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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31

AS will be readily understood, the
commission is able and willing to sell
food at very little above cost. Conse-
quently the housewife on the isthmus
can buy at prices that are never above
those in the states, and that nearly
always are considerably lower.
An important part of the commits
sary plant is the industrial and ex-
perimental laboratory in Cristobal,
where all the foods are tested and
many things, such as flavoring ex-
tracts, are manufactured.
The commission conducts more than
a dozen hotels for white Americans,
where good meals are furnished for
80 cents each; a cor of mess halls
for European laborers, where a days
board costs forty cents, and about
twenty-five kitchens for West Indian
laborers, where board casts thirty
cents a day. Something like a million
meals are served each month in these
various establishments, for nearly ev-
cry employee of the commission eats
at a government table. 1t has been
said that no private contractor in
the world feeds his employees as well
as the Isthmian canal commission.
Very few of the men ever ate better
meals than they are getting on the
isthmus, and this is true OF the Amer
leans as well as of the Spaniards ami
West Indians.
No, you cannot avoid the use Of the
superlative degree in speaking about
Colonel Wilson's commissary depart
ment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31
How John Burroughs Found a Place to Sleep In

I Ohm BURROUGHS, accompanied
- by two well known naturalists,
Ernest Thompson-Seton and Glenn
Buck of Chicago. was a recent visitor
to the capitol. These three men were
here to urge the enactment Of legisla-
ton pending in congress for the pro-
lection of birds.
At the capitol Mr.. Burroughs gazed
with thoughtful eyes directed toward
the imposing, glistening white, marble
senate office building.
Beautiful building. isn't it," he
was asked.
Hugh! Yes" was the slow re-
Spouse.
But" he added, II would a whole
sight rather gaze at a scene | remem-
Der so distinctly. l had visited a
small hamlet in a state that was
'"dry."
II looked about, but could find no
place to sleep. 1t took only a few
minutes to traverse the settlement.
There was only one place where a
light could be seen. The nature OF
the business being transacted there
was apparent to all who cared to I'M
derstand. 1t was a so-called blind
tiger"
Seeking rest there was out. of the
question, but / was tempted to enter
and ask for information. AS | was
hesitating, a faint light in a building
opposite showed, and in a few min
utes the form of a man, partly dressed
appeared in the doorway and began
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31

an unsteady course for the blind tiger,
81 did not stop him, but as he en-
tered the place of liquor, dispensing, l
entered the place he vacated, blew out
the light and cast myself into his bed,
which was warm, though none too
clean.
1T seemed hours later when | was
awakened by a reeling Swede.
"tAh bane thanking you've my
bade,' he began.
MAN l replied. You've been to
the blind tiger
"That was enough. The man was
too dazed to think. He turned about,
by degrees, and walked out Of the
place. / don't know where he went,
but probably back to the blind tiger.
"Though l had slept IN nay clothes,
| felt refreshed as I awoke again with
the dawn of another day. | will al
ways remember that sleep, and the
way l manager to get a bed, such as
it was. I've since slept in many lux
urious places, but never enjoyed my
repose better than that night"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31
sPLEND0R Of ALPS
Gorgeous CoIoring Of Peaks at
Sunrise and Sunset.
Phenomenon Is Most Complex, Vary.
ing Greatly With the Weather, and
at Times Exhibiting Features
That Appear Mysterious.

London.-Everybody who has So
journed among the Alps, or other
snowcapped mountains, must have ad-
mired the gorgeous coloring of the
peaks at sunrise and sunset. Watch
ing the splendid spectacle from day to
day, that it is a complex phenome-
non, varying greatly with the weather,
and sometimes exhibiting certain Pc
culiarities that to the uninitiated are
decidedly mysterious.
In fine weather the following So
quence of events may be noted: When
the sun has sunk nearly to the OBJ
servers horizon, the peaks to the east
ward begin to have a reddish or gold
en- hue. This fades gradually, but in
a few minutes, when the sun is a little
below the observers horizon, but the
peaks are still bathed in direct sun,
light, an intense red glow begins down
the slopes and moves upward to the
SUBMITS. This is identical with the
rosy twilight arch" that in clear
WSdLuol llpCS llOll lhC CdotOlh hOl
zon as the sun sinks below the west
ern; and it is bordered below by the
blue shadow of the earth. Now, for a
few minutes, the peaks are in the
earth shadow; their rocks and SHOWS
assume a livid appearance, APPLY de-
scribed by the inhabitants Of the vale
Of Chamounix, whence the phenom-
ena In question are we'll seen on the
SUBMITS of Mont Blanc, as the 'tinte
ca~davereuse."
Presently occurs the remarkable
phenomenon known as 'recoloration'
or "%afterglow." In Chamounix it is
called "the resurrection or Mont
Blanc" The peaks, from which all
color had faded, again assume a rosy
tint; but this time gradually, and
without any sharp line Of demarcatior
between the glow and the shadow be
meath. The recoloration is by nc
means a daily occurrence-in fact, II
Is rather uncommon-and it varies
greatly in appearance and duration
Sometimes it lasts until an hour after
sunset, and it passes away from be
low upward. Very rarely a faint sec
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31
Mexican Juggling Lariat

that his views were greeted with loud
outlaws. In conclusion he said:
They laughed. Mr.. President" he
wrote, "at the profundity of their wi
ineptitude."
The letter was referred to the de-
partment of justice, and Wrisley
Brown was asked to prepare IN In
dosement for it. There was a scream
of laughter when Brown turned in a
burlesque opinion, couched In words
which outranked the professors ten
to one. They say President Taft
chuckled all day over it. And as for
big words-just watch:
after careful reflection" wrote
Wrisley Brown. Il concur in the phys
ical theorems herein deduced by the
complainant. His conclusions regard
ing the auto-suggestion of crime are
fully borne out by the history of hui
man experience. It's insidious effect
upon the mind has a pronounced ten
dency to bring on aboulomania or Gre
tinism of the will power. combined
with a choreic condition of the facul-
ties.
"In some cases it has " 9 been
known to induce katatonia or some
more serious dissertation of the men
tai elements of a luetic character and
furibund developments such as, for in
stance, confessional encephalomalacla.
"The application of the third degree
annilhilates the i~nhibitory powers of
the average victim and plunges him
into a state of yolitional hypnosis,
thereby breaking down the fundamen-
tai doctrine of free agency. All the
principles of abstract justice rise up
and shout against it with a thousand
throats,"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31
MEN GET IMITATION MONEY
P~assaIc, N. D., Grocermen Carry Bogus
Roll In Expectation Of
Highwaymen.

Passaic, N. J.--Learning from expe-
Renee when they were held up and
robbed Of $3.50 in genuine money a
year ago, Benjamin Goldberg and
Julius verban, partners In a produce
business here, have ever since carried
a goodly quantity Of bogus money
around, ready to fool the next high
waymen they encountered. Their
chance came when two masked men
held up their wagon at the point OF
~revolyers and forced the men to emp.
~ their pockets OF sl0,0OO-in bogus
bills. The robbers fled. with the gro
cermen gleeful because their real
moneyr&l 'o-was safe beneath tho
wagon sea
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31

"Mistah President" said he In his
soft drawl, Il yield to no man, sub, in
my respect fob the Constitution and
its trainers. They did well. They did
nobly, suh-foh their time. But, Mis-
tab President. those gentlemen have
been dead mo than one hundred
years. sub, and times. sub. have
changed. We've got to remember
that, sub.
AN remembering that, Mistah Pres
ident, what J. started to say was this:
There are some mighty beautiful
things in our Constitution. It's a
beautiful work, sub. But. Mistah
President, OF all the beautiful things
in all that beautiful work. to my mind
the mos beautiful OF all are those
glorious words, sub. giyin' US the right
TO amend
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31

1T is an admitted fact that Mary had
j a little lamb. but 1t may be news TO
the general public that Bobby Blank,
who lives out Georgetown way, had
another. Leastwise. he had, until the
other day, when his ownership came
to what one might briefly call a
rcalamifous cessation.
Bobby had been week-ending with a
little cousin who lives out In the coun-
try two hours by wagon, on a hill. on
the pike. Little cousin owned a pet
lamb, and when the, wagon was wait
ing for Bobby he. somehow, managed
to sneak pet off and get away with
the goods. IA III asls
The wise men who make the world
40 round for us assert that character
changes with environment, and 1t
must be SO, for, by the time the wagon
had wheeled up to the home curb the
small white thing that had been as
.dociIe as those other dear lambkins
that skip on the forever-green grass in
the way-back spelling book, took on a
kiddish butting velocity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31
osler HAS cure for nRluss.n

A perfect cure for the blues" haa
been laid down by Sir William Osler
In a recent lecture before a gathering
of students. Sir William declares the
modern a and oma are trying to
live more than the allotted "a hours in
a single day.
He advises the downcast to touch
the button that shuts off the past and
do the same with the future. Make
"a hours the limit of your life, SO far
as you can see in advance" he says.
and there will be no more cause for
the blues
when the load Of yesterday is add
ed to the load Of tomorrow men fall by
the wayside," he declared, THE day
OF mans salvation is today
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31

ond recoloratien may be seen. All
these phenomena may be seen, in re-
verse order, at sunrise, though they
are less common then than at sunrise.
The recoloration of the Alps has
been v~ariously explained, but there
seems to be little doubt that it is due,
al least principally, to the reflection
from the peaks of the rosy glow which
forms in the western sky after sunset,
known as the purple light" and
which Is sometimes intense enough to
constitute a secondary luminous
source The diffuse appearance of the
recoloration, as compared with the
well defined zone of rosy light that
rests upon the peaks while the latter
ara still in direct sunlight is explained
by the broad expanse of the purple
light" as compared with the small disk
Of the sun. Sometimes the sky itself
Il. e., the fine dust in the upper at
mosphere) reflects the purple light"
giving rise to a second purple light
for an observer situated at a suitable
angle of vision. This in turn may be
reflected by the mountains giving the
rare phenomenon of a second recolora.
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31

ment Dawes. however. was IN great
fettle that evening. and When the
banquet board was reached his
~buoyant. optimistic air communicated
itself TO others.
They never had anything stronger
than clear, sparkling water at these
celebration functions. They had moth
ing stronger, because in the first
place no one seemed to want II. and
furthermore the big artesian well
that supplied the town ranked third
in the state as to purity of outrush.
so, as a matter of local loyalty, the
toasts were drunk in aqua pura.
"Hopeville-her splendid past and
her glorious future" was the toast
read.
"Humphi" grumbled Bross, 81 think
Dawes will have to take a back seat
this time
But Phillip Dawes arose, looking
brighter and prouder than he had
ever seemed. He took no back water
OF the buoyant predictions of past
years. He looked quite dazzled as he
spoke of the golden stream Of good
fortune now knocking at their doors.
And then they drank the toast. And
then most everybody made a grimaee,
set down the unfinished libation, and
looked queer.
Something the matter with the wa
ter, friends?" smiled Dawes. That's
the merit of it. 1t is Hopeville water,
though not from the home well. Cen
tlemen, you have drank of the 500
to-be-celebrated Lithia-Magnesium
water, specially presented to you to
Introduce the last requirement this
beautiful district needed to make 1t
famous
Say, what are you driving at, any
how" inquired Bross bluntly.
Just this" explained Dawes. Il
reasoned from the first that the new
railroad would open up a popular out
ing resort somewhere along its line.
The noisy railroad has spoiled Byron.
Besides, they have no such magnif-
cent scenery as Hopeville, nor a lake,
o a trout stream, nor the model
town. Again, tourists like to ride
from terminus in a stage-think
they're diving into the primeval will
derness. Well, gentlemen, for two
months l have been negotiating with
wealthy promoters in the city. The
deal is closed, a big hotel is to be
built at the head of the lake, and peo-
pie will come to Hopeville next sea-
son, dead loads of them"
Voices arose in eager demands for
more detailed information, Property
and rents would go up! The town
stores would quadruple their business!
The rich golden harvest vas coming
at last!
"But what about this horrible tast-
ing water?" queried Bross, with a
wry face. a es.
Pronounced by chemists the most
healthful beverage in the world
boasted Dawes proudly, "a true min
eral water. When the promoters
learned that, they offered ten thou.
sand dollars cash for the spring it
came from"
"And where is that?"
Down in a forgotten corner of that
poor, neglected farm your boy lives
on over in the ravine. Now, Neigh
Dor Bross, as all the town is happy
over the grand general prospects
ahead ~ IA OrpDooo n c0 down tr
the ravine farm and congratulate
your son, Bradley, and his wife or
their share in the general good luck?'
And thus it was that the lame oil
the popular Cheer Master became a
household word in Hopeville for all
time to come.
Copyright, 1918, by W. G. Chapman)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31

point. Hopes rose high, then they
were correspondingly depressed, for
the railroad made a detour, and By
ron, quite a busy little city eight
miles distant, was made the terminus
of the new branch line railway.
wish I'd settled there as l intend
ed to ten years ago!" grumbled dis
loyal and disagreeable Jared Bross.
There's some go to Byron. I don't
care If they do encourage a riff-raff
~crowd-stir and sensation bring in
the dollars, don't they?"
"But we don't want the dollars that
way" insisted Dawes. "We go in for
schools, and rational amusements, and
clean, healthy children. Do you ever
find any riotous crowds In Hopeville?
No, sir!"
Bross had a strong personal reason
for being disgruntled with Hopeville.
He was G. man of some means and his
son, Bradley, had married a poor
humble girl. The old man had rallied
at the secret match, and had prompt
ly discarded his disobedient son.
Nellie Horton, whom Bradley had
married, was an orphan, but her par
ents had left her a small farm just
out of town. There the welded pair
settled down. 1t was a poor place,
however, situated near a sterile ra-
vine, soil not fertile, and affording a
bare living.
That boy will rue the day he dis
regarded my advised" the elder Bross
had said one day to Dawes.
"Oh, ~nonsense!" retorted his neigh
Dor, Bradley is a good boy The
poor young pair have hard scratch
ing, perhaps, but they're happy and
contented as two birds In a nest"
"Humph!" commented the iron
hearted father, and went his way sui
len and ~unlovely.
So Byron got the railroad and what
went with it, both good and Ad.
There was a good deal Of grumbling
in Hopeville, and in a measure Phil
lip Dawes looked upon as a dis
appointing founder and builder. The
pride and ambition Of the old man
were touched. Then he began to
plan to retain his prestige Neighbors
noticed that he went to a city fifty
miles distant a great deal. Also, that
he brought MISUNDERSTANDING bust
ness men back with him, whom he
showed all over the district.
Trying to get a railroad into Hope
ville| insinuated Bross. somewhat
snecringly.
Not at all" retorted Dawes, with
an enigmatical smile. we don't Want
one-why, | intend to explain to you
weak sister GROWERS at the annual"
The annual was a time honored
institution Of Hopeville. and now
again close at hand. Every year
Phillip Dawes had insisted that the
representative residents OF the place
meet at the town hall to celebrate the
founding Of the village. Speeches,
congratulations. suggestions for civic
improvements comprised the features
OF the program. Then a banquet.
Dawes a always the chairman OF
the functions, hnd SO felicltous was
his handling Of the various toasts pro
posed that he had won the title Of
"The Cheer Master"
They could hear the distant echo OF
an engine whistle across the valley
as they sat In the town hall on the
present occasion. II reminded some
Of thu sore ones Of their disappoint-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31
EouowInn up the Eads.

sharp-Draper-What are you at
now?
MISUNDERSTANDING out Mr.. Bull
lions bill.
"All right. Charge him an extra
$40 for sundries."
Hadn't I better put in the items?"
There r no items. They weren't
bought"
my goodness; He'll say we're
swindlers."
mo, he won't. He won't say a
word"
why not?"
We'll, you see, kleptomania is very
fashionable now, and he'll think his
wife has got the sund.ies."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31

To avoid the dog tax Of 40 marks
yearly, an animal dealer in the Inva-
lIdenstrasse, writes the New York
Herald's Berlin correspondent. adver-
tises tame foxes as pets, He sells
them at 6h marks each, and hopes
to do a lively business, The authorir
Ties are not empowered 70 apply the
tax or new muzzle law to tame foxes
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31

A London brain specialist says that
OF two women one will dress from
the desire OF self-dlsplay and the 9TH
er will be actusted by an esthetic
sense 1t isl to be feared that the dis
tinctlon between the fashy and the
sensible lie not confined to one sex.
though It MAJ be more noticeable
there
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-07-31

10000 loaves of bread, 1900 rolls and
$50 pounds Of cake. The coffee de-
partment, which roasts and sends out
about 100000 pounds of the roasted
berry each year, receives the especial
attention of Colonel Wilson, for he
Is himself a great coffee drinker. He
personally makes up the formulas for
the blends, and as something of a cot
fee c%onnoisseur myself, I can testify
that he knows what he is about when
he does it.
The people of the zone white and
black alike, are very fond of ice
cream, and to supply the demand the
commissiary manufactures about 140,-
geo gallons a year, of three grades.
The first grade is as good ice ream
as n can get anywhere, and even
the third grade is mighty welcome
after a hot day in the Culebra Cut or
the Pedro Miguel locks.
Are you tired of figures yet? If not,
please consider that the ice plant at
Cristobal makes nearly 100000 tons Of
INS d year, the CUTI6u Dbbl pant has
an annual output of about 10000
pounds, and that almost 1886, 900
pounds of butter is handled by the
butter printing plant, all of the butter
being brought from the United States.
Then we will move to the laundry. In
this spacious building, with its long
rows of washing machines and dry
ing and ironing devices, all the laun-
dry work of the Zone, excepting that
of the Ancon hospital, is done, and in
addition that of all the steamship lines
running to Colon except one. 1--WE are
now handling" said the manager, al
average of about half a million pieces
a month, and in the months when the
tourists come in greatest numbers the
figures mount to about 500, 1000"
The figures l have been giving are
approximate only, for they are chang
ing continually with changing condi-
tions. Here is a list of some of the
more important importations of food
products during the last fiscal year:
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-04-05
CUSTOMERS LIKE TO HAVE
NEAT CLERKS WAIT ON THEM
Merchants Should Insist on Their Help
Presenting a Good Appearances
Behind the Counter.

The clerk cannot be too neat in his
appcarance-that is. he should dress
with common sense and not reach the
degree of snobbery by overdress. There
is nothing more disgusting to the pat
ron of a grocery store than to see some
~slovenly clerk with dirty hands and
soiled clothes handling the foodstuffs
which the customer desires to buy. 1t
has beer known that filthiness on the
part of the clerk has driven customers
from the store. 1t is just as easy to
keep clean as ii is to be dirty, and
cleanliness always pays. You can
mark it down wherever you find a
clerk who is run down at the heels
in appearance that he is a nonprogres-
sive kind of a fellow and not likely to
make great Roadway. 1t is not n sign
of economy, because an economical
man Is generally neat in appearance,
though his clothes may not be of the
costliest kind.
Take at the dry goods counter. There
is no use of being a dude; neither is
there any case for n being dressed
like a hobo. In fact. the large depart
ment stores in the greater cities of the
country demand neatness on the part
of the employee. and even failure to
have shoes properly shined or wearing
of dirty linen is enough for a repri-
mand, and a few reprimands on ac-
count of this neglect of personal dress
mean discharge.
Cleanliness is not alone next to god
liness," but in case of the clerk often
ii means success.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-04-05

The dawn of history. 8 a
How is the truth of the unity of God
emphasized? Qesson ID In what re-
spect did man bear the divine like
ness? What particular responsibilities
were laid Oh him? (Lesson ID
The failure of man.
A large blot appears on the opening
pages of the history of man. Ii is said
that God made man upright, but he
hath sought out many inventions Eccl.
vii. 30. The spirit of self will has been
shown by men throughout the ages,
and it has always resulted In trouble.
The spirit of investigation Is necessary
for progress, but in the story of the fall
we see the spirit of suspicion. Knowl-
edge cannot be received prematurely,
but is the result of quietly enlarging
experience. What was the beginning
of the temptation? How could il have
been resisted? 0esson IIIJ The fruits
of sin were to bring bitterness every
where. -" 1t was absurd for Cain TO
feel angry aud act as though his brother
was to blame for his own folly. What
special appeal was made 10 him? How
was his awful sin brought TO remem-
brance! Uesson IV.) The misery cais-
ed by sin rapidly spread like the weeds
which wait for no invitation 10 grow
The nature of man had become tainted
by sin. Instead Of seeking its remoya
by the help of God. lie continued m his
evil courses and brought ruin nm him
self. This was, however. not true az
all men. Noah was "A man Of excen-
tional character. How is he spoken Of.
How was sin punished: Q.essonV W Cod
has always looked with favor an thoso
who diligently seek him. What nrom-
Use WAS made to the survivor az tho
Hood! What was the particular siynia-
canoe of the rainbow? How does !.
compare with the prevailing nagan
IDEAS: uesson VII
! A faithful man.