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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05

Postoffce Department-Dear Sir: do hereby send in my resignation to you.
l truly hope that you will received it. Please you honor SIR: l a a gospel
minister. have been called a long time ago to preach the gospel by the God
of heaven and earth. I cannot do it successful and hold my job i'll te gov
eminent services, and 1 will pray for the blessing of God to rest on the Post
master General and his cabinet in the Post Office Department But L may
miss the envelope that is handed to me twice a month from the dlsburslng
clerk, Mr. Mooney, but I rather missed that than to miss eternal life. Woe
be unto me if preach not the gospel FOR it Is the power o. God unto salvation
unto every man that believe. | know that my white friends Of Newman, a
my home, will be surprised when they hear of this. Mr. Hon. William {.
Adamson, the Congressman of said district and Mr.. Hon. NJ. Bell of Georgia
BY their influence came in the services. They have stood by me because
they have my record from Newman. Ga, as a negro. but ] must go and preach
the sospeli II fall. REV. BLANK"
After which Representative Adamson wrote Brother Chance:
81 have your favor of the 4th instant. indosing copy o. a letter from Rev.
whether he has verified his call to the ministry IT not. If he has correct
advice in his credentials from o. high you people in the postohce department
are n a bad fix"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
Lead companles Win Suit,

Farmington.-Judge Peter Huck
handed down a decision at Farming
ton denying the petition Of William
7. Elledge and others for the appoint
ment of a receiver of the Potosi Lead
Barytes and Mercantile company and
the st. Francois Lead company. This
suit was tried at the November term
of the st. Francois county circuit
court and attracted much attention.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
NAMES OF PLACES
Different NationaIities Have Own
Particular Version.
Reason Is Ascribed to contemptuous
Indifference to Things Foreign
That Exists More or Less in
Every Land on the Globe.

Florence. Italy.EThe city we and
the English call Florence" is by
Italians called F~iorenza. The name of
the British capital is, to the French,
Londres. and TO the Italians, Londra.
By English-speaking peoples the Aus
TRAN capital is referred to as Vienna,
whereas the Austrians spell it Wien.
In addition to these differences there
may be cited Dunkirk and Dunkerque,
Cologne and Koln, The Hague and La
Haye, Geneva and Gent.
What is the reason for these differ
ences? Is it to be sought in philologi-
cal influences alone, or is 1t to be
found in that contemptuous indiffer-
nee with reference to things foreign
that exists more or less in every land?
In the aforementioned case, it has
been pointed out that, had the word
London" existed at the time the
French word "Londres" came into use,
the French would probably have adopt
ed the English form. But, the French
contend, no London name was muse
when "Londres" was coined. The
Latin name whereby the British town
first became known elsewhere was
Londinium. The locative case form OF
this noun (the one most often used in
colloquial style) was Londini. 1t fol
lowed that, in the continuous inter
change of words and their develop
ment into modern speech, Londini
very easily became Londri in the
speech of the Frenehmen. Then, as
81" is an indication of a Latin plural
a new difficulty arose. When Londin
was accepted by the French it was fol
some time treated, quite mistakenly
just as a French plural noun would b.
and spelled accordingly - Londres
Londres made its way from France t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
FALLS WITH LIMB He SAWS
Rival for Champion Absent-Minded
Man Hurt When He Undermines
Support.

Ellen Chapel, Pa.-Harry Kochen-
derfer is in a precarious condition
from injuries sustained when he took
a header OF 20 feet from a tree he
was trimming. Like Spoopendyke,
he sawed away his support, falling
with the ladder, fracturing his nose,
knocking out four teeth, cutting his
tongue and suffering minor injuries.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
THEG CONSTRUCTION
OF EARTH ROADS
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
is IN RECEIPT OF RECIPE
From WASHINGTON.
INTEREST IN MISSOURI GROWS
Spring Is the Proper Time to Shape
Up the Work, While the Soil Is
Soft and Damp--Summer
Work Discouraged.

Jefferson City.-The office of the
state highway commissioner has just
received an article pertinent to the
making of good roads, and, as the
interest in Missouri in good roads is
continually growing, portions of the
same are herewith reproduced.
This article was prepared by the ex-
perts of the United States department
of agriculture and should at least be
found practicable.
AS soils differ for agricultural pur,
poses, so they differ for roads. Clay,
or soils of fine texture usually make
poor roads, especially if they contain
much vegetable matter. The coarser
soils, however, which contain some
sand or gravel, will often make very
satisfactory roads for light traffic,
provided they are kept in proper re-
pair.
If the road is composed of fine clay
or soil it will sometimes pay to resur-
face it with top soil from an adjacent
field which has sand or gravel mixed
with it. This method, called the top
soil method, is now in successful use
IN Virginia, North Carolina and
Georgia, and probably other states.
1t is a great mistake to put the
working of the earth off until August
or Senteinber, The surface is .:hen
baked dry and hard. 1t is not only
difficult to work, but is unsatisfactory
work when done. Earth which is loose
and dry will remain dusty as long as
the dry weather lasts and then turn
to mud as soon as the rains begin. By
using the road machine in~the spring
Of the year., while the soil is soft and
damp, the surface is more easily
dry hard crust which is less liable to
become dusty in summer or muddy in
winter.
Storm water should be disposed Of
quickly before it has time to pane.
trate deeply into the surface.
Ordinarily, the only bitches needed
are those made with the road ma
chine, which are wide and shallow.
The width of the earth road will
depend on the traffic. As a rule, Is
or 80 feet from ditch to ditch is suf'
ficient ii the road is properly
crowned.
The road should not be loosened
dug or plowed up any more than is
absolutely necessary. The road should
be gradually raised, not lowered;
hardened, not softened.
To prevent washing on steep roads
the water should be carried under the
surface at frequent intervals from the
upper to the lower side, and from the
lower side away from the road.
An attempt to drain mud holes will
culvert pipe will fail in most cases
The water should be drained off by
means of open bitches, the soft raut
thrown out and replaced with jus
enough good firm earth to make i
level latter consolidation with thu
surrounding surface.
Because OF its simplicity, It's eff
cheney and cheapness, the split-lol
drag or some similar device i
destined to come into more and NOR
general use. With the drag properl,
built and it's use we'll understood, tn
maintenance Of earth and grave
roads becomes a simple and iEez
pensive matter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05

pretty good fellow, so "if he has done
wrong don't discharge him. but cuss
him out a bit"
Well, in a few days along came a
letter from Chance to Representative
Adamson, saying that the cussing-out
process must have been a little to
c%austic. for the clerk had resigned,
leaving a letter informing Mr.. Chance
that a minister of the gospel had flown
from their midst. This is the letter:
"Hon. Mr.. Chance. Chief Clerk Of the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05

Perhaps he is a nan yet capable of throwing off his government harness and
hichng himself to something better outside the cramping, grinding world
of clerical slavery under official Tyranny, but he has a family and cannot
afford to take a chance. He has certain fixed expenses, and his income must
be uninterrupted. He has not saved a penny, because his salary which looked
uute sufficient when he wal a single man, now is woeruNy inadequate under
the added strain Of the obligations o a family.
He could fill satisfactorily most any position requiring clerical ability
mi experience. but he cannot let go his government job to something
even equally as remunerative. He is afraid Ito take the chance.
Yearsa p he might have qH: the service to his advantage, tut he held on.
hoping that some day he would be advanced the to the head of a division o.
To q chief lerkship, but he has dreamed dreams that never can true There
naver was a chance fol him t. advance higher than $1,000 a year There are
hundreds of others struggling along with him and against him, so he has done
uaut tn keen his head above the water Besides, he is not in sympathy with
the party in power, and If he was he has been trudgng an obscure path
long that he is lost to helping congressional influence. lie hal
boan away ron his state, his district, his home so long that he has
1osth MIS- identity and his congressman feels only a reminiscent interest in him
81 into thu scar and yellow leaf of routine service he is doomed to pass,
a roughly, disappointed and oftentmes a remorseful old man. who might have
rIoved a wider and deeper furrow IL he had stayed on the government reser-
ation-Nauonal Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
Worlds oIdsst rune.

What is the Oldest tune in the
world? At the battle Of Leipzig, about
100 years ago, where Napoleon was
beaten, Bonaparte walked about soft
" whistling the tune OF Mail brook
sen va-t-en guerre.g It Is a very old
tune, and has many words put to It.
II is the tune that has acquired I'VE
won't 80 home TO morning and For
hos a jolly good fellow
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
Ads for ~lmm,arants.

STANDARDIZATION J. Schneider.
chief immigration commissioner of
Missouri, has announced that the
commission will start an aggressive
newspaper advertising campaign soon
to get homeseekers to settle in Mis-
souri,.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
Would Prevent Hasty MARRIAGES.

Chicago.--A bureau to prevent hasty
marriages is being organized here. A
card index eystem and court record OF
every person cntangled in domestic
roubles is being gotten up. Pastors
re requested to look up the index be-
re tying a marriage knot.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
The perfect Nall.

The perfect nail ought to be white
and naturally polished; transparent
without being too thin; slightly pink
and not brittle! length to the ends Of
the fingers. Such are the nails OF
those possessing refinement, correct
natural taste and tact.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
knomledne of Ru,ineas.

Then 1t ia this evening that you
are giving the ring to your fiancee?
And IL the engagement is broken off?"
"Oh, don't worry | shall demand c
receipt."-Le SQUIRE (Paris).
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
Unsuspected Man confesses.

Hannibal.--John Kidwell was ar
rested here after he had confessed to
the murder Of the McAnnally family
an aged man. his wife and a grown
daughter-with an ak at Wellington,
Kan, Oct. IS, 1912. He had never
been suspected.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
AIdarman NOT Morrled.

Chicago.-"I should worry said Al
derman John II. Bauler when the Mu-
nicipal Voters league applied the term
"amoeba' to him. Il don't know what
the word means and neither does any
one in my ward" The "amoeba" is the
lowest form Of animal life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
would e Productive Land.

III is estimated that there r more
than 100000 acres of land in the
Russian steppcs which would be ex
cecdingly well suited to the produc.
ton o. cotton y properly irrigated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
Latter pay Saints, Meeting Ends.

Beyier.-The quarterly church and
Sunday school conference Of the Lat
ter Day Saints (Mormons) for the
north Missouri district ended q three
days session in Bevier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
Chance Must Have Been a Little Too Caustic

ID REPRESENTATIVE ADAMsoN wrote to NJ O. Chance, chief clerk 0. the
N postohce department, a little while ago in behalf of a clerk, A. = Moody
a cnlnred man. from Georgia. He said to Mr. Chance that the clerk was Q
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05

man who had been sprinting after 1t
gave up the chase.
And as he gasped and w~heezed-red
and wind blown-this is what a batch
of fellow men heard him yell-every
last man OF them chuckling at the
DOR chap-which is the way Of man,
except when he's chasing a hat OF his
own:
You can keep 1t up to Jericho, II
YOU want to. I'm done--you unholy
roIlar vou" He shook himself with
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05

Jefferson City.-Joshua F. Barbee,
Saline county, has announced himself
as a candidate for speaker Of the
house.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05

With many a man economy begins
ii home and cnes on the Great Wits
WSy.-Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05

helpless and hopeless government
clerk lameDting his unhappy lot. He
realizes that he is "in bad" and yearns
for one more chance 20 right himself.
He is in the net and cannot escape.
He would like to extricats himself, but
that is impossible. Perhaps his head
has whitened and his hands have PAL
sled in the service, and his years Of
steady employment are ~unrepressnted
by a dollar saved. His fate is sealed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
Saddest Plant One Ever Hears in Washington

WORKING for Uncle Sam. which at first is a vocation, orentimes becomes
w a disease, and al incurable one The saddest plant one eerh hears in
Mashington-sadder than the wall Of the rejected office seeker-4s that Of the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05
AS Everybody Knows, Findings Is Keepings'

A FIERCE winters wind went tangoing down the avenue the other day.
a with derby hat dancing along But 1t wasn't a hesitation dance. It
-I- IL ansoa md roMed onward for three MhnlNindY sdnaresu until the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-03-05

that would avert the smashing of 10 per cent. Of the eggs laid by the American
hen. The farmers boy of years ago cal recall the time when eggs shd at
from five to ten cents a dozen, and even under those conditions the smashing
Of al egg was a real calamity.
70 The omnipresent egg on the breakfast table recalls the story tdd b. ne
late Senator Allison Ola broken egg that led to an Indian war In Minnesota
In 1862 several Sioux Indians appeared in q farmers dooryard n saw a nest
of eggs with hen sitting O it, as IN industrious hen is wont Ito do. An Indian
picked up ne of the eggs and his companions warned him not to break 1t as
it belonged to a white man Having a general contempt or all palefaces The
brave could not resist smashing the egg. He proceeded to break the others in
the nest while another Sioux shot the hen, scared from her nest, A third
Sioux to show his heroisn, sent a bullet through the farmers COW, when
brought the farmer o the door, rifle in hand; and a fourth Indian, to show his
supreme bravery and his contempt for the white mar, shot the farmer dead
This bloody outrage was completed by massacing the farmers wife and chill
dren. i,E SWISS p fHsn-t
Thus from a bit of mischief started by a broken egg, there followed a y
volt at the Indian reservation.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-25
WITH YEARS COME WIsDoE.
Ono 10 Less Prone to Believe Discred-
table Gossip When Age Has
Sllvored the Hair.

Don't believe everything you hear"
Did you ever reflect how mich moro
that saying appeals to you as you get
on in years and accumulate expert
ence? When you were young yoa
might mention the name Of Z. friend.
That fellow?" q companion would ex'
claim, why he's . jackass and crook
combined. Don't trust him Very like
ly he would go on to give !'0's in detail
an instance of some crooked deal in
which your friend was involved.
He would be so obviously sincere
about it all that he would make an Inn
preston on you, remarks The Kansas
City Star. Shocked, you would begin
to revise your estimate OF your friend
and regard him with suspicion. Laier
you might happen to stumble on % the
fact that the detailed story so discred-
table to him was false. Eventually
you would be assured tha+ the preju-
dices of your companion N,Io gave you
the warning had run away with him
and that your friend was all right
AS a person grows older he learns
that most persons are constitutionally
inaccurate, that they will relate the
widest rumors as If they were real
facts, and that it is the comnOaest
thing In the world for a person to re-
late as II true discrcditable incl
dent that he actually knows nothing
about Prejudice, or even the love OF
a well embroidered story, will run
away with the average man or woman.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-25
Makes Witherspoon and
Hensley Appear Ridiculous

The Scientific American never
views any question from any
point except that Of the techni-
cal and practical; politics and
sentiment have no influence in
shaping its judgments. We give
below an opinion that appeared
in the last number of that journ-
al on the relative naval strength
of the United States as compared
with that of Germany:
Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Roosevelt, in a recent con
versation with half a dozen cap
tains of the United States Navy,
asked them which they would
rather command in The event of
fight between one "Wyoming'
and ten "Oregons. Five of the
six said they would prefer to take
the "Wyoming." The sixth
thought he would take his chance
with the ten "Oregons' because
the one "Wyoming" might blow
up. Now this unanimous choice
of the "Wyoming' was made for
readily understood reasons. The
twelve so caliber 12-inch guns of
the dreadnought would greatly
outrange the old 35-caliber 13
inch guns of the Oregon" and
the superior speed of the modern
ship of q knots, as against the
present speed of, say, Az knots
of the "Oregons," would enable
the wyoming" to maintain a
distance of ten or twelve thous-
and yards, well beyond the effec-
tive range of the old 13inch
pieces, and silence or sink the
ten "Oregons" one by one, or
three or four at time for that
matter.
1t is considerations such as
these that have led the naval
powers to disregard the pre-
dreadnought battle-ship in esti-
mating the strength of the first
fighting line of modern navies;
and it was sheer ignorance of
these facts that led Mr.. Wither-
spoon of Mississippi in his rec
ent examination of Secretary
Daniels before the House Naval
Affairs Committee, to make the
ridiculous statement that the
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-25
Less Than Two Grammes of
Radium in United States.

There are certain facts to be
borne in mind in regard to the
radiun situation, and the first
and most important is that there
are less than two grammeS of ra-
dium in the entire United States
at the present time. In the en-
:ire wor d. the supply is estimat-
ed at 30 grammes, and the bulk
OF this came from American ore.
1t is stated ON authority that not
more than two American physi-
clans have enough radium to use
in the treatment of cancer. One
of these is DR.. Kelly, the famous
! Baltimore surgeon. and he has
more than half the entire supply
! in the entire country. He de-
clares that instead of one gram
me, he should have ten grammes.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-25
Three Men Stupid With Drink
Perish In Flames


y h"rF!o'e >i~I'' l'F'S' .'''i H.
sell 4a>' SATURDAY hi-iit Wien
the oooieS OF 'i''ee NE" "e'e {
ofaSEe' 'r''lh III" 'hfii'i'4 H.
hefS of 'he o." camp ''''~' 81
H'rt'''dt'e''hf, '"' i''" uH'h ''.'i'-
ti't WAS an III toN> f"ii''H ne
nFe was seen p} fe>lf't'it> "i 'IIe
town a few minutes hel"ft I'll e
''oth "ho a! SOON '''-' '''' II -
II WAS III" ''o f"ii|''' i St'|f
al 'h'h'!i> III" pace '3'' zee l. >"-
ca''' u. 'N Gem '"''\ VIE
merry "9'" 1t 10 ''''''' ''' al /
the l'a'ifi- op"'a''"i. 'i'"' o1'N>
'he urhact>. > nee II vs. il 81
dohed by lhe t'hI'a1 y " il W
noatins characters iiad quarter
,ed IN The place
But little interest was taken IN
the fire, \ few men ana boys
went down ana :onho several
men getting out OF tie buIldlhe'
1t was noticed Sha' some were
very much unoer the ihhuehce
OF "hlskey anu one man was pa /,
led ont OF the nfe after ne hao
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-25
Read 1t Inside and Out.

Over in the lead belt the man
ager of one of the companies de
sired to get rid of inefficient EN-.
ploye, a foreigner, so he wrote
him letter firing him. A week
or so later he saw the man back
at work, so he called the fore.
man on the carpet for taking
the man back.
But" said the foreman, ''the
man told me you ordered him
back to work."
Send the man to me, barked
the manager. When the man
appeared the manager said tc
him:
John, did you read the letter
| sent you the other day"
20 YES replied John, smil
ing, I read him, l read him
both inside and out
Then why did you come
back to work:'
why, inside the letter it say
you no want me any longer, out
side you say, return in five
days, so l wait five days and
then come back; thank you,'
replied John.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-25
COUNTY EACHERS' EXAMINA-
TIONS, IARCH 9Th and 7th.
State Superintendent Instructions.
REGULATIONS.

l. Examinations should De.
GIN a s a. Ii and 1886 and close
at 12:3O ant 500 on each cay.
This will give 8 hours d day for
examinations.
=. Subjects should be given
IN the ordernamei below. Each
subject musl be Completed ard
paper handed in before the next.
). No subject should be given
at any other time than as inaicat-
ed below.
1. Applicants should be ex-
cnsed for an. half dag when they
have finished all the Worl. OF l!.si
session. No visitors allowed.
). The numbei, Of ,ue ap,,..
can't and the numtle. VI the sub
ject should be wi'i.tln n in upper
right hand corner, ~0i the name
Of the county in the; }.ter at the
top of the page. Et:nher ans
were to correspond TO number
Of question i'll order. Do ,.ut
write the Question, but let the
answer indicate the question.
6. Write i" nnper left hand
corner 'Cou,t., s~pt. "or State
Supt,' to indicate which shall
grade your papers.
Z. Every question should be
graded separately, and marked
with colored pencil OF ink. BY
adding, get the grade of the pa
per and write it TO the left Of ap-
plicant's mum mber at top of page.
8. Each applicant should have
a separate desk, and no commu-
nication should be allowed. No
questioning should be permitted.
The proper Interpretation OF the
questions is part Of the eXamin-
alton. Any communication in
validates the examination.
9. Do not fold your papers.
and be sure that Your number
and county are on every paper
you write.
10. 1llegible papers wills be
counted against the applicant
II Give full solution OF all
arithmetic and algebra problems.