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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
criticism Of American Potatoes.

Perhaps better potatoes will be
raised in this country some day." said
a man from Europe, seated in the
Knickerbocker dining room. "At pres
ent many dinner menus are arranged
without potatoes, in fact they are not
highly priced, and | believe it is be-
cause the best kinds are not cult,
waited here. The soil may have some
thing to do with it, but tell you there
is nothing to compare with the blue
mouse and the red mouse raised in
the Rhine country. There are many
others kinds, with the flavor of nuts,
maaly, and-well, l am often home
sick for them."-New York Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
CHAPTER XXI.

Hardy Receives TWO Letters.
TAe store at Stryetensk was a low,
rambling building, constructed in the
shape of a capital e without the mid
die bar. A high board fence, connect
ing the extremities of the two wings,
inclosed one side of a square yard
which contained outbuildings and
sheds for horses, a droshky or two,
and several Of the long boat-shaped
telegas that do duty in that country
as drays. In the clubhouse, moreover,
was kept a supply of ploWs and other
agricultural implements, while the
store itself was stocked with an i'm
mense and motley assortment Of gen
eral merchandise suited to the retail
demand of the region, and for whole
sale shipments to the towns along
the Shilka river, on which stream
Stryetensk is located.
Hardy found the city itself deary
in the extreme, consisting merely of a
collection Of raw, squalid houses, To-
Gated on dusty or muddy streets. 1t
was as new and rough as the newest
frontier town in America and hope
lessly unattractive, despite the fact
that it was surrounded by noble hills,
and that the beautiful Shilka flowed
between it and the extensive railroad
shops that are maintained at this
point.
During his first day in the town, he
put up at the Darnivostock hotel, but
found the lodging SO abominable, the
fare SO execrable and the service SO
insolent that he was glad to engage
an old peasant woman of all work and
begin housekeeping in some unoccu
pied rooms of the Trading Company's
store.
Besides this old woman, his only
companion was a young Russian clerk
who spoke a little bad English, which
he practiced on Hardy with such per.
~sistence that he became a nuisance
entertaining him with such re
marks as:
Good morning, Mr.. Hardy. The
barn Of my store is not SO large as the
barn Of my uncle. Have you q the
barn Of my uncle?' or, Good evening
Mr.. Hardy. Do you think the black
horse is as good as the white horsei
Neither the one nor the other is SC
good as the horse Of my aunt"
This interesting person was pos
sessed Of the skin Of a baby, pinl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
Decrease Of Crime in Chile.

The official figures relative to peni-
Tertiary conditions in Chile show a
great decrease In the number Of
crimes. During the years 1902, 1903
and 1904 the people of both sexes sent
to Jail were, respectively, 63,44S, Ca
4O3 and 6S,425. In 1906 there were
only 50,443 persons incarcerated, Of
whom 1851 were women. This shows
that alcoholism has greatly decreased
in Chile. A law was put in force in
1902 which had been strictly applied
to the inebriates, who formed SIS per
cent. Of the total Of prisoners. or that
total, in 1906, so per cent. were IL
literate individuals, 9S per cent. be-
longed to the Catholic religion and
there were 3,217 foreigners. mainly
Pcruvians ana 2o,ivians.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
CHAPTER XXI.
Kniaht-E% Grant.

Hardy's journey down the swift,
vague, mysterious river that night
was an experience never to be for
gotten. Often, as he chung to his little
raft. his knees would scrape on the
soft sand, and just as frequently he
would swing off into deep water and
hang suspended above depths where
he might easily drown, should he
take a cramp or lose his nerve. Sew
eeral times he grounded on sand-banks
and was obliged to drag off his wooden
buoy, a matter Of no little difficulty,
as 1t was partly waterlogged and
very heavy. once he drifted close to
shore and found himself in a counter
current, that actually was taking him
back toward the Pushkin, and it was
only BY swimming at right angles to
this and giving his raft frequent Wig
.orous pushes, that he managed at last
to get out into the downward sweep
of the stream,
Four hours after leaving the boat
he was on the military road that
stretched, dimly gray, between the
stolid, silent black Of the Siberian
forests and the star-sprinkled, whis-
pering black Of the river.
He reached the military station-a
rambling building Of square, hewn
logs. aanked by several small struc-
tures--sbout ten O'Clock, and, break
ing his bottle, gave his dispatch to a
white-haired and corpulent soldier,
with a very red face, whose frayed
and faded uniform proved him a petty
officer Of some sort. This al glanced
through the paper with wondering
eyes, then read 1t aloud to a monde
script group Of old women, two OF
three soldiers, and a farmer or two
who soon collected about him. Then
he dashed into the house and set a
telegraph instrument, over which he
sometimes pres;@Su, to clicking,
Hardy gyi.sled to the marrow, now
tha.s lie had ceased walking and run
ming, and wearied to the point Of col
lapse. sank on a rustic bench, believ
ing himself forgotten in the excite
ment evidently occasioned by his
news. In this he soon found himself
mistaken, however, for a toothless
old crone, with a kindly Eace and :
red handkerchief tied over her head
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
A Holiday sermon

I'm takin' up de collections fer de
holiday heathens," said Brother
Dickey, don't fergit dat dey's cross
de water. My advice is ter saw all
de warm kiver fer de home heathens
-sich ez blankets, an OIL overcoats.
Dem heathens whar de missionaries
go lives in a hot country, an all de
kiver dey needs is a umbreller ter
keep de sun off."-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
Will Have to be More Careful,

There is an Artemus Ward Jr., a
New York assemblyman, who is said
to be a wit like his famous namesake,
On a recent occasion he nominated
Ward F. Clute of New York city for
head doorkeeper, but forgot the office,
and had to rise again to rectify his
mistake. 1t is to be hoped his reputa-
ton for wit does not rest solely on
this occurrence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17

regret; I've made a mistake. I've
killed an innocent man and a gentle
man at that. He wasn't going to shoot
me; he was going to invite me to
have a drink. Well" he sighed, draw.
ing his sleeve across his mouth, "the
last wishes Of the deceased shall be
respected"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
Easy Money at Great Partisan Banks.

If you present a letter of credit at
n of the great banks of Paris, like
the Credit Lyonnais, an usher in liv-
cry receives you in a splendid parlor,
like the salon of a palace, and bids
you be seated in a sumptuous chair.
Presently he brings you a check,
made out for the amount you demand,
for your signature. A quarter of an
hour later he brings you the cash on
a silver tray. You do not come in
contact with the clerical force, or see
the inner workings at all.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
CHAPTER XIII.
The Hated Jew.

The Hated Jew.
One morning, as Hardy was busy
at his desk in the rear Of the principal
room Of the store, Vasili came and
stood beside him, smiling supercili-
ously.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17

He gained from the letter that Also.
me was a most feminine woman, de-
spite her calling, but the idea never
occurred to him that she was in love
with him.
The Bourbon news., 1910-10-18
Looking Ahead.

Don't get too gay, Colonel. You
have no more chance of carrying a
Southern state in 1912 than Mr.. Taft
had in 1908, and it is hardly likely
that the Republican national conven-
tion will nominate any candidate for
president on such an off chance. Can
you carry the state of New York this
fall for your candidate for Governor?
is the predominant issue as far as you
are concerned. YoL have split your
party in the Empire State, and have
added fuel to the political fire in the
West; and common sense will compel
the Republican party to nominate a
candidate for president who can draw
the warning factions together, and
therefore, his name can hardly be
Roosevelt.
Why not run on the Hearst League
ticket for president with Mr.. Hearst
as the candidate for vice-president,
who is getting used to playing second
fiddle these days?
The Bourbon news., 1910-10-18
Good Roads.

The building of good roads has be-
come science, but many advances in
good road construction can be looked
forward to in the near future Every
district is compelled to use the mater
ial at hand or adjacent, but the ques-
tion of how to adapt it so as to pro-
duce the best roadway possible is the
important thing to be studied and
learned. No general rule for the con-
struction of roads can be applied ev-
erywhere alike, the official condition
being so different. Many states have
Highway Boards or a Road Commits
sion, and it should be their duty to
study the conditions and material at
hand and instruct the local authorities
what co use and how to use it.
Some states have taken great for
ward steps in road-building of these
Maryland is one of the most notable
mainly because Of thessactivity of Gov
ernor Crothers. He has nearly abol-
ished the toll gates in Maryland, and
through his efforts state bonds were
voted and many miles of good roads
have been constructed in the past two
years, and the good work is being con-
tinued.
If there is anything in the state
of Maryland that dislike to see is the
toll gate," said Governor Crothers in
speaking before an improvement asso-
citation recently. "The money expend-
ed for good roads benefits the resi-
dents of the cities as we'll as the peo-
pie of the counties" and he advised
his hearers to take an active interest
in their Improvement associations.
"A citizen who never thinks of any
thing but his business does not do half
of his duty" said the Governor. "The
people should see that they get desired
improvem ents, and this is where the
work of the improvement associations
comes in. There is no more important
work being done in the state than thai
of improving the roads.
We hope to see our people. follow thu
example of Maryland and become
aroused to further action for goo(
roads. for they pay good interest OF
the investment.
The Bourbon news., 1910-10-18
Free Sample
For Baby's Ills

Something can and must be done
tor the puny, crying baby, for the
child that refuses to eat and is rest
less in its sleep. And since the basis
OF all health is the proper working
of the digestive organs. look first to
the condition OF the stomach and
bowels.
movements of the bowels a day This
emptying Of the bowels is very important.
as WIFI IT comes a clear head. light
ness ness OF step; good appetite and sound
Snow S,eep ,S 5ut It Is equally important to
AnoW wnat to give the child in the
emergency Of constipation and indiees-
swl s,va tSSatnartics are too strong and salts
shr stron otnsr purgatiyes W are not only too
cause or their bad taste. Have you ever
tried DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin? Il is
z nquld tonic that families have been
using Tor a quarter of a century. It is
1ert,vep snl.a, eplealsant-tasting and promptly ef-
Sne Child. but there is nothing better to
oe round for children They like its tasfe
You =. WIN not have to force them to
First of all. If you have not ve. rs.a
u. Dr Caldwell would like to send Won
e sample bottle free Of charge. In ftis
way way you can try it before buying. Later.
wnt wnen T. convinced GO Of its merits. yon can
see " or your druggist at fifty cents and
one dollar bottle. just as thousands of
otner families are doing The family Of
Mr. ID, w. Spangler Of Strattonville. Pa.
as as wen as that OF Mr.. A. F. johnson Of
that way and now write that it is their
one iamily necessity next to food itseH.
II you are unfortunate enough to have a
sickiy s,5 shild one given to constipation
free sample of this remedy.
O caldwell personally viii be pleased
TO give you any medical advice you may
gesire TOT yourself or family pertaining to
Tree OF charge. Explain your case IN 4
letter and he win reply to you in detail
For rs the ree sample simply send your
otherwise. For either REQUEST the docfor,s
eoaress y DR.. W. T. Caldwell R.600 Caid-
WeH building Monticello. III
The Bourbon news., 1910-10-18
Deceiving the Public.

During a heated campaign, such as
the present one is, great deal of
loose .alk is INDUCED in by partisians,
and the public must use common sense
to distinguish between truth and exag-
gerations. Stalwart Republicans .are
in such tight place on the tariff is
sue that they are especially prone to
misstatements. For instance, at the
Michigan Republican state convention,
United States Senator William A.
Smith declared: "We have created a
tariff commission with unusual and
far reaching authority. have given
them means to prosecute their re-
searches, and when, in the future,
changes are desired the representatives
of the people can consider them in the
light of wider and more accurate in
formation which this commission can
supply"
Now there is no tariff commisson in
existence though there is tarff board
provided for in section 2 of the tariff
law. which says: 'To secure infor-
nation to assist the President in the
discharge of the duties imposed upon
him by this section. and the officers of
the Government in the administration
of the customs laws. the President
hereby authorized to employ such
persons as may be required"
The duties imposed upon the Presi-
dent by section 2 was to determine
what countries Disseminated against
the United States through their tariff
laws; and if on March 1910 any
country was found to be so discrimi-
mating, the President was to declare
the maximum tariff rate of 25 per
cent, to be added to the regular rates
on imports of articles to be in force
against such country. The President
decided that no country was so dis
eliminating on that date, and the only
further work for the tariff board un-
der the law was to assist "the officers
of the Government in the administra-
tion of the customs laws" The de-
bate in the Senate shows that the
proposition for tariff commission was
defeated, and Senator Smith voted
against it.
President Taft, however, has SO
stretched the law allowing him to
appoint such tariff board as to set
them to work to discover the difference
in the cost of production here and
abroad of the articles named in each
tariff schedule, which work has so far
been entirely without effect. The
standpat of the Republican party, of
which Senator Smith is an adherent,
is quite satisfied with this unless tariff
board, while the most progressive of
the insurgents, such as Senator La
Toilette. Cummins, and Dolliver, are
anxious to amend the law so as toscre-
ate tarf commission to report direc-
tly to Congress.
Senator Smith and other standpat-
ters may attempt to defend their posi-
tion by stating that We have created
tariff Commission, but it is all in your
minds eye, Horatio.
The Bourbon news., 1910-10-18
Must Show Liquor as Intoxi-
cant.

Judgment of the Lee Circuit Court in
the case of Clay Gourley vs.. Common
wealth was reversed by the Appellate
Court at Frankfort Wednesday and
remanded for new trial and dismiss
al of appellant.
1t is local option case. and the
court holds that 1T is probable that
malt mead comes within the general
definition of malt liquor. but in the
absence of evidence showing it was in
toxicating, it is not eno1gh to show a
sale of it, unless accompanied by evil
dence that it is an intoxicating
liquor.
The court further holds that cit is
not material to maintain the prose
cution to show what per cent Of alco-
bol the beverage contains.
The Bourbon news., 1910-10-18
It's the Worlds Best.

No one has ever made salve. oint.
ment or balm to compare with Buck.
lens Arnica Salve. Its the one per.
fuct healer of cuts, cOrns, burns,
bruises, sores, scalds, boils, ulcers
eczema, salt rheum. For sore ewes.
cold sores. chapped hands or sprains..
It's supreme: Infallible for piles.
Only 25c ct all drns<sists.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-11

TO UNITE APPLE
DISTRICTS IN ONE
Continued from Page One)

tCOuLlUueQ from rage OQot
button of the fruit.
1.-The trouble now is that one dis
trict is pitted against the other in
competition by the shrewd buyer.
We are shipping blindly, Cutting
some markets and neglecting others.
The buyers take advantage of our
| helpless condition. They have an
understanding among themselves. If
we could control the bulk of the
crop we could control the markets.
That means stability to fruit prices
and to land values"
Ira d. Edwards jumped to his feet
at the close of Mr.. Otis remarks and
said:
Il wish every grower in the valley
could have been. here to listen to
these words of Mr.. Otis. For the
lack of just such a plan it is costing
this valley half a million dollars
every year. We must have just such
an organization. The size of the
crop is increasing at a tremendous
pace and in few years we will be
compelled to organize or the other
fellow will own our orchards
w. T. Clark said: "This is largely
matter of evolution, but first we
must learn the necessity of an hon.
est pack. The secret of success in
southern California is that the pack
ing of the oranges is done by an in
stitution, not by the grower. The
average grower in this valley is
making a dishonest pack today and
that is the greatest obstacle in the
way of organization. l have visited
the packing houses of the valley and
find exceedingly few putting out an
absolutely honest pack. When you
come to uniting with other districts
this same difficulty increased be-
cause they cannot produce over 80
to 40 per cent extra fancy, whereas
our crop averages 70 per cent. /
will join such combination when
the time comes, but it won't come
| for several years yet. In the mean
time l plead guilty to shipping my
fruit by consignment, and l will con-
tinue to do so as long as the dis
honest pack prevails in this valley.
| The combination will never be eff
fected until the growers of the val
ley get terrific slam, then they will
unite
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-11
UNIFORM MARRIAGE LAWS
NEEDED.

Professor George E. Howard, who
has made a special study of the sub
iect of marriage and divorce and
who is the author of "a History of
Matrimonial Institutions" takes is
sue with the view that a uniform
divorce law would prove the most
effective remedy for the divorce evil.
| He is decidedly of the opinion that
uniform marriage law would be
much more effective in decreasing
+ the number of divorces.
Professor Howard has shown from
trustworthy statistics that uniform
. divorce law in the federal states of
Germany and Switzerland has not
operated to decrease the ratio of d.
vorces to the number of marriages,
but he has shown that in Japan,
where more strict and scientific mar
riage laws have been enacted, the
number of divorces have relatively
decreased.
1t is stated on reliable authority
that at the present time there is
three times as much divorce in pro-
portion to the population as there
was 40 years ago, and that on an
average there is one divorce to every
twelve weddings. This tendency TO
divorce is, to say the least, deplor-
able and the gravity of the problem
should cause deep reflection and in
duce legislators as well as social re-
formers to study into the underlying
causes and seek to check the evil
by the enactment of wise laws.
In his discussion of the divorce
question. Professor Howard makes
he Indictment that the United States
has the worst marriage laws in Chris
tendon. Almost every conceivable
blunder has been committed" says
he. He shows that as late as 1904
bnly Is states and territories had re-
pudiated the common law mar
Rage To prevent hasty and i'll
advised marriages the writer insists
hat there should be notice of in
ention to marry recorded and pub
ished for a reasonable time prior
% the consummation of the mar
|iage in addition to regulations gov
Erning parental consent, license and
Determination This would have a
tendency to prevent hasty and i'm
nature marriages and thus strike at
he root of much domestic infelicity
which ultimately results in divorce.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-11
NO GIRL MERELY STENOG-
RAPHER.

A correspondent of the New York
Jun, says the Chicago Record Her
lid, complains of the clothes some
mes worn by stenographers. She
|eports one who was dressed in a
Rlmon-colored satin gown, with a
erge picture hat and a white boa,
|nd she makes it known that she re-
|ards plain skirt and shirtwaist
Is preferable. Here, of course, she
! right.
But she goes on to declare that a
fenographer, even if she wore a
burt gown, would still be a stenog-
hpher. And here she is wrong. No
+enographer is merely a stenog-
Rpher, just as no saleswoman is
3erely a saleswoman, and just as no
aitress is merely a waitress. Each,
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-11
NENATCREE HAS MORE THAN
HER SHARE Of SUCKERS
E. R. Tyler, Old Newspaper Man Who Published Paper
at Orondo, Commented Eighteen Years Ago on Fab
uous Price of SIS Per Acre for Land at Wenatchee
w S. Gehr Becomes Reminiscent

If the above is a true statement
of facts, it simply illustrates the old
and trite saying that there is a new
crop of suckers born every year, and
Wenatchee has evidently gotten this
years crop
This statement was publish
ed in the Orondo News twenty years
ago, and was a comment on an ar
ticle in the Wenatchee Advance stat
ing that certain parties had pur-
chased land at Wenatchee for town
site purposes at a price of $500
per acre.
E. r. Tyler, the real estate man
Of Brewster, who was in Wenatchee
yesterday, laughingly told of his ex-
periences as a newspaper man at
Orondo. He wrote the above squib.
Frank Reeves was then editor of the
Wenatchee Advance. Commenting
upon the article, he said:
Thought Orondo Would Be 'It."
I'm those days no one ever dream
ed that there would be city at We
natchee, although Frank Reeves was
booming it-at least, no one ever
thought it up our way. We all be-
lieved that a railroad would be built
from Spokane down the Columbia
river from the Lorth TO Orondo
Here was, as we believed. the key to
the Big Bend country.
! I'VE made all sorts of fun over
Wenatchees claim to future city
hood. A short time before the above
squib was written, DR.. j. B. Smith,
who had located in the Big Bend
country before the flood | guess,
had secured a small newspaper plant
and was booming Orondo as the fu-
ture metropolis of General Washing
ton. He offered one-half of the city
lots and half interest in the newspa-
| per If l would come down to Orondo
and run the paper for him. / ran
| the paper three months, then
gave both it and the lots back to
him. l had to go to Waterville every
Saturday night and get in a poker
game with the boys there in order
| to make enough money to pay my
expenses during the coming week. .
Gehr Gets Reminiscent.
w. S. Gehr, who sat close by, was
by this time tuned up to reminis-
cent mood. He said: Eyes, and at
| that time I was running a store at
| Orondo. 1t really did look as
| though Orondo would be a city.