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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-18

i've. They had taken sort Of dislike
to all this neighborhood, you see. That
was fifteen years ago. Not soul has
lived in the house since, and I rather
think it'll tumble to pieces before any
one else will. Some fool may try it
again for one night" concluded Aunt
Sabina, impressively; /" but it won't be
more'n one, or miss my guess"
"Oh! nobody ever wilt" cried Milly.
81 wouldn't go near the house for
worlds; and neither would you, John
would you? Do say you wouldn't"
John was loftily incredulous. He had
no faith in ghosts; none whatever, he
declared! Village people were always
getting up stories. 1t was shame that
a good bit of property like that should
run to waste on account of such nom
sense. 1t was noticeable, however, and
Aunt Bina did not fail to notice that,
with all this bravado, John did not take
the old house on the hill. "On Milly's
account" he explained. s'It was a
pity that girls were brought up so
timid!" Men are not always SO con-
siderate of their wives fears, however
and Aunt Sabina shrewdly opined that
John was not altogether unvisited by
private misgivings of his own, in which
opinion she was very likely right
Susan Coolidge, tn the Independent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-18
Davies Wooing.

80 Jenny, cease your merry song,
And stay your busy spinning;
Ye ken that I've been wooing long,
And yet Pm but beginning;
For aye something or ither's wrong,
And sets me back in winning.
- If were just some bonnie flower
Upon your breast reclining,
Maybe you'd ken in some bright hour
That for you was pining;
Maybe I'd find some unkent power
Ny heart with yours combining.
"Or, If was some bonnie bird,
Say just a cushat cooling.
Or if q summer breeze that stirr'd
Whatever you was doing,
1 think perhaps raight be heard,
And make some speed in wooing.
q o lassie, If I only knew
Tho ways of ither's wiling,
What bonnie bird or flower might do
In Loves most sweet beguiling,
Perhaps then when came to WOO
/, too, might find you smiling"
"Deed, Davie lad, you're much mistaken
For bird or flower to tarry;
hate to gle body pain,
II you your plea would carry,
C5ne as yoxrser, and say out plain,
Jenny, when shall we marry?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-18

in agonizing silence, yet for The suner'
era sake & must BE- DONE No deprsss-
ing influence must come near him. he
needs all his strength for the battle with
disease, and his mind must DO kept
calm and hopeful. rUs Ipat
OF course when . person 10 dclirious
or unconscious the case In altered, but
in many illnesses he Is neither, Even
when any one Is apparently insensible
the utmost care should be taken not to
express an unfavorable opinion of the
symptoms or to say any thing IL il unde-
sirable he should hear. Persons are
often fully alive to all that IL going on
around them when they are totally
unable to move or make their wants
known.
Whispering should never be permitted
n . sick room under any circumstances.
Speak in . low, clear tone, and the
sufferer, feeling that there Is no attempt
at concealment, often win not take the
trouble to listen. There should be a.
little conversation as possible and very
few people admitted into the room,
never on any account more than two at
one time. sT I- r' I.f
When the doctor makes his visit, tell
him in rs few words as possible all that
is necessary for him to know. Answer
lis questions briefly and be prepared to
give enact information about the patient
It is useless to say, for instance, lie
took q little milk, !" or He drank some
beef tea" There Is great deal Of diff
ference between q half q teaspoonful
and a half q cupful, and some or ittle
might mean either. Vomiting should
be mentioned, and whether it occurred
Immediately after eating. Some correct
idea of the amount of sleep obtained by
day and night must be given, and
whether It was restless and broken or
quiet and refreshing. Bleeding at the
nose should always be spoken Of, and Of
course hemorrhage Of any kind and
splitting of blood. = s..s pH
1t is always best to see the doctor in .
room before he leaves and tell
him any thing that it is not wise to men,
ton before the sufferer. Get explicit
from him as to medicines and
the time to give them, the. kind and
quantity of food to be given, and any
other points on which guidance may be
required. A little forethought often
saves one from puzzling uncertainty
Christian Union.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-18
Politics in the Lime-Kiln Club.

Waydown Beebe said that he rose up
to a question of order. Politics had
commenced to boom, and wherever he
went men inquired of him what attitude
the Lime-Kiln Club would maintain
during the coming Presidential cam
paign. Would it side with this
party or thatp Would it whoop for
this candidate or yell for the otherP
Would it be found bearing kerosene
torches through the street, keeping step
to the tap of the drum, or would it ride
on horseback and carry the banners
the enemy?
Samuel Shin said that he met the
same inquiries day by day, and he
would like to know what platform the
club would stand on.
Col. Cato Windfall also wanted the
matter decided. He knew of at least
one case where he had lost a job be-
cause he couldn't determine the atti-
tude of the club.
"Gem'len," replied the President in
answer, ode platform on which dis De-
trOlt Llme-klln CLUB now STANDS an
will foreber stand am divided into de
followin' planks:
"Plank Let SIGH people as want
to grind axes turn de grindstun fur
themselves.
Plank 2-Let de offs seek the man.
If it can't find him let de offs run her.
self.
PLANK 3-Doan' spile good white
washer to make poor ofiis-holder.
Plank 4.-Believe muffin dat poly
tishans talk, but vote to suit your own
Conscience.
.. Dis club makes no pledges. axes no
favors, an will be run in de intress of
de publick at large an seek de good
opinyon of all men. "-DetroH Free
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-18
How Big is Man?

Somehow, when mans mind be-
comes really enlargcd-say, like that of
Baron Humboldt, and he is able to place
in focus more and more of the cosmos
of which he forms a part, the things
which he at the outset of his life regards
as the largest get smaller and smaller,
till at last that first immense and over
whelmingly important thing, himself,
becomes so insignificant that it is only
through process of mental microscopy
he can discern his little identity among
the animalcule that float, swim, or
wriggle across the field of view. How
big is man, anyway? Well, he is
smaller than an elephant, and an ele-
plant is smaller than mountain, and a
mountain is smaller than the world, and
the world is a mustard seed compared
with the sun, and the sun itself is mere
mote in the dust cloud of spheres that
stretches out through the universe be-
yond the reach of thought. Suppose
earth eighty feet in diameter. Eighty
feet in diameter would be pretty large
ball as balls go on the face of this planet.
Assume, for the sake of easy calculation,
the diameter of the earth to be exactly
5000 miles, and let us proceed to build
our model to scale. A mountain five
miles high should represent on our
model $50, 0OOth of 80 feet or CLIO of an
inch. An elephant built in proportion
should be IA, 4OOth of an inch in height,
and an average man 1852 ,SO0th of an inch
tall. An army of &c, 400 such men stand
ing shoulder to shoulder IN single sUra1gnI
rank would require their General to gal
lop over the space of one inch to pass
them all under review. With smart
horse of proportionate size, ridden at
brisk gallop, he could accomplish this
distance in about an hour. Viewed in
this way man is mere mite crawling
over the face of the globe, yet he has
had the arrogance TO think the universe
was formed for him more than for other
insects, and that the Ruling Intelligence
had him pre- eminently in view in bring
ing order out of chaos.-Scientitc Neacs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-18
A Prayer.

O, NOT again, Lord, suffer me to know
Tho gall and norwood mingIedin tho draft
That In the summer days of long ago
Ny eager spirit all too often quaffedi
am athirst, athirst, but not for this,
Let this sore cup pass by me, oh, my Godi
The parching lips refuse to bend and kiss
The thorny sharpness of Thy heavy rodf
II bitterness, to those who call on Thee
Turns in the heart to drops of honeyed dew,
Then by its broken dreams my life should be
Sweet as the fairest rose that ever blewl
If yearning unfulfilled and hope deferred
Qhasten the heart that hungers for delight
BY all its burning tears it's prayers unheard
Then walks my soul in robes of stainless
whitei
II sorrow elevatcs and dumb despair,
And bleeding anguish, oh, by Thy great
love,
Then docs my spirit float in golden air,
Ny soul sit throned amid the stars abovel
But o my Lord, my God, my Father. no!
Forgive! Thysclf has wrung from me this
cryi
My stricken heart has nc'er confessed it SO,
Ny burdened spirit can not rise ON hight
But like a weary bird with stunted wings,
Close to dim earth it flutters round and
round,
With hopeless grasp to barren grasses clings,
Whore neither dew nor sweetness more are
found.
Grant me once more a cup of perfect Joy.
Full, brimming o'er!-in all the run of years
A6singlc hour of bliss without alloy;
For one such drop outweighs thousand
tear8i
And from that magic potion there shall grow
Strong pinions to my soul, till, eagle feet,
Bursting the bonds that chain it hore below,
It scars rejoicing to Thy very feet.
Stuart Sterae, in Neac York Erening Posi-.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-18
The st. Gothard Tunnel Finally Cut
- a. Through. 90 .

A dispatch from Berne, Switzerland,
Feb. %, says: The work of piercing
Mount st. Gothard was satisfactorily
completed ut 9 o'clock this morning
amid great rejoicing.
In 1870 Italy, Germany, and Switzer-
land signed Convention guaranteeing
S17 zoo, 900 to the company that would
construct the st. Gothard Railroad and
Tnnnal Italy irving ~. 200 900, Ger
many "a ,O00,O 900, and Switzerland 81
100000. The original estimates of $37,-
400, 900 proved under the mark, and
was found that s57, SEQ, 900 would be re-
quired instead. Germany added e.
100000 to her subsidy, Italy $4,000, 900
and Switzerland 81 GOO, 900. The work
was begun in the autumn of 1872. The
tunnel begins at Goeschesen, in q defile
where the River Reuss dashes beneath
the famous Devils Bridge, and ends at
Airolo, where IL overlooks the pleasant
pastoral valley Of the Ticino. Its length
is nine and third miles-4S, $50 feet, to
be exact; tits nineteen and a half feet high
and twenty-six feet in maximum width.
Twenty-six hundred men have been EN-
ployed-Italians with few exceptions.
The rock, which has varied from hard
granite gneiss on the Swiss side, to
gravel, sand, and pebbles on the Italian,
has been operated upon in q similar
way to that followed in the Gents Tun-
mel, dynamite being used In blasting
operations. Owing to the greater
homogeneity and the absence of water,
more rapid progress has been made in
tunneling through the rocks than in
dealing with the soft material where the
excessive infiltration of water necessi-
tated special drainage arrangements
besides retarding more or less nj
branches of the work. Thus, in piercing
q bed of schist, water was discharged
in torrents, and often the work had TO
be carried on under liquid jets descend
ing with the force of those from y fire.
engine pump. t-.
The st. Gothard Tunnel Is only ono
section of q railroad running from Lake
Lucerne in Switzerland to Lake Mag
giore in Italy. Besides the big tunnel
there are twelve others, the shortest of
which. Warren, il l,l06 yards long,
while the longest, the Olberg, reaches
1927 yards. The total length of those
twelve tunnels is very nearly ten miles
-15,578 meters. Then there are five
tunnels between 224 and $50, and
twenty-five between ITO and 22o yards,
making in all fifty-two subsidiary tun.
nels of an aggregate length of sixteen
miles. Between Immense and Goes
chenen there will be thirty.three tunnels.
between Airolo and Giubiasco seven-
teen. The line viii be carried over
sixty-four bridges and viaducts, the
longest Of which, that Of Cadenazzo, IN
Tessin, will consist Of five arches, each
having span of ffty-Hve yards. The
total length Of the Gothard line win be
151 miles, IL per cent. of 1t being tun.
nels and ! per cent. bridges and win.
ducta rt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-18
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL.

"Wellp'' said Aunt Bina, volume of
inquiry condensed into the rising inf1ec-
ton.
"Well, John?" said pretty Milly, in
tones softer but no whit less eager, and
jumping up, as she spoke, to help her
husband off with his coat.
John Let her assist him, let her hang
the coat, before uttering word in re-
ply. Was there ever John yet who
did not take q certain pleasure in defer
ring the satisfaction of female curiosity?
He gave Milly little smile of thanks,
drew . chair for himself close to hers,
held his hands to the blaze, rubbed
them, stretched his legs out comforta-
bly,. Then, taking Milly's fingers into
his broad palm, he stroked them gently,
and, regarding the expectant faces with
q twinkle in his eyes, said, leisurely:
"Well! There's nothing to tell.''
smoothing! And you gone all day."
cried Milly, aggrieved. While Aunt
Sabina, adjusting her glasses with the
air of one not to be trifled with, looked
steadily ut him and demanded:
"What have you been a-lookin' at
'thenf You amt spent the day dom
nothin', 1 reckon
ssNot exactly admitted John.
s'Next thing to it, though. First, I
drove up to Seth Dearborn's to see if
his mother-in-law was going to give up
her house, as Miss Pepper thought. But
she ain't; she going to keep right on as
she is. Then Marius Mullet told me
of q place two miles the other side of
the West Farms and want to look af-
ter that
1.-TWO miles the other side of the
West Farms. Oh! John. Why, we
might rs well go to Waterbury at once"
said Milly.
"Don't be scared, - said her husband,
drily, f" That amt TO be had, either.
'Tain't for sale at all. Marius was mis-
taken, rs he pretty generally is. There
isn't any thing at all to be had 1 never
saw such . town as this. Business
thriving, and the village well off, and
gas and water and every thing handy;
and not house to be had for love or
money unless You build it yourself. The
only chance for fellow who can't build
q that some one should die or move
away. And nobody ever does move
away and hardly any body dies. call
it hard lines, if we've got to board all
our days, or visit round with you,
Aunty, for want of any other place to
go. However. when I said nothing
,twasnt quite the truth, either. Aunt
Bina, who does that old house on top of
West Hill belong to? That house back
in tho woods. you know"
ssThats Why, it's all falling to
pieces, John, - remarked his wife while
Aunt Sabina only answered with a grim
~'Why3'
"WeI, I was thinking if it could be
had for next to nothing, as suppose It
could, j. might be worth while to take it
and fix it up. went out of the way to
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-18

A VERMONT man living in st. Johns
bury advertised his delinquents by
driving wagon through the streets
with their names painted on the side in
large letters. After dinner, when the
team again appeared, several of the
names were marked paid.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-18

A RED and white spotted deer was
killed by George Winthrop in the Pine
Nut Valley, Cal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-18

A LARGE number Of eagles have been
seen recently in Cheatham County.
Tenn. One killed by VIM. Teaseiy
measured nine feet from tipto tip.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-18

IRISH farms average twenty acres
each.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-03-05
AN APPROPRIATE MEMENTO.

We learn that some of the brethren
of the Methodist church in this State
have erected :, monument on tho up
per Alexandria Road. near jena in
this parish, to commemorate the spot,
where in the year 1914 or Is Il Mr..
Motley, an itenerant Methodist preach
CIR persisted by the road side, while
travelling on his work. AS cNplana-
tory of the incident of the death of this
faithful servant in whose memory this
monument has been erected, we OK
tract from DeBow's Review tho follow
ing scrap from tho history of our par
ish:
"NIr. Motley was delicate feeble
man and travelled on this circuit about
1915. In the winter while attempting
to swim tho Hemphill's Creek, up
where Squire Heard now lives, he got
very wet, and the cold bcnumbed him
so, that he persisted by the road side,
where he was found by the neighbors.
He was decently buried at Old Mr..
Browns place near by and every
preacher who since that time fills his
circuit. pays pilgrimage to the
grave of the faithful minister, who
fell in the harness and died at his
post"
We are informed that the monument
is of white marble structure, very neat
and bears appropriate Inscriptions. 1t
stands on the right of the road going
from this place and between the resi-
dences of Mcssrs. Coleman Il 1Iancs.
We think it highly commenlablc in
those who have had it done, very APP
propriate indeed, and hope it may
long stand to mark the historic spot.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-03-05
RULE BY FORCE.
TBOstOn PoSt.1

Boston POST.
The idea at the bottom of the Grant
movement is perpetuation of Republic
can rule by force. Call it Csesarism,
or what you please, there is no escaping
this conclusion. This result in pre-
senting an issue never before involved
in a Presidential contest. The funda-
mental idea of popular sovereignty ex-
ercised by the people with peaceful
and free ballot is to be overslaughed,
and Grant is the to be employed for
its accomplishment. 1t is unques-
tionably true that this idea of force as
against the popular will has made
strong Roadway during the last few
years. But we are unwilling to believe
that it is the dominant one in the
American people. x According to
the present outlook, Grant and the
bayonet, or Democracy and free
ballot, are the two prime contestants
for popular favor ut the ensuing cleo
ton. This issue is distinct and sharply
defined, and whatever collateral ques-
ton may enter into the canvass, this
| is tho one, and the overpOWering one,
on which parties are to be ranged for
the conflict. Grant rs Il military ncces-
sity tells the whole story, and chal-
lenges every mans attention. There
is no other possible explanation of the
success thus far of the Grant move.
mcnt, and no better evidence is needed
to establish the truthfulncss of the
view herein presented than the con
slant cropping out Of the Republican
demand for .a strong government"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-03-05
THE REPUBLICANS IN CONTEMPT.

The Republican Senators who affixed
heir signatures to tho kellogg memorial
are doubtless regretting it just now.
On the other hand the Senate in under
taking to punish them for contempt
finds itself with an elephant on its
hands. The Senators are in contempt
and nominalIy in the custody of the
Sergeant-at-Arms,b but as yet they have
evincetl no desire to free themselves
likely they will. Hence they arc as fit
subjects for punishment now as they
will ever be. But their Democratic
colleagues are in no haste to pass judg-
ment. If the truth is told it will be
found that the Democratic members
would like to wash their hands of the
whole affair; but from the circum-
stances of the case there is no alterna-
tive but to sustain tho dignity of the
Senate.
The action of the House in the first
instance was taken without consulta-
ton with the Senate, and yet the latter
is bound to follow in the line of the
former. For this reason some of the
grave and reverend Senators do not
hesitate to express their condemnation
ofthe Houses action in emphatic langu-
age. They take the ground that all
publican signers more important than
they really are and attach more signi-
ficance to tho memorial than it should
possesses. The course which will be
taken by the Senate may be considered
as agreed upon. AS the four Republi-
can Senators comes from Strong Re-
publican districts, it is conceded they
would be reelected in case they were
expelled. To avoid this it is proposed
to keep them in suspension and deprive
them of their per diem until the last
day of the session when they will be
expelled. The loss of "a IL day with
out the glory Of expulsion for political
opinions is not agreeable to the victims
and they are growing restless at the
prospect. Saturday rPinchback visited
the Senate and remarked to the writer
that he though the affair had gone far
enough and it was time he used his
good offices to compromise matters.
Demas, one of the offenders, did not
receive this offer with much gratitude.
On the contrary he declined them on
the ground that there was nothing to
compromise, and this seems to be the
sentiment Of his colleagu .-Picay,0'e,
LIST itFJE E..Ef
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-03-05
SHALL WE HAVE A RAILROAD.
ICalndcn (Ark) Beacon.

The st. Louis Iron Mountain and
Southern Railway Comply, has pro-
posed to build branch road, upon
certain specified terms, to Camden.
The terms are that we agree to pay
$50, 900 upon the completion of the
road, and secure to it the right-of-way
through the county, ect. We may not
be- able to raise that amount of money,
but would it not be well enough for
our citizens to consider the mat
ter in an authoritative manner
and not pass it by in silence? II
we manifest so little interest IN
the. proposed undertaking as 10
disregard it altogether, may not the
company construe our Indifference in
the light of sort of defiance, as much
as to say "we have the Ouachita river
and don't want your railroads." And
In that event, may not the company an
swer us by building its road to some
other point on the river and thereby
give Camden its death blow? Some of
our citizens, and perhaps business men,
may deride this idea, but permit US to
say Just here, that they may live to see
the day when it will be fully consum-
ated. AS sentinel on guard, charged
with the duty of watching and pointing
out what we may conceive to be its
material interests, we warn the people
of Camden of their danger, and
earnestly urge upon them prompt and
decisive action in this matter.
Now some may say this is putting
the thing to strong and little one
sided; that such talk as this will only
put the railroad men to thinking, and
place them in position to make
demands upon US. TO forestall this, we
will say business men will not take
such a view of this matter, but will
| view it in q business light, for at
ter all the arguments in that di-
rection have been exhausted, the facts
as we put them, still remain. Men of
any business qualifications and shrewd-
ness known full we'll that railroad men
generally do their thinking and under
stand such things before they com
mence operations, and seldom stop t.
consider the likes or dislikes of this
section or that town, with them it,
here's one and there's the other ir
other words, they have an object il
view always, and always work to tina
object and their interests, and if we
know ourself, it is for the interests o
Camden that we would work in this
matter, and to her interests and the
interests of those interested in her,
and to that alone. Then, the matter
is before you, choose ye therefore.
Since the above was in type more
favorable propositions have ban's. -s,ut
mitted to onr. citizens. Now let U
i aNtV.