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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
Temptation.

Representative Solomon Francis
Prouty of the Seventh district of I'LL
nois is the only man in the house of
representatives who chews gum, and
he chews it with a remarkable avidi-
ty. He took the gum habit after a
conference of Iowa physicians had
warned him that he must either stop
smoking or fill a grave. They sug'
gested chewing gum as a substitute
for my Lady Nicotine.
The only time he has smoked In ten
years was on a hot day last summer
while out campaigning. He stopped to
talk with an old farmer who was puff
ing at a corncob pipe. The smoke got
into Representative Prouty's nose, ant
as soon as he reached town he rushed
into his Office, grabbed his secretary
by the arm, and almost shouted:
For goodness sake dig out that pipe
Of yours and give me a puff! Lock the
doors and keep every man out VIII
looks like a doctor. I've got to smok'
or Observation-Disclosures Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
Worlds Coolest CITY.

When the rivers freeze to the bot.
tom and small trees snap off from the
biting force of the cold stands the
coolest inhabited city in the world
v~erkoyansek, in northeastern Siberia.
It is a place of some size, stands $50
feet above the sea level, and in win
ter boasts of a temperature IS degrees
below zero. Its annual temperature
is three degrees above zero. The Rus
sian government owns the town, and is
interested in having an administrative
center where clever and industrious
Yokuts, f%ur-trading Jews of Siberia, car
ry on their operations. All the inhab
itants Of verkoyansek, with the ex
ception of a few officials and Russian
traders, are Yokuts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
STAGE COACH
Had Been Buried in the Sand
Forty Years With Its
$4,000 Treasure.
ar SELMA LILLIAN HIGGINS.

BY SELMA l. uhSSi''S
you must not be discouraged, Alb
ner,' spoke Mrs. Waldron in her pa
tient, sympathizing way.
I'm not, mother" was the prompt
but infinitely weary response. 1t is
not the loss of business, home n
friends. What worries me is the fact
that after all my sacrifices, shall
not be able to pay my creditors in
full. It is a pretty heavy load for
an old man like me to carry"
Remember the promise: On whom
Gods hand resteth, hath God at his
right hand"
Abner Waldron tried to smile brave
ly, kissed the dear old patient face
of his heIpmeet, and left the house
for his accustomed stroll. 1t had
ceased to seem like home for a week
past, for it was scheduled to follow
the rest of his possessions and go to-
wards paying his debts.
He had done very we'll in a business
way, until a smooth, smart city pro-
| mOLGT udu CUul0 W ElDiOh'
Their, James Waldron, the banker, had
come to the little Michigan town 50
years since. He had left the son
some money, and Abner had built up a
profitable manufacturing business.
Then the promoter had filed his mind
with expansive ideas. He had branch
ed out, the sleek schemer had reaped
a rich harvest, and then-failure.
Abner had turned v every penny
he had in the world. 1t paid up every
thing except a few thousand dol
lars. Mrs. Waldron had In her own
right a small farm in an adjoining
county. They had decided to go there
and were now on the v of depart.
ure.
Its the older children, Richard and
Maud, that l care about" the thought
full bankrupt had told his close friends
THE boy can earn his own living, the
girl has a fine education, and car
do the same. But you see, both are
engaged. I expected to give them
good start in life. Now, the weddingt
must be postponed. 1t seems as though
my foolish ideas Of becoming a mil
l~ionaire have driven happiness away
from everybody who had anything tc
do with me-"
Abncr evaded meeting his neigh
bors, and took a lonely route out o,
town. He was oon among the sane
hills. He wanted to think, plan GU
resignation for the present, content
ment for the future. 1t was a grea'
sand district about Albion. Lying
along the lake shore, air currents hac
piled up great yellow mountains Of thu
shifting particles, One wind storm
would build up a great hill in a night
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
NEWSy MISSOURI
LAWYERS PREY ON coNvIcTs.
Relatives Of Prisoners Victims Of Par
don Brokerage System.

Jefferson City.-That there are
many lawyers and others in Missouri
who make the big end of their living
by preying upon convicts in the state
penitentiary and upon their wives and
relatives, was the assertion of Jack
Blanton, member of the board of par
dons and paroles.
He says these men go to the con-
victs themselves or to their families
and hold out the claim that they can
Immediately procure their release If
enough money can be raised with
which to prepare the application and
defray the expenses.
There are now on file over 1000 APP
plications for paroles or pardons and
more are pouring in every day. This
is nearly half of the total number
Of inmates of the p~enitentiary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24

life, but not so in mov~ing-picturs
shows. The effect of the figures 60
ing into the house may be bettered
by cutting a window where indicated
SO the audience will see the figures
passing 1t.
Scene 2 shows the dog sitting upon
a roof top. In an instant the dog
must leap off, and then his pursuers
must dash across and leap off after
him. A picture showing a dog in a
sitting position must be selected for
this scene, be pasted upon a piece OF
cardboard, and pivoted by means OF
thread to the back Of the roof seen
cry so it may be swung down out OF
sight.
In the third, or forest scene, the
pursuers should be seen passing be-
hind the trees, and in the fourth
scene all should be shown grouped
about the captured dog. For this last
scene you will require a new set OF
figures, and a piece Of cardboard OF
the size of the frame opening upon
which to arrange and paste them.
Copyright, 1912. by A. Nicely Hall.)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
Old cathedrals Near Ruin.

Winchester cathedral is not the only
structure of its kind to have been en-,
dangered in the course of centuries.
Italian experts have recently declared
that the cathedrals Of Como and
Milan are in danger of collapse, and
that immediate restoration works are
necessary if they are to be saved. The
main structure Of the Milan cathe-
dral dates back to the sixteenth cen
fury, but the facade was added by Ma,
poleon, and the hurried in
which he had the work accomplished
has caused 1t to be unsafe today,
many of the marbles being soft and
badly set. The upper part is now to
be demolished in consequence. 1t is
also the facade Of the Como cathe'
dral which is in danger. This has
been bullying outwards for nearly q
century, and a large portion is now
out of the perpindicula r.-yLondor
Globe. M
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
A MovINe-PIcTuRE THEATER.

Every boy can give ~moving-picture
shows at home after constructing the
miniature theater described below.
This is easy to build and you will find
the work interesting; while planning
new ideas for pictures will furnish
enough additional occupation to keep
you from growing tired of the toy.
If you can get an old picture-frame
with about a 16 by 3O-inch opening it
will form a splendid stage front, but
If you cannot obtain one make a
rough frame out Of boards four inches
wide.
After producing the frame, prepare
a box about Is inches high, 4 feet long
and s inches deep, for the stage
framework. Notch one edge of the
top IL inches from each end, max
girg the notches one inch square "a,
Fig. %; then prepare the socket
blocks B 3 inches square, bore a one
inch hole through each, and screw or
nail them to the stage framework so
the holes will come directly under
slots A. Cut the rollers C from the
straight ends of broom-handles or
from curtain poles, and prepare a
number of them. Tack a piece OF
cloth about eight inches square to
each four inches from the lower end
to pin the ends of the picture strips
TO, Prepare the two wooden buttons
ID and screw them to the top edge OF
the framework in the proper position
to hold the rollers in the slots. Pre-
pare the cranks E as shown in Fig. 2.
The purpose of sticks f is to hold
the strip Of pictures close to the front
of the stage. Place them close to the
front of the framework and about
three inches from each side OF where
the front frame opening will come.
The Pickering Of the light of a
moving picture show can be produced
by preparing a cardboard cylinder
with a number of circular openings
cut through it, and ptvoting it at its
center in front of the lantern. When
the disk is whirled rapidly it will pro
duce the desired Pickering effect.
The pictures should be lighted from
the front. If you haven't a magic Ian
tern, get a small box, cut a hole in
the front for the light to shine
through, and place an electric-light
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
NATURE A LOVING MOTHER
She Teaches Us In Her Gentle Way to
Live On and Grow Wiser, Bet
ter, Stronger, Healthier.

Natures heart and purpose is TEEN.
ing with life, love and beauty.
This is just as true of you and me
as it is of fields and flowers.
Just to live on is to grow wiser,
better, stronger, healthier.
| know that is a gospel that many
disbelieve. 1t being a free country,
anyone can believe what he likes,
There are those to whom life is but
an increasing disease, old age a calam-
ity and the whole affair a mistake.
Any who prefer to go wailing and
~regretting from the cradle to the
grave may do SO. | can only say that
to me 1t is silly, useless and untrue.
I suppose I have made as many
mistakes as the next man; l know |
have done 10000 foolish things; |
have hurt those who loved me; l
have been betrayed, swindled, lied
about and injured by my fellow be-
ings; / have failed many and many a
time: and if anybody has a right to
want to go out in the garden and eat
worms, or sit in a corner and weep,
or give up and join the down-and-out-
ers, surely it is I.
But out of all this weller of error
and evil there has come to me not
despair but hope, not tears but peace,
not hate but love.
I have put my soul against this old
universe. l have leaned my heart
against this wide humanity, and l am
healed. Thank God! 1 am pretty we'll,
thank you, and propose to remain so,
do not speak merely of physical
health; that shall be as God wills;
but of mental and spiritual health. I
take the great world as it is, and
find healing.
A lot of things I have lost, with
youth, but an UNNECESSARILY greater
lot I have gained with middle age.
To me Nature and Time have been
great nurses and teachers, nay, low
ing mothers, who have healed me OF
I know not how many evils.-Wom
ans World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
kaIser,a lena Pedlaree.

Among the curiosities Of the NeF
Palace. Potsdam. which has been the
scene of a fire. is a genealogical tree
showing the name Of King David en-,
crossed at the root Of it, with that OF
the kaiser at the top, the descent be
ing traced through his mothers fam
lily. .
According to this genealogy the
reigning house of Great Britain is de-
scended from David through the ED
est daughter of Zedekiah, who fed to
Ireland in charge of the Prophet Jere.
miah, and eventually married Here
mon, king of Ulster. Apparently the
kaiser is fond Of gazing upon this
proof of his ancient lineage, for 1t
occupies a conspicuous position In his
study.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
Erult Crop to Be Large.

Fulton,--The state department OF
agriculture that the favor
able weather has been the means OF
saving the fruit crop from injury. Vir-
tually no damage has been done to
the fruit buds. No section of tho
state has reported any dana ge 10 the
peach buds, and these are the least
hardy of any fruit that grows in this
section.-W. H. Chandler, assistant
professor of horticulture at the Uni
versity of Missouri, says 60 per cent
Of the buds ordinarily are killed by
this time, but this year only 2 per
cent have been destroyed. Even zero
weather, following the present
warm weather, would not kill enough
Of the buds to make a full crop i'm
possible, he says.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24

A second from a contrary direction
within an hour. Abner got in among
the dunes, and sat down amid as
lonely and desolate 1 scene as could
we'll be imagined.
The bleak environment chilled him,
but at the same time quieted. Alone
and ~undisturbed, he reviewed all the
past. He bravely faced the future.
After all, it would be rest and peace
after turmoil and strife. The small
er children would be happy ant
comfortable, and the little farm
might bring in enough to help him to
pay eventually the debts that harassed
his sensitive nature like a milestone
about his neck.
A cheerful reaction took place in
Abner's mind, as he reflected that
after all his was not the worst condi-
ton in the world. He had a loyal,
helpful wife and loving, obedient chill.
dren. From a more comfortable atti
tude of mind his thoughts idly drift.
ed, and he fell to dreaming over events
in his past life. Then in a whimsical
way a story Of the long ago came tC
his memory.
His father had been well nigh ruin
ed right among these treacherous sant
hills nearly 40 years since. The even
was the sensation Of the hour through
the whole district. James Waldorf
had removed his little country banl
to Albion from Sankatuck in tn,
next county. Over $4,000 in golt
had been carried in locked iron boxe,
in an old stage coach. Its driver ha,
lost his way among the sand hills,
great storm had come up, and he wa
blown from his seat against a roc
and rendered ~insensible.
! When he came back to conscious
ness the stage coach, the horses. tn
. treasure, had disappeared. There wa
a search all over the country. j
brought no results. With difficulty tn
banker met the great loss. 1t wa
generally decided that robbers ha
driven the treasure away, stage an
all, and no trace Of the outfit wa
ever found.
The sky had darkened while Abnt
sat dreaming. A cyclonic gust nearl
swept him on his feet, az he got i
TO make o start for home. "a blindin
rain Of sand cut his face. Abn.
Z walked briskly forward. but sever
? times In his up and down hl
progress he went headlong az ii
4 ad slides took him pS his footing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
Roses as Medicine.

Roses at one time figured prominent
ly In the pharmacopoeia. Pliny gives
go remedies compounded of rose
leaves and petals. Sufferers from nerv-
Ii complaints used to seek relief by
sleeping on rose pillows, and one Ia
told that Heliogabalus used to imbibe
rose wine as a pickup after his
periodical gormandizing bouts. The
flower was also served at table, both
as a garnish, in the way parsley Is
now used, and as a salad, and rose
water was largely used for fiavoring
dishes. Roses as food have gone out
Of favor among western nations, but
the Chinese still eat rose fritters.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24

This is getting s~eriousis he ex
claimed, as he slid nearly the length
Of a hill, to land In a gully between
two towering mountains Of sand. He
tried to reascend. 1t was like breast
ing an avalanche. The cut was filling
up fast. At one time the sand was
up to his knees.
"Whyi | shall be engulfed! 1t is
like q~uicksandi" he reflected in vivid
alarm.
His situation was truly critical. He
knew that unless he got out of what
was a natural funnel for the tornado
air currents, he was lost. He strug-
gled on, came to a turn in the gully,
and dimly made out a slanting mass of
gnarled tree roots. Abner ran to it,
slipped, a cavity was revealed, and he
dropped into darkness fully 20 feet.
The breath was nearly knocked out
Of his body, and it was some time be-
fore he could arise to his feet. He
stood on a sandy foundation, apparl
emily of some large sheltered void.
1t was so dark he could not make out
its extent. Cropping along, he land
ed against a post. Then 1t occurred
to him that he had come upon n of
the many sand submerged houses
swallowed up in some tornado years
before. Once he had stepped into a
chimney, all that was left visible of
n of these engulfed structures.
Abner was a smoker. He therefore
carried matches, and feeling in his
pocket for one, drew it forth and
fared it. Then, transfixed, he strain,
ed his gaze, wondering if some Alad,
din touch had suddenly created a fairy
scene for deluded senses.
Before him was an open shed sup
ported by posts. Back of 1t was a
great, numbering, old fashioned ve'
hicle. Attached were the skeletons
of a team of horses. Thrilled, amazed,
in almost a shout the electrified obs
server gasped out:
THE lost stage coach!"
Yes, it could be no other--it was
no other. Like lightning through his
bewildered brain ran a theory eluci-
dating all the mystery Of 40 years and
more.
To this shelter on the night the
bank was moved the horses had
strayed, to be enveloped, swallowed
up in the great winding wreaths OF
sand, past rescue and sight until now.
More matches, a closer inspection,
and there, intact, just as they had
been originally slowed, were the iror
boxes. Abner found the bank treas
ure-his by right Of discovery, his by
right Of legal inheritance.
So all the dark Glands passed away
Dropping root ends enabled the ad
venturer to regain the open air when
the sand storm was over, and the fam
lily roof was saved, and soon there were
two joyful weddings.
Copyright, 1918, by W. q. Chapman.)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
Lessons in HousekeepIna,

A young girl of fourteen whom l
know plans and cooks the dinner at
home one evening Of each week, and
her mother stays away from the kitch-
en- entirely on this occasion. The
girls father gives her a small amount
of money In the morning before he
leaves home, and she does the market
ing with this sum. The event is an
ticipated with great pleasure by all
the members of the family as well as
by the little cook, and the nourishing
and appetizing dinner she serves is
certainly surprisingly good.-Woman's
Home Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
| BUYING BOOKS BY THE TITLE
Two Historic Examples to Show That
This Is by All Means a Dan
gerous Practice.

In the titles of books lie. at times
pitfalls for the unwary. An almost
classic example was afforded by John
Ruskin, when, in 1851, he wrote a
short pamphlet on the text, There
shall be one fold and one shepherd"
This, which treated of the reunion OF
the Protestant churches, was publish,
ed as "Notes On the Construction OF
Sheepfolds'-a title which, appealing
rather to the agricultural than to the
clerical mind, insured a brisk circula-
ton among farmers-those of the Dor
der especially-many of whom ordered
a copy in the hope that they might
CLEAN therefrom some original hints
and ideas that would be of use to them
in their calling.
The bucolic mind, indeed, would
seem singularly predisposed to jump
to hasty conclusions, for English far.
mers followed but in the wake of their
Irish brethren7Sor rather of their Irish
brother, who, an enthusiast on the sub
ject of cattle breeding, greeted with
delight the appearance of a little vol
ume by Maria Edgeworth, bearing the
title, Essay on Irish Bulls" Although
the name of the authoress was to hin
unknown, the contents would doubt
less, he considered, be we'll worth thu
few shillings he SO willingly dis
bursed; but, alas! although the spir
tied engraving of rampant Taurus tina
prefaced the essay gave delightful
promise, he had but to read a few
lines to find that he had become pos
sessed Of a treatise, not on bovin,
ruminants, but on that particula
"blunder which is commonly suppose,
to be characteristic of the Irish ma
ton"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
State SPELLING Bee May Il.

Jefferson City.-The annual state
spellig match in which n represen-
tative from each of the counties, sew
en- from ST. Louis, three from Kansas
City and one each from Springfield,
Joplin and st. Joseph may participate,
will be held in Jefferson City on May
IL. This is during the annual con
%vention Of county superintendent. No
pupils above the eighth grade may
compete, The first annual spelling
bee was held last year. More than
three-fourths OF the counties had rep
resentatiyes in the contest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
camp or an oil lamp inside. This will

damp or an oil lamp inside. This will
Zoe your "moying-picture machine"
For the picture strips use white
cheesecloth or muslin. Cut them
about eight inches wide, and sew To-
sEether as many lengths as are neces-
;sary for the set Of pictures you plan.
You will find an unlimited assert
ment of pictures from which to make
selections, In newspapers and maya
zines.
Before preparing a set of pictures,
sBelect the subject and write out a
ssynopsis Of the story. Perhaps you
can think of a good set OF pictures
that you have seer at a ~moving-pic-
ture theater. Suppose you choose "A
Dog Chase" for the story. Hunt up
n picture showing a dog running and
Tpaste it upon one OF your cloth strips;
then select pictures Of boys, girls,
xmen and women, afoot, in automo-
pDiles and other vehicles, and after
IlsAving a space of about two feet be-
hind the dog arrange the pictures one
after another. You might start the
chase with a small boy, then have a
policeman chasing after him, then q
butcher running behind the police.
man. after him a lady pushing a baby
carriage, and so on.
Fig. / shows the boy operator ex
-hibiting Just such a strip OF pictures
OF course the picture-frame opening
above and below the strip or pictures
must be filed up to prevent the op
orator from being seen. This may b
taken care of by lacking a piece o
white cloth or cardboard wide enougl
20 lap one-half inch over the edge 0
the picture strip to the back OF tn
spi~cture-frame, above and below tn
picture strip. But here Is a bette
idea. Prepare scenery to fill In thos
places. This may be prepared yer
roughly upon cardboard. Cardboar
from boxes may be used, and, II thi
Dis colored, white paper may be paste
over 1t for a working face.
with scenery, 1t Will be possible
use one strip OF pictures for severe
scenes. Taking IA Dog Chase" 10
example, you might prepare the fou
scenes as suggested in Figs. 3, 4,
and 6. In the first scene the dog an
mis- pursuers should be shown dasl
ING down the street and in throus
4he front door OF the cottage at q
daft. IL would DO an unusual sight
eee automobiles and other vehicle
running through bulIdInes in everyda
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-04-24
Would Not Be an Actress.

Little Mary, aged sweet fifteen and
stage struck, laid down her knit
ting with a sigh one night and
said:
"Ah, mother, how I'd like to be one
of those great actresses or singers on
the stagel"
Would your said the mother I'M
easily 81 don't, know. It's an un.
healthy business, isn't it7"
why is it?" asked the daughter.
ut must be" said the mother
Don't you always see their names In
the paper telling how they've been tax
ing tonics and patent medicines ant
so on?'
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Made the Indian Chief Understand.

A Kansas City minister, visiting an
Indian reservation in Idaho. inquired
Of a government agent when the mis-
sionary could be found.
1.-THE chief can probably tell you"
replied the agent, pointing out his
tent. CLASP your hands, look heaven
ward and ask, Jesus man?' He will
understand you, doubtless"
The reverend gentleman did as di-
rected.
81 presume you are seeking the mis-
| %sionary?" replied the Indian in excel
lent English. please be seated, sir,
he will be in presently. If you will
excuse me l will go down to the
agency and lambast into unconscious
ness that fool clerk who directed you
here"