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shells are shipped Immediately. Those
that show signs of moulting, well known
to the expert, are placed in floats to await
the time when they cast their shells. The
hard shell crabs are sold to pickers to be
converted into crab flake and deviled
crab. All three kinds are the same spe-
cies of crab in different stages OF devel-
opment.
The process of moulting is very interest
ing From two to four times a year the
crabs shed their old shells. After they
reach maturity they are not supposed to
moult further. Before the time of moult-
ing arrives the crab seeks water with a
soft grassy bottom and hides itself away
to await the period for it to shake off its
old shell. 1t becomes inactive and slug
gish. only bestirring itself enough to Sc
cure the necessary food. then again seeks
its hidden resting place. Presently tiny
white lines appear around the joints of
it's big posterior claws In few days
these become red Soon a wavy white
line appears around the edge of its shell.
beginning at it's mouth. Then a small
crevice appears which opens wider and
wider to allow the crab to extricate him.
self BY convulsive movement he re-
leases his claws from their former hard
easement and then backs out of his shell.
Hard shell grabbing is a different in
dustry. The crabs are caught almost
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methods Of housing and clothing soldiers
are shown, with miniature army tents,
etc. The Army Medical Corps makes a
conspicuous feature Of vaccination for ty-
phoid fever. At the present time every
American soldier Is obliged to be vaccin-
ated for typhoid. and, as result re-
Gently in Texas. where 10000 of our fight
ing men were assembled along the Mex
ican border, not a single case of this
dreaded camp malady occurred. During
the war with Spain. on the other hand.
there were 10000 cases of typhoid in our
camps before the troops left the country.
The principal feature of the navy's ex-
hibit is a reproduction of surgical OPP
Grating room on board of a battleship.
AS for tropical hygiene. the diseases pc
culiar to hot latitudes, such AS ''yaws >
for example, will be of greater impor-
tance in the future from our point of
view than ever before on account of the
opening OF the Panama canal. In this, as
well as other medical work. the public
health service is interested equally with
the medical departments of the army and
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navy. The kind of house to occupy in the
tropics, for healths sake; portable dwell
ings; hot weather clothing. and even
venomous animals and poisonous plants,
come under consideration in this rela-
ton.
The public health service will illustrate
the methods by which typhoid fever is
distributed-by polluted water, by the
housefly, etc. 1t will also show the
means whereby Asiatic cholera Is stamped
out when 1t threatens to become epidemic:
and likewise the methods which are be-
ing used to destroy the rat that carries
the flea that bites the man, who thus ac-
quires the bubonic plague 1t was DIR.
Rupert Blue the new head Of the public
health service. who drove the plague out
of San Francisco. Just now, when our
seaports are threatened by this most
dreaded of all maladies, the rat-catching
and rat-proofing business is of special
and peculiar interest. There is, besides,
the matter of measles. which has recently
been discovered by DR.. John F. Ander-
son, the principal assistant Of DR.. Blue,
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TsHE International Congress on
Hygiene and Demography,
which is 10 meet in Washing
ton September %, is the f1f-
teenth that has been held. Its
sessions are convened at intervals OF
three to five years. the last one having
been in Berlin in September, 1901 Hith-
erto it has met in the capital cities of
Europe and this is the first time IT has
been called together in this country, be-
ing assembled in response to an invita-
tion by President Taft.
The session will be opened Monday.
September 23 at the Continental Memo
rial Hall in Washington, with a formal
address by Mr.. Taft. In the afternoon
of the same day the members of the con-
gress will attend a garden party at the
White House Meetings will be continued
all through the week looming to an end
September 2S) and will be good deal
scattered. for the congress is a big af-
fair. and the nine sections into which it
is split up will be called together in vari-
Gus places including the new building of
the National Museum and the Pan-Amer-
lean palace erected by Mr.. Carnegie.
Twenty-seven governments and forty
two states of the Union will be repre-
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Special Correspondence of The Star.


LONDON, August 30. 1872.
A NYBODY in the United States who
~ is bored with his humdrum exis-
1 = tence and yearns for life of ad-
venture can get it-and then some-by
crossing the Atlantic and becoming a
..colpor,eur' This name. which is
French for hawker or vendor is the one
that is officially given to the agents in
Europe and other parts of the world OF
the British and Foreign Bible Society,
and apparently these 'colporteurs.
whose business is to distribute the Good
Word. have as lively time as the most
reckless daredevil could wish. There are
no actual casualties, it is true, in this
years record of their adventures in many
corners of the globe. but lot of them
have had close calls from wild men and
beasts. and others have suffered hard
ships and come In for experiences which
are as fantastic as novelist ever invented.
Brgands and blizZards. tigers and ter
rorists snakes and socialists are among
their enemies One would not expect to
find the selling of Bibles resented In
any part of Europe, yet score or more
of instances are recorded where this and
no more nearly cost ''colporteur his
life. One of them tells how, near Vienna.
he was "times without number lnsuIted
and spat at, and once flung, with his
satchel, into a ditch, by social democrats.
In Trent. in the Tyrol. another of these
sellers of Bibles was kidnapped and I'M
prisoned in the back kitchen of house.
where his Bibles were burned before his
eyes. His prosecutors told him the same
fate would be meted out to him, and a
raging fanatic was about TO fall on
him with an ak when the police burst
in and rescued him. Many have dogs
set on them, are pelted with stones and
vegetables, and find their work described
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Wholesale Saaghe@r of the Crab Threatens Its Ext@amao

his various stages of development are
quite in contrast with the stilted nom
enclature Of the learned biologist. But
let the crabber tell his own story.
"Yes. mister. this has been a mighty
poor season. i knew 1t was going to
be cause 1 saw powerful few blooming
crabs last fall. What's a blooming
crab? Why. after a female lays her
these here hair-like things. as thick
as can be-about three million Oh
them Then she is a blooming crab.
Tell you all I know about crabs!
Well. / guess I know as much about
them as anybody around here. for L
been grabbing nigh on to twenty year.
Well, this blooming crab. she leaves
these parts. l don't know where sne
goes to. Some say she goes out In the
bay and other folks says she goes out
how she leaves these parts and don't
never come back. They says she dies
after she matches her young. Wen.
along about Christmas the wee. little
round here. oh. kickers. thems the
little crabs They amt much bigger'n
a minute when they comes. but they
grows surprisin' fast. They amt more n
here. but by March they are two
inches. by June three inches and by
September the females are five inches
cross. The reason they sheds SO Iast
is cause they outgroWS tneir ciothes
like my kids to home, and they has
to get new ones. just like my kids.
too.
These here large male crabs Is
called Jim crabs or .jimmies ana
.channelers' cause they stay out in the
channel so much. When they mate
they are called 'channeler and his
wife or 'doublers.'
''They don't mate 'cep when she Is SOFT
shelled But a Jimmy crab can tell when
she is goin' to shuck the shell just as
good as l can. So he takes her off to a
nice sheltered spot and watches over her
while she moults and keeps other crabs
away. What do l call the process Of
what? Oh, the changes in moulting. Oh.
at the first sign. these here little white
marks on the claws. he's a snot.' Then.
when these little lines turns red he's a
'peeler' And when his shell begins to
crack he's a buster And in a powerful
short time he's goin' to shuck. and then
he's a soft shell crab.
when we first began Grabbing we tried
to keep the hard shells til they become
peelers, cause we could get so much
more for 'em. We put 'em in f1oaters, but
bless your soul they all turned buffaloes.
What's a buffalo? Don't you know what
a buffalo is? Well, a buffalo is when a
crab shucks its legs. They can do it
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THEY Are Fast Disap-
i pearing, and Unless
Some Measures Are Taken
for Their Protection They
Will Meet the Same Fate
That Has Overtaken the
Diamond Back Terrapin-
Catch Has Been Decreasing
Rapidly for the Past Year or
Two-The Grabbing at Girls
field First Shipments OF
Crabs-Rise and Growth OF
the Industry.
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applied in a practical way for the pur-
pose of securing the mating of the fit
thus reaching out toward the great end
and aim of developing breeds OF human
beings as superior to those now existing
as the racehorse is superior To the wild
and primitive equine quadruped or the
Berkshire pig to its remote ancestral rep
resentative.
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to be conveyed from one person to an
other. not by falling scales of the skin, as
used to be supposed, but by discharges of
the throat and nasal passages.
Another important feature of the exhi-
bition will illustrate the problem of hous-
ing in various regions. A miniature model
house will be shown. with nine rooms and
a model kitchen. This comes from Bos-
ton, where the children of the tenements
are taken in hand and taught domestic
hygiene. They are taught, by means of
such models. how to furnish house
properly and how to arrange the kitchen.
In that city, by the way, people interest
ed in social service have gone SO far as
to rent tenement house and to estab-
lsh in 1t a model fiat with ideal arrange
ments, a price tag being attached to each
article of furniture.
One of the problems having to do with
housing is that of illumination by day
light as well as by artificial means. The
government bureau of standards makes
an exhibit in this line-showing Incl
dentally the newest methods of illuminat-
ing by reflected light. the lights themselves
being concealed from view. According
to the theory now accepted. no lamp or
other source of illumination should di-
rectly meet the eye. There is also, in
connection with the housing question.
consideration given to the new method
of building towns, whereby dwellings
and other buildings are SO arranged that
back yards and gardens are thrown into
groups, giving the effect of spaciOuSneSs.
while each house is planned in such a
way with reference to neighboring houses
as to secure the greatest possible amount
of light and comfort in other respects
for all.
Practical dietetics is another depart
ment In some of our cities nowadays,
especially Boston, the school children are
being taught what kinds of foods are
economical to buy. Not only that. but
they learn what stores are good stores.
and what ones are bad" The bad stores
are those wherein things edible are not
covered up, to protect them against dust
and flies. and which are otherwise ar
ranged in an insanitary manner.
Diet in relation to disease: the prepara-
ton Of food in the home; the preserva-
ton of foods by cold, heat, evaporation
and chemicals; the sanitary management
of milk and dairy. products. meat and
meat products. vegetables. fruit. bread
and cereal products-all of these are IL
Illustrated by photographs or medals. The
children who learn about such matters al
school carry home the knowledge thus
gained. and through them the mothers
are induced to patronize the good stores
to avoid insanitary groceries and butcher
shops, and to improve their methods Of
housewifery in ways quite various.
Food in it's relation to growth Is con-
sidered likewise the effects OF over
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graphical engineer of the Maryland shell
fish commission. They are fast dlsap-
pearing, and unless some measures are
taken for their protection they will meet
The same fate that has overtaken the
diamond back terrapin.
The catch has been decreasing rapidly
for the past year or two, he contends.
\ few years ago a man could capture
four or FIVE barrels of crabs in day;
now he is doing well If his catch will MI
a single barrel So scarce have they be-
come that the price of soft-shell crabs
has gone up from . and 80 cents per
dozen a few years ago until now they are
selling in Crisield at from 81 to S1.25
per dozen.
Legislation must be passed by tie vari-
Gus states in order to secure the future
existence of the crab as marketable
proposition. those who know whereof they
speak maintain. Protective legislation
was submitted to the last Maryland leg
islature, but, owing to opposition from
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II. however. some protective measures
are not taken. it will mean the passing
of the crab.
At the bureau of fisheries DR.. Moore
said that there had been a marked de-
crease in the crab catch. and that they
were investigating the matter, but that
it had not proceeded sufficiently far for
him 10 give out an authoritative state
ment as to the ause of the decrease
Further investigation from the best Of
sources and interviews with the fisher
men. shippers and packers shows that
the consensus OF opinion as to the best
method to secure the protection of the
crab Is: "a To forbid grabbing in win
ter This destroys SO many OF the young
crabs. and 1t is believed that crabs VIII
not return I'm the spring to grounds that
have been dragged during the winter
months. co. Protection for blooming
crabs. or egg-laden females. CD \ reg
ulation of the seasons, as In the game
laws Of the various states. and a regu-
lation as to the size of the crab which
may be retained.
One of the centers of the crab industry
for this section is Cristield. Md. The rise
and growth of this industry are interesting.
In 1881 the first shipment of crabs was
made from Crisfield to Philadelphia. So
little was then known of the Iealatable-
ness Of this delicacy that very little sue
cess met these first shipments. The ship
pers knew from experience. however.
how good they were to eat. They had
long been eaten locally. The trainmen
passing through Crisfield had learned to
relish the crustaceans. They spread the
good news to other and surrounding
towns and cities. and the demand for
crabs began to grow. Baltimore became
a market for them. They were then
shipped without ice. and the area was
limited to where they might be sent.
When packing with ice was instituted the
radius of shipment was increased, until
now the science of shipping has been so
mastered that they may be sent to Can
ada and arrive at their destination alive
and in good condition. The demand has
grown to such extent that 1O,OOOUp
soft-shell crabs were shipped from Girls
field in 1910. They have become val
ued article of food from Maine to Cali
fornia.
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T. l. &c / o L : crab
feasts will soon be
a thing of the past.
and the soft shell
of the gourmand
will vanish, as well
as the more lowly
but equally below
ed deviled crabs of
those of less es-
thetic tastes, ac-
cording to Swep-
son Earle. topo-
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y
that them legs will grow back leastwi.s
new ones will come in their place the
next time he moults. Don't YOU reckon
MANY one-legged man wishes he was a
crabo
We looses a pile o. crabs by gettin'
'em hurt when we catches EN- III they
get hurt they can't shed and they d,es
most generally. No. we never feed 'em
after We catches 'em. They die when
they moult II we do. don't know why IL
is. but as sure As you fool with 'em or
iced 'em most of em will die The best
thfng Is TO let EN- alone until they get
TO be peelers
Grabs is awful cannihals. You LET ono
OF EN- get hurt and every last one of en-
viii turn on him and eat him up alive
How long do crabs live? That depends
on whether II is a channeller or his wife
she mates the first or second year and
dies after the kickers are hatched Rut
the Jim crabs grow to be about six or
seven years old. Course he don't carry
no family Bible but that's what they
says around here"
The buyers in Crisfeld have large
noaters in which TO put the snots until
they become peelers and are ready for
marketing. These boxes are ten to
niteen feet long. four feet wide and
ABOUT TWO feet deep The top and bot
tom are made with wide planks while
the sides are Of lathes nailed close
enough to keep the minnows out. Ex-
perts are kept watching these floats
All the time. so that as soon as a crab
becomes peeler he is taken out and
shipped TO his destination They are
packed for market in a curious way
FIRST lot OF seaweed perfectly soft
and Wei picked. is placed in the bottom
of tray; then the crabs are placed i'm
so close together that they cannot
move. A layer of cheese cloth *
stretched over them and more seaweed
added. Several of these trays are nut
in larger box. which has plenty Of
air holes then the lid is nailed on
and they are ready for shipment Hard
shells are usually packed in barrel
No precautions are taken for their
safety. Their shells are of sufficient
hardness to protect them. A little ice
Is put In the head of the barrel to
keep them cool. and away goes the
hard-shel crab to his destination
Other houses pick crab meat The
crabs are boiled or steamed for half
an hour. Then the meat is picked and
salted. Empty crab shells which have
been thoroughly washed are sent with
orders for crab meat in proportion of
about hundred shells to the gallon OF
crab fakes.
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A visit to Crisfield during the crab
bing season will reveal many interest
ing facts about this industry The
crabbers and shippers are uniformly
courteous and willing to impart to the
visitor such information as they pos
sess Permission can be easily obtain
ed to go out with the crabbers. One
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quicker'n a wink. and the curious part e
that them legs will grow back, lcastwiss
new ones Will come in their place the
next time he rnoults. Don't YOU reckon
MANY one-legged man wishes he was a
crabc
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the oyster interests. ii was never passed.
If. however. some protective measures
are not taken. it will mean the passing
of the crab
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-15
For SALE-My home in Ironton
A bargain. Apply to
MRS. j. w. LINDEROTE.
Des Arc Items.

Four Mormon Elders spent Sun
day here. They could not get a
church to preach in as our church
vas occupied by the Methodist
and Holiness people.
Superintendent Cannon has or
dered that all cross ties be ship
ped off the side tracks or have
them out of the way so that the
mill men can load lumber. And
in future ties must uot be piled on
side tracks unless for immediate
shipment. T. j. Moss has all oul
side tracks blocked and ell the
mill men are kicking.
Well, Gov. Folk has withdrawn
I am glad of it. / was a Folk mar
and they have been beaten badly,
but a good run is better than a bat
stand. / hope our Democrats will
get together now.
Rev. Duncan, the Methods
minister, preached at the Baptis
church Sunday night. His theme
was,"What will it profit q man i
he gain the whole world and los,
his own soul?" or "What must
man give in exchange for hi
soulP" He delivered a fine sermon
to a well-flled house. The M. E
church is being repaired inside.
e. w. Graves and wife were Ii
st. Louis last week.
Mrs. j. s. O'Neal from Popla.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-15
From the state Superintendent

Since many county superinten-
dents have expressed their APP
prevail of May 18th to 18th as the
date for the County S%uperinten-
dents Convention, and none have
offered any objection, I wish to
notify you that | shall call the
meeting at that time. Please keep
that week free from other engage
ments. A formal call and an
nouncements will be made in
April.
wish to call your attention to
the meeting of the Department. of
Superintendent of the National
Educational Association, which
meets at St. Louis the 10Th to goth
of this month. This is regarded
as one of the best meetings Of the
National Educational Association.
You rarely have an opportunity to
attend a meeting of the National
Educational Association within
the bounds of your own state. If
you attend this meeting, you will
be ricEiy repaid. | shall be glad
to meet you there.
Applicants for renewal of GER
tifcates in March and at any other
time must pay a fee Of S1.50.
(Sec. t0944.l
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-15
From GOOdland.

N. w. Short and family were
called to Howell county to the
bedside of his nephew, who was
badly burned.
Mrs. Celia Minor died at1heI
nome on Neil's Creek, neal Bixby.
on Wednesday, February 7th,
aged SO years and 10 months.
The infant son of VIM. Avery
of Strother died last week.
F, M. Adams went to Ironton
and bought two log wagons OF
Messrs. Gay & Schwab.
Henry Croker made a trip tc
st. Louis recently.
VIM. Volner went to the rail.
road last week to meet his son-in-
law, AL. Francis, who has been ir
the hospital for some time in
danger of losing one of his legs.
The house of Levi Barton or
Neil's Creek was destroyed by
fire during the cold weather, the
family barely escaping with theil
lives.
Alfred Hawk cut his foot 81
badly that he has not been able tt
walk for more than a month.
Ed. Crocker and N. Stricklil
made a trip to lronton last week
Our roadoverseer went also, blu
will go again as the county cour
was not in session while he wa
there.
Say, Mr.. Editor, I'll stop writing
right now, as l find this letter
one long chapter of accidents.
TIMOTHY HAY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-15
School Notes.

The ice has been fine for skating
the last few days and quite a num-
Der of pupils have been making
use of the opportunity to skate.
Saturday afternoon there were
more than fifty persons on the
river at once. Games were play
ed and some fancy skating exhib-
tied.
Pedagogy class are now study
ing how to teach geography.
The first year Algebra class are
almost over taking the second
year course. They have covered
208 pages of Mines Algebra in
five months, while the second year
class have covered 2S3 pages~ in
one year and five months. .
Society program rendered by
the High School on Friday after
noon was a good one in spite of
the fact that some were absent.
DR.. G. w. Flrrar addressed the
High School Monday morning on
the subject of Medicine. He gave
us some very sound advice as to
the needs of thoroughness in ev-
cry line and especially to those
who would follow medicine as a
profession. He discussed the need
of a knowledge of human nature.
as of the science of medicine.
That we would not get too much
knowledge of our profession, what
ever it might be- and the better
the preparation the better. Thai
while the life of a doctor was g
hard one that called for strong
men to endure the irregular meals
and hard rides, yet it was unex-
celled in opportunities for doing
good. He also gave us, from hi
own experience, an idea of the diff
iculties one might expect to NEE
who follows the profession in a ru
raj district.
This is the third of a series o
acceptable addresses by the bust
ness and professional men of GU
city to the boys and girls. 1t i
hoped they may profit by thes
addresses and be enabled tt
choose more wisely a vocation
for life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-15
PERSONAL.

L. G. Hatridge was in st. Louis
last week.
Harry Patton is home for a few
days visit.
7. P. Fitz was here from Des
Arc Monday.
Mr.. Ed Vankirk is visiting his
parents in Chicago.
E. M. Logan was here from
Belleview Monday.
T. A. Buxton, of Annapolis was
in Ironton Saturday.
w. T. Keathley of Brunot was
an Ironton visitor this week.
MI. I. G.. Whitw orth went to
Fredericktown Sunday to see his
daughter, who is attending school
there.