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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-16
]. EADS HOW WITH
us AGAIN TO AID
THE HAPLESS HOBO
Comes as a Full-Fledged
Doctor With Plan to Re-
vive Brotherhood of the
Unemployed.

Learning that his International Brother.
hood Association and Committee for tho
Unemployed was languishiug, ]. Eads
How, whose heart gave birth to the or
sanlzation is back in Philadelphia.
He has opened free employment
agency in Lewars' Hall. Ninth and Spring
Garden streets, and he has set the
brotherhood on its legs. He expects TO
have it st ppns out just like a recover
ing invalid when he finances the Brothers
q little by means Of a play called "Hitting
the Road o. R.dius the Break Beam" 1t
IS little drama dedicated to the hobo
by Miss Cora u Harvey. srlffragette and
national treasurer Of the brotherhood.
1t will be presented at the headquarters
September -. Admission viii he 10 cents.
Dr. How iNr he has become Z physician
since he organized the brotherhood ho
modestly adults, nra whitr ne was III
st. Louis that his Philadelphia br2thern
were scattering 10 the four winds. Ed.
Hoey, the president, got tired of his job
and went up State as q farm hand. Joseph
Miller viCc-art-t.. &. ON, 4ay heard tnat
there was a job as u waiter in New
York just yearu..e 10 be filled. Thr"e
meals a day went with the job, 80 did
Vice President Miller.
Then the rent of the clubvooms at Sixth
and Callowhill streets came due. The
members discreetly driftcd away
DOCTOR HOW on THE JOE.
Now the brotherhood can reassemble
Or. How is on the job. If any Of tho
members want a job Or. How is there
to help them.
DIR. How was on the job this morning,
- d I,5 l..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26

cry under these, millions of dollars
can be saved annually.
Another great loss is the farm ma
nure. The average farmer pays little
attention to saving his barnyard ma
nure, The value Of this is about $45,-
10000 every year in Indiana, but it
has been estimated that fully one
third of this is lost through seepage
washing away, at least between
the barn and the farm. This can be
saved with very little trouble and will
result in greater returns from the
crops grown.
More attention should be given to
the orchards Of the state. There we're
100000 trees in Indiana last year
but they produced only about one-half
bushel Of fruit per tree. Proper spray
ing will bring many times this
amount, and with Indiana's fruit bear
ing its present reputation for quality
and markets near at hand, there is no
reason why high-priced land cannot
be devoted to fruit growing. Like.
wise, great sums can be saved in the
Improvement of the live stock Of the
state, Better dairy cattle, horses and
beef cattle will mean greater returns
for the farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26
GET THE PUBLIC INTERESTED
Salesman Who Can Do That, and Has
the Right Goods, May Be Sure
of Success.

Attract the attention Of the pub
lic,' is the secret Of salesmanship in
virtually every line. Next comes the
merit of the goods. Upon the latter
depends whether the dealer holds his
trade. Many ingenious methods are
employed in craftsmanship. The art
becomes closely related to human ma.
ture.
An Albany cigar dealer has dem
onstrated explicitly just how far the
eye enters into the question. He
discovered he was stocked with a
brand Of cigarettes that were prov
ing "stickers.| Instead Of reducing the
price and consequently losing money,
or barely clearing at cost, he devised
q new method. He ranged a half
dozen boxes along the top Of his show
cases, Each was inclosed In a glass
case Of Its own. Naturally the at
~tentlon of the customer was attracted
by their individuality
Those cigarettes we're disposed OF
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26
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bled on a lichened and sunken tomb
stone.
When you read this. my son, you
will have come to man estate. 1t is
curious to think that this black, black
ink may be faded to gray and this
white, white paper yellowed, just from
lying waiting so long. But strangest
of all is to think that y6a yourself
whose brown head hardly tops this
desk, will be as tall Il hope as /!
How l wonder what you will look like
then! And shall 1.-The real, real ], l
mean-be peering e your strong
broad shoulder as you read? Who
knows? Wise men have dreamed such
a thing possible-and l I'm not a bit
wise.
John, you will not have forgotten
! that you are a Valiant. But you are
also a Virginian. Will you have dis
covered this for yourself? Here is the
deed to the land where / and my
father, and his father, and many, many
more Valiants before them were born.
Sometime, perhaps, you will know why
you are John Valiant of New York in
stead of John Valiant Of Damory
Court. can not tell you myself, be-
cause it is too true a story, and l have
forgotten how to tell any but fairy
tales, where everything happens right,
where the Prince marries the beautiful
Princess and they live happily to-
gether ever after.
You may never care to live at.
Damory Court. Maybe the life you
will know SO well by the time you
read this will have welded you to it.
self. If so, we'll and good. Then leave
the old place to your son. But there is
such a thing as racial habit, and the
call of blood. And l know there is
such a thing, too. as fate. Every
man carries his fate on a ri
band about his neck SO the
Moslem put it. 1t was my fate to
go away, and l know now-since dis
lance is not made by miles alone
that l myself shall never see Damory
Court again. But life is a strange
wheel that goes round and round and
comes back to the same point again
and again. And it may be your fate to
go back. Then perhaps you will cry
(but, oh, not on the old white bears
skin rug-never again with me holding
your small, small handy
"'Wishing-H House! Westinghouse!
Where are your
And this old parchment deed will
answer alAF
Here I am, Master; here 1 ami
"Ah, we are only children, after all.
playing out u plays. have had
many toys, but o John, John! The
ones l treasure most are all in the
Never-Never Land!" ta&
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26
PREVENTING SPREAD or ROuP
Fresh Air Without Drafts Is Best
Safeguard Against Disease
Cayenne Pepper for Colds.

y. NN.YU fHfW =. fNf fAaNafH at $500 HhtNM4
The contagion- Of roup differs from
that In most other communicable dis
eases. It is scarcely communicated
in any other way than through the
food or drink. The thick mucus
finds its way into the drinking water,
ami unless the sick birds are isolated
tho whole flock is threatened. Then.
too. a bird with throat and mouth full
OF canker tries to pick up a grain Of
corn, but is unable to swallow 1t.
This food falls to The ground to be
picked UP by another fowl which swal,
lows the germ with the food. Our
best authorities claim that only In
such ways Is roup spread, SO that the
%disinfecting Of the houses. while al
ways a good thing, will not OF itself
check the disease. II the houses have
tiny drafts they must be looked after.
Fresh afr without drafts ~ the best
sbseguafd against disease.
When inwIs begin to show symp-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26

The farmer who hasn't good seed
corn for next Springs planting or is
not satisfied with his variety should
lose no time in looking about for some
thing suitable to his conditions. The
selection of a good variety is of the
first Importance. Too many farmers
do not realize the vast differences
that exist between varieties and
strains of corn even among those
suited, to a particular section of the
state. Furthermore, many do not
realize the fact that no matter how
good a variety may be in m part
of the state it may not be at all suited
to localities some distance north or
south. AS a rule there is a difference
of a month between the northern
counties and the southern portion of
Indiana in the length of the corn
growing season from planting time to
maturity. Varieties suitable to the
southern portion Of the state will not
mature in the northern portion and
the northern varieties will not occupy
the full season, and are too small for
southern Indiana. These differences
must be recognized before an intelli.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26

gent selection Of a variety can be
made.
For the guidance of farmers who
do not know exactly what to do the
following suggestions as to the selec-
ton of varieties are submitted: For
northern counties, Early Yellow Dent,
Wabash Yellow Dent, Dunn's Yellow
Dent, and Anson's White Dent are
most suitable, except in limited por-
tons of LAGRANGE, Elkhart and neigh
boring counties on good corn soils,
where Hudson's Leaning and early
strains of Reds Yellow Dent may be
used.
For north central counties, the ear
lier strains of Reds Yellow Dent,
Hudson's Leaning, Pulaski County
Golden Dent, Riley's Favorite, and
Silvermine are most suitable. For
central Indiana, Reds Yellow Dent,
Leaning, Boone County White, and
Corn Flake Yellow are most suitable.
For south central and southern Indiana
Johnson County White Dent, Vogler's
White Dent, Pride of Indiana, Alexan-
der's Gold Standard, and Johnson
County Yellow Dent are most suit
able.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26

in a paper. a newspaper clipping and
a letter.
Puzzled he unfolded the cracking
thing in his hands. Why" he said
half aloud, "its-it's a deed made over
to me- He overran it swiftly. Part
Of an old Colony grant a
plantation in Virginia, twelve hun
dred odd acres, given under the hand
of a vice-regal governor in the six
teenth century. | had no idea titles
in the United States went back so far
as that" His eye fed to the end.
ut was my fathers! What could he
have wanted of an estate in Virginia?
1t must have come into his hands in
the course of business"
He picked up the newspaper clip
ping. 1t was worn and broken in the
folds as if it had been carried for
months in a pocketbook.
1T will interest readers of this Sec
ton of Virginia (the paragraph be-
gam to learn, from a recent transfer
received for record at the County
Clerks office, that Damory Court has
passed to Mr.. John Valiant, minor"
He turned the paper over and found
a date; it had been printed in the year
of the transfer to, himself, when he
was six years old-the year his father
had died.
John Valiant, minor, the son of
the former owner.
There are few indeed who do not
recall the tragedy with which in the
public mind the estate is connected.
The fact, moreover, that this old home
stead has been left in its present state
tfor, as is well known, the house has
remained with all it's contents and fur
nishings ~untouched) to rest during SO
long a term Of years un%occupied. could
not, of course. fail to be commented
on, and this circumstance alone has
perhaps tended to keep alive a melan-
choly story which may well be for
gotten" r' @E
He read the elaborate, rather stilted
~phraseology in the twenty-year-old pa
per with a wondering interest. AN
old house. he unused, with a bad
name. Probably he couldn't sell it,
and maybe nobody would ever live in
it, That would explain why it re-
NAMED SO long unoccupied-why there
are no records of rentals. Probably
the land was starved and run down. .
Its an offset to the h~all-bedroom
idea, at any rate" he said to himself
humorously. 1T holds out an escape
from the noble army of rent-payers.
When my twenty-eight hundred is
gone, l could live down there a landed
proprietor, and by the same mark an
honorary colonel, and raise the cab
bages | was talking about-eh, Chum?
while you stalk rabbits. How does
that strike your"
He laughed whimsically. He, John
Valiant, Of New York, first-nighter at
its theaters, hail-fellow-well-met in its
club corridors and welcome diner at
any n of a hundred brilliant glass
misunderstanding supper tables, en-,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26
COST or WAR DURING 1918
Many Converts Made to Peace Cause
by the Fierce Struggle In the
Balkans.

The Balkan wal has made innumer-
able converts to the peace cause, de-
clares Frederick Lynch In the Yale
Review. It has revolted the twentieth,
century conscience. II has made thou
sands ask the question that Life ask
ed under its famous picture: Must
II Always Be?' More men than ever
have said: Surely there must be
some better way!" Many are saying;
ia what a gets worth the price paid
for itT This change Of heart has
been noticeable in the daily press.
There has been a distinct progress
toward the advocacy Of judicial meth.
DDS during the year. This has not all
been due TO the exlsibition OF savage
hatred IN the Balkans, nor to the in
humsn atrocities perpetrnted by all
ca%pcerned, but n was partly come
about from the revelation of tho futiI!
ity Of It III. Hundreds and thousands
Of lives have been lost. thousands OF
homes are ~tstheriess and poverty
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26
Diplomacy Needed.

Women were holding a market in a
Columbus store when the supply of
cottage cheese began to run low. The
demand for the cheese was so great
that the women worried because they
had not brought in a larger supply.
Finally one Of them declared she
could present a solution for the
trouble. She seized a real egg and
broke II. She beat the egg to a f1othy
mass. Then she worked the beaten
egg into the rapidly diminishing sup
ply Of cottage cheese and, behold. one
quart had grown to three quarts. A
merchant bought the whole supply.
Just leave It here until noon and
! will take It home.'' he said.
When he returned the beaten egg
had collapsed and there was only the
original amount OF cottage cheese ID
The can. The explanations required
Nsws-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26

livery have been the very day on
which he had elected poverty? Here
was a Generalization as pointed as the
index-inger of a guide-post. Every
man carries his fate" he repeated,
on a riband about his neck Chum,
do you believe in fate?"
For answer the bulldog, cooking an
alert eye on his master, discontinued
his occupation-a conscientious If un-
successful mastication of the fattish
packet that had fallen from the folded
deed-and with much solicitous tail
wagging, brought the sodden thing in
his mouth and put It into the out
stretched hand.
His master unrolled the pulpy wad
and extricated the object 1t had en-
closed-an~ old-fashioned iron door-key.
= ' $ =
After a time Valiant thrust the key
into his pocket, and rising, went to a
trunk that lay against the wall.
Searching in a portfolio, he took out
La small old-fashioned photograph,
much battered and soiled. 1t had been
cut from a larger group and the name
of the photographer had been erased
from the back. He set it upright on
the desk, and bending forward. looked
long at the face it disclosed. 1t was
the only picture he had ever possessed
of his father.
He turned and looked into the glass
above the dresser. The features were
the same, eyes. brow, lips, and strong
waving hair. But for its time-stains
the photograph might have been one
of himself, taken yesterday,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26

his eyes puckered shut with the
wretched pang, John Valiant sat up
and shook his grimy fist in the air.
you silly loafng idiot" he cried.
"Thump your own crazy-bone and see
how you like it! You-oh, lord!"
His arm dropped, and a flush spread
over his face to the brow. For his
eyes had opened. He was gesturing
not at the bull but at a girl, who
fronted him beside the road, haughti-
ness in the very hue Of her gray-blue
linen walking suit and, in the clear
cut cameo face under her felt cavalry
hat, myrtle-blue eyes that held a
smolder OF mingled establishment and
indignation. An instant he gazed, all
the muscles of his face frightened with
chagrin.
IL beg your pardon" he STAN
mered. Il didn't see you. really
didn't. l was-I was talking to the
bull"
The girl had been glancing from the
flushed face to the thistly f~ence-corner,
while the startled dignity Of her feat
ures warred with an unmistakable ten
dency to mirth. He had struggled to
his feet. nursing his bruised elbow,
irritably conscious of his resemblance
to an emerging chimney-sweep. Il
don't ~habitually swear" he said, "hut
| I'd got to the point when something
had to explode"
oh" she said, don't mind mel"
Then mirth conquered and she broke
forth suddenly into a laugh that
seemed to set the whole place aquiver
with a musical c%ontagion. They both
laughed in concert, while the bull
paved the ground and sent forth a
rumbling below of affront and chal-
lenge.
She was the first to recover. "You
did look so funny!' she gasped.
Il can believe it." he agreed, max
ing a vicious dab at his smudged ell
bow. "The possibilities Of a motor for
comedy are simply stupendous."
She came closer and looked curious
ly at the ~quiescent monster-at the
steamer-trunk strapped on the carrier
and the bullying portmanteau peeping
over the side Of the tonneau. is it
broken?"
Merely on strike, l imagine. Are
we far from the village?"
about a mile and a half"
I'll have to have it towed after me.
The immediate point is my traps. I
wonder If there is likely to be a team
passing" Z
I'm afraid it's not too certain" an
swered the girl, and now he noted the
liquid meditation, with its slightly
questioning accent, charmingly South
ern. There is no livery, but there is
a negro who meets the train some
times. can send him if you like"
You're very good" said Valiant, as
she turned away, "and I'll be enor-
mously obliged. Oh-and il you see a
white dog, don't be frightened If he
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26
Postage Stamps.

The postage stamp first made it's
appearance in 1889 Its inventor was
James Chalmers a printer OF Dundee.
who died in 1853. England adopted
the adhesive stamp in 1899. and Issued
the first stamps for the use Of the
public IN 1870, AZ year later stamps
we're introduced into the United
States and Switzerland, and oon art
crward made their appearance in
France. Belgium and Bavaria
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26

toms Of cold put some one Of the ad-
yertised roup cures in the drinking
water, and the trouble rarely goes any
further Carbolic acid is not fit for in
ternal use. A simple roup powder adj
ministered In the drink is the surestI
and easiest way to begin the fight.
Cayenne pepper in the food or medi-
cine is good for colds. but keep IL cut
Of the drinking water. If the eyes nnd
face are externally swollen, apply a
bolated vaseline. Peroxide Of hydro
gen IS q good throat application in
csse OF canker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26

to New Orleans from here recently by
+. W. Allen, a progressive farmer, re-
siding seven miles east of Magnolia.
Mr.. Allen has a mill made specially
for grinding "fle," and he shipped a
small quantity of 1t last year. While
the article is used extensively In the
preparation Of "gumbo file" the de-
iicious soup which has made French
cooking famous, the demand for It
is very limited. The leaves are gath
cred in July and August, and are thor
oughly dried in the shade before being
carried to the mill. It requires about
three hundred pounds Of green leaves
to make one hundred pounds OF meal.
Magnolia News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26
CHAPTER V.
On the Bed Road.

va ~ - shSANs . .
The green, midway Virginian
afternoon was arched with a sky as
blue as the tiles of the Temple of
Heaven and stepped in a wash Of sun
light as yellow as gold. Nothing in all
the springy landscape but looked
warm and opalescent and inviting-ex-
cept a tawny bull that from across a
barred fence-corner switched a trucu-
lent tail in silence and glowered sui
lenly at the big motor halted motion
less at the side Of the twisting road.
Curled worm-like in the drivers
seat, with his chin on his knees, John
Valiant sat with his eyes upon the
distance. For an hour he had whirred
through that wondrous simmer of
color with a fippant lettering breeze
in his face, sweet from the crimson
clover that poured and rooted over the
roadside.
"Chum, old man." said Valiant, with
his arm about the bulldogs neck, IF
those color-photograph chaps had
shown US this, we simply wouldn't
have believed it, would we? Such
scenery beats. the roads, we're used to,
what?" He wound his strong fingers
in q choking grip in the scruff Of the
white neck. as a chipmunk chartered
by on the low stone wall. mo, you
don't you cannibal! He's a jolly lit
tie beggar, and he doesn't deserve be-
ing eaten!"
He filled his briar-wood pipe and
drew in great breaths of the fragrant
incense. What a pity you don't
smoke, Chum; you miss such a lott"
After a time he shook himself and
knocked the red core from the pipe
bowl against his boot-heel. Il hate to
start" he confessed, half to the dog
and half to himself. ITO leave any
thing so sheerly beautiful as this!
However, on with the dance! BY the
road map the village can't be far now
So long, Mr.. BULL"
He clutched the self-starter. But
there was only a protestant wheeze;
the a declined to bulge. Climbing
down, he cranked vigorously. The
motor turned over with a surly grunt
of remonstrance and after a tentative
throb-throb, coughed and stopped dead.
Something was wrong. With a sigh
he flung off his tweed Jacket, donned a
smudgy Jumper" opened his toolbox,
and, with a glance at his wrist-watch
which told him it was three o'clock,
threw up the monsters hood and went
bitterly to work.
At half past three the investigation
had got vs. far as the lubricator. Al
four o'clock the bulldog had given II
up and gone nosing afield. At hall
past four John Valiant lay fiat on his
back, like some disreputable stevadore
alternately tinkering with refractory
valves and cursing the obdurate
mechanism. A sharp stone gnawet
frenziedly into the small Of his back
and just as he made a final vicious
lunge, something gave way and a
prickling red-hot stab of pain shot zig
tagging from his smitten ~crazy-bone
through every tortured crevice Of his
impatient frame. Like steel from flint
1t struck out a crisp oath that brought
an answering bovine snort from the
f~ence-corner.
Worming like a lizard to freedom
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-26
CHAPTER Nv.
A Valiant Of Virginia.

A Valiant OF Virginia.
For a long time John Valiant sat
motionless, the opened letter in his
hand, staring at nothing. He had the
sensation, spiritually, of a traveller
awakened with a rude shock amid
wholly unfamiliar surroundings.
He was trying to remember-to put
two and two together. His father had
been Southern-born; yes, he had
known that. But he had known moth
ing whatever of his fathers early days,
or of his forebears; since he had been
old enough to wonder about such
things, he had had no one to ask
questions of.
Phrases Of the letter ran through
his mind: Sometime, perhaps, you
will know why you are John Valiant
of New York instead Of John Valiant
of Damory Court > = . | cannot
tell you myself" There was some
tragedy, then, that had blighted the
place, some melancholy story" as the
clipping put it.
He bent over the deed spread out
upon the table, following with his fin
ger the long line of transfers: ITO
John Valyante,.' he muttered; what
odd spelling! Robert Valyant'-with-
out the e. Here, in 1880, the " be-
gins to be T." There was something
strenuous and appealing in the long
line of dates. Valiant. Always a Va
liant. How they held on to it! There's
never a break"
A curious pride, newborn and self
conscious. a dawning in him. He
was descended from ancestors who
had been no weaklings. A Valiant had
settled on those acres under a royal
| governor. before the old frontier
fighting was over and the Indians
had s~ullenly retired to the westward.
The sons Of those who had braved
sea and savages had bowed their
strong bodies and their stronger hearts
to raze the forests and turn the
primeval jungles into golden planta.
lions.
There stole into his mood an eery
suggestion Of intention. Why should
the date assigned for that deeds de.