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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
HOUSE HELP AND THE WAR
SO Many People Are Staying Home
That II is Hard TO Get Good
Servants.

We'll" snapped a New York lady
as she came out of an intelligence Of
flee, Il don't think the war in Europe
would make any difference to me in
my daily affairs, as l don't run over
to the other side every few weeks as
some do. and miss it ever so much
when they don't, but | q am learning that
it is really a great inconvenience.
You know usually in summer good
servants are not nearly so hard to get,
but now so many people are staying
home and keeping their servants that
it is almost impossible to get a good
one. One agent l saw yesterday told
me she had had IL calls in the morn
ing from ladies' who wanted house help
of one kind or another and she had alb
solutely nothing to offer. / understand
that 100000 people will not be going
abroad this year and every one OF
them, or their families, are ~exhausting
the summer servant supply. l always
did think war was dreadful, and now
| think it is worse than ever"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
immigration Falling off.

The European war is responsible
for a decrease in the number of immi-
grant aliens who entered the ports OF
the United States with Missouri as
their direct destination last year.
During the fiscal year which closed
June 80, 1915, only 2,743 men, women
and children direct from foreign coun-
tries settled in this state, which when
comparisons are made with the record
of the year before, in which period
1871 arrived, shows a falling off Of
1908, or nearly as many as came in
during the year before that.
Whether the close of the war will
see a renewal of the fiocking OF aliens
TO this country, especially to Nilsson
ii, is a hard problem to answer at the
present moment, for the reason that
Germany, France, England, Russia,
Italy, Belgium and other countries in
volved In the great conflict will then
have urgent use for all their popula
ton at home in their ~endeavors to con
duct government and business affairs
as before the war, and fill the places
Of the thousands who have fallen.
Wages will be higher in all Euro
pean countries, and farmers, mechan
les, laborers and other toilers will
find themselves in greater respect a
home than ever before, and this fiat
tering, but deserved fact alone will
help to decrease the exodus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
PROTESTS HALT|NG
WORK ON RIVER
COMMERCIAL CLUB OF CAPITAL
FILES VIGOROUS KICK ON
REPORT.
DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON
Present and Prospective Commerce on
Waterway Not Sufficient to jus
tify Expenditure of Large
Sums by Nation.
Jefferson City.

JCACAoOh ivy
A vigorous protest will be filed by
the Commercial Club of Jefferson City
against the report of United States
Engineer Herbert Deakine, who has
notified all of the river" towns that
he will recommend to the Board of
Engineers at Washington a discontin-
uance of the improvement work on
the Missouri River.
If such a step is necessary, Presi-
dent Houck McHenry of the CONNER
cial Club said a strong declaration
will be sent to Washington to protest
against abandonment of the improve
ment work on the river.
Deakine's %unfavorable report on the
Missouri River is based on the ground
that the present and reasonable pros
pective commerce on the river is not
sufficient to warrant the expenditure
necessary for the execution and main
tenance of the improvement.
This report has stirred up all OF the
river towns and they are up in arms
against it. 1t is expected that all OF
them will follow the lead of Kansas
City and jefferson City in the matter
The work on the river is regarded
as supremely vital for the protection
Of the rich bottom farming lands
aside from the Importance OF ender
ing the river navigable.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12

1t helps one to realize the South At
rican slump in ostriches, as shown
by the sale of a full-grown bird for
three pence at Grahamstown, when
one recalls former prices. In the
early days of ostrich farming a chick
newly out of the egg would sometimes
fetch e1O, and $500 has been
paid for a good pair of grown birds.
But those we're the days when ono
plucking of a single bird would bring
in e25, and of late years prices
have not ruled SO high-you could get
quite a good pair of ostriches for Ell.
Ostrich farming dates from about
1907, and brought many a pioneer a
fortune when it first began.-London
Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
RICHES LIE IN OURSELVES
What the Man Is, Not What He Has,
Makes Him Wealthy
or Poor.

In my own life, as l wander farther
and farther along the vagabond trail
in search of truth and beauty, | find it
easier and easier to find contentment
without the riches of the world. Leave
me imagination, and l shall still be
rich; but give me all the wealth OF
the world and take from me magma
ton and you will plunge me deep into
a bottomless hell of indescribable mis-
cry.
We cannot own things without be
ing owned by them. Thoreau under
stood this. His life was so successful
that Emerson wrote of him, "Wher
ever there is knowledge, wherever
there is beauty, he will find a home.
l cannot live Thoreau's life. But
can live my own.
'In the transmission of heavenl!
waters" says Emerson, every hos
finds its hydrant."-Thomas Dreier, IL
the Nautilus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12

All sorts and conditions of men
have excellent explanations for their
position in life" said the senator. "A
tramp, however, came under my OBJ
servation who had no illusions about
the cause of his own condition. A
fine-looking and ~fashionably dressed
woman had just alighted from her
limousine at the hotel entrance and
was suddenly approached by this shah
billy dressed man, who requested a
dime. No, l have no money to spare
for you,' she said. I do not see why
an able bodied man like you should
go about begging I s'pose, ma'am,
replied the lazy tramp. It's fer about
the same reason that a healthy woman
like you boards at a hotel instead Of
keepin' house. "-Harper's Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
WAS HER GREATEST TORMENT
stuffy Atmosphere Was Bearable, But
"Hot Air" Caused Her TO
Suffer Much.

The waitress was pretty and con-
scious of the fact.
The diner was frivolous and for
ward.
Pretty tough to be penned up here
on a nice day like this" the diner
observed.
Yes, sir" the girl returned.
You are too go%odlooking to be do
ing this work"
The girl raised her brows.
Have you never thought of better
ing your condition."
"Oh, yes"
Its awfully warm in here"
"Uh huh"
Don't you suffer from the stut1y
atmospheric"
Half closing her bright eyes, ana
assuming a pensive air the girl tartly
replied:
mo; only from the hot air"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
HAD TO HAVE TIME TO EAT
REGULAR Meals Were Necessary After
the Slight Repasts Incident to
Business Hours.

A tall, gaunt young mar entered the
office of the Globe Museum and Family
theater and asked for the manager.
What can ! do for you?" inquired
a podgy man in a check suit.
a want an engagement as a freak"
who are your"
81 am Enoch, the Egg King"
What is your speciality"
II eat three dozen hen eggs, two doz,
en- duck eggs, and n dozen goose
eggs at a single sitting"
81 suppose you know u policy?"
What is that?"
I'VE give four shows a day"
81 understand that"
"And do you think you can do it?'
II know l can"
son Saturdays we often give as
many as six shows"
"All right"
And on some holidays we give
performance every hour"
The young mar hesitated.
"In that case" he finally said, p"
must have one thing understood befor
l sign a contract"
Whats that?" asked the manager
mo matter how rushing business l
at the museum" the egg king replied
you must give me time enough t.
eat my regular meals at the hotel
Pearson's Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
NO IDEA
What Caused the Trouble.

II always drank coffee with the rest
OF the family, for 1t seemed as If there
was nothing for breakfast If we did
not have 1t on the table.
II had been troubled for some time
with my heart, which did not feel
right. This trouble grew worse
steadily.
Sometimes 1t would beat fast. and
at other times very slowly, so that I
would hardly be able to do work for
an hour or two after breakfast, and II
I walked up a hill, 1t gave me q severe
pain.
Il had no idea of what the trouble
was until q friend suggested that per-
haps 1t might be coffee drinking. I
tried leaving OFF the coffee and began
drinking Postum. The change came
quickly. I am glad to say that I am
now entirely free from heart trouble
and attribute the relief to leaving off
coffee and the use Of Postum.
"A number of my friends have aban-
doned coffee and have taken up Post
UNI, which they are using steadily.
There are some people that make
Postum very weak and tasteless, but
II made according to directions, It is
a very delicious beverage" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereal-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pack
ages.
Instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in q cup Of hot wa
asr, and. with cream and sugar, makes
q delicious beverage Instantly. 30t
and Soc tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious ant
oOst about the same per cup.
There's q Reason for Postum.
sold By Grocern
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
UMBRELLA TO COVER ACRE
Amusement Provider Asserts He Has
Scheme Nothing Short OF
Stupendous.

Tody Hamilton-the only man VINO
ever lost an elephant in Manhattan
and would not be comforted-says-
and If Tody Hamilton (who once lost
two lions and a tiger near Forty-sec-
ond street and Broadway says a
thing is true, then it's true whether
it's true or not-Tody Hamilton says
that Luna park is about to raise an
umbrella which no living man can bor-
row, let alone steal.
The umbrella will cover an acre of
Luna park ground, so it was said by
Tody Hamilton-who for years saw
to it that a baby giraffe was born an
nually in Madison Square garden on
the night Barnum & Bailey came to
town. First of all, a steel umbrella
handle will be constructed in Luna
and the handle will be 140 feet high
so it was said by Tody Hamilton-who
was the first man to reveal the news
that Slivers, the clown, was the first
man TO strike gold in Alaska.
The umbrella will be steel-ribbed
covered with circus-tent canvas, and
will be raised and lowered by ma
chinery, according to a statement is
sued by Tody Hamilton-who once
crossed hoop snakes with puff adder'
while with the Barnum show ant
raised thereby a crop of living auto
mobile tires.
Five thousand persons will be abb
to enjoy the cool shade under the UNI
brella.
A searchlight with rays shooting 70
ten miles, an intermittent flash beacon
thousands of electric bulbs and thing
and stuff to taste will decorate tn
steel and canvas umbrella at nigh
the completed umbrella to cost $25
900, according to Tody Hamilton-wh
added that he had just turned down a
offer made by Colonel Roosevelt t
stock the Luna lagoon with a corr
spondence school of man-eating fish,
New York Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
FIRST VIEW OF PORTUGAL
Writer Describes splendor Of Scene
az He Entered the Wondrcus
Harbor Of Lisbon.

The sun was nearing the horizon as
the sea narrowed to a strait. n TO
the left the old Tower of Belem again
awoke memories OF Vasco da Cana
and his glorious return, writes Ernest
Peixotto in Scribner's. Now as we
threaded the narrows, the pale houses
Of Lisbon. clustered thick as eggs In
a basket. pink, blue, ochre and white.
pile up the hills to the Ajuda palace,
and we entered the broad bay formed
by the Tagus just as it empties into
the &c of the largest harbors
in Europe, that. however, with its
sparse shipping, now seems like a
frame too large for its picture.
Amid great hustle and confusion we
were landed in a tender at the Al
fandega, took a cab with a pair of
rafting ponies, sped through the billy
streets of the city, and then the broad
Avenida opened before us, and we
drew up at our hotel.
The first impression from u win
dow next morning was a most pleas
ant one. And, indeed, Lisbon leaves
the definite impression of a gay
bright capital, if not of a truly beau
tiful city. Beautiful it certainly is by
nature, seated on its lofty hills over
looking the Tagus and interpreted
everywhere with semitropic gardens
and largos, but its newer houses are
foo rectangular. too lacking in imag
nation to make anything but rather
monotonous streets. Even the Pracf
do Commerce., though laid out upor
a truly magnificent scale, fails t
arouse enthusiasm.
This is the city's aspect to thu
casual visitor who devotes but a da.
or two to its sights. But to n whit
is willing to give it a week or NOR
1t holds many attractions.
The seeker for the picturesque will
delight in the water front in the morn
ing hours and in the fisher folk-th
men in black bag-caps and kne
breeches; the women, barefoot, Sc
ting out with basket on head to tro
the city streets. These fishwives ar
the most picturesque of the Lisbo
types and most of them are reall
beautiful, the fine ovals of their face
their smooth compilations and lu
trous almond-shaped eyes recallin
the Mauresques and clearly bespeal
ing their oriental origin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
Russian Soldiers Wear Paper Shirts.

Russian Soldiers Wear Paper Shirts.
Shirts made of paper in Japan are
in regular use in large quantities for
the Russian army. They proved
their worth during the winter cam
paign in Poland and East Prussia. The
paper used is made from mulberry
bark. Paper clothing known as kamike
has long been in use among the Jap
anese. Such clothing is not only cheap.
but most serviceable, its only draw
back being that it cannot be washed.
The paper is very soft and warm, but
has little 'size." For this reason a
thin layer of silk wadding is placed
between two sheets and the whole
quilted when it is to. be used for
lhirts or other clothes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
Too Sour.

Professor Copeland of Harvard, as
the story goes, r%eproved his students
for coming late to class.
"This is a class in English compo-
sition," he remarked with sarcasm,
mot an afternoon tea"
At the next meeting n girl was
20 minutes late. Professor Copeland
waited until she had taken her seat.
Then he remarked bitingly:
How will you have your tea, Miss
Brown"
Without the lemon, please" Miss
Brown answered quite gently.-Chris
tian Register.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12

Good men are attracted and held not
alone by salaries, but by the conditions
under which they work. The efficiency
of the board of water supply force COM
pares ~favorably with any large public
or private engineering organization.
This board has been noted also for its
esprit de corps and enthusiasm for it's
work. These desirable qualities, the
report states, were obtained by select
ing the most suitable available men.
for the leading positions, giving great
weight not only to technical fitness,
but also to those personal qualitica-
tions which cannot be learned or rated
by examinations.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
Save the Babies.

vNFANT MORTALITY is something frightful. We can hardly realize that
of all the children born in civilized countries, twenty-five, per cent:
NJ nearly oneouarter, die before they reach one year thry,seven
ner cent. OF more than onethird, before they are five, and onehah before
they are ffteenl uou,d .uo a
;orStv NJ theaa nrecions lives Neither do we hesitate to say that many
Of these infantIe deaths arc Occasioned BY the use, OF narcotic 12IIi repar ronsin
Drons. tpctures and soothing syrups sold for chldrens complaints CONAN oMnn
more or less opium or morphine. They are, in considerable GenOteo1 qu N IssS
to COMPOSITIONS, sickness, death. Ca&@ia operates exactly the reverse ee,, ngs
you must see that it bears the signature OF Chas' d. fleOcner o"S'0~
causest the blood to circulate properly, opens the -
pores of the skin and anays fever. AN%
Genuine Castoria always bears the signature OfSEG/ZX ~<GH~W.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
served Him Right.

If there was n thing more than
another that he prided himself on, it
was the fit of his clothes.
Il can never get a dress coat really
to fit," he said to his partner, as he
glanced down at a perfectly made
garment, with a hope, of course, that
she would at once disclaim the in
situation. Look at this thing"
"Well it is atrocious," she said cool
ly. But why not "a your money
and buy one? 1t is so much cheaper
in the long run than hiring,"-Phila-
delphia Public Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
one of London's Oldest Women.

Mrs. Mary Mitchell Of Old Bromp-
ton, Chatham, recently celebrated her
one hundredth birthday. She is a
widow and is the granddaughter of a
centenarian who died at the age Of
one hundred and three. AS a member
of the Wesleyan Methodist commu
nifty, she was the first Bible woman to
visit the homes of the royal marines
as long ago as 1832.-London Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
Miss Julia Mays Candles.

1t was Miss Julia Mays birthday,
and in honor of the occasion a cake
had been baked to be decorated with
candles, one candle for each anniver-
sary. Dinner was being delayed and
Miss Julia May called to Aunt Piney:
What is holding dinner, Aunt
Piney?"
Aunt Piney's answer called for no
further explanation:
"Lawdy, honey, is you forgit how
many of these candles dey is to light
Nashville Banner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
Land Left for Settlement.

Government land in Missouri that
was subject to cash or homestead
entry on August l amounted to 1893
acres, according to a report completed
by John H. Bowen, register of the
United States land office at Spring
field. The land is in small tracts, most
of it very billy and rough, and is scat.
tered over 10 counties in Southern
Missouri. The acreage by counties
follows:
Barry, II acres; Butler, 3; Carroll
1870; Carter, Is; Camden, 210; Laclede
40; Ozark, 1856; Phelps, 40; Ripley, 5;
Shannon, AS; fancy, SO; Wayne, 40;
Wright, so acres.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
SOFT WHITE HANDS
Under Most Conditions If You Use
Cuticura. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal, Nothing
better or more effective at any price
than these fragrant supercreamy emol-
lients. A one-night treatment will test
them in the severest forms of red,
rough, chapped and sore hands.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
Record School Appropriation.


According to the appropriations by
the last general assembly and the &C.
ords in the office of the state auditor,
the public schools of Missouri will re-
ceive more money this year from the
state treasury than ever before.
State Auditor John P. Gordon in
certifying the apportionment of school
moneys to State Superintendent of
Schools Howard A. Gass, who appor.
lions the funds to the various coun'
ties, showed the following:
Out of taxes paid the state there is
given back to the public schools OF
the state in the way of apportionment
ST. 13,479.S0. There was also appro-
priated from the state revenue to the
aid of high schools, salaries of county
superintendent Of schools, aid OF
rural high schools, and teacher
| training courses, 1895, 290.03.
Appropriated from the same source
| for the rebuilding of the norma
| school at Warrensburg, $250,000.
This Is more than one-third of thu
revenue collected and put into The
| state treasury. In other words, 1926,
690.38 more vas given the publi'
schools this year than was ever givel
before.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
Little Land Left for Settlement.

Gov. Major has announced appoint
ments on the state board OF agricul-
ture as follows:
Charles D. Bellows of Maryville, for
the fourth congressional district, a
Republican, to succeed himself.
e. l.. Newton (Rep.) of Lewiston,
first district, to succeed himself.
George w Arnold, Sedalia (Dem.),
seventh district, vice N. H. Gentry,
term expired.
John Parker, Carthage (Rep.), ff'
teenth district, to succeed himself.
Col. w. A. Dallmeyer, Jefferson City
(Rep.), eighth district, to succeed
himself.
All of the appointments are for a
period terminating in December, when
there will be a reorganization of the
board under the law passed by the
last general assembly.
Col. Dallmeyer Of Jefferson City II
| president of the State Fair board.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
Route of ozark Trail.

In a general bulletin, Frank W..
Buffum outlines the route of Ozark
Trails road recently agreed upon by
a convention held at Nevada. The
line from Nevada to Jefferson City Is
via Ell Dorado Springs, Cedar County,
thence to Osceola, county seat OF st.
Clair County, thence over the Usage
Valley route to Warsaw, county seat
of Benton County, north from Warsaw
to Lincoln and Cole Camp, and from
that point east via Slower to Yer
sailles, county seat of Morgan County,
From Versailles the route to Jeffer'
son City is via High Point, C~orticelli
and Russellville.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
A Queer World.

This is a queer world. In one end
OF town a woman who has denied
herself enough to eat so that the chill
dren might have milk for supper will
pick up a piece of newspaper and see
a big headline over the news that a
woman in the other end Of town has
lust paid $4,000 for a Pekingese
poodle.-Cincinnati Inquirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
Refutes osler,s Theory.

A blind woman, eighty-one years
old and partially deaf, refuted Doctor
Osler's theory by recently completing a
life of Nathan Hale which Is declared
to be of unusual interest and author
ity. The woman, Mrs. Jean Christie
Root of Glen Ridge, N. j., has learned
to use a typewriter with great facility
and makes light of her intirmities.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
o. 3. car.stop order Araued.

The United Railways Company of
st. Louis submitted its new argu-
ments to the public service commits
sion for an order permitting the com
pany to eliminate $50 stops in st.
Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12

An investigation has developed
that many large are doing
business in the state forgetful Of the
proper amount Of taxes due for the
privilege. It is estimated that $1,000
O0q Is as yet unpaid.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
Corporations PAY Up.

About $500 corporations have failed
to register with the secretary Of state
this year. July 81 was the last day
for registration under the SIS fee. De-
linquents must pay $40 for register
ing, but there will be no other penalty
If the required report is made by oc-
tober /.
approximately 10000 corporations
have complied with the law and have
paid into the state treasury 100000.
After October l the delinquent lists
will be certified out to the prosecut-
ing attorneys for action.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
international PoIlteness.

In some ways. the war is causing
a revival of international politeness.
Anyway, Russia apologies to Swe-
den for dropping a shell into Swedish
waters.-Chicago News.