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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28

the battle of life return to the old home and
the old hearth; when ancient feuds are healed;
when friends abroad are remembered with love
and friends at home entertained. 1t Is a spirit OF sehe,'
Gus hospitality which, as the year draws to a close, ieaus
the guidman and the guidwife to lay in their keppuch
"a cheese), and a stock of shortbread, currant pun ana
other indigestible luxuries.
The first and, In most parts Of Scotland, the greatest
of the Daft Days was Hogmanay. photographers nave
puzzled greatly over this term, and many guesses nave
been made as to its derivation and origin. 1t IS SAID py
some to come from the Scandinavian ~hoggu-nott, hoge-
nat, or hogg-night, while others, perhaps the majority.
hold thatlht comes from the French. The opening words
of an old Scots ditty. "Hogmanay, Trolloday," are sup
posed to be a corruption Of Homme est ne-Trois Rols la.
And Hogmanay is also said to be derived from Au gul
menezl-a cry used by boys and girls In some parts OF
France when visiting houses on the last day Of the year.
Jameson. the great authority on the Scots language. gives
a big selection Of derivations, and a writer VINO quotes
several observes very ingenuously that the reader may
select for himself that which he considers the most prob
able
It used to be customary in Scotland, and Is Sill In
some places, for bands of children to visit the houses
81 tbe welltodo on the last day Of the year for the pur-
nose Of receiving a "Hogmanay piece The piece" con
eists sometimes Of oatmeal cake and cheese, but more
frequently of richer dainties such as s~hortbread. It Is
NOT regarded by either givers or recipients as a dole;
Il ID q ho~spitable gift IN recognition OF the season.
pbvmes are recited by the children, but these vary in
different localities. One which Is still in use In Aber-
daenshire and the north Of Scotland runs thus:
"Get up, ~guidwife, an shak' your feathers,
An, dinna think that we are beggars;
For we are BARNS come DOT to play;
Get up an gie's DOR Hogmanay."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
Better Half Than None.

At a dinner party the other night,
q handsome young physician had been
particularly bringht and entertaining.
AS the ladies were leaving the table,
cigars were passed around all accept
ed by all the male guests with the
exception of the doctor.
"What-don't you smoke, doctor?"
he asked. why, my dear man, you
lose half your dinner by refusing"
Il know that" replied the abstem-
nous scientist, "but if | did smoke,
I'd lose all of it. Please excuse me-"
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28

as Tettlins, Has Been Played Since Time I'M
memorial"
pleting the third round the company halt at
the door and each person proceeds in a rough
rhyme, more or less ~extemporized, to extol the
hospitality of the owner of the house, upon
which all are RECALLED with bread and butter,
cheese and whisky. But the strange perform
ance has an equally curious sequel. Before
leaving the house one of the visitors, having
solemnly burned the breast part of the skin Of
a sheep, puts it to the nose of everyone that
he or she may smell it. There is no difficulty
in doing so! 1t may not be nice, but as a pro-
lection against witchcraft it is infallible. 1t is
also said to protect from infection.
In Carlisle-yes, | know Carlisle Is not in
Scotland, but 1t is so close to the border that
Fam not travelling very wide of my subject in
mentioning a custom there. In Carlisle for
weeks before the New Year householders are
serenaded by boys who seek to entertain them
with an odd mixture OF the comic and the re-
ligious, generally winding up with a refrain
after this fashion:
IF you cannot spare a penny
You can spare a halfpenny;
And if you haven't a halfpenny,
God bless you"
The poetry halts badly, but the concluding
sentiment is excellent.
In Elginshire and some other parts in the
north there was a curious ditty called THE
Thiggars' Chant" which was sung by a band
of young persons who visited a number Of
houses on New Years Day. 1t begins:
The guild New Year is moo begun,
Besouthen, besouthen.
An a. the beggars begin to run,
An AVA by southern toon."
The guidwife is appealed to be nae sweir' to
deal her ''fordels to the puir," and she is also
warned that if she has plenty and will not give
anything the dell will get We when We dee"
Even were she distnclined to be generous such
a therat would, of course, compel hospitality.
The party is invited to enter:
"Come in, come ben, you're welcome here,
Besouthen, besouthen;
Yell get a share O. DOR New Year cheer,
An away by southern toon."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
Rates Are s-nsnended.

Washington, D. C.-Advances in
rates on grain and grain products over
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railroad and Is other railroads oper-
ating in central and southern terri
tory, which were to have become eff.
fective December 20, were suspended
until April 20, by the interstate com
merce commission Tuesday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
HE susnIeions Aro,,ead

John, do YOU love your little wife?'
Eyes"
do you love me very much7'
ooh, yes
"Will you always love me?"
"Yes-say, woman, what hove you
gone and ordered sent home now?
Pittsburg Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
APRONS ARE VERY FETCHING
Wise Young Girls Realize That They
Suggest Homeyness as Well
as coquetry.

Foxy little girls who know the cap
t~ivatingness of an apron! over \
Jersey city there is a big factory and
beside it an equally big office building
connected with the same. Now, when
the girls in tie factory wear the
aprons. you attribute X to the likeli-
bond Of their getting some 81 the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28

istics Scotland owed the doubt
ful distinction which she enjoyed till within
the past few years of being the only Christian
country in the world in which the greatest of
the Christian festivals was ignored. Ignored
It was, absolutely. Christian observances and
Christmas festivities were anathema to the
true-blue Scot Of a generation ago. Not, be it
noted, because he objected to mirth and jo-
Vitality in themselves. Those who imagine that
the old life Of Scotland from years end to
years end was dull. gray and ~colorless make
a profound mistake. The observance OF Christ
mas was ignored because it offended the relig-
ious susceptibilities of the Scot.
Even yet non-observance of Christmas
must, in truth, be reckoned among the pecul-
iarlties of Scotland. A better, kinder and more
tolerant spirit exists, but the old feeling is not
quite dead. Moreover national customs and
the usages of centuries are not to be changed
quickly. Christmas observance in Scotland is.
at the best, only in its infancy.
1t Is when Christmas festivities have come
to an end, and roast turkey, goose, plum pud-
ding and mince pies are but memories (more
or less pleasantly, that Scotland enters upon
her great annual saturnalia. From time i'm
memorial boisterous, and in many cases bac-
chanalian revelry has been associated with the
close of the old and the opening of the new
year. Formerly the period was distinguished
by the significant title of '"The Daft Days" The
name was given more particularly to the sea-
son between Hogmanay (the last day Of the
year, and Handsel Monday 1.-THE first Monday
after New Years day.. but, like the generos-
ity which characterized it, the time was not
strictly limited.
The name indicates very expressively the
mirth, fun and uproarious joviality of the Pc
Rod and the responsibility of the jewellers.
While the Daft Days have now been shorn of
some of their glory, much Of the spirit re-
mains. And although it is still, as it has been
in the past. associated with foolish errors Of
Judgment, it is, on the whole, a spirit to be
cherished. For it is a genial spirit, a spirit of
good will, of generosity and of hospitality, 1t
is the Spirit of Christmas-a tride belated.
The New Year in Scotland sees the union
Of sundered households. Now is the time when
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
In the TRUSTS Hands.

Ma, do cows and bees. go to
heaven?"
Mercy, child, what a question.
Why?"
cause If they don't, the milk and
honey the preacher said was up there
must be all canned stuff"-San Fran
cisco Examiner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
Nearo SLAYER Saved from Mos

Chillicothe, Mo.-A mob of two
hundred armed men searched the city
for several hours in an effort to cap
ture Gordon Kyles, a negro who
stabbed to death John Watts, a white
man, in front of his home on East
Third street, Kyles was arrested ana
lodged in the county Jail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
So ANNOYING.

The First Chauffeur: II ran over
another baby this morning"
The Second Chauqeur: "Phewl
That was unlucky!"
The First Chauffeur: Eyes, rotten!
Their darned feedin' bottles cut the
tires up sol'-Sketch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28

7 saved ten minutes a day at lunch
for twenty years"
What of it?"
'Oh, 1t IVES well that l saved all this
time, for now | spend two hours daily
In the anteroom Ola dyspepsia special
list"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
a husbands Pluhts.

According to q Missouri court, a
husband has a perfect right to spank
his wife. Sure, and he has a perfect
rgilit to pull a lions whiskers il he
feels Ike it.-Ios Angeles Examiner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28

Mamma Bookworm: Willie, YOU
come right here and get cleaned. 4
saw you SO dirty. You've been eating
through the pages OF that divorce tes-
timcny. haven't you?'-Plck
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
Gets II Firstband

Does your course Of home reading
include the profane authors?"
mo, I don't need 'em, | belong to
a golf club,"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
Pessimlstlo.

Papa, is there such d thing as q
reform cooking school?"
III doubt It, Johnny; If there is, Il
hasn't any pupils
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28
CaYinistic

He stern, Cavinistic Puri-
tanism of Scotland has doubt
less to answer for some Idiosyn-
crasies of the people. While it
produced heroes and martyrs.
men Of unwavering probity and
dauntless courage whose rigid
adherence to their convictions
compels respect, it was also re-
sponsible for a certain narrow
ness of vision and for intoler-
ance In some directions. To
these less estimable character
istics Scotland owed the doubt
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28

dicates the nature of the place, for Skelleys Is
an old Scots word used to describe a stretch
of fiat rocks Of a shelving formation. The
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28

Immediately the clock strikes IL everybody
rushes off to be 'firstfoot to come Of his
friends"
sons and daughters who have gone forth to
the battle of life return to the old home and
the old hearth; when ancient feuds are healed;
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28

Washington, D. C.-The message of
President Taft transmitting the report
of the tariff board on schedule K was
delivered to the house and senate
Wednesday. The message follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-09
The Solid South

We have heard the term solid south used in recent years, but there is TO such thing as the solid south, polif- ically, as the phrase was understood prior to 1S9G," said an old democrat.
 "Beginning with the south's freedom from republican carpet bag rule, down 70 MT. Bryan's first campaign the solid south embraced every state that permitted slavery before Lincolns emancipation proclamation no matter whether or not the state had seeded It included therefore Delaware. Mary land West Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri-states that remained outside of the Confederacy.< The solid south could be counted on with certainty tc cast a majority vote for the democratic presidential ticket In figuring on dein- ocra tie possibilities in presidential cleo ton year one simply Jumped the south's electoral vote and put it in the demo cratic column and then looked to New York and other doubtful northern states to make up ts1e balance need ed to elect the democratic ticket.
 "The solid south was broken in 1896 the first time Bryan ran. Mckinley carried Delaware, Maryland. West Vir- ginia Sand Kentucky. Missouri gave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-09
A 3-YEAR-OLD'S VOCABULARY

From the America Magazine.
 The truth is, I believe, that most par ents greatly underestimate the number of words that are used by children. The only way to get a child's speaking vocab- ulary is to go after it with pencil and paper and religiously to set down his syords, one by one, not for a day or fer several days, but for several weeks When, during the course of dinner table conversation I asked how many words an ordinary, every day 3-year-old boy could use the first of my friends "s,uossed'' 150 words; his estimate was greee ed with derision by the others, who declared. ""Oh, pshaw, 50 words would cover th., vocabulary of the brightest s-year-old you ever knew. Needless tc add that my assertion that my owr you', gster at that age actually used, by court, 177i different words was the oc-
 casion of polite incredulity and jocosc comilIseratien of the fond but deluded parent.
 However, this vocabulary is on recorj in detail Pedagogical seminary, March 1900, and the inquisitive reader may learn ti'ie' eiae it 10 ny io iieaho ''iS large vocabulary that has been reported
 though, to be sure, probably above the average I performance. In the twenty odt published vocabularies we find that chi.-
 drer from Is to 19 months are using fron Go to 232 words; that 2-year-old children are using from 115 to 1227 words, and tha, the vocabulary increases rapidly from that time up It Is perfectly safe to '3g. sert that the average 3-year-old chiit makes use of 1000 words.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-09
Come hither, Fabian; we'll whisper over q cOuplet or two of most sage saws. Twelfth Night.
Making the Jails Sanitary

Alabama has had jails and stock ades that were simply disgraceful. This condition will soon cease to ex- list in this state if Dr. W. H. Oates be sustained in his efforts to execute the law of the state by making every jail cleanly and sanitary. He is unflinching in his work as prison in- spector, and in carrying out the law he is at times arbitrary. He has to be arbitrary. The law of the state makes him the judge of it's enforce ment, and if this power were not lodged in his hands it would be im- possible to rehabitate the jails that are found in deplorable condition.
 Every good citizen should line up behind Dr. Oates, the states inspec- tor of jails and cotton mills. He is doing a great work-one that will yet prove as important to the states rep utation as it is to the health of the inmates of the jails, who, after all, are human beings, entitled to the treatment accorded to other human beings. Every inmate of jail is en- titled to a sanitary environment. This is his plain right, and county that does not provide it should be arbi- trarily dealt with by Dr. Oates.
 The state fortunately has an inspec- tor who has the courage of his medi- cal knowledge, and if he be heartily sustained in his work he will soon drive out of Alabama unfit and filthy and overcrowded jails.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-09

ooesnt One in hundred may whese
 IL used to be that only one in a hundred didnt. The few who are overcome hv Gainbrinus and John Barley Corn these days get back by the river side ere their
 liberty has expired and wait for a sobe- shipmate. One is enough. The sea law is
 that if man gets aboard without need
 ing more than one shipmate to help hiln
 up the companionway he's passed as
 sober, and all's well.
 The ships have been coming in all week.
 they are comingt now. Warships. cruis-
 CTS, destroyers, submarines, torpedo boats.
 eolliers, hospital ships, oil tanks, repair
 ships-there'll be over hundred of them.
 Thousands of men are on them. millions
 and millions of money they cost, and the girls of New York, not caring so much Tor the money the ships cost as the men who mar them, are just wild about the sailors, and there's no use to protesti Yet, really, girls, you shouldn't be so bold
 about 1t! Going down to the docks along Riverside Drive, waving flags and crying. "Oh, you sailor boys" as they land from the launches. giving them chrysanthc- nuns and asking them for shin ribbons and brass buttons, and intimating thar you have no engagement for this evening. Come, l say, the first thing you kno.y, girls, youll be flirting, and that would never do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-09
A GENTLEMAN IS THOUGHTFUL

From the Atlantic Monthly.
 Lee hated parade, display and cere- mony. hated above all things being made an object of public gaze and adulation. His idea of high position was high re- sponsibility; a superior was simply one who had larger duties, and the mark of gentleman was a keen sense of the feel inss and susceptibilities of others.
 No one has ever expressed this attiture snol Q delicately than he himself in T memorandum found among his papers after his death.
 ''rhe forbearing use of power does no! only form a touchtone. but the. manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is test of true gentleman.
 "rhe power which the strong have over the weak, the magistrate over the citi- gen, the employer over the employed, the educated over the unlettered, the expe renced over the confding, even the clever over the silly-the forbearing or inoffen- sive use of all this power or authority or a total abstinence from it when the case admits 1t, will show the gentleman in 3 plain light.
 The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of 6 wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can for get and he strives for that nobleness o1 self and midness of character which i'm part sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feel. humbled himself when he cannot hell humbling others"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-09
Dr. Wu Deserts the Imperialists

Dr. Wu Ting Fang is we'll known in this country, having served nine years as the Chinese minister to the United States. He has gone over to the rev. olutionists. He personally favored limited monarchy of the English sort, but he accepts republic because pub lie sentiment favors it. Whatever the outcome," he added, "of the pres ent it will be to the advan- tage of China If the revolutionists succeed the question of whether the future government will be a republic or constitutional monarchy will have to be decided. If it is to be the for mer I anticipate a combination of the United States constitution with the acts of the German federation.
 "In any case, new China will seek the friendship of foreigners and prob ably revision of her treaties will en- sue. Anyhow China will be opened to foreign trade and the government and people alike will do their utmost to stimulate business with the out side world and develop the natural re- sources of the country. Foreign ad- visers of administrative capacity also will be needed"
 Here is something tangible from a Chinaman well known in this country. It goes to show that the Manchu regime is passing away, and that a popular movement is arising in China that bids fair to be irresistible and far reaching. The rapidity of the movement is surprising. The first steps were taken about four years ago when the Dowager Empress ere ated a council to lay the foundations for constitution and a national parliament. Three years ago the inn perial authorities promulgated a plan by means of which constitutional rule would be brought in in nine years. A premier would, under that plan, have been appointed in 1917.
 In the three years that have elapsed since 1908 the people of China have organized a revolution to drive the
 Manchus out altogether, set up a re-
 public, and put the country on the
 most advanced and progressive lines The outcome cannot yet be foreseen All that we know is, the Chinese hate the Manchus and are determined tc get rid of them. Dr. Wu, who is a born reformer, is not himself sure that republic will be established The average Chinaman knows little about the constitutional idea. All con. stitutions look alike to him, provided he can be rid of the Manchus. Moth. , ing else is at present determined ir China. The Manchus must go anc
 what will come remains to be decided In the meanwhile no foreigners ar, disturbed, and the footing nation. are keeing out of China's remarkable } uprising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-09
Political Tide Toward Underwood

l sIn a nersonal communication from an l Alabamian who is in Colorado, l am pleased to learn that Underwood's name is almost the first mentioned by men | from every part of the United States for the democratic nomination." said man who has had much experience in public life.
 "Now this is one of the very best signs of the steady growth of the sentiment for the able commander of the militant democrats who are forming a united pha-
 anx in the fight against tariff robbery and the high cost of living. When you hear a favorable comment from men from many states and no objections, and abso- 1 lutelv no criticism, as is the case with | Oscar Underwood, it is an evidence of the | progression of the sentiment in widen | ing sense, and is far preferable to hur- rah, and over-worl1ed propaganda bureau. Every political tide, like those of the ocean, must sooner or later land, or cap and break, sometimes very near the GOV eted larding place. How much better '< is that the movement for Oscar Under- woods nomination should potentially and logically proceed from a realization of the real situation in the political field in his personality. the embodiment or certain issues and cardinal principles ot the democratic party; his availability as to unfaltering fealty to the party's nom- inees at all elections. Come to think or it. if MT. Bryan must choose whom he will support, how could he oppose Un- derwood as a choice, with Wilson ana Harmon pitted against him? Champ Clark is out of it, because of his indiscretion in more than one public utterance on the annexation of Canada. The people, at the next election, will choose the .candi- date who shows wisdom, conservative and at the same time constructive states manship.
 ''Without reference to the merits of the question, the McNamara Kidnapping case is a handicap to Governor Marshall.
 ''If there is any weight in the proposi- tion of southern man for President, all things considered, including capability and availability, we southerners should rally to the most distinguished southerner in or out of the halls of Congress; ope with his interests, yea, with his feet on southern soil, and that man is Oscar w. Underwood, the democratic leader in Congress
 "I notice in the public prints the sug- gestion of some correspondent that the unexpected may happen and Underwood receive the nomination. I think that the political tides are running so strong to- wards the Alabamian that the expected will happen at the national democratic convention. Like the boys friend-Lets S notify all candidates there'n be no core no second choice."