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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05
More Americans Go to Teach in the Philippines

time go to the Philippines under a
two-year contract. This provision is
made to enable the government to
ascertain whether or not the teacher
will succeed in the new field and also
to give the teacher a chance to find
out whether or not there Is a sufd-
Client future to the service to warrant
him in remaining. That there are
only eighty-five vacancies this year
out of nearly seven hundred positions
for American teachers in the service.
indicates, so the insular bureau off,
cials say. that those already on the
ground have the greatest faith in the
future of the educational work in the
islands.
The salaries of the teachers as we'll
as the expenses Of the trip, are paid
from Philippine The fedM-
al government pays no part Of the
cost Of education In the Philippines.
which amounts to about SO, 500, 900 an
nually.
When these teachers get ready to
return to the United States, either on
leave Of absence or by resignation at
the end of two or three years of serv-
ice, the Philippine government will
pay them, in addition to salary up to
the last day OF service, an amount Of
money sufficient to pay their trans
~portation home, either via Europe or
the Pacific, and they usually take ad-
vantage of the opportunity to come
home through Europe.
Washington correspondent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05
No Passes After July 81.

Jefferson City.-Holders Of annual
PASSES and other Missouri railroads
received a rude shock when the put-
ic utilities commission. through
Chairman Atkinson. announced its
construction of section IS OF the act
creating the commission. and ruling
that it will be unlawful for a common
carrier TO carry passengers on a free
ticket after July 81, 1913, even though
the ticket or pass was issued prior
to that date.
The effect of this ruling is to aunul
all annual and other free transporta-
ton. except. of course, those exempted
in the law. Passes that were issued
January 1 last and good until Decem-
ber 81 of this year will be valueless
after midnight Of July 81.
The commission granted permission
to the st. Louis & San Francisco Rail-
way company to issue bonds to the
amount of $761.000 on its New Or
leans, Texas and Mexico division.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05
|H|s WORSE NATURE
It Is Each Mans Double and Be-
comes Harmless When
Conquered.
BY T

Nobody except the Governor knew
that he had a double-not even the
Governors wife, who knew him, per
haps, better than anybody else. The
.wo men resembled each other SO com.
pletely that it would have been impos
sible for their most intimate acquaint.
ances to distinguish them. If there
was any distinction, it was that the
expression of character and sincerity
upon the face of the states chief ex-
scutive was replaced, upon the face OF
he other man, by a certain furtive
cunning.
From his earliest years Governor
Haines had been engaged in a con.
slant fight against this man He had
Intruded into his life, had placed him
N invidious positions, had, in general
committed actions which had needed
all the governors ability to nullify
And he had followed him even to the
executive chamber, Matchmaking him
offering compromises, threatening.
The executive mansion was totally
1~nguarded. In that sleepy little capita
town formalities had not come into
favor. The double strolled quietly
across the lawn, entered the mansion
and made his way to the Governors Of
Ice. His secretary, nodding at his desk
bowed to him, unconscious that this
could be anybody but the Governol
aaines he knew.
"Mr. Searles has telephoned that be
will be here in half In hour, sir" sale
The secretary. The double nodded
passed into the executive chamber anC
sat down at his desk.
That he had an intimate knowledge
If all the Governors business was evi
lent. for he began scrutinizing papers
and emptying pigeon holes and read
ng memoranda, But he was await
Lg the arrival Of Searles, the STATE
Joss, with il~l-concealed Impotence
lie knew that the man was interested
n the proposed street railroad fran
,hise, that he had been Fostering Gov
srnor Haines for weeks to sign the bill
low awaiting his decision. And hi
lad not omitted to threaten. 1t mean
he Governors political future, the de
sision which was impending.
The secretary looked in. mi
searles is waiting to see you, sir" HI
,aid.
The state boss entered, He was evi
iently ill at ease, for he held his ha
lightly and sat down nervously in tn,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05
Doctors Choose ST. Louis.

Springfeld.-St. Louis was selected
by the Eclectic Medical Society OF
Missouri as the place for holding the
1914 convention. DR.. M. M. Hamlin Of
st. Louis was named as state delegate
to the national convention at Boston.
and DR.. B. E. Dawson of Kansas City.
alternate.
The officers named were: J.. Lee
Harwell, Hendrickson, president; G.
A. Tucker, Springfield, first vice-presi
dent w. R.. Harmon, Bell Flower.
second v~se-president; j. D. Musick
Calhoun, third vice%-president; Emmett
F. Cook, st. Joseph, recording secre
tary; J.. r. Barry, Carterville, CORE
spending secretary; A. w. Davidson
Poplar Bluff, treasurer.
The convention closed, with a ban
Duet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05
Breeders to Furnish Judges.

Jefferson City.-The growing popu.
larity of horseback riding among the
people of Missouri is attested by a
meeting held here of the Missouri
Saddle Horse Breeders association,
at which steps were taken to encour-
age the growth Of fine saddle stock in
this state. This association proposed
to take into its organization county
fair associations and to cooperate
with them in the selection of compe.
tent horsemen to Judge saddle stock
which are exhibited. The association,
of which James A. Houchin Of JeffeF-
son City is president, and Rufus Jack
son of Mexico is secretary, will fur
nish judges to any county fair upon
application.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05

to find you last night, but l couldn't
/ made q speech yesterday"
That did not impress Mr.. Brown to
any great extent, SO Mr.. johnson con-
tiued to further explain:
And as l thought your paper would
want it, l filed about 500 words of 1t
with the telegraph company"
Brown WINGED. His paper had been
advising him to cut down the tariff
stuff to the bone, as most OF 1t was
the sort OF soft pap that goes well in
the country districts, but hasn't much
circulation in a we'll regulated news
paper. Furthermore, Brown investi-
gated and found that Representative
Johnson had really filed 1900 words
and the telegraph tolls to Oregon are
enormous! He had visions of being
fired" by wireless. but he discovered
to his great relief that his paper had
chopped the speech in two before 1t
was entirely relayed to Portland from
Chicago, thus saving a lot of time and
trouble and costing Representative
Johnson a whole lot of money for half
a speech to Chicago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05
Carried Out Hunger strike.

Hunger strike records we're broken
some years age by a F~renchman
named Granie, who was arrested for
murder in circumstances which left
no doubt as to his guilt. He deter
mined to starve himself to death in
order to escape the guillotine, and
from the day Of his arrest refused to
eat in spite Of every effort on the part
OF the prison authorities, who first
tried tempting him to a by placing
the most dainty meals in his cell, and
when that failed attempted forcible
feeding. Granie held out for sixty
three days. at the end Of which time
he died.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05
MuN|CRs new zoo
Animals kept Under Conditions Of
Natural State.
Park Located in 6aVaria's Capital City
New Feature Of Gardens Is the
Terrace Where Lions and
Tigers Roam.

Munich, Bavaria.-A noteworthy
geological garden has OF late been
added to the many interesting sights
of Munich, the capital OF Bavaria.
The animals will be kept as far as pos
sible under the conditions of their
natural state. This park will be q
practical combination Of technical
skill and artistic beauty.
To the south of the city, where the
air is laden with the perfumes Of the
great forests which cover the hills and
dales of the Bavarian Alps, and on
the banks of the River Isar, which
rushes down foaming and roaring
from the mountains, in still solitude
may be found the most beautiful land
scape in the environs of Munich. Pine
trees, hundreds of years old. together
with silver birches and knotty will.
lows and poplars, form a forest. and
beyond farstretching green meadows
rises a mighty mountain terrace, at
the foot Of which are clear, bubbling
springs.
This charming spot was chosen for
the laying out of a geological garden
ten years ago, when its present direc'
tor, Lieut-Col. MANI, commenced the
preliminary work. A few years later
the we'll known architect, Prof. Eman.
uel Won SeidI, took over the artistic
and architectural part of the work
The park has nov been opened to the
public for the last two years, not
however, without having found much
trouble and opposition.
Coming to an open space in the
woods a herd Of buffaloes Is found
Further along are stays from the
mountains of Asia and wild bears from
the forests of Europe and India,
In close vicinity of the b~uffaloei
from America are kept specimens o
the European bison from the swamp'
of Russia, the zebra and antelope
from India, while swimming birds from
all parts of the world are Oh the Lakes
and black swans, pelicans and gull
and many other kinds of fancy waite
fowl. sr .
The natural character of the land
scape has been preserved everywhere
and the animals have as much libert.
and freedom as is possible under tn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05

large letters wrote at the bottom "a
the bill vetoed He held It out to-
ward SearIes.
Searles seemed completely non
plussed. For a whole minute he
stared at the vetoed bill, Then he got
up and stretched out his hand.
Governor Haines," he said, Il think
the world of you. You have won the
fight and I'm man enough to recognize
1t. You'll have the people on your
side now-and | don't kick against the
pricks. You've bested me and you'll
have the entire Searles organization
with you when we offer you the nomi-
nation"
He shook Haines by the hand and
walked slowly out of the office, shak-
ing his head. The double at the desk
however, was even more disconnected
than Searles. Why had he done this
thing. he whose whole life had been
dominated by hatred of his enemy?
He must have dozed. for some min
utes later, when he looked up, he saw
his enemy before him. Governor
Haines was looking steadily at him,
but he evinced no surprise.
Let's tight this thing out right
now" he said. I've finished with you.
| shall never temporize with you
again. | have compromised and
feared you; he~nceforward it is wal be-
tween us for ever"
"If you had told me that twenty-five
years ago l should eve have troubled
you at all" answered the double, hum.
bly,, rising.
Governor Haines did not answer
him, but watched him leave the room
The sleepy secretary outside did not
notice him pass. Nor would he have
seen him even had he looked for him
Each mar has his double, his worse
nature. But when he he's conquered
him the double becomes a harmless
wrath, transparent as a breath Of
marsh air that is dispersed in the sun
light.
Copyright, 1918, by w. G. Chapman.)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05

.hair which the double offered him.
rhe double swung round in his own
chair and faced his visitor.
You have called with regard to that
railroad franchise bill?" he asked.
Searles cleared his throat and nod
led. Then, placing his hat down IN
he Governors desk, he began:
Now, Governor Haines, we have
.hreshed this matter out. among 9th
,rs, for a long time. | have tried to
ally you with the better interests Of
he state, but ! have failed. | have
pointed out to you that may speak
Dlainly?
Surely" answered the double, smil-
ng, and something in the doubles ex-
preston sent new hope into Searles'
heart. Hitherto he had always been
Up against an impermeable barrier Of
character and rectitude. Now--this
man seemed almost to cringe before
aim. Searles had not ruled men for
thirty years for nothing. He knew
hat this was the moment to terrorize
Ito bully. These means would sue
iced where others had failed.
You got my letter, Governor" he
asked, his lips parting in a wolfish
smile. well, 1t amounts to this. II
you don't sign that bill you won't have
he denomination next year. That, Of
course, goes without saying. But I'm
going to do more than that. I'm going
to drive you out Of public life alto
gether. twenty-five years ago, when
you were a young man, you we're in
volved in a scandal. You know what
| mean. The people of this state won't
stand for anything of that kind In
their chief magistrate. VIII you sign
he bill or will you be exposed?"
The man who was involved in that
scandal waainot l. 1t was a double OF
nine" thought the double; but Of
course 1t was not to his interest to be-
ray himself. He merely looked at
5earlss with q faint smile. And
5earies understood that smile.
Let us come to the point. Gover.
aor," he said. ITS no 8 Ihilly-
Qualifying or beating about the BUSH
He drew a paper from his pocket bear.
ing the Governors signature. This Is
your obligation for five thousand dol.
lars" he said MAY Itear this into
pieces and throw them into your
waste basket"
It was strange, the extraordinary re-
yulsion that came over the double. He
had his enemy at his mercy, this
Governor Haines who had hated him
since their boyhood, and on whom be
could now take effective revenge. Sud
denly he felt that his whole mental at
| ;itude was changing. He thought OF
the man. bravely and silently fighting
down the scandal Of his past life, OF
ibis uncompromising battle for purer
aolitics, He stretched cut his hand
mpulsiveIy ind took his pen. and IN
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05

WASHINGTON.-'That is the place
w where they send out seeds"
This is the familiar formula which
many Washington guides use in de-
scribing to tourists the wonders Of
the department of agriculture. This
information wac given through a meg
aphone by the conductor of the rubber
neck wagon to his patrons as they
pass in front of the old red brick ad-
ministration building. officials and
clerks within hearing of this brief de-
scription throw down their pens Tor,
for the sake Of pleasantly, should it
be their newspapers?) and take on a
look of disgust and injured pride. For
SO many thousand of strangers to be
given the information or to get the
impression that the feature Of work
for which the great department Of Ag-
riculture has made itself famous or
notorious is the sending out of seeds
Is monstrous. One Of the humiliating
features Of the whole business is that
the tourists appear to like 1t. They
look with the proper awe-stricken
stare and seem to be greatly i'm
pressed with the department where
they send out seeds"
Il wish you would write a piece fol
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05
LOVER OF GRACE DARLING
Jimmy Giles Of Ipswich, Eng, Once
Courted Famous Life-Saver-But
She "WouIdn't Leave Daddy"

Jimmy Giles Of Ipswich, Eng, who
for nearly 80 years was dock gate
man and assistant engineer, is a link
with the past, inasmuch as he was the
sweetheart Of Grace Darling.
Listen to the following conversation
with the old seaman and live over
again the memories of that brave ex
plot near Longstone Lighthouse that
made immortal history:
when a young man l took a cargo
of salt from Ipswich to Sunderland.
While there | left my brig and was
made coxswain. of a coble that sup
piled Longstone Lighthouse with pro
visions.
"This was in 1889. and as Grace's
great deed took place the previous
year : was anxious to meet the famous
girl, On my first trip in the coble
saw her standing at the lighthouse
door, but, although I tried to drew her
attention, she got behind the door.
1.-THE next time l visited the light
house l took a silk handkerchief full
of grapes and gave the lot to Grace
when l saw her. She thanked me
and we got on well.
Grace was not handsome, but she
was passable, with dark eyes and hair
and a face bronzed by the sea air, and
conveying a sense Of purity and limo
cence that I have never beheld in any
other.
"She wore very short skirts and a
dark blue Scotch cap, which suited
her well. She was al good as any
sailor, and could set a sail or pull an
oar with the best of them.
Her father, an old man, nigh 10
was a very old-fashioned man. and al
ways wore drab knee-breeches and
buckled shoes, with a s~parrow-tail
coat big waistcoat, and a round skull
cap trimmed with fur. He didn't think
much of my carryings-on with her;
"She showed me her presents. In
Guiding a gold slipped in a scarlet mo
rocco case, which the Gar of Russia
sent her. She was often asked to &C
to London, but she wouldn't leave
Daddy And, although l became hel
sweetheart, that was the reason she
gave me for not marrying, and so we
drifted apart."-Stray Stories.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05

EIGHTY-FTvE American men and
Il women teachers have Just set out
for the Philippines. This number was
selected from a large eligible list GER
tilted by the United States civil serv-
ice commission Is having the neces-
sary education and experience and
having passed the required examine
ton for the Philippine teaching serv-
ice. They came from nearly every
state In the union, representing some
of the best universities, colleges and
normal schools in this country. Most
of them are college graduates, some
have done graduate work in the uni
versities and others have pursued
technical courses preparing them to
take charge Of agricultural work.
manual training and trade school
work and domestic science.
A fact not generally known Is that
the average term Of service Of Amer
lean teachers in the Philippines is
nearly six years. almost a year longer
than the average service OF teachers
in this country. Those leaving at this
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05

circumstances. To prevent the ami
mails from escaping, the necessary
fences have been erected, but these,
however, do not in the least prevent
the visitors from enjoying an unob-
structed view of the animals. In fact.
the bars and fences, which always
give the impression of cages, have In
many instances been done away with
and in their place deep and wide
water basins with high walls have
been erected, thus completely seperat-
ing the animals from the spectator.
The polar bears can be seer under
a wooded hill in a grotto of rocks and
not far from them are the sea lions,
the diving tricks Of which are causing
the public, and especially the children,
a great deal of amusement.
The wild sheep from the Africait
mountains and the channels of thl
1Baverian Alps are found in suitable
surroundings of wood CLAD hills, and
1t Is extremely interesting to watch
these animals climbing and jumping
up and down the steep rocks.
A new feature of these geological
gardens is the lions terraces. Here
the architect has followed a new idea
In an old temple with columns and
walls and hidden can be seer
dark named lions and the stealthy
forms of tigers haunting the ruins.
An up-to-date restaurant in the gar
dens was also designed and built b.
Prof, Seidl. From the terraces of thii
restaurant a! beautiful view over thu
park can be obtained. The background
is formed by mountain ranges, tower
ing into the clear atmosphere like
mighty walls: their slopes, covered
with green verdure and woods, pre-
sent a beautiful panorama.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05
No Damages for uncausht Fish.

A suit for damages for the loss of fish
one might have caught was before the
courts of Maine in an injunction ac-
ton against a canning company for
unlawfully dumping into Passema-
quoddy bay a lot of decayed sardines
in cans They had been swept by the
tides into the plaintiffs weir and pre-
vented fish from getting into it until
the refuse matter was removed. The
supreme court awarded him damages
for injury to his nets and for the ex-
pense of hiring men to remove the
dead sardines to permit live fish to en-
ter the weir, but gave him nothing
for the fish he might have caught in
the meantime.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05
Rep. Johnson "NearIy" Had His Speech Printed

REPRESENTATIVE Albert Johnson,
N the handsome and vociferous mem
Der from Oregon, nearly had a fine
speech printed in a faraway coast
paper for which Harry Brown Is the
Washington correspondent. The word
nearly" is perhaps not used advisedly,
for some of his speech got no nearer
Portland than Chicago, and thereby
hangs a tale.
johnson used to be a newspaper
man in this city. He was night editor
and copy editor and reporter and all
the regular things which ara supposed
to give newspaper men that broad and
sympathetic view Of large affairs.
They are supposed to know when to
spend fifty dollars on telegraph tolls
for a speech on the tariff bill, and
when to chop it off at a few words.
Johnson made a speech during the
general debate on the tariff bill a few
days ago. 1t was his first speech
In the House. 1t was a good speech
taking it by and large, but the air was
jammed full Of speeches about thai
time and the only newspaper that was
publishing them was the Congress
sional Record.
However, Mr.. Johnson did not want
Portland to go unfed with crumbs
from his table, so the evening fol
lowing the great event Of his speech
he started out to find Harry Brown
and tell him all about 1t. He couldn't
find MI. Brown until the next day.
Say, Harry" he remarked, 81 tried
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05
Department "Where They Send Out the Seeds"

the paper" said a high functionary OF
the department, and correct the alto
gether too prevalent notion that b
main objects and the main usefulness
of this department are concerned with
sending out seed.
II have talked to some Of these rub
berneck conductors. l have urged
them to enlighten the pilgrims Tor
whose instruction they are RESPONSE
BILE, upon the vast work Of this depart
ment Ia relation to meteorology, anil
NAL industry. animal husbandry, plant
industry. forestry, chemistry, soils, en-
tomology, biology, publications, stalls
tics, public roads and the like.
81 have recommended these guides
to acquaint their patrons with some
of the valuable work being done by
the bio-chemic. pathological and ZOO
logical divisions, by the plant patholo-
gists and psychologists and the pomo-
logists, by the soil psychologists. the
dendrologists, the m~icrochemical ex-
perts, the sharps in geological chemis-
try, by the psychologists, the work
ers In solar radiation, agricultural
technology, silvics, synthetic prod
ucts, archaeological work, insecti-
cides, fungicides and all that. | have
tried to make these gentlemen under
stand that seed distribution is only
a branch Of the work Of the bureau OF
plant industry and that the entire de-
partment Is not maintained for and is
not engaged in sending out seeds.
However, when the rubberneck
wagon goes by on its next trip the
conductor bellows through the mega
phone: This is where they send out
seeds.'"