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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
AscRIBED VISIT TO PRAYER
Father Evidently Had Faith In Daueh.
ters SuppIications.

Among my esteemed neighbors there
Is a family known for the piety Of its
members and their implicit confidence
in the efficacy of prayer. One of the
daughters, Miss Kate B, has al
most reached the age when she could
be referred to gallantly as an old maid.
She is the target for many good
natured quip pertaining to her alleged
hopes and endeavors in the direction
OF matrimony.
Not long ago a certain society Of
young men which had interested itself
in the campaign for higher saloon Ii
cense sent a committee to visit the
homes Of the district and obtain sigma
lures to high-license petition. When
this committee, numbering half dozen
members, ascended the steps at the
B home my friends wife was the
first to see it through the front win
dow.
Laws, John!" she exclaimed to her
husband. See all those young men
coming to visit us!"
Mr.. B glanced out of the win
dow, noted the number of the invading
force and remarked, with an air of
conviction:
"Humph! Kate's been praying again"
San Francisco Call.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
USE LEAF AS A sTlMULANT.
How Coca Is utivated-Preventiv
Of Sleep and Fatigue.

Coca Is the South American invig.
GRANT. The shrub from which the coca
leaves are obtained grows under ia.
vorable conditions to height of about
four meters. 1t is cultivated in Peru
and Bolivia.
AT the time the crop is gathered
the seeds are sown in beds, when they
germinate and grow, and in two
months the growing plants reach a
height Of about a foot. The leaves,
grown in the proper sunlight and
shade, are yellowish, small and thick.
This is the kind Of leaf that is pre-
ferred for chewing by persons using
the leaf as stimul2nt, fortifier and
preventive Of sleep and fatigue in the
performance of arduous work, mas
much as they prevent rheumatism,
from which miners suffer when work
ing in mines that contain much water.
Indians who masticate the leaves of
this plant can work "A hours without
eating or sleeping.
Coca leaves are used by the natives
when engaged in long and fatiguing
journeys and by soldiers when subject
to hardships and prlva ions. They
may be used with all kinds of food and
are said to cure dyspepsia, either
taken as an infusion in the shape of
tea or by mastlcating the leaves. The
life of the plant when perfect is so
years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
DEVOTION THAT WAS SUBLIME
Great Cook True to His Art to the
Very End.

Escotfier, the great French cook,
said at dinner in New York that a
good cook had the spirit of cookery
born in him.
1T is born in him." said NJ Escof.
tier, "and in him it never dies. His
first lisped baby word is of food; and
sauce or navarin is the subject OF
his last dying breath.
Did you ever hear of poor CASTOR
Laurent, the distinguished cook of
Paillard's?
Castor went on a voyage to the
South Seas in '95; his ship was
wrecked, and he and his party We're
captured by cannibals.
Being plump CASTOR, alas, was the
hrst OF the ill-fated party to be con
signed to the great iron casserole.
And the survivors say that moth.
ing could have been more touching
and more sublime than Gastons last
cry from the great pot, as the water
began to smoke and bubble and he
began to cook-Gaston's last calm cry
OF a great artist:
Come, come! 1t is already past
the time for the pepper and salt!"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
Converted by Medicine,

A woman missionary, who was also
doctor, had a curious experience in
Burmah, where, upon her arrival, she
found village community dying off
like flies with cholera.
She made a house-to-house inspec-
tion, administered a specific, and, hav-
ing broken the back of the malady,
left behind her several hotties of the
medicine to be used during her alb
sence. Upon her return the head man
cheered her heart by the greeting:
Teacher, we have come over to
your side; the medicine did us so much
good that we have accepted your God"
He led her to his house and into the
apartment sacred to his worship.
There, arrayed upon the shelf, we're
the medicine bottles, and he, with all
his household instantly bowed down
and prayed to them with thankful and
contrite hearts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
TALIsMANs POPULAR IN MALTA.
Odd Shaped Stones to Ward Off Eff
fects of Snake Poison.

There are still to be found in NAL
ia number of small stones shaped
and colored like the eyes, tongues and
other parts of serpents.
The superstitious among the NAL
tese connect these with the tradition
that st, Paul when shipwrecked was
cast on their island, and that it was
there that while lighting a bundle of
sticks for a fire viper fastened on
the apostles hand. st. Paul calmly
shook the reptile off into the flames
and no harm followed. The natives
wear these. stones as talismans, in
which character they suppose them
serViceable in warding off dangers
from snake bites and poisons.
They are found in st. Paul's cave.
imbedded in clay, and are set in rings
and bracelets, and when found to be
in the shape of a tongue or liver or
heart are hung around the neck. They
are also taken internally, dissolved in
wine, which method is attended, ac.
cording to some people, by more i'm
mediate results.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
FIND WoMAN's WIT UNCERTAIN.
As When This Wife Failed to Appreci.
ate Her Husbands Pleasantly.

Don't always rely upon the ready
wit of woman" said the man who is
sometimes pleased to consider himself
an oracle. THAT ready wit business
is sometimes prone to get way off.
For example, my wife and children
had been staying in the country for
several weeks and | was regular with
my letters, as every loving husband
should be. Finally on the day before
my wife was to start for home | con-
cluded my letter to her with these
words:
" This will be the last letter l will
write to you for long, long time
When l got down to my Office the
next morning found telegram from
my wife waiting for me. What on
earth do you mean?' read the dispatch.
Later registered letter came from
her. She had blotted almost every
line with tears. What it was all about
| could not imagine.
Then my telephone bell rang, and
when | answered I heard my wife's
voice speaking over the long distance
phone.
"'Oh, John, said she. Is that really
you? I thought you had committed
suicide!"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
Bryan After Three Defeats.

The great Commoner has been
defeated for a third time for the
highest Office in the gift of the
American people, but great man
as he is, the defeat will come with
out the sting of bitterness or the
pain of disappointment. We're he
like ordinary men, these would be
present, but he is different from
the man of ordinary type. To him
the defeat comes as Q natural re-
suit of conditions which he could
not control and therefore he, with
his philosophical turn, accepts it
in the spirit in which it was given
as the will of the people-and firm
believer as he is in popular rule,
he will take this verdict as that of
the people, with cheerfulness and
bow to the inevitable.
Of one thing he will never COM
plain, and that is that when the
majority of the people have spok-
en- as they have in this instance, it
is not for him to question their de-
cision. Had the election been a
close one, there might have been
temptation among his friends to
question the result and possibly
to attribute it to improper infu-
ences, but this would not have been
the case with Mr.. Bryan. He and
the Democratic party recognize
that Mr.. Taft was the seeming
choice of the people and their will
is to be respected.
Mr.. Bryan's ambition was thor
oughly legitimate and honorable.
He desired to serve the country
with single-minded devotion. He
believed that he could do the most
good to the greatest number; that
the majority should rule, and he
also appreciated the fact that the
doctrines which he preached and
promulgated and which have been
copied and patterned after by
Roosevelt and Taft will in the main
be continued.
Mr.. Bryan has nobly and sincere
ly preached to his fellew men "that
peace that is the reward of con-
science, void of offence toward God
and man" The humblest citizen,
he has said, can secure that peace,
that satisfaction, equally with him
who wields the the greatest power.
Mr.. Bryan will never be humble
citizen for he is too gifted for that
role. He has an unbroken hold
on the affection of millions and as
an orator and writer, and a moral
leader, his place is high and Sc
cure. High it will remain and his
third defeat after a stirring cam
paign has brought to him no Bit
terness and no lasting orrow.-&.
Joseph Observer,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
MO-. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 2, 1908

. pencil and 4 piece of brown
paper, and on it wrote begging the
finder to bring it to our offices,
and dropped it in the street. 1t
came to US safely, and twice our
partner had her brought into court
and twice the doctors swore that
she was insane and she was sent
back to the asylum. | shall never
forget the sorrow expressed by my
good partner when, returning
from the last hearing, he said, "I
do not know what moro l can do
for that poor, suffering woman"
There popped into my head just
then, as many other thoughts have
during my life from l know not
where, that there was an old writ
De Homtne RepIedgiando, which had
been enacted by the Legislature
of Massachusetts for the benefit
of fugitive slaves, and which
declared that whoever was de-
prived Of his liberty should have
the right to demand a jury trial.
I.said to my partner, 'Now, Mr..
Sewall, bring the writ De Homine
Repledgiando and let me retain to
act with us H. F. Durant (who
founded Wellesley College)."
This settled the question. The
eminent counsel of the rich man
told him it was no use to try to
keep his wife in the asylum any
longer, and he gave her the sep
arate maintenance to which she
was clearly entitled"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
His Little Family.

Families Of French Canadian farm.
ers often run into large numbers, as
is demonstrated by the following writ
ten order received by the proprietor OF
Quebec shoe store: "You will put
some shoe on my little families like
this, and send by San Jameson, the
carrier: One man, Jean st, Jean (me),
AZ years; one woman, Sophie st. Jean
(she), Al years; Hermedes and Leo
more, 10 years; Honore, IS years; Ce,
lima, II years; Narcisse, 0ctavia and
Phyllis, 16 years; Olivia, IA years;
Phillippa, 13 years; Alexandra, 12
years; Rosina, IL years; Bruno, 10
years; Pierre, years; Eugene, we
loss him; Edouard and Eliza, 7
years; Adrien, 6 years; Camille, 6
years; zoel, years; Joseph, years;
Noise, 2 years; Murlel, / year; Hi.
laire He 20 barefoot. How
muchi'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
A Remarkable Case.

The venerable Geo. T. Angel,
editor of Our Dumb animals, was in
former years lawyer. Writing
of his experiences then, he says;
81 have many interesting re-
memberances of incidents of my
law practice in which I was ena-
bled to accumulate sufficient funds
to give the first twenty years of
my humane work and consider
able money to prevent the cruel-
ty, without the payment of a
dollar in return.
cone of these was a great case
of the Ohio Life and Trust Co.,
in the trial of which I was associ-
ated about five days with our great
war governor, John A. Andrews,
as senior counsel. Another, which
occupied about five days on trial,
n defence of Boston's eminent
surgeon, DR.. William H. Thorn
dixie, sued for malpractice, with
Rufus Choate against US.
"But one of the most remark
able cases we had was this: The
wife of a very rich Boston man
(an excellent woman) called one
day at our Office to say that the
conduct of her husband in connec-
ton with other women had become
SO bad that it was impossible tc
live with him any longer, that she
must have divorce. My partner,
after long consultation with her,
advised that upon the account of
the children 1t would be better for
her to accept separate mainten-
ance and let the matter rest there.
She went home and told her hus-
band. He secured certificate
from two young doctors, living at
one of our hotels, that she was
insane, had her forcibly placed in
closed Garage and had her
taken at once to an insane hospital
orasylum, then in charge of rela-
tive Of his, where she was placed
in close confinement; no person
having any knowledge Of ofitexcept-
ing her husband; neither mother,
sister or any friend could get any
information Of what had become
Of her. But one day they took
her to ride in Garage and she
had in some way contrlved to get
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
FUN Is A VITAL NECESSITY.
Can by No Means Be Regarded as an
Incidental of Life.

Most people have the impression
that fun and humor are life inciden-
tails, not necessities; that they are
luxuries ana have no great bearing
upon ones career.
Many think of fun as frivolous, in
dicating lack of serious purpose in
life. There are parents who rebuke
their children because they want to
have fun and go in for a good time.
These parents have yet to learn the
great part which fun and humor play
in the physical economy, and their
influence on the life.
What a complete revolution in your
whole physical and mental being
comes after seeing a really funny
play! You went to the play tired,
jaded, wornout, discouraged All your
mental faculties were clogged with
brain ash; you could not think clearly.
When you came home you were a new
being.-Success Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
Skylarks.

John Burroughs relates that a
number of years ago a friend in
England sent him score of sky
larks in cage. He gave them
their liberty in field near where
he lived. They drifted away, and
and he never heard or saw them
again. But one Sunday a Scotch
man from a neighboring city call
ed on him and declared, with Wis
ible excitement, that he had heard
skylark. He was not dreaming,
he knew it was skylark, though
he had not heard one since he had
left the banks of the Doom, a quar-
ter of a century or more before.
The song had given him in
finitely moro pleasure than it
would have given to the naturlist
himself. Many years ago some
skylarks were liberated on Long
Island, and they became establish
ed there, and may now occasion
ally be heard in certain localities.
One summer day lover OF birds
journeyed out from the city in
order to observe them. A lark
was soaring and singing in the
sky above him. An old Irishman
came along and suddenly stopped
as If transfxed to the spot. A look
of mingled delight and incredulity
come into his face. Was he in
deed hearing the bird of his youth?
He took off his hat and turned his
face skyward, and with moving
lips and streaming eyes stood a
long time regarding the bird.
"Ah," thought the student Of
nature, "if could only hear the
bird as he hears that song with
his ears!" To the man of science
it was only a bird-song to be
critically compared to a score Of
others, but to the other it brought
back his youth and all those long,
gone days on his native hills!
- 4 IS d d
Call and examine our new line
of Ladies' and Gents Shoes.
f. T.. RARNu0Trou
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
One hv Rarnacled Ben.

eyes, mates" related Barnacled Ben,
retired seaman, Il certainly did see
some wonderful things when | was
cruising around the seven seas. Why,
once we had a sawfsh to follow the
Nancy Jones for 1000 miles. We used
to throw off the leavings from the
galley and when we'd hit big calm,
why, the sawtish would saw up our
firewood in stove lengths. All we had
to was to toss the long sticks over
and he'd saw them UP in a jiffy. Then
we'd take long rake and rake them
aboard. Nature fallng? Never heard
Of 1t, mate, never heard Of it."
And Barnacled Ben lit his pipe and
shambled away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
Schubert's BirthpIace.

The city of Vienna has purchased
the house in which Franz Schubert
was born and intends to preserve it in
its present condition as long as pos
sible. The price paid was ga, 400. The
house is one of the old-fashioned, one.
story type Of buildings, which are fast
disappearing from modern Vienna. The
front is utterly devoid Of any attrac
tive features, but there is a little
court behind with wooden galleries
and garden on the steep hillside.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12

"Just think" exclaimed the sweet
boy graduate, q have secured a posi-
tion already and the head of the firm
has promised to pay me what am
worth"
well, what of it?"
Il did not think there was that much
money in the world" Houston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
A Technicality.

TECHNICALLY comes in pretty
strong when the United States Su-
preme Court denies the appeal of
q man convicted of murder, for
want of jurisdiction, when the rea-
son for asking the appeal was that
the principal witness against the
convicted man, confessed that un-
der official threats he committed
perjury. Certainly no man should
be hanged on evidence so discred-
tied. The pardoning power may
we'll be exercised, since the defen-
dant is indicted for other murders,
the Indictment being based on the
same evidence upon which conyic-
ton was secured. The man, Bill
lex, in Chicago, can be tried for
these other murders, or for one of
them. This would bring before
the court the evidence that the
principal witness now says was
periured, or this evidence would
be left out and the case would have
to be made on other evidence.
The same facts and the same evil
dence, barring of course the evil
dence which the giver thereof now
says was both false and extorted,
would be a new trial of the case
the verdict in which the Supreme
Court couldn't set aside for lack
of jurisdiction. Mirror.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
CIOthinQ.

You will need Clothing this Fall.
Where are you going to buy? We buy
where we get the Best Value for our
Money. Do you?
Boys SUITs-S1OO, S1.52, $3.50, $1.75, So 90,
$685. $500, $780, $3.50, $500, $3.50, $500, ETC.
MEMS SUITs-S4.5O, $780, $3.50, $500, $3.50,
S70O, $3.50, $500, 5000, $1,000, S12 90, $500.
Boys PANTs-25c, 35c, 40c, 45c, 50c &C., 75c,
S1.00, SIPS, $780, $780,
MEMS PANTs-6Oc, 85c S1.OO, SIPS, S1.35,
S1.5O, $175, $780, s225, $3.50, s275, $500, S325,
$3.50, S40O, S4,25, $3.50, $500.
We can Save You Money. See for
Yourself!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12

New stock of oil cloth, linoleum,
rugs and carpets. Ingram carpet
1 yard wide, as low as 25c a yard.
LOPEZ STORE Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12

Call and examine our new line
Of Ladies' and Gents Shoes.
r. L. FARMHOUSE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
OMERELLS.

Where do you buy your Overalls?
A Fair Question!
If you have ever bought them of US,
we believe you still do so. Our Overalls
are becoming famous.
Overa1ls-OveralIs-OveraIls-by
the hundred! Price, 25c, 4Oc, SOC, 60c,
75c, 85c, 95c. Try our SOC Double Brass
Buckle Regulation-Make Overall. 1t is
Wonder! Only SOC!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
SHOES.

INFANTs'-15c, 25c, 35c, SOC.
CHnD's-5Oc, 6Oc, 75c, SOC, 85c, StOO. St.1O,
S1.15, S1.25, S1,35, $3.50.
MIssEs'-St.0O St.1O, S1,25, S1.35, S14O, S1.75,
IADIEs'~$1 5,S185, 81. 40, s1.5o, S1eo, s1.75,
$500, 1925, $780, $500, 1926.
BoYs'-S1.OO, S1.25, S1.35, S1.4O, S16O, S1.SO,
$500, S2.35.
MEN's-s1.5O, s16O, s1.75, $780, 1920, 1925,
$3.50, S2.45, S2,85, $500, 1926, S4O0.
Steadily for years our Shoe Trade has
grown. We are glad of it. Good Shoes
Low Prices-have done the work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12

Oupnhnd We have the thing
UUPuluuI Glassware GnWare Woodenware
friends they think
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-02
OLD METHODS REVIVED.
Republican Tactics Insure a United Deme
 cracy Under MT. Bryan.

Republican Tactics Insure a United Deme-
 cracy Under MT. Bryan.
 Henry watterson. in Louisville Courier
 Journal.
 We'll he Is going to be nominated all the same. and. if they can fool more than half the people all the time. maybe they will beat him: but they will have . united Dem ocracy, making an aggressive campaign. to meet upon every foot of fighting ground especially between the Aileghenies and the Rockics--the one. great paramount issue being the Republic versus the Piutocracy
 The disposition of the publicity bill settles that Nobody can now doubt that the Re- plbiicans hope only to carry the election by buying the electorate. The same scheme of bargain and sale which was revealed of 1900 and 1904 by the insurance investt- gations is to be relied on oftood the ooun- try with campaign funds stolen from the widow and the orphan. blasted out of the railways and the banks. filched from labor by frying the fat out of the manufacturer. Nor is this all. The bloody shirt is again to be hoisted as a sectional and party shib- boieth. The color line is to be invoked to hold the Northern negroes. Every evil pas sion which lust of power and mercenary greed can call to their aid-which desper- ation and despair can kindie in the minds or the depraved--is to become the ready agent for the corrupting of the sources of our pol itical being in this last, final stand of the money devil, quoting Scripture and buying votes; prating of morality and reform while seeking to undermine the conscience or the people and the law of the land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-02
Mexico and the Negro.

Mobile Register.
 In connection with enquiries by Ala bama negroes who contemplate form ing an agricultural colony in Mexico, The Mexico Daily Record says that their purpose Is not to be encouraged inasmuch as the wages of the Mexi- can peons are decidedly less than the negroes get in the South"
 The investment of American capirai in Mexico and the employment of a large number of Americans there have turned the eyes of certain class or negroes to that country. but the ne. groes are evidently not informed as to the social and labor conditions of Mex leo, The negro there occupies the same place as the loweset class of la borers, obtains less for his labor than in this country, and is subject to con ditions that make his advancement i'm possible. There are no heavily en- dowed negro schools in Mexico, there are no schools at which the negro can learn a trade, there are no state-sup' ported common schools in which the negro would be welcome. A negro col ony in Mexico is as impossible as ne- gro government is unstable and in- efficient The turning to Mexico by ne- gro leaders iR a confession that the turning to the Northern states has failed It Is only in the South that the negro has full opportunity. and 90 per cent of his race recognize it.