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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-17
Trees Destroyed by Small Insect.

OUR primeval forests are now attacked
by small but exceedingly destructive
insect that insidiously cuts into and kills
the monarchs of the woods. It is no.
ticeable that on forest lands where cut
ting has been prosecuted and the sun
light has been let into the tangled wild
woods, the trees are not attacked, and
the sun appears to be the natural ami
hilator of the pests. They, as yet, at
tack only spruce trees. 1t is the testi
mony of Mr.. Jack, the Crown Land
Agent of the Province of New Bruins
wick, that the destroyer attacks the for
ests primeval. 1t is natures design that
the old trees should be cut down to make
room for new generations. The opera
ton of the insect is as follows: In July
or August gay little beetle settles upon
the bark of the noblest trees, and lays
few tiny eggs; after short time small
worm similar to maggot is Matched,
and then the busy work of the destroyer
begins. The worm eats his way to the
very heart of tree, until at last it falls
q wreck. So insidious is the operation
that many trees which are bored through
and through are green at the top and
apparently sound, but blow of the axe,
Or the force of gale, causes them 70
fall, and their worthlessness is ,e-
vealed. At present, the trouble from
these pests is confined to the tim
Der country watered by the Upper Ken
nebec, and that in parts of Aroostook
and the provinces. In consequence OF
the forests of New Brunswick having
been STACKED, Alexander Gibson, Esq,
will cause SO, 600, 900 feet of spruce to be
cut this winter on the Nashwaak, for if
eft standing longer the worms would
render the lumber worthless.-Bangor
(Me.) Commercial.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-17

Gladstone and tho English Worhngmsn.
Gladstone made An address to the work
ingmen Of England, urging them to be toler-
ant toward the Communists who had been
expelled from France and Germany, and
urged them to study their models in
all branches of the mechanics art,
as being in many cases very superior to the
English models for similar work. He also
called attention to the spirit of utility which
was manifest in American machinery Of the
best class. He urged the English to do this
intelligently and patiently, and that thereby
they might be able to retain the markets of
the world.
The English stove-makers have been
familiar with the models of the CHARTER
OAK STOVES for several years, as some of the
great hotels are using them, and to this day
they have never turned out a stove that had
the grace, form and fitness for the desired
use which are striking characteristics of the
CHARTER OAK STOVES and RANGES. (1-23)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-17
The Positive Cure

for all these Painful Co0plaints and Weaknesses
soconm0n to our best female population.
Il win cure entirely the worst form of Female Com
plAnts all ovarian troubles Inflammation and C1cerA-
ton, Falling and Displacements and the consequent
Spinal Weakness and II particularly adapted to ths
Change Of Life.
It win dissolve and expel tumors from the uterus
m early stage Of development The tendency to
cerous humors thep checked very speedily by its
1t removes faintds fatulency, destroys all craving
Tor smulanfs, and relieves weakness Of the stomach
1t cures Floating, Headaches, Nervous Prostitution,
General Debility, seeplessness, Depression and Ind
gestion.
That feeling Of bearing down, causing pain, weight
end backAche, Il always permanently cured by tfs
1t win 1t all times and under all circumstances net in
harmony with the laws that govern the female system
For the cureof Kidney Complaints OF either this
Compound is unsurpassed.
LYDIA Z. PINKHAMB VEGETABLE CON.
POUNDS prepared as 4s3 and 2as Western Avenue,
Lynn, Mass Price o. Six bottlesfor g. Sent by mail
In the form Of pills. also in the form OF lozen9es
receipt Of price, ~ per box for either Mrs Pinkham
freely all letters Of inquiry Send for pamph-
let Address - above. Mention this P1per.
No family should be without LYDIA e. PNKHAMS
LIVER PILLS They constipation, biliounesA
and toEpadity OF the Liver. Is cents per box
Sold by RICHARDSON & Co., ST. Louis. Mo
FOR SALE By DRUGGISTS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-17
Woman's Wisdom.

"She insists that it is OF more Importance
than that she should have all the fashionable
dresses and styles of the times. She there
fore sees to It that each member of her family
is supplied with enough Hop Bitters, at the
frst appearance OF anv symptoms of I'll health,
to prevent fit of sickness with its attendant
expense, care and anxiety. All women should
exercise their wisdom in this way.-NeW Haus,
Palladium
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-17
[Sparta Wis., Herald

As AN exhibition of the intrinsic worth OF
st. Jacobs Oil, we think the case referred to,
that of Mrs. o. W. Hubbard, of this town,
cured of Scatic Rheumatism OF long standing
BY the Oil is certainly striking, and, beyond
all doubt, conclusive as to its efficacy. The
remedy has our Endorsement
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-17

II aflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. IsaAe
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sen II. sc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-17
CSt. Louis Chronicle.1

Some believe that even this form OF trial 10
not perfectly free from prejudice. But in our
section St. Jacobs OH has been tried by that
great jury-the public-and been judged the
infallible cure for Rheumatism and all pain
full diseases.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-17

"HE is Q man Of moist habits" IL the deli
cate way of abiding to an excessive drinker
II he is in comfortable circumstAnces.-Nes-
Hy1 Call
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-17

A WOMAN in Michigan had her ear 50 badly
frozen that 1t dropped Of. This style OF ear
drop will not probably become popular
Steslbe7yyiUs Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-17

USED to believe that women prefer those
whom they think handsome. Error. They
prefer those who think them handsome
Chdripdyi.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-17
A Negro Boys Fortitude.

Quite remarkable instance of the
fortitude of negro is related to have
taken place at Lynchburg recently. 1t
appears that few years ago Frank
Helmhoz shot a very young negro boy.
The ball struck the boy and inflicted a
severe wound, from which an entire
paralysis of one side resulted. The bow
suffered intensely at times, yet attempt
ed to make living, and as many peo-
pie pitied his helpless condition he made
living by the sale of cakes, confec-
tons and matches. Last week, during
the absence of his mother, he undertook
and accomplished the entire amputation
of his paralyzed foot with small pen
knife and pair of scissors. When
found he was insensible, but the foot
was off and the stump wrapped up in a
rag and paper bag, such as is used in
wrapping confectionery. Strange to
relate, the boy began to improve forth
with, and he has suffered but little since
the amputation. -Rschnond (T0.) Dis
patch.
"A railroad manager in Detroit has
received from Northern Michigan a
block of solid beech-wood, eight inches
in diameter, which had grown around
the horn of an elk or deer. The horn
penetrated the wood, is firmly imbedded
in it, and shows through from both
sides-the point having originally pro-
jected further outward and now appear
ing as if broken off. Prongs of the horn
also ascend up through the tree, pro-
ducing indentations and scars on the
outer bark. How the horn, which is in
good state of preservation, became
fixed in the growing tree is mystery,
and the block of wood is veritablc Gu
riosity. It was not until the block was
split that the presence of the foreign
substance WAS noticed, the horn resem-
hIinp a knot in the bark
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-17

REDDIN0,s RUSSIA SALvR meets With won.
derful success In all cases Of akin diseases.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-21
Fact. About Sahara.

DIR. LEM, il a recent lecture az Paris
on his journey from Morocco 70 Tin
buctoo, has been correcting some Of the
gcnemlly-rcceiycd notions as TO the
condition of the Sahara. It really
forms a great plateau, about LOO feet
above the level Of the Atlantic. In no
part Of this plateau is there to bc found
that depression below the level Of the
ocean which is shown on the maps of
certain Reographers, and which has led
10 wild schemes oi converting the Sa-
hara into a great inland sea. More
over, the Sahara is not one dead sandy
level, but really varied in its aspect.
Rocks are succeeded by sandy plains,
here and there are oascs covered with
alta grass and stagnant shallow sheets
Of water, The fresh water fossils. which
are met with in many parts, show that
the Sahara is not the bottom Of dried
up sea. Again, the temperature is not
nearly so hot as might bc expected. In
short, the Sahara is not so bad as il has
been called wild beasts are rare, and
the most formidable enemies to he met
with are the Touraeg tribes. who, &C.
cording to the report, recently massa-
cred the French Sahara expedi
tion. As to Timbuctoo, DR.. Lenz
found he had to traverse a great space c
covered with ruins before he could
reach the inhabited part. There are
now only 10000 inhabitants, but many
schools and rich libraries. Nsr York
c.,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-21
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

Scalp grating is the latest remedy
for badness. Perhaps il may prove as
efiicacious as the transplanting of teeth.
In Potasi the most violent headaches,
so very common there, are cured by put
ting the feet in hot water.
To children and frugierous animals
our pickles and pepper sauces are more
offensive than meat, and probably more
injurious.
On the upper Rhine they have sani-
taries where the people are fed almost
exclusively on ripe grapes in order to
purify their blood. Grapes are the
most healthful of all fruits.
The only safe and immediate remedy
within the reach of professional,
in case of poisoning with prussic acid =,
is to pour stream OF cold water from
an elevation upon the head and spine of
the patient.
A writer on health says Every no W
and then there appears an item to the
effect that tomatoes contain an acid in
iurious TO the teeth, or that rhubarb
owes it's acidity to oIalic acid, and is
consequently poisonous. So far as
rhubarb goes the use of il as welcome
substitute for fruits is yearly increasing
The soumess Of rhubarb stalks is due to
malic acid (the acid of applesl and to
citric acid found in lcm Jns), both OF
which are as healthful as they are agree
able.
The French commissioners on the
hygiene of infancy, in awarding the
prize in n competition Of cssayists, re.
port that the conclusion generally
arrived at leads to the following recon.
mcndations: No child should be reared
on artificial food when the mother can
sucklc it, but such food is preferable
to placing the child with a wet nurse
/ poorly rcmuncratcd and living at hen
own home. For successfully bringing
up an infant by hand the best milk is
that of a cogwhich has recently calycd,
or similarly Of goat, to which should
be added during the first week hall
/ part Of water, and consequently fourth
or less, according to the digestive pow
ers Of the child Glassware or carthcn
ware alone should bo used no vulcan.
lied indis rubber mouthpiecc or vessels
containing lead ought to be used.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-21
The Eyer-Present Newspaper.

In the course of his address before
the New York State Press association.
at Utica Hon. George William Curtis
said
Not n public event can occur, not
a new loan be proposed, nor a plan of
refunding not measure for sweeping
the streets of the great city be intro
duced in the State legislature not an
important nomination can be made by
the President, but the newspaper is at
once a whispering gallery, murmuring
from sea to sea with tho views OF cmi-
ncnt men everywhere upon tho subject.
Even politicians find themselves com
PEELED to have abou, them the most in
convenient commodity, an opinion, and
to give IL up nt tho demand Of the
newspaper. An impulsiye man, an
gercd at the invasion OF his privacy,
may kick the newspaper downstairs
but the nimblc paper has its revenge.
Dickens has left behind him many a
keen disciple upon the daily press and
If the information sought is not to be
found, the fury and wrath with which
1t Is refused, made ridiculous with pun
gent humor, are equally served TO a
laughing continent, with the coffee and
the rolls. The victim may retaliate
with the horscwhip, but the newspaper,
soundly thrashcd in the person of its
representative has been known in
stantly TO issue an extra with graphic
and elaborate details Of the thrashiuR
In a quarrel with a newspaper the
laugh is against the private citizen.
The press asserts for the public the
right of eminent domain over individual
affairs. II your daughter is to be mar
ried the newspaper calls 20 count the
towels, and see the pattern of the spoons.
II the emperor of Grim Tar.ary. or the
king of the Cannibal islands arrives, the
newspaper takes an inventory Of his
| bedchamber. aud informs MS that he
likes his beef rare. II reports its con.
yersation with the statesmen of Eur rope
at the congress Of Berlin upon the COM
plications Of continental politics, and
with the servants of statesmen about
/ their masters coats and boots. Lik @
the air and the light, the press is a
chartered libertinc, and such is the uni
versal and jealous public regard for its
liberty, because Of the instructive con
'iction that no abuse of free press can
be so great as the evil of its supp res
sion, that tuit against newspaper for
defamation is almost hopeless.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-21
They Didn't Tackle.

lie was rather rough and uncouth.
looking specimen, and he was striding
along as though he we're trying to make
time on the home stretch, when he
passed some callous youths who evil
IDENTIFY imagined that "clothes make
the man." and one of them sang ont in
taunting voice:
Say, mister, where did you get that
gait ?"
Ho paused abruptly. and turning on
the party quickly, said:
II got 1t out on the perrarie where
/ was tending to my own business, and
ef you want to hang on to It you'll find
1t ez full Of spikes ez hedgehog's got
qnills. Don't all speak at once of You
want to unhinge 1t. Which ono wants to
tackle it 2"
But they seemed deeply interested in
something else, and the man from "the
perrarie" remarked as he moved away.
that he guessed he wasn't the man
they we're lcokin' for after all. - wa and
WtsdOSa.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-21
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.


Gold can be beaten TO guch a degree
Of thinness az TO become partially trans
parent.
Nitric acid will entirely dissolve flesh
and bone, both disappearing without
any odor.
Thunder can scarcely ever be heard
more than twenty or thirty miles from
the flash that produced it.
The process Of termination OF seeds
generally occupies from twelve 10 fifteen
days.
A glass globe full Of cold water, or
even a lump Of ice, will in the sun 8
rays act as burning lens.
Oleander leaves contain an active
poison, pale yellow liquid, soluble in
alcohol, water, ether, chloroform, fuhil
oil and olive oil.
Some gases can be absorbed and con
dcnsed within the pores Of charcoal in
a space several hundred times smaller
than they occupied before.
1t is calculated that the temperature
Of the Great Geyser Of Iceland nowhere
reaches the boiling point, which should
be nearly twenty degrees higher.
One of the chronometers supplied
to the Grinnell Arctic exploration was
so exquisitely adjusted that after being
subjected to the seyerest test Of a polar
winterit showed a change during a year
and a half OF only an 49, ,0O0th part Of a
second.
A very useful system has, it is said,
1 been inaugurated in Belgium, by which
Subscribers to the telephone exchange
can be awakened at any desired hour in
the morning by means Of a powerful
alarm.
The frescoes of Pompeii represent a
considerable number Of plants, and
taking advantage Of the discoveries
made during the recent excavations on
the occasion Of the centenary Of the
eruption, Dr.. Comes has identified no
fewer than fifty different plant species
in frcscocs. In this manner he has
shown, among other things, that the
ancient Romans possessed or knew
plants foreign to Italy.
The governor Of Cyprus has sent 10
England one Of the oldest pieces OF
ordnance in existence. II is Of cast
iron, aud weighs - hundreiweigh,.
It's form is that Of a cup or goblet. hav-
ing the mouth wide and deep to receive
a large stone shot, while the pedestal
has a much narrower chamber for the
powder. This chamber is inches in
diameter, extends 30 inches behind the
mortar, and terminates in a vent at
tight angles fully an inch in diameter.
1t is probably OF Venetian manufacture.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-21
Hclplcssly Drifting Half Year.

A recent issue OF the San Francis co
Chronicle says: The steamship City Of
Peking, seventeen days fro m Yokohama,
arrived in this port yesterday. The fol-
lowing particulars Of the fortunate res
cue of party OF sailors who were lost
on the ocean are related by one of the
passengers: The second day out from
iokohoma it Was our good fortune to
rescue nine men from a dimastcd, help
less japanese vessel which had been
blown off the coast of Japan from the
entrance to the Bay Of Yeddo during a
typhoon. Their account Of the disaster
Is that the storm occurred on tho ninth
of December last. They los: their
masts and rudder and had been drifting
at the mercy of tho winds. they knew
not where. After their own provisions
were exhausted they subsisted on their
cargo, mostly beans and dried fish, and
such rainwater as they could catch
during the six months which had
elapsed since the typhoon occurred.
They had burned most of the small
woodwork, doors, barths, windows, etc,
of their vessel for fuel, and were on
short rations, forty beans per day for
each man being the allowance. Their
fire, when put ont from time to time.
they had rekindled by rubbing two
pieces of wood together. They had
given up all hope of ever seeing land OF
anything human again, when, on Satur-
day, the twenty-eighth Of May, about
300 miles from the Bay OF Yeddo and
Yokohama, they sighted the Pekiug on
the vide waste OF water. Captain Perry,
in answer to their signals OF distress.
bore down and sent one of the boats of
with an officer and the doctor to exa m
inc into their sanitary condition, and
the poor souls we're soon landed on our
deck. One of their number had died
the day previous from exposure, hun ger
and anxiety. The passengers, aided by
Captain Berry, gave concert on board
for the benefit of the destitute ones
which netted purse OF sl43.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-21
A Summer Day.

Turquoisc-breasted birds have sung the spring
away;
Pink arbutus leaves have blushcd farewell to
May;
Theresa soft sweet presence lowering on high
There's the whole OF summer in the summer
sky.
When the daylight tluttcrs from their swinging
nests,
Rise enraptured welcomes from cnrapturcd
breasts
When the clouds of sunset stream like burning
lights,
There's the faint, low warbling of their soft
good-nigh;s.
. There are rivers murmurng as they onward 90
That the pale spring loo-encd into fuller flow /;
Now wider glory in their sparkling hides
There's summers passion in their throbbng
tides;
Thin wings, sunshine.d busted, through the noon
tides go
Butterflies in silence iluttcrng to and fro;
There's the whole ripe sweetness of the spring
gone by
There's the whole of summer in tho summer
sky
Mrs. L. {. Wilton, in Hide Iirake
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-21
Cure for SeasIekneSs.

Three New York doctors were recently
interviewed upon the subject of sea
sickness The Brooklyn Eagle thus
summarizes their opinion. One said
there was only one remedy for ito
stay ashore. But he subsequently ad-
mitted that that is not a complete rem
cdy, for he added that lAnd-sickness,
caused by riding backward and IN rail
way cars, is the same as seasickness.
But another doctor. DIR. George NJ.
Beard, SAYS that within a year there is
no disease about which so much has been
learned, and which is 50 perfectly cura-
bic. 1t is disease OF the nervous sys-
TEN, mainly of the brain and spinal
cord, comes from a series of mild con-
cussions, and produces, by sympathy,
disorder of the stomach. The remedy
is bromide of sodium, taken three timos
a day a few days before embarklng, and
kept up at sea until the danger Is passed.
1t renders the system less susceptible
10 the disturbances caused by the mose-
ments of the ship. The drug must be
taken intellIgently and on consultation
with q physician. DR.. Hammond says
that in his own case he has found ten
or fifteen drops of chloroform on lump
sugar and the use of bromide of potas-
sium beneficial. All three doctors
agreed that there is no benefit to be
derived from seasickness except for
those who are in the habit OF eating too
much. And If people are "the better
for il, il is because the sea makes them
better in spite of seasickness. "No
more benefit can be derived from it
than from an attack of typhoid fever"
says DIR. Beard. II, therefore, it can
be prevented without causing any other
or any greater harm TO the system. peo.
pie are entitled 10 the full benefit of
remedies that are really such.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-21
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

A joyful evening may follow sor-
rowful morning.
Praise undeseryed is satire in disguise.
We put up with folly more patiently
than we do with justice.
There is n mode Of presenting that
gives value to everything.
The most delicate, the most sensible
of all pleasures, consists in promoting
the pleasure Of others.
True glory strikes root and even ex-
tends itself; but false pretensions fall as
do flowers, nor can anything feigned be
lasting.
Political hatred is like pair of spec
tacles. One sees everybody, every opin-
ion or every sentiment only through
ones own glasses.
Let us learn that everything in nature
even notes and feathers, go by law, and
not by luck, and what we SOW We are
invariably sure to reap.
Good nature is of daily use; but
courage is at best but kind Of holiday
virtue, to be seldom exercised and never
but in cases Of necessity.
Whoever is an imitator by nature
choice or necessity, has nothing stable
the nexibility which affords this apti
tude is inconsistent with strength.
Brotherhood is the term in common
use to imply the spirit We should cher
ish and the conduct We should practice
toward our fellow men, showing how
strong is the sense Of what the relation
ought to involve.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-21
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.
4 Pleasant Picture,

There is n man." said village car
penter, who has done more good, |
really believe, in this community. than
any man that ever lived in it. He can
not talk well in prayer-meeting, and he
doesn't often try. He isn't worth
$4,000, and it's very little he can put
down on subscription paper for any
purpose. But n new family never moves
into the village that he does not find
time to give neighborly welcome and
offer any little service he can render.
He is usually on the lookout to give
strangers a seat in his pew at church.
He is always ready to watch with n sick
neighbor, and look after his affairs for
him, and I've sometimes thought he
and his wife kept houseplants in winter
Just for the sake of being able to send
little bouquets to invalids. He finds
time for a pleasant word to every child
he meets, and you will always see them
climbing into his one horse wagon when
he has no other load He really seems
to have a genius for helping folks in all
sorts of common ways, and it does me
good every day just to meet him on the
street.