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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18
PITH AND POINT.

If wit is badinage, what must IL be
in youthp-Cdn1Jridge Tribune.
The crow is the best corn-extractor
of which we know.-YonkerS Statesman.
When a mans money. is gone his
friends drop off like buttons from pair
of ready made pants.-Boston Globe.
The idea that nothing harder than
diamonds could be made has been ex-
ploded, st. Louis bride having baked
batch of biscuits. -Boston Post.
When q city man moves into the SUI
burbs and gets q patch of ground big
enough 10 raise q turnip on, his first am.
bition is to join farmers club .-Phil.
adelphia Ne,os.
The tramp finds he can buy two
glasses Of beer with the money he has
begged for single cup of coffee, and
that is why he always asks for coffee
money.-New Orleans Picayune.
"A chicken when stripped of its
plumage is said to be dressed. The
girls of the ballet resemble the chicken
in this regard, though they are not all
chickens in years.-Bosto,i Transcript.
=" Tommy, did you hear your mother
call youP" "Corse did!" .sThen why
don't you 90 to her at onceP" "Weli,
yer see she's nervous, and it'd shock
her awful Il should go too student. "
Yonkers Gazette.
"A colored couple, elegantly dressed,
and in the bloom Of youth, were passing
up Austin Avenue, when the man was
heard to say: "Miss Matildy Johnsinp,
does yer transpire like doesp' Greek
SOL sweats like hog ."-Tegas Sift.
tngs.
When q Montana gentleman puts
on pair of long boots, SLOUGH hat, q
pint Of whisky and two long, large-sized
revolvers and knife that can reach
clear through q COW, he is said to be
"dressed to kill" And indeed he Is,
though you can't always be certain
whether he or the other man will be
killed-Buriington Ha,okeye. Cd AS
ODE TO DE wATERxELLYoS.
Oblong and luscious
Black seeds or white;
Lemme devour you
Outer my sight.
Notified or speckled,
Thick rind or thin; -.,lt raj
Devoid of all cramps, If' tt
Collie an sin. '-A1Lt u u 1AL
Georgia or Jarsey,
Speckied or spotted;
Dose who doan like 'em
Ortey be shotted.
-DesroU Free Preu
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

-Henceforth the telegraph Offices of
France are 10 record in detail all thun-
der-storms which may be observed.
The London Sanitary company Is
formed for the purpose OF putting dwell
ing and other houses In perfect sanitary
condition.
The evil effect of the electric light
upon the eyes is due, It Is supposed, TO
the constant changes in the intensity OF
the light, whereby the eyes are greatly
fatigued. p = -ost y
1t has been computed that the power
of the steam engines in England would
suffice to raise from the quarries and
place in position all the Great Pyramid
in eighteen hours.
-Asphalte is considered BY NJ. Leon
Malo as chalk strongly impregnated
with bitumen. 1t was first applied 70
road making in 1s49 by M. Merian, .
Swiss engineer. In 1851 Il was first
tried in Paris, in the Rue Bergere.
In a recent work on the nests and
eggs of birds, DR.. w. Won Reichenan
states that the ornamental plumage,
crests, etc., of the male bird are due to
an excess of energy, while the vitality OF
the female is exhausted by the, produce
ton of eggs and the task Of incubation.
English wool is subjected to puri-
flying process in o heated room during
six months before it is used, whereby
the ''eke," or grease and dirt, Is taken
out of it. American wool just aeeced
from the sleeps back, Is worked up,
and, as the exc is still in It, 1t will not
take the colors. The imperfect dyeing
of American cloths results in rapid fad
ing, while the English lasts.
DIR. Barely, of Nice, has successfully
employed turpentine vapor in the treat
ment of whooping-cough. The drug Is
allowed to stand in plates in the room
occupied by the patient, a resort to
which simple expedient Is believed to
greatly lessen the severity and duration
of the malady. DIR. Barely was led to a
trial of this remedy by observing .
marked improvement in the case of
child severely affected who had been
allowed to sleep in a newly-painted
room, redolent with the turpentine odor.
1t may not, perhaps, be known that
q man wearing dark clothes Is more La
BILE TO infection from contagious disease
than he who wears hght-coiored gar
ments, because particles which emanate
from diseased or decaying bodies are
much more readily absorbed by dark
than by light fabrics. This is easy Of
proof. Expose light and dark coat TO
the fumes Of tobacco for five minutes
and 1t will be found that the dark one
smells stronger than the other of tobacco
smoke, and 1t will retain the odor longer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18

THERE was an exciting scene in the
British House of Commons, on the 4th,
caused by Bradlaugh's attempt to force an
entrance in spite of the resistance of squad
of policemen, commanded by DR.. Lyon
Payfair, Deputy Speaker Of the Commons.
Bradlaugh failed, though not until he had
made a desperate struggle, in which he was
utterly exhausted and his clothes torn. He
was removed from the lobby by the police
and escorted into the palace yard, where he
stood for some time with his arms folded,
three officers barring his way to the House.
In the House there was wordy war, quite
as exciting as the muscular war outside.
The Speaker decided that Bradlaugh had no
right to enter, and both Gladstone and Sir
Stafford Northcote Endorsed this decision
Labouchere and Sir Wilfrid Lawson protest.
ed against the exclusion of BradIaugh, and
offered resolutions which, If passed,
would have the effect of permit
ting Bradlaugh to take his seat. The
Speaker refused to entertain Lawson's
resolutions, and both Labouchere and Law
son while speaking were declared oIt Of or
der. Broadhurst, Joseph Cowen, and John
Bright also protested against the treatment
to which Bradlaugh was subjected, and Mr..
Bright was called to order for irreleyancy.
Bradlaugh subsequently went to Bow Street
for summons against the police, which was
refused, but the magistrate urged him to hie
information for assault.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18
An Exchange Of Sachcls.

Some little time since r. A. Riddle, .
married man, arrived In Denver with view
of looking up some profitable mining invest
meuts. In order to be ready TO take ad-
vantage of any fortunate chance Mr.. Riddle
brought with him $1,000 In Government
bonds, and one or two other thousand dol
lars in the way Of pocket money. Mr.. Rid
die was gentleman of social habits, fond OF
making new acquaintances and not indiffer-
ent to seeing everything there was to be seen
in Denver, and he forgot all about mining
and other business and devoted himself to
having good time. One evening, however,
the main object Of his visit pressed upon his
mind and he paid his hotel bill, put his
$4,000 Of Government bonds in gripsack,
and was rapidly conveyed by carriage to the
Union depot short time before the Lead
vile train was to pull out.
1t so happened that Mr.. Joseph Cheney,
travelling representative Of several Kansas
City and st. Louis business firms, had made
arrangements to go to Leadville by the same
train, and he reached the Union depot about
the same time as Mr.. Riddle, and with q
gripsack that looked the twin brother of that
be6Dnging to the latter gentleman. In some
strange way the gripsacks were changed,
and Mr.. Riddle was on his way to Leadville
before he discovered the mistake. The only
thing about the gripsack to indicate that it
had an owner was the card of E. p. Hudson,
of Kansas City. Flying back to Denver,
Mr.. Riddle sent out dispatches on every line,
asking frantically for E. P. Hudson" But
no E. P. Hudson could be found. When
Dir. Cheney went to bed that night he
looked into his gripsack for q night-shirt
and found the $50, 200. He went down stairs,
telegraphed to the frantic Riddle in Denver,
and everything was made right-Den~r
(Col.) Ne,os.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18

The Democrats of the Second Maine
District refused to indorse Gilbert, the
Greenback candidate for Congress, although
urged to do so by Governor Garcelon. Frank
lin Reed was nominated by reclamation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18

ORvILLE L. GRANT, only brother OF
Gen. u. S. Grant, died at the Asylum for the
Insane at Morristown, N. j., on the 5th, A
Years Of age.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18

THE Irish laborers' strike has as
sumed large proportions, and there is q
general agitation for an increase Of wages.
The employers, with few exceptions, resist
the demand.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.

THE Prohibition amendment has been
defeated In North Carolina by decisive ma
FORTY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18

BISHOP HAVEN, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, died at Salem, Oregon,
on the LIST, after brief illness. He was six
~ years of age.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18

The Virginia Conservative Democrats
met in convention at Richmond on the 4th.
John w. Daniel was nominated for Govern
or, James Barbour for Lieutenant Governor,
and Gen. Phil W. Mckinney for Attorney
General. Resolutions declare the mainte-
nance Of the public debt to be essential to the
prosperity Of the State and condemn repu-
diation in every form; but pledge the party
to use all lawful efforts, consistent with
honor and integrity, to secure the settlement
of the outstanding debt, with the consent of
her creditors, upon as favorable terms as
possible. A resolution of sympathy with
President Garfield was adopted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18
THE Mississippi Democratic State

THE Mississippi Democratic State
Convention, being unable to unite upon
either Stone or Barksdale, the
two prominent candidates for Governor,
finally nominated Hon. Robert Lourey, of
Rankin County, Barksdale Withdrawing in
G. D. Stands was nominated for Lieutenant
Governor. Other nominations were: II. C.
Myers, for Secretary of State; W. L. Hem
ingway, Treasurer; T. G. Catching, Attor-
ney-General; s. Gwin, Auditor; j. A.
Smith, Superintendent of Education. The
platform Of 1879 was substantially reaf-
firmed
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18

THE Indian troubles in New Mexico
are assuming alarming proportions, and ev-
cry day brings news of fresh atrocities COM
mitten by rowing bands of savages. A party
Of ten Americans from Chloride City, REIN
forced by twenty-six Mexicans, recently had
an encounter in Red Canyon with large
party of hostiles, said to have been under
the personal command of Mana, the redoubt-
ed chief, in which several were killed and
wounded on both sides. A dispatch from
6ocorro, 9th, says news has been received
there Of the killing of Col. Robert II. Staple
ton, formerly Of the United States Army, at
Mornea Springs, where he has been running
mill. He commanded regiment in the
Mexican war, and has long been prominent
in the Territory. A subscription is being
raised to offer reward Of $25 for every In
dian scalp brought into town.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18

ATTORNEY-GENERA MACVEAGH has,
at the request of Postmaster General
James, given an opinion as to whether under
the act of Congress of April 7, 1880, allow
ance for expedition in carrying mails is lin
tied to so per cent. Of the original contract.
The Attorney General holds that the law
specifically makes this limitation, and
that it can not be exceeded; that
the Postmaster General can not go be-
yond this limit, and the expedited
service must provide an increase of
Office and material employed to correspond
with the increase of pay as compared with
the original contract. This opinion is an
official condemnation of the system followed
by Brady in the star-route matters of in
creasing the pay of expedited routes out of
all proportion to the original service con-
tracted for and to the increase of material and
men actually employed to carry out the ex-
pedited service. The Department will fol-
low this opinion, and stick to 80 per cent.
limitation in increase.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18

The Ohio Prohibitionists convened at
Columbus on the 4th Endorsed the State
ticket recently nominated at Loveland.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18

TIE verdict in the case of Cadet
Whitaker has not yet been made public, but
the finding is said to be unanimous that he
Is guilty of having committed the alleged
outrage upon himself, and recommending
that he be dismissed the service.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18

The Presidents condition was so
puch improved on the 9Th that he slept for
the first time since his wound without the
administration of opiates. His appetite and
digestion were good, little or no fever, and
his progress toward recovery was entirely
satisfactory to his physicians.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18

"A rod and lynn catches the biggest
fish of the season.-B.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-27

/. "Nihilists," a name derived from
the Latin, meaning nothing. and ap
piled to members of a secret society in
Russia, devoted to the humiliation Of
the present form of government, with
out any definite theory, or hope of sub
stituting better.
2. Horace Mann was an American
born in 1896, died 1859, took prominent
part in educational matters.
3. To Boycott, means to ostracise
The term originated in Ireland. Col
Boycott, a land proprietor, incurred
the displeasure of his tenants by his
harsh treatment and high rents, and
they refused to work for him. Public
opinion was so much against him that
the trader would not deal with him
The people offered him no violence
simply letting him severely alone. He
visited this country last fall, and was
"Boycotted' here. Some of the lead
ing hotels would not recognize him.
4. "Boer" is derived from the Dutch
means farmer" and is applied to the
Orange River colonists, an independent
Dutch republic of South Africa.
S. The teocher ought to wait till
after school. Both will have time to
think the matter over, and a friendly
talk will do more and the effect last
longer than punishment at the time,
and before the school. Punishment
ought to come, if necessary.
w. j. B.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-27
FACTS NOT TO BE LOST SIGHT

/. The Republican party owed its
origin to the revolt of the heart and
conscience of the best element among
the American people against the colos-
sal crime Of slavery. In other words.
great principles constitute the founda-
tons of the party.
2. Just as soon as the Republican
party ceases to stand for great princi-
pies, it will have outlived its usefulness.
and will speedily pass away.
3. The school of politicians who
would fain substitute subserviency to
a boss for allegiance to principles as
the test Of true Republicanism, are the
worst enemies of our party. They it is
who lower It's standard, who interfere
with its progress, who commit it to
low aims.
4. The contest now being waged in
the party is between the bosses on the
one side and those who believe in the
old-fashioned Republicanism of princi-
Piles on the other. Boss Conkling is op-
posed to Robertson. Why? Not be-
cause Roberston's record in regard to
all the cardinal Republican doctrines
is not sound. Not at all. Mr.. Conkling
knows that after the strictest sect,
Robertson has lived the life of a repub-
lican; that no man has done better
work for his party. Why then does
Conkling oppose him? Simply because
Robertson does not look to him for or
ders, does not bend the knee to him as
boss. Men, not principles" says Conk-
ling. principles, not men" say those
who antagoniZe him.
5. There can be no doubt as to the
result Of such a contest. The history
of the last few years demonstrates that
the boss in politics has had his day
The rank and file in both the great po-
litical parties have evinced determine.
ton to put an end to this pictorial
one-man power. John Kelly knows
this to be so. Don Cameron more thar
respects its truth. Roscoe Conkling is
fast learning this lesson.-Albana
EUeDi1lg Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-27

The worthy secretary of the Keno
sha County Agricultural Association
has tied band Of Grape round his hat
and gone into mourning over the death
OF that noble institution, the county
fair. Perhaps the secretary is right.
He stands where he can feel the pulse
of the enterprise and ought to know.
We are more inclined to think he has
placed his finger over cuff button
than over real artery Of the enter
prise, and that the county fair will
come out of it's lethargy in time to say
in the language of Webster, g. amt
dead yet" We are told that the labors
Of the association have not thus fan
been attended with financial success
but the entertainment last fall was moi
bad. The association is not formed tc
make money. 1t is not badly in debt
If it encourages agriculture, promotes
industry, is a source of entertainment
to the people, why consign it to pre-
mature tomb. What the association
needs is a plenteous infusion of young
blood. A good year would pay off it,
debt of $1,100. The association has
adopted a too reserved policy. Double
the premiums, fill the county with cir
culars, stir the thing up till it fairl!
boils, and next fall we may have thu
finest fair the county has ever seen
and it will be a success financially ant
every other way.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-27

The senatorial campaign in New
York has begun. Conkling and Platt
will put their best foot forward for
reelection. Conkling will 60 to Al
bany and take an active part in the
campaign, if necessary. General Grant
will be there. The noble senator must
find himself in peculiarly humiliat-
ing position. His self-named friends
have dealt out an amazing amount of
taffy to the effect that his resignation
was final; that he proposed to retire to
private life and the practice of his pro-
fession; that any yindication Of his
action by the New York legislature
would be free and voluntary; that no
personal effort would be put forth to
secure reelection, etc. After all this,
to enter into an active canvass for re-
election is stepping down from that
proud indifference the senator has
usually assumed. The action of Gen
eral Grant in dipping into the political
cauldron at this stage of the game,
when his part will undoubtedly be con-
sidered as vent for the spite he has
felt for the President since the Chica
go convention, when his star went
down ard the Presidents rose, will be
considered an unwise step. Grant in
Mexico, smoking his inevitable cigar
tending to the business of the rail
roads, is a much pleasanter picture tt
contemplate than Grant in Albany
working for Conkling and against the
administration.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-27

1t is said there are 224 cities and
towns in Massachusetts where prohibi.
ton prevails.
Total abstinence never made one
man a drunkard. Moderate drinking
has made millions of drunkards.
Owing to it's local prohibition law,
Missouri has sixteen counties in which
there is not single liquor saloon.
Without a question there remains
but single duty, and that is, to wage
perpetual war against the whitening
curse of the liquor traffic.
The saloon keepers to a man are op-
posed to women voting on the LIQUOR
question. Why? Because women are
opposed to the traffic in blood, sin, tears
and shame. Mr.. Saloon Keeper, why
is she opposed to your business?
That young man who spends large
share of his time lounging in the
streets and in the saloons will see the
day that he will deeply regret the loss
of that precious time Time, young
men, is of great value. Don't waste a
moment Of it.
It is the peculiar characteristic of
the vice intemperance that it marks
for its prey all that is valuable in man.
1t enervates the body, palsies the in
tellect, and hardens the heart. It
blunts the moral and social affections,
renders its victims regardless of repu-
tation, clothes them IN the habiliments
of poverty, stamps upon every feature
the aspect of misery; and having shorn
him of present enjoyment, and blasted
hope of future bliss, sends him to an
untimely grave.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-27
A HELP TO THE EYES.

Reading is rendered easy, and fatigue
to eyes very much relieved, by simple
device. Get slip of mica about three
inches broad and six inches long, such
as is used for filling in the little win
doWs of stoves. Place this over the
page and move it along so as to cover
the lines as you read. A larger plate
OF the isinglass may be employed, so as
to cover the whole page if desired.
The white surface is pleasantly shaded,
and book may be read in open sun
light or by bright lamplight without
fatigue. If the reader desires, he may
cover the mica slip with a light coat of
green varnish. This is better than
green goggles, and may be used with
profit by the oYer-worked student and
the consumer OF endless novels.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-27
ANS WERS TO QUESTIONS.

The Nihilists are secret order in
Russia whose object is to overthrow
the autocracy and establish more lib
eral form of government. They per-
wade every class of the people; soldiers,
sailors, peasants and personal attend
ants of the royal family are Nihilists.
1t was through their agency that the
late Car was killed.
Horace Mann was born in Franklin,
Mass, May 4, 1896; died in Yellow
Springs, Ohio,I Aug. End, 1859. The son
of poor parents, he was left fatherless
at the age of thirteen. By untiring
industry and perseverance, he worked
his way through Brown University
and graduated 1919. He now entered
law office; but in a few months he
accepted position as tutor in Brown
University. In 1921 he entered law
school and was admitted to the bar in
1928. In 1927 he entered political life
and served as representative from his
district until 1888. He then served
four terms in the state senate. In 1881
he was chosen secretary of a board OF
education chosen by the legislature to
revise and reorganize the common
school system of Massachusetts. He
discharged his duties faithfully, max
ing his name one OF the most celebrat-
ed among American educators. Some
of his published works are, CA Few
Thoughts for Young Man." Powers
and Duties of Woman and "Slavery
Letters and Speeches"
The term to Boycott" originated in
this way: Last harvest there was a
landowner in Ireland by the name OF
Colonel Boycott. His tenants became
incensed at his exactions and agreed to
let him alone and do nothing for him
Accordingly his crops we're not harvest.
ed, the tradesmen refused to sell him
anything or buy anything of him, and
he was let alone entirely. Hence the
term I" to Boycott" means to "let alone
The Beers are acolony of South AT,
RIGA, with whom Great Britain has
been having war this last year.
Punish the pupil at the time the of.
Tense is committed. 1t has better eff.
feet on the school, the one punished
and teacher. A. S. G.