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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-24

ferred to manila cards, by the punching Of
holes in them to correspond with the different
items in the schedules. An electrical machine
controlled by a clerk can punch holes in 5000
cards a day. Three hundred of these were
used and 10000, 900 cards were ordered.
After the punching the cards are handled
into an electric tabulating machine with a
"pin-box" attachment which permits the re.
quired pins to pass through the v~ariously
placed holes In the cards, in this establishing
an electric circuit resulting in the tabulation
of the items on counters which register their
results in printing on spoiled paper somewhat
like a stock ticker" There are 100 of these
machines. After certain comparisons to prove
accuracy, the schedules are permanently pre-
served in a great iron safe in the census bu-
reau. AS the card does not contain the name
of the persons for whom 1t stands, all personal
identity is eliminated from the cards. All dam
ger of misuse of such information disappears.
Severe penalties are provided in case any en-
ployee d~iscloses census information to outsid-
ers. The next step is the making of the maps
and tables to accompany the analyses, and
then, finally, the issue of the printed bulletins
and reports. Before July /, 1912, the work
must be over and the thirteenth census gone
to join Its scientific ancestors.
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Strawberries Are Discussed.

Neosho.-The Strawberry congress,
held under the auspices of the State
Horticultural society, convened here.
Newton county is a fitting place for
this congress, as 1t placed Missouri
on the map as a strawberry state. The
congress was held in conjunction with
the harvest show arranged by the To-
cal commercial club. The display Of
fruit was the finest ever shown here
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Says Dry Spell Aids Crops.

Columbia.-A statement on dry
weather and crop conditions in Mis-
souri,, prepared by T. c. Wilson, secre-
tary of the state board of agriculture,
was issued and is Is follows: "The
dry weather throughout Missouri,
which began about two weeks ago, has
done far more good than harm to the
Missouri farmers crops. 1t has saved
the late corn and greatly improved
the condition of the early corn. Grass
and fall pastures have suffered in
some districts, but the damage is not
serious"
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Prof. W. H. pommer Improves.

Columbia.-W. HI. Pommer, profess
sor Of music at the university of Mis-.
souri,, who is at the Parker Memorial
hospital suffering from appendicitis,
is improving. An operation may not
be necessary. Professor Pommer's
sickness will delay his report of the
committee of award for the state song
for Missouri. He is chairman Of that
committee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-24
Medical Society Meets at Mexico

Mexico.-The Linton District Medi-
cal society, one of the oldest medical
societies in Missouri, met at the Ringo
hotel. The officers of the society are
as follows: DR.. F. G. Nifong, Column
bia, president; DR.. A. R. McCombs,
sturgeon, first vice-president; DR.. r.
G. STROBE, Mexico, second v~ice-presi-
dent; DR.. R. T. Gibbs, Mexico, secre-
tary, and DR.. N. r. Rodes, Mexico,
treasurer.
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lncendiarles Busy In joplin,

Observation-Disclosures are believed
to have been responsible for five fires
which destroyed $4,000 worth of prop
erty in and around Joplin. In each
instance coal oil carried to the build
ing in paint buckets was used to give
the flames Roadway, and the fires
broke out so nearly simultaneously
that the fire department was unable
to leave the first until after the other
buildings had been destroyed.
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Reason for STRANGE Names,

A little colored girl appeared on
n of the city Fairgrounds the other
day, accompanied by two pickanin-
MES, who, she explained, were cousins
of hers, visitors in Newark. What
are their Names" asked the young
woman in charge Of the playground.
aida Overture Johnson and Lucia
Sextette Johnson" the girls answered.
you see their papa used to work for
a opera man."-Newark News.
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Buih Bath for Mine Mules

veterinarians were convinced that a
daily bath would prolong the life and
the vigor of the mules which they
used in the mines. At any rate, they
built a big bath about 40 feet long
and something like four feet deep, near
the entrance to the stables. The
mules are pretty tired, as you can Inn
agine, at the end Of a days work.
But you should 9 them rae from
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-24

as great a puzzle as the story 1t illustrates.
Breval refers to it as the famous vase of
chaledony;" Nilsson calls it an agate; Bartoll
a sardonyx; while Caylus and others correctly
decided that it was made of glass. The blue
body was first formed, and while still red hot,
coated over as far as the bas reliefs were in
tended to reach with semiopaque white glass.
the delicate figure being afterwards cut down
to the blue ground In the same manner as with
real canoes.
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huna jury in Katy Gaze.

Montgomery City.-The 10000
damage suit Of Ernest Young against
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail
road company, resulted in a hung
Jury. The jury has been out for "a
hours, n was dismissed by Judge
Barnett.
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coIIlery Proprletor's Scheme Was
Appreciated by the Animals and
Prolonged Life and vIgor.

Some time ago the proprietor Of
"a colliery at Plains, Pa, which is
known as the Henry, built a big bath
tub for the mules In the company's
mines. can't say that this wal
done altogether from an altruistic mo-
i've. The owners, after consulting with
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Town Has a sieqe Of Broken Leas.

Rich Hill.-Three Rich Hill young
men suffered broken legs. Harry
Coleman was run over by a house
moving outfit. Louis Root was kicked
off q wagon by a mule. Archie McGin.
mis- a caught under a landslide in
the Pearson mine.
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School Principal sIashed.

Bismarck.-Prof, L. G. Stewart,
principal of the Bismarck high school,
is confined to his home as a result Of
a knife wound, and Grover Callahan is
being sought by the sheriff. Stewards
home Is In Wellsville.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-24
Precautionary.

The Millionaire-Doctor, Is 1t abso-
lutely necessary to remove my APP
pendix?
mot absolutely, but 1t is safer to
begin with some simple operation
like that."-Life.
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pemocratIo p~eIlticlan pead.

Platte Cty.--Col. J. H. Chinn, citi.
zen Of Platte county, former county
clerk and leading Democratic politi-
clan, is dead. He was buried here by
the Masonic fraternity.
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Merger Plan for Missouri Lines.

Columbia.-The North Missouri Cen
trail and the Mexico, Perry & Santa
Fe Traction company may consolidate.
The two roads parallel one another
from Mexico to Columbia part of the
way. The consolidation would make
a system running from Hannibal tc
Mexico, thence to Fulton, with the
main line to Columbia and Jefferson.
City.
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ereffisld Grow Acquitted Of Murder.4

Dexter.-Grefield Crow, who shot
and killed Peck Montgomery at Essex.
Mo-, three years ago, was acquitted by
a jury. Montgomery was a lawyer and
was shot to death in his office.
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though only thirty-eight
years old, Is older than
most of the generals COM
manding the forces In the
Civil war, and who is,
too, a statistically scar
red hero, a veteran In
government service, and
likely to prove the most
practical and efficient d.
rector connected with
any of the past censuses.
Then there is the assist
ant director, William H.
Willoughby, of Washing
ton, D. c., former secre-
tary of state Of Porto
Rico. Next in rank are
the FIVE chief statisti-
clans: William G. Hunt,
in charge of the popula-
ton division; LIE Grand
Powers, heading the ag-
ricultural division; Will
liam M. Stuart, oversee
ing the manufacturing d.
vision; DR.. Grassy L.
Wilbur, the vital statis-
tics work, and DR.. 10
seph Adna Hill, the d.
vision of revision and re-
suits. Charles s. Sloane
is the geographer; Al
bertus H. Baldwin Is the
chief clerk; Voler v.
is chief of the publica-
ton division; Hugh M.
Brown is private Sec
rotary to the direct
or: Robert M. Pindell,
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tors said I could not
get well unless I
had an operation
/ knew I could not
stand the strain Of
one, so I wrote to
you sometime ago
about my health
and you told me
what 70 do. After
Lydia E.
.Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound and
R1NN1 pUrifar r o~
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$500 If that is all the expense, it Is
cheap. The late Gen. Francis A. Walker,
who was a census authority greater than
any other, living or dead, once wrote that
the people of the United States can well
afford to pay for the very best census
they can get" He penned this remark
In connection with a frank confession of
bis own shortsightedness in underesti-
mating the cost of the tenth census.
It's the old story: When you are Ill
get the best doctor you can afford.
The comparative cneapness with which
the thirteenth census has been taken was
largely due to Director E. Dana Durand's eco
nomical methods, to the introduction of semi-au.
tomato electrical card-punching, tabulating
and sorting machines, and to the inheritance
OF wisdom from the experience gained by the
permanent census bureau. During the term of
the latter the methods of inquiry, tabulation and
compilation have been greatly improved, both
In accuracy and in economy. Millions will be
saved.
Mr.. Durand Is responsible for many Of the
new methods to increase statistical accuracy
at every step of the census taking and to de-
crease the per capita cost of the enumeration.
The card-punching, tabulating, and sorting ma
chinery is the invention of a census mechani-
cal expert and the patent rights belong to Uncle
Sam. The machines are novel in plan and de-
sign, are Of greater speed and efficiency than
those they superseded, and can be built and
operated at a large saving of money as COM
pared with previous expenditures for this pur-
pose.
Other money-saving features are the elimi-
nation of the vital-statistics inquiry from the
work Of the decennial census, as it belongs to
the permanent branch Of the United States
census; the reduction in the number of SEIZED
ules, the piece-price method Of paying for ma
chine work, the omission of the hand, house
hold and neighborhood industries from the
manufactures branch of the census, and the
reduction of the size and number of copies Of
the final report.
Congress limited the thirteenth census to
four general sub1ects-population, agriculture,
manufactures, and mines and %quarries. The d.
rector is authorized to determine the form and
subdivision of inquiries. The inquiry as to
population relates to the date April 10, 1910;
that as to agriculture concerns the farm opera
lions during 1909 and calls for an inventory of
farm equipment April IL, 1910; that relative to
manufactures and %quarries is for 1909.
The enumeration carried only the popula,
ton and agriculture schedules April IL, 1910.
Special agents were sent out with the sched-
ules for the manufactures, mines and ~quarries
data. There we're fully 81, 1000 enumerators, Of
whom about $4,000 carried both the population
and agriculture schedules, as 1t is estimated
that there are now fully 1000, 900 separate
farms In America, with farmers numbering
well UP into a score Of millions. In 1910 there
were many more billions of dollars Of fixed
capital invested in agriculture than there were
in manufactures, strange as 1t may seem. And
the farmer is getting better Off all the time;
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Train Hits Hand Car, FopemAn ttust:
sedalia.-A westbovnd Lexington
branch passenger train q down a
hand car and crew just south Of
Georgetown. W. Jasper a section fore
man, intsrr9d bis 'ieft deg cut el and,
was probably fatally injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-24
Minieter Boomed for Chaplain.

Mexico.-The Rev. ". H. Hook Oh
this city is being mentioned by his
friends for chaplain of the Missouri
house Of representatives. He is amin
lister Of the Christian church, and an
oId-time Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-24

Novelist-When Pm writing a novel,
l lose considerable sleep over 1t.
Critic-Oh! well, what's your loss Ia
your readers gain.
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oDObl VI iVVOtVOOs ObA
venerable dad has calculated that the
thirteenth investigation will cost about
$1S, OO0,0 900; $50, 900, 900 has been spent
for this purpose since 1890.
The twelfth census cost about $751;
100000, and as Uncle Sans landed pos
sessions have increased since then and
his family gained about Is, 000, 900 more
members than belonged to it in 1900,
1t would be considered no more than
fair If the present diagnosis were to
call for the spending of about $19,000,.
600, which would be the sum if the rate
OF increase of expense at each census
up to the twelfth were to be main
tanned for the thirteenth.
A census expert has estimated that
OF the thirteen millions, the headquar-
tiers office force will carr 81, 900, 900,
the enumerators $4,000, 900, the super
visors $4,000, and the special agents
100000. The administrative cost will
be 100000, the, stationery 5000, 900,
rent SIPS, 600, tabulating machines $780,.
900, cards for %tabulation processes,
100000, printing $500, 900, Alaska $685.
900, Porto Rico $1,000 Total, $12.-
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-12-04
Las VOICES viejas.

iOh vieja voz doliente de esas ane
Jas cuerdas. oh, viejo violin triste
&c las eanciones vielas. Fran ninos
mis- padres cuando til eras ioven, y
aprendiste cantores que nunca has
olvidado- Tu nrrlllaste mi infancia !;
III en- gendraste las pristinas locuras
de mi espiritu, III diste vida V fuerza
d mis- primeras ansais, q mis- prime
ros gritos. ! mis- prlmeras lagrimas.
HOY giines como entonces; hoy, co
mo entonees cantas. y tu voz suena
i viejo, Y vtu voz suena a falso.
\ III vnz me conmueve por
que me sabe q dias que pasaron, a
noras que murieron, q recuerdos azu
les. ! los labios que me besan, a bra
zos que me abrazan, q flores. a rocio
q torres Z ciguenas, a Ia gos escon
didos... On. vieja voz doliente de
estas anejas cuerdas; vieio violin
triste de las canciones vieias.
Emilio Ferhneren.
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10 que haIan
los aeIeop|anos,

"a que velocidad podran marcha1
los aeroplanos?
Monsieur Levasseur opina que an
tes de dos amos los pajaros mccain.
cos alcanzaran la velocidad de 2o(
Kilometres por hora.
Anade que la actual generation
conocera aeroplanos que cruzaran
el espacio con velocidad de 600 k 10.
metros por hora.
Ha dicho que sera creado el apa-
ratio de alas batientes, y que Ia velc
cldad sera puramente una question
de motor Y de peso.
Monsieur Levasseur opina que los
aereoplanos podran conducir pesos
considerables relativamente.
En- Ia actualioiad solo pueden ser
dedicados al servicio postal; pues en-
varlos amos no hay que pensar en-
que pueda conducir mercancias.
Edison opina que la maquina
volante no podra nunca transporter
grandes pesos, ahadiendo:
"Servira para el correo, pero nun
ca para el transporte de mercancias
Las maquinas postales podran lie
var una velocidad media de 100 XII
lometros por hora Y seran pequenas
para ofrecer al aire Ia menor resisten
cia.
Ell aparato del porvenir debe ser
de tai manera que un hombre inte
ligente pueda aprender SUI manejo
en- un tempo razonable. La accion
del conductor sobre el aparato debe
ser segura.
1o creo que podra descubrirse un
medic e trasmitir Ia energia cleo
tlica, ST. Ilo, desde la terra al mo-
tor de una naquina en- pleno vuelo.
Hasta que Sc haga este descubrl-
mlento que sera una revoluclon
para los conquistadores del alre y Ia
humanidad tendran que ser emplea
dos motores de explosion.
Sc habla del empleo del acido pl-
crico, y me parece que este puede ser
un gran paso para aumentar la po-
tencia de las maquinas volantes. !"
Monsieur Maurice Leblanc, que Sc
ocupa de la transmission de energia
electrea a los AUTOMOBILES en- mar
cha oplna que quiza la transmission
de electricidad d los aeroplanos
desde terra podia ser causa del esta-
blecimlento de rutas fiias en- las que
Sc colocarlan las flentes de produc-
clon para la Marcia de los motores
Gle las maquinas volantes. !
Otros muchos amantes de Ia
avlaclon hacen interesantes profecias
pero todos guardian silencio en- 10
lue respecta a las dolorosas conse-
cuencias que ha de tener la aviacion
antes de llegar al progreso ideal!
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EN- Il PAAQUE.

Is ID bora apacible del recuerdo.
de las esperanzas sin ioInas, dc Il
meditation. rs crepusculo,.
Nlelo mago que apareceS entire Ia
azul transparencia de Ia tarde. vas
cubriendo de sombrs el parque slIen
rioso y envuelves mi espiritu en- IN
velo de indefinidas ,ristez4s,
ira gico rev que surges entire iavas
de sangrey v expiras languidamente
coronado por las princras esuelias,
Cuando mueres en- IL lecho lie 70
SO, oh tarde otonal. slcpiras Ia ola
rasca. sollozs 81 yiento, van callando
los nidos y mi alma despiertan nu
.has olvidadas D prcsentidas ternu
Tas. muchos besos eytnguidO, o no
dados auln, muchos amo-es.
Is noche enreda enr7e los slzmos
su enorme cabellera hrma. El sstiro
de Ia fuente inflara entire Ell toliaie
con YIN rayo de sol. L'lego el color =
bora y las fo-nas & pierden.
Y con "a caheza en-r@ la manns
pienso en- TODD 10 ore - consume
n todo 10 que Sc apa = n l. r.ez
uIndad de Ia gloria. II T. tiir.eno
r. Ia felicidad, en- 10 corto Z l. Hsyen
tud.. -
J Ia noche llegs.
Canine con Ia profunda IA Jan
cola de squel snochecer. por Ne
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LA MUJER.

Por I. \ psrs Ii ioh muier, nacen
las obraS inmortales y sc producer
los esfuerzos sublimes. Til eres Ia re
.compensa de nuestra vida. NADIA con
slela a aqUel que te ha perdido, NADIA
entnsrece i los que tie poseen. Ira
d.as conc "a aioha Y tienes alas CO
mo "a esperanto. In vano un rev ha
bio de Ia inrpstancia V un poeta de
III perfidia Tueres el fin que todo
tiende Y el sGeio en- cue 4 todo boga
NOS. :Necesidad sentinlos de busear
te. y deleite en soiiarte, Y elona en
oonglIStarte,
.sQlt sliefn mas save q,.e el he
alcanz4r cue III corpsrtas nuestro
amar n cue ~ amor poE siempre nos
SEA tiel1
iFeEce= los qGe dszc.enden estre
ehamente enlazados. q corlents de
L vida eiaI dos cisnes ne no sb-en
gra slameia solitaria.
En- ei Tlnsente solo hrIIla IN csr
demo f'ilgpr i IN el eStanaue un
remhlor> Y I'sliio reflejo erepuscu
lsI.
EcsgTS0 CIln.
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1D0NDE ESTAS?

Estrella, 1te has ido al cielo? Pa
Iona, 5te vas de vuelo? eDonde es-
tas? Ha tempo que no tie miro: 6te
fuiste como un susplro y para STEM
pre- jamas?..
Primorosa musa mia, rensajera
de algeria, dulce flor, tpor que ocul-
tas el semblante d los oios de tn
amante sonador?
Is que tienes I'm palaeio dc dia-
nante, de topacio, en- I'M magleo
pals dEs que algun genio te manda
q Bagdad a Samarkanda. 3 j Paris.
Dehciosa chiquitina, con tt rlsa.
crstalna das Ia CANA del amor: ma
riposa pintoresca siempre viva, STEM
pre- fresca de perfume embra gador.
70 saba que por Ii Ia luz del dia
recelosa estaba V fiera que por Il SUI
fre V Sc irrita Ia enNdiosa Senorita.
Prlmavera.
Pero 6donde estaS. mi vida , 81 en-
IN bosque estas perdida. . en- mo
negro torreon. donde 81 vivo amor
te prende de alg,in genlo, de algun
duende de Ia corte de Oher6n.
81 i'm osado caballero como TN an
gel prisionero te llev6, mi Zoraida,
mi Fatima, qtlien te busque Y te re-
lima, sere 20.
Pero Mundane I'm menSaje con
n enano, con TIL pale, coa q yiento
son el sol, . armaao con nj aroma
aroma que Is tralga una palonla
tornasol
lNuelves2 dvienes? Estoy triste.
Mas cruel dolor no existe que el no
verte nunca mas. Dime perla, mar
garta. prmorosa muchachlta sdon-
Le eSlae?
Ryber Dgrio
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LA N0CHE TRAG|CA.

Ell lobo aulla sobre la colina, bajo
una gigantesca encina pelada, en- la
desolacion salvaje del gran vale ne
vado. El lobo inicia su cantlco al
prelunio. al gran prelunio de Enero,
porque el lobo tiene hambre y colera,
porque ell lobo esta loco de febre v
de ra bia bajo su piel erizada. iSabed-
10, caminantes del Vermland, tenedlo
presente! Ese cantico que vibra So
bre la collna, bajo la gran encina pc
lada, es, a la vez que un insulto a la
soledad y al silencio, a la vez que I'm
reto a todas Las fieras y todos los
hombres, una imprecacion desespe-
rada al Destino. eternamente lnmu-
table sobre la desola cion salvaje del
gran vale nevada.
Ahora la luna asciende desmesura
damente Y roia, bajo un cielo catas-
trofe. Ell vale Sc tine de matices san
guinolentos que ruedan, saltan, Sc di
suelven y reaparecen sobre la nieve
a manera de luelolas. a manera de hi
los de sangre, a manera de sierpes fa-
tidicas.
Y dan TN eytraho espectaculo, dig
no de una tragedia griega, espanto-
50 y falso 4 I'm tempo mismo, bello y
horrible a la vez, este vale salvaje-
mente desolado, esa luna roja que
asciende entire oleadas de sangre, y
ese lobo. que destacando su negra 81
lueta frente al rojo circulo de la Dia-
ma estratalarla con Ia cabeZa en- alto
Y el pelo irizado, canta su canto lu-
gubre Y terrible en- la noche silencio-
sa, como una impresaci6n al Desti
no, como I'm insulto a la soledad Y al
si.encio, como un reto 4 todas las fie-
ras V a todos los hombres. :. VIC
tor r ,dberq.
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jams suS niveas alas para salvar
,srild.s<. Il poso de Ia vida a Ia muer
ie. del tempo a d eternidsd
&. G0s.sE0H ski.