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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18
WITH THE TURKISH ARMIES
Soldiers of the Sultan Somewhat Diff
ferent From the Opinion oener-
ally Entertained.

The popular western conception oil
the Turkish army is something In the
nature Of a wild zouave, marshaled IN
battalion and fired with a fanatical,
homicidal mania. But nowhere in
Turkey will you find such a concep-
ton realized. The great majority OF
Ottoman regulars are ~singularly plain,
unp~icturesque, unpretentious soldiery.
On their heads they wear either gray
bashlyks wound turbanwise, or plain
fezzes or "kalpaks" of a yellowish
brown color corresponding to their
German made uniforms of rough wool
en- cloth. Their legs are wound in a
bulky way with the same material in
a Turkish conception of a puttee, and
on their feet either short boots or the
soft leather moccasinlike shoes Of the
Balkans give them a comfortable agrl-
cultural look. Singly or in bulk, there
is nothing at all smart about them, but
they look exceedingly equal to the de-
livery of the goods. Altogether they
appear as well able to fade indisttn-
guishably into the landscape as any
thing human could. Many of them are
Anatolians and some are ruddy-faced
Kurds from the Caucasus; others
come from the Taurus mountains,
back of Konia and Aleppo, swarthy
Syrians and Arab types. Any n OF
them will fight at the drop of a hat;
he would not have to change anything.
There is nothing about him to polish
or to be kept clean. AS he stands ne
sleeps and eats, drills, marches and
goes into battle.-World's Work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18
MOTHER LOOK At
CH|LDS TONGUE
II cross, feverish, cOnstipated,
give California Syrup
of Figs"

A laxative today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become clogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
o
Look at the tongue, mother! If coat
ed, OF your child is listless, cross, few
erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat
heartily, full of cold or has sore throat
or any other children's ailment. give a
teaspoonful of California Syrup of
Figs" then don't worry, because it is
perfectly harmless. and in a few hours
all this constipation poison, sour bile
and fermenting waste will gently
move out of the bowels, and you have
a well. playful child again. A thor
ough inside cleansing" is ofttimes all
that is necessary. 1t should be the
first treatment given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle OF
California Syrup of Figs" which has
full directions for babies, children OF
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18
Aroused Painful Memories.

All Farmer Hayseed's hands we're
in the village choir. At Christmas
they used to come round to their
masters home, and after much sing
ing, or rather bawling, receive a
gratuity. This Christmas being an
extremely dark night, they took a
stable lantern with them, and ar
ranged themselves on Hayseed's lawn.
They had scarcely got through the
first verse of while shepherds
watched" when the old farmers head
appeared at the window, and a voice
floated through the air. Say, you
chaps" roared the glum-looking farm
err, as he threw a handful of money
to the peace disturbers, "Tll give my
blessing freely if you'll only sing
Christians, awake or Ark the 'erald
hangels sing but, for 'eaven's sake
doan't e sing While shepherds
watched Last Christmas, whites yor
we're a murderin' that same tune
some villyuns come long an lifted
eight of ma best sheep from under
your bloomin' noses"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18
RENEWING Carbon paper.

When carbon paper has been used
several times the preparation becomes
almost worn OF in some parts, while
other parts Of the paper are as good as
new. The process OF renewing is very
simple, and it can be done by anyone
without special apparatus. All that is
necessary is to hold the paper in front
of a fire or over a radiator a few Sec
onds. The heat will cause the prepa-
ration to dissolve and spread oyer the
paper, so that when it is dry the paper
will have a new coating. This a be
repeated, and in some cases will dou-
BILE the life of the carbon paper.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18
Dwarf Telephone,

At a recent meeting of the Royal
society, London, DR.. P. de Lange of
Utrecht exhibited a telephone in the
form of a small cylinder of about the
diameter of a pencil and half an inch
long. A very fine wire of platinum is
variably heated by the passage of
talking currents through it, producing
expansions and contractions of the
surrounding air and hence throwing
out corresponding sound waves. The
receiver is small enough to be insert
ed in the ear and acts as a seal to ex'
clude extraneous noises.-Scientific
American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18

ject to every kind Of humiliation and
Generalization! AS Il is, a good,
likely lad is damned to ruin because
society Is too morally indolent and too
selishly un-Christian TO do its Plain
duty in the care of the young. Heigho!
Prison is an easy substitute for social
responsibility GOOD Words. Atlantis
(Ga.) Prison Paper.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18

a mischievous group that, in the way
of a lark rather than with any vicious
ness, broke into a freight car and
helped themselves to some beer. A
few years ago a Gaming, or at most a
summons to the police court, would
have been considered an adequate
punishment. Now, under the inter-
state commerce law, he is hurled into
the company Of every kind Of bad uns'
for a preparatory course in honorable
citizenship s,t 1lR,
Think Of him in an Institution of
the old regime. a mere number, sub.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18

tainment to be given by the inmates,
under the management of our able
director, 1882. who assures US Of his
best Efforts DO you get that? Our
able director, 1882 Think Of 1t! A
man of recognized ability among his
fellows whose identity is lost In a
numberl Look around you and Judge
for yourself Of the difference 1t makes
In the character and bearing OF the
men where numbers are dropped for
names.
See that boy over there-he isn't
twenty. He was the kid member Of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18
PRISON PAPER MAKES PLANT
o,,o,ss Mild hammered Man In Indict
ment Of soclety's Treatment Of
the Unfortunate.

THE Mild hammered Man sat medi'
[,.,,ng on a bench, tunneling the en-
bankment with his heel I've got q
msa streak in me this afternoon" he
sssd when ~accosted. y was looking
ovcr ! COPY Of a prison paper Just be-
fore we came cut. There was h..le
nd,,orial announcement Of an enter
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18
The Commuters Run.

F~latbrush-I see it is said ito keep
himself in good physical condition,
the czar Of Russia takes a brisk run
of about three-ffths of a mile every
morning before breakfast"
Bensonhurst-If the car were an
ordinary commuter he'd probably
take that brisk run after breakfast.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18
Obvious.

Maud-What makes Carol so dis
liked?
Beatrix-She got the most votes for
being popular Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18

A word to the wise is said to be
sufficient-but did you ever notice
how many words people use in talking
to you?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18

Get Much Coal From Manehurls,
japanese are producing more than
2O.000. 900 tons of coal a year from.
mines In Japan and South Manchu l.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18
Like the Implication.

Some men like to be considered
tightwads because Of the< implication
that they have money when they
havent.-Houston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18

The silk industry of Italy is particu-
larly affected by the war, exports
having vitality increased.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18
Naturally So.

"Airships are very expensive. are
they not?"
We'll, they make the money fly"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18

When a woman is able to make
some other woman jealous she real
ICES that she has not lived in vain.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18
This One.

Germany seems to have a mania
for %embroiling the other nations"
Eyes; this time it is Ru-mania."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18

1t is stated that no city in the
world produces newspapers in such a
variety of languages as New York.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18
Not Likely.

She-They say the new hats and
gowns are to be of moderate size.
He-I hope the bills will match.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18

Very little else ~provokes a proud
woman like the pride of some other
proud woman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18

Give some people their pick and
they'll proceed to pick flaws.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18

Philadelphia Sisters of Charity next
month celebrate the centennial Of
their advent In that city.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18
GNnAMN M9dHWGNlN

The bride was attired in heavy bro
caded white silk, interviewer with sill
yer thread. Her shoes were Of white
satin and sparkled with buckles OF
%brilliants. The bridegroom was cos
tuned in a blue cloth coat, lined with
red silk and ornamented with silver
trimmings. His shoes and knee
buckles were of solid gold, his hair
was powdered, and a sword hung at
his side. He appeared the beau ideal
of a gallant and a gentleman.
Mrs. Washington had four children
by her former marriage-Martha, Dan
iel, John Parke, and a girl, who died
in infancy. Washington fathered her
little progeny, but had none of his
own. providence" it raj said, had
denied the great man children that ne
might be the father of the whole
country" l..
Washington was fortunate in his
LIZ
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18

Hour" for her that "pitiless of my
Grief and Woes will not on me Pity
take"
The identity of this "Lowland Beau
ty," who was the object of Washing
toms first affections has been much
disputed. Losing, the historian, pro-
nounced her Mary Bland, and some
are inclined to the belief that she was
n Mice FiIhooI q hoautv nf Charles
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-02-20
CATHOLIC BIRTH RATE.

Commenting upon the. birth rate, in
New. York city, where it. IS shown that,
according to nationality, the Catholic
birth rate is the highest in the city,
the New York Sun said recently. is
Another interesting point lin this
report is of sociological significance
since it illustrates most forcibly the
influence of religious training. In the
Summary of Number of Births, Ac.
cording to Nationalities, the follow.
ing figures are instructive: The birth
rate among Germans was 11.61, among
French 1916, among English 1909
among Irish 1886, among Italians
1912, among Russians and Poles 47.62
among Austro-Hungarians 45.93 a
thousand families. These figures
show conclusively that parents Of
Catholic nationalities furnish the
larger increment of population in this
city. The difference is so large, the
average being 1850 among the Cath
olic to 1905 among the Protestant ma
tionalities, that it must prove of the
utmost significance to the social and
political economist, especially if the
comparative infrequency Of divorce
among the former class be consid
ered.' -
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sINGiNG ENEIVENs' THE EskIs
=. ''f-'S'9 MOS DAYS: 81 -

Some touch of gaiety is given to- the
'dreary life of the, Eskimos by the fact
that they, love to sing. This they do
from morning till night, even chant.
ing the lessons. the missionary gives
them! IT =
\ fTheff melodies Are strange and
somewhat weird, but as they have
never heard the rag-time of other
see,intries they are quite contented
with their musical efforts and find
them enlivening.'
Eskimos are docile and childlike
fTRey love the priest that comes te
evangelize them, and readily accept
his precepts... Putting these precepts
into actual. practice is another. matter
TO do this they need the: help of Chris
tian community life. When gathered
together near the mission, with q
church large enough to hold men
women and children at the same serw
ice, they do very we'll, but when scat
tered in isolated settlements they nat
urally feel less enthusiasm for the re
strictions of Christian doctrine.
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CHINESE FAMILY OF RELfeIops,

Rev. Leo Ting, a native Chinese
priest, has written to friends in this
country that he wishes to- show us a
proof of the surprising mercy of God.
Who in His goodness has granted the
grace of religious vocation to four
out of eight children. II :
Are not the words of the King of
Prophets truly applicable in our case?,
he asks. Raising up the needy from
the earth, that he may place him with
the princes of the people, We have
been Christians on my fathers Side
for three generations, and on my
mothers for more than ten. Ny
father died ten years ago and my
mother is now 66 years, old. Four of
their children have had The happiness
of entering the service. of Cad; They
are as follows.
81, Leo Ting, the second oldest, was
ordained to the priesthood IN zoos.
My brother, Luke Ting, the. third old
est, became a priest in 1865 and is
now professor at the Preparatory
Seminary at Hang-chow oldest
sister, Theresa, became a religious
and died three years ago after a life
spent in good works. Another sister,
Mary Scholastica, is a nun Of the So
ciety of Purgatory, and has been in
this order for 10 years. - +.
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It represents bitterness bigotry and
ignorance. Prof RockWAll. of Union
Theological Seminary. Sslits that no
really good history of the Society y Of
Jesus has been WTitHsKi5N any Eng
iish-spe Prot Abe contro-
versial spirit tfinnphiMg soyer the jh-
dicial or scholarly temper
cit is mot, true Results teach
that the end siistities tllea means. - It
rs not true that the. society is vast
political machine. Jeslitism repre-
sents simply the conservative mission
ary propaganda, the ruling principle
If which is the faith delivered to the
fathers and carried on by deyotees
trained in obedience to the authority
Of superiors. -,
MANY Jesuits have been men, Of
exalted virtue, courage and self-saeri-
Ace The sins of the Jesuits. have
been attributable to individual weak
ness and the character of ,the4times.
Let us do justice to those with whom
we differ Let the spirit of peace
and goodwill obtain between Catho.
lies and Protestantsy' 2@>la/-Z><
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order not to miss receiving Commtitl:

two . Ifothers whuH sare
obliged ITO go to work. early and can
mot in. consequence attend. ]. Mass,
came to him at9nine o'clock in tile
evening, after fasting all day, and
asked iif they might receive Conn
munion. &t5
-.'aDoes not devotion such as :this
filadng44he blush of 7shame to some Of
)duelr eadersj who often miss an oppor:
t5tnitx. of RECEIVING our Lord for some
,and L who claim that
their, health is injured by fasting a
few houra2 Think: Of the. sacrifices
these poor Chinese are willing to
make, and. then see how your manly
foolish objections will dwindle away.
In reparation to the Sacred Heart for
past indifference you might sendl a
little offering to Father Ouang to- help
him enlarge his church so that the en-
tires congregations Of 500 might he ac-
eommodated, At present there Is
room for but 800, and the remainder
have to hear Mass outside, in the. yard.
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kyM1SSsssSAMLss EIELpsA
MISSION FIELDS:A

help us, then indeed we must abandon
our work. Please have mercy on our
Christian Igorots! Have mercy on
these 100000 pagans who live in
American dominions. Our means are
nearly all used up, and il we4do. not
get something soon we must close our
school and send away our boys and
our girls. Oh! it is terrible to think
of. Please, by the mercy of Our Lord,
have mercy on us, and raise some. in.
terest in our missions.
THE Professionals in this town and
in our neighborhood spend thousands
and thousands of dollars, erect stone
buildings and try hard to make con.
Verts amongst the people. Oh, that
your charity, your generosity would
enable us to keep these souls for the
one true Church," -;
Father Jurgens says that the main
tenance of one girl or one hoy costs
about $50 year.
The Society would take great pleas
ure in being able to send this noble
missionary twenty thousand dollars
but will be glad to send; him whateVel
you give him. His cry of ''have mercy
on us" is surely for all who read this
The donations for this afflicted mis-
sionary may be sent into the Offices
of the Catholic Church Extension SO
ciety, Mccormick Building, Chicago
and they will be promptly forwarded
to him. .>-~.-----
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PLAIN FACTS FROM THE PHILIP
49,. :, PINES.

e.
From Father Nysters, of the Sacred
Heart. missionaries in Surigao, P l.,
comes an account Of the material COP
dition of those islands. Since the war
the price of food-stuffs and almost all
necessities has increased twenty per
cent, and except for the fact that the
government interposed, unscrupulous
merchants would have taken advan-
tage OF the crisis to raise their prices
even higher. The great export trade
Or hemp lras also diminished.
! TO add to. these misfortuhes last
summer was an exceptionally dry one,
and the harvest of maize, and the
sweet potato crop we're much smaller
than usual. The result is thatfthe ma
lives, never accustomed to provide for
the future, are now in a state of great
DISTRESS
Five mission posts in the diocese oi
Lipa have Been abandoned, and the
priests have come to Surigao,- which
Fmakes the number Of Sacred Heart
missionaries there now, .thirtyfoul
priests and fifteen Iay-brothers.o .. This
is large family to care for in:w2r
times. 90 - -. -, =.
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.s ... -.
JAPANESE PRIESTS.

= ,
Bishop Combaz, P. +. NJ, says that
the celebration Of the fiftieth anniVert
sary of the finding of Japan's Chris
tians will be celebrated at Nagasalti
in, "a somewhat, less joyous mood than
was, anticipated, on. account, of the
shadow cast. on the missions by the
war. - >.. ...~.~ ..:{
In connection with the absence. pf
many missionaries and the prospect of
a lack of European apostles for some
time to come, he speaks with enthqs-
iasm of the native priests who will be
able to, came. to the rescue of the Jap
anese missions in this critical hour. :.
How wise were my predecessors
he e1claims,. who at the cost of a
thousand sacrifices started the forma.
ton OF a native clergy! Their fore
Thought Will be a source of spiritual
riches to us in our time of need: II
ali goes well thfrty-of1e Japanese
priests will soon be ready to fill the
places left vacant by the death OF
absence of the original clergy. And
we: must not, forget the benefactors
whose generosity permitted the edu-
cation of these young men. They will
| receive and merit a share in all the
graces obtained by our Japanese apos
tles.,'- 81
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wHAT,woUtD THEY DO TO us2

In his recent sermon on, the ques-
ton: :Gan Religious People.( of Diff.
ferent Beliefsli he Friends?" the Rev.
DR. Washington GLADDEN.; said ~
Many Professionals. are entirely fair
and reasonable in theirS@treatment.0 OF
Catholics. Bat there is a large mum
her who seem ito he incapable Of
friendliness; who think that Roman
Catholics must. be recognized as enc
mics and treated accordingly, What
would these belligerent Protestants dc
with the Catholics if they had the
power? Would they eXterminate
them or eXpatriate them? Not. many
of them consciously favor a policy SO
drastic. The anti-CathOlic agitators of
90 years ago bodily proposed to de;
prive Roman Catholics of their 1fvelf
hood by refusing them employment,
but the atrocity of that policy was so
apparent to all decent people that it
has not, so far as I know, been re,
viVed by the leaders of the present
agitation. We have here a consider
able gain over the moral status of
, the last agitation. Let us be thank
full.
"ShalI we then disfranchise the
Catholics? This seems TO be the poll
cy advocated and practiced in the
present agitation. 1t is proposed that
they be excluded from office, and, de.
MED all power in the making and en-
forcement Of laws, so that they shall
be subject class in the community.
ct is needless to say that such a
policy sets at defiance the central
principles on which. our government
is founded. The only tests which we
have any right to apply to candi'
date for Office are these: Is he hon.
est? Is he faithful? Is he loyal to
the commonwealth? To ask what
church he belongs to is treason
against American democracy. Nothing
in our institutions is more fundamen-
tai than the absolute prohibition. OF
religious tests in connection with citi-
zenship."
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A CRY OF DISTRESS.

The poor missionaries in the Philip
pine Islands, especially those who
looked to Belgium for support, are
panic stricken by the war. So many
workers in the Vineyard of that far
off land are from Belgium, and the
fate of Belgium has, of necessity, cut
off their incomes, and their revenues
have ceased.
The letters that have come in to the
officers of the Catholic Church EXten-
sion Society from those poor afflicted
priests, half-starved, despairing and
broken-hearted, make the officials
wish they had a million to lavish on
the missions of each of these men.
The other day letter came in from
Father Jurgens, Philippine mission
airy. This man, too, is a Belgian and
it is for no small reason that his
heart is breaking. He has built up a
fine mission in a non-Christian IgoFot
tribe. He has secured Sisters, and
his spiritual children are making great
progress, and now the dissolution of
his mission seems inevitable. 81
What a terrible affect on our mis-
sions the war in Europe has he
writes. Belgium, the chief source of
our financial help is totally destroyed.
Where shall we find help? We turn
hopefully towards America, because
we are working under the American
flag. If American Catholics do not