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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16

Observation-Disclosures having de-
w destroyed something like $780,
900, 900 in real money since May, 1912,
Miss Louise Lester of the treasury de-
partment still likes her job. although
1t is a messy" one, and hopes to keep
at II for some time to come.
Miss Lester is a member of the COM
mittee on the destruction of mutilated
money. Her fellow members on the
committee are Messrs. U. L. Adams,
chairman; J. N. Ffte and William M.
Meredith.
Every day shortly after nine o'clock
In the morning a big automobile truck
backs up to the treasury and takes
aboard six or eight trunks. Every one
Of the trunks contain half a million or
more of dollars in real money, the
bills being cut in halves.
Accompanying the truck is a car
rage from the, bureau of engraving
and printing. Into this climb Mr.
Adams and Miss Lester. At least two
members of the committee must keeI
the money in sight at all times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
Representative Bird Mcclure Tells This One

REPRESENTATIVE BIRD INQUIRE
N Of Oklahoma has some very in
teresting constituents among the
Osages. These Indians are great
friends Of the representative and he
in turn is a warm admirer of their
sterling honesty and faithful adher'
ence to the truth.
Mcclure tells a funny thing on a
lawyer out in his state, This man
was the leading counsel for a big cor
poration, a great blowhard and about
the most pompous individual on earth.
But he had a peculiar way of Wheel
ing when talking or laughing and the
Indians had noticed this. 1t is n OF
the Indian customs to give persons
some name denoting their peculiari-
ties: what we would call in English
a nickname. And they bestowed on
the pompous individual n about as
long as your arm and as sonorous as
a preacher on a hot afternoon.
One day the pompous one was walk
Ing down the streets Of a town and
overheard two Indians talking about
him. They pointed at him as he pass
ed and uttered a long sentence which,
he understood, they intended for his
name.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16

obtain railroad connection with the
European network, both with Vienna
and with Paris. Several of these pro-
jected lines will give Austrian and
Hungarian export reader and more
varied access to the Aegean, the
Adriatic, the Black and the Indian
sea
For some time the Austro-Hun-
garian government has been on the
track of INSCRIPTIONS emigration
agents who have facilitated the egress
of persons who for some reason or
other we're not legally entitled to
leave the country, such as young men
about to serve in the army. Lately,
many hundreds of arrests were made.
The evidence shows that there has
been all along a whole fiourishing in
dustry, the chief centres being in
Vienna, Trieste, Fiume, Lemberg, Pra-
que, Cracow, Budapest, Grosswardein
and some smaller places. Govern
ment detectives ferreted out the
facts, and they are certainly astound-
ing enough. The wholesale manufae-
ture of forged documents of all kinds,
enabling the holders to pass the
scrutiny of the government agents at
the frontiers and in the harbor towns,
seems to have been carried on by
notaries, lawyers, and in not a few
cases by municipal or provincial Off
Gals.
So far the worst cases that came to
the surface were a~scertained In
Vienna and Grosswardein.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
"Surest Thing You Know, Md" Said the Office Boy

have the face of a cherub when the
boss arrived. Then he would go out
and shoot a few shots of craps with a
friend in the back room. Altogether
he was a regular office boy.
One morning when Adams arrived
the boy nodded gravely at him and
said:
We'll, If there's anything you want
done l wish you'd femme have 1t in a
hurry. l gotta go to de baseball game
today"
"Is that so?" replied the %astounded
boss; don't you think that's rather
an abrupt way to put it. You ought
to be more respectful. Suppose you
were the boss and l was the boy-let
me show you how l would ask"
So the boy sat down in the boss
| chair and Adams went into the hall.
Then he entered the Office, and said in
a polite voice:
BOSS, l would like very much to
go to the ball game today. Would it
be asking too much if l could get
off early?"
And then the boy spoke:
"Surest thing you know, kid. l like
you and hope you'll get along. Here's
half a dollar. Go ahead now"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
WOMAN HAUNTS A CEMETERY
Village Watchers Get Glimpse Of
Strange Night StrolIers Through
Village Graveyard.

Jerseyville, m.-Because of the large
crowds that visit the Oak Grove ceme-
terry in ~Jerseyville nightly to watch for
the appearance of a mysterious wom-
an in black, who has been haunting
the vicinity of the graveyard for a
long time, the city cemetery board,
composed of Alderman 9. Atchison,
John Keener, and DR.. e. L. H. Barry,
has issued orders to Sexton Strother
Kennedy to close the gates Of the
cemetery at sundown and to allow no
persons except city officials inside at
night.
Negroes have formed the habit OF
giving the cemetery q wide berth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
-Labor Proteata oIvsn MaIor.


Jefferson City.-Two committees
appointed at the recent meeting Of
the Missouri Federation of Labor at
Springfield came here to see Gov. Ma
jor and discuss with him the question
of ~unionizing the construction Of the
new STATE capitol and about the al.
legged brutality of the police toward
striking garment workers and wait
ers in st. Louis.
A demand for a union clause in the
contract for the capitol will be made
by the committee representing the
building trades. Upon this commit
tee are Pat Moran, 7. J.. Mcnamara
and William Tubel of st. Louis and
William Maxwell and John Kinchel of
Kansas City. r. T. Wood, president
of the Missouri Federation of Lebor,
will serve Upon this and the police
committee also. Upon the letter COM
mittee- are George Miller, Conrad
Schott and Mrs. Sadie Spraggon of
st. Louis, George Manuel of Moberly
and William Cransfield of Sedalia.
The contract for the construction
of the capitol will be awarded Nov.
IS. 1t is the opinion of members Of
the capitol commission that while
union labor will be employed that a
clause could not be legally incorpor-
ated In the contract.
President Wood said unless the
capitol construction is unionized
from top to bottom strikes and labor
troubles will hinder its completion
for eight or ten years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
BALKAN RAIL LINES
Some Details Of How New
Roads Are Built.
AustrIa-Huneary, While Not Rich In
Capital, When Compared to Some
Other Countries, viii Finance
Large Share of Work.


Vienna.-On the part of a high
official Of the Austro-Hungarian bank,
the great state institution in this
country, | received some details about
the building of a number of rail-
roads and the improvement Of exist
ing me- in the Balkan countries, espe-
cially so far as Autsria-H Hungary is In
volved. Although the dual monarchy
is not rich in capital, when compared
to some other countries, she will yet
undertake a considerable share OF the
work. This will last for five years
and more, and the money to be in
vested will altogether amount to not
less than $500, 900, 900.
This money will be taken up in the
shape of loans, and the loans will be
floated in Paris, Vienna, Berlin and
London. All the Balkan countries, in
Guiding Bulgaria and Albania, will OBJ
tain such loans. Railroad construction
will necessarily not begin until after
the various loans have been obtained.
Albania's new roads-the first that
country will have-will connect with
those Of Greece and Servia, n line
being from Monastir to Durazzo, an
other from Valona to Janina. If the
projected Danube-Adria line Is really
built by Austrian capital-which is
doubtful, because it wouldn't pay for
years to come-there would be direct
railroad connection between Vienna
and Albania. The completion of the
Trans-Balkan line, a Bulgarian work,
and which Is to go as far as Dedea-
Catch on the Aegean, and to connect
with the Roumanian lines will give
Bulgaria a perfect railroad system.
Greece, above all, requires much
capital for railroads, notably in her
new territory. The Servian road en-
terprises will all be capitalized by
France. Greece will for the first time
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16

IT SEEMS there is a business man on
i Pennsylvania ven named Adams.
He had a fine office boy. He was one
of those boys who m to work for
the first time, beats up the rival office
boy in the next shop, answers the tele-
phone with the ease and manner of
the senior partner, never smokes ciga-
rettes except when the boss is not
looking and who speaks the fascinat-
ing language of the streets and the
lunchroom, where every male human
being is a guy" or a "gink" and every
female is a Skirt" or a Chicken"
Adams boy would get to work ten
minutes ahead Of time, dust out, read
all the postcards. peep into the mail
IN other ways, fill the ink wells and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16

full portion of the treasure trove.
Then a difficulty arose, Emma said,
when the men found that they could
not divide the money in three equal
parts without more money to put with
it.
When Emma was asked if she had
any money she trustingly gave the
men 81, she said. Even with this
amount it was impossible to split the
money correctly, the men told her,
and directed her to wait a moment
while they went over to a lunchroom
to get some more change.
Emma waited for about 20 minutes.
Then she stepped across the street to
the station house and told the police
what had occurred. A lookout was
sent out for the men, whose descrip-
tons were given.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
Almost the Same Thinq.

a. little girl, visiting her %auntie, was
compelled to sleep in a room colder
than that to which she was accus-
toned at home, Every night, before
retiring, she took a hot bath, and
auntie noticed that from the bathroom
she made swift and straight flight to
bed. Don't you say your prayers at
night, dear?" asked the lady, in tones
of gentle reproof. "Oh, yes, auntie
dear, l say them in the bathroom, It's
warmer. l say them just the last
thing before 1 come to bed"
But" said %auntie, who had noticed
the child's habit of lying fat in the
water for a few moments before
emerging from the bath, you don't
kneel down to say them, do you"
NO" was the unexpected answer.
but l turn over on my front"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
"Why7" Asked Leslie.

And George was growing careless. He
never asked her permission before
pulling out that old pipe of his in the
parlor. And he had said that he
would have to Spruce up" for Eunice
had said 1t brazenly, as though ad-
mitting that 1t was not necessary to
take such a measure for her!
Leslie spent a miserable night. In
the morning Eunice arrived with the
children.
Leslie was astonished at Eunice's
appearance. She had always thought
of her as the young, immature, rather
sedate young girl with whom she had
roomed at college. Instead Of which
she saw before her a matronly young
woman, calm, self-possessed, with two
children, a boy and a girl, who made
Leslie's heart ache as she kissed
them.
They found a certain sense Of en-
barrassment In their meeting. They
were conscious that everything had
changed since their college days; their
interests had become divergent; they
had grown apart in many ways. And
Leslie was painfully conscious that it
was she who had stood still, not
Eunice. 1t was not until after
Georges visit that evening that
Eunice seemed to thaw.
$50 that is George" she said. Then
she took Leslie by the hand. my
dear, how long have you been en-
gaged?" she asked.
Five years." said Leslie, rather
frigidly.
Leslie, do you know that you could
have been married for FIVE years and
had that much more ~happiness?" ask
ed Eunice.
Leslie began to explain the cir.
cumstances, the long series of misfor4
tunes. There was a touch of envy in
her tone which was not lost upon her
friend.
my dear" she answered, Il know
that you have made a great mistake
l should say the great mistake"
"Why| asked Leslie. do you be-
lieve in marrying before nj is In q
position to do SO? II George had had
your husbands advantages"
when Philip and got married.
answered Eunice. 'he had just $50 In
the world. And we spent that on oui
honeymoon. We had no furniture, he
had no prospects except those Of 0
poorly paid clerk. The first three
years we're a continuous struggle. A
month before Arthur was born we die
not know where the doctors expenses
would come from. And We have beer
very happy all through 1t. Philip al
ways says that II he hadn't had me ht
would never have reached the position
he holds today.
III we had waited, as you have wait
ed-where would we be now? Deal
Leslie, do you think marriage is /
thing that should come after one hal
made ones way In the world? PhiliI
says that II is part Of life, not the lie
ward Of life"
Leslie hardly slept that night. AM
on the next day, after Eunice hal
gone, she was too III to go to school.
She knew now that It vas not like
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
owed Life to Dream.

Melton Prior, the famous war art
list, always averred that he owed his
life on one occasion to warning
dreams. When going out to the Zulu
wal he twice dreamed that he was
shot and then buried. On arriving at
Durham he received a letter from his
mother telling of a dream identical
with his own, and begging him not to
go to the front. He obeyed her in
junction, and engaged another artist
to go In his place. The unfortunate
substitute was almost the first mar
killed in the fighting. One wonders
why a warning dream was not grant
ed him also.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
aelleved Elan Had ! Lanouaoe,

In the old Roman days the murae-
mas, or sea cells, were supposed to be
possessed OF a "language"-'low and
sweet it is denominated by one an.
Client writer, "and with an intonation
go fascinating that few could resist its
influence" The Emperor Augustus, It
was contended, was the only mortal
who could understand this language"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
No one Wants to Be MAYOR.

Midtown. N. J.--No one 80 far Ia
willing to be a candidate for mayor
in this town. Three tickets have
been printed without a candidate for
mayor on them. Voters will have to
I'll in the namo OF their choice for
hat Office.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
she couldnlt understand.

Sadie had accompanied her mother
to a missionary meeting. AS usual,
the afternoon opened with prayer. in
which several members Of the society
took part. Mother" whispered Sadie,
what are all those ladies afraid Of in
the daytimeq'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
Worried.

There are two things remarked
Fcgg. in a contemplative mood, that
I don't understand. One is how the
world got along before | came into
It; and the other, how It Is going to
ret along after ] have left it."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
Earliest Nails Were Of Bronze.

Nails of the earlier nations were Of
bronze. The nail used by Jael In kill
ing Sisera was a wooden tent pin.
Up to the nineteenth century nails
we're mostly forged, the first cut nails
being made by jeremiah Wilson in
Rhode Island in 1775.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16

Campbell.-The fourth annual corn
show of Dunklin county will be at
Campbell Oct. II and IS, 1918. On
the first day, at $3.50 o'clock, there
will be a parade Of school children,
farmers, machinery, floats and auto
mobiles; then will follow corn judy
ing, awarding of premiums and adj
dresses on farm topioA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16

OF HotT III
Thirty thousand deer die In Califor-
MIA each year. the victims, OF hunters
and preying animals, according 10 a
report issued by the state FISH and
game commission, OF this number
about 10000 are killed BY hunters.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
Had Heart Of True Lover.

A water-pipe Romeo was arrested
at Calcutta, India, recently. The per-
son, a youth named Abdul Latin, was
locked up for having climbed up a
water pipe 100 feet long in order to
hold conversation with his sweet
heart.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
Epohst

Hokus-"Flubdub seems to have .
wonderful opinion of his knowledge"
Pokus-'T should say he has. why. I
have actually heard him attempt to
argue with his son, who Is in hia
freshman year at college. "--Lippin-
colts,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
New Zealand Moose InoreasInu.

Moose in New Zealand arc multi.
plying at a great rate. Moose libe-.
ated some years ago in George sound
and the west coast Of the country are
affordlng ample proof OF this.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16

1t seems Incredible that in this day
and age any one who knows how to
write a business letter and fail to
inclose an address, either on the en-
velope outside or on the paper inside.
But thousands upon thousands Of let
ters fail of delivery every year Just
because the recipients have changed
their address and the writer's have
failed to indicate their address.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16

Surprising as It may seem, a lot Of
people in the temperate zone, with
four seasons a year, have chronic
spring ver.l-Louisville Courier.
I'll sIicQJ III 9iNWt
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16

What are those Indians calling
me?" asked he, swelling out his chest.
while visions of such titles as Thun-
der-Cloud OF Terrible Bear danced
through his mind.
Why, what they are saying" re-
turned an Indian who could translate,
rs - there goes Man-Who-Laughs-
Like-a-Jack-Ass!"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
Fortv Years ! PUBLIC CHARGE.

Forty Years a Public Charge.
Forty years In the workhodse is the
record Of a man living at New Ross,
County Wexford. Ireland. The inmate
As seventy a old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16

Whiteside.-The wheat crop Of Lin
coin county is nearly all sown and
the acreage is large. Recent rainL
have helped the crop. Prospects are
good for an abundant yield. II the
weather remains warm there yet will
be good fall pasture.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
Watson on Acoountanoy Board

Jefferson City.-Albest ]. Watson OF
Kansas City has been appointed Il
member Of the state board of account
ancy for a term of five years from Sep.
tember is, 1918. Mr.. Watson succeeds
w. p. Hoehn Of st. Joseph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16

Jefferson City.-The bee industry in
Missouri will be wiped out in a few
years, according to M. E. Darby.
apiary inspector, unless more assist
ance is given by the state in stamp
ing out the spread of foul breed"
which already affects the bees in 81
counties of Missouri.
He inspected during 1912, according
to his report to the state board of ag-
riculture, $500 colonies of bees and
found 10 per cent were affected with
foul brood. THIS is very destructive
to bees and must be e~radicated If the
industry is to prosper in this state.
Darby says the field of bee inspec-
ton in Missouri is entirely too large
for one man. He recommends the Gre
alton of a few deputyships to handle
the field work, leaving the inspector
free to carry on his educational work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-10-16
Major Commissions Eleven.

Jefferson City.-Gov. Major has is
sued commissions under the state
military code as certified to him by
Adjutant General O'Meara, as fol-
lows:
Benjamin H. Darcy, captain United
States army, retired, to be colonel
and commandant of cadets, Missouri
Military academy, at Mexico, to rank
from Sept. %, 1918.
H. E. Slusher, L. l.. Leach and l..
H. Miller, to be captains of infantry,
at Wentworth Military academy, at
Lexington, each to rank from Sept. 20.
They are instructors in the school
named. -.f,- .te.. ,
S. Sellers Jr., w, E. S~toneburner,
E. G. Harlan and G. N. Johnakin, to
be brevet first lieutenants at Went
worth Military academy, at Lexing-
ton, each to rank from Sept. 23. They
also are instructors in the institution.
George H. Kreeger, Clark H. Hall
and Charles Fl. Carpenter, all gradu-
ating from Kemper Military school, at
Boonville, in 1918, to be brevet Sec
ond lieutenants of the national guard
of Missouri, each to rank from May
26, 1918.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-27
FOR WINTER USE.

HERE'S another dainty for the win
ter preserve closet Are you in the
habit of making jam or green toma-
toes and pineapples? If you make
some this year just try spreading 1t on
thin slices of buttered bread.
A rule, said to be excellent, directs
the maker to cut firm green tomatoes
into thin slices and boil them until
tender, adding granulated sugar in the
proportion of three-quarters of a
pound to every pound of fruit. Weigh
this when done and for every fourteen
pounds of tomatoes add the juice of a
large tin of pineapples. Mash the pine
apple to a pulp; then boil all together
for a. quarter of an hour, stirring con-
stantIy. Dissolve one-hah ounce of
gelatin for each fourteen pounds of
jam and add Let the mixture come to
a boil, remove from the fire and pour
into Jars. Let it stand uncovered for
tWenty-four hours.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-27
Girls. You Can
Dig Woey

YNHE great French dressmaksr. Paul
Potret, who is now in this country.
when asked ie It is possible to tango
in the new skirts, replied in this lash
lon: sThe mode Is not concerned with
the practical
WE'LL perhaps the mode doesn't care.
but the girl who tangoes does, and
she knows that 1t is more fun to dance
in a skirt that lets her dance.
-tangoists may be thankful that
the present mode has limited the gym
nasttc operations OF the dancers. They
gasp as they imagine what dance halls
would look like IL skirts gave more
freedom. They don't care IL Dorothy
mas been forced to be stately. not b.
her sense OF propriety, but By the cir
cuu1ference OF her gown But Dor
otny does.
So, does Dorothyss mother who has
seen SO many pretty frocks torn at the
knees when her energetic daughter
forgot and tried to dip
This season Dorothy's new tango
gown is made with lots OF room at the
knees. It is narrow at the bottom a.
! the mode demands. but the drapsry
about the knee Is SO arranged that
there win be no straInins OF the ma
terial, no matter how much the knees
are bent.