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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-06
science AND INDUSTRY.


iel-Investigation proves that Northern
corn contains most oil aud starch, and
Southern corn most mineral and aibu-
mlrous matter. ri fiiss4lh sy9f VII ereu
The manufacture of gold watch
cases is an important and growing
industry at Providence, r. L. and the
Journal says that. ten thousand eases
may be made there. this year, and that
the demand is really ahead Of the sup
ply, .5a'a,,s..sr. 81
Never depend entirely on patent oil
cups, as they either feed too fast or not
at ALL There is generally too much oil
wasted on engines. What is needed is
a small quantity at the right time and in
the right place, and all that is not
essential is wasted. zi8#faa
I An interesting engine has recently
been invented by Mrs. Roettger, and
Bay, of Brussels. Motion is produced
by slbjecting a compound plate, COM
posed of two metals, the degrees of ex-
parsion of which are different, to the
action Of heat and cold alternately.
-.-An English mechanic has invented
a horseshoe composed of three thick
mes sesa of cowhide, compressed into a
steel mold and subjected to a chemical
preparation. It will last. longer. than
the common shoe, weighs only one
fourth as much, does not split the boots,
requires no calks and is very elastic.
The many friends of the lily of the
valley will be sorry to learn that a prac-
teal Scotch professor. writing to the
Edinburg .1Neaicaz journal, calls their
favorite flower a Hdrug,' and has even
of
them to make an extract with which to
experiment on frogs. From all accounts
the little favorite will. hold a dis
tinguished place in the materia medica.
A Jersey City man has patented
two improved floor coverings. One is
fabric coated with mixture of ground
leather and mineral fiber and a binding
of hard .varnish, and the ether is a
coating of ground wood or some other
vegetable fiber, mixed with mineral
fiber and a binding of copal. These
coverings are claimed to be remarkably
cheap and durable. M z Herald.
/ Some interesting and successful
experiments have been made recently at
the laboratory of the International Ice
Machine Company, at Greenport, N. Y,
on a new method of making ice. This
is called the sslow-pressure binary
system,'' and its novel feature is the
liquefaction of the ammonia employed
at low pressure by glycerine. The sys-
tenn is called "binary." because two
liquids are employed instead of one
Chicago Tribune. a ,'.' ~ ,.'. III
1.-The first use we hear that was
made of cotton was for candlewicks in
1900. Now it is stated that houses can
be- built of cotton and straw, which,
under a chemical treatment, are CON
verted into paste, compressed into Stats,
and become hard and firm as stone
The material neither warps nor cracks,
aud y is both fire and damp. proof.
Refuse cotton and the sWeepings of
factories are used. The inventor,
Canadian, is introducing it in ? the
dominion, and it may not be many
years ere, sscotton house" will be no
novelty in New York.-Chicago Journal.
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Sunday Marriage Engagement Valid.

An opinion was filed a few, days ago
in the Supreme Court, in the case of
Charles Markley, bachelor of SO years,
against whom Eliza Kessering, a maid
en- of SO, obtained a verdict of S99S.75,
in the Lancaster County Court, for
breach of promise of marriage. The
parties in this love affair lived in May
town, Lancaster County. An engage
lment of marriag took place on Sunday,
the 10th day of August, 1879. The
eourtship had been very short, and was
minus the warmth of heart usually dis
played in such preliminaries. Indeed,
the engagement was spoken of as a most
extraordinary affair. Markley pur-
chased his lady love a number of pres
ents, and seemingly prepared for the
wedding day.. What fire was in his
heart, however, suddenly cooled, and
one evening he told Miss Kessering,
who was a seamstress, that he was too
old and lame to get married, He gave
as a,reaspn that his father was lying at
the point Of death, and it would not be
proper to marry under such circ,lnn-
stances. His sweetheart never spoke to
him again, but istraightway instituted
proceedings to recover a balm for the
affection of her heart. The jury before
whom the case was tried was a business
like one, and, by their verdict, they call
culaIed to the very cent the injury Miss
Kessering had sustained. Markley's APP
peal to the Supreme Court was based
upon several reasons, the most import
ant of which was that the alleged con-
tract of marriage had taken place on
Sunday, and was, therefore, invalid, the
same as any other contract, business
like or social, made on that day. The
opinion of the Supreme Court in sus-
tanning the verdict of the jury says that
there was nothing in any of the assign
ments of error to warrant a reversal.
The case was properly submitted to the
jury, and the fact that the contract of
marriage was entered into on Sunday
could not avail, in view Of the evidence,
which was overwhelming, to the effect
that the engagement had been suisse
quently recognized by Markley. Read
ing Pa Times.
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A Home Thrust.


While was in Western hotel few
years ago had an engagement for 8
o'clock sharp. I was still at the dinner
table at o'clock, and had some dis
lance togo. I wanted a cup of coffee.
It was brought. For wonder it was
hot. quickly poured part of the
smoking beverage into my saucer, and
was drinking it when very pretty girl,
with banged hair and 50, 500 diamonds
in her ears, said, so that I distinctly
heard her, to her mother, a fat woman,
with a queer top-knot and $4,000 dia.
monds: ! shook, ma; swhat. an old
fashioned way to drink. !" e Ma looked,
and snickered. looked, took in the
bangs, the diamonds, and the oportun-
ity:. Finishing my saucer of COFFEE and
looking the young woman full in the
eye, I said: eyes, Miss; it is sold.
fashioned, but if you possessed old
fashioned manners you wouldn't have
noticed it.'' I waited for no reioinder.
Cor. Philadelphia Times. - -
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OR Young Folks.
THE CRTSS-C CROSS B4BE

A little sprite IN bed-gown white, 81
Just fresh from Nodland's s Isle, n fu.4a
Comes trailing out with ready-made pout
And no sweet morning smile, -
But in its place on wee brown face y 4st
black and ugly frOwn.
From rosy lips to fingaf-f1ps 1ff4 st5E
think the sScowl went down -.
From turned-up nose to turned-out toes
Under the small night-gown.
90, D you crisS-cross Baby! =, -
- izti You sriss-cross Baby:
You fretfEl, whining, peeviSh, plninE
Criss-cross Baby!
Silent meeting mothers greeting n
Of bright = good morning;"
And, worse than this. her prpffered kiss
Treats with utter scorniiIg. f5 a.
She'll not be dressed, but stands confessed
AS cross as cross may be;
Then down she sits, and small brow knits,
What Gun the matter be . -
= With this criss-cross Baby? a
This criss-cross Baby!
This fretful, whining, peevish, pining,
3 Criss-cross Baby! .s4isi~Et .sstf-fg#s9l7
Come, come, my dear! Your breakfast here
) y Will get as cold as iceI =. 4z3ss 3stzY
Here's toast SO white, and butter bright,
With milk and honey nice.
h What's this-you're crying, sobbing, signing
What is amiss with you?
Drops the head curly, Idot UP s. urIy"'
5 n Well, clearly. that is truei ttY..f
. you crisS-cross Baby.
You criss-cross Baby,
You fretful, whining, pceyish, pining,
ist'ti = Criss-cross Baby!
lAe.t4s7 3l.I. N sr,.g,sa :--Boston Transcript.
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slH PITH AND POINT.

1t sounds little paradoxical to say
that the man whose life is insured must
die to recover, but it is nevertheless
A Detroit boy conquered the measles
| in twenty hours, and the humps only
brought him off the fence for half a
day.-Free Press s{
Edison has dropped his electrlr
light and is now experimenting to see ii
q COW cannot give ice-cream by wrap
ping her in CONCEALED water before
milking. - taa-as =
1T is all very well for health Journals
to tell people who. are restless and I'M
able to sleep at night to place the head
of their bed toward the north, but it
does no, good unless you take the baby
to the other end of the house and place
his head toward the SOUTH Chicago
lTs6u11e, ~ =.f eaf ,!..s...,., s{a,sg4h
A young would-be wit in lewiston,
Me-, who, attempted to chaff a half-in-
toxicated lumberman, was greeted
with: 81 mind my own business. /
know what you are. We make No. 2
clothes-pins out of such stock as you
up our. way. You git!''
Down in Virginia a darky found a
loaded Parrot shell and commenced an
investigation with an axe. A boot heel
and suspender button were found,
and parliamentarians are discussing the
propriety of letting them present a
minority report.-N. Y. Commercial
AdUertiser.
/ 1.-THE fact isl said the seedy tramp,
| stI have read so much about the troubles
| in the labor market that am heartily
sick of the whole business, and [ made
up my mind long ago that would never
have anything to do with labor. As I
am q man who never forsakes his prin-
ciples, can not work; but if you have
a nice rare steak and cup of hot coffee
| about the premises. I'll devote a few
moments to their demolition" " s.s..s IA
old travellers tell US that an English
waiter never smiles. ~ There is nothing
+ wonderful aboutthat. 4 Birds of prey are
not usually hilarious in their habits.
A man whose life is passed in bringing
hungry men things they never ordered
and can't, eat, bringing them wrong
things at wrong times, bringing them
the soup cold and the fruit warm, and
then laying for q tip and pocketing it
in cold hoods q man with all these
crimes on his conscience expected to
smile? If the English waiter did smile
and smile, he would be only the more
villain. -Burdette. ii aoE is44yssE a9t
Mot long since a smart seven-year-:
old son OF. one of our preachers, after
service was over and the family had re-
turned home from church, said: ..Pae
pa. do YOU ever look at me while you
are preaching ?" The father, thinking
that he was little hurt by supposed
neglect, said: "Certainly, my son, I
often look at you and think of you when
am preaching.p .But to-day did you
notice me at all?n ssYes, did, my
son, several times,'' said the father.
isWeIl,' papa, didayoh see me wink at
you two or three times p'' No, my
son !; what did you wink at me for when
was preachingPn I winked at you.
papa to get you to stop; you were spit
might too long. ''-Detroit Free Press.
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Lieut.. .Hewit's Marriage and Death

Lieut.. Augustin F. Hewitt, United
States Army, Twenty second Infantry,
died at 5 so o'clock last evening, at the
residence of Col. iBlanton Duncan, after
an illness of not quite two weeks The
disease was malignant, malarial of the
most virulent character, which, deiied
all that medicabski and1 loving. heart:
and hands could do. When it became
necessary to acauaint, him. with the fact
that, his, case was hopeless, Col, and
Mrs. Duncan gave him. the painful, in.
formation, and it was. received with the
heroism and unflinching manhood which
characterized and stamped him as one
of the noblest and truest types of our
race. The look of inquiry which had
first gathered upon his face at this un.
usual approach of his lbetrothed's pa.
rents to his bedside simply changed into
a grand look of resignation. The first
inquiry made of him was who shonld be
sent for among the clergymen.!s ssI have
late [ have not, attended, to my, duties
as should have donesg 1would like to
see Father Johnston. Pr Lieut.. Hewitt
was to be married. on next Tuesday,
9th of June, to Miss Katherine, eldes!
daughter of Col, Duncan ID That gentle.
man asked him if it would make hind
happier to be married then and there,
and Hewitt eagerly responded in the
affirmative. Miss Duncan had been. at.
tackled with the same malariaI type Of
disease on Sunday, May 81, and her
life was despaired of for days. She
likewise desired the union, heart broken
as she, too. was at the Information con.
veyed for the first time that death was
so near to them. Father Johnston mar
ried them as they were placed side by
side upon the dying soldiers bed. Lieut..
Hewitt, in the most affecting terms, then
babe farewell to his wife until they
could be reunited in heaven. Shortly
after this, about II noon, he became
unconscious and never was restored to
lucidity up to the time of his death, at
5 80 p. m. While Lieut.. Hewitt was so
i'll at headquarters, two miles distant,
the surgeon in charge feared that both
of his patients would die if separated,
and therefore Lieut.. Hewitt was brought
to Col. Duncan's residences, to receive
the unremitting care and attention
which tenderness and devotion for him
would 81 bestow. - 1t is questionable
whether Mrs. Hewitt can sustain the ter.
rible blow without sinking under it. A
relapse will be fatal, and Frustrated un-
der the calamity. every nerve has given
way and left nothing but grieving and
mournfui sobs and means. --Sa7a A2toaaio
(Iec. } Erpress. g...- .-...
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sseer th.Ea ln nIar kStrick n as well = i

wager thaf1 an play thatrick as well
as they did. / will now shuttle those
cards and wager $40 that neither of you
can pick out the IS old GAL, Mr.. X.
stated tint he was not in the habit of
betting The tea agent, however, said
he felt sure that he could select the sold
gal, End SO he staked his money three
times in succession, and each time won.
The employees then arose and left them
for q few moments, during which time
the tea GENT urged Mr.. X. very strong
" 70 bet with the man. Mr.. X. declined,
however, and now began to smell a rat.
The empt0yee returned, and again the
tea agent bet and swon.. He repeatedly
urged Mr.. K. to play, and Mr.. X. re-
Epeatedly refused, and in few moments
be arose to depart, but the tea agent in
1terfered and said: "One moment, Mr..
K, have not shown you the tea yet"
and turning to his empiovee She said,
:" James, bring out that largest can of
teal Jsnes went inboCarearroom and
brought out tin can and placed it on
the table,. 60 Now, Mr.. TX, / want you
to smell of that tea, as it has the finest
flavor of any have ever seen. MFR.
K. began to smell ether, and thought
the time for aotiea had come, and plac-
fipghis hand inehs pocket hesbrought
out a seven-shootsr, and rundingsit un.
der the tea agents nose, said: "Now,
sir, before smell of the sponge insthat
can, you will be obliged to smell Af the
contentsof this revolver, and now pro-
pose to leave this=place without inter-
ference. Good day, SIR" As he backed
out of the door the tea agent and his
confederate sat as still as the chairs they
were in, well knowing that Mr.. X. held
Q beforehand than they. 1t is very ev-
fde1t'thas the blacklegs had met Mr..
X. before, as the tea agent talked famil.
iarly of the Georgetown Bank.and bank
officers.
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Pulling: Callie's Tooth.

THAT tooth must come, OUT said
mamma. Because, you see, it was loose,
and there was newtooth pushing right
along behind it. -. .i= 1qT-
/ 'sIt'll hu-urt!' said CaHie, with a
doleful quaver. p:a- hat l.os#
"Not much, 1 guess" answered
mamma, cheerfllly. ''Open your mouth,
DEAR" and she managed to tie d strong
linen thread around the tooth before
Callie shut her mouth again, tight.
81 ca-amt have it pulled"' said she.
"Very well,'' said mamma, yexed a
little. .'you must keep the string around.
it until you can" sff
Then Callies trials began. Papa was
going over to the village, and he. said
Callie might go with him. But how
could shes with that awful string hang
ing out of her mouth? se-it
May be can pull 1t, -now,,n said
Callie.6 Count ten, mamma.
.One-two-three-four fve-six seven
I ight-nine-t-e-n,'hc counted mamma, with
.ssOh, [ can'tr', cried Callie.
And she didn't; and papa went to the
village without her.
1t was almost Fourth Of July, and
there was to be a picnic in the grove,
and Mamie Slater said her mother was
going to- make currant-pies; Callie
liked currant-pies above everything
else. to eat. ta
"But you can't go to the picnic with
that string" said mamma. .H7b
So, one day, Callie went, out on the
doorstep and sat down to think it over.
Joe was splitting wood in the yard. Joe
was papas chore-boy.
"1'l1 tell you how to pull it, said he.
@"HowP' asked Callie. sifitts. s1F
Glitch it to the door-knob and then
open the door, said Joe. IF you're
'fraid twill hurt, you. needn't open it
but a little.''', s..,s ~. "a 80. s.s-,.@
well, Twill" said Calliea; and and she
tied one end Of her 'tooth-string' to
the door-knob.. But it wasn't mite of
use, for when she opened the door she
walked right in after it. sa@
Joe's eyes began to laugh. n
II guess Ill getsa drink of water"
said he. He went in, and pretty soon
he wanted to come out again.
t'Go e-easy! o-oh!n screamed Callie.
But Joe didn't 60 "a bit easy. He
banged the door open So quick that Call
lie coul1nt keep up with it,at Andthere
hung her tooth on the door-knoh.
sWhat made u?'2'ashe demanded,
and she sat down to CRY about. it.. But
when, she found it didn't bleed the least
mite, nor hurt any, she began to laugh
instead. ~"
=. Anyway, now can 90 to the picnic
and have some c,irrant pie, she said.
land that's one comfort. ''- Youths
companion. 80 H}S s9ssf ssxase ga
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,IoO7A scheme tlaaswoula,at work..

The Newburyport, Herald contains an
- saeco1ut Of how b prominent merchant
and bank director of Georgetown, whom
it designated as tsMr. X" successfully
= if%didS e6uplesof confidence men and
blacklegs who attempted to 'sdo'' him
in Boston last Saturday. Mr.. X. was in
the. city on business, and made the ac-
I&of MIX and his friends, the would-be
<swindler representing himself to be a
uopAew of the cashier of the, bank in
IHich the Heorgetown gentleman is a
director. 1t was further stated by the
4 sarAngsr that epwasl an, agent of the
Ftorfda Tea Company, and .would allow
20 MsE aseertain FnuHkT IF pounds Of
TEA Il the latter would Distribute guam
6ty in Georgetown as samples. The tea
was kept, according to the story, in a
barge warehouse at the South End, but,
fortunately, the agent had few pounds
in q Eslise at q saloon Beach. street,
whittier Mr.. X. consented to go, being
huuerv. and about to procure, his dinner.
At the Saloon, while waiting Tor the DIM
uer. they were accosted by q rough look
ing man, Who asked sbput the tea in the
ss@brehouse, and whon No. 1 intrpducsd
J, as06e of his employees. ~ -A--
Blackleg No. 2 Immediately began to
tell about how he had been swindled out
of $50. BIZ some frauds with w HON he
had bJeX playing ssthe Old gall ..What
do YOU mean by thst?'' asked Mr.. K:
Q IA empiey W GDR Learned itMelL al
though 1 paid $50 to do IT," and pulling
three cards from hispocket he exhibited
them to Mr.. K. and the tea agent. A
,,sEs% sgsss ~a as ssrar ID
the picture of the s'old gal" "There,
gentlemen, have bought the stock In
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when Emerson last visited Enola,

he went one Sunday to the church in
near the monument to Shakespeare
and nd. At its it's conclusion the congregation
dispersed, but Emerson still sat, silent
and absorbed, after q little time, a
friend touched his arm and reminded
him that the sermon was .oyer.szss The
FseEmon2''s exclaimed the Philosopher.
startled from HIS reveris, thsdd not
know there had been one. ia
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The tav, s silent naotiotony was scarcely

: I .
1.-THE days silent mofiotony was scarcely
less hard to bear. Rob was in high
fever and delirious, and the household
| settled down to long, hard conflict
with death Lima thought ii she, could
ONLY. do. something. for Rob She could
bear;t better. but her mother never left
| his side, Aunt Nan was a Host in herself,
and there was Nora, the help, besides,
so Lima only duty was to take Bessie
over to Grandmother Holland each
morning and bring her home at night.
|. One day when she had been to grand
mas with Bessie, and returning had
reached her own gate. the earrer-boy
put the weekly paper into her hand. and
as she went slowly into the house her
eyes fell upon these words in the poets
corner:
If had known in the morning,
How YEARLY all the day, az
The words unkind =
Would trouble my mind.
said when you went away,
would then have been more careful,
Nor given You needless pain;
But we vax eur own ~ 81 .a' ~ 80
With look or tone, ~
We might never take back again
For though in the quiet evening &l~" -
You may give me the kiss OF peace ar .-,
Yet it might be,
The pain of the heart should cease. = =
How many go forth in the mornins III s{i.
That never come home al, night;
And hearts have broken .-
For harsh words spoken, ="
p That sorrow can never set right. go .srss,
We have careful thoughts for the stranger,
And smiles for the sometime guest;
Yet oft for "our own ~5"'@ 'f'' 's.'''
The bitter t0nes II sett.~gGtg
Though we love :. our own" the best. -
All lips with the curve fnpatient; -
7, J. All! brow with look Of scorn; ,s*s'y Tof
Were the night too latennffssty sYFRFffq
To undo the work of the morn ...s,+.f.f
II :" A cruel fate,lindeed,f thought Lima,
sadly, as she carefully cut the verses
from the paper and clasped them Unto
her Bible.'' aft Rob should die now,
7 never could forget that impatient
words were the, last 4 ever spoke to
him. O., I wish I had been kinder to
him always. 80 i. gs.z....f mn .IH !,
But Rob did not die then. land one
day during his conyalescence, while
quietly watching sLinaldust the sitting
room, he said: ssWhatiis that new song
of yours, Linap I only catch 4 word
or two about our own /" '..Saucy,
prying boy. cried Lima, ,tragically,
leveling her feather duster at him. II
won't tell you.'' 90, you just wait till
/ get well,'' replied Rob, tinsinuatingly.
~ Years later, Rob saw1and read the
verses he was curious about, but even
then he could not. tel why Lima had
kept them SO long and hu1nmed them
so much. but he. voted her, the best
sister boy ever had, whether the poem
had anything to do with, it. or not
Angie NJ. sNoJFtt, an Comga,eg nationalist.
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Where He Saw Her.

Just before a gweStern-bound train left
the Union Depot yesterday morning, a
masherN with his little grip-sack slid
around to woman standing near the
ticket Office and remarked: l..
Excuse me, but can be of any as
sistance in purchasing your ticket?"
"No, siri" was the short reply. In.
"Beg pardon, but l shall be glad to
see that your trunk is properly check
ed he continued. sv-e D..
sYss-ahem -you 60 West, I pre-
sume?" a
a. 81 do.n @f'
"Going as far as Chicago?"
"Yes, sr."} So sSDt} gs''7
"Ah-yes-to Chicago, also take
the train for Chicago. Beg your par
don, but didn't 1 meet you in Buffalo
last faitP'1 .pd1Ga, O. !ysNasga n
Al AZ " Then It was ii syIaSusep''
"No, sir.r .tJ@ Gj43F q. -al
".Noa I wonder where + have seen
YOU beforep,, ieStA iaS Ak ~.
-" You saw me ENTER the depot about
n nres mlnH y age T''n my sy noS0"np' -
15aY Your husbandp, asi 81 90 81 r
Yes, sir, and if you'll only stay
around here three minutes longer you'll
make the fifth fellow of your Kind thai
month";" -,
Some Washers would have made a
ron for Il, but this one.didn't. He went
OFF on the gallop, and as he wanted to
go light he left his grip-sack, and a tor
of brass behind himg Detroit Free
Rress. D ...AEl LII
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-06

y Professors Riley has given his col
lection of $50, 900 bugs, including &c, $50
species, to the national museum > at
Washington. Prof, Riley must have
undertaken to hare q little garden some
where some time, to have been able to
make such a collection as Courier.
Journal.