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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
DULL BRAIN LIKE DULL TOOL
Successful Merchant Tells How He
Develops Brightness Among Those
Who Work for Him.

It's always the dull tool that causes
trouble-and there's seldom any ex-
cuse for IT. Just as with a dull brain.
1t mixes up all idea of speed, system
and results. 1t works to the detri-
ment Of an entire business, and sew
eral dull tools have been known to
destroy lucrative trade. Thus a
Broadway ~haberdasher describes sev.
eral recent failures In his business.
Il always attempt to employ the
brightest young men obtainable in my
business, from Office boy to depart
ment manager. I have found 1t pays.
Not that I always am successful in
finding the right person at the outset
But ifla new clerk appears naturally
dull Il begin to apply the grindstone
lof perception To- his blunt Wits and
nine times out Of ten ! have q sharp
tool In a short time He becomes a
part Of my machine that turns out
dollars for me with record speed.
eli he's interested in the business
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
Courage.

The most indispensable and valuable
asset for the conduct of life is courage
courage to endure, courage to ON
struct and reconstruct, courage to go
on. Without these how shall we do
more than drag out a miserable exist
ence, moving from place to place. like
tramps and beggars. living on the
doles fate offers US as we SLOUGH along
unprecedented ways? Could there
be- a better prayer for the opening
year than this7 Give us courage to
be masters OF ourselves. courage to
swim against the stream, courage to
drown, when dcr due time is come,
with serene hearts and quiet faith in
Cod When that prayer Is answered.
living deserves q song and dying be-
comes ali episode IN the history Of a
man, eIf religion did not more than
make this forward looking courage
possible, It would deserve our rever
nee and pursuit.-Boston Transcript
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
THOUGHT ONLY OF ARTHUR
Telegraph Clerk Amounted to Nothing
When Sweet Innocence Was
Sending a Message.

She sailed into the telegraph Office
and raped on the counter. The clerk
remembered that she had been there
about ten minutes before as he came
forward to meet her. He wondered
what she wanted this time.
o. she said, let me have that
Telegram l wrote Just now; | forgot
something very important. wanted
10 ~underscore perfectly lovely in
acknowledging the receipt OF that
bracelet. VIII It cost anything en-
tra7. t
mo. ma'am," said the clerk as he
handed her the message.
The young lady drew two heavy
lines beneath the words and said:
~tts awfully good Of you 10 let me
DO that. 1t will please Arthur ever
90 much
+Donst mention ~ said thS clerk
~ you would like it will putia lev
sdraps OF violet extract on the tele'
,.zFaea at the ssras rates"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
Fire BUDS Suspected.

Observation-Disclosures in a
series of fires at the Majestic hotel,
the Cumberland telephone office, the
Frisco depot and other points, suspi-
cion has grown strong that a fire bug
is at work. Alarms of fire have been
daily occurrences for several weeks. A
suspect has been locked up on a
charge Of setting fire to a dwelling.
McElvain's livery stable and several
small buildings adjacent were de-
stroyed Wednesday, entailing a loss in
excess of $4,000. The entire equip
ment of the national guard, including
$50 rifles and 2,400 rounds of ammuni-
ton, were burned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30


it. my fathers whole life was darkened
by that event. Now that | al put
two and two together, ! know that it
was the cause of his sadness"
"Ah. ] can believe that" she re-
piled,
Il think he had only two interests
myself and the corporation. So you
see why I'd rather save that and be a
beggar the rest of my natural life.
But I'm not a beggar. Damory Court
alone is WORTH know it IOWA hun
bred times what | left"
You are SO utterly different from
what l imagined youi"
Il could never have im2fj9ed you"
ne saiI never"
"T must be terribly outre."
you are so many women in one.
When l listened to your harp playing
Iicould hardly believe it was the same
you l saw galloping across the fields
that morning. Now you are a different
woman from both of those"
AS she looked at him, her lips curled
corner-wise, her foot slipped on the
sheer edge of the turf. She swayed
toward him and he caught her, feel
ing for a sharp instant the adorable
nearness of her body. 1t ridged all his
skin with a creeping delight. She re-
covered her footing with an exclama-
ton, and turned back somewhat alb
ruptly to the porch where she seated
herself on the step, drawing her flmy
skirt aside to make a place for him.
| There was a moment of silence which
he broke.
THAT exquisite serenade you were
playing! You know the words, OF
course"
"They are more lovely, if possible,
than the score. Do you care for
poetry?"
I've always loved it." he said. 1--WE
been reading some lately-a little old
fashioned book l found at Damory
Court. It's Lucille Do you know it"'
Yes. It's my mothers favorite."
He drew it from his pocket. See
I've got it here. It's marked, too"
He opened it, to close it instantly
not, however, before she had put out
her hand and laid it, palm down, on
the page. "That rose! Oh, let me
have it,"
"Never!" he protested. Look here
When l put it between the leaves,
did so at random. l didn't e till
now that l had opened it at a marked
passage"
Let us read it," she said.
He leaned and held the leaf to the
light from the doorway and the two
heads bent together over the text.
A sound fell behind them and boil
turned. A slight figure. in a soft gra!
gown with old lace at the throat, stoot
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

in the doorway behind them. John
Valiant sprang to his feet.
"Ah, Shirley, l thought l heard
voices. Is that you, Chilly?"
TITS not Mr.. Lusk, mother" said
Shirley. Its our new neighbor, Mr..
Valiant"
AS he bent over the frail hand, muir
muring the conventional words that
presentations r believed to require,
Mrs. cambridge sank into a deep
cushioned chair. Wont you sit
DOWN. she said. He noticed that she
did not look directly at him, and that
her face was as pallid as her hair.
Thank you," said John Valiant, and
resumed his place on the lower step.
Shirley, who had again seated her
self, suddenly laughed, and pointed to
the book which lay between them.
Imagine what we are doing, dearest!
We we're reading Lucille together"
She saw the other vince, and the
deep dark eyes lifted, as IL under com
pulslon, from the book-cover to Vail.
ants face. He was startled by Shir4
ley's cry and the sudden limp uncon'
scious settling-back into the cushions
' Of the fragile form.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
Snake Scared Them All.

A live boa-constrictor was found re-
Gently in n Of the carriages, at a
Paris railroad station. When the
news spread. shop girls and portly old
gentlemen raced one another to the
exit and there was a serious crush on
the staircase leading to the street. A
guard had found a parcel on a seat,
and vas showing 1t to the station
master when the brown paper wrap.
ping fell off and exposed a large
snake. apparently in a comatose condi.
ton. When the excitement caused
had somewhat subsidized a policeman
to make things safe, cut the snakes
head on. The snake, which was eight
feet long, was then taken to the near
est police station, and IN inquiry Is
being made as to how 1t came In tht
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

women, too. / cannot praise Lydia E.
Pinkham' 3 Vegetable Compound enough
for l know / never would have been as
well if l had not taken it and ! recon-
mend it to suffering women"
Daughter Helped Also.
81 gave it to my daughter when she
was thirteen years old. She was in
school and was a nervous wreck, and
could not sleep nights. Now she looks
SC healthy that even the doctor speaks
of it. You can publish this etterif you
hke."-Mrs. RENA BOWMAN, 16l s. 10th
Street, Irunton, Ohio.
Why viii women continue to suffer
day in and day out and drag out a sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE COmpOundwiN help you, write
to Lydia E.P inkhamM edicineC Co.
CONFIDENTIAL Lynn, Mass. for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
CoeuRcAT 6v 6O6SS1MlDPNk COW9NIT

As she leaned, out of the stiffness
there came to her ear a mellow sound.
1t was the bell of the courthouse in
the village. She counted the strokes
falling clearly OF family as the slug
gish breeze ebbed or swelled. 1t was
eleven.
She drew back, dropped the curtain
to shut out the wan glimmer, and in
the darkness crept into the soft bed
as if into a hiding-place.
A warm sun and an air mildly mel
low. A faint gold-shadowed mist over
the valley and a soft lilac haze blend
ing the rounded outlines of the hills.
Through the shrubbery at Damory
Court a cardinal darted like a Grim
son shuttle, to rock i~mpudently from
a feering limb, and here and there
on the bluish-ivory sky, m~otionless as
a pasted wafer. hung a hawk; from
time to time one of these wavered and
slanted swiftly down. to climb once
more in a huge spiral to its high tower
of sky.
Perhaps it wondered, as it's tele-
scopic eye looked down. That had
been its choicest covert, that dishev-
eled tangle where the birds held per-
petual carnival, the weasel lurked in
the underbrush and the rabbit lined
his windfall. Now the wildness was
gone. A pergola, glistening white, now
upheld the runaway vines, making a
sickle-like path from the upper ter
race to the lake. In the barn loft the
| pigeons still quarrelled over their new
| cotes of fresh pine, and under a clump
Of locust trees at a little distance from
the house, a %half-dozen dolls cabins
on stills stood waiting the honey-stor-
age Of the black and gold bees.
There were d%enizens, also.
These had arrived in a dozen zinc
tanks and willow hampers, to the
amaze of a Sleepy express clerk at the
railroad station: two swans now sailed
majestically over the lily-ponds of the
lake, along it's gravel rim and a pail
of b~ronze-colored ducks waddled and
preened, and its placid surface ripplet
and broke to the sluggish backs Of
goldfish and the flirting fins of red
Japanese carp.
The house itself ore another air
Its look of ~unkemptness had largely
vanished, The soft gray tone of age
remained, but the bleakness and for
lornness were gone; there was about
all now a warmth and genial bearing
that limited at mellowed beauty, fire
light and cheerful voices within.
Valiant heaved a long sigh Of salts
faction as he stood in the sunlight gaz
ing at the results of his labors, He
was not now the fippant b~oulevardiel
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant. a rich society fayorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
Doration. which his father founded and
which was the principal source Of his
wealth. has failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist of IN old motor car, a
white bull dog and Damory court, a neg
Hected estate in Virginia, On the way to
,Damory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge, an authenticated beauty. and de-
cides tina he is going to like Virginia i'm
Intensely. Shirley's mother, Mrs. a
ridge, and Major Bristoy exchange rem
Rniscences during which 1t is revealed
that the major. Valiants father. and a
unan named Sasson we're rivals for the
nand of Mrs. cambridge in her YOUTH,
sSasson and Valiant fought a duel on her
account in which the former was killed.
Valiant finds Damory court oYergrown
with weeds and creepers and the build
5Sngs in a very much neglected condition.
He decides to rehabilitate the place and
make the and produce a living for him.
Valiant saves Shirley from the bite OF a
SNAKE. which bites him. Knowing the
.deadliness OF the bite. Shirley sucks the
poison from the wound and saves his life.
Shirley tells her mother Of the incident
and the latter is strangely moved at
bearing that a Valiant is again living at
,Damory court. Valiant learns for the
first time that his father left Virginia on
account of a duel in which Doctor
Southail and Major Bristow acted as his
fathers seconds.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
contraband Whisky Found.

Jefferson City.-A sprig of excelsior
%protruding from a barrel in a ship
ment Of IL barrels, marked APPLES"
aroused the suspicion of Frisco freight
depot attaches in Springfield and they
opened the barrel. They found it to
contain a 1O-gallon key of whisky.
Each of the other 10 barrels contained
a similar size keg. The consignment
originated at Springfield and was to
be sent to Sapulpa, Ok. The matter
has been reported to the office of the
chief special agent Of the Frisco and
an investigation is being made under
the direction of J. H. Smith, chief spe-
cial agent. The attention of the fed
eral officials will be called to the mat
ter and arrests are expected.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
Girl Clerks Illegal.

Ethel.-Three out of the five mem
bers of the board of trustees of this
village refused to qualify after being
elected, and following their refusal,
another one also refused to qualify,
SO Mayor j. w. Parrot has issued a
call for a special election Tuesday at
which time an entire ticket will be
elected.
1t is alleged the last election was
illegal because girls were used for.
clerks, instead of men, as men could
not be obtained.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
six Cows Show Profit.

Mexico.-Mr. and Mrs. H. o. White,
who live nine miles south Of Mex
leo, sold $486.95 worth of dairy prod
ucts from six cows in the last twelve
months, besides all the butter, cream
and milk used by a family Of seven
persons during that time. Five calves
that brought SIS may be added to the
total, making $93.65 profit on each
COW, or a total of $561.90. Mr.. White
points out that a great deal of milk
was fed to hogs and that many loads
Of fertilizer were added to build up
the soil ON the farm,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

but slow to comprehend, l consider
him worthy Of coaching. l give that
clerk personal attention for such a
time as he is able to keep pace with
the other sharp edges in my employ.
He's quick to perceive the interests
of the boss, and he naturally tries to
get my viewpoint"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

"oh, thank you, sir! You don't
know how much / would appreciate
It, I'm going to send all my tele-
grams through this office. You are
80 obllging."
And the smile she gave him would
have done any one good with the pos
sible exception of Arthur.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

Springfield.-S. E. Ware, prominent
fruit grower Of Cedar Gap, and presi-
dent of the Seneca Fruit company
there, was brought to Springfield to a
hospital to receive treatment for in
juries suffered when a box containing
100 dynamite caps exploded. He was
fixing fuses to blast holes for setting
out fruit trees. 1t is expected it will
be necessary to amputate his right leg
and arm. He was brought here on a
special train.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
Aeeused as SLAYER. sues.

Springfield.-Alleging that his ar
rest and prosecution on a charge of
being implicated in the murder of Will
liam Steele last May was unYarranted
and with malicious intent, ]. C. Young,
q Christian county farmer, brought
suit here for s65. 1000 damages. The
defendants are Homer and Villa Rose,
John Steele and Edward Thompson,
heirs OF the slain man. and J. w. Ray,
administrator of the estate. Young
alleges the defendants employed spe-
cial counsel to prosecute him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
81. Louls Woman to Speak.

Lebanon.-The annual convention OF
the Third Missionary District Of the
Christian Church will be held In Les
anon May As. There are 81 counties
in Southwest Missouri in the third
district. Ministers and laymen from
31o congregations are expected.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
cHAPTER xvII-continued.

you are cold" he said. isn't that
gown too thin for this night air%
mo, l often walk here till quite
late. L~isteni"
The bird song had broken forth
again, to be answered this time by a
rivals in a distant thicket. my
nightingale is in good voice. I'D
Il never heard a nightingale before
Il came to Virginia. | wonder why 1t
sings only at night"
What an odd idea! Why, it sings
in the daytime, too"
Really? But l suppose it escapes
notice in the general chorus. Is it a,
large bird?"
mo; smaller than a thrush. Only a
agittIe bigger than a robin. It's nest is
over there in that hedge-a tiny loose
cup of dried oak-leaves, lined with
hair, and the eggs are olive color.
How pretty the hedge looks now, all
tangled with freely sparks!"
Doesn't 1t! Uncle Jefferson calls
them 'lightning-bugs.'"
"The name is much more pic,
2uresQue. But all the darby sayings
are. Do you find him and Aunt
Daphne useful?"
HE has been a godsend," he said
<fervently; "and her cooking has
taught me to treat her with passion
ate respect. He's teaching ms now
about flowers-it's surprising how
many kinds he knows. He's a walking
.herbarium."
"Come and see mine," she said.
@Roses are our specialty--we have to
live up to the Rosewood name. But
beyond the arbors, are beds and beds
of other flowers. See-by this big
tree are speed-well and delphinium.
The tree is a black walnut. It's a
dreadful thing to have one as big as
that, When you want something that
vcosts a lot OF money you go and look
a it and wonder which you want
most. that particular luxury or the
tree. I know a girl who had two in
her yard only a little bigger than this,
and she went to Europe on them. But
so far I've always voted for the tree.
How does your garden come on?"
~Famous1y. Uncle Jefferson has
zBhanghaied a half-dozen negro gar
~deners-from where | can't imagine
and he's having the time of his life
hectoring over them, He refers to the
upper and lower terraces as 'up-and-
downstairs I've got seeds. but 1t
will be a long time before they
lower."
ooh, would you like some slips?' -
she cried. "Or, better still, | can
give o the roses already rooted
Mad Charles and Marechal Neil and
Cloth of Gold and cabbage and ram
bIers- We have %geraniums and
}fuchsias, too, and the coral honey.
.suckle. That's different from the wild
one, you know
you are too good! IL you would
only advise me where to set them!
but l dare say you think me presum,
ling"
She turned her full face to him
'Presuming!' You're furnishing me
now for the dreadful way | talked tc
you about Damory Court-before
knew who you were. Oh, 1t was un
pardonable! And after the splendit
thing you had done-I read about il
that same evening-with your money
4 maAn!"
mo, mol" he protested. "Ther,
vas nothing splendid about it. 1t wa,
4snly pride. You see the corporation
Has Iny fathers great idea-the thint
mo crCated and put his soul into-anC
1t waa laundering. l know that would
nave Edrt him. One thing I've wanted
ITO say to you. ever since the day W,
talked together-about the duel.
wan. to say that whatever lay behint
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
WOMAN COULD
NOT SIT up
Now Does Her Own Work.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Helped Her.
~Ironton, Ohio" / am enjoying bet
Der health now than | have for twelve

years Wnen De-
gan to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
Bile Compound 1
could not sit up. l
had female troubles
and was very ner-
vous. l used the
remedies a year and
/ can do my work
and forthe last eight
months | have
worked for other
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
/. O. o. :. 70 Meet Nav fe-21.

Carthage.-The executive commit
tees. of the Independent Order Of Odd
Fellows OF Missouri and the State
Rebekah Assembly nou that all
arrangements had been made for the
annual convention of the two lodges
here, May 1921.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
Easter EIepement Made Public.

Sedalia.-It was learned that Frank
w. Fisher, manager Of the Fisher Car
riage and Wagon Works, and MISC
Charlotte Well were secretly married
at Hamilton, Mo- Easter Sunday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

Bhabar grass grows in great guam
titles throughout India and extending
into Afghanistan. It is extremely
fihrous and strong, and as p paper
pulp material now holds first place
In India.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
wrono Impression Corrected.

Some people think an owlish silence
the sign of wisdom, Huh-hh. Ian
guage Is intended to conceal thought.
The man without a thought needs no
language with which to conceal 1t, 30
he just doesn't use It.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
His Speciality.

did you hear about Muggins taking
up settlement work?" Eyes; he usu-
ally works his creditors for so cents
on the dollar."-Town Topics.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
FROM ALL OVER The STATE
Webb cIty weta to Ask Vote.

Webb City.-Petitions are being cir
culated here asking a local option cleo
tion in June. Nearly 1000 voters have
signed the petitions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

Of the most valuable opals in Eng
land. The office Of deputy, which dates
back to the year 1442, carries with It
various privileges which are jealousy
guarded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30

Constipation causes and seriously aggra-
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured
by DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated
granules. Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
on Her rootsiaa.

Customer wish to get a cure for
corns.
Drug Clerk-Hard or soft, madam?
Customer--Medium, please.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-26
MAY ENTER
'cOntisusa FROM Fir,t Page,

patches revealed that German crews
were still aboard the cruisers
Many Washington diplomats Ia
miliar with the situation consider IL
practically certain that should Tur.
Key side with Germany and Austria.
laly would abandon her position of
neutrality and join Great Britain.
France. Russia and Ssrvia who
could count also on the assistance OF
Greece.
Troops Wobiiizing.
The troops a. the Ottoman empire
are quietly MODELLING without public
order 10 that effect Italy's order for
mobilization on August 20 Is believed
here 20 he due 20 some extent 10
turkeys military activity.
" 'mtrd stat-- .z eatcnInF tho
situation In Turkey particularly be
cause az the presence there Of hum
dreds 81 American missiouarirs Am.
hassador Morranthau has been max.
INK lcug reports on the situation and
Tor tmo. week sro the situation
seemed flarminc The governor Of
one or the Turkish provinces had
TIRE atened massacre 10 Americans if
Turkey and England went 20 var Mr.
Morgenthau Immediately discussed the
subject with the Turkish foreign Of
nee and received assurance that Do
any subordinate officials had made
ouch threats they would D. causured
and that Americans would hs accorded
respect and courtesy BE- any eventual
Ffv