table were strewn the
Christmas ramembrances taken from
Christmas tree on the evening before,
CHANGING over them l suddenly ex-
claimed Hello! my good friend,
Hello!' and as the others looked up
with surprise, l picked up a copy Of
Heart Throbs' and read to them from
it's pages the piece l spoke in
school 40 years ago.
THAT was enough to set in motion
the friendly entertaining spirit of
Heart Throbs, and the music was for
gotten as we took turns reading the
humorous and pathetic bits of prose
and verse that have been preserved
in this wonderful volume. Some books
have great literary value, some have
historical significance, but Heart
Throbs is the only book I know that
slaps you on the back in a friendly
sort Of way, suiting itself to your
moods and proving faithful to every
emotion. Next to my love of the Bible
/ love Heart Throbs. 1t is the mos
notable book of the times"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
A sIioht Difference.

my DEAR" said a gentleman to his
wife, "where did all those books on
astronomy on the library table come
from? They are not ours"
"A pleasant little surprise for you,"
responded the lady. "You know, you
said this morning that we ought to
study astronomy, so / went to a book
store and bought everything / could
find on the subject"
1t was some minutes before he
spoke.
my dear" he then said, slowly, his
voice husky with emotion, II never
said we must study astronomy. I said
we must study economy"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
Msxloo,s Indian Women.

The beauty OF Indian women Is n
Of the charms of Mexico. In the cap
ital, where the Indian has degen-
Grated through poverty and mental
service it is less to be remarked than
in the smaller towns ard in the oun
try. But the beautiful faces one takes
in memory away from Mexico are
those of Indian women. Fine eyes
are universal, and, what one hardly ex-
poets, the features, according to eau
casian standards broad brOwS,
straight noses, wellformed mouths
and chins full but not gross or heavy.
The expression is very generally intel
ligent, and often one is struck, both in
Indian men and women, with the no
bility and refinement of the cou
tenance. One frequently ices types
among the poems that to belong
to some highly civilized ancient caste
an Egyptian priest of royal blood, a
Roman centurian, an Aztec emperor.
The women are gently lovely where
they are beautiful, and the men at
their best in carriage, in manners and
in ~countenance are strikingly like the
very advanced product Of civilization.
Modern Mexico.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14

Sometimes if the grade is raised in
wet places the trouble will be less
ened, particularly If porous materials
are used.
Side drains may be constructed In
the cuts on each side of the road, just
outside of the limits of the macadam.
These drains consist of narrow
trenches, filled with broken stones or
small gravel stones, with a pipe five
or six inches in diameter neal the
bottom. The pipe is laid with open
points, true to grade, and is carried to
a proper outlet. Sometimes the pipe
is omitted and the entire trench filled
with stones, Gin which case it is
called a blind drain. Such drains serve
to cut off the subsurface water before
it car get under the macadam.
A trench of a width identical with
the width of the macadam may be
e%xcavated for a depth of from IL to is
inches in the center and to a depth
Of from six to eight inches on the
sides, shaped on the bottom like a
flattened letter V. This trench is
filled with field or any sort of stones,
varying in size from the smallest OBJ
tainable to such as are eight or ten
inches in diameter, the largest stones
being placed at the bottom. The
stones need not be placed with special
care, but yet so as to permit their
consolidation by a roller. The bot
tom of the trench should be tolerably
true to grade, and Cutoff lateral
trenches filled with stones are neces
sary to carry the water to proper out
let's. Such a drain Is usually effective
and ordinarily costs less than two
side or blind drains.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
S10O Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper win be pleased to learn
that there is at least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all It's stages, and that IS
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a constltu'
tlonal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken IN,
ternally ,sactlug directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
Ing nature in doing its work. The proprletors have
so much faith in its curative powers that they ofel
One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t rails 70
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J.. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, I5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
Clean the currycomb.

Clean out the ~currycomb, occasion
ally, by washing it in water in which
a little concentrated I've has been dis
solved. The I've unites with the grease
in the comb to form soft soap, which
the water readily ~dissolyes, taking the
dirt with 1t and leaving the currycomb
as clean as new. Then thoroughly
rinse in cleap water, and dry. 1t
might be well to tell your wife to
try the same plan for tho house
combs. using baking soda IN place Of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
Restricted Choice,

"The people and the corporations"
said Senator La Toilette the other
day, remind me of a woman and her
little boy. There was a very large
chicken and a very small duck on the
table and the woman, pausing with
the carving knife raised, said: Johnny,
which will you take, chicken or duck?'
Duck piped Johnny. But the mother
shook her head. No, Johnny she said
in a firm, yet kindly voice, you can't
have duck, my dear, Take your
choice, darling, take your choice, but
you can't have duck"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
PLEASANT SUMMER.
blight Food the Cause.

A Wis. woman says:
Il was run down and weak, troubled
with nervousness and headache for the
last six years. The least excitement
would make me nervous and cause
severe headache.
This summer ! have been eating
Grape-Nuts regularly and feel better
than for the six past years.
II am not troubled with headache
and nervousness, and weigh more than
lever have before in my life. / gained
5 lbs. in h week.
Name given BY Postum Co. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the book, THE
Road to WelIville." IN pkgs.
There's Y Reason.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
aaROADDAMSRA
ROAD DRAINAGE.
Importance Which II Sustains to the
Durability of Macadam Con-
struction.

Water should never be permitted
to remain under a macadam road. 1t
softens the foundation so that the
broken stones are forced down into
it by the wheels of vehicles, thus
causing ruts to develop in the
machadam. In freezing it expands
and "heaves" the broken stone, de-
stroying the bond between the stones
and causing the larger stones to rise
to the surface. AS a result the ma
terial in the subgrade is forced up
into the interstices between the
stones, and in the spring the macadam
will be found to be rough, irregular in
shape, and weakened. There are sew
eral ways of removing the difficulties
with subsurface water, at least in part
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
Want to Know.

Not long ago a Boston municipal Of
fetal, who is a stickler for the uss OF
good English, had occasion to consult
a physician new to the community.
After the examinations the doctor
said: "All you need, sir, is a tonic in
the shape of fresh air"
would you mind telling me" said
the purist sarcastically, what is the
shape of fresh air."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
Prizes for Inventions.

With a view to encouraging officials
and workmen on the Imperial German
railways, the government have es-
tablished a fund from which awards
are made to men who invent any ap-
pliance which may be useful in raw
way practice; $3.50 was paid to en-
ployes last year from the fund.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
Huntinn un statlstics.

What does your father do to earn
his living?" asked a New York princi-
pal of a pupil who was being admit
ted.
please, ma'am, he doesn't live with
US; m supports me-"
"Well then, how does your mother
earn her living?"
"She gets paid for staying away
from papa" replied the child, artless-
Iy.--Harper's Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
Great Comfort.

"Yes," remarked Mr.. Russell, i'm
pressively, "the doctor says If I don't
take a rest and not work SO hard I'll
be dead in a year"
"Ah!" exclaimed his wife, what a
consolation it must be to you to know
that your life's insured"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch we're used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness Of the fabric IS
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14

down pains and The kidney secretions
were much d~isordered. 1 thought l
would not live long, but since using
Doan's Kidney Pills l am "a different
woman, can do my W work and have
no fear of those troubles returning"
Sold by all druggists. SO cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
Takino Immediate steps.

Ruggles (the bookkeeper)-I'm
more than half sick with the hay
fever.
Ramage (the cashier)-That's bad.
You ought to go to some place where
you would be sure of finding frost.
Ruggles-Ill do it, Ramage. I'll go
this minute and ask the old man for
a raise in salary.-Chicago Tribune,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14

To prevent that tired feeling on
ironing day--Use Defiance Starch
saves time-saves ~labor-saves annoy
ance, will not stick to the iron. The
big 16 OF. package for 1Oc. at your
grocer's.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14

SIT In q cnalr DAY
after day unable to
move b o on &C
count of rheumatic
pains in my back,
hips and legs. | was
short Of breath and
my heart would fut-
ter after the least
exertion. I had dizzy
spells and bearing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
Those Railway croakers.

Eyes, that's the great railway man"
"Why does he look SO gloomy"
Giles trying to make himself think
that hard times are coming'-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14

Is not making others happy the best
happiness? There is joy in helping to
renew the strength and courage of
noble minds.-Amiel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
About All That Is In 1t.

First Employer-What do you think
is in this war against the feminine en-
ployes' pompadours?
Second Ditto.-RatS! a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14

She-I heard about the elopement.
Has her mother forgiven them? He
think not. / understand she has gone
to live with them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14

FITS. ST.. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DR.. kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free $2.0C
trial bottle and treatise. DR.; r: Il, Kline,
Id, 93l Arch st., Philadelphia, "a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14

You always get full value in Lewis
Single Binder straight &c cigar. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
TIED TO A CHAIR.
Unable to Move About On Account
of Kidney Troubles.

Mrs. Anna Beebe, River and Monroe
sts., Anoka, Mimi, says: II had to
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14

Al woman will honor her husband
as long as he is willing to love and
obey her.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14

Lewis Single Binder straight SC cigar.
Made Of extra quality tobacco. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory. Peoria, Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14

The heart that feeds on pride must
have many an ache in its stomach.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14

Life alone can rekindle life; what
others claim from us is not our thirst
and our hunger, but our bread and our
gourd.-Amiel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
I Paw Salary

by check weekly-the only fair
way. None Of the deduct
from-collections'' business for
me. $500 per day is the rate.
| mean business; let me send
details.
ATKINSON, 1924 Race St., Philadelphia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
DEFIANCE STARCH I iae. s'o P {

II : . sas,' ssss T d.s ) ThOmpson's Eye Water
Evening star., 1907-08-31

John PSontiss Pos, tr.. scion OF the we'll
known Poe family of Maryland. member
of the Princrt varsity foot ball teams Of
20 and 'g5. brother OF the 1--WE other Poes,
who made" the varsity foot ball team,
business failure volunteer in the Spanish
American war. regular in the Philippines,
marine at Panama, cowpuncher in New
Mexico and Tonopah miner, has once more
bobbcd up In an obscure corner of the
world According to a cable dispatch re-
oeived last week from San Salvador, this
knock-about soldier of fortune has Just
sailed on the steamer San Juan for San
Francisco TO recruit foreign legion" TO
take part in the expected war between the
Central American states. says the New
York Times.
Johnny" Poe. as he is afectionately
called around Old NasSau's campus. was
born about thirtyfour years ago. He en-
tered Princeton with the class OF '95, and
was Immediately put on the varsity foot
ball team. He was one OF the star players
OF that season. but when the faculty took
jsliy q TIE slass in the June examinations
fhe next yeas he entered the college
Evening star., 1907-08-31
A GnpoA1GM temple PYRAnlD

nanas, lately placed there as offerings by
natives of the neighborhood, who evidently
retain their belief in this mute divinity
of their superior ancestors. The head Of
this idol has deliberately carved ear pend
ants and peculiar nose ornament. On
the back of the head is carved a rabbits
head under circle. This symbol possibly
represents the date of the foundation of the
town. The modern inhabitants of the re-
gion have a legend that this ruin was
founded by the immediate predecessor of
MonteZuma I. On q hillside in the same
neighborhood DR.. Fewkes found on a rock
the carved figure Of a gigantic serpent rep
resented as crawling out of q spring. 1t is
about twenty feet long, and the tail of the
monster is cleverly hidden in the spring.
DR.. Fewkes thinks that it was probably
worshiped as water god. Although these
ruins are Aztec, others which he visited at
the base of a volcanic mountain in this re-
Gon he believes to have been constructed
by highly cultured people, superior even
to the Aztec.
A pyramid called THE Lightning" near
the town of Papantla, also in Vera Cruz,
was also visited by DR. Fewkes. THIS is
one of the most magnificent prehistoric
monuments Of Mexico 1t is solid through
out, and around the four faces. with the
exception of the space occupied by the
stairway, are, one above the other. seven
rows of inches in which idols probably
stood. The temple proper crowned plat
form, the uppermost of six terraces. Pa
Evening star., 1907-08-31

animals get permission from tho sultan to follow
along and get mixed MP in tn" fighting
Mexico and Guatemala s"el 10 hr al !o-geFhead',
and should war starr, | shall probably 90 and get
with Guatemgla. 1t tukcS nearly twO weeks from
San Francisco to GCut,LIald. There H. 80 mach
hot air about these Central American controversies
that | hate 30 spend Siuu 500 jIst 20 run down
on the strength of Il rumCr My Honduras expert
eUce caused to 20 10 work In the mines here
Ia order TO get money ahead, 80 that | shGIl
be prepared for the next
II seems easy enough until one has tried II 20 go
TO. say, Arabia. hut let one with no knowledge or
the language and no money try ii ana lie VIII
find il IA hell OF "A job
or course. If England to start something
I wouldn't mind eulistlnr, as ! eau buy MY way
out of the British scrvice for 500.
You do not know of any rich young fellow VINO
would delight 10 go TO war, no matter where or on
which side they 10th usually wrong. SO it
doesn't make nluch differ nee which one chooses
He TO pay the expenses and I'll volunteer 10 show
him side Of life that. Though rough in spots aud
monotonous Quaker meeting for long stretches
OF time. Will beat hell out of the usual rodDd OF
clubs, theaterS dances, card parties. summer re-
sorts and all that the conventional rich man does.
Bos, try to think up rich young man who
is a rebel from tie business world and would like
10 Try his hand which, according TO Kip
ling is, next TO love, the greatest thing IN the
world.
There must he some such who. disgusted
with the awful sameness of things would enjoy
observing how the grnndest game ON earth Is
Quoted in China. Arabia. Central America, For
JOHN p POE. Jr
Evening star., 1907-08-31

by crumbling walls which mark the old
est settlement Of Europeans the con-
unent of America-the permanent Vera
Cruz of the Spanards, who destroyed the
c!VlilZatlon of these pyramid and temple
building natives Near this DR.. Fewkes
unexpectedly found important group of
mounds never described by archaeologists,
and which, he says, closely resemble some
of those of the Mississippi valley.
Tracing Cortes' march from CempOala
to Mexico, DR.. Fewkes sought the ruins
Of an Aztec village. four days distant, whose
inhabitants had been commanded by Mon
teZuma to receive the Spaniards in q friend
~ manner and to furnish them food
Through Aztec legends which he learned
In the modern Indian pueblos he identified
this with an almost impenetrab ruin since
called Hico Niejo by the Spaniards He had
to climb the mountains over a trail so steep
that as he said, 1T might be called an
artificial stairway He found the ruins OF
a lofty, precipitous cliff at whose base are
walls. fragments of pottery and other evi-
dences of past population. Although 1t
was said that Montezuma could draw 80 =
COO warriors from this region, the arcta olo-
glst estimates that mere handful of men
could have defended the passes leading to
this village against a large army On ton
of the cliff he found temple pyramid with
platform on one side. evidently faced with
heWn stones. Here he found, standing In
an open court. a remarkable stone idol
He found hanging upon it several ba-
Evening star., 1907-08-31

found near all of the ruins visited during
the expedition. These included not only
idols, but numerous vases, weapons, yokes
rings and collars of stone. paddle shaped
and pad!ock-shapCd stones human heads
OF clay, stone feathers. etc, about which
practically nothing has been recorded in
English. The stone yokes and collars are
believed by some MeXicans to have been
used in human sacrifice. 1t is said that
they were placed under the back OF the
victim 10 make the chest protrude and
make it easier for the officiating priest OF
the temple to extract the heart. According
to other traditions they were fastened
about the nccks of the victims to produce
stranguatioa or to weigh them down ana
prevent their escape. Dr. FewEeS regards
these uses as improbable. and suggests that
they may be fetiches or charms.
The result of the expedition was the dis
covery that these pyramid mounds of east
ern Mexico closely resemble the So
called temple mounds Of our Mississippi
valley, some of which bore superstructures,
said to have been used as temples. There
is also q gen raj res Semb.ance D tween the
relics from the Mexican mounds and those
found in the Mississippi valley mounds.
Until further field work Is completed in this
interesting region. however. DR.. Fewkes
Will not draw any conclusions as 10 tEs
relationship between our mound builders
and these Aztec pyramid builders and their
vassals. JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS