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easy, easy" soothed the doctor.
81 appreciate the fact that it is
pretty tough luck, Dobson, but you'll
have to take your medicine. Falk-
ner, if you'll lend hand in getting
me off / won't lose much time In
starting for Fort Smith"
. 1t was a strengthening outfit that
set out. from Pierre Thoreau's cabin
half an hour later. Ahead of the
team. which had come that morning
walked the breed, his left arm bound
to his side with babiche thong. On
the sledge behind him lay an inani-
mate and blanket-wrapped bundle,
which was Dobson; and close at the
rear of the sledge, stripped of his
great.coat and more than ever like
diminutive drum-major, followed
Dudley McGill, professor of neur-
ology and diseases of the brain, with
a bulldog revolver in his mittened
hand.
From the door Falkner watched
them go. -.-----.-
Six hours later Philip returned
from the east. Falkner saw him
coming up from the creek and went
to meet him.
81 found the cabin, but no one
was there" said Philip. at has
been deserted for a long time. No
tracks in the snow, everything in
side frozen stiff, and what signs
did find were of woman!" 81
The muscles of Falkner's face gave
sudden twitch. "A woman" he
exclaimed.
"Yes, a woman" repeated Philip
"and there was a photograph of heI
on table In the bedroom. Did this
| Dobson have a wife?" L1
Falkner had fallen step behind
him as they entered the cabin. Va
"A long time ago-a woman was
there" he said. "She was young
women, and-and almost beautiful
But she wasn't his wife,"
"She was pretty" replied Philip
$50 pretty that brought her picture
along for my collection at home
He looked about for McGill, where's
the doctor?"
Falkner's face was very white Al
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-31
SYNOPSIS

Chapter XIII. When Steel
awakens he finds DcBar hal
left leaving a note saying tina
he had put damp paper in his
gun while he (Philip) slept
After pondering over the mat
ter for some time, Philip hears
a shrill creaking OF sledge on
the crust outside, and finds a
little old man, a doctor from
New York. They have quite
talk together and the doctor
tells Philip a strange story,
after which they go to bed.
During the night the doctor
hears strange noises. Philip
also hears them upon awaken.
ing in the morning.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-31

This country consumes annually
about one-third Of the worlds output
OF lead and OF copper. Ar
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-31
CHAPTER XIV.
Philips Last Assignment.

~HILIP, instead of following
r. the doctor, laid a OBTAINING
Es hand a@,1,," upon hi hi" .a,1 arm
Something in the seriousness OF
his manner drew quick look of ap-
prehension over the others face.
II want to talk with you," con-
tinued Philip. Let us walk a little
way down the trail"
The doctor eyed him suspiciously
as they turned away from the cabin.
"See here, Phil Steele" he said,
and there was a hard ring in his
voice, 'I've had all sorts of con
fidence in you, and I've told you
more, perhaps, than / ought. don't
suppose you have a suspicion that
you ought to break it?"
mo, 1t isn't that" replied Philip
laughing allittle 1uneasily r'I'm glad
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
1000 IoBLESs MEN in RIOT
Told by April Fool Joker Company
Would Hire Man, They Go There
and Break In Doors.


Chicago.-One thousand clamoring
men, misled by an April fool joker,
stormed the new 81, 900, 900 500 Line
freight terminal at West Twelfth and
Canal streets in quest of employment.
Through heavy steel gates, the locks
of which were broken by thu onrush,
the army surged. Until attacked by a
phalanx Of bluecoats, under the lead
ership of Lieutenant Kelliher of the
Maxwell street station, these mem
part of the army of unemployed
were in control of the grounds Of
the terminal citadel. But the police.
men soon drove them back, a quarrel
ing, curslng. disappointed throng.
It was fully an hour before the
police succeeded in clearing the prop
erty of this host Of e The invad-
ers refused to leave until driven back
by the clubs Of the ~bluecoats.
I'VE want work! Give us a job!"
the cries Of the men.
AS the crowd was driven from the
railroad property It took up a new
position directly across from the plaza
Of the terminal. None we're arrested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

ground down to a razor-like sharpness.
Near the hilt are die-cut Roman let
tiers "Sabatier Rue, France" and be-
meath this an open hand, surrounded
by the letters "a Paris" The ques-
ton at once arises: Who put the
knife there, and when? The steel is
of the finest. Not ever its long i'm
mersion in the earth has eaten away
the surface to any considerable tx
tent. Perhaps some French "voy-
ageur" camped there two hundred
years ago, and forgot his, knife. More
likely some wandering Indian band en-.
camped there and left the knife that
they had bought of the French, paying
for it with beaver skins. One can sur
mise almost anything. The chances
are that the owner left in a hurry, for
knives like that, even today, are valu-
able, and some hundreds of years ago
would have been worth its weight in
gold. Certain 1t is that the English
settlers did not carry French knives,
and this particular blade dates back
beyond the earliest English settle
ment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
HIRES MEN OF MATURE YEARS
c~hlcaoOan Decidedly Of Opinion That
Worker Is at His Best in the
Neiahborhood Of Forty-Five.

A Chicago man, a leader in the com
mercial life Of that city. is quoted as
saying: Among the men hire nine
out OF ten are better workers at forty
five years Of age than are the men OF
twenty-five or thirty" This man firmly
believes that the man Of forty-fve or
~thereabouts is at the prime of life.
physically and mentally. He also
holds that men of mature years are
more reliable and less apt to become
restless after a year or two in a posi-
ton and to seek new fields. The aver
age young man, he says, is seeking
a soft snap" and is not the sort of
employe who will stick by. his en-
ployer through thick and thin until
his services become highly valuable
and, In many cases, indispensable. We
often hear young men complain of
their inability to get settled. That is
largely because they do not settle, do
not seek to adjust themselves to work
and make the most of their opportu-
nifty. Opportunity seldom knocks at
our doors. We must knock at the door
of opportunity and be prepared to
push the door a little If necessary
The Living Church.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
HOUSE CAT is NEARLY BAKED
The Family Pet Slept In Oven of Cook
Stove and Is Nearly Burned
to Death.

Waynesboro, Pan. b. Ayers,
Hamilton avenue, Waynesboro, almost
cooked a new dish at his home.
When he retired at night he left the
oven door Of the kitchen stove open.
To get away from the cold the family
cat crawled into the oven and there
curled itself up for a sleep that lasted
all through the night.
When Mr.. Ayers went downstairs in
the morning to stir up the fire he
closed the oven door. The cat slept
on and, made no protest. Then Mr..
Ayers turned on the drafts and thrust
the poker into the bed of Goals, and
in a short time he had a good fire
going.
He heard the mewing Of a cat, but
he couldn't see a cat, and he fancied
the animal might be on the outside.
But the cat grew more persistent in
it's mewing and added a tone of an
guish to it, and then Mr.. Ayers be-
thought him of the oven. He opened
the door and the cat sprang on to
him, almost knocking him off his feet.
The animal was burned terribly. Its
feet were badly charred and its body
was almost baked. 1t is still living
and is on the road to recovery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
FOR HOG CHOLERA
NOTWITHSTANDING THE GREAT
GOOD 1T HAS DONE, 1T is NOT
THE ONLY MEASURE TO
CONSIDER.
BY }. w. connaway. Professor Of Vet.
Urinary Science, College Of Aeri-
culture, University Of Missouri.

Notwithstanding the great good
that serum has done in curing hog
cholera, its importance is exaggerated.
In fact, there are other and more I'M.
portant measures that should be used.
The prompt and intelligent use of
quite simple measures of sanitation
by a group of farmers whose farms
adjoin will effectually rid the neigh.
borhood of the disease. The sick hogs
and the dead hogs are full of the
germs. These will contaminate feed
yards, fields, roadways, streams,
Wagons, railroad and stock yards.
Dogs, pigeons and buzzards may carry
the disease from an infected farm to
other farms. But If the proper pre-
cautions are taken to isolate and de-
stroy the infection these carriers that
are somewhat difficult to control be-
come harmless as distributors of the
disease. The fact that we now have
the serum to aid us does not lessen
the Importance Of these simpler
methods.
Isolate from the herd every sick
hog on the first appearance of sick
ness Do not wait until a diagnosis is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
knowledge for the Poor.

For the we'll man. or woman, diet
etc knowledge is primarily a question
Of dollars and cents, but for the poor
man, particularly with a family of
growing children, this aspect of the
case may have a very powerful effect
upon health. AS DR.. Graham Lusk
has very well said, the laboring mans
efficiency depends upon his sticking,
and every man, or his wife, should be
a competent fireman at this sort Of
stocking. No one, for example, having
trouble to make both ends meet should
spend money for a can of tomatoes,
or any one of dozens of other So
called foods, which have, comparative
ly speaking, no food value whatever.
1t is ordinarily estimated that a hard
working man requires about three
thousand calories a day, an office
man about two thousand FIVE hundred.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

One hundred years ago the Count
D'Artois, youngest brother of the un-
fortunate Louis XVI, arrived in Paris
to make the necessary preparations
for the return Of the Bourbons and
their restoration to the throne. The
choice of Count D'Artois as an ennis
sary on this occasion was a prudent
one, for he was perhaps the most
generally liked of all the members of
the exiled royal family of France.
Upon his arrival in the capital Of his
ancestors, the crowds in the streets
greeted him with demonstrations of
good will. The count was visibly
touched by the warmth of his greet
ing. Though worn and tired by his
long journey, he declared to the depu-
tation that came out to welcome him,
This is the first happy day l have
known in 80 years."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
CHILD GETS PIGS EYE
Operation In Baltimore Hospital tho
First Of lts Kind In United
States.

Baltimore, Md.-What is believed to
be the first operation Of its kind in
this country was performed at a local
hospital when the orn of a pigs
eye was grated on the sightless eye
Of a three-months-old boy. 1t was said
that previous operations, in which rab-
bits eyes had been used, were unsuc-
cessful, but that experiments with
pigs eyes had led scientists to believe
that they were more adaptable. Two
cases are said to be on record where
the grating OF human cornea gave
sight to totally blind eyes.
In the operation the pig was chloro-
formed, the eyeball taken out and
the cornea cut from 1t. An extraordi.
narily fine needle and fine silk were
used tn sewing the cornea in place.
The eye will remain bandaged for
about q week.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
After Dinner.

Once there were twin brothers who
were as like each other as two peas.
They sailed away to the South seas
and went ashore upon a certain island.
Cannibals caught n of them and ate
him. The other managed to hide in
the breadfruit fields till nightfall. Then
he, too, was discovered and dragged
into the middle Of the village, where
the men of the tribe sat around a
large pot still making after-dinner
speeches. The cannibals stared at the
newcomer in blank amazement. Then
the chief OF and said:
Gentlemen, let him go. He Is alb
solutely ~indigestible.n N
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

made. Place the hog in a quarantine
shed or pen covered with wire netting
to keep out the chickens and birds.
The infection will then be confined to
a small space and will not reach the
other animals. To destroy the germs
of the disease the dead hogs should be
burned; the law requires 1t. Use fresh
air-sIacked lime a~bundantly about the
hog lots and sheds, rake up the litter
and burn it OF mix it thoroughly with
lime. Disinfect the wagon wheels and
horses feet and shoes Of the driver
when hogs have been hauled to the
shipping station. The stock yards, as
a rule, are infected.
During an outbreak Of cholera put
valuable dogs in quarantine and de-
stroy the worthless ones. Make wa
on pigeons, buzzards and crows. Hogs
should not be given access to ponds
or running streams. Fence the ponds
and pipe out the water into a trough.
Keep the hogs free from lice and
worms. A spray of crude oil will kill
the lice. Santonin and calomel (six
grains to each 100 pounds live weight)
fed in slop, on an empty stomach, is
useful in expelling worms. A mixture
of sal soda, three pounds; copperas,
three pounds; common salt, three
pounds; sulphur, one pound; charcoal,
four pounds, kept in a trough In a dry
place is also a good worm preventive.
If the farmers of any neighborhood
will follow the recommendations
made, but little hog cholera serum
will be required-and farmers have
time and again kept their herds free
from the disease by such measures.
However, when an outbreak Of chcl-
era does occur the farm adviser
should be notified at once, II there ID
one in the county.
A balanced ration aids In keeping
hogs in good health. When feeding in
the dry lot corn can be balanced by
feeding corn six parts and oil meal
one part; or corn three parts and ship
stuff one part; or corn 10 to Is parts
and tankage n part. Soybean or al
falfa hay is also excellent.
From the time rye, wheat, clover or
alfalfa starts in the spring until the
last pasturing goes in the fall, hogs
should be kept out In the fields. Rape
planted in rows will make pasture
throughout the season, and 1t cannot
be equaled as forage for hogs. Hogs
should be kept on the plowed fields,
rather than on permanent pastures. A
good three-year rotation for hogs ID:
Corn and cowpeas; soy beams; rape.
Shade should be provided. When
throwing out corn throw 1t in differ
emit places. Fill an old wagon with
cor and haul 1t from place to place,
Water should be supplied from bar
,rels or tanks, hauled to different
places in fields where the hogs are
pasturing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
His Excuse.

mo, sir" said Tim Haley, publisher
of the Chronicle, 81 won't attend Judge
Watson's reception. ! won't give his
honor a chance to add to my humilia-
ton"
The publisher was pressed for an
explanation, and he finally yielded.
you understand" he confessed,
that Judge Watson Is extremely SEN
sitive about his clothes. Well. today
one of our editors wrote a headline on
a labor case in the judges court which
read:
"'Suit of Union ~Irritates Court
This line was just two letters too
long, 80 n of our intelligent compost
tors r~earranged it to read:
Union Suit Irritates Court"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
Two Versions Of scripture.

"Bathhouse John" and Raymond
Robins evidently gathered the material
for their public speeches from the
same source. Each had a different in
depreciation, however, of the following
we'll known episode:
Mr.. Robins, speaking before the
Sunday night club, referred to the
Pharisees past and present. BY way
Of illustration, he cited the story of the
Magdalene, quoting the phrase: HE
who is without sin among you"
On the same day Alderman Coughlin
assured his constituents Of the First
ward that these stiff-necked reform
ers went butting in two thousand years
ago the same as they do now"
you remember Mary Madgelene,"
he said, "and what she done. They
was about to revile her when Christ
said: Let the Teller what's never done
nothin' sling the first ck.'"-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
WASTED MONEY ON POSTAGE
Angered Constituent Might Have
Spared Representative Reproaches
Contained in Long Letter.

Representative Denis OLeary of
New York received a letter a short
time ago from a constituent who ex-
pressed an earnest desire for an as
sortment Of garden seeds. OLeary
sent them, but there must have been
a slip-up on the part of Mr.. Burleson's
post office department, for a few weeks
later OLeary received another note
from the man d~eploring the fact that
the seeds had never reached him.
why amt l just as much entitled
to seeds as anybody else?" the writer
demanded. Two of my neighbors
sent for seeds the same time as l did,
and n of them has had his in the
ground now for six weeks already.
His plants is beginning to show above
ground. Is it I'm not just as good as
my neighbors?" And so on for a cou-
pie Of pages. Then at the bottom of
the letter was this brief postscript:
Them dam seeds has just arrived"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
Scarcely Worth Qualifying For.

In all other callings in life, men and
women generally realize that they
must have certain qualifications for
success, but in that world-old institu-
ton Of matrimony, they often hope
to enter happily, forgetting that it is
most essential to have equable quail
ties, and this fact brings forth an in
cident.
A young man Of very meager cnl-
ture fell in love with a young woman
of decidedly superior character and
intellectual attachments. He watched
her career with great pride, yet never
awakening to the fact that he might
improve himself in many ways. One
day he said to her, ardently: Dear
est, I have waited for you all these
years and | shall keep on waiting UNI
til you marry me. You are the only
girl l ever met who qualified"
She looked him over with a studied
gaze and said, Qualified? What do
you mean? Qualified for what?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
Cynical.

Aprepos to the setback to the pure
food laws administered by the recent
decision of the supreme court, ]. s.
McWade, the Dublin sociologist, said
in a food lecture:
Such a decision tends to lower our
courts. 1t tends to make us cynical
like the sailor.
Are you married, my man?' a
woman asked a sailor.
Yes, indeed m~um-married and
IA children
Poor fellow, travelling about like
this! And don't you ever get home.
sickT
Only when I'm home, num-"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
FIND A VERY CURIOUS KNIFE
Relic Of Past Found When Stump Of
Apple Tree Is Removed From
Canton, Pa, Garden.

Philadelphia.-When the stump OF
an apple tree was removed from the
garden belonging to E. W. Waldorf,
near Canton, Pa. directly under the
stump and sticking straight down in
the ground was found a curious knife.
The blade. from shaft to point, is liz
inches. 1t is 21z inches wide at the
hilt and tapers to a needle point. The
back of the blade is thick and heavy
and the edge has evidently been
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
His Four Witnesses.

A nan had borrowed some money
from a friend and refused to give 1t
up. There had been no witnesses to
the transaction. When the lender
sued, the borrower took advantage Of
his constitutional right Of not testi-
flying against himself, with the result
that the lender could not recover.
When they met on the street some
time later the lender ran up to the
borrower and shouted: I've got four
witnesses anyhow who know that l
loaned you the money. God and l
know 1t and the devil and you know
it."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
ToId BY the Ewes.

Greenish, hazel an dspotted eyes are
accompanied, usually, with shrewd,
quick, nervous, restless Compartments.
According to Professor Hudson, Asiat-
les with hazel eyes are cunning and
~weasellike. Contrary to the popular
notion, persons with green eyes are
too Indifferent in passion to be at all
jealous Of the opposite sex; they are.
however, frequently envious Ct their
own.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

The wife OF a Chinese emperor made
the first SILK in $500 B. C. In $50
Aristotle first mentions silk among the
Greeks. In the twelfth century the
manufacture Of silk was carried on In
Sicily. later spreading to Italy, Spain
and the south Of France. It was not
manufactured in England before 1905.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
His Business.

THAT nan is a denizen Of the un-
derworld."
I'm sure he doesn't look like such
a character"
His characters got nothing to do
with it. He's a miner"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

The bee is about the onls insect
that yer gained feminine namesakes,
Deborah was a name given by the
Hebrews for the bee. and owing to its
popularity among the Puritans there is
still to be found an occasional De-
borah in the United States. Melissa,
the Greek name for bee, is seldom
found nowadays. J
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

AS soon as any community gets the
idea that a boy is bad, why, the boy
generally gets bad just to prove it,
whether he has ever done wrong be-
fore or not. 1t is the easiest way to
go; public opinion has creased the
toboggan and the boy takes the down
ward trip with very little inccnyeni-
ence or scruple.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
Extra Special.

Guest Tin New York restaurant)-
What's good today. Henry?
Waiter-You ought to try the Cave
Cuddle. sir. It's got the Hesitation
positively stopped!-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

Tolincrease the oat yield use a pure
seed OF a variety adapted to your re-
gion; fan and grade the seed; treat
the seed for smut; drill instead Of
broadcastinR.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
Not Very Tired.

Mamma-Aren't you tired, DEAR
after playing so hard all day?
Jimmy--Naw, not much.
Mamma-Well, mamma is as tired b
az a dog.
Jimmy-Well, I'm bout as tired as
a little dog.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
No AuricuIturist,

They say there is money in running
alligator farms in Florida"
But, of course, a man has to have
experience. Take me, now, / don't
wen know the right time of year to-
plant all~igators." ~
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

Guest-Anything good at the the
aters this week? You know, some
thing l couldn't take my wife to?
Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

While the heart of the elephant is
beating 80 times that Of a human 10
p~uIsating 70.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
ractful Erench Prince.

Putnam Fadeless Dyes color more
goods than others. Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

AIberta's B~y-Products.
Alberta produced $~16.O00,00O worth
Of eggs, poultry and milk last year.