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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-11
Am Act0r-Preacher.

CHARLEY PARSONS, who was forty
years ago famous actor in Louisville,
Ky, was vigorous and handsome
young man, and the promise of his ge-
. MUS was then as bright as Forests or
stage life change came over the spirit
Of Parsons's dreams, and at one Jump
he bounded to the extreme of social linn
it from an actor to preacher. At
that late q Methodist church was situat-
ed on Fourth Street, in Louisville, and q
thaat.r was just. around the corner on
Jefferson Street, and an announcement
for one night was Richard La /, with
Parsens as the humpback tyrant. The
-.sudie ice had assembled at the thea
ter, ind there was a crowded house.
TIE first act had been called when it was
: reported that Persons was not on hand.
an those days it was not an unusual
ching for prominent actors to te missing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-11
A Venerable Dame.

1 TIKI Oldest inhabitant 81 ,Woodberry,
Md, was born On April 22,s1776.g Her
memory and hearing are excellent, but
about four years ago she became blind.
Her hair was silver gray, but is now
turning black again on the top of her
head. Black vas the original color.
She IS not confined to her bed, but is up
and about generally, sitting up until
midnight, and thensup again at five in
the morhing. She remArked recently
thatsshe hadn't afooth inher head, and
that her children had been trying to in
duce her to get a set, but she "didn't
want any dead peoples teeth. Bless
you, "ssle said, Il 1 don't mind it; teeth
are very useful, but can eat as well as
any of them, and like strong diet, too;
don't. want pies and cakes, but corn
beef and cabbage; 1 don't believe in
sweetmeats.,, The old lady is very
fond of children, and delights in telling
them old time tales. Her immediate
family connection is very large, as she
has no fewer than twenty-five grandchi[
dren and nearly sixty great grandchil-
dren, her oldest great grandchild being
agwidow lady aged twenty-fcur. One
I her grandchildren has eight children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-11

at the time ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
mence, and several jokes arr told u
managers having q take their principal
actors out Of pawn before the cnrtain
could be ruHg up. So the absence of
Parsons was not SURPRISES The myS-
terry was, - Whers u hea'' No one
could answer the question, and all the
attaches of the theater were sent out to
search for him. No one ever thought
of looking in church for q, missing ac-
tor but it was there that Parsons was
found The stage carpenter slated the
case to the sextonsof the church, and,
learning that the missing man was on
the inside,e went in. The carpenter
spied his man near the front seat and
walking rapidly up the aisle touched
him on the arm and said, ssFirst acts
called, sir.''
Parsons looked around in utter sur
prise; in his devotion the theaters had
gotten clear out, of his .thoughts.f l.
"What's the playP" he asked.
"Why, Richard, sir,'' was the an
swer.
And the reply came: "Tellsthem
that Richard plays another part TO-
night a5 I rgL.s Ia
:, The carpenter hurried to the theater
with the report that Parsons was at the
church and had gone crazy. Tie theater
people at once invaded the chnrch, and,
after much talk and argument, Parsons
played Richard for the last time. Soon
afterward he left the theater for good,
andthrough many years from thatswas
one of the most sprominent ministers of
Louisville. At times he was rather hard
in speaking of the theater, but through
all the days of his life he cherished.
friendships that had their beginning at
the old "City Theater." Parsons played
wide range of characters during his
career upon the stagen2 = Ironr /
pars %n,s, eldest ds ra som e. ( Parsons
the Louisville District, and died in
Washington in 1876 while member: of
of the House. Another son, Frank Par
sons, like his father, was both actor and
preacher. "'' *S' @3A''1 Y" Sss =
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-11
Louisiana Moss.

= THE Louisiana moss business, which
has underground period of depression, is
said to be reviving. The moss is gath
cred mostly by negroes, and, after a tree
is stripped, it is allowed to rest for seven.
years, during which time the moss re-
news itself. Cypress moss is preferred,
as it is the longest and most tenacious
of all the varieties. AFTER theemoss is
gathered, il is placed in 3 sunny spot
and left to the action of the wind and
weather for month. At the end of
that time the grayish bark peels- off,
leaving the hair-sslmosts clean. It is,
then sold to the plantation storekeeper
or country groceryman, who pays from
one to two cents pound for it, accord
ing to quality. Thesnext move j. to
send the amsterid to New Orleans 10
manufacture After The moss reaches
the factory, it is subjected to the action
of the washer, which is large cylin-
drical arrangement with Srwheel inside,
which pulls the moss hithersand tlither..
and lashes it through vat of boiling
water and soap, until the stuff is olesped.
Then it Is hung out upon rocks to dry.
This done, it is put into the duster-a
fan-mil which entirely removes all the
dust that may have survived the wash
ing process. As result the moss comes
into the factory yellow in, scol0rS and
goes out inky black. j The article isthen
made up into bales, and marked accord
ing to quality. The highest grade can
hardly be distinguished from the finest
horse hair. II III H !.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-11
Our Young Folks.
WHAT THE MOTHER=HEN SAID.

CLUCKrrY, clitcleity, clucltttt, cluckI
Had ever hen such wonderful luck?
Ten little puffy, fiufhty things,
Nesting SO costly under my wings. ri
Hickory, hickory. dfclsOry, dock! 3.
Mrs Grimalkin gave me q shock
Seeing my Top-knot taking a drink,
She put out her paw as quick as a wink. =:
But Top-knot is smart, and Top-knot is spry,
She gave puss the slip in the glance of an eye;
Tops q wonderful chickl It's easy to see X,
What belle, by and by, my Top-knot viii be.
Higgfety, 13i0Oletu, tri00sety. soeef $50 f q
I've nine other darlings lovely as she:
Floss, like puff-Dall, pretty as silk,
And Snow-drop and Trotty, whittier than milk;
And Puck, who will do me great credit some
day &C., ssa{ NJ f.EP 4E4. t.
To hear that chick cro,o is good as q play);
And Speckle, and Friskie, and Hussey, and
Pink, ~ tt " +Et trE q 81 AZ I
And Brownie, and Blackie, lno,c what do you
think? sr.5 1870 f.,i- -.
Was ever prouder mother than II
Were ever such chickens under the sky?
Lambs, kittens, babies and other wee things,
Are pretty, but dear me, they haven't ptl0s!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-11
The Most Wonderful Railroad i'm the
World.

The Callao, Lima Oroya Railroad,
in Peru, generally known as the Trans
Audine Line Railroad, is probably the
most wonderful railroad in, existence.
1t was contracted by Henry Meiggs in
1869 at, a. cost of, $21,84O, 900, or 7$27,-
100000 in bonds Work was begun in
January, 1870, When. commenced.
the English company had got the right
of way from Callao to Lima, and he
could get no special rates for his mater
ial. The enormous cost of freighting
everything for his road would make It
ruinous to build. r One day there sud
denly appeared hundreds OF men evident.
ly making railway from Lima to Cal
lao. The English company went to see
about it, and then got an Injunction to
stop the work. Mr.. NJ calmly asked
them whose land the workmen were on,
and then they found that he had quietly
bought up all that land and was build
ing a private road on his own grounds
for his own use. Leaving Callao the
road is in the finest condition. Ball sst-
ed with cobble-stonesi no dust iaris es !;
trains every half hour and fa,se is
forty cents; four separate depots to ac-
commodate different parts of the city.
No one who makes around trip on the
road ever repents it and seldom desires
a second. The heights and distances
are SO great that few heads are not af-
fected.
From San Mateo to Anch1 the road
passes the Infermillos. Nearly. perpen-
dicular walls from 1000 to 5000 feet
hem in the River Rimac, having a width
of from 200 to 400 feet. At first it was
proposed to make cut in the sid sof
the mountain, but fearing the fall Of
rocks it was decided to tunnel. Miners
were let down with ropes one-quarter
and one-half mile long to certain indi-
Gated points on the rocky walls every
500 feet or less, and after they had en-
tered few feet began working to the
right and left, using the entrance from
which to throw excavated material
About midway 8 bend IN the river made
it necessary either to make dangerous
curve or span the chasm. The latter
was chosen, and now a bridge unites the
two tunnels about 400 feet from the bed
of the river. Emerging from the second
of these tunnels at Anchi, the road is re-
crossed, and the road follows up the
River Blanca q few miles, which it
crosses and then enters a mountain,
where it turns around in a curved tun-
mel, and emerging a few hundred feet
above, recrosses the river and returns
and passes Anchi and continues up the
River Rimac. At Chicla, few miles
further, the road passes the town., re-
turns, crosses its own track and the Ri
mac, returns and again doubles on itself,
having passed Chic1a more than five
times,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-11
Was There a Glacial Man in Americai

Bur was there any glacial man in
American To this question the answer
is distinct, though given with the re-
serve which the subject justifies. For
the best that is known, we are chiefly
indebted to DIR. G. G.. Abbott, who was
the first to call attention to the stone
implements found in the glacial depos-
its of the Delaware Valley. These i'm
plements are chiefly of argellite, though
examples of flint occur at higher levels.
They have been found at the bluffs
near Trenton, both in position where
deposited and among the debris at the
base DIR. Abbott says: " Perhaps it Is
a wise caution that is exercised in but
Professionally admitting the great an
tiquity of American man, but, were
these rude implements not attributed
to an inter-glacial people, their coequal
age with the containing beds would
never have been questioned. On this
point the Curator of the Peabody Mu-
scum at Cambridge observes, in the
tenth annual report: "Dr. Abbott has
probably obtained data which show
that man eqisted on our Atlantic coast
during the time OF, if not prior to, the
formation. of the great gravel deposit
which extends toward the coast from
the Delaware River, near Trenton, and
believed to have been formed by glacial
action. From a visit to the locality
with DR.. Abbott, see no reason to
doubt the general conclusion he has
reached in regard to the existence of
man in glacial times on the Atlantic
coast of North America. "-B. II. De
Costa. in Popular Science Monthly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-11

E. F. TIFFANY, in Our Dumb animals,
tells of q horse that belonged to his
grandfather, that was in the family
very many years and was very old. A
young horse was substituted and the old
one was put in pasture to rest. The
OLD gentleman's Westinghouse was
three-fourths of mile away, on. the top
of q hill. The very first Sabbath grand
father went with his new horse to meet
ing, on going out to the shed after the
morning service, he found his old horse
standing in the shed beside the new
one. The old horse had jumped out of
the pasture to go to and stand in his
old place, 1t was the only time he ever
did so. How he knew the day, or when
to 60, is mystery, for there was no
bell on the Westinghouse. He went
Sabbath after Sabbath to stand in his
old place. Grandfather INDUCED him
for while, aad then shut him up in
the barn on Sunday. ,ea =
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-11

Two Of the principal bellies at the vlr-
ginia Warm Springs this season were
Miss Virgins selart atghtsf OF
"Jeb" Stuart, and Miss Julia jackson,
daughter of +" Stonewall."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-11

No matter how old a crow-bar may
he, it remains as pry as eyer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-11

soUf4aHIERA Dakota is grazing over
135. 900 head of cattle this season.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-11

A CHINESE ADAoK-Love 700 little.
love Ooolong.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-02-19
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

In the United States Senate, on the I'd,
four of the Missouri Census Supervisors
were confirmed. They were the three DEM
ocrats and Craig, the Republican Supervisor
for the st. Joseph District. The three re-
naming are Solomon, Cahoon and Draper.
The latter was recommended by Col. Hatch,
but since his appointment the Missouri SEN
ators have received many letters from prom
inent Democrats in the district, that of Ham
nibal, asking that he be rejected. 1t Is not
known yet what will be done with the three,
but the chances are that they will be con-
irmed.
John Eslinger, living near Lebeck, Cedar
County, was recently robbed by two high
waymen while engaged in hauling rails.
The number of the convicts in the Peni-
Tertiary on the last day of January was:
Males, 1,226; females, so.
Maggie Stotts and two sisters, Dora and
Birdie Yeates, while playing beneath a straw
stack on the farm of the father of the sisters
near Sedalia the afternoon of the 31st ult., by
some means caused the overturning Of the
stack, all three being buried beneath the
straw. An hour or SO after, the children be-
ing missed, the searchers discovered what
had occurred and went vigorously to work
to rescue the unfortunates. The two sisters
We're taken out alive but much exhausted;
but when Maggie was reached it was found
that she had been smothered to death. She
was aged years, and the sisters were re-
spectively and 10 years of age.
The proprietors Of the Jefferson City State
Journal have concluded not to issue a daily
hereafter. Since the division of the United
States District Court and the repeal Of the
Bankrupt law there was little for the Daily
Journal to live upon. The Weekly Journal
will continue to be issued as usual.
The Board of Managers of the st. Joseph
Interstate Exposition held a meeting, and
elected Sam. Nave, President; III. II. w.
Hartwig, ice-President; and Z. j. Kensh-
Ter, Treasurer.
Rufus Easton, brakeman on local freight
No. IS, in charge OF Conductor Thos.
Young, was killed at Warrenton Depot at
1:15, the afternoon of the Sd. Easton was
in the act of cutting off the ears, when he
fell, several cars passing over him and
crushing his head to jelly. Easton was
about 80 years old. and has a wife and two
little boys at st. Charles. An inquest was
conducted by Judge Wegener, acting Coro-
ner. The body was sent to ST. Charles for
interment.
The report of the State Auditor for the
month ending Jan. 81, 1850, shows balances
as follows:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-02-19
The Ute Outbreak,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.
The House Committee on Indian Affairs this
morning examined N. w. Byers, Postmaster
at Denver, Colo, relative to the Ute question.
He said that the causes of dissatisfaction and
irritation on the part of the Ute Indians dated
back to the treaty in which they claimed to
have been "sold by Ouray;" that the
White River Utes repudiated that treaty
and invariably warned settlers from the
region outside of their present reser-
walton, which they held they never intended
to cede to the United States; that the Indian
idea was that they had exclusive rights on the
reservation and an equal right with the whites
of the reservation. As an indication that the
outbreak was premeditated he instanced the
fact that the Utes for some time had been
counting friendly relations with the Chey-
ennes and ArrapahOeS, when it is well known
that they are natural and deadly enemies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-02-19
WIT AND WISDOM.

IT makes boy mad to observe that
many people who write books are 30 ig-
norant they spell bumble-bee with an h.
-Hawkeye.
THIS simple medical advice for curing
pimple is given by the Rockland
Courier First hold the pimple over a
slow fire until it comes to boil; then
'bust it, jt o.
SAID parent TO his little son who
had committed some act of indiscretion:
"Do you know why am going to whip
youP" eyes," said the boy, Z" suppose
you are because you are bigger than 1
am. boston Punch.
A NEW man in the country newspaper
business publishes under his editorial
heading: This paper furnished for $3.50
per year, if paid in advance; 90 If paid
at the end of the year, and 90 so if not
paid at all.-Syracuse Times.
PROFESSOR in Philology-a staid D.
D.-'Mr. B, can you give us an ex-
ample containing a conjunction coordin-
ateP" Mr.. B-(brightening up)-
"Tom and jerry" Professor" That's
good, let us see what we will have next"
Voice in the rear: "Beer."
Two pieces of orange peel on the
sidewalk represent pair of fancy
slippers.-Ne,o Orleans hicayune. And
the ornamental work that you feel on
the back of your head after stepping on
said orange peel, represents the embroi-
dery.-New HaUen Register.
THIS being leap year, Main Street
young lady thought she would make
proposal-and she did. She proposed
to a young man who had been keeping
her up nights, that he clear out and
give some one else a chance; and he
cleared.-Bridgeport Standard.
THE New York Observer tells of
Kew and horrible variety of donation
party. A large can was provided, into
which the farmers of the congregation
should pour their offerings of milk.
Each man came provided with jug Of
water, sagely thinking that his particu-
lar jugful would pass unnoticed among
the outpourings of milky abundance
from all the rest. But when the can
was turned out, there was nothing but
water in it. The poor pastor who was
the victim of this liberality will prob
ably provide big glass vessel before
the next donation party.
MARY had pair of bangs,
They matched her other hair,
And every night before she slept
She hung them on n chair.
she wore her bangs TO school one day.
Which made her classmates sore,
And hints went round that Mary's pa
Had worked a dollar store.
This kind of talk produced n fuss
The teacher took IL up;
She locked the bangs within her desk
o full was Marys cup.
Chicago Tribune.