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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-10
All About a Young Woman.

1t was in the concert room. The as
sembled ladies and gentlemen were
awaiting the beginning of the entertain
ment. Presently very pretty young
woman entered the hall, walked down
the main aisle, and took her seat near
the front row.
"Bv George!" exclaimed young
man; ''that's mighty pretty grill"
"Perfect masher,' said his friend,
sententiously. ..et.,
"Did you see how she looked at me?''
asked the first. .......
SAT you!'' replied his epigrammatic
friend ssDidn't 1 catch her eye three
times?''
CA pretty dress-pattern,' observed a
lady. 5' 't."' '".',5 "
ssBut did you notice how awfully it
hung?" asked second fair critic.
"Blue and green!" sneered third !;
"splendid taste!"
"She's got nice hair,'' remarked
Mr.. A. .as =..
Wonder how much of it is her own,"
responded his wife. ... t+fE. .....--.
"That dress must have cost as much
as four dollars a yard,'' was the COM
ment of young lady in the next seat.
''For my part, don't see what folks
want to rag out so at a concert,'' said
the young lady's mother; ssnobody
would do it that was anybody
"Why. MAJ replied the daughter;
81 think she's just splendid. l wish I
had dress just like it,
sShe's got a homely nose," remarked
lady with nasal ,appendage like Il
cheeseknife. 81 always notice noses,
you know"
"Altogether to tall,'' was the remark
of Mrs. B., perfect dump of woman,
"a beautiful complexion!'' remarked
Mr.. c.; "cIear red and white'
s'Humph! That's easy enough said
Mrs. c., exchanging with her female
friend a plying smile at her lord and
masters simplicity.
81 wonder how old she ISL said a
lady across the aisle.
''Not day under twenty was
the reply from her interlocutor.
"Twenty-fve?'' was the contemptu-
Gus comment of the other. ssShe'Il never
see thirty again. Who wouldn't look
young with all that rigging on?"
It is just possible that the speaker
thought that she herself would look
young with s'that rigging" on; but it
Oiu Hot Seeu pIoDdUlt W dH uupTeJu-
diced observer. s.f-s=
ashes a brazen-faced thing, anyway"
said woman in one of the back seats.
''Prancing way down front, just to show
her inery!n4 v& 60. ,s1fss A = sfssas4
.''Did you see that hat?'' asked
young lady, decked out in flaunty head
gear. s'All the colors of the rainbow
"Who is she, I wonder?''' asked an
inquisitive lady.
81 don't know" was the reply;
''nobody in particular, guess. She's
not one of our set.''
At this juncture the music began, and
what other commentaries were passed
upon the young woman were lost in the
jangling of sweet sounds.
But wasn't it kind in her to give so
many good people something to talk
?-Boston Transcript. s~7''-si
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-10
Try Again.

A gentleman was once standing by a
little brook watching its bounding, gurg-
ling waters. n In the midst of his mus
ings he noticed scores of little minnows
making their way up the stream and in
the direction of shoal which was foot
or more high. and over which the clear
sparkling waters were leaping. They
halted moment or two, as if to survey
the surroundings. .e, BE- r.ta.'
"What now?' inquired the gentle
man; 'can those little fellows continue
their journey any furtherp''
He soon saw that they wanted to go
further up the stream, and were only
resting and looking out the best course
to pursue in order to continue their
journey to their unexplored little lake.
let that lay just above the shoal. All at
once they arranged themselves like a
little column of soldiers, and darted up
the foaming little shoal, but the rapid
current dashed them back in confusion.
A moments rest and they are again
in the sprayey waters with like results.
For an hour or more they repeated their
efforts, each time gaining some little ad-
vantage. At last, after scores and scores
of trials. they bounded over the shoal
into the beautiful lakelet, seemingly the
happiest little folks in the world.
"Well," said the gentleman, "here
is my lesson. Pll never again give up
trying when 1 undertake anything. I
did not see how these little people of
the brook could possibly scale the shoal
it seemed impossible, but they were
determined to cross it. This was their
purpose. and they never ceased trying
until they were sporting in the waters
above it. l shall never give up again"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-10
Our Young Folks.
a YOUTHFUL MARTYR.

He sat beside a blackboard tall, and slowly
drew diameterS,
And cried his many woes meantime in sound
ing Greek hexameters:
He was pretty little lad who might have seen
twelve years or more,
And down his pallid cheeks did run goodly
quart of tears or more.
He looked so solemn and so sad, though not
the least bit shy at all.
We could not for the life of us make out what
made him cry at all.
So coming gently to his side, in accents quite
We asked the reason of his grief if he would
- kindly give tous:
" Dld some one do thing unk1nd? Did sup
:. per not agree with you?
My pretty boy with eyes of blue, what can the
matter be with your? 'r
"Alas!" he said, and raised his head while big
ger tears did How and fall,
fe y9" all ssd my 81 haRless caseyou see
I'll tell you all my hapleSs case, the memory
which grieTeS me SO, ..
And what the causes are which make me melt
in tears and leave me 50! ~
"You see I'm such little chap, I ought to
have no care at all,
Instead of which I'm getting gray, and soon
VIII have no hair at all!
From morn till night, and night to morn. with
out the least apology,
I'm kept on a high-presslire plan of study on
some ology.
" 1 come of such a learned race, and such Illus
trious pedigree,
That I'm brought up on such strict rules, it al
most breaks the head of me;
And everything say Or do, they fain would
make q medium
For teaching me some truth remote, which has
a certain tedum.
Suppose try to play Hop-Scotch-they talk
OF trgonOmetry,
And squares on the hypothenuse, and angles
in geometry;
If j attempt to shy stone, or make short
gyratOn-then
They want to point a moral with some fact in
grayitatiOn then!
roll q hoop or peg a top, and straghtway they
all look at me, s.L..rs
And shout out formulas and facts, enough to
make q book, at me!
II speak word-they want it spelled. and all
its derivationS, Ma am t.8 3.
Oh dear. Oh dear! I'm sick to death of learned
innovations. Ma'am,
Of History, and Algebra, and learned Greek
quotations. Ma
I'm plethoric with Rhetoric-Pd rather change
my rations, Ma'am!
mo wonder that I'd rather be Choctaw, Or
CherOkeei
No wonder that | sometimes wish they d never
found Amarikee! &,
No wonder that / wall and weep, and wish of
wood this bead of M,
And that never neUer came of such learned
pedigree!'
He ceasa al, and wiped his sweet blue eyes. My!
didn't he look pretty so?
/ never saw Il little lad that did truly pity so.
And then we left him there alone, a-drawng
of diameters,
And crying out his many woes in sounding
Greek heXameters!
g -Uj6e 43p1Ee-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-10
Help and Kiss Your Mother.

A father talking to his careless daugh-
ter said: l want to speak to you OF
your mother. 1t may be that you have
noticed a careworn look upon her face
lately. OF course it has not been brought
there by any act of yours, still it is your
duty to chase it away. L want you to
get up tomorrow morning and get
breakfast. and when Your mother comes
and begins to express her surprise, go
right up to her and kiss her on the
mouth. You can't imagine how it will
brighten her dear face. Besides, you
owe her kiss or two. Away back when
you were a little girl she kissed you
when no one else was tempted by your
fever-tainted breath and swollen face.
You were not as attractive then as you
are now. And through those years of
childish sunshine and shadows she was
always ready to cure by the magic of
mothers kiss the little, dirty, chubby
hands whenever they were injured in
those first skirmishes with tnis rough
old world And then the midnight kiss
with which she routed SO many bad
dreams as she leaned above your rest
less pillow have all been on interest
these long years. OF course she is not
so pretty and kissable as you are, but if
you had done your share OF the work
during the last ten years, the contrast
would not be so marked. Her face has
more wrinkles than yours, far more, and
yet if you were sick that face would APP
pear more beautiful than an angels as
it lowered over you, watching every OPP
portunity to minister to your comfort,
and every one of those wrinkles would
seem to be bright wavelets of sunshine
chasing each other over the dear face.
She will leave you one of these days.
These burdens, if not lifted from her
shoulders, will break her down. Those
rough, hard hands that have done so
many unnecessary things for you, will
be crossed upon her lifeless breast.
Those neglected lips that, gave you your
first baby kiss will be forever closed.
and those sad, tired eyes will have
opened in eternity, and then you will
appreciate your mother, but it will be
too late --
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-10

clusion that there was hardly country
in the world so well adapted TO pur-
poses of stock-raising.
Returning to Denver, therefore, they
sold their steers and mules and bought
stock cattle, which they drove into
Montana, and from that date until now
they have been among the largest stock
men in the Territory. From cattle they
went into the raising of sheep and
horses, both of which latter are more
profitable than cattle. 1t was stated
that sheep were every year becoming
more numerouSin the Territory. Sheep
require more care and attention than
cattle and give correspondingly large
results. 1t is also a business that re-
quires less capital than it does to engage
in the raising of cattle. The expenses
of herding and shearing, including
herder's pay and board for one year,
for herd of 1000 is about 50 900. The
yield of wool will average S1.50 per
head, or total of $4,000. The increase
of lambs can be calculated at % per
cent. of the original number of the herd,
and, as at the end of the year they are
of equal value to q full-grown sheep,
their value would be $1,000 The gain,
therefore, is almost 100 per cent. with
ordinary attention. 1t is estimated that
there are now about 100000 sheep in
the eastern part of Montana, and the
number will increase rapidly, as new
people are constantly going into the
business. In response to an inquiry as
to the sheep freezing, it was stated that
such a thing was unknown. 1t is true
there have been losses, but in all cases
death has been caused bV SuffOcatinn
on account of the pens having been too
small, so that the sheep have crowded
together, one on top of the other; this
causes them to sweat, and then when
they are turned out in the cold air in the
morning they take cold and die. The
best cattle and sheep region was stated
to be between the Clark Fork Bottom
and the Musselshell River. The ex-
ceptionally fertile and temperate region
is, however, practically unoccupied as
yet, and the stock interest of Montana
is at present but in its infancy.-St.
Pail Pioneer Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-10
How She Enjoyed Herself.

81 thought I should die!'' said the
woman who went on an excursion down
the river. when she narrated her trip to
her friends. First, Johnny leaned
against railing that gave out, and he
nearly fell in the river, and then Willie
sat down in the custard pie, and I
hadn't more than touched the wing Of
chicken when the water rose up to
meet the sky and the boat whirled
around and they laid me on the sofa
and put hartshound to my nose and
loosen'd my boots, and after spell /
got better and sat up and went to eat
in. but somehow nothin' tasted real
good, and the baby cried most Of the
time, and Willie got the jibboom in his
eye. and spanker came near DRAWN
Johnny overboard-that child is lust
possessed to get drowned. Still I
wouldn't have missed it for The world!
'Taint often | get a chance to 90 on
pleasure exertion to en- oy myself, but I
must say was awful glad when we got
back and set my foot down again on
old terra cotta!'' - Detroit P3st and
Tribune. "at -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-10
A eurious freak of lightning occu,

"A curious freak of lightning occur
red at the house of Alexander Avery,
'Centreville, Ala. None of the inmates
were killed, but the shoes of each were
destroyed. The stroke fell on Miss Josie
Ayery's neck, and passing down the
body threw the shoe from the foot with
terrific force, a great distance. The
shoes on the feet of her mother were cut
to pieces, while Mr.. Logan, guest, had
his shoestrings torn completely out, the
sole of one shoe wrenched off, and a
hole torn in ..he other.-Chacago 1ri5-
une ~ ~ ~
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-10
The sexton of St los,

The sexton of St. Joseph Church at
Long Branch gets nc. pay for his services.
He rings the bells for the Sunday gather
ings, acts as usher and sweeps out by
proxy. His name is George w. Childs
-one Of us newspaper millionaires-
the proprietor of the Philadelphia
Ledoer.-DstroH Post. = ssa p s,E.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-08-05

SENATOR GEORGE, Of Mississippi.
made a very telling speech on Mon
day last on the bill reducing the in
ttrnal revenue taxes, aud OH his
amendment to that bill exempting
mechanics tools from tariff taxa
ton, which Will no doubt attract
the attention OF thinking men all
over the country. The speech was
avery able oae, and was listened
to with profOund attention. The
senator warned his hearers that by
leglsIatlng tor the perpetulty OI
mOnOplies they we're preparing tor
a conlagration it would DO difficult
to preVea'. The result of such
legislation was TO make few men
very rich and to make a great huln-
Der psuaers. There was very little
psuperism in this country YET, De.
cause the great unimprOyed West
Afforded cheap homes, but the time
woulc come when the public lands
would be exhausted, When that
time came the real struggle for
bread among the poor classes
would commence. Then we might
expect communism. This being a
county OF popular government
oommunism could not be put down
here as in Europe. The best secur'
ity for capital, he said, was wise
laws which wild permit poor peo'
pie to acquire property. As soon
as man becomes property-owhel
he becomes conservative and 3 fo'
to comzunism. Unjust laws vii
foster paupers, who will become
communists. The remedy for tht
threatened danger, said the senator
iSlogislation which confers bene
ftupoa the poer as we'll as thelrich
Wiser words were never uttered
They are Of the very, essence q
pure and nndedled Democracy
aud ought to be repeated from ev
ery Democratic stugsp and by ev
cry Democratic nskPaper in 70
county Memphis Appeal
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nE, FORD, BSitor o@d Publisher.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION;
Hon. ]. B. Morgan withdraws

hon. j. B. Morgan withdraws
the further use ofhis name as a can
didase for Congress in Msnniug's
District. He does this IN the in
terost Of harmony. The nomina-
ton of Manning 10 nova fixed fact.
Ool Morgan asks his friends in with
drawing from the canvass to sup
port Manning cordially, anu this
they will do ii they are as patriotic
40 the man who advised this course
II is now certain that all the ole
members from this State ON tht
Democratic side will be returned
10 Congress with the excaEtior
possibly OF Col. Hooker. Money
nCnsina alton is sure; Manning's Ger
tain; Muldrow's beyond a doubt
and Singleton's llkewise.-Yszo'
City Herald.
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JUDGE moRGANs WITHDRAWAL.

Judge Morgan's letter o! with
drawal frem the contest tor the
Democratic nomination for Con-
gress in this District, which ap,
pears in another column, sufficient
ly explains itself and is highly
creditable to him as Q true and
able man and as tried and con-
sistent Democrat, forgettul of self.
and anxious for the success of the
Democratic party. Now is the
time for all good and true Demo
Gratis to castaside, as unworthy of
them, personal preference and
dl appointment and march forth
under the banner of the old Democ-
racy, an invincible host, conquer
ing and to conquer" As for us,
when Democratic success Is at
stake, We ignore men AND cling to
the party and principles Of Democ
racy as the sheet-anchor of safety
and the harbinger of victory; "fol
men may come and men may 60,
but Democracy goes on forever.
We feel that the success Of Gen
Chain. ers would be q calamity t(
the State, for at best, he is frien(
Of the Guiteau President, and il
consequence merely an assistan
Radical To defeat such an unpatri
otic and unholy combination vii
require the earnest and pc rsisten
eIfoy,s of every Democrat In. thl
District. 4 The voice Of the Demo
cratic masses has decreed that Va
II. Manning, who has never faltel
N
cd in the fray, or furled our ban
ner in face of the foe, shall agal
be our standard bearer, and ever
/ consideration OF duty and patrlo
y ism demands that We accord hi
. that cheerful and hearty suppoI
through which alone we can WI
another trium ph for the cause "
l. h I'D so dear. In this great COZ
: ilict let us know no man; on tI
J. side is genuine Democracy, on tt
. other an apOstate from the san
{ party, representing nothing bu
a his own ambition and a person
y grievance against our peerle
II Lamar. Be not deceived, tello'
IS Democrats; these are the only
d sues now before you. Can 20
. hesitate a moment az Othe pat
y way ofduty, honor and patrlotiSl
u Pamela Star.
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Fasting an Acute Rheumatism

DR.. Wood, professor Of chemistry
in the Medical Department Of
Bishops College, Montreal, reports
in the CANADA MEDICAL RECORD a
number Of cases in which acute ar.
ticular rheumatism was cured by
fasting, usually from four to eight
days. In no case was it necessary
to fast more than ten days. Less
positive results were obtained in
cases of chronic rheumatism. The
patients::were allowed to drink free
ly Of cold water, or lemonade in
moderate quantities if they prefer
red. No medicines were given. DR.
Wood says that from the quick and
almost invariably good results OBJ
tanned by simple abstinence from
food in more than forty cases in
his own practice he is inclined tt
believe that rheumatism is, after all
only phase of Indigestion, to be
cured by giving complete and con
unued rest to all the viscera,-Sci
eAtific American,
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The New MissiSsippian thus pays
its respects to paper just started in
Vickburg: awe are glad the Hornet
is started For months we have
been annoyed with an exchange
fiend. If he didn't steal our ex.
changes he'd sit down on them
while we we're trying to read
them. We said we were glad the
Hornet started land we are. Yes,
terday, just after our mail came in,
in rushed the fiend. He must stand
on the corner and watch our boy
whom he goes for the mail. At any
rate, he Is usually on time. We
had just placed our exchanges in q
chair, when in he popped, and
planted himself heavily in said
chair: aHave you got the Mereu-
Good Lord What was i that stnng
meg' And out he went, rubbing al
pistol pocket. He had sat dOw'
"a the Hornet
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southern ,CuIt,vatOr for August.


The August number ofthis stand
ard representative Of the Southern
farmers comes to hand several days
ahead Of time, and is greatly Rppe-
rior to any agricultural publication
that ever came under our notlce.
The Atlanta CONSTITUTION says OF
this paper, that "every page bears
evidence of careful and able busi-
ness management" 1t is matter
of congratulation that We have in
the South, at last, a journal for the
farmers and their families equal to
the very best in.the whole country.
While it should be the duty of ev-
cry farmer to patronize and thereby
sustain it, at the same time the
pleasure and profit ofhAving once a
month such splendid magazine Is
incalcul&ble.
In this number we find, among
other things, "Thoughts for the
Month";" by DR.. Jones, than when
there IS no superior agricultural
writer for the Southern States; a
history Of the cotton seed industry;
an article by Peter Henderson, the
most famous gardener in the State
of New York; a biographical sketch
and portrait OF DR.. Geo. B, Loring
the United States Commissioner o.
Agriculture; a picture OF makers O.
maple sugar at work; fine article
on Ensilage; one of Bill Arp's hes
lettera; full "Tnquiry Depart
ment," in which DR.. Jones answer
, many perplexlng queries PROFOUND
ed by the farm ers; a large numbe
es special contributions from th'
, farmers; a fine lecture by DR.. Curr,
3 on education in the South, accom-
. panied by his portrait; an article I"
the state of affairs in Egypt, with
: portrait of LOring Pasha Of Confed
! crate fancy, in his Egyptian un
) form; an illustrated article on tn
seed cotton cleaner; full page POI
trait Of the poet Longfellow; an j
lustrated children's department
S and other things in rich prcfusiol
n In fact, how can a farmer do will
It out this paper when Messre. Jas.
e Harrison & Co., the publisher
9 Atlanta, Ga, only ask 1.5Oa yea
!. for itl
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The people of the West owe a
debt OF gratitude to DR.. Aver for the
production of Ayers Ague Cure
Its timely use will save much suffer
ing and much Encouragement, and
we recommend it with the greatest
confidence in its ability to do all
that is promised for it.
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WHAT TO WEAR
AND
HOW To- OBTAIN II
AT LOWEST NEW YORK PRICES.

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The New York Herald compos-
itOrs we're on a strike tor twenty
five minutes, recently, on account
OF fine of 50 against one Of their
Aumber for blunder.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-08-05

Ayers Ague Cure is a purely
vegetable bitter and powerful
tonic, free from Quinine or sny
mineral substance, and always cures
the seVerest cases.
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A GOOD FOUNDATION.

In American households he pre-
vailing complaints are weakness oil
the stomach and its consequences
Indigestion, Nervousness and Rheu
matism, Such sufferers can lay
good foundation for health by using
Parker's Ginger Tonic as 1T tones
up the stomach and nerves, and
keeps the kidneys active to carry
off the foul matter.--[N. 0. Plea
yune.