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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15
Fact That 1t Is Possible to "Taste"
Electricity Has Been But
Recently DIvulged.

In some forms electricity is invis-
ible. while in others it may be seen.
The lightning flash and the electric
light are easily seen, but the current
itself is really invisible to the eye.
The sense of feeling can detect the
presence of the mysterious element,
and the sense of hearing may detect
1t, and the sense of smell has been
known to locate the presence OF the
wonderful power, but it has just been
discovered that we may taste cleo
tricity.
Metals of an opposite nature will,
when properly connected, throw off a
small current of electricity, and this
may be tasted by taking a piece OF
bright, clean tin about the size of a
silver dollar, and placing either above
the tongue or beneath 1t, with a sill
yer dollar on the opposite side. KeeE
the outer edges of the silver and tin
apart for a moment, and see If you car
detect any taste.
Then bring the outer edges OF the
metals together with n above ant
the other beneath the tongue, and in
stantly there will be a sour taste II
the mouth. This is actually tasting thu
electric current that is produced b!
the contact of the two metals, ant
which in making the circuit is passing
through the tongue which is very sen
sitiye.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15
She Thought re House ley TEX Things So Calm
! ]. spElGHT, clerk to the house

J.. SPEIGHT, clerk to the house
j. committee on judiciary, is not at
III the serious young man that any n
would take him to be. Not at all. In
spite Of the fact that Speight sits In
that large and impressive committee
room, which probably is worth more
money than all the halls the conti-
mental congresses ever dreamed Of,
and in spite of the fact that he lie
stepped ii the lore of trust ~investisa-
tions, judicial secrets, possible on
stitutional amendments, impeachment
trials and Alabama politics, MI.
Speight is always ready with a nifty
little yarn.
He says that one day the house Of
representatives was in a.terrific up
roar. ~Progressives we're hurting solid
masses of objurgations against the re
~actionaries Representative Cooper Of
Wisconsin, who refuses to go into eau
Gus with any one, not excepting him
self. was hurting defiance at Cannon
lam from the rear line Of trenches
while ever and anon Representative
Mondell would chirp feebly In reply
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15
Mann Said He Knew What All the Bills Meant

big bundles. Holding them up, he
said:
Here are all the bills on the pri-
vate calendar, and all the reports on
those bills. I've read them all, and l
know what each one means!"
Before the congress ended, Mr..
Mann's colleagues in the house pre-
sonted him with a costly watch, the
presentation speech being made by
Uncle joe Cannon. and seconded by
| Speaker Clark.
1T gives me great pleasure" said
Uncle joe" amid the laughter of the
house, ITO present you with a stop
watch"
During one Of the lively debates
zeal the end Of the session a con
~troversy arose as to who was "enti-
tied to the floor" Speaker Clark
tried to straighten 1t out, and in the
midst of the discussion Represents
tive Moore of Pennsylvania inter-
rupted:
rs not the present parliamentary
situation this, that the gentleman from
Chicago (Mr. Mann) has been caught
asleep at the switch?"
The chair is not going to rule
that the gentleman from Chicago ever
got caught asleep at the SWITCH re-
] piled Speaker Clark.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15
HANDLING of White House Mail Is Gigantic Task

stretch when, under normal conditions,
the daily mail will seldom exceed zoe
letters and the average for long in
tervals during the last administration
was in the neighborhood Of $50 letters
a day.
But this normal volume may be
quickly changed to the abnormal. The
appearance Of some new national is
sue. an international crisis, an import
ant declaration of policy by the presi'
dent, a proposal of new legislation, OF
any one of a number of turns of affairs
ia likely to bring down upon the White
House an avalanche of letter of in
quiry, advice, commentator and wit
ticism.
The president of the United States
subscribes in effect to the policy OF the
man who has no mail delivered by a
rier at his place of business, but IN
stead rents a lockbox at the local post
office or nearest postal station. Nc
mail is delivered by regular carrier al
the White House. In fact, the presf
dent has his own special postman, q
member of the messenger force at the
executive offices, who is provided with
a horse and buggy and who makes two
, or three trips daily to the Washington
postofice dispatching the outgoing
mail and returning with the incoming
o The final trip of the day is made al
t a comparatively early hour in the aft
s ernoon, a circumstance which, o
$ course, facilitates the task of replying
s to most letters on the day on which
they are received.
y The office force is called upon t.
D handle one class of correspondence
which has no counterpart in the opera
t tons of the ordinary business institu
|. ton. This is the social correspond
e ence and it is of quite heavy volum
It during the winter months, when fol
y NAL dinners, receptions and other Ell
a tertainmonts are held at the Whit
a House in rapid succession.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15
HorseIess AGE Near, Is the View of Experts

RtY EXPECT to live to see the day
i when the keeping of horses in
Washington will be prohibited on san
itary grounds, just as the keeping OF
pigs has been and the keeping of
COWS greatly restricted" This is a state
ment made by C. G. Bell, one Of the
experts of the department of agricul-
ture. Mr.. Bell believes that Washing
ton is a much cleaner city because OF
the introduction of automobiles, and
that the tendencies of the day Is to
eliminate horses in cities and restrict
them to the country.
According to figures published by
the department of agriculture, horse
breeding 10 about the worst paying
business that any one can go into. In
~quiries we're sent to 10000 correspond
ents and the average for the cost of
raising q colt to three years old was
taken for the entire country.
Counting the service fee, feed, vet
Urinary bills and breaking, the cost of
raising a colt to three years old, even
when making allowance for the farm
work he does up to that age, is $96.54.
The selling price averages $l36.17'
This is making no allowance for the
mares that do not produce foals OF
for those that die prior to three years
old.
Officials of the division of ANNA,
h~usbandry who are cooperating wiUr
the army in raising remounts for the
cavalry, say that the only hopefu
thing shown by these figures is tina
the government free service and thu
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15
WATERS ARE NOW BONIFACEs
Some of the Things the New YORK
Servants Forget When They
Called a Strike.

Trouble with the walters strike IS
that they proved too much, writes the
New York correspondent of b GIN
cinnati Tfmes-Star. 1t may be con-
ceded, as alleged by their various
members. that the average waiter Is
paid but SO cents a day by the hotel
and that half Of that sum goes In tips
each day to the kitchen help n tne
head waiter and the side walters or ne
might as we'll be dead as in a lining
room. It may also be conceded that
ten years ago the Waldorf charged
but 10 cents for a sirloin steal ana
that it now charges a dollar ana a
half. And that in that period the
walters pay has not been increased.
only" said the man who began as
a waiter and now has a hourishlng
restaurant within a couple or blocks
of the Thirty-second street elevated
station, 1.-THE walters forget that their
tips have increased in that period
Oscar Of the Waldorf began as a walt
err. SO did Boldt of the Waldorf. SO
did Rector and Archambault and Mus
chenheim and the Seven Little Shan
Ieys and the Four Healys and the two
Martins and the three Bustanobys
You should not be far wrong IL you
said that every successful restaurant
keeper in town began as a waiter-ol
A bartender, as did Regain of the
Knickerbocker, and this O'Connor W
on One Hundred and Twenty-nintf
street, who saved enough to start {
saIoon-and then saved enough to buy
the original castle Of the O'ConnorI
in ireland. Ten years ago a dimt
was a good tip for service to a singh
person. A quarter was munificent, !
dollar would recompense a waiter TO
looking after a wine party of six. ]
o gave him 50 after an all-night ses
sion he would jump through, roll owe
and lie dead. Nowadays a t%en-cent I'll
for a 75-cent lunch wins thanks
Fifteen cents a grunt, 20 cents an az
dible thank you and for a quartz
you can have your chair pulled bac
and your coat collar snugged TIL
people are educated up to 1t. Thi
very week waiter 307 at the Hotel Al
tor starts on a trip around the worlt
He's saved enough in three years froi
his tips to do 1t in style. Here is
sporting proposition: ! will pay an
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15
FIG. 1,

packing case. Fasten these in the ends
Of the box as shown'at A and B, Fig. l..
Then cut a strip equal to the length
of the box, and the width Of strips A
and B plus the thickness of the side
of the box, and nail it to the top OF
the box on a level with strips A and B
&c, Fig, o..
The drawer space is covered with
boards D and e Gig. -, each oil
which should have a width equal to
one-half the inside depth of the box
Board e should be hinged to the edge
Of board D, and the latter should be
nailed in place to the top edge Oh
strips A and B. Fasten a brass ring
to board E, near the front edge, by
means of a small staple, to catch hoio
Of in lifting the leaf.
Partition off the box into pigeon
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15
DFTAu s. OF HOMEMADE WHITING DESK

holes, using as thin wood as you can
get for the purpose. Fig. 5 will give
you a suggestion as to how it may be
done, but you can space them in any
other way that you wish. The top
row can extend out to the front OF
the desk, but the lower pigeon-holes
must be kept far enough back of the
hinged leaf E so 1t will not interfere
with it opening.
The front drop-leaf Of, Fig. A. is
made from the v boards, battened
together on the inside about Il
inch from the ends, as in Fig. 3, ana
it should be hinged to- board Z as
shown in Fig. 4. A dask mortise-lock
can be purchased at a hardware store
for 20 to rs cents, and by examining
any piece of cabinet work having
such a lock you will understand how
the lock should be put on. To Keep
the drop-leaf from dropping below the
proper writing level, support it with
pieces of brass chain, OF tape, fasten-
ed to screw-eyes screwed into the
| DatJG0S Ol lu0 ulOPlCol 81" 49,
side of the top of the desk. To
the roughness of the boards used Tor
the drop-leaf, tack either a piece oil
table oil cloth or heavy wrapping pa
per over the inside face OF the boards.
The height of the opened drop-leat
of a desk should be that Of a table
usually 2 feet 4 inches. This dimen-
sion must be used in determining the
length of the four leg strips. These
strips should be 2k inches wide. Nell
them to the four corners as SHOWN III
Fig. S, being careful to get the lower
projecting portions of equal lenstns'
then cut two wooden blocks for shoes
and nail one to each end pair OF legs
The shoe blocks should be or the
nroper dimensions so there will be a
projection of about one inch outside
of the legs. The shoes wi. brace the
legs and at the same time rest more
solidly upon the floor than the foul
narrow legs would. Fasten two o
zontal braces between the legs, one
in front and the other in the back, al
shown in Fig. S. The strips shoul'
be ~ inches wide.
: Cut enough boards of the proper o'
s mensions to form a desk-top with
projection of one inch over the bo'
all around. These boards Will con
ceal the tops of the leg strips. VINE
9 they have been nailed in place, tn
last constructive detail necessary t
B transform the packing case into an al
tractive desk will have been con
h pleted.
If If the packing case used for Tn
o desk is stamped with a manutactu'
K. er's trademark, and these cannot b
removed, you must give the wood SCI
,e eral coats of oil paint to conceal tines
Of blemishes; but If the wood is ire
6 from markings and other defects, Il
y ish it with a prepared wood stai
Id then give it a coat of white shella
and finally wax it.
n Copyright. 1912, by A. Nelly Han)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15
Maud Do Much for nPartner."

An amusing letter was read at a re-
cent Roscommon Qreland) Guardians
meeting, in which a workman asked
to be supplied with "a partner for
life," stating that he had suffered 30
winters single" Il could do with
any of the girls in the house
continued the missive, "a wards
maid, cook, nurse, or anything,
and If you grant my request will
save the ratepayers hundreds of
pounds. l will go in and live in
the house and make myself gen
orally useful by keeping the bottles
all empty and well washed. You Will
want no more contracts for potatoes,
as | will till the masters flower gar
den. | could also act in the capacity
Of schoolmaster, and give the guard
ians that come in at IL o'clock in
struction in etymology, prosody. syn
tax, and verbosity, so as to help the
reporters"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15

JAMES r. MANN of Illinois, Repub-
j lican leader in the house, bears the
reputation of knowing more than any
other man in the house about the leg
islation before that body. He has
also a well established reputation for
being reaNy and able to talk on any
subject at any time.
In the midst of one of the long
night sessions near the close of the
last congress some n proposed that
the private calendar" should be
taken up, and that minor bills pend
ing should be passed under suspen
sion of the rules.
II obiect!" shouted one member
mo man in the house knows what
these different bills are!"
Mr.. Mann, who was standing, reach
ed into his desk and pulled out two
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15
HYPNOTIC BURIAL IS HALTED
Philadelphia Mesmerist Who Had PrI'
vate Graveyard" Behind House
Arrested.

Philadelphia. -Joseph D'Audenriand,
2102 East Monmouth street, was ar
rested on a charge of practicing hypno-
tism contrary to law, just as he was
about to bury an unconscious subject
to demonstrate that the latter could
be kept in a hynotic state for forty
eight hours.
The grave had been dug in DAuden-
riand's back yard and an elaborate
coffin had been sent there from an UNI
dertaking establishment. A large
crowd Of neighbors had seen the hyp-
notist place his subject under a spell,
wind the man in a shroud and place
him in the coffin. The hypnotist was
screwing on the lid when the police
arrived and made him bring the sub
ject back to life"
Magistrate Campbell held the hypno
fist in $500 bail for a further hearing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15
SEE AMERICA FIRST
Organization Formed to EncOur-
age Study Of Geography.
Persons Go Annually to Europe Who
Have No Idea of the Wonderful
Beauties of Mountains and
Glaciers in United States.

Chicago.-Byron wrote of Portugal.
at is a goodly sight to see what heav-
en- hath done for this delicious land
But Byron had little to impress MIN
compared with what the United States
offers. Some people realize this,
among them the Glacials, a widely
spread organization formed to encour-
age the study of the geography OF this
country in the public schools. The
members plan to send a memorial to
the president of the United States ask
ing that one day in the year be set
aside as See America Day." and that
special exercises be held in all schools
on that day. Postage stamps will
show western scenes if this organiza-
tion has it's way.
The fact is that what this country
and the west in particular needs is a
great big band wagon, the Glacials de
clare. People go annually to Europe
who have no idea of the beauty and re
sources of their own country. AS
result millions are spent abroad thai
ought to be kept in the United States
The west in the United States anC
Canada offers mountain scenery tina
equals and in some instances surpass
es what one sees in Norway and Swift
zerland. If American tourists instead
of embarking on a sea voyage were u
turn their faces inland they woul'
agree with European travellers VIII
come here in saying that at u yer,
doors we have enough scenic marvel
to content the most exacting glob
trotter.
The traveller to the Pacific coast
he really wishes to see the west shoul
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15

There are wild camels now in the
American desert, said to have found
their origin In the camels that fed
from white men in that region a half
century ago Camels, according to a
veteran p%rospector, would be the most
practical animals for desert travel, but
dogs would be the easiest. His own
dog Rufus is half st. Bernard and
half red Siberian hound, which COM
bination, according to his own prac-
teal experience, is the very best pos
sihle. This dog can carry twenty-five
pounds with ease and can go long pc
RODS without food or water. He has
almost human Intelligence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15
GENTLE ADA FERRIS
John Folsom's Mascot Saved
Him lust in the Nick
of Time.

When Folsom was sent to the Philip
pines he told Miss Ferris that he
would have something very important
to write to her as soon as he had es-
tablished himself. 1t was something
which he could not say to her then be-
cause Ada Ferris was rich and Folsom
had his way to make in the world. But
when he looked into her eyes he knew
that she would wait-that she was the
kind that would wait years-perhaps
for ever.
1t was lonely in Manila, in spite OF
men friends who took one out to din
ner and whom one entertained at ones
bachelor quarters. In fact John Fol-
som had only one real friend-Minnie,
his little monkey, who had been cap
tured, a tiny baby, in the forests Of
Mindanao. She was the tiniest and
most affectionate creature that he had
ever seen. One day he found her
perched gravely in front of Ada Fer
ris' photograph, examining 1t, evident
1y with approval, for she made a little
chattering noise that signiied happi'
ness.
Some day, Minnie" said Folsom, as
she snuggled into his coat, some day
we three will be in a world of perfect
happiness"
Then he sighed, for he had not writ
ten to Ada Ferris so regularly as ne
had been used to do. Perhaps Il was
because his promotion came slowly
1t could not have been because OF Lii
it'll Aintree, Judge Aintree's daughter
who was the belle of the American col
ony, and who distinctly liked Folsom.
There could not have been a create
contrast than between Lilith and Ada
the one proud, mirth-loving, sell
willed; the other gentle, sweet and al
fe~ctionate. In his heart Folsom knew
that his new fame could not compar
with the girl whom he had left benin
him in Boston. But Ada Ferris wa
far away and Lilith was near, ard i
his loneliness he found it impossibl
to resist her overpowering attraction
her personality, vibrant with youth
and his, he knew, as soon as he shout
a the word that would make her hi
Minnie did not like Lilith Aintre'
There had never been any love lost b.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15

price of $3.50 paid by the army for
three-year-olds helps out the average
somewhat. Mr.. Bell in discussing the
matter said:
while l think the government of
fer for army remounts is as fair as
could be made under the circum-
stances, l certainly should not advise
any one to go out and buy a lot of
mares for the purpose of raising
horses and selling them. There is
no question that the automobile Is
hurting the horse business"
One of the things also that is wor-
rying army officers and horse breeders
In general is the course of congress
toward the cavalry branch Of the serv-
ice. There was a movement at the
last session of congress to eliminate
five cavalry regiments altogether, and
fears are expressed by some of those
interested, that a similar move may
20 through under the present admin
istration in the interests Of economy.
The effect of such a course as this on
the horse market, Is it pointed out,
; would be hard to estimate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15

ne must De c~lear-headed. fo1 ne had tU
tell Lilith about Ada.
And yet he knew she would not
eare. She would have no ~scrurles
about usurping the others place.
To his surprise the~monkey left his
shoulder and sprang to the lowest
branch of the tree under which the
hammock hung. Folsom hurried away
and presently, coming back with the
lemonade. saw something which as
founded him.
Lilith, in an access of fury, had
reached up and grasped the monkey,
and now, holding her fast by the throat
with one hand, was thrashing her with
the other. The little animal was near
ly choked, she could not scream, but,
with both hands over her head, strove
vainly to ward off that shower OF stun.
ming blows. Then Folsom came UP
as Lilith flung the creature from her
Minnie crept sobbing into Johns
arms. He turned and faced the girl
who, ~disheveled and flushed with pas
sion, stood gazing at him ~uneasily.
81 thrashed the little beast" she
said.
What did she do to your" asked
John quietly.
she sat on the tree and made faces
at me-" Lilith answered petulantly
"And | tell you. John, unless you ge
rid of the beast you must"
She had meant to say "get rid o
me-" but something in Johns fac
checked her.
I'm sorry if | hurt her, john" sh
said. But the little wretch hates m
and | can't bear to be hated. | wan
to be loved, john" she added, lifttn
her face toward his.
A sudden loathing for her came wit
his new understanding.
"Lilith," he said, "a woman VIII
would beat a helpless dumb 5rut
would beat a child"
What do you mean?" she cried.
But he said no more. Holding th
monkey tightly to him he Wake
away. And Lilith knew. She kne
that the mother instinct, which alon
can hold a man, had failed her; ST
knew that she had irretrivably lo'
him. He had found her out at last.
Little mascot" said John, when
set Minnie down upon his tabl
: there's a long letter from some OF
> in Boston that we haven't answere
: yet. Shall we write to her this afte
: noon?"
And Minnie picked up his pen jul
,, at that moment and held it towal
him.
lConyright. 1913. BY W. G. Chapman,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15
Charm for Melancholy.

The woman who is sweet tempered,
who thinks very little about herself,
but a good deal about others, who
takes the side of the helper, and ex-
tends a cordial hand to the friend who
needs 1t, is the woman most wanted
and best loved in the world.
Everybody one meets has nov and
then a mood Of encouragement. The
woman who is sweet in mood, In tenn
permanent, in manner, and In action
cheers the lonely, comforts the sad
and helps her comrades to gaiety and
gladness. She is the woman who
charms away melancholy and is be
loved by her friends.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15

The new French Schneider ambu-
lance is a veritable portable hospital,
being a truck probably the largest
size yet constructed and having an
operating room in the middle part.
with two smaller rooms at the ends
It contains an electric plant which Is
used for lighting, water pumping and
sterilizing, and for surgical motors.
Water is pumped IN by hose from a
well or pond, and, after passing
through the ultraviolet ray sterilizer,
It Is stored In a tank. When the am
bulance is brought to the spot, for
instance, on a battlefield, a wing in
the shape Of a tent is formed by a
tarpaulin on each side of the wagon,
and the two tents are electrically
lighted through windows in the sides
Of the car