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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

Of government officials, are not sent
by telegraph, because Of the danger
they are subjected to by the operators
who leak" and make known their
contents. AS the country has enjoyed
fifteen revolutions In as many years
there Is always a strife by those out
Of office to get back In again and the
different factions are always looking
for opportunities to gain an advan-
tage. The slow mail service naturally
makes business drag along proper
tionately. The carrying of the mail
is let by contract and the men who
see 1t through to its destination are
subjected to much exposure and long
hours Of weary mountain climbing.
Along the coast the mali is taken
by Carrib sailors In small sail boats.
They encounter storms that drive
them out of their purse and occasion.
ally the boat is lost with all aboard
The sailors are frequently given to
drinking and this enhances the IAN
ger. Postmasters do lot sell postage
stamps for they cannot always be
trusted to return all the money re-
,ceived. A reliable business man gen.
orally sells the stamps for the gov-
ernment.
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Hence the Name.

In the service of a Baltimore fam
lily is an old negro cook known as
Aunt Sally, and not the least Of her
achievement is the preparation of sea
food.
In the kitchen one day Aunt Sally's
nephew, a nine-year-old lad from a
point where crabs are seldom seen,
was watching in breathless interest
the old lady's deviling of a dish Of
such crustaceans.
"Aunty," said he, after much retlec-
ton upon this mysterious point, docs
debbil crabs come from de debbil?"
mo, chile" promptly responded
Aunt Sally; but dey is de debbil to
make"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
THE FAST MAIL OF HONDURAS
United States Magazines and Papers
Are a Month Going to Tesu-
eIealpa the Capital.

Tegucigalpa, Spanish Honduras.-It
takes n month to get magazines and
papers from the United States to this
city. From the end Of the little mar
row gauge railroad to the capital is
six days hard ride over the noun
tains. All of the mail is transported
on mules. During the rainy season,
when the streams are swollen, the
mail carriers frequently swim the
streams with the letter bags on their
heads.
Owing to the slow mail service much
business Is handled by telegram, the
government owning the lines and the
rates being very low. Confidential
messages, however, especially those
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
He as . session Boy.

Your little boy must be very in
telligent," said a visitor to a Boston
school teacher whose ~five-year-old son
was forming Greek words with build
ing blocks.
Intelligent" exclaimed the proud
parent. HE is phenomenally gifted.
AS an example of his early erudition,
what do you suppose were the first
words he ever spoke?"
Papa and 'mamma?'"
Stuff and n%onsense!" calculated the
father, in a tone of disgust. why, the
day he was IL months old he suddenly
laid down his algebra and said to me:
Father, the longer l live the more in
dubitable proofs l perceive that there
is in Boston as much culture to the
square inch as there ever was in the
ambient area of ancient Athens!'"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
COUNTRY AWAKE TO DANGER
Increase of s~anatorla and Hospitals
for consumptlves ls Most
Gratifying.

The growth of the crusade against
tuberculosis In the United States is
shown to good advantage in the two
directories that have been issued by
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention Of tuberculosis and
the n in preparation. The first tu-
~berculosis directory published In 1904,
by the tuberculosis committee of the
New York Charity Organization Socie-
ty and the National Association listed
1873 sanatoria and hospitals for con
sumptives in the United States, for
some of which preliminary provision
only has been made. The combined
capacity of these institutions was only
5000 beds. T~hirty-two special dis
pensaries and thirty-nine a~nti-tubercu-
losis organizations summed up prac-
tically all Of the fighting force emu
merated in the first directory. The
second directory was prepared by the
National Association for the study and
Prevention of tuberculosis and pub
lished under the auspices of the Rus
sell Sage Foundation in August, 1908.
This directory listed 240 s~anatoria and
hospitals, an increase of LOT from the
former directory; 1853 dispensaries, an
increase Of 1876; and 1876 associations,
an increase of 1856. The number of
hospital beds listed in 1908 was 14,014.
The new directory that will be is
sued soon, will list over 400 sanatoria
and hospitals with a bed capacity of
nearly $4,000; more than 300 special
tuberculosis dispensaries; and fully
$50 anti-tuberculosis associations and
committees. Since the first directory
was issued In 1904, the increase in
the number of agencies fighting con-
sumption aggregates nearly 500 per
cent.
The National Association for the
Study and Prevention Of tuberculosis
would like to get in touch with all
agencies engaged in the fight against
tuberculosis, in order that they may
be listed in the new directory.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
An Awful Moment.

The company always included many
delightful women, and l remember the
CONSERVATION caused among them ona
day by Burnham, the scout. He en-
planned that he attributed his success
as a scout to the acuteness of his
of smell; it was like a blood
hounds.
There's no one here today" hs
affirmed, who at any time anywhere
in the future l could not recognize In
the dark. Yes, l could tell you, and
you, and you" nodding at an alluring
group in modish apparel, "by the way
you smell"
For an awful moment the converse
ton fagged.-McClure's.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

If the head of an industry declares
that no employer can be expected to
pay more for labor than the market
price Of labor-that labor is a com
petitive commodity the same as any
other marketable article-then he dis
qualities himself as an applicant for
protection If 1t is shown that the mar
ket price Of labor is such as to permit
him to manufacture at enormous prof.
its while labor is underpaid.
Now Colonel Roosevelt proposes not
only that the tariff shall be reduced
to the basis of the difference between.
domestic and foreign production costs.
but that even under this reduction the
government shall see to it that the la
Dor plea is not a mere subterfuge. that
the workman gets his share Of the pro-
lection or that the protection be with
drawn.
And why should not the government
exercise just such supervision?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
PenaItlea for Eore.t pestruotIon

Pittsburg.-The streams in the an
thracite region of Pennsylvania were
SO low during the summer that water
trains had to be run to keep the col
lieries In operation. The Schuylkill
river. usually a good-sized stream.
had only five inches Of water.
Conditions fully as bad have pre-
vailed in some Of the Hudson river
towns near New York. Reservoirs
went dry and eyeh lakes turned into
-mud, killing thousands Of fish.
W. are beginning to pay the pen.
atty for the destruction Of our forests
in another manner than BY dssaatat
ing floods.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
RooseveIt,s SERIOUS nIunder

1t is possible that Mr.. Roosevelt. by
his tariff Inconsistencies, has commit.
ted the first serious blunder OF his DO
litical life. His course has concilia-
ted none Of his eastern foes, while It
has alienated some Of his western
w~orshipers. Sooner or later every
career passes its climax. To this rule
Mr.. Roosevelt can hardly expect to be-
an exception and II his prestige should
wane hereafter without recovery it
may comfort him to remember that
the same thing happened to Napoleon
and Hannibal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
StronQ

The minister's eight-yearold dauSA-
ter was returning with her parents.
from church, where the district super
i%ntendent had that morning occupied
the pulpit.
"Oh, father" asked the little girl
her face alive with enthusiasm, Don't
you think Brother G. is a very strong
preacher? l do"
"Gratiied by this evidence of un-
usual intelligence on the part Of hin
offspring, the minister eagerly In
quired into her reasons for her stats
ment.
Oh" replied the little miss, arr
lessly, didn't you see how the duse
rose when he stamped his feet?-
Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
Roosevelt and the Tariff.

The Saratoga tariff plank has been
repudiated by all the progressives,
being everywhere recognized as a
standpat declaration, and yet 1t was
adopted by a convention absolutely
controlled by Mr.. Roosevelt. That
convention, under his inspiration,
went 80 far as to set aside the twice
expressed choice of the state commit
tee for chairman, thus humiliating
the vice-president of the United
States. Mr.. Roosevelt even forced
the convention to permit him to name
the committee on platform, thus talk
ing from the representatives OF the
people the right-which they had al
ways exercised-to make their W
selections. From beginning to end
the convention was Mr.. Rooseyelt's.
What 1t did he did. The country.
therefore, must regard the tariff plank
as a fair statement Of Mr.. Roose-
velt's present tariff opinions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
TARIFF AND FRAUD
PERTINENT OBSERVATIONS
BASED ON RECENT HAPPEN
lNGS.
Rate Within the Bounds Of Decency
Is the Solution of the Question
Ample Revenue Without Pres
ent Extortion.

Aseit is a notorious fact that fraud
causes high tariffs wide the well es-
tablished congressional method of tar
If manufacturer, so it is just as GER
tain that high tariffs. cause fraud. If
a tariff is high enough to make the
risk of evasion pay, that risk will be
taken and successfully often. That 1t
Will be taken by eminent and respec-
table citizens whom we should not
naturally expect to take 1t is clearly
evidenced by the sugar trust customs
frauds. Since then the underweighing
and undertaking of cargoes Of other
commodities have been discovered.
Now the federal authorities are on the
trail of New York's most prominent
importers of objects of art, and de-
clare that they are confident that they
can make good their charge that these
importers have been defrauding the
government. And we learn from
Washington that still other firms are
under suspicion Of being guilty of sim
liar crimes.
Opponents of the income tax have
insisted that such a tax would make
men liars. Probably it would in some
cases, as most taxes have that effect
more or less; but 1t Is certain that the
tariff tax makes men thieves. With
more rigorous inspection at the GUS
tom houses it has been shown that it
has become almost a custom for citi-
gems Of social prominence to try to
smuggle through valuable purchases
they have made abroad. And in ad-
dition to this amateur work the
amount Of practical professional Snug
Cling that is going on is appalling.
This form of knavery, as is COM
mon to knavery, Is meant to rebound
only to the benefit of the knaves. The
prices they charge for their smuggled
commodities are the same as those
charged for similar commodities on
which the duty has been honestly
paid. That is to say, these gentry
object only to the payment of the
tariff, but not to it's effects. Thus, In
many instances, our tariff Is strictly
protective, with no revenue-raising
features whatever, and however rigor-
ously we enforce or pretend to enforce
our customs laws, it will remain so
to a greater or less extent as long as
the schedules are high enough to make
fraud worth while.
That Wa can raise ample revenue on
"a tariff that 1t is cheaper to pay than
evade, there is no doubt; nor is there
any more doubt that such a tariff will
afford all the protection that is JUS
titled, If we continue to maintain the
theory that protection is justified at
all. Such a change would contemplate
neither free trade nor a tariff for rev.
.enue only, but a protective tariff that
is within the bounds of decency and
mi which does not turn all the earn
ings of the people into dividends, ex-
ira dividends and melon cuttings. If
we must hamper international trade,
let us do so decently instead Of hog
gishly, and so make for the welfare of
people and the honesty Of our
importers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
RooseveItlan .lnaocuraoxn

Mr.. Roosevelt has declared that
through the nearly eight years Of his
administration Senator Lodge stood
by him in all his policies "A little
while ago he made a like statement as
to Senator Beverage. AS Lodge and
Beveridge we're most Of the time on
opposite sides w have here a striking
example Of things equal to each other
that were not at all equal to the same
thing. The assumption that Mr..
Roosevelt does not recall the facts cor
rectly is inadmissible.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
THOUGHT SHE HAD PRAcT:cED
Frenehman's Suspicious Really Some
thing of a Compliment to the
Men of America.

Claude Grahame White, the English
aviator, praised, at a dinner in New
York, the good fellowship of Amer
leans.
The American woman is regarded
abroad as an angel" he said. The
man is admittedly a good fellow, but
an angel he is far from being.
You've heard of the Frenchmax
perhaps, whose sweetheart spent the
summer in America? After her return
the poor Frenchman seemed quite
blue.
Whats the matter with your .
friend asked.
81 am worried the other muttered.
about my fiancee. You see, since hsf
return from America she kisses 80
much better than she used to-"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
An Effort to obIiae.

"Mr. Lowbrow does his best to be
agreeable" said the sympathetic
young woman. TITS too bad that he
has so little tact"
II understand that Miss Coddleyap
refuses to speak to him. He sent her
a box of candy and she fed it all to
her pet terrier. So he tried to be still
more kind and thoughtful and sent
her a box of dog biscuit"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
THE NEW QUEEN OF ENGLAND
Queen Mary Has Been a Favorits
With the People From Her
Earliest Glrlhood.

London.-Queen Mary has been a
faVorite with the English people from
n earliest girlhood. and is the first
English princess for many centuries
u share the British throne. Two
years younger than the King, born in
Kensington Palace, brought up on
rather strict Victorian lines
at the White Lodge in Richmond
Park-where her mother. the
Duchess Of Teck, one Of the
warmest-hearted. most lovable and
most self-sacriicing women of her
time, maintained a simple but cultii
waited and much-frequented salon
Queen Mary was trained as few girls
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
A ReaIist on Hone,

William Dean Howells, discussing
realism at n of his Sunday after
moons in New York, let fall a neat
epigram on hope.
Hope" said the famous novelist,
"1s not, really, an angel in a dia-
phanous robe of white, but only the
wisp Of hay held before a donkey's
nose to make him 60"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

pleased with the quick relief Doan's
Kidney Pills gave me. They drove
the pains away and restored my kid
neys to a normal condition. l have
been free from kidney trouble for six
years."
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N, Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

rs mercury will surely destroy the sense Of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering 1t through the. mucous surfaces. Such
lions from reputable physicians, as the damage they
will do Is ten fold to the good you can possibly de.
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
BY =. j. Cheney d Co., Toledo. o.. contains no mer-
curry. and is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system, In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally, and made in Toledo.
Ohio. by 7. ]. Cheney q Co. testimonials free.
Sold BY Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
Reporter In Luck,

City Editor (hurriedly)-Anything
new about that suicide in the st. Fash
ion hotel?
Reporter-Not much. The man was
a stranger, about my size. Shot him
self with a 32-caliber revolver. Had
on a dress suit at the time. The body
had been taken to the morgue.
City Editor-'Bout your size. That's
lucky. l want you to report a big So
ciety wedding in an hour. Rush
around to the morgue and ask the
keeper to lend you that dress suit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
It Cured My Baby-Hereafter | Will
Always Keep 1t In the House.

[ cannot speak too highly for Res
mol Ointment. 1t cured my baby boy
of Eczema. He had a very severe
case and numerous other remedies
failed to do any good. I would not
be without Resinol Salve In the house.
1t is good to apply in cases Of burns,
cuts or sores of any kind.
Mrs. F. Cox, Chicago, Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
Tariff Barrier and Hloh Prices

Sugar is largely imported, and the
duty on 1t is the very basis Of the
much-criticized semi.monopoly Of the
sugar trust. Meat in various forms
could be imported at profit In parts OF
the country now, and as things are
going it could be brought In more and
more we're 1t not for the tariff barrier
that defends the meat trust against
competition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

10 be a crook is not much, nova
days. Crook are plentiful, and some
Of them are estimable men. J~ackasses.
however, have been scarce. We do
not now remember that Colonel
Roosevelt has called any other man
a jackass except Federal Judge An
derson Of Indiana. TO be a iackass at
this ~juncture, therefore, Is 10 be one
mar picked out Of many more than
ten thousand, Judge Anderson need
not mind. The colonel can do much
worse when he is really angry.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

ED GEERS, 1.-THE grand old man." he
is called for he is SO honest handling
horses in races. He says: "I have used
SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE for u
years, always with best success. 1t is the
only remedy 1 know to cure all forms of
distemper and prevent horses in same sta,
BILE having the disease" Soc and 81 a bot
tie. All druggists, or manufacturers. Spohn
Medical Co., Chemists, Goshen, Ind.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
Too Free.

Seymour-What caused the Allcome
Life Insurance company to fail?
Ashley-It was altogether too free
in accepting risks. l don't believe 1t
would have eve refused to insure the
life of a turkey the day before Thanks
giving"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
The Preface 10 Trade.

Il had a curious experience yester-
day" said Farmer Corntossel.
What was it,"
"A stranger came along and told
me a funny story and didn't try to
sell me anything"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

What Murine Eye Remedy Does to
the Eyes is to Refresh, Cleanse,
Strengthen and Stimulate Healthful
Circulation, Promoting Normal Condi-
tons. Try Murine in your Eyes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
German view Of pynastIo possIhllltIes

Far from being an idealist, Roose.
welt is only the representative Of the
most impudent "elbow policy" by
means Of which he has succeeded iii
establishing the conception of a Roose-
welt dynasty in the freest OF free re-
publics.-From the Boersen-G Gazette of
Berlin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10


in every part of my
body. l rested poor
ly and was so stiff
In the morning /
found It hard to
dress. / became
tired easily, lost
flesh and was in q
bad q I was well
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
Pride.

Chicago has a lot of Local PRIDE
hasn't it?"
We'll" replied Mr.. Lakemish; re
depends on whether you are talking
about baseball or the grain business
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

did you have any narrow escapes
in the surf last summer"
YES" replied the life-saver. "One
lady whom l rescued was so grateful
that she nearly married me-"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
Bears the
The REGULAR Fare.

What makes you think that young
man will be a success In society,""
"The fact that he has such an ex-
tra~ofdinary appetite for tea and sal
ads"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

For almost everybody, the course Of
life is fixed by memorable necessities.
Not n in a thousand is free to
choose the life he would care for
Dickinson,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

Sore throat leads to Tonsilitis, Quinsy
and Diphtheria. Hamlins Wizard Oil
used as a gargle upon the first symptoms
Of a sore throat will invariably prevent
all three Of these dread diseases.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

Cannon says the tariff is all right.
And here we've been talking about 4
lot Of stuff 1t wasn't any use to talk
about all this time, and-welll Don't
you feel foolish7
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
Can You Blame Him?

PA, what does 'skepticar mean?"
"That describes a mans feelings
when a woman tells her age"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
lmmoblIe.

A good many standpat congressman
are still standing pat-for the reason
that the voters denied them the priv
( ilege OF running.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

Lots Of women dress as If they
were hard of hearing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

There are lots Of people who are
afraid to sit down at a table with 10,
but a hungry boy isn't one of them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

There is no help for a man who L.
too lazy to work his friends.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

Lewis Single Binder straight Sc cigar
Is made to satisfy the smoker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
Were you ever on an auto,

Fecke--Were you ever on an auto,
mobile?
Weeks-Yes; once. Were you?
Fecke-I don't know. l was merely
on the front dashboard for the frac-
ton Of a second, and before l could
pick myself up it got away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

Silence may give consent or it may
give. offense.
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CURED 30 YEARS.
No Fear of Further Kidney Trouble.

Mrs. Josiah Clinker, State St., Tama,
Iowa. says: my first symptom Of
kidney trouble was intense pain in my
back. This grew worse until l ached
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10

All men are equal before the law,
but some are more than equal to the
task Of getting around It.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
Cheap.

Howell-Every man has his price.
Powell-Well, | wouldn't have to
borrow money to pay yours.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-10
Important to Mothers

TTTFV E"TT 80
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it