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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-04

HAVE heard of brother-keeping
legislatures in my short and unevent-
full career, but the Solons of North
Dakotah are beyond comparison.
They, in their love for the true and
the beautiful and their scorn of the
sordid and unseemly, last winter en-
acted a law forbidding the sale of
snuff! The wicked and u~nregenerate
supreme court of the State has just
knocked it into smithereens; but what
of that? 1t in no wise detracts from
the wisdom and ethical good taste of
the men who sought the moral eleva-
ton of their hayward neighbors. Let
the good work go on, despite the anti
quated and rapidly deteriorating claim
of personal liberty "Reform'' knows
no bounds to it's endeavors, and, al
though we'll up in years, | may hope
to see the day when tobacco in all its
forms shall be eliminated, along with
wine, women and song; when sleep
numbering coffee and bo~dy-enervat-
ing sugar shall be outlawed; in short,
when this poorly created world shall
be made so sweet and beautiful that
no manor woman-may pine for the
opening of the pearly gates to another
paradise. But, alas! then shall the
occupation of the Reformer be gone.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-04

PROGRESSIVE leaders in twelve
Southern Illinois counties met in
conference at Duquoin two weeks ago
and repudiated all forms of ANAL
gamation with the Republican party.
In formal resolution the convention
resolved that sit is the sense of this
body of Progressives that no compro-
mise be made with any party or
parties" All of which means that the
Progressive party has come to stay.
Herbert s. Hadley was a prospective
candidate for the Senate until Judge
Nortoni made a speech at a Progress
sive banquet quite recently in which
the Judge made it plain that the Pro-
gressIve party would be found doing
business by itself in Missouri next
year, ~whereupon Herbert suddenly
discovered that his business would
not permit him to get into the race
during 1914. Whatever else may be
said about the ex-governor, he is no.
body's fool, and his getting out the
race before his getting into it simply
e that he is afraid to tackle the
job of beating the Democratic nominee
next year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-04
Obituary.

November Is, 1918, the Angel of
Death winged its way to earth and
paused at the home of Mrs. Jane Allen,
claiming as it's victim the soul of their
beloved husband and father, Mr.. J. N.
Allen, aged seventy-four years, five
months and three days.
At the beginning of that sad day,
with sorrowing hearts, the relatives
and friends gathered around his bed
to administer his last wants, but when
human strength was no longer avail
sble, he gently leaned OF the unseen
arm Of Him, who said $40! l am with
you always, even unto the end,'' and
reclining, like John the beloved, on
jesus bosom, he quietly breathed his
life out.
In the serene stiffness which hover
ed over the home in that sad hour we
seemed to hear the same voice speak
forth the consoling words, as DER
Jaridus's daughter of old, "He is not
dead, but sleepeth."
Mr.. Allen had endured a siege of
sickness, without a murmur; and as
the end drew near his faith in God
did not waver, but was firm and stead
fast.
By his death the wife and children
have lost a kind and Loving husband
and father; the church a true and ar
dent member; the community a
faithful and sincere friend.
Weep not, dear mother, your hus-
band is at rest, and to you, dear chill
dren, your father gave his life a ran
som to provide for your welfare and
the blessed Saviour gave His life that
you might have a home in Heaven.
To his associates he is saying, "Come
up higher and dwell with the Angels
OF light"
He was a member Of the Missionary
Baptist Church and will be greatly
missed at that place.
The funeral was conducted by Rev.
John Profit, after which the remaina
we're inferred into the Chapel Gene
terry to await the resurrection morn
where all mists will be cleared away.
"A FRIEND.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-04
Federal CensOrs.

Little did fine trainers of the Con-
stitution realize what a political
F~rankenstein they made possible
when they gave to Congress the pow
er ''to establish postoffices and post
roads," For not only has this branch
of the government become the most
extensive, the most useful, and the
most popular, but it has become the
most meddlesome, and bids fair to be-
come the most tyrannieal. Notcontent
with its all-important sphere of &C.
tivities as the transmitter of the
mails, the Post Office Department has
assumed the right to censor public
and private morals. Does a man
advertise to perform a service that
the postmaster thinks is dishonest, he
is commercially o~stracised by being
barred from the use of the mails.
Does a newspaper, or a publisher,
print something that the postmaster
looks upon as immoral, the publica-
ton is barred ftom the mails. Does a
scientist deliver a lecture on sex ny
giene, the postmaster forbids it's ad-
mission to the mails.
If the Postal Department, in it's at
tempt to elevate the morals of the
community, acted in conjunction with
the legal authorities, there might be
some excuse for it's activities. But
since the courts have granted it i'm
munity from legal restraint in deter
mining what shall and what shall not
constitute legitimate mail matter, and
thereby put in the hands of a Depart
ment official the power to deprive a
citizen of the right to a trial by jury, |
or an appeal to higher courts, preced-
ents are being laid down that may
lead to grave complications at some
future time. There is no appeal from
his decision, and no redress for
erroneous findings. His ipse dixit
may close prosperous bank, suspend
a successful newspaper, or ruin a
skilled medical practitioner; it is all
one to him-and there is no redress.
The decision of the Chicago Post
master, closing the mails to sex hy-
giene lectures recently delivered in
the public schools, is altogether mex
cusable. Not only is he preventing
useful information from reaching
parents who need it, but he is fortify-
ing the prudish- minded persons who
have objected to having this subject
presented to the school children. If
these lectures are not admitted to the
mails, these critics may well say, they !
surely are not fit to be presented to
children. Without attempting to say
whether or not this is a proper subject
to place before school children, or to
be given to the children's parents, the
question may we'll be asked, Who is
the postmaster that is qualified to
pass final judgment? By what right
does he assume is say what is and
what is not decent? If we must have
a censorship, if he must have some
one to tell us what we may see, hear,
and do, let it be an authority that at
least rises to the dignity of q petit
jury. If we are to be made chaste
whether or no, let it be by the pomp
and circumstances of law, and not by
stamp-caneelling Dogberrys.-Chicago
Public
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-04
Two pertinent items going the

ronnds of the Democratic press:
The ruins predicted by the Republi-
cans that we're to follow the enact
ment of a low tariff bill continue to
pile up. Last week a Montgomery
county farmer sold a load of fat cattle
al 1915 per cwt.; a Texan came to
Galloway county and paid 5000 a head
for a load of yearling Hereford bulls;
a Nodaway farmer sold a draft mare
for $500, and a Shelby county mule
dealer paid 1925 for mule a colt. Aw-
full, amt it, Mabel, how the prices of
farm products have gone to smash
because the robber tariff barons have
had to shave off a fraction of their
profits?
John Taylor and Tom Kemper are
neighbors in Charlton county. John
is a Republican and told Democratic
Tom all about how the bottom would
drop out Of prices for farm products
if Wilson won. Tom didn't swallow
the calamity pill and offered to buy
Johns surplus truck at double the
price John said it would sell for. So
an agreement was entered into by
which Tom was to get Johns eggs at
10 cents per dozen, hogs at 8 cents
per pound, calves at $40 per head,
mule colts at 1926 per head, and corn
at $1,25 per barrel. But strange to
say John has not had any surplus to
turn over to Tom. Once a week Kem-
per drives over to Taylor's and asks
him il he is ready to deliver that
bunch of hogs, calves and colts, but
Taylor stoutly maintains that they are
not ready for market yet, all of which
leads Tom to say that he has always
been charitable enough to believe the
man who said a sucker was born every
minute didn't know there were but
1440 minutes in q day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-04


King District KIN w how to prepare.
The dinner consisted of ham, chicken,
mutton, pies, cake, and other things
too numerous to mention. Mr.. Editor,
If hadn't lost my list of adjectives, 1
would try to describe this dinner, but
it is too hard for me to attempt that
task.
After dinner came the students part
of the program. There YER students
of various districts there and they all
did real well. Think Profs. Mckee,
jackson, Kelley, Brooks, Hickman
and their students deserve great
praise.
Yours for better schools.
LITTLE Tom.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-04

In this issue of the REGISTER win
be found the message of the president
delivered to congress Tuesday. Mat
ters of grave import are discussed and
needed legislation recommended; pol
icy pursued with Mexico outlined and
many other subjects taken up. Read
the message and keep in touch with
governmental affairs. The REGISTER
each week aims to give its readers the
latest and most important news of the
world, as well as the best literary
matter obtainable.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-04

New crop Raisins, Figs, Currants
and Evaporated Fruits, at Lopez
Store 90.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-14
Are You Subject
to Constipation
Here is a Simple Way OF Cor
recting it Instantly Before
it Becomes Chronic.

Very few people go through life
without some time or other being
troubled with constipation. Thousands
injure themselves by the use OF
strong cathartics, salt mineral wa
tiers, pills and similar things. They
have temporary value in some cases,
it is true, but the good effect is soon
lost, and the more one takes of them
the less effective they become.
A physic or purgative is seldom
necessary, and much better and more
permanent results can be obtained
by using a scientific remedy like DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. 1t does not
hide behind a high sounding name
but is what it is represented to be,
a mild laxative medicine 1t is SO
mild that thousands of mothers give
it to tiny infants, and yet it is so COM
pounded, and contains such definite
ingredients that it will have equally
good effect when used by person
suffering from the worst chronic con-
stipation. In fact, among the great
est endorsers of Syrup Pepsin are
elderly people who have suffered for
years and found nothing to benefit
them until they took Syrup Pepsin.
1t is fact that millions of families
have Syrup Pepsin constantly in the
house, homes like those Of Mrs. G. B.
Pruitt, Berea, KY, who used DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin as laxative
tonic. Mrs. Pruitt writes that it so
strengthened and cleansed her system
that she was quickly relieved of Sc
we're cough which had troubled her
for months. The special value of this
grand laxative tonic is that it is suit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-14
RED, ROUGH HANDS MADE
SOFT AND WHITE

For red, rough, chapped and bleed
ing hands, dry, assured, itching, burn
ing palms, and painful flnger-ends,
with shapeless nails, one-night CUT
cura treatment works wonders. d.
rections: Soak the hands, on retir-
ing, in hot water and Cuticura Soap.
Dry, anoint with Cuticura Ointment,
and wear soft bandages or old, loose
gloves during the night. These pure.
sweet and gentle emollients preserve
the hands, prevent redness, roughness
and chapping, and impart in a single
night that velvety softness and white
ness so much desired by women. For
those whose occupations tend to in
jure the hands, Cuticura Soap and Gu
ticura Ointment are wonderful.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-14
NHY VALLEY FORGE FIRST OF AMERICANS
Washington Showed Consum-
mate Military Genius in Select
ing Spot for Winter Quarters.
SAVED TRACT FROM ENEMY
British Possession of Philadelphia
Made 1t Imperative That the
American Army Should Be In
Close Touch With the Sol
diers of King George.

There is a letter of peculiar inter
.st written by George Washington
rom Valley Forge in January, 1878.
t was dictated to, and the body of
he letter is in the handwriting of
Alexander Hamilton. Sparks printed
| portion of the letter, but thought 1t
we'll to leave out the following por-
ion, in which Washington gives his
reasons for selecting Valley Forge
Is his winter headquarters:
The enemy still remain in posses
lion of Philadelphia and are secured
~ a strong chain of redoubt with in
Tenchments of communication from
Schuylkill to Delaware. We are post
ID on the west side Of the former
lbout twenty miles from the city, and
With pains and industry the troops
ire tolerably well covered in huts.
We are to regret we are not more
comfortably quartered, but circum-
stances would not admit of it. Had
We retired to the towns in the in.
erior part of the state a large tract
If fertile country would have been
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-14
Honor at Once Conferred by
Washington's Countrymen Will
Be Confirmed by History.
HIS HIGH RANK AS STATESMAN
Far-Seeins Mind Perceived the Fu'
ture Needs of the Country He Had
Done so Much to Create
Loved and Trusted as
He Deserved. ..

Once more, what Is it to be an
American? Putting aside all the out
er shows of dress and manners, so
cial customs and physical peculiari-
ties, is it not to believe in America
and in the American people? Is 1t
not to have an abiding and moving
faith in the future and in the destiny
of America? Something above ane
beyond the patriotism and love which
every man whose soul is not dead
within him feels for the land OF his
birth. Is 1t not to be national and not
sectional; independent AID not colo.
NAL? Is it not to have a higher con-
ception of what this great new coun-
try should be, and to follow out that
ideal with loyalty and truth? Has
any man in our history fulfilled these
conditions more perfectly and COM
pletely than George Washington? Has
any man ever lived who served the
American people more faithfully, or
with higher and truer conception of
the destiny and possibilities of the
country?
liz "oo IuC " iloS duOfO oil
colonial or state lines and grasp
firmly the conception of a nation to
be formed from the thirteen Earring
colonies. The necessity of national
action in the army was at once ap-
parent to him, although not to 9TH
ers; but he carried the same broad
views into widely distant fields. where
at the time they wholly escaped no.
tice. 1t was Washington, oppressed
by thousand cares, who, in the
early days of the Revolution, saw the
need Of federal courts for admiralty
cases. and for other purposes. 1t was
he who suggested this scheme, years
before anyone even dreamed Of the
Constitution; and from the special
committees Of congress, formed for
this object in accordance with this
advice. came, in the process Of time,
the federal judiciary of the United
States. Even in the early dawn of
the Revolution, Washington had clear
in his own mind the need of a CONT
mental system for war, diplomacy
finance and law, and he worked stead
lily to bring this policy to fulfillment
There must have been something
very impressive about a man, who,
with no pretensions to the art of the
orator and with no touch of the char
latan, could so move and affect vast
bodies of men by his presence alone
But the people. with the keen eye of
affection, looked beyond the mere
outward nobility of form. They saw
the soldier who had given them vic.
tory, the great statesman who had led
them out of confusion and faction to
order and good government. Party
newspapers might rave, but the in.
stinct of the people was never at
fault. They loved, trusted and we'll
nigh worshiped Washington living,
and they have honored and reverenc.
ed him with an unchanging fidelity
since his death.-Henry Cabot Lodge
''The Real George Washington"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-14
ROOSTER WAS TOO FAMILIAR
Became So Affectionate That II A.
most Bothered the Life Out l.
... . Of Its Owner.

Carlisle, Pa.-William H. Stone
sifer, dealer in secondhand goods
was nearly startled off his feet when
Robert Challis, a Wilkesbarre attor
ney and a former Dickinson college
student, walked into his store and
asked If he might borrow money on 3
i've rooster. 4
Challis, 1t appears. had walked
into the country while visiting here
and came across a rooster that he ad
mired. The attraction was. mutual
and the attorney purchased the fowl
intending to take it home with him
Before a day had passed, however
the rooster became so affectionate
that it almost bothered the life out OF
him. 1t followed him around to his
meals, perched at the foot of his bed
while he slept and became a nuisance
when 1t awakened him by early morn.
ing Growing.
Challis, in desperate effort to rid
himself of the bird. sought the as
sistance Of Stonesifer and the trans
fer was completed, despite the FACT
that the rooster strenuously objected
This is the first time that a rooster
has been pawned in Carlisle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-14
WILD DOG Is SHOT
IN A HOLLOW TREE
Depredations of Animal Had
Terrorized Women and Chill
dren in Tennessee.

Bartlett, observation-disclosures Of this
place and surrounding territory who
have been thrown into excitement
during the past week over the appear
ance of a strange animal that ate
small dogs and pigs were relieved
when information came to them that
1t had been killed. 1t was a wild dog.
For over a week posse of farm
ers has been tracking the animal
through Hatchie river bottoms. Early
In the morning they freed it in hol-
low tree. Setting fire to the tree they
smoked it out
There was a short, brisk fight be-
tween the dog and three men stand
Ing near before 1t was killed.
The dog belonged to negro living
in Hatchie river bottoms. He said he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-14
Original Name Was Washer.

Mr.. Joseph |. Keefer developed
some curious information on the an
cestery of Gen. George Washington.
In an address which he delivered before
William Gushing camp, Sons Of Vet
Grams, at Washington, Mr. Keefer de-
clared that President Washington's
'orefathers were not named Washing
ton at all. Their name was plain
Washen. In 1860 when John Washen,
President Washington's great-grand-
father. sailed from the north of Eng
land for the colonies and settled for
new life at place called Pops, near
Colonial Beach, he revised his plebian
name of Washer for the more aristo-
cratic Washington. Mr. Keefer gave
sketch Of the deep researches which
led him backward over the branches
Of the Washen family tree for more
han so generations. until he located
he original Wasben at Cave Castle,
England. He had many interesting
pictures of historical subjects, which
ne displayed in connection with his
lecture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-14

exposed to ravage and ruin and we
should have distressed in a peculiar
manner the virtuous citizens from
Philadelphia who had fed thither for
refuge"
So it will be seen that Washington
vas influenced in going to Valley
Forge, not only by a desire to har-
iass and hold ip check the enemy,
but to save sss tel!ow-citizens from
2rivation and suffering. Well may he
be called the good and great Wash
Ington. No man has had more diff.
cult and more desperate situations to
lace and no public character in the
history of our country has had. not
only to frame plans for military and
political crises, but to carry out those
plans himself.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-14
BUT SHE DID NOT VISIT HIM
Little Chance That voIee-culture Stu
dent Attempted to Crafty Old
Gentleman's Friend

Patiently the old gentleman had
been sitting through the ordeal OF
hearing the voice-culture student in
the hall bedroom below practicing
with zeal which left no room for
criticism, but with a talent by no
means so kindly described.
Finally. he crep down the stairs
and raped at the door of the young
wonan's room.
II can't come in" he said in re-
Spouse to an invitation, "but simply
came to tell you of friend of mine
who would, know, be willing to pay
almost any amount of money to hear
you sing"
Overwhelmed with joy the young
woman begged the kind old gentleman
to write his friends name and ad-
dress on a piece Of paper.
When he had gone upstairs she
looked at the slip of paper which he
had handed back to her inscribed and
neatly folded. 1t read: John w.
Jones, Asylum for the Deaf"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-14

captured it when 1t was a puppy and
raised it. After the dog became old
enough to range for itself, the call of
the wild got back into its heart and it
went to the woods, occasionally re-
turning to get something to eat, then
finally it deserted the negro altogether
Parties hearing the dog howl and
bark thought it was panther or wolf
that had been run to the high ground
by last springs floods. 1t had been
seen on different occasions leaping
over back yard fences with small pigs
in its mouth and frequently a full
sized chicken.
So thoroughly frightened became
parents they feared to allow their
children to go to and from school un.
protected. Men with shes guns fol-
loved them, hoping they might get q
good shot at the animal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-14
Washington.

A nation :s not merely an aggrega-
ton of individuals. but body Of
laws and institutions. welded into one
organic, living entity. Writing and
reading of history are beneficial only
In so far as history establishes a
school of morals.
The past is vast field. The bad
man as well as the good man finds in
cthe future limitless haven Tor his
Imagination, and hopes for fame and
favor at the hands Of generations to
succeed him. The historian, looking
back at years far fed. seeking to per-
ceive clearly through obscurity the
right relation Of acts of individuals, of
parties or of nations, is sometimes
inclined to doubt the soundness of his
own judgment in future that harks
back to past so distant
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-14
One Ray of Sunshine.

John, you are sure it is safe IL
this yacht?"
Yes, my love-"
And you know how to sail it,"
my sailing master does"
How long will it take US to
CROSSE"
About two weeks"
ooh, dear. there's so much to worry
about on a yacht"
There's one thing that needn't
cause you any worry" ..-
What is that?"
THE cook can't leave until we get
to Liverpool" - Louisville Courier
Journal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-14
POOR, LEFT 100000 ESTATE
eequeaths All to Charity, and Sister
Who Was Ignored. Plans to
Contest viii.

Brockton, Mass.-Known as a poor
man." Horace William Howard, a re.
cluse, had fortune of nearly $500, 900,
His will. filed for probate in court
here, leaves 100000 to charity, in.
GLIDING S1S5,000 for the establishment
of home for ag,'d in Brockton and
large sums to the Brockton Hospital
and other institutions here.
Howard, who had only recently lived
in Providence. in a room for which he
paid only SIPS week. always dressed
poorly and seldom spent more than Is
cents for meal. His only living rela-
tive, Mrs. Maria p. Howard, sister.
was not mentioned in the will She
has announced she will cont est It,