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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-10-28

TAkE warner's Safe kidney and Liver Cure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-10-28

When is q lamp in a bad temper7
When it's put out, of course.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-11
An OtSego county Receipt.

To make good yeast, take ten large
potatoes with the peel of, put them
into Il porcelain kettle with three
quarts Of water and one quart of hops
tied in a thin cloth. Boil all, to-
gether; when the potatoes are done,
drain off the hop water into a clean
dish, then mash the potatoes very
fine, and put the hop water in with
ore teacupfu Of sugar and half tea
cupful of salt. When lukewarm, add
one pint of good yeast. Put il into a
stone jar, and set it to rise i'm warm
place then set in a cool place, and
cover tight. One teacupful is enough
for five lOaves Of bread.
To make good bread scald some
skim-milk. OF new milk half water,
then let it cool. Sometimes / put
mashed potato i'm, and sometimes one
tablespoonful Of sugar to one loaf, and
little salt Sift the fiOur into the
bread tray stir the milk with some
yeast in the center Of the flour a.
thick as sponge cake DO this in the
evening il will be light in the morn
ing, then mould il as soft as possible,
take it on the kneading board and
work il about five minutes, then put
il in warm place to get very light.
Then knead il ten minutes without
adding any -four except enough 10
keep il from sticking To the board,
then put It in tins to get light, mot too
light, and bake in quick oven.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-11
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.

Persons who have reached more than
three score and ten, say they have
never seen during all their days so
much rain and 50 much mud. Roads
are impossible and farmers who have
picked their cotton are not able to
haul it into market. The cotton
which has been left in the fields will
have to remain there. The bOlls of Il
great deal of it, have been partly
cracked 10y the frosts-the weather
has settled in them, and on eXamina-
ton, it will he found that they are
rotten and cannot open.
The only consolation the farmer has
who has not sold all of his cotton, Is,
that he will get remuncrative prices
for that he still has on hand. At
least lac hopes 80, as from present pros
poets there can't be much over 5000
900 of bales of cotton marketed.
The demand for cotton increases
and as the country generally is in
most prosperous condition, it is very
probable that the looms will all he
kept running, aud the demand must
he supplied, consequently cotton is
bound 10 go up, although the bears
are using all their capital and strength
to force the market down.
The rain can't last always sunshine
will come again, and maybe the farm
er will get as much for his cotton a.
from much larger crop. IL teaches
the farmer wise lesson-don't rely
ou cotton for a support.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-11

In the first place | suppose you who
read the PRAIRIE FARMER and have
had many valuable hints concerning
stock of all kinds as well as several
practical lessons in Bookkeeping, haYc
by this time procured at least some
sort of movable frame hive. If so,
then let me tell you, to see well to it
that all the queens are prolific. When
I saw queens | do not mean that there
is more than one in each hive, but
that there should be a good prolific
queen in every hive with plenty Of
brood, and at least twenty pounds of
honey well distributed throughout
the eight or ten frames of brood-combs,
and all surplus honey should be taken
from them and placed in dark dry
place for safe keeping. Now look
well to it as above stated that each
frame has its proper share of honey
for supplies during the winter. This
YOU can determine by opening your
hive and swinging each frame apart,
and if you find some of the frames
with less honey than others, you had
better place those nearest the center of
the broOd-nest. This is also quite nee
essary on account of dry combs for the
bees to cluster on during the coolest
part of the winter, and if you have
any queenless stock | would recon-
mend TO double them up with other
stocks that have good queens and
perhaps not as many bees as they
should have. This you will also find
to be beneficial, but do not try TO keep
any queenIess stocks over winter as
you are sure to lose them before spring;
neither attempt to winter over a stock
of bees with virgin queen, or fertile
worker, as you are always sure to fail
in such an undertaking.
j. NJ. HICKS.
BATTLE GROUND, IND.
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ono A WEEK. s12 day at home easily made
. q Costly outfi free. Address TRUE q Co.
Augusta. Maine. nov p q
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-11

Boston POston Bost.
One of the most prosperous cities OF
the country to-day is Norfolk. II IS
prosperous in spite of itself. from
1850 to 1870 it was "dcad and alive"
place, except during the period betWeeh
1861 and 1860, when it was lively
enough, but not with the sort OF life
that that contributed its good name
or PROSPERITY. Ten years ago it began
to pick up slowly, but still for awhile
lived largely on its past history, its
chief attractions being its grass cover
ed payements and moss covered roofs.
Nevertheless it began TO pick up. In
that year its cotton receipts looted up
lis, 352 bales; last year they amount
ed to 600,00O bales, placing N"ri0lk
third in the list Of cotton ports. Inc
next report will show her to be entlt-
led to the second position. At TINS
moment there is not less than S3o,ooo,-
600 worth of cotton on the WharVeS at
Norfolk, awaiting shipment. The
trade of this now flourishing city is by
no means confined to cotton. For he
fiscal year which closed with the
month of October, there were shipped
of potatoes, SIT, 900; Of Strawberries,
$3.50, 900 worth; of cabbageN, $50 900 !
pears, $l5O,O00; tomatoes, Sl3O,O0O ;
beans, $I2O, 900; asparagus, $50, 5000 ;
watermelons $4,000; apples, $1,000
cucumbers $50, 900. The total trade of
this city for the year was enormous
for city of oEly $4,000 inhabitants,
and which, including its neighbor
Portsmouth, and few small suburban
towns only counts up $4,000. 1t
amounted to $3S, 200, 159, the principal
amounts received being for cotton, dry
goods, farm products, lumber, boots
and shoes, tobacco and peanuts. AS
Il cotton port the prominence OF
Norfolk is for Il long time assured, ana
rs shown above her general trade bids
fair to be large.
The above shows that Norfolk, Va,
is one of the most prosperous cities III
the South. 1t, no doubt, all comes
from the fact that her resources are all
largely diversified. or course her
splendid harbor has something to DO
with NOrfolk's prosperity, but there
are other cities with equally as good
harbors that cannot show such good
record. Diversity your resources-and
with our climatic advanges-ourc cities
and towns will build up and increase
in commercial Importance.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-11

Vermont produces from eight 30 ter
millions pounds Of maple sugar every
year.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-11
MASTERS

HEA NC DIN EN- T d.
physicians cheerfully recommend this ONT
L MENT, and say that il has no equal as heal
ing agent. This Ointment is recommended for any
Of the following diseases, and all purposes of a
Family Ointment.
Old Ulcers Burns Scalds Fistula, Piles, SpTains,
Bruises Corns, Bunons Sore Nipples, ScrOfula,
Fever Sores Stings and Bites, Pimples,
EruptiOns, Chapped Hands Cuts,
Wounds Felons Boiis BARRIERS Itch, letter, Ring
W0rms, Cancers and Old Sores, Sore Breasts,
and all Burns caused by Oil Explosion.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-11
Old aud New Pork.

The large difference i'm prices of mess
pork for November Or December deliv-
cry a. compared with that for January
delivery, about 81 ~ barrel says
the Chicago Commercial Report, Is Is
due tD the fact that there are from %,
OpO 70 5000 barrels OF old ON hand.
This j. deliverable on November and
December contracts, but j. not "regu-
larn for delivery on time contracts
after the end Of December. Some APP
pear to believe that the stock Of old
will be thrown on the market tu
oil November contracts; aud are
some what afraid that should this be
done the market will break badly,
The stock Of old j. owned very largely
by one firm, hence could be delivered
ia rOund blocks should the course II
deemed advisable
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-11
FOR RENT.

4 FARM within two miles Of Jackson, with good
Il Dwelling Of six rooms besides kitchen and SER
wants ro0ms sixty acres Of land cleared and under
fence, two tenant houses stables, garden, and
orchard, two cisterns ffewoOd and water for
stock. A good place for a dairy. Apply to
LIVINGSTON.
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four grades, X, Xxx and XXX, accord
as it is black and freed from other
dirt. The best grade, XXXX, is gen
orally chemically washed and after
ward dyed black. so as to give il II
lustre and rich black hue. The
| better varieties of this grade are
known as vegetable hair" and can
not be told from hair except upon close
inspection.
Considering the heavy loss which
moss undergoes in the hands of fac
tories, per cent in drying and 30 per
cent in ginning, and the cost of gin
ming, baling, etc, the Increased price
of the better grades Of prepared moss
is slight, and the profit Of the faclo-
ries very little. Ginned moss was
once as high rs twelve cents,
but the competition of the fac
tories, etc, have, in the past few
wears, brought this down over 30 per
cent although the value of the raw
moss has remained nearly the same.
THE EMPLOYEES.
The employees in the factories are
generally skilled hands, since it re-
9uires some years to learn the business
and to be able to classify the moss
In the classifying department. women
are mainly employed. but IN the
rougher work, ginning etc., men:
Wages are good, and have remained
unchanged for several years past.
The factories, unlike many Others in
this city, run the entire year, beng
able to obtain a supply OF moss at all
seasons. The buslneas is generally
dullest in summer and briskest in
winter. Last summer was exception
ally. a good season, and the present
winter also opens very favorably.
USES OF MOSS.
The main uses to which the prepar-
ed moss is put is in stuf1ing furniture,
mattresses, cushions, etc. 1t is some
times plated into horse-collars ana
sometimes made into ropes, but these
moss ropes are not as strong as those
manufactured from other materials
and are consequently not much in de-
mand. For stutfing purposes, how
ever, the moss is uneXcelled, having
many advantages over its principal
and rival-hair. The smell
of the latter often remains behind,
even after it is thoroughly cleansed,
and it moreover harbors and breeds
insects; the moss, on the other hand,
is unpleasant and distasteful to in
sects, and the cloth or rep with which
il is covered is never eaten or hurt by
them. The moss too, is very elastic,
and for that reason cmlnently suited
for mattresses.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-11
THIS OINTMENT ALSO CURES ALL ERU
TONS IN HORSES AND CATTLE.

Directions for Using Masters Healing Ointment.
Apply twice day as other Ointment, morning
and evening the wounded part needs no cleaning,
the Ointment keeps the part perfectly clean and In
a healthy condition, consequently no soap Is re-
qured 10 wash Il sf and it always leaves the skin
in a pure and hoalthy state Il will never become
rancid nor deteriorated by climate.
Buy it Of your Druggist, If he has none get him
10 order Ii for you. Use none but MASTERS
HEALING OINTMENT
GEO W. MASTERS. Proprietor.
For sale Wholesale by WHEEBOCK, FISLAY 4 Co.,
and T. l. LYoxs New Orleans, and BY Druggists
generally in Louisiana and Mississippi
oct I6. fS0-1y
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After being thoroughly dried the
moss is ginned. About this portion of
the work the greatest mystery is pre-
served i'm the factories, outsiders not
being allowed to be present or study
the machinery. The factories are all
closed and locked, the yard surrounded
by a high fence, and the buildings
either without doors and windows, OF
these are closed so that no one can see
through them. The reason given for
this secrecy il that almost every fac
tory has some particular machinery,
some mechanical invention that it
does not wish the other factories TO be-
come possessed of. These mechanical
improvements, devices and inventions
are not patented, and, therefore, the
only way to prevent them becoming
public property is 10y keeping them
secret.
The general plan of the machinery
is similar to that in cotton gins, save
that the fibre OF the moss being
smaller than that of the cotton, the
teeth Of the gin are larger and further
apart. The ginning considerably re-
duces the amount Of moss, taking out
at least 35 per cent. Of dirt, sticks, etc.
After ginning, the moss, if it is de-
sired to produce a very superior grade,
il dyed black, and then pressed and
baled i'm bales varying greatly in
weight, in accordance with the GUS
toms Of trade, and the point to which
it is shipped, from 80 TO 225 pounds.
The presses, by the way, which are
similar to those used at the cotton
press, are so arranged as to turn out a
bale Of any size or weight desired.
Al the work Of ginning, pressing, bal
ing, etc, is Of course, done by ma
ehinery in the factories; but the
upholsterers employ only hand gins.
GRADES OF MOSS.
The ginned and prepared moss is 81
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-04-16

ELL
c0HazoE Z Il cABEzA,
CONTINUATION
POR
JOS E SELGAS.

No es tan insignifcante, sefior mio,
dijo Margarita; y 81 V. me spura, le di-
re que mientras no Sc sepa con quien,
la noticia, mis- ojos por 10 menos, es
muy dudosa.
--Antes de media hora sabran Vds.
qui6n es la eutura, puesto que le dan
tanta importancia ese pormenor que
en- NADIA altera la rea,idad evidente del
hecho de que SO trata.
Y diciendo y hacienda salio de la sa-
la tan precipitadamente, que no reparo
en- Esteban, que entraba al mismo ITEM
po.
La marquesa espero que el amigo de
Rafael SO le acercara q saludarla ; pero
Matilde no tuvo paciencia, y, al verlo,
exclamo:
-Llega Y. q tempe -. Acaban de
decirnos que sn amigo de V. SO casa.
-Pnes les han dicho q Vds. la YER
dad, contesto Esteban.
ID Y como es ESQ., pregunt6 Marga-
rita.
-H6 ahi una cosa dificil de explicar;
6l mismo no acierta darse cuenta de
10 que le sucede. Hay por medic
una falda negra y I'm manto con velo.
Debaio de este luto ha descubierto to-
da una primavera de flores.
ID Es j6yen pregunt6 uno.
--El dice que empieza 4 serlo,
- Rellsi
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ia y por Matildc, despues de reirse CO
mo los demss, dijo:
-Si Vds. me apuran, me we're obli-
gado q emprender la retirada, pues no
hay forma de luchar contra tan podero-
sos enemigos. s. Vds. 90 empe1an en-
clio, sera fea; horriblemente fea.
No, no, Sc apresur6 decir Marga-
rite, no tenemos empeno en- clio.
-Entonces, creanme Vds.. No di-
go yo que desiumbre, pero les aseguro
que cautivs.
d 10 sabe Y. por experiencia pre-
gunto Matilde.
No, contesto.
-Esa manera de hablar es sospecho-
So, anadi6 Margarita.
-Aseguro. -, empez6 8 decir.
Pero la marquesa le cort6 la palabra,
anadiendo:
NO debemos insistir en- ese punto :
los amantes afortunados son muy dis
cretos 49,.
- Juro, exclamo con vehemencia,
que mis- pretensiones fueron bizarra-
mente rechazsdas
- -Luego.
Nj luego nj antes, replic6; declare
que estuve d punto de perder el juicio
por esa bella criatura pero, en- honor
de la verdad, ella misma me hizo entrar
en- razon porque han de saber Vds
que d su bondad une un talento de pri-
mer 6rden y me convenci6 plenamente
dc que debia renunciar q mis- preten-
stones ella 10 quiso, y renunci6.
Est6ban puso la mano sobre 81 hon.
bro del que acababa de hablar, y con
sonrisa lisonjera le dIo:
Amigo milo, ESQ es inverosimil.
I'd Por qu69 pregunt6,
Estas senoras 10 diran, ii Quieren
ser ing6ruas.
Lss sehoEas psrmanscissop sallsdas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-04-16

tolica el peri6dico que ACADIA de des-
conocer la autoridad suprema del
Papa, rechazando cuatro proposicio-
nes NADIA m6nos, del Syllabus, las
cuales nadie pue1e dejar de acatar
en- conciencia sin incurrir en- censura
ecclesiastical.
El POGO espacio de que dispone-
mos nos impide hoy, bien nuestro
pesar, ocuparnos de su artlculo titu-
iado La e1consunion y dc Ia carta de
nuestro amigo d. Manuel Alcala del
O.mo, carta que no concebimos CO.
mo ha lido a 6gurar en- las columnas
de un periodico tan de6nido en- su
politlca y tan distante de las
ideas que creemos ha profesado el
senior Alcala, maxine cuando fue
digno colaborador nuestro; cuando,
por medic de la hospitalidad que
siempre otorgamos Gus escritos fue
que Sc dio q conocer en- ell pats, y
cuando nunca en- esta redaccion Sc le
rechazo carta nj artfculo alguno, nj
ha recibido mas que pruebas de per-
sonal afccto y distinction no tenien.
do, por 10 tanto, motives para Greer
que lie fuera rechazada su carta, nj
aun teniendolos podia ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
te esperar que, publicandola en- la
columras de un papel del cual hace
meses no salen mas que ultrajes para
ell BoLErIN y para las ideas que re.
presenta, dejara la production del
Sr. Alcala de ser sometida al crisol
de nuestra crltica.
Este paso del Sr. Alcala. en- favor
de cuya election anterior hemos sos-
tenido serias discusiones con amigos
de lnucha representation, nos releva
de toda consideration al correligio-
mario, al amigo y al colaborador, va
que no al caballero ; y pues nos
ha lido d atacar desde campo ene-
migo, como q tai le trataremos
Una declaration, y terminamos an.
tes que consentir que una carta nues.
ira contra ell Sr. Alcala i otro co.
rreligionario distinguido hubiera
servido de final q los dos furibundos
artfculos con que DOS ultraja b
Age'ae, nos habrlamos cortado Ia
mano que habia de trazarla. Conste,
pues, que va q empezar una polemi.
ca lamentable traida q la prensa por
ell Sr. Alcala sin que la hayamos pro-
vocado nosotros, 1nicos defensores
del general Sanz cuando fue real
mente atacado, estando en- la isla el
Sr. Alcala del Olmo.
Sean quienes fueren nuestros ad.
versarios, est6n seguros de que nos
hallaran siempre en- la brecha.
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Ell asegura one es I'm angel; y 81
no 10 es, debemos suponer que asi le ha
pareci1o. Ademas, los diez y ocho
amos suelen serlo todas las mujeres.
ID Como SO llama? pregunto Ia mar
quesa.
Sc llama Maria.
ID A que familia perteneoe
"A una gran familis q la numero-
so famiia de las gentes desconocidas.
Por 10 demas, Sc que vive con una ancia-
na imposibilitada, a quien llama abuela.
Esta anciana es viuda de nm militar, y
disfruta una pequena pension. Me pa
rece que no puedo dar mas pormenores.
Con esa pension podran vivir ape
mas, dijo Margarita, y en- ese case dehe-
ra ser una hermosura de buhardilla,
verdadero angel, puesto que vive de to-
jas arriba
Celebrose la gracia con una riss ge-
neral, Y Esteban contesto, diciendo:
No tanto: habita en- nm cuarto
cuarto tiene su nido, como las COLON
drinas, bajo el alero del tejado.
La marquesa dio & su tisonomia nna
expression picaresca bastante graciosa,
y al mismo tempo pregunto:
Y con la corta pension de la abue.
la, p1ede permitirse la Meta el lujo
de un cuarto piso?
Els que no cuentan solo con la pen.
sion.
~ Hola -. exclam6 Matilde: Spo-
seen rentas del Estado?
No, sonora, contesto Esteban.
I'd Tione algun ito en- Indias pre-
gunt6 d su vez Margarita.
-Tampoco.
~ Vamos anadi6 la marquesa 81
no tiene un tho en- Indias, puede haber
algun primo que la proteja.
Este equivoco de Ia marquesa obtu-
yo I'm 6xito complete, leyantando nm
murmulIc do aprobacion. T9dos los
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Entonces una VOC algo cascade tom6
parte en- la conversation, diciendo:
LAS senoras no confesaran nuncA
que leg es siempre agrsdable verse pre-
tendidas, sea quien quiera ell hombre
que las pretenda. No renuncian facil-
monte sus conquistas. He aqui sin
duda 10 inverosimil del case.
General, exclamo la marquesa ".
cree en- la exactitud de esa observa-
cionp
-Creo, senora, que por regla general
puede admitirse.
No hay Inconvenience en- clio, ana.
di6 el pretendiente desdenado. Admi-
to esa regla general; pero, sefores, hay
exeepciones, y la mia es una.
-Respetemos la modestia de este ca
ballero, y coneluyamos reconociendo
que la Meta de su abuela es un asombro
de belleza y un pasmo de virtud pero
aun asi me parece que no es un gran
partido.
II Por supuesto exclamaron mu.
chas voees 4 la vez Una horists. /
"A todo este, dijo el general, toda-
via no conocemos su retrato.
En- efecto, anadio Margarita no
basta dscir es bella es precise demos
trar en- que consiste su belleza. Vizcon-
de, demos V. una idea de las siLgulares
perfecciones dc la ingrata que no ha sa-
lido correspondent q una passion tan de-
sesperada. Els cosa que v. SO la encon-
trara hecha, pues debe saberla de ma
moria.
Si, ST, dijeron varios concurrentes,
venga el retrato.
-Senores, no es tan fdcil 10 que Sc
me pido; la belleza de Maria esta mas en-
Ia expression que en- las lineas, mas en-
el conjunto que en- los pormenores; '
Aoy 4 haoer IN bosqueio palido que no
wa satiafscez 4 nadia,
Qosslnxard
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favorable le parecio desde luego que
habia de ser una de esas virtudes dudo-
sas que ocultan bajo las apariencias
del decoro debilidades mas 8 menos
interesadas para no perder la esperan-
"a de encontrar un marido q proposito,
que nunca faltan para esta clase de mu-
jeres.
Ell corazon impetuoso de Rafael era
un peligro, pues 81 llegaba enamorar-
Sc de veras, 10 arrostraria todo antes
que renunciar q su presunta dicha.
Despues descubriria el engano de que
habia sido victima, y entonces la catas-
trofe seria inevitable.
De esta manera discurria Esteban,
empenado en- salvar gu amigo del pe-
ligro en- que 10 veia preci pitarse; y pre-.
tendi0 detener ell ciego impulse de aquel
amor repentino con las carcajadas del
mundo, que 10 perseguirian por todas
parties.
FL fa6, pues, el que extendi6 la noti-
cia, haci6udola correr por los cafes,
desde donde SO elevaria los salones,
como Sc elevo, en- efecto.
Asi es que Esteban, oontestando las
i1ltimas palabras de la marquesa, dijo :
No Sc 81 hay ito, 8 es simplemente
un primo, quien ha tornado q su cargo
la protection de la hermosa Meta y de
la abuela impedida /; mis- noticias no
llegan q tanto; 10 que Sc positivamente
es que la misteriosa ninfa poses la ha-
bilidad de hacer flores, segun Rafael,
de una belleza admirable.
-Yo no pnedo convenir, dijo Matil-
de, en- que Rafael piense en- ESQ formal
mente.
--Pues es indudable, replica uno de
los circumstances y 81 Vds. conocieran
q esa senorita, no 10 pondrian en- duda.:
% do una bellezs irreprochable, y do
ma eondpcta irFspfsnsible.