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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23
LIGHT ON HIS PAST
Girls Fiance Makes a Confession
That Surprises More Than
One Friend.
BY FRANK FILsoN.

Fanny, you've been lording it over
me for for the past month, ever since
your engagement to Edward Brooks.
But you can't do it any more. said
her friend Mildred Thomas, holding
out her left hand with a blush. Fanny
Upton seized 1t and dragged her
friend into the light. On Mildred's
third finger sparkled a diamond in a
platinum ring.
Mildred" exclaimed Fanny, kissing
her. who is it,"
e" mustn't tell you," answered Mil
bred. Nov don't be angry, dear, be-
cause you shall be the very first per-
son to know. It's a sacred promise
for certain reasons"
ooh, I'm sure l don't want to know,
Mildred" said Fanny coldly, releasing
the hand she held.
"Oh yes you do, Fanny. Now don't
be cross. Listen! We're going to
have an engagement party on Satur-
day night, and 1t will be announced
then. And you are to come and be
told first. Seer"
Fanny was Modified a little. well,
If you think it's worth making a secret
of to please your iance, all right" she
said. But you know very well he
has secrets he hasn't shared with
you"
Fanny" cried Mildred Thomas In
dignantly.
"Of course he has, goose. Don't
you suppose he has been In love
dozens Of times-rapturously In love,
and never told you a word of it,"
Fanny" said her friend indignant
Iy, The told me that he has never been
in love in his life before. He has
never kissed any girl but me-"
"Booh!" said Fanny mockingly,
Nov Edward knew l was too sensible
To fall for that sort Of yarn and he
confessed. But he didn't tell me all
No, sir, and I'm going to find out a
whole lot more before I marry him"
Mildred remained coldly silent.
"Oh, Mildred, here's a joke" sale
her versatile friend. Nov r you
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23

game for it? Let's each write a letter
to our fances, saying, I have found
out everything and shall expect you
to explain-if you can What a joke
that would be. Picture the poor
mems faces! VIII you, Mildred?"
TT seems a shame" murmured Mil
bred. But l couldn't bear to think he
had deceived me. Are you sure he
has, Fanny"
my dearest girl, of course he has.
How old Is he? Twenty-eight! And
never kissed anyone but you? Mildred,
you certainly are simple. And now's
the time to show him you aren't as
simple as he thinks, and he'll think
all the more Of you for it, Is 1t a bar
gain?"
1t was. 1t vas not without many
m~isgivings that Mildred Thomas
mailed her letter to George Howard,
but Fanny's hints were eating into
her soul like vitriol. She must know,
now, whether her lover aver had been
in love before. That would be dread
full. Still she might forgive it, but
she could never forgive deceit. When
thu letter was mailed she wanted 1t
back, and all that day and the next
she listened In terror for the post
mans whistle. On the third day,
Friday, the answer came-a hasty, in
coherent letter, full Of se~lf-accusa-
lions and ~reproaches. II shall tell
you about what you refer to when |
call tomorrow evening"" he wrote,
and l shall come half an hour before
the party, in the hope of gaining your
forgiveness before the guests arrive"
Mildred al looking her pr%ettiest
when George Howard arrived. He
looked so haggard and mournful that
she could hardly find words with
which to greet him. Bitterly now she
repented having been persuaded by
Fanny to play that foolish joke. But
she must play her part through. They
sat down very soberly side by side in
the empty reception room.
TIN going to tell you everything,
Mildred" said George humbly. "I did
not wilfully deceive you, for It was
only because I had put the memory
of that mad summer, two years ago.
out Of my mind and heart. and dared
not recall It, even to myself. She
was the only woman before you"
Go on" murmared Mildred, and to
her CONSERVATION she discovered that
she was not shocked at all-oniy
deeply interested.
1T was at Atlantic City. I won't
tell you her name. We were almost
the only guests at the hotel at the end
OF the season. We fell In love with
each other; we loved each other mad
ly. We we're engaged. Then she
went back TO town. and I. like a fool,
lived in a FOOLS paradise. anticipating
the time when I should meet her
again, to ask her TO fulfll her promise.
Well the upshot was that she had
imagined me 70 DO n cousin OF mine,
GARFIELD Howard. the wealthy manu-.
facturer. When ! called at her home
she was quite frank about It. She
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23

Observation-Disclosures Shively Of
W Indiana looms up as a real hero.
He refused to take an anesthetic and
smoked placidly a long black cigar
while surgeons cut off one of his toes.
And the senator, despite the enco-
miums that are coming his way, is
modest about it. He would have pre-
ferred that his heroism should have
gone unsung. but the facts about the
scene in the operating room finally
leaked out and the senator finds him
self in receipt of letters from various
parts Of the country commencing his
nerve and expressing the view that
he has about the right sort of stuff
In his makeup.
When Senator Shively made up his
mind that a surgical operation al
necessary he confided his view to his
physician, DR.. z. T. Sewers. who
agreed with him.
When will you be ready to have
the toe taken Off" asked the doctor.
This evening"" answered the sen
Rtor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23

nation. / was sick every three weeks
and had to stay in bed from two to four
days.
at is with great pleasure I tell you
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. have fol-
lowed your directions as near as posi-
Bile, and feel much better than I have
felt for years. When l wrote you be-
fore / was almost a wreck. You can
publish this letter if you like. It may
help to strengthen the faith of some
poor suffering woman. Mrs. JOHN F.
RICHARDS, Westwood, Maryland.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not doubt the ability of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound to restore
their health.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE COmpOundwillh help you, write
to Lydia E. inkhamM edicineCo.
(confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman,
and held in strict confidence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23
Golf Ball poaohers

Many complaints have been re
ceived by the police lately Of the
loss of golf balls from the Epping For
est links, while actually in play. n
is alleged that gangs of youths gather
at places on the links where the play.
ers cannot see the balls fall, and that
the balls disappear sometimes even
when they fall on the fairway. AS
the result Of a watch kept by the pc.
lice in trees and behind hedges, sew
eral prosecutions have taken place
recently.-London Mail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23
Revolving Toothbrush.

Bill see by using handles resem.
bling those of a pair Of pliers to ro-
tate a spindle, an inventor has
brought out a revolving toothbrush.
Jill-Now, if a fellow mislays his
toothbrush he needn't look for it, it's
liable to come around to him; but,
on the other hand, If it is going
around all the time, some one else
may get It.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23
Cemeteries Breed Mosaultoes.

Mosquito discriminating commissions
ers will this week start to destroy or
remove from all cemeteries In Essex
county, New Jersey, every receptacle
that is capable Of holding water.
They assert that urns, flower pots
and such things breed millions Of mos
quitoes. There Is talk of stopping them
by injunction until a test can be made
of their right.-New York Evening
World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23
Looks That WAY.

II wouldn't want to teach school
these days. ! watched a school teach
er M day not so long ago. She show
ed one class how to whistle, then she
did some r~apid-ire crayon work, mod
eled in clay and played on the violin"
We'll, what about that?"
Seems to me that a girl with all
these accomplishments would do bet
ter in vaudeville"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23
Power, Say Scientists

turned and pushed the book over with
his nose.
Jasper obeyed commands that he
had never heard before. this. a number
OF the scientists said, proved that jas
per has reasoning power that Is alb.
normally developed. going far beyond
the range OF pure animal instinct "
acquired training.
Mr.. Taylor says that Jasper is "just
dog"-plain everyday mongrel, half
English bull and half Italian grey
hound. two and one-half years old.
At Professor Bells part, Jasper. act.
Ing under orders lifted eyeglasses
from tho noses Of guests and did other
stunts that he had not been trained
10 do.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23
wbv He Cult workIno.

Woman (~lecturing tramp)--You
should work IL only to set a good en-
ample to others.
Tramp-I did that once. mum. an
the poor Teller wot took the example
worked so hard he died or nervous
prostitution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23

Mandy-What fob yo ben goin' to
de postofice so regular? Are yo' cor
respondin' wifi some other female?"
Rastus-'Nope; but since ah been a.
readin' in de papers bout desc con-
science funds ah kind of thought ah
might possibly git a lettah from dat
ministah what married us."-Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23
New Lluht on Socrates.

The misunderstanding Of words FIRE
quently causes strange A
child who had been taught that Soc
rates had a wife who was unpleasant
to him, and that the great philosopher
drank hemlock, when asked the cause
Of his death, replied: Socrates died
from an overdose OF wedlock."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23
Exact Cause.

when | saw Dipley yesterday he
looked nervous and run down"
you guessed It exactly"
Guessed what2"
He always was nervous"
Yes"
"And that's how he happened TO be
run down by an automobile"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23
The Widows Weeds.

They say Mrs. Jeliffe has given up
that pet white poodle OF hers" said
Mrs. johnson.
YES" said Mrs. willinger. She's
in deep mourning for Mr.. Jelifo. you
know. so she has exchanged Tobey
for a black and TAM" - Harporp
Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23

There's a man near Providence
who makes a good living by raising
"calves"--that is to say, guinea pigs
for medical schools and biological
laboratories. The demand for the
cavie is such that prices run about on
the level OF those for chickens.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23
Nice Distinction.

PA, what is a patriot?"
That depends, my SON.. In the time
of George Washington, he was a man
who walked barefoot on snow and Ice
to serve his country. Now he is one
who does it by getting a job"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23

l am able. l had
nervous spells, fe-
male weakness and
terrible bearing
down pains every
month. / also suf-
fered much with my
right side. The pain
started in my back
and extended around
my right side, and
the doctor told me it
was organic inham-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23
Ths Kind.

1T Il hard to handle children with
glovesF
II ought 70 DO easy with Kid
gloves"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23
FARMERS Wife
ALMOST WRECK
Restored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Her
Own Story.

Westwood, Md am q farmers
wife and do most of my own work when
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-23
Very Much 80.

VoFy MUCH 90.
I've been having q bowling time"
What have you been doing7"
I've been taking candy from ;
baby"
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-09-12
BABY HEALTH
CONTEST At FAIR
viii be One of Many Novelties
of Especial Interest
to Ladies
PROMINENT WOMEN HERE
Exhibits Will Show What Perfect
Baby Should 8e-Mrs. John L.
Woodbury., of Louisville, VIII An
swer All Inquiries Regarding Details
of Contest.

A new feature announced for the
coming Kentucky State Fair is the
Baby Health Contest, and already il
has attracted great deal of attention.
This contest is modelled after those
which have been so successful in @ he.
states, notably Iowa The contest i.
this state was first inaugurated fl 1911
by the Iowa branch OF the National
Congress of Mothers, with AIRS. Mary
p. Watts in charge.
The Kentucky Federation of Won
ems Clubs has been asked 10 coop
crate with the Kentucky State Fair.
and the chairman Of their Health De
paItment, Mrs. Lafon Riker, assc
Ciated with Mrs. George Grant and
MIS-. Herbert Ottenheimer, OF the
Health Committee, will act in an ad
vis0ry capacity.
Uniformity is absolutely essential IN
the examination and maTkin- of the
children in order to secure any results
Of value in a nationwide movement
The score card, so long and univer-
sally used, is such a basis for uni
formity that its exclusive use is ve.y
important in this work and it has &C
cOrdingly been adopted by Kentucky.
The plies will be Of ccmpiiltiycf =.
small amount or value To offer val
liable prizes, or to permit such offers
by newspapers, baby food maHUrGc-
mers, photographers, or others iH.er-
ested in advertising themselves CT 5heir
business, would excite the cupidi;y OF
parents. cause a scramble for gain IL
stead Of search for kpOwiedEa, and ell
danger and tend to commercidiize the
WhO.e movement.
The Babies Health Contest at the
coming Kentucky State Fair viii be il
charge Of Mrs. John L. Woodbury.. OF
Louisville, who will be glad 10 answer
all inquiries regarding the work.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-09-12
VI iNSE.
somehow.

Mrs Tillie Green was the guest of
her sister, Mrs Claud Archer Friday.
Mr. Robert Archer and wife, of Ohio.
are the guests of their relatives and
friends here.
Miss Allie Creech. of Gainesville,
was the guest of her aunt. Mrs Eliza
Creech last week.
Mrs Oscar Hammock Of Paint Lick,
was the guests of her mother, Mrs.
Mary Hammock Friday.
Miss Nellie Beazley who has been
visiting her friends at Gainesville for
the last two weeks has returned home
MIR and Mrs Tom Hurt, of Point
Leavell were guests of their parents
Mr. and Mrs r F Parsons Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Annie Newland, of Newly, KY
and Miss Mamie Conn, of Paint Lick,
were the pleasant guests of Miss Geor-
gia Dillon on last Friday.
The little infant of Mr. and Mrs Will
Poynter died at their home on last
Wednesday and was buried at Manse
Thursday. People of this community
have sympathy for the bereaved
parents.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-09-12
NINA.
q

Miss Jennie Wheeler has entered
school at Midway.
Miss Cora Ross is in Cincinnati hav-
ing her eyes treated.
Mr. w E Whitaker is in Lexington
this week on business.
B. w Sanders is in the city this week
purchasing his fall goods.
Miss Viola Creech is spending a
week with her grandfather.
The sale of Mr. George Grow was
largely attended but things sold low.
Miss Nettie Hunter has been the
guest of Mrs Carol Prewitt for the
past week.
Mr. Walker Nance has returned home
after attending the burial of his sister
Mrs Barbry Creech.
Mrs B w Sanders and Mrs Maria
Ross is in Lexington this week visit
ing Mr. and Mrs George Mclean.
Mr. w E Whitaker and wife and Mr..
B w Sanders and wife visited Mr. Arch
Whitaker and family last Sunday.
Mr. Carol Prewitt and family and
Mr. and Mrs w T Watson and Miss
Nettie Hunter were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs Morris Ross Sunday.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-09-12
RACING EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR
STATE FAIR.
Stars Of the Track to Com2ete fol
Rich Stakes-Clazsy Trotting and
Racing Promised for Shoa.

The eleventh annual Kentucky Stat
Fair, to be held in Louisville next S..
TENDER 15-20, promises a celeMat:ar
of magnitude, excellence and geucro.
interest that has never heretofore
been eclipsed by a like event, and M
phase of the fair will offer a more uni
versal attraction than the racius pro
gram which has been arranged.
The Early Closing Events for trot-
ters and PAGERS, entries for which
closed May 10, includes the unprece
den5ed enlistment Of 1875 contestants. 2
roster which is fully 40 per cent
larger than any heretofore recorded
and which, it is said, numbers some OF
the classiest examples of horse flesh
the country can boast.
There are a half dozen stakes fc.
which these horses will compete. the
figst two being $500 trotting events 70,
JTO and three-year Odds, and the Re
rainder 81 zoo stakes for 2:11 and
2:10 PAGERS and 2:14 and 2:2O trot-
teTs.
In addition to the trOtting and pac-
ing events, the fair will offer daily IUl.
ming races, with entries including
some of the classiest and speediest
horse flesh then stabling at the Doug
las Park track in preparation for the
fall race meet, which Immediately fol-
lows the week of the State Fair
Feature of Closing Day.
The feature of paramount interest,"
OF the closing day of the fair will be
the Gentlemen's Cup Race. The Brew
ers' Association has donated a silver
cup as trophy to the winner Of this
race.
Entries for the purse races for trCt-
tells and PAGERS will not close until d
wee; prior to the opening Of The fair
The purses for these events are sea
each, evenly divided among the trUt-
-eFs and PAGERS. The list will include
PIP, ZIG, 2:1S and 2:24 trotters and
2:12, 2:14, 2:1S and a free-fOr-al il
ghe pacing class.
The entire track program for the
coming fair has been arranged with a
view to variety, and lovers of G1Od
clean sport and of royally-bred ami
mails may anticipate one of the most
pretentiCus exhibitions in the history
of the state.
The Kentucky State Fair track is
rated as one of the finest ever laid
and the recently enlarged grand stand
offers an ideal mecca for sOciability,
as well as sporting recreation.
This contest, which is open to farm
boys and students of any agricultural
college, is a splendid incentive to
scientific farming, and there is moth
ing so deeply interesting to the future
bone and sinew" of the state as the
opportunity to demonstrate their plac-
teal knowledge as tillers of the soil
md breeders of fine stock.
A special donation of $25 in gold has
baen made by ]. B. Bowles, of Bards-
town, Ky, in the saddle horse judging
contest, and d. H. Ewing & Sons, Of
Louisville, KY, have given $25 as a
prize for the best boy judge of dairy
cattle.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-09-12
No Money Required.

In recent article commenting on
the efforts of various organizations to
secure free publicity, an Illinois ed
itor made the statement that it took
money to run newspaper. Many 9th
er editors are laboring under sim
liar deluSion, ana for the benefit Of
this class, Thomas w. Mayo, pub
Usher of the Record, St. Anne, ILL.,,
pens the following:
at takes money to run a newspaper?
What an exaggeration. What a whop-
per. 1t doesn't take any money to run
newspaper. 1t can run without
money. 1t is not business venture
1t is charitable institution, a beg
ging concern, highway robber. The
newspaper is a child of the air,
creature Of dream. 1t can go on
and on and On, when any other con-
Germ would be in the hands of the re-
ceiver and wound up with cobwebs
in the windows.
at takes wind to run a newspaper;
it takes gall to run a newspaper. 1t
takes scintillating, acrobatIc imagine
ton, half dozen white shirts and a
railroad pass to run a newspaper
But money, heavens TO Betsey and six
hands around, whoever needed mon
ey to conduct a newspaper? Kind
words are the medium of exchange
| In hI1o ha
kind words and church social tickets.
When you see an editor with money,
watch him. He'll be paying his bills
and disgracing his profession. Never
give money to an editor. Make him
trade it out. He likes a swap.
Then when you die, after you have
stood around for years and sneered
at the editor and his little jim Crow
paper, be sure that you have your
wife send in for three extra copies
by one of your weeping children. and
when she reads the generous and
touching notice about you, forewaln
her to neglect to send the editor fif-
| teen cents. 1t would Overwhelm him.
Money is a cOrrupting thing. The
editor knows It, and what he wants
is your heartfelt thanks; then he can
thank the printers and they can thank
the .grocers. Give your job work to
travelling man, and then ask for
half rates for church notices. Get
| VOur lodge II tier heads and stationary
printed out of town and then faCd
the editor with beautiful thoughts III
resolutions of respect and cards of
thanks. They make such spicy read
ing, and you are SO proud of your
local paper when you pick it up filled
with these glowing rnOrtuary articles.
But mOney-scorn the filthy thing.
Don't let the pure innocent editor
know anything about it. Keep that
for sordid trades people who charge
for their wares. The editor gives
his bounty away. The Lord loves Il
cheerful giver. He takes care of the
editor. Don't worry about the editor.
He has a charter from the state to
act as door mat for the community.
He will get out the paper somehow,
and stand up for the town and whoop
it up for you when you run for office.
Don't worry about the editor he'll
get on. The Lord knows how-but
somehow"