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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-25
ESSAYS OF SIS.

S"en a ssrrange sorts of souls as are on the
soma social some silent, some stern and se-
Some s. smiling 50 sweetly. some sober and
some stay in the sunshine, and some in the
Some STOPPING. some straight, some slender,
some stout,
some starving in silence. some supping with
Some s, suffering and sick, some sturdy and
Some sorry and signing, some singing a
Some a snaaey and scolding. some shiftless. some
Some sincere and steadfast, submissive. sub.
The stylish, the simple, the slow. the sedate,
opecuiators and swindiers, and statesmen in
state.
The sculptor and salesman, the savage, the
The saint and the sinner, the speaker on
Segar- smokers, sweepers, sots, sailors at sea
She
Some seamstresses, some at the spindle and
spool,
soothsayers and stewards and scholars at
sectarians and surgeons, and shepherds Of
Surveyors. shoemakers, and slugsards in
sleep.
Some slaves and some soldiers, some scoun-
drelS and scamps,
stamps.
National Baptist.
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Guiteau's Inspiration.

1t is to be regretted that a Repubh-
can newspaper, usually so sensible as
the Providence journal, should show
signs of a disposition to put obstacles
in the way of an utter annihilation of
the spoils system. These signs, to be
sure, are not conclusive as to the ten
dency of our esteemed contemporary,
but they are noteworthy nevertheless.
The Journal argues that the chief mo-
tive which impelled Guiteau to his
crime was a desire to BIO talked about,
and that the existing spoils system did
not lead Guiteau into temptation. This
theory of Guiteau's motive leaves out of
the account altogether Guiteau's adj
mitted indignation because the Presi-
dent did not include his name in the
list of new Consular appointments. 1t
also leaves out of the account the testi-
mony concerning Guiteau's participa-
ton in the canvass of 1880 rs q friend
of Garfield and an enemy of Hancock;
concerning his applications for a diplo-
matte or a Consular appointment; con-
corning his appeals for aid to prominent
Republicans at the East, who answered
him that as he hailed from Illinois he
must rely on Western backing; con-
corning his call upon Mr.. Jewell, the
Chairman of the Republican National
Committee: and it especially leaves out
of the account the letters prepared by
Guiteau to be published a ter his
crime was committed. In those docu-
ments Guiteau clearly says that his
strongest wish was to make Mr.. Arthur
President Whyp Because Garfield
was half-breed and Arthur was a
stalwart. Can any one reason intelli-
gently or safely about the motive or the
impulse behind the shooting of the
President who takes no account of all
these fatal facts! Guiteau was an Of
fce-seeker, inspired by the average
purposes of the average American Of
fice-seeker, which are to get the pecu-
MARY emolument which attaches to an
office and to secure the qualification OF
his personal vanity. Garfield and
Blaine had rejected his claims. Did
not Guiteau reason as logically and as
correctly as . majority of the stalwart
workers do when he said to himself:
IF the stalwart leaders can be put in
power there will be q general removal
of the half-breeds from the Offices
Do not q majority of the stalwart lead
ers intend that such removals shall be
made if Mr.. Arthur becomes President
by the death, or Acting President by
the ''inability". of General Garfield
What beyond this do the brutal and
selfish stalwart and half-breed political
tramps see in the piteous condition oil
the illustrious sufferer? II the Provi
dence Journal means to be quite candid
with its readers it will tell them that, il
Mr.. Arthur is President. the precedence
OF the ''sp0ils system will encourage
and impel and even justify him In
the removal of every half-breed
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Ended at Last.

The long contest ut Albany IL ended
at last and the country IL to be congrAt-
ulated, If not upon the result itself, ut
least upon the fact that . result has
been reached. The deadlock had be-
come a dreary disgust to the public.
and everybody is thankful 1t Is over.
1t will be chiefly memorable because
of the unclean methods of New York
politics and bad morals of New York
politicians which it developed and IL
Is to be hoped that the lesson Of the
revelation will not be wholly lost upon
the constituencies that are thus trined
with and misrepresented. ..,.,
The election of MIR. Lapham will be
, memorable for the reason that IL sealed
the Senatorial fate of Roscoe Conkling.
which Mr.. Conkling himself had al
ready precipitated by his petulant and
ill-timed resignation.
NJ. Conkling, therefore, Is not to be
congratulated; neither Is he the sort OF
person who needs or seeks commisera-
ton. He owes his present discomiit
| to his own folly. His fall was in obedi-
He leaped from the Capitol. and there
was no angel to bear him down unhurt-
In the Senate he was power for
|
colleagues. Out of the Senate, in the
way and under the circumstances that
he went out, even though the antago-
tration had become intolerable. 30 was
shorn of his strength and was forced
into the very slums of Albany to rally
his henchmen to the rescue.
His resignation was a complete dis
| Inf M
effects of his action was much moro
than a political blunder; 1t was q phe-
nomenon of intellectual obliquity, that
must have startled his subse quent re-
Elections. lIs
The outcome is what was to DO ex-
pected. To the Administration Repub-
licans belong the victory, such as IL Is,
and the congratulations, such as they
are. The election Of their cand dates
is of course to be accepted rs vindica-
ton of the prerogatives of the Execu-
tive against partisan dictation. though
in the rough -and-tumble of the late
struggle. the real issue great
principle at stake--was more or less
lost sight OF, as the contest degenerated
into a merely sordid scramble for the
spoils.
AS to the Democratic members of the
Legislature, they have borne themselves
throughout with sense Of dignity and
a steadfastness to principle that not
only command the respect OF the whole
people, but will add largely TO the
prestige and power of the party In New
| York. ~ i0r.f.i
Out of the smoke of the battle the
Republicans emerge divided and de-
moralized. The defest OF one faction
is the triumph of another. il is true, but
q household divided against itself can
not stand. The Democracy, upon the
other hand. were never more firmly
united. 1t is the Democracy, indeed,
who are most of all to be congratulated.
WASHINGTON Post. 1905 uHr
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-25

one to claim them. No ono came for
Dottie, and after q few days he took her
to his lodging-house. He had no little
ones of his own, but in = gloomy room
there lived q crippled child who never
took step out of it. She smiled and
laughed and cooed and sang over this
most beautiful thing which had ever
come to her all through the years of her
monotonous child-life.
If loving little Dot could have known
of the brightness her twin sister carried
into the Swallowed home, she surely
would have wanted to send every doll
she owned travelling away on the cars
all alone.-Sidney Dayre, tn Wide
AsCdEe
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POLITICAL POINTS.

The Democrats have no reason to
complain if the Republicans like the fun
of killing off their great men. There
is no shame in the confession that Mr..
Conkling is q very large stumbling
block taken out OF the Democratic path
way. I-G'.
An independent contemporary
says: "The Republican party Is not
dead yet" No. It is not, But il is on
its last legs: both legs are gong In OPP
posite directions, ana the strs n viii
prove too much for the rest of tho body.
Indiana State ae"ss'e sl
The Republicanrl idea of an " era
of good feeling" is diNerent from the
Democratic. To the Republican breth-
rem it means merely that the Stall
warts and ..Half Breeds" shall shake
hands across the public crib and be
happy again. We shall wait to hear
President Garfeld's definition Of IL be-
fore entering on the Democratic idea.
-Washingt0s Post.
When Mrs. Garfield had finished
reading newspaper account Of the hrst
days excitement and the state OF public
feeling, the President. stretching out
his hand and placing il in hers, ex-
claimed: "Jts q people worth dying
for. isn't itP'' Aye, Mr.. President. and
its a people worth living for and giving
them o pure, reformed, and National
Administration. Detroit Free Press.
Mr.. John Sherman must have felt
q trifie small when the dispatches In
formed him that Secretary Window had
restored to the Commissioner Of Inter-
nal Revenue the control Of nominations
to positions in his department. Sherman
took that power away from Commits
sioner Raum. because the latter was Q
Grant man before the Chicago Conven-
ton and refused to aid his (Sherman'sl
political schemes. The whirligig OF
time is unerring in its revolutions, and
always brings its compenratons.-
Washington Post.
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official ct home or abroad. What sig-'
nificance had the contention betWeoa
the stalwarts and half-breeds IN The
Chicago Convention Of 1850 but The
"sp6ils"P Guiteau was and n child
of the "spoils system" because 10
looked to q change In the once Il Pre-
ident and in the heads Of the seven
Washington Departments simply -
promising general removals from once
Tor party reasons, and therefore -
promising o vacancy and IN appoint
ment for himself. How can any man
doubt or deny thisf Abraham Lincoln
was not more clearly sacrificed TO the
slave system than President Garfield 20
the s.spoils system" But for the
power and the practice of general 70
movals following q change In the per
son of the President there would have
been nothing to set attire the weak brain
of Guiteau with murderous hate OF
President Garfield. The power to make
such removals must be taken away BY
law and by public opinion, and the
practice of making them must be
stopped. There Is no more need Of
such general removals and no more
sense In making them In the civil serv-
ice of the Republic than In the army or
navy or in the judicial departments.
The thing to be prevented Is the max.
ing of removals for party reasons. and
competitive examinations before APP
pointments must be tried as n means Of
checking wholesale removals. Let
good Democrats consider what was said
in Mr.. Tilden's platform. adopted in
st. Louis in 1876, on that head!--N y
World
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Bit OF q Moccasin's Head.

One day last week Tom Elwood, who
is. we'll known in Charlotte, was in
town and filled up pretty considerably
on the ardent. On his way home, a
colored man driving his wagon, he dis
covered moccasin snake by the road
side. He ordered his driver to stop apd
get out to kill the snake. Catching his
snakeship with strong grasp in his
right hand, about amidships, the reptile
showed vigorous fight and bit Elwood
three times on the arm. Becoming in
censed at such treatment, he asserted
with an oath that he would not be out
done as q bitist, and attempted to get
the snakes head into his own mouth
with view of returning the compli-
ment. In his attempt to do so the snake
again bit him severely on the cheek,
which only rendered him more furious.
He finally succeeded in getting death
grip on the snake with his teeth and &C.
tually bit off its head. Strange to say.
the snakes bites, usually considered
poisonous, had no appreciable effect up
on Elwood. Charlotte N. co. Observer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-25

There is no special objection to
waving ones handkerchief from car
window at pretty girl under an apple
tree so long as the train is standing still
but when it begins to move it is better
to let the girl do the waving. This
general proposition, though the terms
are somewhat different, was neatly, con-
cisely demonstrated by Mr.. G. M. Hath
away, of Cooper's Plains, Pa, whose
arm came in contact with switch spear,
causing him to faint dead away with
pain.
Another American custom, baggage
checking, is likely soon to be adopted in
England. The London & Northwest
ern Railroad sent an emissarv here
specially to report on our system. 1t Is
asserted that $4,000 pieces of baggage
were lost or stolen in England last year.
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What became of her?

What became of her?
She sat in the corner of the seat, not
seeming to mind being left there at all.
Pretty soon q mother with two or three
little children took the seat, and what q
marvel she was to them! They Rugged
her and kissed her and quarreled over
her while they ate sticky gingerbread,
till at last, when they left, she did not
look quite as fresh as before. The
mother had q very hard time coaxing
them to leave her when they got off.
Then a gentleman came, who put her
into the rack. overhead, and she rode
there all the Afternoon, with one arm
dangling down, and her pretty French
boots sticking out. All the little ones
looked up at her and laughed. and Won
dered if the gentleman was taking her
home to his little girl.
When night came, and the train
reached the end of the route, she was
left alone in the car, and the conductor
took her to place where they keep
things lost or forgotten, to wait for some
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-12

why a Han Joined Another
Church.
Ten years ago in a Southern city a
leading citizen belonged to a church,
known in local p%arlance as Tyre and
Sidon. He was fat, forty and hearty.
No crows feet had scratched around
his c~ountenance; his hair and eyes
were coal black; his teeth
white as pearls; his form
erect and symmetrical; his
step elastic; his toilet faultless. Be-
sides all this, he was Superintendent
of the Tyre and Sidon Sunday-school,
and when preaching came on always
took a front seat in the amen corner.
He is as good citizen now as ever, but
does not belong to the same church.
He has a spray eff silver in his hair and
beard now, and is more portly. He
wears a silk hat, and will eventually
carry a gold headed cane. For some
reason be has connected himself with
a little church around the corner con-
stituted of thirty-two members. Six
teen of them are widows. 1t is not
called the widows church, but
the widows have a friend
there who feels more sympathy
for them than he would for any
sixteen widower5 in the country. His
friends twit him on going to a church
so full of widows, most of them young
and handsome, but he intimates that
it is not a matter for joking, or to go
into the newspapers. He is right
about this, aud NUNS the word. -
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Weather Iiems.

Weather Items.
Clear weather and fair skies are
close ahead Of us, and cooler b~reezes
approached.
The effect Of the late rain has al
ready caused a swell of IS inches 10
the Ohio river at Pittsburg, and 81
feet at Cincinnati. This affords a faint
prospect of a coal boat rise near at
hand in the vicinity Of Pittsburg where
upwards Of 100000 bushels Of coal
await water to move south.
1t was raining this morning when
the sun arose at Nashville. Chattanoo-
ga, Cincinnati P%ittsburg and New
ORLEANS, the latter heavily, also snow.
ing at St. Paul. Rain fell yesterday
and nightat Nashville, Evansville,
St. Louis, Louisville, Vicksburg
aud New Orleans. Rainy weather was
reported last night In Virginia, Mary
land, Missouri, Iowa and in the South.
ern States.
Up in the Northwest AMI over OF
eastern slope Of the Rockies thii
morning the weather was airish, th,
mercury ranging from 209 at the cool
est place which was Platte; up to 80
at Leavenworth and Omaha. TIL,
mercury recorded 480 early.this morn
in in exposed places. 1t varied "of
&c tally" and run from 49o to $50.
We have had oVer 3 inches of rail-
he re during the past IS hours. TIL
ca nth is we'll soaked, nearly $50 ton
Of unadulterated water having falleI
on every square acre.
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Steamboat Thieves.

A bundle Of deer hides was stolen
from the steamer Josie Harry last
night, and james Walker, a roust.
about, was arrested with part Of them
in his possession. He claimed they
had been given him to sell by George
Boyd, another roustabout. Officer
Cullen nabbed Boyd this forenoon
and Captain Milt Harry appeared to
prosecute. His address to the court
was unique and racy, and something
after this style: "Your Honor, /
would like to see these boys take a
pleasure trip to Nashville. l wouldn't
mind it if they only stole from me
now and then, but, by Joe, / object to
being robbed every trip. l had Ia
pay for a case Of shoes last trip and a
box Of sundries the trip before. ]
want them stopped before they steal
the boats engines" They were
bound over.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-12

AT COST.
Social Pastimes.
VIM. FRANK & co.

Social Pastimes.
The members of the Mozart Club
are still busy with "0livctte," and will
have it to the dot, every letter, note
and line perfect, three or four weeks
from this.
A german, the first ever given in
their clubroom, is announced for
Wednesday evening next, by the Ten.
nessee club. The entertainment is to
be exclusive with the members of the
club and their lady friends, also in
vited gentlemen guests who are non.
residents.
Another german is announced for
the 23d inst, a week from "Wednesday
next at the residence of a we'll known
citizen, and much pleasure is antici-
pated by the young ladies and gentle
men who participate in germans.
At the residence of Mrs. Bruce, on
Rayburn avenue, evening before last a
delightful german was given, the par
Elephants unanimously agreeing that
the entertainment was Of highly agree
able character in every respect. The
young gentlemen are nearly all mem
bers of the Tennessee Club, and will
be likely to figure prominently in the
german to be given by that society
next week. The following arc the
names of the ladies and gentlemen
who Joined in the Rayburn avenue
entertainment Miss Emma Stratton.
Carrie Davis, - Ecksfeldt, Mamie
Scaife, Laura Ensley, Mamie Bowles
Dora Apperson, Madge Bruce, Anna
Bruce, Mrs. f. 7, Anderson, Mr.. H
L. Guion, leader General p. Tracy
T. J. Hunt, W. NJ. Sneed, Levi Joy
- Mayhoff, Leon Hunt, A. L. Du
vail, G. N. Grosvenor, F. 7. Ander
son, j. G. Grifing and David Preston
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Gazing Wall.

About twenty-five feet Of a brick
vail, forming part Of the cotton shed
running from Court to Jefferson
stree It's, and occupied by John G. Hill,
cayed in day before yesterday and
tumb led into the bayou. The rains
had washed the bank and caused the
foundations to give way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-12

You need not go to New York or
elsewhere to get glasses suited to your
eyes. You can have your eyes fitted
akillfully with the best quality of
spectacles or Eyeglasses by calling at
DR.. A. Goldstein's Office, No. 1874 Main
street, upstairs. 60t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-12
AMUSEMENTs.



Mr.. Levy takes pleasure in announc
ing the celebrated prima donna, Sig
Laura Bellini, with Joseffy.
Owing to the large amount of tickets
sold and the great rush for seats, the
entrance to the box office will be on
Madison street, real window of Nc
Carthy's, Tuesday, November 10Th, at
0 o'clock, to those holding tickets
only. The subscription list will posi-
lively close on Monday evening, the
l4th. This is the last chance to get
tickets at 81 and a show at the box
office. Notify Mr.. Levy at once for
tickets. 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-12
LEDGER LINES.

Don't
Forget
You Have
But two days
Left to get
Joseffy tickets
AT subscription rates.
See Mr.. Levy at once.
Maple syrup. Lytle & Shields.
New Seasides daily at Williams.
Maple sugar. Lyle & Shields.
Fine ripe bananas. D. Canale 20.
Fresh lot of corn bran at SO Main st.
Oysters every style. Crystal Palace.
Fine ripe bananas. D. Oanalc q %.
Apple, peach, plum and pear but
ter, in 5-lb pals, at Lytle & Shields.
Fine ripe bananas. D. Canale & Go.
See S. Clements advertisement for
lost mare.
Brown & Jones, coal dealers, 2S2
Main street.
Headlight oil, 25c per gallon. S. L.,
Moore & Co.
Coal oil zoe per gallon at S. Ia.
Moore & Co.'S.
Fresh oysters daily by express. S.
L. Moore & Co.
Christmas comes on Sunday this
year, and is just six weeks eff.
Captain George L. Cowan, a promi-
nent business man Of Nashville, is in
the city.
Two thousand pounds choice veni-
son for sale at reasonable prices at s.
Clements.
Our cotton receipts are dropping of,
To-day's figures show us to be 6358
bales behind last year at this date.
Memphis is to have a big walking
match soon. Daniel 0'Leary, the
great pedestrian, is coming.
Tomorrow is the twenty-secOnd
Sunday after Trinity, the forty.sixth
week and 317th day of the year.
Poems by c. j. Holahan to be had
at Mansford's book store, No. 298
Main street, and at w. Burk's, 172
Main street, near Poplar.
Our days are now 10 hours and 40
minutes in length, the sun rising at
% minutes past 6 in the morning and
5 minutes after 3 in the eve
ming.
The moon changes and enters its
quarter tomorrow evening. 1t
at II o'clock tonight, and within
ten minutes of II o'clock tomorrow
In the gun club pigeon shooting
match to-day, between DR.. Carver and
for one hundred pounds a
'ide, the result was a draw, each kill
ng nineteen out Of twenty FIVE.
Tho programme Of the concert at
It. Peters church announced for
evening next, is printed else
where to-day. The entertainment
will be worth attending.
Evil to him to evil thinks" said
Attorney CAN'T yesterday in the Cir
'uit Court when a juryman com
,lained that he wasn't used to listen
to such stuff as the usually elo,
.uent attorney got of.
Three or four weeks hence the
szoas tramp, Dan 0'Leary, is ex-
assisa 70 pay Us a visit. As a walker
ms Zla ranks high among these
IE6ar Eiih sports Of the walking
rrssr. Il Is said the man is to be
atshs3 With a famous German walk.
ag champion.
Another feature Of the late unfortu-
late affair at Blacklist is reported. 1t
5 stated by parties from there that
he proceedings against Alsbrook and
Wiggin and his son being in
'ormal we're subsequently set aside by
Justice Hill. This seems to be the
end gift. Mr.. Busby, who was shot
BY AlsbrOok, has returned to Mem
to live and will go into business
lere.
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Buy Gas Fixtures of Browne.
TheY HaYe Arrived.


Having sold out all of our fine Stst-
son fall style hats, and being unable to
accommodate some of our customers,
we take this opportunity of informing
our friends that we have just received
a new lot in all oolors and shapes. In
addition to these celebrated hats, we
have in stock hats of all colors and
shapes from other manufacturers. Our
line of caps of all grades is second to
no other dealer in the city. Our prices
are satisfactory to all who favor us
with a call.
Martin Cohen,
2l9 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-12

Foot Pads Freaks.
The foot pads had on their war
paint last night. Two of them stopped
Mr.. M. Rinjose on the corner of Dun
lap street and the old Raleigh road
and while one held a pistol to his head
the other went through him. They
got nothing and let him go.
Another attempt was made upon
Mr.. Charles Hippel, who keeps a gro
Gerry on the corner Of Market and
Fourth streets. Two men, probably
the same, entered his store about 8
o'clock and presenting pistols at his
head ordered him to deliver all the
money he had in the house. His wife
screamed, and while the robbers at
%tention was attracted, snatched a pis.-
toll and ordered them to leave. They
left, but fred back at him. Neither
of the men are known.