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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24

clink Of glasses, the rhythmic beat of
many feet, the voices of the dancing
girls between sets. How had she
shown thankfulness for the boon of
health, of friends, training, wealth
all that was between her and these
poor girls? Had she not wasted her
days in idle longing? Among ever the
noisy dancers yonder might there not
be some one better, according to her
miserable opportunity, than she her.
self had been with her wider chance?
1t should be so no longer! When the
last tie was laid she would return to
her home, her city. She would cease
her foolish waiting for Alfred; and
somehow, wherever the way opened,
she would work for those less fortu-
nate than herself, would put herself
on record for the better side of life.
A peace long unknown stole over
her; and she slept TRANQUILITY.
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Xxx.
The Stroke of the Fanu,

The days ran happily by for Esther,
so far as she remained in her own lit
tie world. 1t was a joy to be with
Uncle Billy a short late hour every
other night when his train was in and
his reports made; a joy to know that
her presence comforted Sally B., whose
heart, despite her busy life, longed for
her only child, and grieved for the
older child who logged her footsteps,
did her errands, followed her with
meek, trustful eyes. The spell of the
desert, and her ever deferred hope of
seeing Alfred, still held Esther. Gid
deon was in the town, though he kept
out of Esther's way. Sally B. met him
abruptly one day, forced a kind word
upon him and asked him Of his stay;
but he evaded her with a half-coherent
reply about seeing the railroad
through. She mentally substituted
Esther for the railroad, knowing it
was for chance glimpses of her ne
hung around the town.
The grading was finished. Engi-
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comes. It's on the way now, they
say" Sally B. looked challengingly
about.
Waiting at table did not prevent her
keeping up with all the railroad news,
it rather aided her in doing SO; and
her comments were a sort of daily oral
editorial that most Of her patrons be-
lieved in, and all enjoyed.
1.-THE U. P.'s discharged IL engi-
neers cause they wouldn't run at
night" another %loquacious diner re-
marked.
Don't wonder they refused" a a.
from the east replied. "The grades
are ticklish; the track amt half fin
ished, to say nothin' o. being settled;
and the Injuns are raisin' Cain in
triplets."
"That's the way it's been all the
time over on the U. p" a second
stranger added. "Workmen never have
had the proper protection. I was on
the Denver line, and the chief of con-
struction t~elegraphed for more force,
saying, I have to fight while I dig
But the company didn't help him out.
Why, we had ten Injun fights in ten
weeks. From one to seven white men
killed every time. 1t wasn't fun, you
can bet!"
Esther was in the dining room and
heard. The dreadful day at the stage
station came to her. Across the way
violins began to twang, arousing
Esther from her reverie. The callers
voice came clear, and the low, seduc-
tive rumble of dancing feet. One by
one the men finished eating and went
out. The voice of the town called
louder and louder. Esther wondered,
were she a man, If the calls would
seem hideous as now; or would she,
in the very Joy Of masculine freedom,
look around, join the fringe of the
curious onlookers, be caught by the
siren, Temptation, and drawn into
the human vortex, carried down
down!
OF all the guests, Mr.. McLane alone
was left. He ate slowly In digniied
silence, pried upon internationally by
Vic Wah. The ~wheedling voice of the
town had no fascination for Mr.. Nc
Lane. He went at once to his room,
attended by Sally B.
Then the two m chatted a little
longer, when Esther, still tired from
her night spent sitting up in the car,
went to her bed.
But not to sleep. Unhindered by
tent walls the drone of the iddles
came in at her open window; and the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
More Than He Wanted.

Sometimes ladies thank me when
l give up my seat to Them" the young
man said, 'and sometimes they do
not, and then occasionally something
unusual happens. This morning when
I gave up my seat to a lady she
thanked me effusively.
THANK you very much she said;
very acceptable, l assure you This
speech attracted the attention Of all
around, and really I think / would
prefer not to be thanked at all rather
than to be thanked so generously.
"If it would be polite for me to in
dictate just how I'd like to be thanked
for giving up my seat | should say
that just a little smile with a slight
inclination of the head, would be the
acknowledgment that would please me
best Of all" y
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)

Sopyrlght, by Joseph b. BoWles.)
Yes, I would like to bring a friend
home to lunch, BUT my wife is never
ready, says she does not have things
in the house for unexpected company
and it is so much bother" remarked
the business man.
you ought to have a company clos
ct like my wife has answered B..
NJ. number two. 81 don't know how it
is, but Name always manages to get
something up if I bring people home
without warning. | asked how it was
one day, and she said she had emer-
gency shelves"
So l asked Name what a company
closet was. GA company ~closet?' Oh,
it's two or three shelves in my pantry
that l devote to keeping goods that 1
can use in an emergency. You know
l started in by doing light housekeep-
ing and living with a chatting dish.
This taught me how to use prepared
food. Then l kept house and had
canned tomatoes to make soup if any
one came Unexpectedly, but 10Y l
keep quite an assortment of goods
ready for instant use.
What are they? Well, to begin
with, there are lots of things out of
which | can make sandwiches when
Bob turns up with an old friend from
the place he used to live in, and my
refrigerator is empty. There are all
sorts Of canned pates, among them
chicken, wild duck, grouse, partridge
and quail. Then / keep canned lob
ster, sardines in oil, shrimps, little
neck clans and such things that vary
in price from Is to 35 cents, and are
always ready to put in between thin
slices of bread and butter to make de-
licious sandwiches. Out of the shrimps
and lobster | can make salad with my
bottle of salad dressing that is on the
same shelf.
ION another shelf | keep all sorts of
canned and bottled soups and it is
astonishing how many varieties there
are. All that is needed is to heat
them up, put in some celery salt if de,
sired, and thicken them with a little
m%acaroni, or one a use them with.
out any thickening at all. Among my
canned soups l have mock turtle, to-
mato, OK tail, consomme, ~julienne
chicken, celery, vegetable, tomato and
okra, and beef. l buy these cans by
the dozen and get them in this way a.
a reduction. They average ten cents
a can. When I am very particular
open q can of green turtle soup o.
clam chowder, but these cost more
So you see | am all right as regards
soup in an emergency.
when I do not want to follow m!
soup course with sandwiches 1 cal
open some of my potted meats. I an
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24

neers, their occupation gone, had al
ready started for new barrens to meas
ure. Bridge builders followed. Men
of the pickax and shovel, drillers,
strikers, teamsters, Chinese, cooks,
solutions, camp-movers-a long pro-
cession faced westward toward Cali
forny. Gods country"
1t was the morning before George
Gregory's great day, the day he was to
Guido the Union Pacific feat Of laying
seven and a half miles of track at one
stretch. He had chosen the fiat
spaces eastward by Kelton, where the
grade was easy, culverts and bridges
few. Everything was in readiness.
The iron was coming-on the road
due at the Front that afternoon. All
along the line betting ran high. In
terest and excitement pervaded town,
camp and home; touched ever women
and children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens during, a trip Of the
Overland Mail" through the Rocky
mountains. Uncle Billy" Dodge, stage
driver, Alfred Vincent, a young a and
Phineas Cadwallader, introduced. They
come across the remains Of a massacre.
Later at Anthony's station they find the
redskins have carried their destructive
work there also. Stella Anthony, daugh-
troduced. Anthony has been killed.
Vincent is assigned his work in unearth-
Ing plans of enemies of railroad being
built. He returns to Stella, each show
hears from her lover, Gideon, and of his
phenomenal success Finds letter OF m
portance involving plans of opposition
road. Plot to destroy company,s ship
Flora lIfS is unearthed and incTimi9q odnd
Phineas ~Cadwarader faces prison on
charge Of wire tapping. A perfect chain
Of evidence co2nects him with plot 70
blow up "Flor!" Banquet in railroad
by a Miss Hamilton, Mrs, sally" Ber-
nard riches. Gideon makes
threat against Alfred's life. Quickly
leaves town on best procurable horse IN
search Of Vincent. Race to beat opposi-
ton company's stage a success. Stella
fails to zeal of Gideon. Stella receives
a letter: Promise to marry Gideon In
gram or Alfred Vincent will die" After
conference Stella decides to flee. Years
pass. Stella becomes known as Esther
Anthony, becomes a rich woman, edu-
Gates herself at Vassar and steps into
highest San Francisco society. Kidnap-
ing changes Alfred greatly and when
he and Stella meet in Frisco society, she
passes him without recognition. Stella's
love for Alfred and his for her is revived;
However, neither shows recognition OF
the fact to the other. Anthony romance
is unfolded, showing Gideon, who loved
Stella, to be her w cousin. Alvin Car
ter, Viola's lover when the Demands were
to their marriage, despite the fact that
several sons of rich sires are asking the
girls hand. The Bernards lose their
riches and Sally B. again becomes a no.
telkeeper, Viola marrying Alvin Carter.
Stella visits Sally B. n sees Uncle
Billy"
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Evidences of Merriment Sometimes by
No Means Satisfying.


"Of course, you have heard" said
the man with a sensitive ear, "a laugh
that Jared. / don't mean," he con-
tinued, $50 much a laugh at an inop-
perfume time--I imagine we have all
heard such laughs--as a laugh the
quality Of which is unpleasant. There
Is something contagious in laughter
Of the right kind, even though you
may be the object Of 1t. It bubbles
from the well Of good humor; there is
no hidden thought, or 'arriere pensee,'
as the French say, behind 1t. 1t is the
essence Of frankness; 1t is s%pontane-
GUS and ~wholesouled, and 1t cleanses
the system Of the laughter, and, too,
OF the nearer, like a spiritual bath,
But there are other kinds of laugh
ter. The sneering laugh is perhaps
the most familiar. Then there is a
quiet laugh-a sibilant secretive sort
of laugh that is quite as certain to
mean mischief. Another laugh, dis
agreeable in its nature, is the high
pitched, nervous cachination that
comes either from embarrassment or
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
10 SalesbeQble
By MISS DIANA HLRSCHLER, H.. B.
BoksteuMg Up q Wo66Iy NIL
Expert Trainer in SaIesmanShi1)

Mrs. Fly-Away was certainly a try
ing customer. She had no sooner
said she liked a certain style when
another caught her eye and she al
ways insisted upon seeing it. In this
way, she see-sawed from one to an
other and, indeed, frequently left
without buying at all. True, yet dare
say when she got home she felt quite
annoyed at not having anything to
show for shopping. She no doubt
wished then that she had bought the
plaid she had admired so much.
Now, it may be well to lament that
there are so many customers of this
type, but the duty of the sales-person
is to accept this fact and e how to
meet it, not simply to call it bad
luck"
When you engage yourself to this
kind of service you really engage to
deal with human nature ready-made.
Human nature unmakes itself only as
you meet it with a right understand
ing of its style.
Take the case Of Mrs. Fly-Away.
Her need is the need Of many people
to have some m bolster up a wob-
bly, will-to catch her up quickly when
she has actually reached the point Of
decision.
You must take some distinct action
to accomplish this. You must say in
a decided tone, as If you were speak
ing for her, Il think you have picked
out just what you want" or something
similar. This will prop up her de-
cision. But you must remember this
is merely a prop-else you will be dis
appointed-for she will allow it to sus-
tain her only for the moment.
Recognizing the short-livedness of
your prop, pulling out your sales
book with decision, you follow it up
briskly with a closing remark: THE
name, p~lease?" Before she has time
again to be distracted the matter is
clinched. After it is over she ap-
proves of you. But II your method
Is to let her wander at her own sweet
will she continues to be disconnected
with what she has done and you are
made a part Of her discomfort.
A will that rests not when 1t actual
ly has arrived at the stepping-off place
is very common. There is only one
thing for the seller to do with the
buyer in this case, that is for himself
to supply as far as possible the in
gredient of d~ecisiveness. in manner
tone, statement, eliminating further
every circumstance that might disturb
or turn the trend of thought.
A lady asks to see dollar shirts fol
an 11-year-old boy. The sales-persoi
throws out on the counter one shir
after another until there are eight o.
ten different ones lying there. TIL,
customer looks confused. She finger
them all and gets further and furthe
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24

from a decision. 1t is a question OF
were t. other dear charmer away"
An inspection of the pile by a cool
looker-on displayed the fact that there
were in reality only two types of de-
signs, the shirtings themselves being
the anne
Therefore the ~sales-person need
only have thrown out a shirt with a
dark ground in blue-for blue is the
most commonly desired. The Gus
toner then would have said: Il
wished a lighter colored shirt" OR
Have you no other color in that same
design? He has had so much blue"
In this way the sales-person very
quickly might have found what would
satisfy best without confusing the Gus
toner and making her forget what she
had in mind when she approached the
counter.
The desirable thing is to sense what
the customer thinks she wants. If
you have something that you believe
will satisfy her better in the long run
show it in%tslligently and with effect.
II you have not, keep her to what she
had in mind by cautious and careful
display Of the goods and finally help
to a decision with your own decisive
ness.
When the customer asksnfor some
thing and you hesitate and finger your
own goods, looking about as if you did
not even know its alphabet, she be-
gins to catch the trouble and gets into
a hesitating frame of mind.
But on the other hand, If you go at
onc to your stuffs, as if you already
knew exactly and precisely what was
good for her, her mind begins to settle
down. Then, If your tones themselves
are confident in sound, she is still fur.
ther treasured. You watch now her
facial expression, and catch by its
more alert, waked-up look that she is
beginning to find the thing she wants.
A little further plotting on your part
brings her to where she expresses her
self favorably; then 1t is time for you
to make your decisive move, you fold
up the article and accept her attitude
as final. 1t will be final, II you do not
distract her again.
Anyone who tends to become con.
fused in making a choice Of one among
many courses Of action-and who
among us does not?-likes this treat.
ment. There is always this proviso,
however, that you are square in your
dealings and sell your customer whet
you believe is the right thing for hin
to buy. This is a story by Itself.
Copyright, 1908, by Joseph b. BowleA1
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
Laughter Not Always Good

is a mere vocal habit. The worst
laugh of all, however, to my mind, is
that mirthless sound provoked by the
distress or embarrassment of others,
and 1t rasps, naturally, most of all,
the object calling it forth. A person
laughed at and hurt never forgets the
experience"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
MISSOURI NEWS
PARsoN TO BE TRIED JANUARY 4
Case of the Reverend Mr.. Cow Comes
Up at Mexico, Mo.


Elsberry.-Sheriff G. ". Gentry
has been here summoning witnesses
for the Gow-Gleason trial, which
comes upon a change of at
Mexico, January 4. Less than one
year ago, the Reverend Clyde Cow
was pastor of the NJ. E. church here.
Miss Elizabeth Gleason was a
granddaughter of the founder of this
city, R. l.. Elsberry, and was teaching
school when Cow became acquainted
with her.
Doctor Hemphill was convicted for
performing In operation on her, from
which she died. He was sentenced to
three years in the ~penitentiary, but a
new trial has been granted him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
Cant. Rumbold Is Honored.

Jefferson City.-Governor-elect Had
ley will name Frank M. Rumbold of
St. Louis acknowledgement. Rupmbold
is now commander Of Light Battery
A. st. Louis. Captain Rumbold has
been instrumental in building up Bat
terry A. and his appointment will meet
with the approval of that organiza-
tinn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
Nuns Hand Cut Off.

st. Joseph.-As the result Of an &C
cident in the laundry Of the academy
Of the Sacred Heart, in this city, the
left hand of Sister Ryan was amputat-
ed. Sister Ryan was operating a
mangle and reaching in to secure a
garment had her hand caught in the
machinery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
FALLS FROM WAGON, KILLED.
August Koch, 60 years Old, Dead at
Home in OWensvilIe, Mo.

Gerald.-August Koch, 60 years old,
was killed at his home in Owensville
near here. He was standing in the
real end of a wagon, when the horses
started, throwing him out backwards.
His head struck on a rock.
Mr.. Koch served two terms as judge
of the southern district of Gasconade
county. He was a director of the
Owensville bank, and manager of the
Modern Woodmen of America Lodge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24

Springfeld.-Rev. James L. Sullens,
pastor of a South Methodist church
here, died after being accidentally
shot while hunting. Two charges of
bird shot from a double-barrel gun in
the hands of S. F. Jared, a merchant,
entered the minister's right side.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
Court Dismisses Science Heaters.

Warrensburg.-The case of the state
against Mrs. Lena D. Jaccard and
Theresa M. Haywood, Christian
Scientists, of Kansas City, who were
placed on trial in the Johnson county
circuit court, charged with treating
the sick without a license, on infor-
nation filed by Prosecuting Attorney
Cockrell, was dismissed by Judge B.
G. Thurman, of Lamar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24

Neutrality-suspicious. Gill, of Portland
Galloway county, drove IT'S turkeys to
market to n dealer in this county,
which probably is the largest drove
ever delivered in this state by one
a He drove them thirty miles
over the country roads.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
Girl Sues w. B. RidaeIY.

Kansas City, Mo.-A suit for
100000 was brought in the circuit
court Tuesday by Miss Pearl Greer
against William B. Ridgely, former
president of the National Bank Of
Commerce. Miss Greer asserts in a
petition to the court that Mr.. Ridgely's
automobile ran over her at Seven
teenth street and Grand avenue,
November 10. She says she suffered
severe injuries.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
VIII Take over Failed Bank.

Springfeld.-The Merchants Nation
al bank, with a capital stock of $780,
600, paid up, and with a holding COM
pany having a paid-up capital of $780,
900 and to be known as the Security
Trust company of Springfield, was
organized here. The new bank will
take over the suspended National
Exchange bank as soon as govern
mental sanction to the transfer is OBJ
tanned and will pay depositors of the
defunct institution dollar for dollar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24

Gallatin.-In the Daviess county
circuit court at Gallatin the case
against Samuel Burnett, of Spring
field, ILL.,, who is charged with offer
ing a bride to John L. Anderson,
county school superintendent, was
continued to the April term Of court.
Burnett, a salesman for Ginn& Co.
school-book publishers is alleged to
have offered Anderson 5000 to vote
for the adoption of two of the CHM
books.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
Buckley Loses Appeal.

Jefferson City.-The supreme court
in division No. 2 denied the applica-
ton for a writ of habeas corpus to
secure the release from the p%eniten-
tiary of John Buckley, who was sent
from st. Louis to serve a sentence of
five years for robbery in the first
degree.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24

Jefferson City.-Governor Folk has
made the following appointments.
Charles N. Cooper, school commits
sioner for Maries county, vice R. l..
Holmes, resigned; Harry Martin,
coal-oiI-inspector for the city of
Kahokia for a period expiring Novem-
her d. 1909.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
Fuoltive Goes Back to Cell.

Poplar Bluff.-None Of the prisoners
who escaped from the city Jail here
has been caught. One man, after get
ting out of Jail, went to police head
quarters and sat by the stove for a
while and then returned to his cell.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24

st. Joseph.-The Rev. J. e. Hamp-
ton, who has been pastor Of the Patee
Park Baptist church, in this city for
the past two and one-half years, has
resigned to accept a call to the First
Baptist church at Moberly, Mo. The
resignation takes effect January l.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24
Man..

Some men not being satisfied With
their naturally ugly faces insist upon
wbistling on the Btreet-Atchison
Globe.