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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23
CuriOsities of Kleptomania.

SOME curious cases of kleptOmania
are mentioned in Chnn.bers's Journal
A lady was affected with this monoma-
MIA SO strongly that, upon her trial for
theft, she stated that she had such a
mad longing to possess herself of every
thing she saw that if she were at church
she could not refrain from stealing from
the altar. DIR. Rush, the American
physician, informs us that a woman who
was exemplary in her obedience to the
moral law, except the Eighth Command
ment, was so addicted to larceny that,
when she could take nothing more vain.
able, she would often, at the table of a
friend, secretly fill her pockets with
bread. Lavater' also states that doc
tor of medicine could not leave his pa
TENTS room without taking something
away unobserved; and his wife searched
his pockets and returned to their own
ers the knives, thimbles, scissors, etc.,
which her husband distracted. The
wife of another physician had so strong
a propensity to steal that on making
purchases she endeavored to take some
thing away that did not belong to her ;
and two German countesses appear to
have been guilty of the same vice. The
almoner of q regiment of Prussian cui-
rassiers, well educated man.. frequent
ly on parade stole the handkerchiefs of
the officers; and one unfortunate man
was so far under the influence of klepto.
mania that, being nigh unto death, he
actually secreted- the snuff-box of his
AS to modern instances of this species
of insanity, we knew a parish clergyman
who stole every article he couldIay his
hands on. If out at dinner he pocket
ed scraps of bread, table-napkins .or
anything. When lodging at hotels he
carried off pieces of soap and the ends
Of candles from his bedroom. His lar
cenies became SO notorious that he was
ultimately brought before the, Church
courts and turned out of his living. ~
DR.. Gall mentions an instance of two
citizens of Vienna, whoyon becoming
insane were well known in the hospital
for, an extraordinary propensity to steal,
although. they had before lived IRE
proachable lives. They wandered about
from morning to night and picked, up
whatever they could lay their hands, on,
which they carefully hid in their rooms.
Abnormal conformations of the head,
accompanied with: an imbecile UNDER
standing, are often the cause Of klepto-
mania. Gall and Spurzheim saw in Bern
prison boy twelve years old, who is
described as "ill organized and rick
ety." who could never avoid stealing.
An ex-comnissary of police at Toulouse
was condemned, to eight years impris-
onment and hard labor and to the pill
lory for having stolen some plate while
in Office. He did not deny the crime,
but persisted to the last in singular
kind of defense He attributed the
crime to d mental 1derangement caused
by wounds he had received at Marseilles
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23
King Frederick's Joke.

CONSPICUOUS among the few men of
his time who ever, got the better of
Frederick the Great in testing en-
counter was an abbot of the Catholic
Monastery of Camenz, who succeeded
in that high Office the worthy Abbot
Tobias, an old favorite and friend of the
Protestant hero, whom, upon memora.
BILE occasion, he had saved from capture
by a party of foraging Croat horsemen.
The King disliked the new abbot as
heartily as he liked the old one; but,
having been Hospitality entertained by
him during the last visit he ever paid to
Camenz, he deemed it fitting to recog-
nize his hosts attentions by some
special mark of royal grace, and, calling
the abbot to his carriage window, as he
was about to drive away from the mon
astery gates, said to him: sAsk me q
favor" "Sire," observed the abbot,
sour second bass choir singer is recent
~ dead. Doubtless your Majesty can
dispose of many chorists in Berlin. Will
my all-mightiest, all-serenest monarch
deign to begift us with second bass?"
The King, after moments reflection,
replied: I" I'll send you one from Neu-
stadt on the Dosse." 1t flashed across
the abbot's mind that Frederick had
some short time previously set up an
establishment for improving, the breed
of assess in the very town mentioned by
him, and foreseeing what sort of bass
singer the Kings peculiar humor would
prompt him to forward to Camenz
wherewith to recruit its choir, he prompt
ly rejoined: "Most dread sovereign, in
token of our gratitude for your gracious
bounty, and in accordance with the Gus
tom of our order, we shall bestow upon
our new second bass the name of his
exalted donor. He will be known in
our choir as Fredericus Secundus.' The
King made no attempt to return this
dexterous home thrust, but drove off in
silence, which he maintained unbroken
for nearly an hour, when, turning to his
aid-de-camp, he drily observed: "That
is what one gets by joking with fools!"
But he never again alluded to an episode
in which he felt that he had been thor
oughly worsted.-LOnlon Telegraph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23
Fresh Air in the Bedroom.

How much air can be safely admitted
into sleeping or living-room is COM
mon question. Rather, it should be
considered, how rapidly air can be ad-
mitted, without injury or risk, and at
how low a temperature. We can not
have too much fresh air, SO long as we
are warm enough, and are not exposed
to draughts. What is a draughtp It is
a swift current of air, at temperature
lower than the body, which robs either
the whole body, or an exposed part, Of
its heat, so rapidly as to disturb the
equilibrium of our circulation and give
us cold. Young and healthy persons
can habituate themselves to sleeping in
even a strong draught, as from an open
window, if they cover themselves, in
cold weather, with an abundance of
bedclothes. But those who have been
long accustomed to being sheltered from
the outer air by sleeping in warmed and
nearly or quite shut-up rooms, are too
susceptible to cold to bear direct
draught of cold air. Persons over sew
enty years of age, moreover, with lower
vitality than in their youth, will not
bear q low temperature, even in the air
they breathe Like dollhouse plants,
they may be killed by winter nights
chill and must be protected by warmth
at all times. As q rule we may say that,
except for the most robust, the air
which enters at night into q sleeping
chamber should, in cold weather, be
admitted gradually only by cracks or
moderate openings; or should have its
force broken by some interposed obsta-
Gle, as curtain, etc., to avert its blow
ing Immediately upon a sleeper in his
bed. The ancient fashion, however, of
of having bed-curtains, which exclude
almost all the air, has rightly becolcS
almost obsolete. No wonder that people
dream horrid dreams, and wake in the
morning wearied rather than refreshed,
when they sleep in rooms sealed up
tightly on, every side; bresthing over
and over again their own breaths, which
grow more poisonous with every hour
Of the night.-American Health Plnier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23
Poor Relations.

cit is melancholy truth" says
Dickens, t'that even great men have
their poor relations;" bet it seems to us
that it is more sad to reflect that small
men are provided with the same abomi-
nations. The great man may perhaps
stand upon his own dignity, and carry
his poor relations along with him with.
out finding them a hurt or hIndrance :,
his greatness adds luster to their in
significance, which in no wise detracts
from his Importance; he floats on the
top of the wave and takes them in tow.
But there is nothing for the small man
to do except to grin and bear the m;
there is little or nothing in his internal
economy to mitigate the affection, un-
less he should happen to possess that
virtue which is able to convert misfor-
tunes into advantages, which enables
him to make use of his INDECENT friends,
or to regard their vulgar circumstances
with indulgence or indifference. One
hardly knows, meanwhile, if there is
anything to choose between the poor
relation who is servile, and after the
pattern of Uriah Heep, or she who is in
accessible and afraid of patronage, who
holds you at arms length, lest you
should presume too mach upon the acct
dent of her poverty or your consanguin-
ity; to whom one would dare offer only
the choicest gifts; whose double dis
titled sensitiveness takes alarm at the
slightest familiarity. Perhaps, how.
ever, IN order fully to understand the
situation, and to make just allowance
for pride which is overweighted and
humility which is slavish, it
would be necessary for each of us to be
a poor relation once in a lifetime to look
at existence through her spectacles; to
suffer her sights, her embarrassments
to wear secondhand clothes, accept
secondhand attentions; to be the per-
son whom it is always safe to overlook
with no fear of retribution; obliged to
receive favors and continually from the
same source; to let talent become
sterile for lack of fertilizing opportunity;
to waste ones sweetness on the desert
air of obscurity. Perhaps such an ex-
perience would make US more tender
and more considerable of the poor rela-
ton when she comes in our way. Hath
not a poor relation senses, affections,
passions, no less than Jew? If you
wound him, shall he not bleedp IF you
tread on him, shall he not trrnP Is his
sight so obscured by poverty that he
does not know injuries and selfishness
from caresses and generosity? Is he so
chastened by want that he accepts in
suits with gratitudep No doubt it is
oftener our own consciences rather than
any disagreeable trait or unuttered CEN
sure which render the poor relation of
fensive to us; her very existence is
tacit reproof of our own self-indulgence
and luxury; the ghost of her necessities
refuses to be laid, but haunts us with an
almost unreasonable pertinacity; and
though it is the fault-or virtue of our
own organization, the fact that she re-
mains living rebuke to us does not in
crease our enjoyment of her society
.HGTper's Bazaar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23

AT Spartanburg. 5. c.. are living
i've children of Zophar Smith, who
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

Hector Y ctor, UaIt-d stFs SOL
der, fell from the top of load of gov
eminent freight aud the wheels of the
a 1at carrying the load passed over
body, killing him instantly. He WIS
from South G ArolIns, where he leaves
wife and children.
Henri Q larles, who is condemned 10
die st II ,uston for the murder of his
wife, is personally pleading through
the columns of the press TO the people
to appeal to the Governor for mercy 10
his behalf. Il is terrible fate, but It
Is hard to see how he may he saved.
Capt. G. w Runner Of San Antonio,
who hiss been looking through GILES.
pie, Buruet and Llsno counties foI
metals, says he found much silver auo
lead ore, but not in paying quantities
rhe best indications ne found were 10
Ll4no, and here be found come indica-
tons OF quicksilver.
LAST November James Beardsli, alias
James Dennan, was brought to Sac
Antonio as the murderer of Louis Vsrs,
about twenty years ago. he co :
victed, and was sentenced to be hung.
but he escaped. and has been, il is sup
posed, in Mexico. He was arrested
across the RIO Grsnds by the rangers,
and new they are trying at San Antonio
to prove his identity. Several person
swore at the time he was brought ID,
that the man is James Bearda!l, smong
them Col. Epson, vino. however, added
to his testimony, 'I may be mis-
taken" They are crazy for hanging
st San Antonio, and the trial for ideD-
tlty is going on, and they may yet hear
something more interesting than bull
fight.
In San Saba county, says the San
Saba Meas, a son of Reuben CIR
mutt was killed by lightning. Tht
bolt struck the wall of the house in
which the family were seated, and
Frustrated four people and killed one.
George, fourteen years old, was struck
on the temple and the current run
down to his feet. The front part OF
his body was q mass of bruises, the
feet being lacerated and bloody. Hs
shoes were torn to pieces and not
stitch of clothing was left on his per
son save the shirt wrist-bands. Anna,
twin sister of George. recovered cor
seriousness in about half sn hour. The
electric current hit her on top OF the
head, passed over her face, across her
breast and down the left side to her
feet. 1t left purple stripe on hei
body, cut open all her clothing, and
tore pair of calf SKIN shoes entirely
off of her feet. Her face wss burn,
aud bruised, one eye seriously injured,
and one foot was severely hurt. Th'
Eyes OF r uben, boy about twelve
years Of age, were for time blinded.
hut he has since recovered his sight
On his body were several bIood-shotter
places which are described as resemb
ling q bruise made by striking onr'i
shin aga nst a hard substance. tn
younges dsugh'er although stunned t,
'nsensibillty, received no greater in
jurles than a severe shock to her neT-
vous system. The fathers eyes wer
so hurt as to give him intense pain
and his eye brows we're singed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

yASDERBmr's sale of New York
Cen'ral railroad stock to syndicate of
capitalist represented By Gould amonn-
ted to 80 500. oco. TIE last psymen,
on this purchase has been made, and
this vast sun IS converted into United
States four per cent. bonds. It is said
Vanderbilt now owns in bic individual
aame t5i COO, 600 United States four
per oenis snd his other wealth nearly
doubles this vast sum.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

THE Utica Obssrvcr says it is painful
TO think that in few months the
s nthern States. now so peaceful and
consented. will be pictured as con-
vulsed by the crack OF mnsketry and
the shrieks Of slaughtered women and
Infants. aud illumined by the glare Of
burning cabins. But it suggests that
this is necessary to arouse the North.
ern heart to voting early and often on
election dav.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

SENATOR WADE HAMPTON entertains
the same opinions. As those We expressed
some time ago, when h. declares that
Mr.. Tilden. as the Democratic nrmi-
nee, would fail to carry half dszen
Southern g s'es.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

Mr.. Lori has been In the hands OF
the interviewer, at San Antonio, and
has taken water on the charge that
Ceke and Epson served thu San Auto
MO aud Laredo railway bill for cor
rupt purposes. But be is mad, and as
serts that hereafter he is going to run
the politics Of the sixth congressional
district, and Mr.. Epson Will just have to
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

THE Quill is responsl BILE for the
following: Frio county has held aeon
vention and instructed for Sayers for
governor. There were only two pres
emit. to be sure, Messrs. Price and Mer-
riwether, but the instructions" are
given ell the same.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

HALL EsErABLs sIcILIAH HAIR REHxwKF
II scientific combination Of some Of the moe
powerful reetoratlEe agents in he egetsblt
kingdom. It restores gray hair to its origlna
color. 1t makes the scalp white and clean. II
'ures dandruR and humors, and falling out
nair. 1t furnishes the nutritive pr s:iple b
~hich the hair lie nouriphed and supported.
makes the hair moist, soft and glossy, and
unsurpassed &c hsir-dressinR. It Is the mosi
economical preparation ever offered to the pub
tic, as its effects remain long time, maxim
only an occasional application necessary. Il l,
commended and used by eminent medical mel
md officially endorsed bs the State AssayrT
Massachusetts The popuiaSiiy Of Halle Hal,
Remover has increased with the test Of man,
years, both in this cnu Try and in foreign land-
nd It is now known and used In all the ciyiliEer
ountries OF the world.
FoRSALB BIT ALL DEALEnR
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

IT now appears that Representative
Mills made an tffort in the Committee
on Ways and Means to secure the sdop-
tion OF the Townshend bill, which pro-
posed to remove the duty on paper,
type, salt and materials used in the
manufacture of paper.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

The German government is overdo-
Eng the thing in adding to the ouerous
military duties exacted of the people.
During single week, ending the
eleTen.h, $500 Germsns--skilled work.
m many of them. the bone and sim
ew of the empire-left Germany for
England and the United States to es-
cane the heavy exsctlOns of the new
amy hill
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

THR H nderson Times says the Gal
weston convention will not have the
effrontery to make or support state
ticket. The effrontery probably de-
ponds upon the power and the backing
promised by Greenbackers and Repub
l,cAna.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

SEE1Ton EDMUNDs, OF Vermont,
wishes it distinctly understood that he
is not a candidate for the presidency.
Dark horses are always groomed in the
way Mr.. Edmunds is being handled
they had all just ss we'll withdraw, for
Grant is going to be the nominee al
Chicago.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22
TUE special Washington correspond

ent Of the Atlanta Constitution says:
Senators Gordon and Hill, Mr.. Ste
phens, Senator Lamar, Senator Nor
gan, Senator Ransom and our leading
Southern representatives are in favor
of the v5an Antonio and NJ xican Dor
der railway bill, while some of its
strongest supporters are the ablest Re-
publican senators and repre- sentatiVes
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

THE survey of the Southern Pacific
railroad from FL Paso to San Antonio,
has been commenced from the latter
place. The line will be speedily To-
Gated and built.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

THE Grant boom was made stronger
than ever by the action of the Missouri
convention. There remains hardly a
doubt OF his nomination at Chicago on
the first ballot.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

THE San AotonIu Express says ::
''The good sense and patriotism OF the
people of Westarn T,xss can be relic d
upon in all emergencies. They are
nearly solid for B,vsrd "
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

IT was tn war ~P"op of the Gal
weston Journal Of Commerce: SNAKE
way for Jie Sayers, cur coming Gnyer.
nor;" and every prominent politician
In the state heDan feeling for his scalp
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

THE Paris Times vaults into the po-
lisical field and leaps out again, and
says 1--WE rest for the present" It's
grand.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

The placing of county delegate in
the chair as presiding officer, was not
enough to throw the country delegates
entirely off their guard.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

WHEN the county delegation took 3
seat yesterday, they sat down exactly
where the Democracy wanted them to
sit.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

IT is believed that Gen. Grant,
though the people have honored him.
has not made dozen votes in his
Southern round.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

THE new city council of Houston
was unanimous in the selection of DR..
Rutherford as'its health officer.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

TIE CJmsncbe Chief mas put on the
war paint, and under the leadership OF
Savers IS going for scalos.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

JOHN A. L. GAN for Vice President
with Grant is the latest Republican
movement on the political checker
board.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

20. II RoBEEzss for Governor
floats At the masthead Of the Bossus
cssntg Htrald.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

TIE K uutck, k'puOncans are a
unit for GIANT Iowa 70 for Blaine.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22
THE ytlepf0ae, rvIyTrlpg to thes

convention tricks, says:
The politicians had as we'll be wise
and accept the situation, or they will
ind themselves and their favorlties eff
feciually shelved before next NoYem-
her
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22
/ INSURANCE NOTICE.
NOthing short OF Unmi taxable
RenefiIa

Nothing short OF Unmf taxable
Benefits
conferred upon tens OF thUurands OF sufferer.
ould originate and maintain the reputation
which ATER's SARsAPARIIIA enjoys. II Is
ompound OF the best vegetable alternatives
With the Iodides Of Potassium and Iron. ard II
the mort efectusl Of all remedies for scrofulous,
nercurial. or blood dis rdsrs. Uniformly -uc
reduces rapid and complete cures Of Scrofuls
3orer, Bois, Humors. PImples, Eruption.
skin Diseases and all disorders sris,ng from I'M
suTity the Mood. By is inviRora ing effecrs
I slwaye relieves and often currs Liver Com
plants, Female Weaknesses and irregularities
sud IL potent remover Of vitality. Fo, purify
system, restores and preserves the haalth and
mparsD vtgor and energy Eor forty years II
has BEEN in exfen-ive use, and IL to-day II a
most a ailable medicine for the suffering sick
anywhere
U-7 SALE sT ALL DEALERS
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

The Lunar Banners fist choice is
Bayard; g n n ncock s"e"nd.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22
FoR SALE

w plsoe. tvo szd half miles soaih Of AIS
tn, On the S<n sntonio road Of so acres; 20
scrus snciosed 18th Eo0d cedar fence 10 arres
IN hirh st-te Of cnlnvasions bslErce o. enclosure
splendid pastures 10 serss K Pe-rh orehzrd. -
eood e. any n ths stAle- Dwelling noasss.
nshies and otheE CAT noasss; Gov psnss &c. n
cod condition. Ter tsrns. spp.y g Es
JnlJa A. r hbOSAAA
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

~ speedily alloys BroHeAidI Irritation, aaS
Pr0moses a healthy dtscAdros from TIE Lsa0s,
DAsch gradually becomes more hGsrGl VAIL tss
patientts cured.