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The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-06-29
MARouETTEs WIN GAME.

With a score Of % to 13. the
Maruuettes won the baseball game
yesterday from the Van Dyckk
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-06-29
VICTORIA SAILS.

SEATTLE, June 28.-The steamer
Victoria will sail from here tomorrow
afternoon, for Alaskan ports.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-06-29

Carranza's representatives are now
in Washington, and 1t is reported here
that they are not intending to take
part in any further peace delibera
tions However. this report has not
been verified.
President Huerta's delegates are
now on hand. and assert their read
mess to carry out the provisions OF
the peace agreement reached few
days ago Indeed. the only obstacle
confronting the peace commission
is the fear that the rebel chief will
block further negotiations.
CONSPIRACY CHARGED.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. June 2S.-
Carranza's private secretary, Bre
cada, made the charge here today
that the break between Carranza and
Villa was brought about through
conspiracy promoted by General
Angeles and Huerta's private secre.
tary.
Brecada intimates that Angeles was
hired by Huerta through the latter's
secretary to buy from carranza his
promotion to a superior rank than
that enjoyed by Villa, the purpose
being to arouse Villas jealousy. The
scheme worked, but Carranza re-
duced Angeles when he found that
Villa would desert him II he al
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-06-29
ENJOYS FEAR CARRANzA
WILL STOP PEACE WORK
Members Of Conference Express Belief That Rebel Leader Losing
His Head as a Result of Recent Vcoies--Carranzas
Secretary Tells Of Alleged Conspiracy

lowed the appointment to remain
valid
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
SEEING HOLLAND BY WATER
Once the putchman's Tyrant, He Has
Tanned It and Made It His
Servant.

Amsterdam, Holland.-The traveller
by the waterways in an economist.
The railways are not as cheap as they
are unpunctual and dilatory. There
is, granted, no better way of seeing
and seeming the flower fields between
Amsterdam and Harlem than from
the light railway, half train, half tram.
Its halts at clean, bright villages lend
zest and variety, and provide a little
insight into the homely comfort of the
countryside. But it is by water that
the Dutchman is best expressed. The
passive melancholy of his fallen cities
is best seen in the empty waters and
un~frequented n of their water
ways. The placid aloofness and old
worldiness of his villages displays it.
self most openly in the unaffected ex-
element and curiosity occasioned by
an unaccustomed sail or funnel. There
is over all the waterways the sense Of
the pleasure Of the ace in quiet things
in neat, secretive houses gazing at
their reflections in the glimmering
waters; in green trees along the prom
enades, even on the busy "boomjes'
of Rotterdam; and in the seemly dig
nifty of streets into whose homes the
wayfarer cannot peer. At Alkmaar
one a leave the ornate weigh house
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
From His Point of View.

why aren't you over in Europe,
fighting for your country" asked the
American of the European who wanted
a nickel to get a drink.
Il fought over dere once" answered
the foreigner.
"Ah! And did you stand your
ground when a real battle came?"
No, sir; l ruined away"
What! You ran at the first shot"
"Yessir, mister. An if l know eet-
come sooner, l run before dat"
That's an awful confession Of cow
ardice. Do you consider your life
worth more than other peoples lives?
Is your life worth more than the life
of your brave captain, of your valor~
GUS colonel, your intrepid general?"
"Yessir, it be worth more"
What do you mean, worth more?''
Worth more to me, amt it,"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
HARD TIMES TO FIGURE OUT
With Nobody Making Any Money vaca-
ZIONIST Could Not Understand
Who Had Got His.

We called on a friend at his office,
Wednesday morning, says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. The reason we
called was that he had been on a va
cation, and we wanted to ask him ii
he had had a good time and to tell
him how we had missed him. But as
we were ushered in, he didn't look
up from his work. He just went on
scribbling, waved us to a chair, and
said:
Nov, don't distrust me any more
than you a help. Call me a liar, but
don't rub it I'M"
What DO you mean?" we asked.
Then he looked up, and said:
ooh! l thought 1t vas my wife.
That's what l was going to say to her.
I'll tell you how it is. The summer
hotelkeepers say they amt making
any money this year. The railroads
say they are running at a loss. Every
public servant is whining about hard
times-hasn't been able to make a
cent. See? Well, | spent $3.50 in the
last ten days, and I'm trying to figure
out how l could have spent that much
for board and bathing suits"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
HE KNEW ONLY ONE JAMAICA
Possibly in His Civic Pride Man Could
Not Imagine the Possibility Of
Their Being Another.

A New York artist, who had Just
returned from Jamaica, West Indies,
showed in his studio some paintings
of Jamaica scenery.
One day a man who had been stroll
ing through the studio stopped before
a certain picture and said: What is
this?"
"A scene in Jamaica" said the art
list.
jamaica" repeated the visitor.
That's strange. l don't remember
aver seeing anything like that in
Jamaica"
you have been there timer" asked
the artist.
Il live there"
Then surely you must be acquaint-
ed with this place. 1t is a street
scene in the principal town Of the
island"
The man from Jamaica looked at
the artist for a moment as If he
thought he must be daft. Then he
said:
II live in Jamaica, and there isn't
a street in the town that bears the
slightest resemblance to that pic.
ture."
The mention Of Jamaica as a town
cleared away the mist.
Il see," said the artist, you live in
Jamaia, L. l."
Sure" said the other. is there
another Jamaica anywhere?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
FACE FULL or PIMPLES

4240 So. California Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
About a year ago my face was full
Of pimples and red spots. To sleep
one night without itching was almost
impossible. Some of the pimples
would get big and red and If / touched
them they would pain, while others
would get white heads on them and
when they broke open some matter
anne out. They would burn and itch
and I scratched them so that some
times they would break and bleed.
That always caused them to be worse.
Il bought all kinds Of salves and
creams and I found out that they did
me no good. l noticed the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment advertisement and
! sent for a free sample. l went to
the drug store and bought a cake of
Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura
Ointment and / found the pimples
were drying out. In two months /
was WELL" (Signed) Chas. ]. Peck,
May 7, 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston."-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
LOCKED AMID 1925 MELONS
Quite = Few, Are Left When Young
Negro Boy In Freight Car
Reaches New York.

New York.-Literature and art
record many exquisite versions Of
what heaven may be like, but realism
stepped in at Jersey City and offered
this:
A small colored boy locked In with
"a carload Of watermelons! Surpris-
ingly enough, when a Baltimore &
Ohio freight train pulled into Jersey
City and Fred Mitchell, thirteen, the
colored boy referred to, was found.
there were Of the 1925 melons
shipped In the car quite a few left.
Fred, who thinks the trip lasted
fully three days, doesn't remember
how he came to get In the car, but
there he was when somebody at VII
mington, N. 81, locked the door. His
father, Wesley Mitchell. Of Whining
ton, has been notified.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27

cording to directions on the bottle and
she is cured of this trouble. She was
all run down when she started taking
the Compound and her periods did not
come right She was SO poorly and
weak that 1 often had to help her dress
herself, but nov she is regular and is
growing strong and healthy" Mrs.
MARTIN HELv1G, Plover, Iowa.
Hundreds Of such letters expressing
gratitude for the good Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has accom-
plished are constantly being received,
proving the reliability of this grand old
remedy.
If you are ill do not drag along and
continue to suffer day in and day out but
at once take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, a woman's remedy for
woman's ills.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf
dential) Lynn, Mass. 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, 1914-08-27

a pot, and Price was to convey II to q
greenhouse, and
It was. in short, g remarkable con
spiracy against one poor strawberry.
Thursday was the day set for the *
pertinent, and on that afternoon Price
came to tea. Minna made them have
tea before going into the garden. But
both men we're too much absorbed in
thought to eat much. In vain Minna
tempted them with her scenes and
cakes.
Won't you try a little more of my
jam?" she asked Price coaxingly.
You know, it was you and Johnny
who are responsible for it."
How is that, my dear?" John asked.
why, I've made it from the best
fruit in the garden she answered,
and l put the blended strawberry in.
just as you told me-"
"What?" yelled both men in chorus.
Dear me, how excited you both
are" said Minna loftily. Didn't you
tell me, Johnny, that it was to be pre-
served carefully?"
"You-you put the strawberry-the
strawberry in that jam?" inquired John
Hilton, gazing at his wife stonily.
Yes, Johnny. Wasn't that right?"
20, yes, it was right enough" re-
piled her husband. "Only-well, you
have lost us a fortune, Minna, that's
ALL"
Henry Price glared at the poor WON
an and then, without a word, dashed
out into the hall and thrust on his hat.
A moment later the garden gate
slammed to behind him.
This sound, indicative of his final de-
parture, relieved the tension Of the sit
uation. Minna put her head down
upon her folded arms. John rose uI
awkwardly and came behind her and
put his arms about her,
Never mind, dear" he said. ut was
my fault, and you couldn't have
known. I'll try again, Minna. DOM
cry!"
The tears we're streaming dowr
Minna's face, but she was not cryingi
she was laughing Historically.
20, Johnny" she said, "I-it-well
it wasn't true!"
Not true! You didn't put the blend
ed strawberry
mo. It's still there where It was
growing. But just wanted to pay
that old Henry Price for being &c
mean. You see, / heard what he said
and"
"Minna," said John, solemnly, five
minutes later, when he had satisfied
himself that the straberry was really
there, Il guess things have beer
evened up now. You'll forgive ole
Henry, won't you? And we'll ask hin
to tea tomorrow"
All right, DEAR" answered Minna
"And we won't say any o abou'
preserves, will wei"
Copyright. 1914. by w. G. Chapman.)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
orIoln Of Moss Rose.

A German story gives the origin Of
the moss rose as follows: Once upon a
time an angel. having a mission Of love
to suffering humanity came down to
earth. Being tired, he sought q place
wherein to rest, but as 1t Jared with
his Master, so 1t Jared with him, there
was NO room for him, and no one
would give him shelter. At last he lay
down under the shade Of q rose, and
slept till the rising sun awoke him.
Before making his way ~heavenward
he addressed the rose and said, as
1t had given him shelter which man
denied, 1t should receive an enduring
token of his power and love, and so,
leaf by leaf, twig by twig, the soft
green moss grew around the stem, and
there 1t is to this day, a cradle in
which the newborn ros may lie, a
proof, as the angel said, of divine
power and love.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27

Mr.. William H. Maxwell, superin-
tendent of New York's public schools,
quotes with no little zest a compost
ton, based on a moving picture play,
that a boy of ten wrote. The best
paragraph an:
THE villun curled his mustarsh, and
seeing the pure vurgin shreeks ha ha
be mine or deaths blud is on my head
this dagger stabs thee to thy utermost
sole ha ha vengunze vengunze. But
the good hero kurses and says o hev-
ms hevins stur one step and thy ded
body lies at my door. lay one parm
on the vurgins korpse and 1t was bet.
ter if you was drowned with a mill.
stone. Avarnt avarnt from this sweet
korpses presunz."-Youth's Compan'
ion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
BLAckBIRD REDEEMs ITSELF
Proved to Be Deadly Enemy Of Pesti-
ferrous Webworm, Scodrge Of
Sugar Beet Farms.

Wellington. Col.-The lowly black
bird has redeemed himself after long
years of derision and contempt gra-
tuitously heaped upon him by migrate
full man in all countries and in all
ages. He has proved himself the
Nemesis of the webworm.
While the agricultural college ex-
perts are seeking some method of ex-
termination OF at least holding in
check the ~destroyers of the sugar beet,
the pestiferous webworm, C. F. os-
born. field superintendent of the Great
Western Sugar company in the Well
ington district. tells of the work of a
large flock of ~blackbirds which seems
to sound the death knell of the beet
pest.
One day last week about ten acres
of an eighty-acre farm of beets be-
longing to G. o. Culver, south Of Well
ington, was attacked by a vast horde
of webworms. 1t is well known that
If left unchecked they will completely
destroy a field of beets in from a
week to ten days.
Mr.. Culver was watching the speedy
destruction of his crop with no chance
of heading it off. Early Sunday morn
ing the heavens were darkened by the
flight of a vast flock of blackbirds
which circled around a couple of times
and settled down on the field where
the webworms were enjoying the first
banquet of their short young lives.
The tale is almost told. The black
birds remained industriously at work
all that day and return to the feast
the next day with just as ven ap
petites for the %succulent webworms as
on the previous day. In fortyeight
hours the field was cleaned of worms
and now the beets are growing vigor
ously.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
The PUorim.

Alfred Noyes, the exponent of pay
ing poetry" told a good story at
Princeton.
"One morning." he said, my work
was interrupted by a westerner. He
rushed in on me enthusiastically He
bruised my hand with the power of his
cordial clasp. He made me sit down
and write my name SO times on a
sheet of foolscap that he drew from his
pocket-he wanted to distribute, he
explained, my autograph among all his
friends. He even urged me to write a
poem for him-to dash a poem off
while he looked on. This failing, he
would not go till / had read him a
good half.dozen selections from my
works"
Mr.. Noyes sighed.
And all the time he ended, "the
duffer called me Boyes."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
EASY TO DEFEAT THIS ENEMY
Peril That Turks In the Unwashed
Hand Is Great, but There ls'
One Way to Safety.

Just a minute please--the most dan
gerous and vicious enemy of the home,
the family and civilized society has
again been discovered lurking In its
lair or something equally a bad.
Every now and then, you know, this
dangerous enemy is run to earth and
exposed like a gopher with a fox ter
rier at its heels-and the home, the
family and modern society r rescued
In the nick of time, like the maiden
torn from the burning building by the
picture show, says the Detroit Free
Press. On this occasion DR.. c. e.
Langworthy of Washington tells us
that the most dangerous enemy Of our
lares and penates and other institu-
lions is the human hand, because the
hand spreads germs, especially when
used in a none too clean state in the
preparation of food. Diseases thus
spread are likely to dash Ut on the
rocks of oblivion or some other i'm
movable, inert object, see? Doctor
Langworthy does not go so far as to
suggest amputation of unclean hands
when found in the possession of cooks,
That would be rather too radical
wouldn't it? He merely gently init
mates that to abolish this peril to
society, health and happiness cooks
would do we'll to cultivate the custom
Of frequently bathing their hands In
clean, pure water diluted with an aka
line mixture known as soap. Easy
isn't it? And the remedy is procur
able almost anywhere at ar expense
so small as to be within the reach Of
the leanest purse.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
E~xtravaqant Tips.

In the town of York Harbor, Me-,
where a large proportion of the leisure
classes of the Hub goes in the sum-
mer, there is a very small boy by the
name of Allen. Last Sunday they took
him to church. All went well, and not
a sound was heard from him till after
the m was over and the usher
was passing the plate.
The little fellow dropped in some
money as directed, but when he gazed
upon the dignifed, frock coated plate
passer, he could contain his curiosity
no longer.
Mother he said, why do we pay
that Teller? He amt done nothing!"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
Pass the VINEGAR.

"A gaily gowned and %garrulous house
maid sat down by an acquaintance on
a trolley and at once said:
Hello, Sadie! Where you Twin
now?"
"Nowheres," was the reply.
"How's thatf"
I'm married"
"You ANTI"
Sure thing. Look at that!"
She held UP her ungloved left hand
in triumph; for there on the thiEd fin
ger was q shining new wedding ring.
Staring at It In wonder for q mo-
ment, the other girl asked, We'll. who
got stungf"-Associated Sunday Mag
azines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
Unmade History.

At the presidents first call for
troops, militants took the field with
ardor. All they asked was to be
shown the enemy.
But the casualties of the ensuing
campaign were appalling. The re-
sources of the Red Cross were pitt
fully inadequate, At times half the
combatants were seriously If not
MORALLY freckled.
Inevitably spirits dropped. A pickle
and a banana were added to the daily
ration, but the response was not COM
mensurate with the expense.
What shall it profit a to-
prove that she can fight as well as a
man and lose her complexion" SOL
diers were heard to ask one another
CONTINUOUSLY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27

and the chatter of tradesmen and
come in five minutes to a canal side,
ineffably remote. At Zaandam the pill
grims to the hut Of Peter the Great
which has collapsed under the votive
offerings Of royalty-have not trou-
bled the rush-fringed waters. Water
has nodded the character of the
Dutchman. 1t was long his tyrant and
is still, In some sort, his enemy. He
has tanned 1t and made 1t his servant,
and lives beside it-having taken all
thrifty precautions-in peace. And
what is servant to the Dutchman may
be to Englishman a guide and a friend.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
EVENING UP THINGS
BY HAROLD CARTER.

John Hilton stopped down and
raised a small. speckled object out of
the mud of his garden. His friend adj
justed his spectacles upon his nose,
stopped down also and began examin-
ing it.
"John," he said solemnly, arising.
you are a lucky man."
Then began John Hilton, with
trembling voice.
1T is Just what you thought" an
swered the other 1T is the blended
strawberry"
WORTH"
"A plant like that would be worth
about two thousand dollars" said
Price. But you must take care of it,
John. How in the world"
John Hilton told him. The blended
strawberry, which would bear fruit all
the summer, had already been created.
six years before, by Bergback. But the
plant died, and fifty thousand cross.
ings had failed to develop it again. 1t
was, in fact, a sport" a cross be
tween two species that would not pro
duce fruit, though 1t was a simple mat.
ter to induce a luxurious growth OF
leaves. John had seen the possibilities
of strawberry culture. And he, only
a commuter, toiling all day in a stuffy
insurance Office, had grown this won
der.
The seeds Of the strawberry would
be fertile. There was no doubt Of that
But the plant had borne only one fruit
just as. Bergback's had done. Berg
backs had died in a nipping frost that
swept down upon his plantations. But
this was June, and there was no feal
of frOsts any more.
"Minna!" called John Hilton excited
ly, as he saw the lilac ribbons Of a sun
bonnet appear at the back porch
"Minna, come here! Come at once!"
A pretty little woman made her way
toward the excited pair. Minna Hilton
was a bride of eight months. She was
still as much in love with John as wher
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
The Execution.

Uncle lack, the stable man, enjoyed
local repute as a weather prophet.
Miss Cassie, coming down early one
morning, found lack On the back
porch.
us the rain going to last all day,
Zack?" she asked.
"Yessum, All reckin it is"
why, lack" Miss Cassie said, y
have always heard you say, Rain be-
fore seven, clear before eleven Isn't
that true?"
"Yessum, it's strictly true" Uncle
lack maintained stoutly, "jes 'ceptine
it doan' apply to an all-day rain
ma'am.'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
Grateful for the Assistance.

A burglar, in the act of breaking
open a safe, was greatly astonished,
on raising his head, to see a man in
tently watching his proceedings. He
tried to escape, but the man stopped
him, saying:
GO on, my friend. / am deeply in-
terested in your work"
How so?" the thief inquired in great
surprise.
Because l have lost the key to this
safe; and If you manage to open it you
shall be handsomely rewarded for your
trouble"