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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-17
Cultivating Weeds.

Apropos of the popularity of this weed,
the daisy, for so the farmers regard it,
a scheme is suggested to some farmers
by D. G. Croly to undertake the sys-
tematic cultivation of weeds. The most
valuable plants were once weeds, and
have become useful to man by careful
cultivation. Even rye at one time in
history was as useless to man as the
Canada thistle or the yellow dock, weed.
The vegetable food of the race has been
developed out of apparently useless
plants. Why not then test the possible
hidden virtues of the noxious weeds
which now. do so, much to increase the
labor of the farmer? This is too large
subject to go into here, but a few
thousand dollars might be wen spent in
carefully cultivating the seeds of the
best known varieties of weeds. They
were not created for nothing, and it is
mans business to find out the hidden
purposes of the Deity, or at least to test
all things and hold fast to that which is
good. DenaoreStss Monthly.
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A Friend in Need.
A TRUE sToRY.


Rover was big dog; Tabby was only
q little kitten. Somebody had left her
in our yard one frosty night. In the
morning we found her in the wet grass.
She was shivering with the cokL We
made her warm bed and fed her with
new milk.
!. Rover was not very good to Tabby.
He growled Grossly whenever he saw
her. Poor pussy! 1t was not her fault
that she had come to our house.
When Tabby grew bigger Rover
stopped teasing her. Perhaps he knew
that she wore sharp claws in her soft
paws Amy way, he did not even look
Mt her. So she. like we.l-bred cat, did
not go near him. 81
One soft summer day these two lay
asleep on the long porch. sTogetherai
o no! Rover lay on the, door, mat, sun
ming himself. Tabby sat, winking and
dreaming, away at the other end.
Grandpapa dozed in his rocking-chair
| between them. I suppose some of us
must have lett the gate open. Sudden
ly a big yellow dog ran into the yard.
Seeing kitty, ne began to bark. She
arched her back and looked cross He
did not mind that. He caught her in
his big, ugly mouth and shook her.
Grandpapa thought her back was
broken.
The next thing was a surprise to the
yellow dog. Rover did not love Tabby,
it must be owned; but he was an honest
dog, and would see fair play At
one jump he seized the visitor and
whipped him soundly. Away ran the
cur, limping and yelping home. Rover
walked quietly back to finish his nap.
Tabby mewed pitifully. for she was
hurt She would not go to grandpapa,
who called her. But you cannot guess
what she did. She walked up to Rover
and lay down between his fore paws,
He did not bite her He did not even
growl. Instead. he licked Tabby's lame
neck to make it well. He felt that he
was her protector. And this was her
way of thanking him.
This happened q long time ago. but
Rover and Tabby are still fast friends.
Our Little Ones.
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hill. He realized that he must take
care Of his strength, for he would IQeea
| Il All before, he got through with ms
antagonists Now the bull began 70 ex.
hibit his wrath. He writhed, ana
hooked, and stamped. One instant the
audience expected to see poor Joe
dangling from his horns, and the nexk
trampled helpless beneath his fect-
But Joe chung as he would cling to a
lifeline in fearful surf. During the
intervals of the bulls violence. as in the
water.on its ebb. he struck gallantly up
on his feet. Each time he did so, CRIES
of Bravo. bravo,'' rent the air: The
bull continued to put forth still greater
power He plunged and tore around
the ring. Alternately he jerked and
swung Joe from his feet, and fairly
spun him through the air. The pavilion,
tossed, and reefed, and whirled befHe,
joe gidtly sight. Round and rouhH
flew the bull as in race for life. Several
times he completed the circuit OF the
ring; circle of dust rose from his track
and hung over it like a wreath OF
smoke. iR.1
How Joe held on! He feared he could
not endure the shock and strain for
minute longer, and he dreaded to lot
go. He began to lament his rashness.
But all at once the bulls speed slack
ened. Joe felt a thrill of gratitude as
his feet once more touched the ground /,
He was tired of flying, and was very
glad to run The bull, convinced that
he could not liberate his horn from Joe's
unyielding grip. came to a halt, and
with disappointed anger began to paw
the ground Joe had longed for this
advantage, which, strange to say, bull.
seldom gives till toward the close of q
fight, and he sprang directly in front OF
him and firmly grasped both his horns
:. Bravo! bravo!,' rent the air, Joe
braced himself and waited, and when
the bull threw his foot high in the air
with its little cloud of dust, by q quick.
powerful movement, Joe twisted his
head to one side so strongly that the
fierce animal was thrown OF his balance,
and fell heavily upon his side. =
A score of men rushed in to hold him
down until he should be secured; then
he was rolled and, taken triumphantly
from the ring. Joe was almost deaf
ened by the applause. He suddenly
found himself hero in the estimation
of the audience, and was overwhelmed
by. the outburst of enthusiasm. He was
not allowed to leave the ring until he
had been led to the royal box. where
the Queen, with her own hand, passed
him a beautiful bouquet. She also ex-
tended to him an invitation TO come to
the palace, where she herself would re-
ceiye the brave American boy.-H II.
Clark, in st. Nicholas.
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Babies in Midsummer.

It is pretty big job to pilot a baby
through a summers campaign. "A
prominent Cincinnati physician, being
interviewed the other day, expressed
the opinion that a. baby should. meyer
be given milk save from the breastLof
its mother, or, if that be impossible,
from the breast of foster mother. He
stated that so many of the dairy cows
nowadays are ~consumptive or other
wise diseased that, in the first place,
their milk, even if uuadulterated, is
poisonous. Again, he said that the
cows milksis josrled for hours in hot
weather before it is delivered to con-
sumers, and thus it is literally churned.
Thus it is eminently unfit for the use
of infants. The conduct of mothers
who nurse their children from the
breast was also referred to. Frequently
it is the case that mothers become over
heated and wrought up over the wash
tub and other household duties, and
their milk is then unfit for a child to
drink. A baby's stomach is irritable
and tender. It is overloaded with milk
and it becomes a source of pain, just as
cinder does when it flies into per.
sons eve. Remove the cinder and re-
lief follows. The baby throws up the
milk and the pain ceases, unless it be
hot weather, when it goes off through
the bowels and sickness results. So it
is with solid food, only in a more pro-
nounced degree. Therefore solid food
should not be given an infant until il
is able to masticate its food. Espe-
cially starch food, such as potatoes,
etc., should be avoided. One great mis-
take mothers make is to suckle their
children everything they cry. That is
not right. They ought not to give them
the breast oftener than once in two
hours at first, aud this interval ought to
be heightened to three hours after
awhile. During the night they should
not suckle them more frequently than
once. The proper thing to do is to give
them drink of water. The little things
are oftener thirsty than hungry. The
doctor said that ice should be given the
little ones in abundance while they are
teething It relieves and cools the hot,
infamed gums, and the baby does not
swallow enough ice-water to hurt it,
because it wastes the greater part of it.
The use of fiannels on babies al through
the summer was animadverted upon Sc
verely. The doctor declared that chill
dren should be clad to suit the we ather.
In very warm weather the infants ought
to be allowed about one garnet, and
that pretty light one.-Cincinnat En-
g4trer.
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considerable food, car fares, admis-
sions to exhibitions and entertainments
but in the aggregate it mounts beyond
the ability to pay. Families living in
the country often close their houses and
leave home in the summer to avoid the
labor and expense of entertaining those
who, without invitation, come TO ststay
while" Theyscan not afford to spend
ON guest. what must beaapplieds to- pay
ing the interest on the mortgage or the
school bills of the children.
The host can not offer TO the guest
what is not his to give-he certainly
ought not TO do it-and the guest can
not, in propriety or. conscience, expect
or accept what the host has no right to
givesxs Kings receive . due. hospitality
from Kings and Princes. = When they
condescend to visit those beneath them
in rank and state, they do not expect to
be served with dainties on gold plate.
B Tits enough if the best the house af-
fords is placed before them, though
that best be the plainest fare on delft.
and apologies in such cases are entirely
ont of order. II -
A fine sense of propriety on the part
Of the guest will enable him to adjust
himself to the tone of the household of
which, for the time, he or she forms
a part. If admitted as one of the
family, then in, his measure the duties
devolving on the various members of
the family will devolve on the guest. A
fine sense of propriety on the part of
the host will enable him to SO. adjust
household matters that his guest will
be at ease and at liberty to enjoy what
ever sources of entertainments there may
be within reach. Here, as in every other
| social relation, the Golden Rule is safe
| guide. A man has no more right to
wrong himself than he has to wrong his
friend, no more right to permit him
self to be wronged than he has to stand
silently by and see his friend injured.
All this is very alphabetical, but to some
il may be new and helpful, o.,y ...s. 81.
As hosts are often made a mere con.
venience of by unlimited guests, so guests
are aften induced to accept hospitality
that they NAV be made subservient to
| the selfish interest of the host. Ex-
change is no robbery. Where parties
trade, and both grow rich, there is no
cause for complaint, but where the
profit is all or chiefly on one side some.
thing is wrong.
If all people were honorable and
high-minded and unselfsh and possessed
of a fine sense of propriety, such re-
marks as are made above would be
| quite uncalled for.-N. z Tribune. 3
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"A boy down in Lee County rugged
himself up in sheet the other NIGHT.
and sneaked around the house to stand
at the window of his brothers room and
play ghost. But he forgot to count on
the dog. who didn't believe in ghosts.
and pretended to sleep by the Kitchen
chimney. The ghost materialized about
lve feet from the chimney and when
the doctor came he cauterized nineteen
holes in it, while the dog, with his tail
standing straight up in the air like a
mast walked around the yard on his
t1p-toes, and talked bass, and asked
everybody what he should fly at next
Burtaaagtoas Hagkege.
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Giving and Receiving Hospitality.

1t is a great pleasure to many country
housekeepers to show hospitality to
their friends during the summer months.
If they have pleasant and commodious
homes and ample means of entertain
ment, they love to surround themselves
with circle of friends and enjoy the
reflection from these chosen faces of
the good things provided them. There
may be a secret pride on the part of
the hostess in permitting her guests to
see the resources at her command, but
it is certainly. pardonable when, those
resources ares at the disposal. for the
time, Of visiting friends.
If one has not Q commodious home
and ample means of Entertainment,
showing hospitality is often great
burden, though it may he cheerfully
borne. 1t means added care and labor
for the house-mother, who quite posi-
bly, isEalresdy overburdened. and ex-
pene which Gamble ill-afforded. Guests
who disregard these considerations do
not deserve to be themselves very much
considered. There are places in every
town and almost every neighborhood
where at certain rates food and lodging
will be furnished, and, therefore, those
who claim hospitality for the sole sake
of physical supplies can not claim either
the rights or privileges of guests. They
are dependent on the mere sufferance
of their host, and may well be thankful
for whatever they may receive.
Thomas Jefferson, after his retire
ment | to Monticello,' ruined himself
financially by excessive hospitality, and
reduced his children, and grandchildren
to poverty. He kept open house, and
everybody, who, came (and everybody
did Gomez was invited to stay for din
ner., we do not remember to have seen
a single commendation of this course,
and Jefferson's example in this regard
has found few followers. He gave to
strangers and to thousands who came
solely for the s'loaves and fishes" what
he should have saved for his own family,
and he received in return no just equiv
alent. But having begun to keep open
house, he, like many others, found no
place to stop. A stop, however, must
be made if one has thus begun, or dis
aster is sure to follow. fssf
Families living in cities are sometimes
compelled to break up housekeeping in
order to keep their country friends from
visiting them out of house and home.
The expense for each guest may be in
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ASSASSINATION by Silence"

p, Assassination by silence is the
latest Gallicism. 1t was the verdict of
the medical men and of society in the
case of Frenchwoman recently de-
ceased; and coroner's jury would
probably have rendered the same YER
dict if the case had not been kept from
the coroner. Noble by birth, she was,
and very rich; but she was hopelessly
plain, ugly of feature and hump backed.
Her husband, Duke, married her for
her money and hated her for her ugli-
ness. A fortnight after her. wedding
her martyrdom began, but not as other
conjugal martyrdoms have done. The
Duke lavished attentions on her-in
public; he was Observation-Disclosures the
servants; it was s'darling'' and ssbe-
loved" and s'mv little cat''-when any
one was present; but in private changed,
and only one old nurse was in the Sc
cret. He pretended to be jealous of
her, and so played the Othello. He
had the hinges of all the doors so care.
fully oiled that they could be opened
without a creak, the domestics were
trained to move about noiselessly. snares
were set in the vast gardens of their no.
tel so that never the chirp of the SPAR
row was heard. The poor woman was
forced to live in the midst of silence, and
when they went together into society he
scowled so fearfully at every one who
approached his wife to speak to her that
little by little people ceased to make the
effort. And then after they had re-
turned, and she had gone to bed, he
would enter with list shoes on his feet,
so as not to announce his coming, and
would. simulate scene of jealousy.
That is to say, he would pace up and
down like one in a fury who is about to
burst into reproaches; words of anger
would seem ON the point of issuing from
his mouth; then he would stop by the
bedside and raise his hand in threat but
he never struck, he never spoke, and,
resuming his walk, would go through
the same scene over and over again,
until, overcome by fatigue and horror,
the Duchess swooned. Every night for
ten years his victim watched for menaces
which he seemed about to proffer, but
to which he never gave vent. The doc
tors were summoned at last; but the
utmost they could say was that they
were in the presence of some horrible
mystery which could not be fathomed
without killing the husband. And when
the poor woman died and the old nurse
told her story they rendered the verdict
above recorded.-Detroit Free Press.
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Our Young Folks.
AMUSING q HIS H7GHNEsS.n

His little Highness sits in state
Upon his rightful throne.
And from his kingly brow all sign
OF royal care has flown.
His little Highuess smiles ut us
Who kueel before him there,
The while we kiss his gracious hand
And bonny face SO fair.
His little Highness, It is plain,
His subjects should amuse; IL
And of all entertainments, pray, tfs fss
Which will his Highness choo e?
There's eNrhis wee pig TO market went"
Played with his royal toes;
And AsFrOt, trot, tr0t, on mothers knee.
To Boston baby goas:'' .5sfsl
And "Patty-cake, @ bakers man.
Played with the dimple1 hands;
And many another game like that
Which baby understands.
But best of all his Majesty e-5
His mothers kiss prefers;
For though we dearly love our King,
There is no love like hers.
So in her arms she clasps him tight, 1 ass
He and his dignity.
He's only baby. after all,
And sleepy rs can be.
His throne into cradle turns
lis mothers knee. you know
And presently to Sunderland
His Majesty will go.
-Mdry ID. Brine in Hufper's Young People.
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winch passed to Omar, the AbbaSaides,
Selim l., and finally to Amurath III. :,
who took Il to Europe. This s-black
eagle" which is inscribed with the
| words, 1sNasrum min Allah ssThc
Help of God''-was instituted dit-oa, in
eontradistinetion to the great white ban
| ner of the Korelshites. Another account
insists that the sanajak is q
green flag. brought down from heaven
to the prophet by the angel Gabriel,
and it - kept, in fair covering of green
taffeta. Inclosed in q case of green cloth,
in the mosque of Ayoub at Constantine
pie. A third authority recites that 1t is
carefully preserved id the seraglio in a
case built into the wall. .'The stand
ard, - we read, sis twelve feet high, and
the golden ornament, closed ball
which surmounts it, holds a copy Of the
Koran written by the caliph, Osman III.
In times of peace It's is guarded in the
hall of the Noble Vestment,'' where are
preserved the prophets dress and other
relics. Still another authority declares
that it is s'an innocent piece of rotten
and faded silk, which used to be covered
with sacred writings, and which once
was green in color. The only legible
word remaining upon it is sAlem'-
world-which appears in aseeluded fold
near the staff. The flag is never un-
furled-nor, indeed, can it be from rot
tenness-but is kept rolled on its staff
and covered with green satin cover,
the whole packed away in a gold or
gilded box.''
When the holy standard is to be
brought out, it is carried in its green
cover through the streets of CONSTANT
nople, and after the city walls are passed
it Is 'sin the field.'' It is then slowed
away in the gilded box once more and
this is carried with the army much as
the Jews used to take the ark of the COW
enant to the wars. When it is in the
field every Moslem is in duty bound to
follow in its train. The usual procla-
nation is: ssThis is the prophets ban
ner; this is the standard of the caliph-
ate. 1t is planted before you and un-
furled over your heads, o true believ-
ers, to announce to you that your religion
is threatened, that your caliphate is in
peril, and that your lives, your wives,
your children and your possessions are
in danger of becoming a prey to cruel
enemies. Amy Moslem, therefore, who
refuses to take up arms and follow this
holy flag is an infidel amenable to
DEATH When the flag was brought
out in 1853, according to Baron Tolt,
the Christians had no difficulty in rent
ing windows and housetops from which
to view the ceremony, but when the
proclamation was made: "Let no inf
del dare to profane with his presence
the holy standard of the prophet, and
let. every Mussulman, if he sees an I'M
believer, instantly make it known!'
their hosts pushed them over the roofs
or drove them out of the houses to be
butchered by the soldiers and mob. The
scene was different when few years
ago, in order to obtain Christians as
volunteers, s'f1ags of brotherly love"
were paraded through the streets of
Constantinople, which bore in white
upon crimson ground the cross and the
crescent.-N. 7. World.
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Gossip.

What is the cure for gossip? Simply
culture. There is a great deal Of gossip
that has no malignity in it. Good
natured people talk about their neigh
bors because, and only because, thew
have nothing else to talk about. Cos
sip is always personal confession,
either of malice Of imbecility, and the
young should not only shun it, but by
the most thorough culture relieve them
selves from all temptations to indulge
in it. 1t is low, frivolous, and too often
dirty business. There are country
nelghborhoods in which it RACES like a
pest: Churches are split in pieces by
IT,: Nelghbors made enemies by it for
me. IN many persons it degenerates
INTO a chronic disease. which is practi-
cally incurable. NJ 7. Home Journal
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The Desired Article Fully Described.
The following letter was recently re-
ceived at Castle Garden:

The following letter was recently re-
ceived at Castle Garden:
Addressed most full of respect and humble
ness to the very distinguished Comnlissarys
of Emigration in the town of New York,
United states.
s. ST PAUL, Mimi, July 8, 1882.
Respected Gentlemen: @s-s -
Three vars ago arifed in United States at
Castle Garden. was most kind treated bel
the gentlemens in the garden which send me
to Nj nnesota to employment and I mad
monney great DEAL. no. hat ii store and
q horse and va sgon only haf not wife
and most respectfully ask the COmmissary5
to send me wife from Scandinavia. A Swe-
Gen grill or a Norway grill want but Dane
grill do not love because Danish language
Go not speak well. Money she must naf a
little, and also dress and boots and mantel,
because clothings are very dear in Minnesota.
/ do not want girl Of more age as twenty
fife, and she mnst hat no father or muder with
her. vii tho Commissarys, respectfully ask.
gift me girl like tlliSS aau send her to me in
Address, 2l2 Grand street. st. Panl.
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"A pastor in this city saw a clerical.
looking man in his audience, Sunday
night, and after the services went up to
him, grasped his hand cordially and
said:- SHOW do you do, brother; are
you pastor?n The young man looked
tribe astonished, and hesnatingly re-
piled: tsWhy, no, sir, not hardly, I'm,
bookkeeper in a grocery store. -
Springfield (NaSs.) Repu5licon. sss},,
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,omoolt is estimated by the census of
looo that there is an average Of five
ana quarter persons to each family.
IN many of them the husband is the
quarter. a54 ~