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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12
MISSOURI NEWS
MORE rIME ON CAPITAL PLANS.
Commission Decides to Change Date
From Sept. II to Oct. 1.

Jefferson City.-The final competi-
tion to ecure a design and an archi.
tect for the new ctate capitol building
will be extended by the capitol com.
mission at the request of the ten con.
testants from September 16, the date
originally fixed, to October l..
The architects competing, according
to members of the commission, have
written asking for two weeks add.
tional time upon the ground they will
be unable to finish their drawings by
September 16. The commission at its
meeting next Wednesday will formal
ly extend the time for the completion
of the plans to October /.
An advisory jury of architects will
be appointed at the boards meeting
next Wednesday to examine the ten
plans to be submitted in the competi-
ton and determine which is best. The
successful contestant will be appoint
ed as architect for the new state
house, which the other nine will be
awarded $1,000 each to repay them
for their trouble.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12
Myarchus Crinitus Is Champion Bug Catcher

Washington in cold storage, the stom-
achs of some 1898 were examined.
These stomachs, according to the re-
port, were about five per cent. stom-
ach and 94.99 per cent obnoxious in
sects. Or, at least, the 94.99 per cent.
thing represents the portion of obnox-
ious insects on their daily bill OF fare.
Whether they take them a la carte
or table d'hote was not dwelt upon
in the report.
There are seventeen species Of these
birds. The aggregate benfts of their
depopulation Of the insect kingdom
are enormous. Under these conditions
farmers will hardly begrudge them
the 81 per cent of vegetable food they
flch from the cherry and grain crops,
But insect killing is only one Of the
ny-catcher's accomplishments. He is
the bravest bird In the air, and fear
lessly attacks crows and hawks many
times his size. He will assail a hawk
In midair and follow him for miles.
The great falcon, too cowardly to
fight and too slow to dodge, can only
put on full speed and leave the coun'
try. In this way iy-catchers are .
great benefit to the poultry raisers.
This great crested fy-catcher, by
the way, is a bird of marked individ-
uality. Like other bold creatures, he
Is something of a CRATER, and fire.
quently drives bluebirds and wood.
peckers from their nests that he may
use them himself. One Of his pecul-
iarities is to always place a shed
snakeskin In his nest. This trait
has greatly puzzled n~aturalists, for
nothing in nature is without a reason
Miss Nellie Blanchan, a woman orni-
biologist, suggests that the fearful
sight of a snakeskin, greeting the
newly Matched fly-catcher, may be
what causes the feathers on its little
head to stand erect.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12

WASHINGTON.-The department of
w agriculture, In a long biolog-
zeal treatise, whatever that is, claims
credit for discovering the one omniv-
orous fly swatter of the country. OF
course the department doesn't call 1t
that. 1t is known by a long scientific
nomenclature, printed In italic. Trans
lated, this devolves itself into Fly
catcher" or words to that effect,
The catcher" according to the de-
partment's experts, Is widely different
from the generally accepted swat
Q ]. 1t is a long, thin-shanked bird
about the size Of a robin, and wears
a tuft OF black feathers in the gen.
eral vicinity of its wishbone.
The best thing this bird, the great
crested fly catcher" they call it, does,
is sit on a fence rail and survey the
landscape. This 1t does d~olefully and
without enthusiasm. BY and by a
ny or some other insect comes flying
along. A short squirt, a click Of a
pointed beak. and it is exit insect.
The pamphlet issued by "Tama
Jim" Wilson's department contains a
study of the life and habits of the
great American fly catcher. Depart
mental experts, on adventure bent,
went forth into the rural sections
armed with butterfly nets and six
shooters and captured a large number
of these desperate birds, thereby
causing a large increase in the fly
population. Bringing the birds to
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12
California Woman's Good Shot.

While walking through the woods
near Cohasset, Mrs. w. H. Pillsbury
of Chico shot a large brown bear that
measured six feet from tip to tip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pillsbury were walk
ing from their summe home near
Cohasset to the "Promontory,' a
high point from which an excellent
view Of the whole valley can be had.
Mrs. Pillsbury had a 5000 carbine.
Suddenly she saw a large bear COM
ing down the hill about forty yards
away. ITS a bear, shall l shoot it,"
she shouted to her husband. Pills
bury answered in the affirmative and
his wife asked, Where shall l shoot
him." In the head" came the ans
Q With deliberate aim the woman
fired, hitting the animal square in
the right eye, killing him instantly.
The hide weighed seventy pounds
and the weight Of the carcass was es-
estimated at 300 pounds.-Chico Cor.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12

many chances for graft. And Bour-
rienne found them. He became ISL
lent partner" In a dishonest army
contract firm. He and his accom-
plices cleared up, 1t Is said, more than
100000 before their frauds were ex-
posed.
Bourrienne was banished by Napo-
leon to Hamburg. But, to soften the
blow, his old school friend gave the
secretary a fat official appointment
there. Bourrienne had acquired the
taste for graft. Now that he was
away from Napoleon's watchful eye he
grat.ied his dishonest cravings with
out stint.
He wrongfully wrung huge sums
from the Hamburg senate and from
German noblemen. At last his thefts
became SO outrageous that complaint
was made to Napoleon. The latter,
who was now emperor Of France, re-
called Bourrienne in disgrace, degrad-
ed him from his office and compelled,
him to refund 100000 Of the stolen
money. Napoleon was never noted for
gratitude or for kindness. The fact
that he had done anything at all for
the ex-school chum was unusual. Now
he washed his hands of the man.
In 1914 Napoleon was o~verthrown
by the allied powers of Europe and
was packed Off to Elbe an exile. Bour-
rienne was among the first to hail
Louis XVIII. (the Bourbon king of the
allies set on frances throne in Napo-
Icons place., and to clamor for office
under him.
Then back from Elba came Ma
poleon. All France rose to greet him.
and Louis XVIII. fed for his life. Ma
poleon offered pardon to nearly all his
political foes, but he pointedly re-
fused to forgive Bo~urrienne. Tremb.
ling at his own danger, Bo~urrienne
rushed for safety to the still fleeing
Louis XVIII. This act OF devotion
touched the heart Of the fugitive king.
He made Bourrienne minister of state
after Napoleon's second and final
downfall. The turncoat Jared well for
some years. But, like most grafters,
Bourrienne at last lost every penny Of
his tainted wealth. He was forced to
fee from France to escape his cred
itors.
His mind gave way and, In 1884. he
died in an insane asylum.
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Experts Have Not Found Out thu
Method Of Composition Of
Roman Cement.

The secret of the ancient Roman
cement is once more a topic Of dis
cussion since the fall of a few yards
OF Roman wall at Caerwent In Eng
land. The fall was due to a movement
Of the subsoil, and not to the decay Of
the wall itself. There are still several
hundred miles Of the Roman walls to
be seen in England and they seem to
be as strong az the day they were
built. An expert Of the London Mu-
scum quoted by the New York Sun
says: we do not know the method
or its composition, but 1t IL far sound
er than any modern cement. Indeed.
when some part Of such a wall has TO
be dislodged u Is necessary to use
dynamite. All we know Is that pound
ed tile Ia a considerable element In
the cemena. For the rest. Roman
walls afg bulk with stone andi tile
rom . concrete bottom
The confcssion seems a little
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12
Turn a Bright Searchlight on Capital SpOoners

Such phrases as Baby DOLL Dear.
ie,' and Honey Boy
Holding hands, If the grasp Is not
too tight, and the resting of the arm
on the back Of the chair occupied by
the object Of its affection, are per.
mitted."
Break away, there" is the COM
mand given by the officers on the st.
John and the Charles Manchester, and
at the capitol, when they come upon
spooning couples. If the order is not
obeyed, a very brilliant searchlight
is turned on the guilty persons.
For many years dark spots about
the approaches to the capitol have
been used by counting couples. 1t was
not unusual to see as many as rs
couples hugging at once In the coy
hooks that flank the senate and house
wings of the building. The officers will
try to check this. There is no objec.
ton, they say, to gentle cooling Of the
turtle dove variety, but when 1t comes
to going into an embrace that lasts
they call a halt.
The river men and the capitol Off,
GERS caught the spirit Of reform about
the same time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12
Wife at Park Resort

rel Miss Orrie Smith and Viola Col
Inns, ticket sellers, and Cissel Hus-
band, who operates a wicked" mer-
ry-go-round, and Leroy Hill, who runs
the miniature railroad.
Sheriff Howard personally had col
lected evidence against the resort.
His methods would have done credit
to Sherlock Holmes. He purchased
tickets and took a ride.
There may have been dryer places
in the world than Glen Echo, but they
are not mentioned in the afternoon
meetings Of the Dorcas society. If
any fellow took his girl to the park
expecting to cut up and buy lemon
ade or soda pop. he gets caught steal
ing second. Rockefeller could not
have bought a wet glass. The Sahara
desert was a cloudburst compared
with the park,
There never was a time at Glen
Echo when a man person could buy
a drink with a headache hung on in.
stead of a green trading stamp, but
pop used to run wild in the streets.
One child called its father pop" and
nearly caused a riot
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12

Historic Blackguards |
By ALBERT PAYsoN TERHUNE
BERT PAYsoN
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Copyright, by the Press PublIshing %. The New YORK Worldl.
William The Conqueror, the Ruffian Who Stole-and Made
England
England

"Normans" and their province Nor
mandy"
William the Conqueror was the son
of Duke Robert of Normandy ("Rob-
ert the DeviI") and a tanners daugh-
ter, He was born in 1927. From early
boyhood he led a life of constant war
fare, peril and ~treachery. In order to
save his dukedom and his life from the
greed of neighboring potentates he
was forced to acts of brutality and
crime. At length he was safely estab-
lished In his own realm and looked
about him for further conquests. His
eye fell on England.
The English king, Edward the Con-
fessor," was childless. William per-
suaded or bribed Edward to bedueath
to him the throne of England.
Edward died early in 1866. The
English decided, rightfully, that no
king could legally ~bequeath his crown
to anyone. So they elected Harold
their king. At once William demand
ed the crown Harold refused to give
1t up. William stirred up an invasion
of England by the Norwegians and
landed a Norman host on the British
shores at about the same time. Har-
old thrashed the N~orwegians, then
hurried his tired army to Hastings to
meet William. The Normans were
victorious; and in London, on Christ
mas day, 1886, William was crowned
king Of England. There he built q
fortress that later became the famed
Tower of London"
His conquest of England vas a piece
of bare highway robbery, with no
shadow Of moral right to justify it.
Yet, in the end, 1t was the best thing
that could have happened to the coun-
try. For it infused new blood into the
rough Saxon strain, m~odernized the
isolated, old-fashioned British and
brought them into touch with the
world at large and with progress.
The king of France made fun OF
Williams fairness. William, in rage,
found excuse to invade France. There,
in 1887, he captured and burned the
town of Nantes. AS he was riding
through the city's hot embers his
horse reared and threw him, causing
injury.
Thus the BLACKBOARD who for sixty
years had braved death in every form
persisted at last through a bit of care
less Workmanship.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12
Letter from Miss Grace Dodds, Bethlehem, N.
UnfaIIina stlmuIant.

Men have tried many things, but
still the tsk for stimulant-the
stimulant in use but requires the use
of more Men try to drown the float
ing dead Of their own souls In the
wine cup, but the corpses will rise.
We see their faces in the bubbles.
The intoxication Of drink sets the
world whirling again, and the pulses
playing music, and the thoughts gal
Looping. but the fast clock runs down
sooner, and the unnatural stimulation
only leaves the house 1t fills with rev
elry-more silent, sad, more de-
serted, more dead. There ID only one
stimulant that fails, and yet
never intoxicates-Duty. Duty puts a
blue sky owe every man-up in his
heart maybe-into which the sky
lark, happiness, always goes singing.
D. Prentice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12
Ban on Kissing Ones

6sFF YOU kiss your wife in Glen
4 Echo park on Sunday you will
lose five pounds Of tobacco.
IF you kiss some other mans wife
1t will cost you your life"
This was the ~disconsolate vail Of
Manager Schloss of the park the other
day.
What is the trouble. Mr.. Schloss?"
no was asked.
Guess" said the manager.
blue laws?"
"Righto," said Mr.. Schloss. as cheer
fully as a crutch. .
Schloss is aggrieved that Mont
gomery county is now playing in the
Blue Law league, and he says it hurts
the batting average of the park.
why, just think; there was a time
mot SO far distant, when the turn
stiles at the amusement places
clicked until they resembled the ex-
haust of a motor boat.
But them was the halcyon days."
he muttered. 1T used to be that the
band crashed out the airs that made
the crowd forget that they had moth
ing to do till tomorrow Now the
band plays only one air that keeps
the crowd"
What is 1t, Mr.. Schloss?"
"tAbide With Me-"
This little conversation with the
manager took place just after Sheriff
Howard of Montgomery county gave
nm imitation OF making an arrest.
When the sheriff had finished his lit
Gle act he had four violators. They
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12

to the full-armed "Hus-Carles'' OF the
royal bodyguard. The leader was Har-
old, Saxon king OF England. He had
rushed his troops by long marches to
Ibis spot, to check the advance of a
Norman invader.
In the plain below, toward the hill
side, marched the invading host. Far
in advance of their line rode the, Nor
man minstrel, Taillefer, gaudily
dressed, throwing his sword into the
air and catching it; singing loudly the
Death Chant of Roland" 1t was this
minstrel who struck the first blow in
the battle of Hastings and who was
first to fall.
The Normans flung themselves upon
the Saxons, only to be sent Keeling
back. Again and again they charged
vainly against that solid battle line.
The Saxons hurled them Off shouting.
"Out! Quit"
At last the willy Norman leader,
Duke William, tried craft where force
had failed. He drew off his soldiers in
seeming retreat. The headstrong Sax
ons, ~dfsobeying Harold's orders, broke
their own line to dash In disorderIy
pursuit of the fleeing foe. The Nor
mans suddenly turned and charged
through the broken line, gaining the
hilltop. scattering the Saxons, Staying
Harold and-winning England!
Norway, Sweden and Denmark we're
peopled by wild, bloodthirsty sea-
rovers. Unable to prosper in their
W bleak lands, these Mortimer"
Cor "Norsemen") had for centuries
made raids on the rich coasts of Eng
land and France. So dreaded were
these raids that the old English
prayer book contained the petition:
From the fury of the Mortimer, good
Lord, deliver u.s." A band of Morse
pirates had swooped down on France
and had settled in a rich district of
that country. They called themselves
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12

dtN 0 more spooning on the upper
~ decks In the dark corners" is
the edict that has gone out from the
offices Of the st. John and the Charles
Manchester, two pleasure boats that
ply tho Potomac river between Wash
lngton and Marshall Hall.
Stop p~romiscuous hugging, kiss
ing and flirting on the approaches to
the capitol" is an order issued to
capitol policemen.
The new rules on the st. John and
the Charles MacAlaster prohibit kiss
ing Of all kinds-the ordinary catch
as catch can, as well as the soul kiss,
which becomes an endurance contest.
The rules also prohibit:
Embracing, means q slight squeeze
or the grapple OF the to-have-and-to
hold kind.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12

VI lhO Aouo was Do MI
the son of a Frenchman Of lowly birth.
He had no rightful place in the acad-
envy from which officers were to be
graduated. For in those days, only
men of wealth, rank or influence as a
rule, rose to rank in the French army.
That ill-placed boy was Louis Antoine
Fouvelet de Bourrienne.
His classmate and friend was a
splendid chap with a huge head. He
was the butt of the school because Of
his hot temper, his haughtily borne
poverty, his shabby clothes. his shrill,
cracked voice and Corsican accent.
This youngster was the son of an old,
impoverished Corsicaa family. His
name as spelled at that time was
Nabulione Bounaparte. He was one
day to rule and bully his scornful fell
low-students as Napoleon +, Emperor
of the French"
On leaving Brienne in 1885 the two
comrades separated. 1t was years be-
fore they met again. Bonaparte work
ed his way up to a l~ieutenancy in the
army of King Louis XVI. Bourrienne,
failing to obtain an officers commits
sion, found a post in the lower
branches OF the diplomatic service.
The friendship Of boyhood had cooled
when he and Bonaparte CHANGED to
meet in Paris in the late days Of the
old French monarchy. Bonaparte,
with his keen judgment OF human ma
ture, seems to have gagged his old
schoolmate's character Alright and to
have found nothing in it to admire.
Yet when Bonaparte was First Con-
SUI and ruler of France in 1896 he
sent for Bourrienne and made him his
private secretary. He afterward be-
slowed other Offices on the poor young
diplomat
But Bourrienne was not content
with the legitimate earnings Of his
various positions. A man SO near the
head of the government could find
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12
President of Editors WEEDS.

Fulton.-Ovid Bell, president of the
Missouri Press association and editor
of the Fulton Gazette, was married to
Miss Maude Hall at the home of the
bride in Rocheport, Mo-, Rev. Madison
of Columbia officiating. They have
gone to the Wisconsin lakes on a
honeymoon trip. The bride is a daugh-
ter of James c. Hall, cashier of the
Peoples bank at R%ocheport. She was
educated in Stephens and Christian
college at Columbia, and studied mu-
sic in Leipsic, Germany, and has been
a piano teacher in William Woods col,
lege in this city for the last several
years.
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Government Is Willing to Pay Money for, Bugs

sT HERE has been found a man who
j not only wants bedbugs, but IL
willing to pay five cents each for them
tf delivered alive.
This unique demand comes from @.
M. thinner. superintendent Of the
United States agricultural experiment
station ut Vienna, Va He has hung
out q sign advertising the fact that
bedbugs are worth Just q nickel q
piece ct bis establishment, and prom
ises to buy all that are offered up to
the value Of IS. Strange TO say, Mr..
Eimmer las been unable heretofore to
buy Ill the bedbugs he desires for his
purpose. which ID to set them to work
discriminating another insect which il
destroying an orchard on the expert
mentnf farm. It ID believed that the
residents Of Virginia are shy about nd
hitting that they are familiar with
Hths habitat Of bedbugs BY bringing
N any captives. ever ut the price Of
nve cents each.
The postoilce department, on tho
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12
Ancient Secret Is Lost

ignominious for this particular stage
of human progress. but perhaps If we
We're quite honest with ourselves we
should admit that antiquity possessed
q good many secrets that we have
lost, among them the tempering Of
copper. the moving without machinery
Of enormous stones, and the caIcula-
ton Of star movements without in.
struments.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12
Little Girl Attacks Bull.

Walker.-Seizing a large club and
rushing into a barn lot on alarm near
here, where a bull was in the act of
goring her mother to death, Elizabeth
Merrill, IA years old, fought off the
animal and saved the life of Mrs.
Belle Merrill. Mrs. Merrill had en-.
tered the lot to milk a COW, when the
bull attacked her.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12
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4PRT&t}CET roer BED :
BUGS Than NE
80 IEA\ CAN nSE -

other hand, is opposed to bug conser-
walton, and Ia seeking some method of
discriminating water bugs" II has
been found that water bugs have an
abnormal appetite for the glue on
postage stamps. and are rapidly con-
Stunning the .stickum' In many post
Offices. The use Of poison IL not al
lowed, because Of tho danger to hui
man beings who are accustomed to
lnoisten their stamps by licking them.
Neither do the authorities dare to
turn loose IN the postofices any bug
enemy Of the water bug. Consequent
". they are IN q quandary and would
Ike e have some one point the way
QUE yM
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12

Instead Of liquid ~antiseptics, tablets
and peroxide, Tor toilet and medicinal
uses, many people prefer Paxtine,
which Is cheaper and better. At drug.
gists, 25c q box or sent postpaid on re.
ceipt Of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co, Boston, Mass.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12

4 admit without hesitation" said
the nan who tries to conceal bis self.
esteem. that whatever | am today Ii
due to the influence OF my wife,
That's right" replied Mr.. Growch-
er. Always blame the woman
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12
Railway photographers Get Raise.

HdTIWdy EWVUI aPTu'S Nus ttNfuss
Fulton.-A Is per cent increase In
wages has been granted agents and
telegraph operators OF the Chicago g.
Alton railroad on several Missouri d.
visions. Among the cities affected
are st. Louis. Kansas City. Louisiana
and Mexico. The increase Is due to
activities Of a committee from the
telegraphers' union sent to Chicago
reosptly to confer with officials Of the
road The salaries Of the operators
Siil5now range from sos to s72.50.
enc asked for q schedule, but this
as denied them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12
Student browns in Lake.

Odessa.-Walter Burdhardt, aged %
years, of Trinidad, O., a student and
brotheFialaw Of Prof. Lardner Of
Northwestern university Of Evanston,
Ill, was drowned in Lake Venita near
here. Burkhardt was cashier of the
Redpath- Vawter Chautauqua system.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12
rha Reaaon

X heard a woman theSother day beg
cling another woman pitifully to give
her just one more chance and the 9th
er refused her.
And suppose the one begging for
q chance vas at desperate need
mo, she was at a charity bazar.s
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12

College Professor, 10, Tries Suicide.
Louisiana.-Homer Baird, 20 years
old, cut his throat and severed his
wrist here, with suicidal intent. He
used a razor, and the chances for his
recovery are slight. He was formerly
a professor at Blair college. The rea-
son for his attempt at suicide has not
been learned.