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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26

time. From the window of the draw
ing room he painted one Of his very
few landscapes. And what a wonder
full view 1t Is which is commanded by
the terrace! The beautiful River
Thames is seen like a CLEAN Of silver
descending through the rich landscape
and curving round the foot of the hill,
its banks thickly wooded. Ham
House, the historic seat Of the earl
of Dysart, Petersham, and Twicken-
ham are in sight, and far away in the
dim distance rises the round tower of
lordly Windsor, and on the left the
outline of the Surrey hills. The poet
Thompson described this scene in
his seasons" when the beauties of
Summer inspired his pen:
Here let US sweep
The boundless landscape; now the rap
Exulting. swift to huge Augusta send;
Now to the sister hills that skirt her
To lofty Harrow now, and now to where
Majestic Windsor lifts his princely brow
IN lOVely contrast TO THIS GLORIOUS view.
He goes on to describe where
Silver Thames first rural grows"
Hams empowering walks" and the
matchless vale of the great river.
Pope lay i'll on his deathbed when
Thompson wrote, and so he points to
the Muses. haunt, Twitnam's bowers,
and implores to heaven the healing Of
his friend, and then proceeds to re-
count the other beauties of the scene
Another great writer has told US
about them. Sir Walter Scott in the
Heart Of Midlothian" makes the
duke Of Argyll and Jeanne Deans
alight from the carriage to contem-
plate the wondrous landscape. We
need not retell the grand description
painted by the great writer; but when
the duke tells Jeanne that there is
nothing like in Scotland, jeanne re-
marks on the fine breed Of cows, but
adds: II like just as weell to look at
the craigs of Arthur's Seat and the
sea coming in ayont them, as at a
thae muckle trees" 1t would never
do for "auld Scotland" to be beaten.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
Merely an Amateur.

A man who lives much at hotels
had some odd experiences during the
strikes Of the walters in New York
and Boston.
On the morning after the strike was
called in New York he ordered boiled
eggs in a New York hotel. The man
ayers had hired all applicants for jobs
at waiting, and the one who took this
boiled egg order was a tough person
He brought the eggs, came over and
leaned on the back of the patrons
chair and said:
Say, cul, kin | shuck them eggs fe1
yez?"
In Boston the waiter at breakfast
was a big, burly person who seemed
unfamiliar with the work. The mar
at breakfast ventured a mild protest
Jaw, fergit it," said the waiter.
amt no waiter. /. came up here tc
be a strike breaker in the truckman's
strike."-Saturday Evening Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
No Longer Interested.

Theodore Lane, who resided at the
home of his parents, 7349 Holton
avenue, had a %toothache the other
morning. 1t was a bad toothache, too
and Theodore let the neighborhood
know all about it. But when his
father got home that evening (this is
according to his father the boy was
calm and seemed at peace.
HAS your tooth stopped aching
Teddy% asked Theodore, Sr.
II don't know" answered the
youngster.
Don't know? Why, what do you
mean?"
TITS out."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26

and twenty-three days alternately.
Thus four years contained 1,465 days
and the e length of the year was
366A days. This was one day too
much. From an effort to adjust mat
tiers more confusion resulted.
Politicians of that day were no less
prone to manipulate affairs to their
own advantage than they are today.
Every third period of eight years was
to contain only three i~ntercalary
months instead of four. This would
reduce the mean length of the year to
365A days, but the care of the calen-
dar vas left with certain officials with
discretion to intercalate more or few.
er days. To prolong the terms of Of
fee or to hasten elections the ques-
ton Of the calendar was ignored.
When julius Caesar came into power
he found the civil equinox differed
from the astronomical by three
months. Winter months had been car
ried back into autumn and autumn
into summer.
~Sosigenes, an old mathematician
who was familiar with the stars
than any man of his time, came to
Caesars rescue and devised a plan
to put an end to the disorder. The
civil year was regulated entirely by
the sun and was fixed at 1854 days,
the quarter day being added to each
fourth year as we have it now. The
original plan was to have thirty-one
days each for the first, third. fifth,
seventh, ninth and eleventh months
and the other months thirty, except
February, which was to have twenty
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
What Worried Her

You say your wife threw a plate
at your"
Yes; 1t was a fine china plate. 1t
broke against my head"
Didn't she appear sorry after she
threw it?"
Yes, she appeared very sorry"
All, indeed. And what did she
say?"
She said she was a fool not to con.
troll her temper"
Good. And what else did she
say?"
She said she didn't believe she
could match that plate again If she
hunted the town through."-Photo
Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26

Janus won immortal fame while
serving as Ianitor Of heaven and at
the same time guardian Of gates and
doors on earth. He presided over
the beginning Of everything and II
was natural that the first month
should be called In his honor.
nine on common years and thirty each
fourth year. This would have been
so much more simple that had it been
kept we no doubt would want to give
thanks to Caesar. But then came that
other Caesar and spoiled 1t all. July
had been named for julius and Angus.
tus insisted the month to bear his
own name must have as many days
as July. One day was taken from
February and added to August to
crafty the vanity of this ruler.
When the Julian calendar was in
troduced the equinox fell on the 25th
of March. In the course of a few cen.
turtles 1t changed The error in time
amounted to a day in 1923 years. In
1882 Pope Gregory XIII. abolished the
Julian calendar in all Catholic coun.
tries and introduced the one now in
use. At that time the equinox had
slipped back to March II. Ten days
were dropped from the calendar.
Every one hundredth year that by the
old style would be a leap year was to
be a common year, the fourth century
Invisible by four excepted; 1900 was
TO be a leap year, but 1900, 1900, 1900
Of the common length, and 1000 a leap
year again. Some countries were slow
to accept this method, but Russia is
the only Christian country that does
not follow 1t.
Although for many centuries there
was SO great variety in the selection
Of the day regarded as the first of the
year, religious observances and festive
rejoicing were general among all peo-
ples-Egyptians, Jews, Chinese, Ro,
mans and Mohammedans. Solemn in
auguration Of the new year was one
Of the customs retained upon the es.
Enlistment of Christianity. The date
ranged from Christmas to Easter IN.
til late in the sixteenth century.
Finally the date al accepted that
had been named by Numa, who also
had named the month in honor OF
Janus, the two-faced, who was thus
supposed to turn at once back upon
the old year and forward to the new.
Feasting and the interchange OF
presents have been customary in all
ages so far as can be learned from
records of celebrations of this day.
Wishing a Happy New Year has been
a custom as old as antiquity, but let
us hope 1t may never grow so old as
to be out of date.-Chicago Record
Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
misunderstanding.

Elihu Root, at the chamber of com.
merce dinner in New York, said:
There r. hundreds of thousands
of people outside the great industrial
communities who think the chamber
of commerce a den of thieves, who
think that the manufacturers of the
country are no better than a set of
confidence men,"
Discussing this regrettable misun-
derstanding afterward, Mr.. Root
smiled and said:
1T is a misunderstanding that will
come right in the end; but just now,
If a rich man ventured to say to a
poor man, I believe in putting by
something for a rainy day. the poor
man would sneer bitterly and reply:
eyes, that's why me and my
friends lose so many ummrellas.'"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
GUN BETTER THAN SERMONS
Methodist Missionary Tells How His
ProWess as Hunter Won
Over the HIndus.

San Francisco. - Skill with a
big game rife has contributed much
to his success as a missionary, in the
opinion Of the Rev. H. A. Musser, who,
with his wife and their two children,
arrived from the orient on the Tenyo
Maru. Eight years ago, as district
superintendent of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, he went to the noun
tains and jungles of central India.
"The meek and mild type Of mis-
sionary Is slow to gain the confidence
of the Hindus," said Mr.. Musser.
Much of my Gee was due to the
fact that l raj Of assistance to the
natives in a physical sense. I have
hunted lions, tigers and elephants,
and I believe the barking of my gun
has done more for the missionary
cause than my preaching"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
CAN'T ESCAPE HIS SHADOW
EngIishman Unable to Prosecute Mar
Who Follows Him Everywhere
He and Wife Go.

London.-A remarkable story was
related at the Highgate Police court
by a young mar who applied for a
summons against another man He
told the magistrate that some months
ago he summoned the man for threat
ening him, and the man was then eau
toned. Since that time the man had
persistently followed him and his wife
about wherever they went, although
they lived at Finchley and he at
Crouch End. The man never said any
thing to them, but simply followed
them, and when they went indoors he
walked up and down outside watching
the house.
"The man is quite entitled to the
use of the road" said the Judge, "and
in following you and your wife he Is
offending against no statute. He Is
quite within the limits of the law"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
Lovers Unioue Devotion.

An unusual manner in which a
lovers devotion was shown occurred
at Zurich, Switzerland, recently. A
cobbler, whose sweetheart died, ap-
prenticed himself to a stone-cutter in
order to execute a fitting tribute to
her memory, and after fourteen
months he was able to carve a beau
tiful rose on a marble slab and write
beneath: Such was She" After it
had been erected over her grave he
returned to his first trade, and now
repairs shoes as before.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
OLD HOME OF SIR REYNOLDS
Wonderful Landscape Scenes Are De.
scrlbed in Verse by Noted
Poets.

London.-AIl artists and lovers of
paintings will be interested to know
that Wick House, on Richmond hill,
once the residence of the great paint
er. Sir Joshua Reynolds, is. like many
other noble mansions in the neighbor-
hood. in the market. 1t is situated on
that wonderful terrace at Richmond,
whence M of the most perfect views
of marvellous scenery in southern Eng
land can be obtained. Poets and novel
lists, as well as artists, have tried to
describe its PROJECTIONS. No wonder
the beauty-loving eye of Sir Joshua
was attracted by the scene. He or
dered the architect, Sir William Cham
bers, to build for him this house on
the site of an old cottage, which was
demolished in order to make room
for the artists dwelling place. 1t has
been much enlarged since Sir Joshua's
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
An EayptIan New Year oreetIna.

An Egyptian New Year Greeting.
The following, from Maspero's Guide
to the Cairo Museum Of Antiquities,
is Of timely interest, showing how the
scarab was identified with New Years
celebration in ancient Egypt;
1.-THE Egyptians worshiped the scar,
alb from most remote antiquity, for
1t seems that, in the beginning 1t was
considered as being one Of the shapes
Of the soul itself. So the image of
it was multiplied, in order to assure
the living and dead alike a continu-
ance Of being, and, like all religious
emblems held in general esteem, 1t
was used as . motif Of ornamentation
In jewelry. Scarabs were set on
rings, seals or pendants, those Who
wore them thus having not only an
amulet but an ornament, and were
made Of every size and material.
"A whole class Of scarabs bore
good wishes for the New Year. MAY
Anon. or Iris. or bastit, or Ra, give
.hea a happy beginning OF the year.
Others wished him to be provided web
the aura Of life. Or with life itself"
VA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
Neat Knock,

HOBBY Baker, the football star, was
lunching in his native Philadelphia.
A young girl, over her queer alliga-
tor pear salad, mentioned the name
Of a Princeton sophomore who had
played rather badly on his class team.
He is an awfully nice boy" she
said. What was 1t he played on the
eleven, Mr.. Baker-halfback, quarter
back, fullback|
The handsome and herculean "Ho-
hey" smiled.
Il think he played drawback" he
said.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
LOCATING the Fool.

A stout old gentleman was having
trouble with the telephone. He could
hear nothing but a confused tumble
Of sounds, and finally he became SO
~exasperated that he shouted into the
transmitter:
Who's the blithering fool at the
end of this line?"
Hes not at this end" answered a
cool, feminine voice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
Deserted ~ Years: IL "wIdow.r

Pittsburgh, Pa,-Whether a woman
who has not seen her husband for q
years can consider herself a widow. II
has been decided by a jury here that
she can"
Anna Duclanery was charged with
perjury and bigamy. She had obtain.
ed a marriage license to wed Joseph
Giesilieiskt and said she was a widow.
Married life was not smooth for the
Duclanery-Giesileisk combination and
the husband brought bigamy charges
against his wife.
AT the trial 1t developed that the
woman had been deserted by her first
husband Fl years before she came tc
America from Austria and she has
,een here six years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
This Is a Bird of a Story.

The pigeons of the Stock Exchange
are very much disturbed these days
while workmen are removing a coat
of gloom from the famous frieze neal
their residence. Much of their time
they spend flying to the windows OF
]. P. Morgan's Office across the street
Yesterday at Don James j. Hill and
A. Barton Hepburn noticed them.
pigeons are active today" said Mr.
Hepburn.
"Pigeons!" said Hill. They're not
pigeons, they're ave bringing Nor
gan his dinner."-New York World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
HAD ALL THE REQUISITES
Seemingly Extraordinary Essentials
Are Needed for the Practice of
the Law In Florida.

Will Irwin, the author, was holding
forth upon the superiority of Califor-
mia over Florida as a winter resort.
Florida" he said, lis too relaxing.
This is due to the fetid air of the
sWamps.
There's a story about a young man
who was being examined for admis-
sion to the Florida bar. The exami-
nation ran thus:
Young mar are you malaria
proof?'
"'Yes, sir
"'Can you rider
Eyes, sir
"'Do you own a horse%
Eyes, sir
SIS he a good swamp swimmer
Eyes, sir
"'Then, young man, I welcome you
to the practice of law in this dis
t~rict.'"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
Same Thinu.

so you have given up getting mar
ried?"
Yes; and you have given up your
auto. What was the reason of that?''
Cost of upkeep."
That's what influenced me-"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
BY EDGAR ELLSWORTH OWEN.

ECORDS of the
fight of tim Q
were in a sorry
muddle In the
early ages. You
accept as a mat
ter of fact the ar
rival of N e W
Years day and
it never oc-
ours to you that
there might not
be a new year,
nor any year, and
even if the year
did have a sys-
tematic plan it
might open up in
the early spring
time, or late in
fall, or some other
time of the year
ar we know Il
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
Best Way to Find Out.

He-What would you say IL l should
kiss you?
She-Why ask for a mere guess
when you can SO easily get the exact
f~acts-Stray Stories.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26

C~rimsonbeak Are you against
strikes?
Yeast-I certainly am. But how
much were you going to ask me for?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
M arriaoeabIe.

Patience Is he a manageable
man?
Patrice-I thing not. They say he
was never good at making
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26

A brave man is always ready to
face the music"-provided it isn't
that old tune from "Lohengrin."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26

Sillimus DIV There is honor among
thieves.
Cynicus-Nonsense! Thieves are
just as bad rs other people.-Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26

Even the intoxication of love may
leave one with a headache the morn
ing after.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, %softens ale gums, reduces infamma.
ton, ailays pain, cures wind colo. Csc a bottle Al.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
seat Wax.

How can | float a loan?"
Borrow from the men who are try
ing to get into the swim"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26

His Santanic majesty grins when he
hears a man say he will reform-to-
morrow.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26

The mild mellow quality of LEWIS
Single Binder cigar is what the smokers
want. Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-26
No such thing
as constipation

The following Is 4 clipping from an ex- 4
change which seems to disprove the old Il
Idea OF constipation.
ia CONSTIPATION Is not n disease. Nor fstta Z
condition. 1t is the result OF diseased con- y
~ dition. one Of the chief causes of so-called L
~ constipation these days Is the mistaken L
treatment Fierce drugs and vicious rem Z
"a edies are q cause OF constipation, nota /
an cure. The only rational method for cor
recting what people call constipation is 4
81. an internal relAxing-hath or an internal I
81 gentle bowel-massage. The one scientific
preparation for this. so far Is Sehail's
4| Constipation Waters. which cure without Z
dosing or tearing the tender walls of the
bowels. THIS Treatment at all druggists, |
Hc. or direct from US. Special free trial
~ treatment II preferred. Eupepsia Chem.
~ Co, all Walnut Street, st Louis. Missouri z
"a Papers please publish this clipping" j
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-05-01

or ripen the cream first heat it to
about 70 degrees r. (use a thermOm-
eter) and let it stand until it has a
mild but distinctly acid taste; or,
second, add some sour milk or but
termilk (star teri to start the ripen-
ing at the same time holding it at 70
degrees. The best cream for churn
ing is that which tests about thirty
per cent fat after the starter has been
added.
Tue temperature at which the cream
should be churned depends on size OF
fat globules, hardness of fat globules,
age of cream. amount of cream, per-
centage of fat in cream, kind OF feed
the COW is getting and this can not
be determined except by trial.
Thirty five degrees may be proper on
one farm and 60 degrees on the one
adjoining. A good rule to follow is
to have the butter come about the
size of wheat kernels in about thirty
to forty minutes. If it takes longer
the cream is either too sweet or at
too low temperature or the churn is
too full. LII it comes sooner than
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-05-01

First, it must have a deep subsoil,
free from hardpan or standing water.
The tap roots of alfalfa extend into
the ground many feet if conditions
are favorable. They are unable to
penetrate hardpan and they will not
enter standing water. The subsoil
must be broken and drained to a
depth of at least five feet. On &C
count of the abundant winter rains
large part of our soils are uuderlaid
with more or less solid hardpan. On
much of the lower lands the water
lies near the surface.
Second. alfalfa prefers an alkaline
soil, and is unable to thrive in an
acid soil. Practically all the soil in
Western Washington is acid. This is
more nearly true of the well-drained
highlands than it is OF the lower,
wetter soils.
Third, the soil must be inoculated
with the proper bacteria. These
bacteria do not exist naturally in our
soils. They must be supplied.
A number of experiments are being
made this year by the Western Wash
ington Experiment Station in CO.
operation with II. S. Sparks, super
visor of demonstration farms, and
others, and it is confidently believed
that alfalfa can be successfully grown
in many parts of Western Washington.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-05-01
BUTTERMAKING ON THE FARM.

A recent popular Bulletin of the
State Experiment Station at Pullman
(No. 4l) gives the following advice:
Butter made from single herd of
COWS in small dairy located on the
farm should command the highest
price of any butter on the market.
Where one man has control Of all the
process through which the milk goes
from the time it is MIXED until the
time it is printed as butter, the pro-
duct should be the best obtainable, if
this one man understands the prin-
ciple and the art of buttermaking.
The first essential in making good
butter is good cream. To get this
simply means to take ordinary pre-
cautions regarding clean COWS and
barns, clean attendants and clean
utensils; and then cooling the cream
at once after separating, either by
running it over a cooler or by setting
in running cold water and stirring.
Cream should not be stored with any
substance having an aroma.
Sweet cream churns hard and gives
a butter having fiat taste. 10 sour,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-05-01
ALFALFA In WESTERN WASH
NGT0N.

By l.. J. Chaplin, Agronomist, West
ern Washington Experiment Station.
Puyallup, Wash.
Although the growing of alfalfa in
Western Washington is not generally
believed to be possible, there seems
to be no insurmountable obstacle 10
the way. 1t is true that almost in
Vulnerable trials have failed but the
reasons for these failures are seeming,
ly quite evident. Alfalfa, like all
other plants, thrives best under
certain conditions.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-05-01

thirty minutes the temperature is too
high.
While the granules are about the
size of wheat the butter milk should
be drained; the granules washed and
the salt added. Then they are work
ed together only enough to distribute
the salt evenly. When the churn is
not stopped until the granules be-
come large some of the buttermilk is
encased and it makes butter of poor
keeping quality.
Notifies in butter are caused by an
uneven distribution of salt in the
presence of buttermilk.