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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-01-21
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that the UNDER
signed, ]. A. Lott, Administrator Of
the estate Of John Lott, deceased,
will make final settlement Of his accounts
with said estate as such administrators at
the next term Of the Probate Court Of Iron
County, Missouri, to be holden at ~Ironton,
in ssid county, on The 9Th day Of February,
A. p. 1915. IA. LOTT,
Administrator Of estate Of John Lott, deed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-01-21
5OOParty.
lolarksville Banner-sentinel. ]

~lUIarksVlIIe Banner-SentlneI.1
Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Smith en-
~tertained with 500 Monday evening in
honor of their guests, Misses Mae and
Ina Collins, of Ironton, Mo-, who
leave for home to-day. The games
were spirited and interesting from
start to finish, and the evening was
one of pure delight.
A three course luncheon proved
most a~ppetizing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-01-21

Life In surance Men Wanted The
American Life Association of Camp
bell, Missouri, is now closing it's third
year of successful business. 1t has
more than three million dollars in
force and is in a splendid financial
condition. Write us for particulars
of the most liberal agency proposition
ever put out by any life insurance
company-Adv.
An elderly lady wishes a position at
light house work. Apply at this Of
flee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-01-21
too much love and sunshine in this old
world of ours to spoil it with the can
ker of selfishness,
Notice.

Whereas, my wife, Myrtle, having
left me, / take this means to notify all
to whom she may become indebted
that I will not be responsible for any
debts she may incur.
THOMAS SEBASTIAN.
Fredericktown, Mo-, January II,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-01-21

THE "Rev." Billy Sunday is in
Philadelphia which town he evidently
looks upon as a modern Sodom and
Gomorrah rolled into one wicked
whole. Hear his classic invitation to
its sin-wallowing denizens to ''come
in out of the wet"
"Come on, you forces of evil in
Philadelphia that have made the
church a doormat to wipe your dirty
feet upon! Come on, you triple ex-
tract of infamy! Cone on, you as
sassins of character! Come on, you
defamers of God and enemies OF His
Church! Come on, you ~bull-necked,
beetle proved, hog-jowled, peanut
Drained, weasel eyed four-fushers,
false alarms and excess baggage! In
the name of Almighty God, l challenge
and defy you! I'm here for nine
weeks. Come on, and I'll deliver the
goods, express prepaid"
Are not these refned-not to say
inspired = expressions?N Adjeetively
superb? SeductiVely inviting? And
grateful to Divine Intelligence?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-01-21

THE Presidents Indianapolis speech
suits me. That it does, is no matter
of great importance-but it suits me,
That part of it relating to Mexico's
internal affairs is especially good. Our
southern neighbors must work out
their own salvation. Uncle Sam hasno
call or warrant for "buttlng in" and,
with the proper regulation of his own
household, his hands are full to over
flowing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-01-21

A SPECIAL from Jefferson City to
Mondays Republic conveys the fol-
lowing rather interesting information
as to things doing and contemplated
by certain members of the Legislature:
If the strategy conceived by the d.
rectors prevails, it will not be possible
to submit the measures advocated by
the Missouri Anti Saloon League to
the people under the referendum. 1t
is expected that all the big ''dry"
bills win go into the House and Senate
early this week. Appended to each
is a clause which if enacted will re-
move them from the application of
the referendum. That this feature of
the Anti Saloon League program will
provide the fight of the session there
is no doubt. Whether the ''drys' can
muster their full strength to the sup
port of this feature can only be con-
=. jectured at this time. The exemption
from the referendum carried by the
bills states that it is necessary s'to
preserve the public health and public
peace" In the referendum law the
exemptions specified are %appropria-
tions acts, bill to meet instant emer-
gencies and matters concerning
health or safety. 1t is the plan of the
''drys" to take advantage of the last
named provision.
How will that be for a ''square
deap with the legislators constitu-
ents? Fanatically obsessed with the
''dry'' question, a constitutional pro-
vision guarding the public against ILL.,
considered, hasty, fanatical or OBJ
jectionable legislation, to be cast aside
under a plea that is simply indefensible
in its purposel The referendum, by
a similar stretch of reasoning, can be
rendered nugatory in order to serve
the win of the Legislature for any law
it may enact, regardless of the desire
and interest of those it processes to
represent. Only fear of the voice OF
the people expressed at the ballot-box
could induce the setting at naught the
referendum on any ordinary question.
The plea that liquor legislation comes
under the lead of any of the three
exceptions noted in the dispatch, is
too puerile for intelligent discussion,
But when was your solar walking re-
former bound by fact, figures, fair
ness or reason?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-01-21

WEST VIRGINIA adopted Prohibition
last year and this year her treasury
win lack s7OO,OOO of paying her ex-
penditures No, there is no great
moral issue involved in the deficit,
but she is confronted with one that is
grievously practical.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-06-24
Tragic Wedding Rina.

A tragic story of forgotten wed
ding ring IL told In the Lives of the
Lindsays" He should have been at
church when Colin Lindsay. the young
Earl Of Balcarras. was quietly eat
tng his breakfast In nightgown and
slippers. Reminded that Mauritia of
Nassau Yves waiting for him at the al.
tar. he hurried to church. but forgot
the ring. A friend present gave him
one. which he. without looking at.
placed on the brides finger. After the
ceremony was over the countess glanc-
ed at her hand and beheld a grin.
ming deaths head on her ring. She
tainted away. and the omen made such
an impression on her that on recover
ing she declared she was destined to
die within a year. presentment that
probably brought about its own full
hllment, for In few months the care
less Colin was a widower.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-06-24

Both of One Mind.

Mrs. Stormyweather. who had been
engaged In a somewhat prolonged and
heated dialogue with her husband, beat
a dignified retreat so soon as she found
she was getting the worst Of the argu-
ment and turned her attention to cult
nary matters as balm for her ruffied
soul
Jane" she said. II want You to put
on your things at once and go out and
see If you can get me a plaice."
"Yes'm." replied Jane, with alacrity.
"And while I'm about 1t / may as wen
look for one for myself. too, for I'm
blest II can stand the master any
more than you" London Mirror.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-06-24
FREAK BASEBALL PLAYS.
A Tin Can Throw and the Shortest
Two Dagger on Record.

W. ~SW9Ss wv st@CSt9s
Freak plays make baseball humor-
GUS IL not interesting. Some Of these
plays are said to be the result OF quick
thinking. but as q matter of fact
most Of them are simply luck. says
Arthur Macdonald In the Physical Ed
ucation Review. Curious things hap
pen. A ball fell into tin can, and, 1t
being impossible to get 1t out in time.
can and all were thrown to the base
man.
Another ball hit the end of a nail
driven through the opposite side of a
fence and could not be got down until
all the runners scored.
A swift hit glances Off the pitchers
hand, is snapped up by an infielder
and thrown to first. putting the man
out.
Redhot liners or grounders some
times hit the first or third base bag
and glance away for singles or even
two baggers.
The shortest two Dagger known was
when the ball grazed the bat, shot up
n few feet and fell In front of the
plate. AS the catcher reached for the
whirling ball 1t glanced from his glove
and bounded back to the stand. and
the batter made second easily.
A center fielder saw a mitt I'm the
way of the shortstop and walked
about sixty feet In to move 1t out of
the way. when he heard the crack of
the bat and saw hot ball coming
straight at him.
He could do nothing but try to catch
# and did. to his surprise. But he was
given credit by the crowd for being
great student of batters.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-06-24
THE VOICE AND THE STAGE.
Being a Good EIooutionist Does Not
Make q Good Actor.

Make q Good Actor.
OF all the things to eschew, elocu-
ton schools stand first Actors should
know nothing of the rules Of elocution
as taught In any school of which have
ever heard. l can always tell at the
first glance whether an actor is a stu
dent of elocutlon. No good elocutionist
was ever good actor. That is. no good
reciter-and elocution schools produce
only reciters--is ever good actor.
Reciting and acting are two entirely
different arts The reciter Is never
natural. never can be. Awhile ago one
of the most distinguished professors Of
elocution In America-he had the chair
OF elocution at one of our biggest uni
versities-came to be an actor. It was
thought that he would be something
wonderful because Of his knowledge
and gift OF elocution. He went back
to teaching. He could do that better
than most, but his acting was bad. All
the rules Of elocution an actor ever
needs can be obtained In singing les
sons.
Now. proper enunciation of words
10 a different matter An actor should
not have to be taught that, but II he
does need 1t 1t Is pretty bad need,
and he should never rest until he has
lost ali slovenly habits. Some of my
friends think | am too severe on this
point. am not. One cannot be too
severe. 1t Is clean cut work. perfect
In its smallest details. that makes for
perfect Illusion on the stage. and am
always for such work.-Henrietta
Crosman In Century.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-06-24
How's This

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
#. J. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known F., ].
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price Is cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-06-24
Renorse.

A legal journal tells of trial IN
which the following remorseful letter
appeared in evidence:
"Mr Bidwell: Dear Sir - This Is
what ! never expect to come to. But
1t is trouble. and no one to help NEE
out. So want you to have this young
woman Buried. But NEE. let me lay
top Of ground. for the Turkey Buzz
cards to eat. for have did rong. Jo-
seph Bradley"
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-06-24
What Landed Him There.

MY good man. what are you in
prison for?'
MY convictions"
Your convictions?"
Yes. mum. If the jury had acquit-
ted me ] wouldn't be here."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-06-24
M oNEY"

The mint makes it and under the
terms Of the CONTINENTAL
MORTGAGE COMPANY you can
secure 1t at 6 per cent for any
legal purpose on approved real
estate. Terms easy, tell us your
wants and we will cooperate
with you.
PETTY & COMPANY
513 Denham Building
: DENVER, COLORADO.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-06-24
Economy.

Economy.
What You are eating crabs just at
the time they are most expensiver'
Eyes. 1 always have bad luck. When
they are cheap have no money
Munich Fliegende Batter.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-06-24

A cruel story runs ON wheels. and
every hand oils the wheels as they
run.-Ouida.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-06-24
An Awkward Situation

An Awkward Situation.
"For So ! will foreteil your future"
Are you a genuine soothsayerr'
II am"
'sThen you ought to know that
haven't got $2."-Kansas City Journal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-21

his own word of mouth. To be known to New York city is to be known nation- ally and it takes more than petit lar- ceny to put that over.
 But the passing of life here is some tines peculiarly sad to those who have time and will consent to think about 1t for awhile. It is my pleasure, privilege or misfortune, to live in one of the large apartment houses uptown. My apartment is in the ffties and l am not on the top floor. so 1t can be seen that there are quite few families in the building. Ordinarily. one floor knows not what another floor doeth or holdeth, but in this particular case knew that n death had occurred on the floor beneath me, since the wailing of the anguished ones reached me through an open win dow.
 Inquiry proved that a mother had died and as sat at my open window there came to me the means of her children. the discordant notes of half dozen pianos, the harsh mingling of some six or eight different voices. each signing a different song, while from the street be-. low ahnrdy gurdy ground out, "Die Wacht am Rhine," in open defiance to President Wilson's neutrality ideas.
 There was no evidence of neighborli-. ness; no attempt to consider the feel ings of the bereaved. But it was not so much thoughtlessness as lack of knowledge. The singers and players did not know that death was so near to them and those who sat by the still form of the mother they loved would have looked at you with real surprise had you suggested conveying the 1n-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-21

formation of the death to those who were playing and singing.
 quiet little funeral was held the next day and in order to get the casket down on the elevator it had to be stood on end. The mourners and a few friends followed 1t silently out through the court and Into the street beyond, and then an automobile hearse conveyed 1t through the traffic-congested streets to Woodlawn, one of the well known cemeteries here.
 It is very probably true that not more than six people, not living on the same floor upon which the death occurred knew anything whatever about it. The survivors were not hurt by any lack of courtesy They did not expect any thing other than what took place and this Is New York city, wherein one human life is very, very little thing indeed.
 And so. though fin the midst of life we are in death," here, in death. we are likewise in the midst of life, and it Is life that New York concerns itself with. and on the old. old plan of'.the survival of the fittest." Here one must fight con- tinuorsly. There is no rest, nor is 1t merely a'defensive battle--one must be aggressive. And sooner or later, his merit and his mettle show. though in the course of the battle he will have lost his inflated idea of himself and his self-conceit will lie bruised and bat tered upon the field of carnage.
 There are some who are SO dependent upon the flattery that small town life brings them that they find 1t impossi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-21

town he is a man of high standing, and it hurt him a bit to see that New York didn't seem to realize 1t and give him the treatment he was accustomed to.
 If that same man should remain in New York city for six or eight months that sensation would depart and he would feel himself slowly but surely gripped by the fascination of Gotham. The inflated es- timate departs. but much self-conscious- ness goes with it, and in time there comes a splendid, natural, healthy substitute for that old joy once derived from know ing that one is somebody in his own homie town
 The substitute comes in the form of an overpowering interest in all about you. An interest in bigger field than you ever entered before. It's magnitude awed you, perhaps, for time, but later -ah, you stretch out both arms to well come 1t all and glory in the thousand forms of life-and more-it offers you. You may not live them all yourself, but you may see them lived and enjoy them from that standpoint-and there again Is whefe self-conceit is dead within us. Of courte, there are friendships and very deu1htfui ones, to be formed here, but you may go on forming, them for year and that will not mean that Broadway win know you when you walk across Times Square.
 And the fellow whose chest is thrown out in Dixie draws tt in here. It is only when he goes home that 1t 10 inflated again. but don't lot that fool you. New York knew neither of his coming nor of his going. for if 1t had you would have heard of 1t from another source than
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-21

ble to cling to the unfeeling feet of Father Knickerbocker when they know they can return to the caresses of the fair village of Bunkvile. The return of such, however, is a greater hurt to Bunkville than any other place.
 THE BETTER WAY If your heart is ever weary heath the
 burden of its woe, Or if grim and haunting sorrow follows
 close where'er you go. Do not sit you down in anguish, do not
 yield to silent grief. For the world is mighty busy, and so
 much of woe has seen, That the folks who'll heed your story
 are but few and far between; We are not a heartless people, and We
 heed the anguished call When we've time to stop and answer
 but we're busy, that is all. Nay, the heart of human kindness hasn't
 crumbled into dust. It Is merely covered over with sort of
 modern crust; Other sorrows irritate 1t, 1t has leaned
 to dread the groan Of the one whose petty grievance Is less
 weighty than its own. There's a simpler. better method--when
 the heart with grief is bowed, Do not try to shout your story to the
 rushing. needless crowd. Find some other heart in sorrow. and
 with kindness hush It's moan, For in soothing others sorrows. we can
 best forget o0ur own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-21

new suffrage restaurant has been opened at 70 Wall street. Here the capa- ref consists of suffrage speakers, and though the restaurant in question has been opened less than a wekk, 1t is said that 1t has won hundreds of converts to the cause. The luncheon costs 25 cents and Wall street is the center of the money market of this country.
 c. R. D. (whoever that is): Yes, the New York automobile busses are run on the same system as the London busses: that Is. when the seats are all taken no one else Is allowed to ride therein or there- on.
 It isn't exactly a pleasant experience to be caught beneath the bed of a big river and kept down there for nearly an hour. inhaling burning insulation. Yet that was the experience of many of us one night this wek. No one was hurt and panic was avoided so it wasn't much of story from a newspaper standpoint, but those who went through with it didn't feel any tho better for it. I'm sure.
 It occurred right under the center of East river. The subway trains were halted in the tube as a result of . short circuit. Guards immediately came through telling everyone that tho serv- Ice was halted temporarily. but that there was no cause for alarm. Tn the mean time the fumes of the burning insulation came very near starting . panic.
 Ones imagination gets peculiarly busy at such times, and it is not difficult to think one hears the waters of East river
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-21

whethur publick sentiment is reddy or not they may be rite and hope they air. If the Legislature is vindicated I shall ap- plawd; I am generus that way, aftur 1 see thing is success admit it freely. dis agree with folks as long as have grounds for doing so so long as I do not beleeve that they exsell me in brute forse. used to dis agree enny way but as a result of persunnel injuries receeved long time ago at the hands of parties with whom I could not agree, and over whom I had considerabull
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-21
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intellectual superiority, but was sadly in ferior when meer fissical endurance was enn- ployed, have lerned to submit peacefully to the majority. Still would like to ask the Legislature one questson if they will pardun me for so doing Why have they passed such stringint phohibsion law and air now lingering on making all trains in Alabama run with full crews? (Enny per- sun who is unabull to see the subtul wit carefully consealed in this interrogation may have same pointed out to him by ad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-21

theere side-but I refused-we could nev- yer agree on turns. They certainly air a bunch of tite- wadds.
 The Legislature is the eturnal foe of the deemun rum. So am I, so we find ourselves entirely in harmony of that questsion. No sane persun can get up and defend rum It's the rottenest kind of polyticks. be- leeve, however, that the only way to drive rum rum the country is in the manufacture of publick sentiment against it; the leggis- lature beleeves it should be forsed out