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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-04-04
MIR. blackjack.
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When Napoleon was about to crown
himself-so l have somewhere read
they submitted to him the royal gene
alogy they had faxed up for him. He
crumpled the parchment and flung 1t
in the face of the chief herald, or who
ever 1t was. my line" said he,
dates from Montenotte." And so l
say, my line dates from the campaign
that completed and established my
fame-from wild Week"
l shall not pause to recite the de-
tails Of the obscurity from which l
emerged. 1t would be an interesting,
a romantic story; but 1t is a familiar
story, also, in this land which Lincoln
so finely and so fully described when
he said: "The republic is oppor-
tunity."
One fact only: I did not take the
name Blackjack.
1 was born Blackjack, and chris
tened Matthew; and my hairs being
very black and growing so that a lock
OF it often falls down the middle of
my forehead is a coincidence. The
malicious and insinuating story that
l used to go under another name
arose, no doubt. from my having been
a bootblack III my early days, and
having let my customers shorten my
name into Matt Black. But, as soon
as l graduated from manual labor, /
resumed my rightful name and have
borne i'll think l may say without
vanity-in honor to honor.
Wild Week! It's cyclones, rising
fury on fury to that historic climax
of chaos, sing their mad song in my
ears again as l write. But 1 shall by
no means cont1ne my narrative to
business and finance. Take a cross
section of life anywhere, and you have
a tangled Interviewing of the action
and reaction of men upon men, OF
women upon women, of men and
women upon one another. And this
shall be a cross-section out ofthe very
heart Of our life to-day, with its big
and bold energies and passions-the
swiftest and intensest life ever lived
by the human race.
To begin:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-04-04
nwlllu Yourself TO slsen.

Fortunate is the woman who has
successfully cultivated the habit CT
sleeping at will. 1t is said that Miss
Julia Marlowe can rest between
scenes Of the most eXacting plays by
her ability to drop asleep when she
pleases. These little periods of neon
consciousness are great ~restorers, and
there need be n special preparation
for them. We associate sleep with
darkness and bed, but daylight, soft
touches and easy chairs are just as
good for sleeping purposes-only the
power of INSTRUMENTATION is lacking.
and that is so general as to be a Sc
rious drawback to good work in all
directions. We see women of splendid
health and poise, Of strong mentality.
and we marvel at their gifts when
the whole secret of their power lies in
concentration.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-04-04

him-he burst into tears and said:
You've saved my life, Blackjack. I'll
never tell you how much this windfall
means to me now" Nor did | with
deep and dark design keep him along
on the ragged edge. He kept himself
there. How could build up such a
man with his hundred ways of vast
ing money, including throwing 1t
away on his own opinions of stocks
for he would gamble on his W ac-
count in the bucket-shops, though /
had shown him that the Wall street
game is played always with marked
cards, and that the only hope of win
ming is to get the confidence of the
card-markers. unless you are big
enough to become a card-marker your
self. :
AS soon as he got the money from
my teller that day, he was rushing
away. l followed him to the door
that part of my suite opened out on
the sidewalk, for the convenience Of
my crowds of customers. I'm just
going to lunch" said l. Come with
me-"
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CAME A WOMAN.

In my suite in the Textile building,
Just off the big main room with its
blackboards and tickers, / had a small
office in which / spent a good deal az
time during stock exchange hours. Il
was there that Sam Ellersly found
the next day but after my
talk with Roebuck.
81 want you to sell that Steel Com
mon, Matt" said he.
It'll go several points higher" said
l. Better let me hold 1t and use my
judgment on selling"
Il need money-right away" was
his answer.
That's all right" said l. Let me
give you an order for what you need"
Thank you, thank you," said he
so promptly that l knew l had done
what he had been hoping for, probably
counting on.
I give this incident to show what
our relations were. He was a young
fellow of good family, to whom l had
taken a liking. He was a lazy dog
and as out of place in business as {
cat in a choir. l had been keeping
him going for four years at that time
by giving him tips on stocks and pro
tecting him against loss. This purel!
out of good nature and liking; for
hadn't the remotest idea he could eve
be of use to me beyond helping tt
liven things up at a dinner or lat
supper, or down in the country, or Oh
the yacht. In fact, his principal us
to me was that he knew how to "bea
the box" well enough to shake fairl,
| good music out of it-and l am 81
fond of music that l a fill in wit
my Imagination when the performe
isn't too bad.
They have charged that | deliberate
ly ruined him. Ruined! The frs
time l gave him a tip-and that wa
the second or third time l ever SAY
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the material for that building at
home of their neighbor, Mr.. Building
Material Man.
And let us speak a word for Mr..
Printer Man also. He is a part or
this community; he contributes to its
prosperity; he advertises it, and he is
entitled to his place in the circle
through which the community's dol
lars are to circulate. When you, Mr..
Merchant, want printing of any kind,
give the job to the home printer.
The dollar that you spend with him
he will again spend with you, and
both viii make a profit on it. 1t is
but fair that he have this, his legiti-
mate portion of the home trade. He
is as much a part Ct the community
as yourself, and as much entitled to
your support as you are entitled to
the support of the farmer, the nc
chanic, the preacher, the doctor.
The battle against the mail-order
octupus can never be 2 successful
one unless all interests are actively
engaged in it. 1t a never be sue
cessful so long as the merchant wants
it preached but does not want to prac.
tice it himself. The merchant who
sends his saving account to the city
bank for safe keeping is not entitled
to the support of the community
whose money he takes from it. The
merchant who will not %patronize his
brother merchants, who makes his
visits to the city an excuse for buy
ing his own household supplies, sup
plies that are not carried on his own
shelves, of the city merchants, is MOI
entitled to the support of the ccln-
munity. Such a merchant wants to
preach but not practice home trade.
| He wants to do with the community's
dollars just what he condemns in
others-send them away from the
community. He would bankrupt the
community for selfish interests.
There are few, if any, such mer-
chants as this in this or other COM
munities, but if there are any here it
is not for their benefit that this pa
per is pceaching home trade to it's
readers.
We hear much of the strength of
trusts and combinations. In what
does their strength lie? To a large
extent in the fact that they control
the trade in the commodities in which
they are dealing. They make every
dollar they spend an interest earn,
ing dollar. Let us form a little trust
of our own. Let all of us, merchant,
farmer, doctor, mechanic, preacher,
editor, spend our dollars at home,
keep them at home, and we have or.
ganized a trust of our own that will
bring to each of us u share of earn.
ings on the capital invested.
This is not a hard problem to figure
out for ourselves. The farmer, lei
us say, wants n dollars worth o.
uga He buys it of the home gro
ceryman, and the groceryman makes
a profit. The groceryman buys a dol
lars worth of dry goods, and tie dry
goods merchant makes a profit. The
dry goods merchant patronizes the
dentist, and the dentist makes s
profit, and the dentist buys butter ant
produce from the farmer and thu
farmer makes a profit, So as th'
dollar goes around and around a com
n.uuity each man into whose keepinl
it comes makes a profit on the han
aling OF 1t, and the collar grows int,
two. But what would have tappene
had the farmer taken that dollar t
buy his groceries of the mail-orde
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Coal and Railway company was not to
have Them"
"Oh, l see" said Roebuck, sinking
back relieved. I'VE must get Browne
to draw up some sort of perpetual,
i~rrevocable power of attorney to us
for you to sign"
"But | won't sign it," said l.
Roebuck took up a sheet of paper
and began to fold 1t upon itself with
great care to get the edges straight.
He had grasped my meaning; he was
celebrating.
For four years now" / went on,
you people have been promising to
take me in as a principal in some n
Of your deals-to give me recognition
by making me president, or chairman
Of an executive or finance committee.
l I'm an impatient man, Mr.. Roebuck.
Life is short, and | have much to do.
So l have bought the Manasquale
mines-and | shall hold them"
Roebuck continued to fold the paper
upon itself until he had reduced it to
a short, thick strip. This he slowly
twisted between his cruel fingers I'M
til it was in two pieces. He dropped
them, one at a time, into the waste
basket, then smiled ~benevolently at
me. You are right" he said. You
shall have what 0 want. You have
seemed such a mere boy to me that,
in spite of your giving again and
again proof of what you are, | have
been putting you off. | will talk the
matter over with Langdon and Mel
Vile. Rest assured, my boy, that you
will be satisfied" He got up, put his
arm affectionately round my shout
ders. I'VE all like you. | have a feel
ing toward you as If you We're my own
son. / am getting old, and like to
see young men about me, growing up
to assume the responsibilities Of the
Lords work whenever He shall call
me to my reward"
1t will seem Incredible that a man
Of my shrewdness and experience
could be taken in by such Shiny stuff
at that who knew Roebuck as only
a few insiders knew him, ! who had
seer him at work, as devoid Of heart
as any empty spider in an empty web,
Yet I was taken in to the extent that
/ thought he really purposed to recog'
nize my services, to yield to the ONLY
persuasion that could affect him
force. / fancied he was actually
abuut to put me whore | could BE- q
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-04-04
What to Do When Husband. Seems to
Have Transferred Love.

There are two stock answers given
by wives when they are asked the
crucial question: What would you
do If your husband seemed inclined to
fall in love with another woman"
One answer is: Il wouldn't do any
thing; I'd let him got" and the other:
I'D firt with some n myself" Fur
Their than this the imagination does
not seem to go.
The first answer, translated, means:
''If my husband could fall so far from
my ideal of him he wouldn't be my
husband any more. | would feel only
indifference and contempt for him."
The other answer is Of a different
caliber: "If he ees that he is in dan
ger Of losing me he may regain his
interest in me. What another nan
admires he may admire, too, and find
that he loves me best, after all. AT
any rate, he will find that he cannot
neglect me with imr1nity."
Both answers are, Of course. super
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-04-04
or DISTINGUISHES Ancestry.

Nine. Liza Lehman, the composer.
is q granddaughter Of the late Rob-
ert Chambers of Edinburgh, the orig,
inator and publisher OF that standard
work, Chambers Encyclopedia Her
father, Rudolph Lehman. was a Veil.
known portrait paintes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-04-04
REASON FOR ALL THINGS.

Customs That Now Seem Peculiar Had
Origin in Wisdom.
If you are patient enough to ferret
it out you will find that there is a rea-
son for every little idiosyncrasy we
have, for every queer thing we do.
Take, for example, the wearing OF
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-04-04

the highest usefulness TO him ana his
associates, as well as 20 myself.
1t was with tears in my eyes that
l shook hands with him, thanking him
emotionally. It was with a high chin
and a proud heart that / went back
to my Offices. There wasn't o doubt
in my mind that / was about to get
my deserts, was about to enter the
charmed circle OF high finance"
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-12-20
Eye Strain

Is the cause or contributing
cause of large proportion of all
chronic human ills. Good vision
does not mean perfect eyes, in
deed, extraordinary vision means
defective eyes and the nervous
strain caused by the effort to over
come this defect is often the cause
of mental and physiological dis
turbances, such as headaches, in
digestion, constipation and many
other diseases.
If it exhibits in the way of cross
eyes we can straighten them every
time by our method of relieving
eye strain. Eyes fitted for read
ing glasses or any error of refrac-
ton.
Call at office north of Ellis drug
store. Office hours from 10 a. IN.
to 3 p. m.
G. l.. SEABRIGHT.
Neurologist.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-12-20
Estray.
La Jara, Colo, Dec. Is. 1907.

La Jara, Colo, Dec. Is. 1907.
A sorrel horse came to my place
about a week ago and the owner
can have the same by calling and
paying feed bill and cost of adver-
tising.
He is branded PIT ON left hip;
weight about 100 pounds; has a
split in left ear and is six years
old.
NATHAN B. SMITH,
La Jara, Colo.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-12-20

See Chas. Magnes for the best
shingles to be had-just received.
NJ. H. Van Fleet was business
visitor in town, the first of the
week.
Sunlight coal oil is the only coal
oil that makes a clear, white light.
Ellis sells it.
John McCunnitf will arrive here
next week from Greeley, to spend
the holidays at home.
Mrs. Ellis has been having her
temper ruffled, this week, by a Sc
we're attack of the neuralgia.
Your mail orders for Christmas
jewelry, etc, will receive our
prompt attention.-V Velhagen Bros.
VIM. Neff and Joe Pursely went
to Alamosa, last night, to attend
a meeting of the Masonic order at
that place.
Rev. and Mrs. Harrison were
here from Alamosa, Wednesday,
and spent the day visiting with
friends and attending to business.
Dan Christensen, who has been
the guest of Sanford friends, for
several weeks, departed for his
home in Pennington, the first of
the week.
John Forbes came in this morn
ing, from Pueblo, to spend the
holidays at home. John man
ages to partake of his mothers
cooking twice year.
A recent letter from Mrs. Lyons
who is with her people in Ken
lucky, states that she is an
xious to return to the San Luis
valley. Her health is not of the
best in the south.
j. A. Mcdonald was appointed
postmaster of the Alamosa post
Office, this week, to succeed DIR.
E. FL. Reaugh. The new employee
of Uncle Sam will begin his duties
the first of the year. Mr.. Reaugh
may possibly go to Old Mexico and
renew the practice of dentistry.
This year La Jara school child
rem will not enjoy the usual two
weeks vacation during the holi-
days, Christmas and New Years
being the only days school will be
dismissed. The loss of time in
CURED by reason of sickness here
this winter is responsible for this
action of the school directors and
the children are more than dis
appointed as consequence.
The entertainment given by the
Women of Woodcraft last Friday
evening was one of keen enjoyment
to those in attendance. The nail
driving contest was perhaps the
notwithstanding of the several num-
bers on the program. Several con-
testants lined up to show their
ability in this respect, but they
were all put in the shade by Miss
Iva Seyfer who drove two nails to
their one. Luncheon was served
after which the company dispersed
to their;various homes, all agreeing
that little pleasure now and then
is good tonic for the most of us.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-12-20
Notice to Taxpayers.

The delinquent tax sale lists are
now being prepared for publication.
All persons whose taxes are in ar
rears must pay promptly to save
additional costs.
E. S. CHRISTENSEN,
County Treasurer.
Conejos, Colo, Dec. Is, 1907.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-12-20

Leroy Wilson is on the sick
list, this week, with heavy cold.
The little folk at the j. 81.
Shemwell home are sick with the
measles.
The Martinez the best cigar
in the country-Walter Seyfer
sells them.
The Home Lumber, Coal and
Grain company's car load of
shingles has arrived.
If you are looking for the best
southern lead to be had, call over
at the Magnes lumber office.
By Reynolds reports the appear
ance of bran new boy at his
home on Monday of this week.
Rev. A. G. Harrison will hold
service at All Saints Episcopal
church next Thursday, Dec. 9th,
at S p. m.
c. NJ. Olehy was busy the first
of the week, hauling a portion of
his big grain crop to the Home
Grain & Lumber Co.
Miss Bird Faucet, who has been
staying in La Jara for several
weeks, departed for her home in
Sanford, the first of the week.
Christmas shoppers are in evi-
dence everywhere, and the visit of
Santa Claus is looked forward
to with pleasure by the little ones.
Pres. Levi P. Helm was over
from Manassa, Monday, on a bus
iness trip. He reports everything
in good shape in that fourishing
town.
The NJ. w. A. order, of Romeo,
has been transferred to La Jara,
and henceforth will hold its
meetings in the Modern's hail at
this place.
A number of local Masons at
tended lodge at Alamosa, last
night. They are anxious to Or
ganize chapter here and are
making a move in that direction.
A couple of supposed mission
aries Of no particular faith, but
willing to accept the religion of
anyone who gave out the donero,
were begging in town, yesterday.
They found it too near Christmas
to make business pay.
When there is pressure against
woven wire fence which has a
one piece stay running from top to
bottom, the stay is bent and re-
mains bent. The hinge joint in
the American woven fence assures
the wire to come back straight
The b. l.. Van Vechten Hardware
Co.
Owing to the high cost of horses
some of the lumber concerns of
the Great Lakes are using oxen in
the woods for the rougher and
heavier work, such as skidding and
hauling timber out of swamps.
Oxen in that region are selling at
500 to S125 pair and especially
desirable teams are much higher.
A. G. Hahn spent the day in La
Jara, procuring an Office and pre-
pairing to embark in the real es-
tate business here. Mr.. Hahn is
the recent purchaser of the Ex-
celsior farm and has other large
real estate interests in this county.
He is a man of capital and one
who is always found in the lead in
public enterprises. La Jara will
extend ii cordial welcome and feels
assured that his establishing an
Office here will prove of mutual
benefit.
E.<,a,,
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-12-20
Settle Up.

respectfully ask all who are
Indebted to me to pay between
this and January 1st, 1908. Please
give this your prompt attention.
Leroy Wilson.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-12-20
Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!
Little Helen Aker is reported
to be quite ill at her home
Miss Edna Hatfield is very ill,
threatened with pneumonia.
Miss Agnes Dodd is here from
Walsenburg, the guest of friends.
Mrs. Stover, of Sanford, has
been the guest of Mrs. Shirk, this
week.
Mrs. Palmer, of Salida, is here,
She guest of her sister, Mrs. E. L..
Blackburn.
Mrs. R. j. Cole is here from
Golden, the guest of her brother,
Chas. Barber.
Mrs. John Slaughter is reported
to be slowly improving from her
recent hard illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis spent Sun
. day at the Loan Tree ranch, the
guests of DIR. and Mrs. Seabright.
w. o. Depriest, who has been
suffering from an attack of
appendicitis, is on the road to re-
covery.
The church and social hall at
Sanford are having acetylene lights
put in and they will soon be ready
for business.
If you want a good Key West
cigar, call at the Club saloon and
ask for La Flor de Lius Martin
ez-they're the stuff.
There will be Catholic service
at San Luis valley church at La
Jara on Sunday, Dec. %. Holy
communion at s "A. m, mass and
sermon at 10 a. m.-Al. P. Bruck-
e. e. pastor.
A party of skaters enjoyed an
afternoons skating on the Alamosa
river, Sunday. They found the ice
in good condition but, for few of
them, not inclined to Timber up
with weight.
Dan Christensen, one of the old
timers of the valley, departed for
his home in Fruitland, N. NJ, the
first of the week after visiting I'M
der the parental home in Sanford
for some weeks.
Horace Hall. who has been the
guest of home folk and friends in
Illinois during the past month, re-
turned to La Jara, Tuesday. more
pleased than ever with Colorado
and its sunshine.
Principal Robt. Ferris went to
the county seat. yesterday MORN
ing, to take the teachers examina-
tion. Mr.. Wilcox had charge of
the local schools during the regu-
lar instructors absence.
The ladies' guild will serve sup
per and a sale at the Grandc hotel
on the 21st inst. Tickets for the
Aipper will be 25c. The sale will
begin at two o'clock and supper
served between the hours of five
and nine.
The people who claim that our
present weather is cold, should
make a journey to Kansas and
Nebraska about this time. Our
climate would then appear like a
summer day in June"
The hop given by the La Jara
Fireman's band, Tuesday evening,
was a success, large crowd at
tending. A good dance, occasion
ally, is very good thing in the
way of social attraction, especi-
ally in small town where there is
SO little doing.
The B. L. Van Vechten Hard
ware Co. will sell you the genuine
American hog woven wire fence,
weighing nearly 6 pounds to the
rod, for % cents per rod. This
wire is universally known to be
tho host woyan wira man II factured