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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-05-25

own experiences There's re' n6v naaHy chiltafsn.
who cannot say,s with an air Of wisdom tsnd, by
the way, who looks so reverent and 80 wise as
tree is Inclined" but it has absolutely no
meaning to them. Thought Of this when con-
sidering how we help to form our childrcn's
habits, aud II, was as now as if 1t
had never been spoken To maks ''prac-
tical Illustration" do not when tho baby
wakes tako him up at once; it is sometimes SO
convenient to have him lie contentedly down
while awake, that however much you may
wish to take him the moment he opens his
Dyes, do not always do so. Another point to
note is expressed by George Eliot when she
that make woman's force;" no mother should
govern her children by rude aud angry threat
enings; how can these fail TO provoke the same
spirit! your voice sounded 30 gentle,
mamma, that was ashamed not 10 mind" y
child said to his mother in confidence after
beng rebuked for wrong doing.
Sailed Meats.
We do not object to sailed meats as an item
in any bill Of fare; they should, indeed, occupy
an important place in the list of foods. But
when, as often happens, particularly in remote
and sparsely settled districts, NIL the animal
food to be obtained is sailed, it becomes mainly
responsible for the great prevalence of scor-
butte diseases in such districts. The evil effects
that are liable to follow long continued use
OF salGed meats may be nodded to a great
extent BY the free use at the same time Of fresh
vegetables and acid fruits The effect Of an
overuse Of such fruits Us, for example,
sailed pork-seems to be to introduce an ex-
cess of salt into the System, thus changing the
natural condition Of the blood by an excess of
one Of its elements, and producing obstruc
tons in tho eliminating process; unslghtly
sores often appear, particularly on the face,
which is kept dry and cool by exposure to the
air, thus closing the pores OF the skin by con-
traction of their oritices; the result being that
the fluid, unable to pass out through the skin,
becomes blocked up III the pores, causing in.
hammation at certain points; then liberation
follows in tho form Of pimples These dis
charge. head up, and, if nothing is done to
prevent it. are succeeded by other crops at
various intervals. Sailed foods are not so d.
gestiblo as fress foods, as rule; but that is q
difficulty easily remedied. under the rule Of
moderation. The stomach, liko all other or.
gans Of the body, will adapt itself to all reason
able demands, and will, in fact, tolerate good
deal Of harsh treatment for q long time, but
sooner or lator resents abuses. The best plan
is to live on mixed dict Of vegetable ami ami
NAL foods with frequent changes Of variety.
It is we'll to have special bill Of fare for each
day in tho week, to include fruits and other
foods that are in season.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-05-25
Plous Paragraphs.


s12l.OUO The rental of barracks entailed an ex.
pendtture Of s21,O00 year. and the army had
Of Its own nov 9oft upon
900 was contributed during the day. Among those
who took part in the meeting was Yorkshire
S DID, Who SAID she had
The Christian at Work says: There was a small
collection Of Methodsts in Pennsylvania so sensi-
tive in their perfection that in using the Lords
prayer they omitted the clause forgive us our
tresspasses," because it implied confession Of
faults. But when the leader of the society left his
vito aud ran away with young woman who had
been very prominent in refusing to repeat the
prayer except in the altered form. the clique
speedily broke up.
President Elliot, of Harvard, thinks It would be q
great improvement In the relation betwe,u minis
ter and congregation IF the minister were frankly
allowed sometimes to comment upon fresh hook
instead of preaching sermon, sometimes to read
other mems sermons inseai of his own, and In
general to direct his hearers to good reading, and
bring them to know something Of tho minds and
works of tho leaders of the race. living aud dead"
At an evening prayer,meeting in neishborine
town, as the 9 o'clock bell ceased ringing. the
clergyman who presided arose and spoke in a most
solemn and impressive manner of tho reminder
they had Just received from the balls Of the flight
whilo it is ours to improve. Wien be sat down an
elderly female arose, and in shrill voice startled
the assembly by remarking in o contradictory tone:
II think it must be fire."
While the Methodist ministers are waiting for
the Bulgarian authorities to rescind their orders
closing the Methodist schools the Bulgarian press
is freely discussing the question of the rights of
Protestants which is of international concern. II
is said that there are not more than 800 P oestants
in Bulgaria.
In heaven, we are told, there is more joy over
one sinner that repenteth than every ninety-and-
nine who have never gone astray. 1t Is Just the
other way here below. There is more joy over ono
righteous man that goes astray than over ninety
and-nine thousand sinners who have kept at it all
their lives.
An old colored preacher In Atlanta, Ga, was leo
turing youth OF his fold about the sin of dancnR,
when the latter protested that the Bible plainly
said: There is a time to dauce." eyes. dar am
time to Dance" said the DARK divine, ''and it's
when boy gifts whippiI' ~. going to ball."
went to Baptist church last Sunday out Of Gu
riosity. 2 They passed basket for collections.
put In 10 cents. The man next to me had tho
nerve to open his coat and show hts shield. He
was police officer in citizens clothes. He'll get
the chrome. never fear.
Mr.. 1saacs, eau you tole me we're vas the first
diamond?" mo, Mr.. Yawcobs; we're vas it2"
IVY, Noah's son on de ark: he was Shem of the
fust vater."
There is Chinese Catholic school on Cluy street,
San Francisco. in which lfty-six Chinese under
instruction.
The Methodist Book concern in Now York city
made profit last year of $65.O00.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-20
"A Swallowing Match.
;rphilodelphiai RulletiD

Clark Cabel, of Willowemoe, is a hunter
and fisherman. The other day he was fish
ing in the Delaware. He hooked a fine
club, but lost it in raising it from the
water. Soon afterward a two-pound eel
took llthe bait, but that slipped OF, too.
Cabel quit fishing in disgust On his way
home he saw a large &crane standing Ain' the
river watching for fish. Cabel hurried
home, got his gun and went back to kill
the crane. He got b fair sight at it at
short range, fired, but missed it. The
crane flew slowly away. Cabel said he
guessed it wasn't his day for SPORT and
went home. Ng. { =
The same night Cabe1 placed set line in
the river. When he went to it next morn
ings he saw a>crans standing in the water
directlx overtime line. It raised to fly, but
something pulled it back. Cabel caught
it. 1t had swallowed one of his hooks.
Further Investigation revealed the fact
that the reason the crane had swallowed
the hook was because there was two
pound eel on it at the time, and futthey,
that one pound club had taken the hook
before the eelhad swalI wed it. ! Tie, club
had been caught on the bait. The eel had
come along and gobbled the club. Then
the crane bad took in the eel and Eabel
took them all in. He insists that the club,
the eel and the crane are the same ones he
had lost during the day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-20
MICHIGAN.

LANSING, MICH, Sept. Z.
Returns received by the Secretary of
State show that in the southern four tiers
of counties ia $50 acres of wheat threshed
yielded ], 737 500 bushels, an average of 15h
bushels per, acre. The acreage reported
threshed s per cent. Total acreage, as re-
turned by, Supervisors, yield in southern
two tiers of counties generally better, but
in central an northern counties not as high
as estimated in July. Figures indicate a
total yield in the State of about 23,6OO, 900
bushels, or nearly 100000 bushels less than
the total product estimated in July. To
the question, (which variety of wheat has
given the highest yield per acre?" 1o1 cor.
respondents in the southern four tiers of
counties answer: Clawson, 96; Fultz, 80;
Egyptian %. .----..- f..
In the southern four tiers of counties,
p, 1S3 acres of oats, threshed, yield 11O-S76
bushels average % 2-5 bushels per acre.
No estimate for corn. Excessive rains that
continued until late in July, and severe
drouth since, have nearly ruined the crop.
Corn on high, sandy soil will doubtless
yield fairly well, but crop as whole far
below average. Winter apples in the SOUTH
ern part of the State promise less than one
fourth, and late peaches about one-third OF
an average crop.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-20
MuLDooN MADE A VICTIM. = !
Bets That He Could Not Throw q Biss
Blacksmith-His Failure to Do So.

[San Francisco Post.l -
Charley Duane, Senator Mccarthy, Jim
Brizel, John Gilbert, the come dian ,zafd
other jokers were recently talking to
Wrestler Muldoon about blacksmith
named McFadden, who, they claimed, had
originated peculiar manner of bracing
his feet so as to render his being thrown
an impossibility. The champion blandly ex-
planned to the boys that anYtsncK foothold
was out of the question, and illustrated the
fact that no matter how big and heavy a
wrestler might be, he was liable to be lifted
clear off his feet.
Z" That's all very we'll, Null" said Duane,
shaking his head solemnly, "but you
haven't tried this man AcFadden yet. I'd
like to bet basket of champagne for the
crowd that you can't bulge him."
The bet was accepted, and in an hour or
two one of Che plotters rushed In and IN
formed the crowd that MeFadden. was in
the saloon just opposites and was willing
TO wrestle off-hand.<. .-z.sf1a sla--,1-s r4Aa--
"That's the man, is it ?" asked Muldoon,
grimly, as they entered the saloon and dis
covered a'short, thick-set Individual stand
ing in the middle of the floor, with his feet
braced about two feet apart and with a do=
or-die expression ON his face. y'' Well, IN
just make it two baskets that I, foPhim in
three minutes by the clock"
" Done!" shouted the crowd, and catch
ing favorite grip on the blacksmith, Null
doom gave little preliminary tussle and
tremendous side wrench that would have
uprooted a lamp-postI ~ II.
But the other man didn't bulge. Z +:
There was a roar frontal hands, and
the champion backed off from his oppo-
nent and looked at him with an astonished
expression that was asgood as play.
"Well, Tll be bowed" he muttered,
and taking off his coat and vest he rolled
up his sleeves with an, EXPRESSION, that
meant q cold day and a slippery evening
for the other man. Quick as lightning he
caught his favorite neck-lock on the black
smith, and twisting lis. shoulders under
the little mans chin, gave "a heave that
would have sent an ordinary man through
the ceiling.
But the other man never budged.a 49,
After some frightfd1 EFFORTS Muldoon
dropped his hold with scared expression,
and, staggering over to chair, wiped his
face.
"Boys," said the athlete, huskily, "this
lets me out. My hearts broke. ~ never
wrestIe any more" And amid the sjosh-
ing" of his friends he led the party back
to his quarters and set up the wine. 49,
: While. the crowd was pouring DOWN the
',Roederer, and grinning at each osher like
hyenas digging up missionary, the bull
dozed champion stepped out to see what
had become of the blacksmith. AS he en-
tered one door Of the saloon he saw his
opponent walking out of. the other ip his
stocking feet. In the middle of thevrSoom
stood a huge pair of lace brogans. 4 II
They were screwed to the floor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-20
Goaded to Death by Her Sins.1
IChicago HeraldsT

A living effigy of sin and intemperance
in thesguise Of swoman sixty years of
age, blear-eyed and withered from ex-
cesses and palsy-stricken in every limb,
Tried twice last evening to hang herself in
the Rawson-Street sstation. She was a
Polish woman ma ned L6nora Licirski, and
lived IN the resr-of So MoHenry street.
For years she has been a slave to liquor,
and all her money has gone for drink. She
was arrested last night for being drunk
and disorderly. Soon after she was dis
covered, hanging to the bars, Of her cell,
Her. apdbn, twittea into rope, iormsd the
moose, and the strings were securely tied
about her throat.s She was cut down at
once, but srepeated the attempt is soon as
the guards were out of sight. The second
time she was also cut down apparently
none the worse from her experience. Four
months ago she tried to shoot herself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-20
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH,
Noisy HOarder ,FEightens a Nervous Old
Lady to, Death, and and then Escapes. -,
TChicago Herald.l

IChicago Herald.l
The corpse of a woman, middle-aged and
a cripple, was laid out in back room on
the third floor of the Mcneil Building, at
the corner of Clark and Quincy streets,
yesterday afternoon, and two women, sis
tiers of the deceased, who were engaged in
robing the body for the grave, said her
death was caused by shock Or fright re-
sulting from the willful attempts of John
Connolly, a lodger in the house, to startle
the, other inmates. Among the latter are
a number of Custom-H House employees, and
they entertain the same views as to the
cause of the womah's death, and condemn
Connolly, who is, laid to be lawless,
drunken fellow. Heis a barber, and rooms
on the fourth floor of the building. Mrs.
Sherman, who has been in feeble health for
years, occupied a room directly beneath
the one in which Connolly lodged. A ner-
vous. disorder rendered her particularly
sentative to noise. of II. any kind,
and,e aware of this, it = is al
legged, Connolly never lost an oppor-
tunity to harass the old lady. Sunday last
he was unusually turbulent. He shouted,
sang. and yelled, at, the top of his voice,
and buried various-s small articles about his
room. On Monday Connolly became in
toxicated, and In the evening, while on
the way to his room, encountered Mrs.
Sherman in, the hallway, and, without
anyexcuse for SO doing, he compelled the
old lady to Pause while he blackguarded
her in a Shocking manner. John, the
colefed janitor of the building, was
awakened by the uproar, and hastily as
cended by means of back stairway to
ascertain the cause. Connolly fled to the
next floor at his approach, but continued
his abuse, calling Mrs. Sherman vile
names and. aspersing her character at
every breath. She staggered into her
room almost overcome by fright and sank
to the floor as the colored man entered
He caught her in his arms and bore her to
a lounge, but she lapsed into state of I'M
consciousness from which she never re-
vived. Dr. TABOR was summoned and
everything was done to resuscitate the
sufferer, but insvain, and at 1920 O'Clock in
the afternoon she died. Immediately after
the woman lost consciousness Connolly
absented himself, and was not seen again
about the house during the day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-20
AFTER MANY YEARS,
'TT'
Sisters Search for a Long-Lost Brothel
Finally Rewarded.

F1nally rewarded.
A ShelbyvilIe (Ky.) dispatch to the
Cou,'ier>Jo,traal says: JUST after the ar
rival of the evening train last night a
handsome and stylish young lady put in
an appearance at the Armstrong Hotel and
registered as Miss E. E. Shea, of New
York City. Her appearance and manner,
in connection with her excited inquiries
for one MIR. w. J.,Shea, and. her keen de-
sire to see him, made her the object of
much curiosity and attention. Upon in
vestigation it was ascartained that she was
in search of a brother who mysteriou
disappeared from New York some seven
years ago, and until within the past few
days had never been heard of. Her story
is quite romance and would be the foun-
dation for first-class novel. 1t is as fol-
lows: She is the daughter of wealthy
wholesale shoe merchant doing business in
New Y ork City. Her brother, of whom she
is in search, was some ten years ago estab-
/ liShed by his father in the hardware bust
ness in their native city. Owing to his in
attention and wild habits, after brief bust.
ness career of three years he tangled his
affairs in such a manner that, mortified
and dsheartened.' he left his business and
/ home, never making known to his relatives
his residence or occupation. "A bout year
and half ago his father and sister, hay
ing been unable to learn anything con-
corning the hayward son and brother,
started from home determined to find him
! if possible. They, Travelled all over the
| Union, spending quite large sum of mon-
ey, with no success. and We're fast coming
to the conclusion that their search would
be in vain, and were on their way home
. from New Orleans when they accidentally
learned that maa by the name. and an
swering the description of the lost one was
! in some part of Kentucky engaged in the
| sewing machine business =, Arriving in
Louisville they made inquiries of the, ma
chine firms and learned that such party
was in Shelbyvil1e. The father was by
| this time exhausted by hard travel and
compelled to rest. The sister, encouraged
land strengthened by the hope of: meeting
her brother, halted not, but alone boarded
the Shelby train and, on arriving there,
was rewarded for her weary but patient
search by finding the 1ong-lost brother
alive and we'll. >ai-'fi t'' 7'tf 49, -
/ Mr.. Shea has been living in this place
| for the past, two years.. About three years
! ago he met the daughter of Mr.. Henry G..
Perry, of this PLACE, in Louisville, and aft.
er brief, courtship they were married
From Louisville he and wife moved to Lex
! ington and from that point they came here.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-20
j, The MoABiTE sHEEPsKIN.
In Alleged Relic That Does Not Stand
the Test of Modem Sunlight.

=
Philadelphia Times.l
The M8abite1' sheepskin Decalogue now
in the British Museum turns out to be a
fraud; and everybody, is. saying: "Itold
you So" Its grammar is not right. Its
idioms are wrongs Wise professors are
aging It is absurd to suppose that bits of
shesPskin can have tasted three thousand
years. So the preponderance of our new
est, criticism, like the preponderance of
average life, appears to- be against the
Decalogue. Like the late ice-bound ark, it
does NOT stand the test of modern sunlight,
and hence it must go. This is great pity.
The old Decalogue was in need OF moral
support. Perhaps it was this thought that
led the devout Shapiro to invent the Moabite
sheepskin. But inventions won't take the
place of religious truth, even in these late
Zines. aE.s
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-20
A Preacher Caught Stealing Sermons.
1909 boston Herald.l

There is considerable, excitement in New
Milford, Conn. oyersthe resignation of
Rev. j. B. Bonar, of the Congregational
Church. Mr.. Bonar has been preaching, it
is said, very scholarly and powerful ser
mons, but it is found that they were not
his own, but selected entirely from printed
books of sermons. Mr.. Mygatt, SON of the
bank examiner, discovered the plagiarism,
and on Sunday he brought the printed
book and followed the preacher word for
word. Mr.. Bonar offered to the leaders of
his church as'an explanation and apology
that his wife was in poor health and him
self was pressed for time, so he could not
write.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-20
ROCKFORD, Ill. Sept. Z.
To-day has been the coolest day this fall,
IOWA.
DUBUQUE. To-, Sept. Z

= DUBUQUE, TO-, Sept. Z.
The weather continues entirely favorable
for corn, and the crops have made wonder
full progress in the past few days of warm,
rainy weather. Scarcely doubt exists
that it will mature in time to escape frost,
in which case it will be the heaviest crop
ever grown in this State. The ears are now
almost matured and of full size. Farmers
are still engaged in stacking wheat, oats,
barley and rye, all Of which have been
gathered in the best average condition ever
known. The country will be amazed at
the wonderful crops of these grains this
year. Flax is also a heavy crop. Tonight
the weather Is cool and threatens frost
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-20
The Surviving Hen of Cassamicciola.
paris Letter in the Boston Journal

French evening papers to-day tell a
quaint story of an old woman of, Ischia
who was hedged in in theNcellar of house
oy a number of beams which had fallen
about her without injuring her, but which
had prevented her moving more than a
step or two either way during the three or
four days of heri1nprf sonment. When the
soldiers who were clearing away the rub
Dish reached her and had succeeded in
makinga passage, one of them holding out
his hands to help her up to the light and
air, she placed in them a hen which had
2artaken of her captivity, and said to the
nan: "Get this to place of safety first
and will look out for myself"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-20
"A Negro Rlays Circus. z

: = = u h x L q e.
uaGrangs Kyl Special to Chicago Tribune1
Ben Alexander, a negro, renfned in the
jail at this flace, l6ang aizasslf to-day.
He came here with O'Brien's circus, and
became involved in difficulty with other
employees of the circus, was arrested, and
got fifty days in Jail. Since his confine-
ment he has been playing circus, and
ridors of the jail ons which he<prscGceds
To-day, while the windows of the jail were
filledwith small boys, he appeared attired
in piece of red calico around his loins
and blue ribbon around his neck. He in
formed them that he would show them
, show O'Brien's men swing ON the slack
rope suspended by the neck. +" He adjusted
the rope in a slack or running moose, and
swung off. And, although, the jailer was
there in two minutes afterwards, heywas
dead, beyond any appliances that could be
used in restoring respiration. - =
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-20
Sneers at Democratic Complaints.

A deal of cheap wit is expended in
sneers at Democrats because they COM
plain when elections are VIGOROUSLY
| bought. 1t is argued that such charge
is confession of Democratic degrada-
ton; that it is a shameful, humili3ting
thing, to conclude that Democratic virtue
is not proof against the temptation Of
money; that a Democratic " paper CT
public speaker condemns the party in
asserting that men who, if left to their
own honest convictions of duty would
vote the Democratic ticket. are hired. to
vote for Republican candidates. But it
seems to US, that the. shame is on the
other side; that the 'disgrate attaches to
to the party that brides rather than to
the party that is defeated by bribery.
Throughout the entire North, embrac-
ing all the States north: of Mason s. and
Dixon's line, a majority of the poor are
Democrats. This fact is honorable to
the Democratic party, for it shows that
labor and poverty recognize that party
as their friend. Republican legislation
has put the earnings OF the many poor
into the Golfers of the rich few The
laws framed by Republicans have robbed
labor for the benefit of capital until we
now have the National Government and
many of the State Governments man
aged in the interest and controlled by
the attorneys of millionaires and Sreht
corporations. When a National cleo
ton comes on these ,milliopaires and
corporations put few Of the millions
of which labor has beer, defrauded into
/. campaign corruption fund, so that the
poor mans own earnings come back in
his hour of distress, 3swhen, poverty is
pinch ng his family to tempt him to
vote against his Judgment and con-
science. These are, facts of history,
and we do not see that they disgrace the
party to which the poor. belong. IA
change of a few votes in every, county
changes the political complexion OF a
State and elects a President It is, not
a strange thing that, under. the opera
ton OF laws that rob the workingmeh,,
there should be few in every county
who are so poor that they cam be IN
duced to sell their votes.-Washssd ton
Post. lG... 81. ~ -liduI !a,,