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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-08
About the Figure Nine.

You can not get rid of the figure nine
by multiplication, and scarcely by any
method. Whatever you do, it is sure
to turn up again, as was the body of
Eugene Aranes victim. One remarka-
BILE property of this figure (said to have
been first discovered in 1919 is that all
through the multiplication table
the product of nine comes
to nine. Multiply by what
you like, and it gives the same result.
Begin with twice 9, 10; add the digits
together, and / and make 9; three
times 9 are 81, and and Z are 9. So
it goes on up to eleven times 9, which
gives 80. Very good; add the digits;
9 and 9 are Is, and and are 9. Go
on to any extent, it is impossible to get
rid of the figure nine. Take couple of
instances at random. Three hundred
and thirty mine times are 3,051; add
up the figures, and they are nine. Five
thousand and seventy-one times are
1859; the sum of these digits is 81; 2
and Z are9.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-08
answering him, but sat down imme-

| diately.
The girls went to work on their gram
mar lesson, but soon got back to the ket-
tie. Every body's thoughts spun around
that black, kissing object Just now.
| They talked a good deal about it, but
Joe did not appear to be listening. The
steam had stopped entirely, and he was
carrying lighted shaving with trem-
| bling hands toward the spout of the ket-
| tie. A brilliant blaze suddenly lighted
up the house.
i" Hurrah! !" cried Joe. Sell your box
of candles and buy yourself new gown,
mother. Hurrah for school and shingles
lsall winter! Hurrah!"
"Why, Joel" cried his mother, some
thing sparkling in her eyes, "why, Joe,
didn't think it would burn so !; but it
does, and am glad of it, too.n
Little Moses and Judith skipped about
from one corner to another, laughing to
know that something was not hid there
to catch them every time they ventured
into the darkness. Joel came in just
then, to JAMES great satisfaction,
though, perhaps, he did not help to a
correct grammar recitation on Monday.
Notwithstanding his presence, she did
not seem very seriously alarmed for
Joe's reputation. Joel looked on the
blazing tea-kettle in amazement, and
with some trepidation.
"May be it's bewitched," said he to
Jane.
go, don't know what Joe's been
doing to it, I'm sure," said the promis-
ing girl; "but guess it is light enough
to see to play cats CRADLE" and so they
tried it.
"Why, Joe, you're a genius. instead
of Ounce, do declare,' cried Debby.
"This is an invention, and no mis-
take"
You are acting like parcel of
ounces" declared their father, prepar-
ing to go to bed. "'Tain't no great
wonder that birch-bark should burn
after it's got afire, if it is in an old tea
kettle. It'll all burn out in ten min
utes.'' ..
''No, Debby, I'm only a Ounce"
Joe replied; 6 but you will soon see
that it will burn all the evening""
And it did. At bedtime the teakettle
was taken away from the crane and the
blaze extinguished. The next evening
it was hung on again-this time without
opposition-an lighted after it got hot,
no time being lost waiting for steam to
dry off. Joe split his shingles now
without delay, and never was there
more diligent and happy fellow. To-
ward the end of the week the crust
burned off the cracks in the kettle,
whereupon the light became more bril-
liant than ever, for it streamed out
from every crack as well as from the
spout, and the black old tea-kettle was
clothed in mantle of Pickering fire.
But Joe was afraid the shattered con-
stitution of his favorite would hardly
hold together under so much excite
ment. So, on Saturday, he plastered
the cracks over anew, this time with
clay, and filled it with new stock of
birch bark.
And thus he worked by his tea-kettle
light all winter, and got his schooling,
too.
Here endeth the true history of the
first of all the gas factories.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-08
The Ringing Rocks Of Montgomery
County, Pa.

It was 2 O'Clock when our party
reached I" Ringing Rocks.' The air of
the afternoon was sharp and crisp, the
ground well frozen, and most of the
snow of winter had disappeared. We
had come to ring chime on the strange
and wonderful metallic rocks that ma
ture has so mystefiously placed here in
a group. These rocks are on the farm
of Abraham Mensch, of Pottsgrove
township, Montgomery County. They
cover space of about three-quarters of
an acre. Our party consisted of ladies
and gentlemen yersed in music. Each
selected rock suitable to form a scale
of eight notes. The leading gentleman
took the rock known as the estate
House bell. He struck it with ham,
mer, and it rang out very like the old
Independence bell in Philadelphia, be.
fore it was cracked. The tones of a
number of stones were tested before
each member of the party had selected
one with tone corresponding to his
note of the scale. Finally light rocks
were chosen, and few tunes, such as
"Old Hundred, - &" Sweet By and By, ="
and Home, Sweet Home, {" were given
with considerable clearness. Some of
these rocks give forth rich, full tone,
which would vie with the best metal
The IS State House rock" at one time
was one of the largest. 1t has been
broken off several times, but it still pre-
serves its strong full tone. The sound
produced by striking the smaller rocks
resembles that made when a black
smiths anvil is struck, some being
clearer than others, but no two are
alike. Many sound as though car
wheels were being tested by the ham,
mer strokes of the station men. The
" ringing rocks - have been visited by
thousands. On the surface of many of
them are marks resembling footprints
of horses and other animals. Fac
SMILES of human footprints are also to
be seen.-Cor. N. Y. Sun
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-08
Another mock marriage has prove,

Another mock marriage has proved
disastrous. A young man and wom-
an at Fall River were married for fun
by friend. The friend was a young
lawyer, and after the ceremony was
over remembered that he was a Justice
of the Peace, and that the marriage was
binding. The youthful Justice was told
that he was liable to State-prison for
performing bogus marriage ceremo-
ny. Accordingly he decided to legalize
it, and he published the wedding notice
in due form, made out certificate, etc.,
and that was the first intimation the
bride and groom had of their union.
Neither of them desired the other, and
they are much distressed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-08

Bishop Nestor, of the Greek Church,
stationed in Alaska, has sent a messen-
ger to President Hayes, asking that the
Russian-speaking inhabitants of that
country be not overlooked by the United
States Government. The prelates
places their number at about 5000, and
suggests that, as they are quite ignorant
and unable to speak English, measures
should be taken to fit them by educa-
for the duties of sef-government.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-08
Youths Department.
THE FUNNY MANDARIN.

There was a funny mandarin
Who had funny way,
OF sliding down the balustrade
A dozen times day.
With arms in air and streaming hair,
At risk of bone and brain,
Around and round the winding stair
He slid the rail amain.
The "surest" aim may miss the game,
The "safest" ship go down,
And one mistake will bring to blame
The wisest man in town.
And thus it ran, that daring man,
Who never thought to tail,
Atlast, in spite of every plan,
Went gliding off the rail.
The servants then, unlucky men,
Began to laugh and grin,
Whica, like a lion in its den,
Aroused that mandarin.
Ho, no" said he, "you laugh at me?
Now, slaves, you each shall slidep'
And when they all had met Il fall,
He laughed until he cried.
st. Nicholas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-08

Simon Stampfer, the founder of Il Q
Jewish agricultural colony near Jeru-
salem, is now on his way to this country
for the purpose of securing the support
of American Jews in his agricultural
scheme.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-08

There was a stormy meeting of the
Jewish congregation Beth Hamedrash,
in Chicago, the members being divided
on the question Of retaining the Rev. L.
Anixer as rabbi. Max Nathan was
called to the chair, but he did not wish
to serve, and tried to escape from the
synagogue. The door was barred
against him, and he attempted to get
out through a window. Some of the
contestants helped him, while others
held him back. A young woman grab
bed him by the buttons Of his trousers,
and tugged 30 hard that the garment
suddenly came of in her hands. There
was flashing of red flannel drawers In
the air - Nathan few out of the win
dow, and the meeting was confusedly
adjourned
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-08

THE sc Fifteen" puzzle is nothing new
to young ladies. They are so used to
sticking at Is that it is puzzle to US
how they ever get any older.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-08

CATTLE hoofs are quite feature in
the horn-button trade. They are worth
$50 ton.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-02-06

roundness, and her laugh was but seldom
heard; for even when surrounded by all
that was gayest and brightest, her heart
would be far away, flown to that far-oll
grave where Colonel lowering, with
hundreds of his braye countrymen
around him, lay sleeping his last long
sleep,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-02-06
CITY. ADVERTISEMENTS.

Corvallis Lodge no IA. r. Il A. NJ.
Holds stated Communications on Wednesday on
or preceding each full moon. Brethren in good
standing cordially invited to attend. By order
W. M.
Darnum Lodge No. 2, I. .. o. r..
Meets on Tuesday evening of each week, in
their hall, in Fishers brick, second story. Mem
hers of the order in good standing invited to at
tend. BY order of C.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-02-06

An old Scotch lady was told that her
minister used notes, but would not be-
lieve it. Said one, Gang into the gal
lery and see." She did SO, and saw the
written sermon. After the luckless
sreacher had concluded his reading on
Alast page, he said But ! will not
ge." The old woman called out
r. lofty position, Ye Gamma, ya
1Vour papers give out
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-21

-1his paper is kept on ME in the office of
L. +. Booth, General Eastern Agent, Chicago
L Northwestern Railway 40 Broadway,
New York City Our friends, when in New
York, are cordially invited to call IN and read
it at any tima. They will always be welcome
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-21
CONNECTIONS !.

At GREEN BAY with Chicago & Nor,h.
western and Wisconsin Central RAILWAYS for
Milwaukee and Chicago. and for all points
North, East and South.
Al NEW LONDON, with the Milwaukee,
Lake Shore / Western R'y for Shawano and
Manitowoc.
1T AMHERST J'n. and PLOVER with
Wisconsin Central Z. r. for Ashland, Ste
yens 20 mt. Portage and Madison.
At MERRlLLAN in with Chicago. 81.
Paul Minneapolis Line for Black River
Falls, Eau Claire, St. Paul and MINNEAPOLIS
At WlNONA with Chicago, Milwaukee i
=. Paul Railway, for st. Paul and Minneap-
oils, with Winona & st. PeterRailroad. ~
Y n. W. for Rochester, Marshall, Sioux
City. fankton, and points West
At LA CROSSE with Southern siinnesot.
Il. X: and With Chicago, Clinton, Dubuqus
and Minnesota Railroad.
TIMOTHY CASE, Receiver,
aud Cent Manager
Green Bar. w.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-21

oU0am 81. Paul sos
7G0'm 'Mipueapols Z o5pm dp
Spinner.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-21
Notice of the Redemption Of Lands
Sold for Taxes MaV 14th 1878.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF DoUGLAs,
~ OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
Superior. August 7th, 1850.
The following pieces of land having been sold by
the County Treasurer Of the County Of Douglas, on
the l4th day of May 1873 for tho taxes est and
charges for the year 1871 Therefore notice is hereby
given that unless said lands redeemed fIom said
LIZ Liz
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-21
18th DAY MAY 1851,

they will be conveyed to the respective purchasers
cr assgnees, according to law. Tue amouut OF taxes
interest and charges, calculated Up othe.last day Of
redemptioD set opposite to each piece respectively
GEo. + HoLcoMB. County Clerk
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-21
bISTAN CES

From Green Bay to New London, 80
miles; Plover, 81 m; Grand Rapids, 90 IA :;
Mcmillan Junction, las m; Arcadia, 1872
Winona, PA; La Crosse, 239 St. Pau
PSI Minneapolis, 292.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-21
LOCAL. a Eft Al us

Dry weather continues and the
pasturage for cattle is becoming
decidedly thin.
No books are 90 legible as the
lives of men; no characters so plain
rs their moral conduct.
William Schultz and James
Sammon are up from 81. Paul visit
ing the scenes of their bOyhood
days.
Farmer James S. Ritcllie this
week received new sulky plow ;
aud Capt. Brooks all assortment to
sell.
The reason why SO many
usually gruf men are becoming SO
polite Is, the fall election Is ap-
preaching!
The Ashland Cornet Band ex-
cursion party will arrive at Duluth
on the Manistee Saturday morning
the 18th inst.
Campbell & Smith, Duluth
are closing out her immense stock
Of boots and shoes at actual cost.
Call and see them. 5W
Mr.. = Usher, son Of the Hon.
j. 7. Usher OF Kansas, who owns .
large interest in Uppertown pro-
Dcrty, was here this week.
Sheriff Newton was brought
home quite i'll from Peyton Il Co.'S
mill the other evening. We are
glad to state that be is now out Of
danger, and recovering rapidly.
Old settler William Schustcr
has been suffering for some time
from an injured lib occasioned by
fall, but is now much improved
and able to look after his outdoor
work as usual.
Go to Campbell & Smiths in
the Banning Block, Duluth, for dry
goods, boots, shoes, hats, caps and
gents furnishing goods. New stock,
and prices lower than the lowest.
S. A. Hutchinson an old setter
Of Pine county, Hlnn. was shot and
Instantly killed at Chengwatana on
Tuesday. His Indian wife and son
are accused OF the deed, but they
strongly insist 1t was suicide,
Little Falls now boasts of a
daily paper, the Transcript, a neat
little sheet edited and printed in a
manner that would do credit to any
town Tho on,arnriso of Rro+b -
Stiyers is to be commended.
The forest fires in this vicinity
arc still yaaino thoush somewhat
checked by the rain Monday. Down
the sou,h shore near the Brute and
IRON rivers = lare,e area bas already
boo, hn,na1 ovor srd mn,h vaIn.
.h,o 4;,,,hor dostrovoa ON. o.
chances ronort heavy woods fires
all arona tLo I,l-o Ila Rovol ;e
.o;d y, Ia enc sheet If famc
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49, Ta1oo.o,,h
-tlre-proof shingles can pc
prepared as follows: Make a
quantity OF "hileWaSh III Il large
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-21

THIS COMPANY offers tor sale large amount =
LAND TsHd ont ,b ta5 I'm. 3, and A. Ro, T%
cred with a heavy growth of Pine, HemOck, Oak,
Maple, Beach and Elm, PAYMENTS easy,
CHAS. l.. COLBY, Land Commissioner,
MILWAUKEE,, Wis,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-21
VIA: GREEK BAY& MINNESOTARR
Taking effect November 10th, 1879.
Gong West, Stations Going East.

oopma' LcClosse 6.50amdp & 50nn9,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-23
ScrOfula.
davenport Democrat, May l.

davenport Democrat, May l.
Probably no form OF disease is so generally
distributed among our whole population as
Scrofula. Almost every individual has this
latent poison coursing his veins. The terrible
sufferings endured by those afflicted by scrofu-
lous sores cannot be understood by others,
and the intensity of their gratitude when they
fud a remedy that cures them, astonishes q
we'll person. The wonderful power of DR.. E.
B. Hallidays Blood Purifier, eradicating every
form of scrofula, has been so clearly and fully
demonstrated, that it leaves no doubt that it
is the greatest medical discovery of this gener-
alton.
DR.. E. B. Halliday's Blood Purifier is sold
and recommended at Harrison's Pharmacy, No.
No. 30S Brady street, Davenport, Iowa, and
soldand recommended by Weaver & Maish and
G. 81. Ward, Des Moines, Iowa.
Ladwig & Schranck, druggists, Milwaukee,
in an article in the Milwaukee Ne,Us challenge
the world to produce its equal as blood puri-
fer for scrofulous diseases.
Crosman & PIummer, leading retail drug
gists of Minneapolis, Minn., have been hand
ling this medicine for the last four years, and
are now retailing gross every ten or twelve
days, which iS more than any one retail drug
eist can say of any other medicine in the whole
Western States.
Moves Bros. & Cutler, the leading Wholesale
druggists of this Western country, who do not
talk up one medicine more than another, are
selling ten times more than they were year
ago. Why is this? Because the medicine is
giving universal satisfaction, and still the CRY
is, ''Give me HallidaY's Blood Purifier, it
seems to help me most
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-23
THE GLOBE HOROSCOPE.
AS it Casts its Light ON the Chicago Marke

AS 1T Casts its Light ON the Chicago Market
Especial Telegram to the Globe.l
CHICAGO May 22.-As indicated last night
news in the morning dispatches that the stock
market was panicky, and really the nervousness
in grain was caused by the above. Our open
ing was firm, and soon considerable doing, but
large offerings by the tailors was too heavy, and
prices broke to $1.0S1s June, $1.03@$1, ,O311sS
July. The June option is steady in compare
son to July, as the latter is unmercifully
pounded by class of operators that have had
it until yesterday, and now having got rid of
June is too near kin to May to tamper with
much, SO that the traders are watching
how the May deal runs. Yesterday
the sales of May were liberal by commission
firms, supposedly selling against actual
property at prices ranging from 81. .14I down
to $l.lS1I, back to 81 Is this morning. This
same class were large buyers as hign as 81 .164
and everybody not posted is puzzled why it
should be so gamey. The reason is, that the
Milwaukee & st. Paul folks have been ship
ping to Chicago without any terminal storage
room, so elevators have received orders to re-
receive nothing but property consigned on
their own roads. This leaves this road out in
the cold, as wheat is only regular in store, so it
forced them to cover contracts, (which they did
in settlement, if they could but get in anyway.
Closing, May bid $1.I6. give you this rumor
for what it is worth, but know that such orders
have been given to certain roads that
they could not take any more wheat
consigned here for the present. think the
weak closing was due to the play of the gang.
A large amount of puts for to day at 81. OST
were sold last evening, and as the unholy
couldn't capture so large bundle by actual
purchase without exciting the market, they
depressed prices to gobble the speakers and
they got them. Closing $1.0S1a 10 81. 055 June,
81. .US1 July; freight engagements 100000.
Corn steady, but at lower rate with good
business at the decline; we all look for very
large receipts as we do for large shipments to
US; the engagements show to-day 725,000
bushels reported, and don't know how much
more covered up and not reported. Closing
quiet.
Provisions dull and entirely uninteresting.
The receipts of hogs for the week were the
largest on record for this time of year, and
the boys evidently thinking the work may be
possibly going on without fear or favor from
them. Speed the good work and we may have
cheap meat, though it is terrible bore to
some. Closing unchanged.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-23
PERSONAL.

Charles A. Dewar, Washington, at the Mer-
chants.
Henry Keller, Kasson, is quartered at the
Clarendon.
T. S. Sheldon, of Kalamazoo, Mich, is at the
Clarendon.
C.J. Monroe, of South Haven, Mich. is stop
ping at the Clarendon.
William Mackenzie, Dublin, Ireland. was at
the Merchants yesterday.
John B. Westcott, Palmyra, N. T., is among
the arrivals at the Clarendon.
DR.. J. FL. Dorsey and E. P. J Day, Glenco,
registered at the Merchants yesterday.
Mr.. McIlrath, of the Miles City, Montana,
Tribune, is quartered at the Merchants.
VIM. Ashworth, John P. Tyson and wife,
Chicago, are registered at the Metropolitan.
81. 81. Porter, president of the Chicago, st.
Paul & Omaha Railroad company, is at the
Metropolitan.
Mrs. Charles Haines, returned yesterday
afternoon, from a months visit to friends in
Indiana and Ohio, much improved in health.
DR.. J. Wilhelm, of the Faribault refinery, has
gone to New York, to procure new apparatus
for the refinery and machinery for field work.
@. A. Broadwater and family will leave here
this evening for Fort Assiniboine, where Mr..
Broadwater has charge of the post-trading
house belonging to his firm.
At the Merchants 81. W. Cooper, Fargo; T..
P. McShatty, A. Barring Gould, Miles City, D..
T.. John @. Hunter, Duluth; VIM. McGregor,
Windsor, Ont; Geo. P. Moore, Omaha.
John M. Barton. Cincinnati; G, W. Kur.
steiner. Englewood, N. j.; =. J. 1fusdell, j..
M. Wane, J. Scanlon. w. C..Smith, Chicago;
J. G. Nazro, G. T. Hardy, Max Warshauer,
Milwaukee,; Judge j. Il. Brown, Wimar, at the
Metropolitan.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-23
DECORATION DAY.

The Plan Adopted for It's Observance in
st. Paul
A meeting of the Ramsey County veteran
association was held in the old court house
last evening, Col. Taylor in the chair.
About twenty members of the order being
in attendance. Major Browning, from the
committee on decorations. stated that he
had conferred with the members of the ex-
ecutive committee who were in favor of dis
pensing with the usual decorations, and hav-
ing handsomely embsllished cross erected
in each of the cemetries, In accordance
with the resolution passed at the last
meeting.
1t was decided, on motion, that cross of
| floral offerings should be erected in each of
the two cemeteries, and that the ceremonies
should take place on Monday afternoon, the
31st inst, at 2 o'clock P. NJ. Comrade Cum
mings spoke in favor of having procession
of veterans to each of the cemeteries. Col.
Taylor explained that the feasibility of
procession had been considered, and, that
owing to the want of interest by the citizens
it had been decided that a procession was
impracticable.
In reply to a question Major Browning
stated that the crosses would be made from
2 by scantling, which would be handsomely
painted and festooned with flowers, and about
seven feet high.
On motion two committees of five mem
bers each, were appointed to assist Major
Browning in arranging for the erection of
the crosses in each of the cemetries.
The committees are as follows: Catholic
cemetry-Edward Cummings, Jacob Manner,
Otto Dreher, M. j. O'Connor and John
Oliver. Oakland cemetry-W. b. FL. Taylor,
Romaine Sheire, John Way, II. Il. Hare and
r. s. Bum.
1t was agreed that the flowers and crosses
should be sent to the eadjutantigenerars Office
at the capitol. Adjourned.