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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-06

Safeguarding, a class of honest,
square-dealing-play-the game : fair e1
change men who would take no unfair
advantage of their fellow-members I'M
til they become awakened to the
knowledge that they are about to be
ruined by their fellow-members' trick.
cry.
Next, let us consider further wheth-
er it is possible for our exchange to
prevent my device from being worked,
now that 1t is known to all. Suppose
the governing committee was informed
in advance that the attempt to work
the trick was 10 be made. If, at any
session, after gong-strike, the govern.
ing committee. or any exchange au.
thority, could for any reason compel a
member to operating, even for
the purpose of showing that his trans.
actions were legitimate, the entire
structure of Safeguarding would fall.
Think it through: Suppose a man like
Barry Conant or myself, or any active
commission broker, begins the execu-
ton of a large order for a client, one,
say, who has advance information of a
r~eceivership, a fire at a mine, the
death Of a president, a declaration of
war, or any of the hundred and one
items Of information that must be
acted upon instantly, where a delay Of
a minute would ruin the broker, or his
house, or its clients. If the governing
committee could thus call the broker
to account, the professional bear or
the schemer. who desired to prevent
him from selling, would have but to
pass the word to the president Of the
exchange that the broker in question
was about to work Brownley's discov-
cry and he could be taken from the
crowd and before he returned his
place could be taken by others and he
could be ruined.
CTO BE CONTINITEDA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-06

first shook her head decidedly, but
Mrs. Winterfield promised never to
reveal it and to make the stuff with
her W hands for Marie's use alone,
so granny at last consented to the
proposition. and whispered her secret
into Mrs. Winterfield's eager ear.
Carrots, my dear madam" she said.
Nothing but carrots grated and used
as flavoring, sometimes in a common
custard pudding, with enough nutmeg
or almond flavoring to disguise the
taste, or in any entree of any kind.
"And the jelly?" queried Mrs. Win.
terfield.
Chicken or beef or lamb, favored
with carrots"
And the acid drink, carrots againl"
mo" said Granny smiling. That
was the juice of a whole lemon with a
level teaspoonful of common cooking
soda dissolved in it, and a little water
added"
But Marie never would eat car.
rots before!" expostulated the aston.
ished Mrs. Winterfield.
And she won't eat them now"
interrupted granny, "if you tell he.
about them. Matte dislikes carrots,
too; she says they make her i'll. So
this is the way her mother and | have
contrived in order for her to take a
sufficient quantity to make her com
plexion pure and clear, and give it
the peculiar dellcacy of coloring which
can be obtained in no other way
Granny still has her lunch parties
as the girls call them but she sets
several tables now instead Of one, and
there are always girls anxiously wait
ing for vacant places. And though the
water has long since been pumped
out of the Santa Rosita and the min
ing stock is again paying a good divi-
dend, granny does not watch the min.
ing reports any more. She knows that
there is no longer any fear of her be-
ing left dependent in her old age;
and that coal is nowhere near SO sEta
an investment as carrots.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-06

! CRANNY'S CARROTS
s By JOSEPHINE A. VAN TASSEL BRUORTON J

can possibly content yourselves with
The girls laughingly promised to abb
stain and made ready to depart. AS
they went out granny gave each une a
jelly tumEler, filled with beautifully
clear, amber jelly.
The girls looked at one another
knowingly.
Mother said she was sure she
would give us a cosmetic of some
kind" whispered Tessy Thompson.
Mrs. Benton must have overheard
her, for the delicate old face flushed
family.
please eat that just before going
to bed" she said emphatically.
The girls stared.
Must we eat it all?" asked one at
last.
viii it be very bad to take, Mrs.
Benton?' cried another.
Granny smiled.
You shall judge for yourselves
she said, taking up the tumbler meant
for Matte; opening it, she passed it
around.
There were murmurs of approval
from every one.
My, | shall not mind eating that"
Every day the menu was varied a
little, but it wgs substantially the
same. Sometimes a delicate fish or
choice game was substituted for the
, chicken; but there was never any
meat. However, there was always a
pudding or entree of that peculiar
ly favored yellow stuff, and there was
always a glass of acid drink at the
close of the meal, nor was the pretty
tumbler of delicious jelly to be taken
home ever omitted. But the latter,
though always of the clear amber
color, never tasted twice alike, il
seemed to the girls, and they never
tired of it.
At the end of six months the i'm
provement in the general health and
appetite of %granny's patients was
wonderful, and as to the compilations,
even Tessy Thompson's muddy, bill
ious skin was beginning to turn a
clear olive, which greatly rejoiced her
mothers heart.
At the end of that time Marie Win
terfield's mother decided to go to Eu.
rope for a year, and she offered granny
a large sum Of money, on condition
that she sold ser secret. Granny at
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-06
One Editors Advice.

A western editor in a recent number.
of his paper says: I'VE again desire
to call our readers attention to the
fact that they should buy everything
they use from home merchants, and
not aid in building up large establish
ments in a distant city. Did you ever
stop to think that every cent you buy
at home aids the city in which you
live, and all you send away drains the
city Of that much of the medium of ex-
change that should remain at home?
The stability of your home institutions
depends upon you ard you alone. You
do not believe that, but remember
when you speak of other persons it is
said as you, and when thus explained
MEATS you. Your trade at home will
make better mercantile establish
ments and a better city. The next
time you are possessed with a spirit
of getting something away from home,
gently call a halt and go to your home
merchants and call for what you want
and in nine cases out Of ten you will
find the desired article, but should you
fail, ask the merchant to get it for
you and see how rapidly he will 1ac-
commodate you, and when the price is
named and you compare it with tho
catalogue you will be agreeably sur
prised. Discard the idea that you
must get something from a distance,
but instead buy at home and every
citizen become an advertising medium,
and you will be surprised at the result.
Don't say That article does not apply
to me, for what little | get away from
home does not amount to anything
You are mistaken, for every little put
together make the larger things. Be
loyal and do all your trading at home. :"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-06

the modern Safeguarding structure,
must likewise be made impossible. If
this could be done the sos, 600, 900
worth of seats in the exchange would
be worth less than five millions, and,
what is of far greater import to all
the people, the financial world would
be revolutionized. Men of Wall street,
do not fool yourselves. My invention
is a sure destroyer of the greatest
curse in the world, Safeguarding"
A sullen growl rose from the gam
blers. Robert BROMLEY glared down
his defiance.
"Let me show you the impossibility
of preventing in the future anyone's
doing what I have done to you so
many times during the past five years.
ALI the capital required to work my
invention is nerve and desperation, or
nerve without desperation. 1t is well
known to you that there are at all
times exchange members who will
commit any crime, barring, perhaps,
murder, to gain millions. Your mem
bers have from time to time shown
nerve or desperation enough to embez-
| zle, raise certificates, give bogus
| checks, counterfeit stocks and bonds,
and this for gain of less than millions,
and when detection was probable. All
these are criminal offenses and their
detection is sure to bring disgrace and
| state prison. Yet members of this ex-
change desperate enough to take the
chance, when confronted with loss of
fortune and open bankruptcy, have al
ways been found with nerve enough
to attempt the crimes. I repeat that
there are at all times exchange mem
bers who will commit any crime, barr
ing, perhaps, murder, to gain millions.
That you may see that my successors
will surely come from your midst from
time to time during the future exist
ence of the exchange, I will enumerate
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-06
EVIL IN LITTLE JEALousIes.
Snobbishness on Part Of Merchants
Wives Sometimes Injuries Trade.

Since the time of Eve woman has
been accredited with being a jealous
creature, and in history are recorded
numerous cases where this element
has had its influence in building up
and tearing down nations. In the av-
erage rural town, among the little
evils noticed, is that often merchants
wives do not consider the wives of the
farmers their equals socially or other
wise. One woman in a town can cast
the stigma of snobbishness upon quite
a few others who are known as her
associates, and sometimes to the det.
riment of the place. It may be that
wives of merchants dress better than
do the wives and daughters of farm
ers. Possibly the children of the town
tradesman may wear better clothes.
Envy is a knife that cuts deep, and
perhaps without apparent reason
some woman concludes that the wife
of a certain merchant thinks herself
better than the wives of the people
who give her husband a means of liv-
ing. 1t is the women of the farm
household who have the greatest in
fuence in the matter of buying. A
word from the wife will often turn
trade from the usual channel, and
this word may be caused by the atti.
tude of the merchants wife who,
through some neglect or discourtesy,
u~ntavorably impresses the wife of the
farmer. There is nothing like a
friendly feeling as a trade stimulator.
II the wife of the merchant would
only cultivate more closely the ac-
quaintance and the friendship of the
women residing in the farming dis
tricts which give the town support,
1t would work wonders in the way of
bringing additional trade to the town.
Sn~obbishness never pays. The sturdy
ONE who reside on farms are quite
often the superiors of those who reside
in the towns and are perhaps the
wives of the merchants. The boys
n girls reared on the farm average
well with those of the towns. These
facts should be realized. Petty jeal-
ousies should be done away with
when they exist between the people
who reside in the towns and those
who reside in the country. 1t is best
for the community.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-06

the different classes Of members wl0
win follow in my footsteps:
First, the In God We Trust
schemer who is Of the System type.
but who is outside the magic circle. A
man OF this class will reason: l know
cores of men, who stand high on the
Street and in the social world, who
have tens of millions that they have
flched by System tricks. if not by
legal crimes. If l perform this trick
of Brownley's, the trick of selling
short until a panic is produced, I shall
make millions and lone will be the
wiser. For all 1 know, many Of the
multi-millionaires whom l have seen
produce panics and who were applaud
ed by the Street and the press for
their ability and daring, and whose
standing, business and social, is now
the highest, were only doing this same
thing, and having been successful, they
have never been detected or suspected.
But even suppose / fail, which can
only be through some extraordinary
accident happening while l am en-
gagged in selling, 1 shall have COM
mitted no crime, and, in fact, shall
have done no one any great moral
wrong, for If l fail to carry out my
contract to deliver the stock l have
sold in trying to produce a panic, the
men to whom l have sold will be no
worse off for not receiving what they
bought; in fact, they will stand just
where they stood before l attempted
to bring on a panic.
Second, if ar exchange member for
any eas should find himself over
board and should realize that he must
publicly become bankrupt and lose all,
he surely would be a fool not to at
tempt to produce a panic, when its
production would enable him to recoup
his losses and prevent his failure, and
when if by accident he should fail in
his attempt to produce a panic, the
penalty would simply be his bank
ruptcy, which would have taken place
in any event.
1.-THE third class is that large one
that always will exist while there is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-06

You cannot sin with your eyes ana
be stainless in vani heart.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-06
Earth Weary

Pale brow too white for traceries Of pain.
Frail hands too soft for this worlds
thorn and rude.
Unearthly eyes beneath whose dropping
lids
There lay tco much OF heaven shining
through.
Yale. weary feet tnat strove to keep the
road,
But longed across the poppy fields TO
roam;
Then God .s5Sed down-saw anguish in
her eyes,
And through a popped sunset led her
home.
Archibald sullivan. in Appleton's.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-06
Keep Money at Home.

BY patronizing home industries pee
PIE prevent mony going to other ser,
tons Of the country. Dollars sent Y,
a distant place for commodities thar
a be produced, and often are pro-
diced at home, is money gone from
local circulation, and which is not
likely to rel return. 1t Is the keep
ing Of the wealth produced in a To-
cality that makes that locality rich.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-06
QUALITIES OF THE OYSTER.
One Particularly Good Point Which
Bore Miuht Emulate,

Bore Wight Emulate. "
A San Franciscan mas discovered a
new method of cutting short r~ecitals
that promise to become too l~ong-wind-
ed. An acquaintance of his, who has
a local reputation as a bore, was n
day holding forth at some length
when the Californian interrupted him
with; by the way, did ] aver tell you
the story Of the oyster?' On receiv-
Ing a negative reply, he continued: 1T
seems that When oysters are taken
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-06
Gro BE

from the sea they often open their
shells SO that the juice or liquid runs
out. AS this is undesirable, the ex-
perienced oyster gatherer has Q, tub
of water close at hand into which the
oyster is plunged as soon as 1t begins
to open its she'll" We'll, and what
then?" asked the other as the narrator
paused. The San Franciscan smiled.
"Oh, after a while the oyster learns to
keep its mouth shut" he remarked
quietly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-29
WHAT THIS PAGE STANDS FOR

people all the infor-
friends Governor Hoke
the columns of The
News few items of and few
forming history the
calamity from
short in Geor
spells and SPELLS he has both raised and
throughout the United States in
against him. framed to try
whom they given The of
fortunately we'll posted
be deceived by such captrap talk
loud
themselves the
Smith Smith lived
the Candidate Smith,
ufmen all
Smith wonderful able would require
ability
cheaper than
his administration
The Chief Executive of the
ability the his
against the will be thankful
of Hoke Smith overpoweing
position within the gift of the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-29
PEOPLE OF ALL VIEWS FOR
SMITH.

There are many friends of Mr.
Smith who are not prohibitionists
because they doubt the wisdom of
that law as an effectual remedy for
the whiskey evil, but these friends
see in Mr.. Smith an unusual man, a
man filled with love for his state,
love for the measures he advocates,
and which mean much IOr every cit
izen of this commonwealth when
they have become fixed policies. They
see in him a man well-fitted for the
highest office in the gift of the people,
not only of Georgia, but of the nation.
Again, like him, they believe now,
that prohibition has become q law,
it would be a very unwise proceeding
to render the law valueless before
it has existed long enough to fully
demonstrate whether or not it is an
efficient remedy against whiskey.
They do not want the state in an in
terminable whiskey fight, and they
believe, therefore, the law should
have full and fair trial before med
ding again with it, unless it be to
improve it to suit those who believe
in it's effectiveness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-29


No matter what comes, no matter
what goes,
No matter what words are ut
tered,
There's one thing certain, the liquor
man knows
Which side of his bread is. but
tered.
And it may be hard for some to de-
eide,
But there's one thing sure, my
brother,
If the devil and liquor get on one
side
Then I'm going to get on the other.
There isn't any use for a voter to
say
He's against every manner of evil.
Then go to the polls on election day
Lined up with liquor and the devil.
Don't care how high a leader may
stand
He is classed right down on a level
With the worst old bum there is in
the band
If they all line up with the devil.
Walk out like a man, take a firm po-
sition,
1t will look to the world more civil.
for prohibition
Then cast your vote with the devil.
"PROHIBITIONIST."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-29
AN UNFORTUNA TIE MISTAKE IF
NOT 4 POLITICAL CALAMITY

We are pleased to reproduce the
following from the Albany Herald.
We say we are pleased because of the
we'll known fact that the worthy ed
itOr of that paper was a staunch sup
porter of Mr.. Howell in the last gu
bernatorial campaign, but when the
people had spoken in such unmistak-
able terms Mr.. Mcintosh, like the
good democrat that he is, did not
sulk and nurse his prejudice, but &C
cepted the verdict, and is now advo-
eating unquestiOnably the long es-
tablished custom in this state, viz:
that of giving any man an opportu-
nifty to carry out his principles and
of having a second term as governor.
Read what he has to say:
THE Albany Herald, which first
lamented Brown mistake then
discovered that he had not set the
woods afire,' now advises Hoke to
get down to hard hammer
and tongs'-to save his bacon. There
is an ill-disguised panic on among
Hoke's friends. The Telegraph advis-
ed them at the start to put their ears
to the ground and they would hear
the Oncoming tread of the Brown
column. But now they can hear it in
the air, and the long distance tele-
phonic vibrations are not necessary.
A way-faring man can stand fiat-foot-
ed and erect and hear it.-Macon
Telegraph.
The Herald did characterize Mr..
Browns entry into the gubernatorial
race against Governor Smith as a
mistake, and also pleads guilty to
having subsequently made the re-
mark that he had set the woods
afire, neither of which propositions
would it now recall or even qualify;
but we have not been presuming to
advise Governor Smith any more
than we have his mistaken and Tin
our humble, honest opinion) mis-
guided opponent.
Our esteemed Macon contempora-
ry appears to have lost it's head as
soon as Joe Brown announced him
self as a candidate against Governor
Smith, and it has evidently had it's
eyes and ears turned toward the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-29

| sounds and other signs" that are
pleasing to it's biased vision ana
sense of hearing. 1t is, therefore
seeing and hearing and considering
only the campaign incidents and act
ual conditions that are favorable 10
its candidate. We might point out
some of the causes and reasons which
to us to have biased the senses ana
warped the reasoning of our cOntem-
porary, but it might subject us 10
the charge of gratuitousness and lead
to such controversy as we DO nOC
want to be drawn into this cam
! paign.
But the Herald can say in all SIN,
certify and without being "called
down, perhaps, that it emerged from
the strenuous campaign of two years
ago without any sores or any bitter
ness in it's heart. We can view the
situation without prejudice, anu
treat both candidates in the present
campaign with absolute fairness
without suppressing an inward emu
ton or doing the least violence 10 Ihe
feelings" that all humans are sup
posed to carry about with them. we
referred to the candidacy OF MI.
Brown in opposition to Governoi
Smith at this time and under exist
ing conditions as we saw them as
mistake" and we are not ready ye'
to revise or qualify that opinion IN
deed, we are beginning to fear thas
the developments of the campalsn
will soon justify the opinion, from
a purely selfish and patriotic stanu
point, with due regard for the pes
interests of Georgia, that it is mus
unfortunate mistake-perhaps P0
litical calamity.
The rumbling noise that our Ma,
con contemporary hears and WnloI
it says way-faring man can staHu
f1at-footed and erect and hear Is -
evidence, we admit, but the NAV
part of it is being made by maicon
tents and disappointed polltlcian;@r,
augmented and fermented by certa,n
interests whose motive is well unuei
stood by the intelligent and thlnkIr ii1
people of Georgia. Mucn of IL VIZ
vanish as fast as the limelignt ~ -
truth and reason is turned upon
and Hoke Smith gets after 1t ha"
mer and tongs."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-29

THINKING MEN WILL DO
THEIR PATRIOTIC DUTY

Editor Atlanta Journal: The most
absurdly ridiculous feature of the
Governors race is that there is not
a whiskey man to be found who is
not solid for Joe Brown.
On the contrary, there is large
majority of whiskey men to be found
who are solid against Hoke Smith.
Is this not enough of itself to con-
vince any sane man that the Brew
ers' Liberty gang have touched the
button in the dear old state of Geor-
gia?
If the crowd, whoever they be,
that put Mr.. Brown in this race are
afraid he will spoil on account of the
warm weather, if they take him out
of that refrigerator in the Kimball
House, please announce the fact that
fish and oysters are admissible
during the months which have the
letter "R" in them.
Some people are curious to see
what he looks like, but cannot afford
to pay the admission fee and wander
through the narrow hall ways lead
ing to the refrigerator, where he is
so closely kept and guarded. Gov
ernor Smith was not elected on straw
ballots before, nor will he be this
time. On June 4 the thinking men
of Georgia will do their patriotic
duty. | am intensely for Hoke
Smith and honest administration
THOMAS G.. MASON.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-04-29
WHAT'S THE TROUBLE WITH
THE POLITICIANS?

What's the trouble with the hired
politician? Has the Governor done
anything to hurt him? He has aided
in making cheaper travel and cheap
er freight rates. Yes, it is the con-
venient pass that is worrying this
gentleman. He now has to paw the
same price the poor farmer or labor
ing man is having to pay and has al
ways had to pay for his rides on the
railroads. He is having to pay as
much for telegram or telephone
message as does the laboring man.
When thousands of these free passes
and franks are removed the way is
opened for cheaper mileage to all.
Is this not Justice? Then why curse
Mr.. Smith for doing simple Justice
to all? He has simply in such mat
tiers been advocating the slogan of
equal rights to all, special privi-
leges to none"