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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21
He's No PLAYER.

Bronson-Tm sorry the golf season
has closed.
Woodson-Why?
Bronson-It is better to have people
go and play the game than to have
them sit around and talk about it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21

If Your Feet Ache or Burn
get a Csc package of Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t gives
quick relief. Two million packages sold yearly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21

The blue heaven is larger than ali
the clouds lii it, and much more
lasting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21

Lewis Single Binder straight Sc cigar
made of rich, mellow tobacco. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21

A good detective makes light Of hi
ability as a shadow.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21

All sorrow is an enemy, but it car
ries a friends message within it, too.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21

A mans wife never thinks his Ill
ness is serious until he quits using lam
guage that wouldn't look well in print
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21

Cultivate ~amiability. A smiling
ace chases away gloom.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21

Even a fast man may not make q
rapid recovery when he's Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21

It is not what We intend, but what
we do makes us useful.-More. :
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21
NO TEMPTATION.

Wag (referring to Miss Oldbird)-
UNI, I should think it would be more
suitable if she were standing under
"~elderberries'' instead of mistletoe-
hnrriac
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROM0 QUININE. Look fol
the signature Of Il. W. GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure o Cold in One Day. 25c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21

Esauvx- rsAoE. nAaHs -uunn That Excel. Youridea
YEnHVZzHS<E1WY "A may be worth q fortune
sXkm III re y A1 Valuable guide book
mM&msAH EF4 free. WIN, T.JONES,
EgzZ e~opYRIcTIy I1O0FSt, Washington, u. C.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21

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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-21

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and g that 1t
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-24
The First Wire Nail.

Although the wire nail is a small
thing. it would be big thing TO do
without. Probably no one could est
mate the millions or billions or tril-
lions whatever the number NAV be
that are used in a single year. Yet
the first wire nails in the United States
were made no longer ago than 1872
The first machine for their manufac-
ture was brought over from Dussei
dorf and set up In Covington. Ky
Later this single machine was multi
piled by four and a company was or
ganized. In 1854 the manufacture of
wire nails was begun in Beaver Falls.
Pa. and the product was already he
ginning TO grow in popularity and use.
fulnesS. Just . wear later a strike
temporarily shut of the manufacture
Of cut nails. and the wire nail was in
such demand that the manufacturers
were swamped. From that time dates
the supremacy of the wire nail.-Chi-
cago Post.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-24
The First FireIess Cooker.

Soon after the battle of White
Plains, y. l.. while the American
forces We're drifting toward North Cas-
tie, the lone occupant OF a house. one
of the Pierce families. 81 the Bedford
road at Plpasautville. " \. looking
out Of the window. deserted "A posse
Of Hessian SoIdiery coming mp the
pike. Having just placed IA number
of loaves al bread IN the old Dutch
oven. she bethouglt herself that it
would be- well to secrete them until
the soldier band passed. She at once
removed the loaveS. which had already
become heated. and ran up in the at
tic and placed them between two
feather beds. The soldiers arrived in
due time and soon appropriated every
thing removable After their depar-
ture the housewife remembered the
bread exodus. ran up the stairs. and.
10. the bread was done TO the queens
taste" Magazine OF American HIS.
tory.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-24

A beggar boy asked an old gentleman
in the street for sixpence.
What will you do with it if / give
you onef' asked the old gentleman.
Turn il into ninepence quick" re-
piled the boy.
How
Give me the sixpence and I'll soon
show you
The boy got the money. darted off to
bakers shop and bought a three
penny loaf. with which be returned TO
the Old gentleman and handed him
back pennies.
"How's this: You said you would
make the sixpence into niDepence.
$50 have. The bakers got three
pence, you've got threepence. and I've
got threepenny loaf. That's nine
pence."-Pearson' Weekly.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-24
Week Of Prayer.

Commencing January 3, 1910,
a union prayer meeting service
will be held each evening of the
week at 7;3O p. NJ.
Jan. 3. Place, at the Baptist
church. Subject THAT the
Church be Delivered from
Worldiness and Filled with the
Spirit. Leader-Rev. Harder.
Jan. 4. Place, at the Presby,
terrain church. Subject THAT
the Church may realize her Obi
CATION to do Personal Work for
the Salvation of Men" Leader
Rev. Groves.
Jan. 3. Place, at the Christian
church. Subject-'That the
Church may be Endowed with a
deeper Sense of their Obligation
to Send the Gospel to the
Heathen." Leader-Rev. Hutch
ison.
Jan. 6. Place, at the Metho-
dist church. Subject-"That
the Church may Meet its Obi,
cations to Evangelize the Foreign
Emigrants to our Country"
Leader-Rev. Hawkins.
Jan. Z. Place. at the Baptist
church. Subject-"That the
Church may more Cordially Co
operate in Religious Work"
Leader-Rev. Hawthorne.
Jan. 5. Place, at the Presby-
terrain church. Subject That
the World may Accept the Bible
as Guide in Religious, Social,
and Business Life" Leader
Rev. Wallace.
Remember the proverb that,
"A good beginning is half end
ing and let us start the New
Year right.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-24
Late Hour EXPLAINED.

what kept you until this late hourT"
asked the husband OF his suffragette
wife.
well, my dear" she answered meek
ly. you see it took US an hour TO
greet one another. the meeting lasted
thirty minutes. and the rest Of the
time was spent in saying goodby."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-24
When Women Run Us.

Friend-So your detective force Is q
failure? Chief Emma-Yes; we can't
find any one who is willing to be a
plain clothes woman.-Puck.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-24
Had Had His.

Sioux Chief-Why didn't you torture
the baldhead? Piute Chief-What was
the use? He had been married for
twenty years.-Buffalo Express
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-24

Willie he was eating his luncheon a
man whom he knew emerged from
behind his paper and came over to his
table
"Beasty panic in the wheat mar
ket.' he observed rather dolefully.
Hope you're not scorched. Van"
mo money to play with, dear old
chap. I've just left a man up to his
eyes in it-Tom Truesdel. Know
him."
well, ratherw the other replied. II
have just dropped n cool $4,000 in the
pit. II your man Truesdell has been
equally out Of lnck he must be looking
forward to rather gloomy Christ
mas 1t means millions to him"
An hour later Van Tngen went into
the writing room and pcnned a note to
Mr. Truesdell to the effect that some
unexpected and important business
would compel him to foregO the pleas
ure of a further discussion of the con
templated alliance.
On Christmas eve Goodale and Van
Ingen met face to face on the street.
HN lht'Ni NPuiN i"'N pi'F'NN without
a sign of recognition. but Goodale
grasped his hand and greeted him cor
daily.
II am afraid you people must have
come out of your deal rather badly"
Van lngen stammered.
Not at ALL" declared the other ra-
dainty. with final wiring Of his one
time rivals hand which made him
vince 1--WE were bears. The lower
the price went the more we made.
About a million is the figure"
Van Ingen smiled feebly and muir
INJURED his congratulations.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-24

even an apology shouted in a voice
that seemed peculiarly disagreeable
Here, Goodale GET a move on and
sell all you can-10,O00 900 bushels to-
day. Keep cool head, man.
Having given his commands, Trues-
dell turned to his visitor you'll have
to excuse me-" he said. II expected a
quiet day, but the bulls are on the
warpath, and I'm having the fight of
my life. Goodale will be back present
ly, and he'll tell you all about it. Come
in tomorrow and II blow you to that
luncheon-if have money enough left
to pay for it,"
The excited operator was away be
fore the startled young man could put
in a word. He couldn't understand
why so rich a man as Truesdcl was
supposed to be should agitate himself
over his business. What was amiss
The idea was so irritating that he
found a trifing consolation in the
fact that his wooing had gone no fur.
Their.
Just then Goodale returned. and Van
Ingen felt it due to himself to learn
something of the condition of affairs.
His ideas of business were exceeding
ly vague. hut he nerved himself for
the undertaking.
Mr.. Truesdel seems TO be unusu-
ally excited today" he began. Il
can't help thinking something must be
up"
Something is up" Goodale admitted
quietly. Wheat is down"
"Oh, l see" said his rival. with a
dazed look which belied his assump-
ton Of intelligence. Mr. Truesdell
has been dealing very heavily lately.
l believe"
VERY heavily indeed" GoOdale
agreed promptly.
MANY people will be very hard hit"
Every hard indeed"
Van lngen concluded that he had
solved the problem. lie thanked his
informant. rose languidly and proceed
ed to his club inwardly grateful that
he had escaped terrible possibility.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-24

In the larger American cities Of lat
years Santa Claus has come to be pref
ty we'll known TO everybody who fire
quents the business streets during the
two or three weeks preceding Christ
mas. The Volunteers OF America. or
gained by BallingtOn Booth, formerly
of the Salvation Army, supply Santa
Clauses in considerable numbers
The traditional chimney idea is put
to practical use. A member of the Vol.
unteers rigs himself up in true Kris
Kringle costume. with long coat. tlow.
ing white beard and fur cap. He
stands beside a miniature chimney set
on the sidewalk. on Top Of which is q
large placard requesting passersby to
drop in a coin to help send Santa Claus
down the chimney with big Christ
mas dinner for the poor or to carry
shoes, clothing or other supplies to the
city unfortunates.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-24
The Truth About Santa Claus.

l write myself down as one who still
believes i'll Santa Claus. Don't YOU?
Are you one of those very literal folk
who have their doubts whether they
ought to let their children cling to the
beautiful old myth?
Without Imagination, without dreams,
without poetry, this old world of ours
would be very wearisome place. Its
road would be sleeper than it is--much
like sleighing over bare ground would
our progress be as compared with
sleighing over deep, hard packed snow
The poetic myth of the old saint
with his reindeer and his jingling bells
and his bullying pack of toys and bon
bons, has charmed a thousand genera
tons. The stocking hung by the chin
ney on Christmas eve, the children
staying awake until sleep bounced on
them like a strong man armed, the
presents filling them from top to toe
In the morning, the rush of the bare
feet hurrying fast across the floor. the
merry uproar, the bubbling laughter,
the shouts Of joy-the whole of this
family pageant belongs TO dear Santa
Claus. We owe it to him. Gradually,
as the golden mists Of childhood clear
before the sun and the trailing clouds
OF glory" fade, our small men and wo-
men discover that Santa Claus is not
one. but ten thousand; that he is better
than they knew. being just the spirit
OF love. good will and beautiful I'M
selfishness that makes the world a
beautiful place to live in now and
makes it good starting point for
heaven by and by For you and me
there is hope that we may do our duty
In this world lovingly while we keep
the child heart and believe in Santa.
WAYNE HOLT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-24
Christmas Family Advice.

To Papa Remember the myth OF
Santa Claus, to keep it holy.
To Mamma-Don't worry about the
molasses candy getting on the parloi
rug. Christmas comes but once year,
and the stores will sell you a parloi
rug any day.
To Miss Belle-It is not necessary to
stand under q bunch OF mistletCe II
you look at him the right way.
To Little Willy-DOn't bG enVious OF
Jimmy Jones because Santa brought
him n cannon. Next year you may ect
a disappearing gun. Ut will dlsappC,.
mysteriously shortly after you beg
10 make a noise with 1t, and Maybe
mamma can eXplain.)
To Baby-Be good. dear child. and
let who will be clever.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-24
BOBBY'S CHRISTMAS faint.
By WILLIS HAWKINS.

Copyright. 1919. by American Psess
Association
Y M awful tired o bein' rich.
1 think it was pity
N We come into the money which
Enticed us to the city.
I wish that we was poor again
An back in Pawpaw Center
Alvin as we ust t. when
We was so much CONTENDER.
Pa didn't have that worried look
An ma was never nervous
Before we had chef to cook
An butler man to serve us.
I'd ruther be the way we was,
All feelin fine an happy,
With simple cookin' such as mas
That never made us scrappy.
An then the Jugs the girls put on!
I think it's awful silly
That Mary Jane is Marie Zhon"
An Nellie is "Natilie."
But, gracious, they git mad at me
When 1 say Nell" or Mary"
Though that was what they ust to be
When they was 'tendin' dairy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-24

DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT SANTA CLAUS
WILL FIND Us ON THE SEA ~
On the good ship Polly the Christmas
sun shone down
And on smiling little face beneath
agolden crown.
No happier child he saw that day on
sea or on the land
Than the captains little daughter
with her treasures in her
hand.
For never was a stocking so filled
with curious things.
There were bracelets made of pretty
shells and rosy coral strings,
An elephant carved deity from bit
of ivory tusk,
A fan, an alligator tooth and lit
tie bag of musk.
Not tar aboard the Polly but felt
the Christmas cheer,
For the captains little daughter was
to every sailor dear.
They heard Christmas carol in the
shrieking wintry gust,
For child had touched them by her
simple, loving trust.
With 20 heave no and a 20 heave
no!
For ships must sail
Though fierce the gale
And loud the tempests blow.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-24
old FOX at Home Remembered.

good many hundred thousand dol.
lars have been shipped home TO Eerope
for Christmas. through the banks, by
foreigners employed in America. This
year, probably because Of the high
rates of wages, the banks have been
buster with this class OF exchange
than usual The bulk of the drafts SO
10 England and Ireland. Servants send
most of this money. and none + y
parently so poor or ragged that r
she has not at least the equiyale
a pound sterling to send homo I,
old folks.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-24
some HING new
FOR CHRISTMAS,
By ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER
Copyright. 1909. bv American Press
Association

z L lash our brains to chase up
something new to give our
friends at Christmas. In
likn mannnr thnY lnSh thnir
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-24

Sing holly now and mistletoe
And all resentment from your heart:
Sing the accessories which show
And in this joyous day have part;
Sing help to him you fain would wrong
And good 10 him you would deride:
Lift up your heart in joy and song
And sing the Christ back to your side
EBERT SHERMAN.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-24
CHRISTMAS ON THE POLLY.
By FRANK H. SWEET.

Copyright. 1909. by American Press
Association
Mt was tho good ship Polly, and
she sailed the wintry sea,
II For ships must sail though
fierce the gale, and pre-
cious freight had she.
Twas the captains little daughter
stood beside her fathers
chair
And illumined the dingy cabin with
the sunshine of her hair.
With 20 heave no and 20 heave
For ships must sail
Though fierce the gale
And loud the tempests blow.
The captains fingers rested on the
pretty, curly head.
Tomorrow will be Christmas day."
the little maiden said.
"Do you suppose that Santa Claus
will find us on the sea
And make believe the stovepipe is
chimney just for me!"
Loud laughed the jovial captain and
'By my faith" he cried,
eff he should come we'll let him
know he has a friend insidew
And many a rugged sailor cast
loving look that night
At the stovepipe where lonely lit
tie stocking futtered white.
With a 20 heave no and 20 heave
no!
For ships must sail
Though fierce the gale
And loud the tempests blow.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-24

Them days I knew lot O. boys
That l could play an fight with
An swap my marbles an my toys
Or go an stay all night with.
But now that I'm a rich mans SON
Thered be great sensation
If 1 should play with any one
Beneath my lofty station.
An now that Chris mus time is neal
An Sanity Claus is comm
I don't see how he'll git in here
Unless it's through the plumbin'.
Instead O chimneys we have wires
Where 'lectric currents sizzle,
An I guess where you don't have
fires
Your Christmas is a fzzle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-24

Peaeoeks For Turkeys,
Peacocks formerly took the place on
turkeys on the Christmas table.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28
Intoxicating Drinks.

"We have 6,O00 Intoxicating drinks
in America" said a temperance lee
turer. THAT, l believe. Is the record.
expert as our metropolitan bar
tenders are. they have none Of them
mastered the entire American drink
question, and they would throw up
their wet hands If man asked for a
bak-no-ma-shalo casasha. a sam, a
larangina or even a mescal.
you see. all the races that compose
America introduce here the drinks of
their old homes, Bak-no-ma-shalo and
sam are oriental cordials. sweet and
perfumed and nasty, that our soldiers
and sailors learned to like in the
Philippines.
"A larangina is a slightly acid drink
from South America. 1t is a mixture
of the leaves. flowers and fruit of
tropical plants-orange, banana, lime
pineapple. lemon. chocolate. mango
guava, tamarind and | don't know
what.
"Mescal is Mexican abomination
made of the cactus. 1t goes down like
a bunch Of cactus thorns.
"a casasha Is n powerful sugar cane
rum that the Jamaicans distill illicitly
For cent you can buy a pint, though
half q pint is quite sufficient"
Orleans Times Democrat.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.

Among the out-of-town visitors were
W. l.. Stanton and w. IL. Brown, Yer
DEL Phillip Dierk and Mr.. and Mrs.
C. II. Williams, Herrick, S. d.; Mr..
and Mrs. J. w. Peckham, e. II. Her
ron and F.. e. Smith, Dallas G. A.
Gass Madison; p. A. Gibson, Gregory,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Anderson,
ONeill.
Miss Jennie Venerberg, principal of
the Carroll schools for the past two.
years and last year secretary of the
North Nebraska Teachers association,
left Saturday in company with her
brother for a years visit to her old
home in Sweden. She will also spend
some time in Germany and other coun-
tries before returning to school work.
Miss Venerberg lives near Wayne and
is a graduate of the Wayne normal.
The outcome of the present baseball
season, so far as a Norfolk team is
concerned, is rather doubtful. Enough
local material to be worked into a
team hasn't come to light up to this
time to encourage the baseball com
mttee to take any definite steps. 1t
has been suggested that if several am
ateur teams were organized local in
terest in the national game might be
stimulated The Norfolk hospital
played its first game of baseball Sat
urday afternoon, the inside employees
defeating the outside employees II to
| s. The high school team has lost the
three games played so far, but has
developed some good material.
Incendiarism is believed by the
owner to explain the origin of the fire
which destroyed the big barn on the
east farm of w. S. Justice on the
yellow Banks. Mr.. Justice, who was
in the city yesterday replacing the
| horses killed in the fire, placed his
loss at $500 The barn was valued
at $500 with 81 900 insurance No
other insurance was carried Five
horses were burned one being
/ Morgan stallion purchased in Norfolk
year ago for $500. Two calves and
blooded Scotch Colley dog were also
! burned. In the barn, which was
4SX60, were several tons of hay, five
sets of harness and the accessories to
nearly all the machinery on the farm.
| The fire started about II o'clock Sun
day evening. The other farm build
ings were saved by hard work. Rain
fell during the progress of the fire.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28
Ennnnua Golf Match.

A projected golf match between two
well known amateurs ard Lending
member of the London stock exchange
for stake of $500 recalls the famous
foursome in which the Duke Of York.
afterward James H., took IA prominent
part on the Ieith links in the year
1852 II was really an international
contest In which the duke. with John
Patersone, golfng shoemaker of
great repute. champi0ned Scotland
against TWO noblemen of England. a
heavy wager depending on the issue.
The duke and the cobbler had an easy
victory, thanks largely to the man of
the last. and John Patersone's share
of the stakes was so substantial that
he was able to build a goodly house
In the CanOngate, In a wall of which
the duke caused stone to be placed
bearing the l'atersone arms with tn
motto Far and sure" tribute to the
cobbler's driving powers Patersone's
house, we understand. survives today
Westminster Gazette
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28
Dyeine Real Flowers.

every once In awhile some florist
gets busy and puts some odd colored
blossoms in his window as an extra
attraction to the display" said club
man. 81 just noticed one down the
street 1t consisted of a bunch of i'm
possibly green carnations. At first
glance II good many people thought
they We're made of paper but they got
interested when they found out that
they were natural Now, anybody
who wants to have any of these freak
flowers can get them by buying some
kind of aniline ink. any color desired.
Carnations are the easiest to color
white ones. of course, Put their stems
in glass filed with ink Their stems
are soft, and in Il short while tn
larger veins in their petals are filled
with the ink Don't let them absorb
too much color They are prettier
with just SO mach Then remove
them and put them in vase Of salt
water Lilies of the valley lend Them
selves TO this scheme also In fact,
any white. soft stemmed flower may
be used ."-Philadelphia Record