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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-12-06

towns in Illinois and Iowa are run on
Chicago time, which the railroads run
ming from this city introduced. The
tables herewith printed show the differ
ence between the solar time of those
towns and the standard time. This ex-
PLANTATION may, prevent the towns in
question from confounding the Chicago
time, which they now use, with their
solar time. '"t@F
THE ORIGINAL SUGGESTIONS.
The country is indebted to two citi-
zens of New York for the original sug-
gestions leading up to this important
Innovation. The idea occurred to Prof
Cleveland Able, of the Signal Bureau
washington, and his plans were elab-
Grated by DR.. F. A. P. Barnard, of Co
lumbia College. Prof. Able proposed
his plan as early as 1873. at a meeting
of the American Meteorological Society.
1t is unnecessary to review the many
discarded suggestions made from time
to time in regard to UNDERSTANDINGS.
Suffice it to say that they were all found
to be too sweeping and revolutionary.
The scheme which is now adopted has
received the emphatic approval of
number of scientific associations, among
tt en-, the American Meteorological So
eiety, the American Geographical So
ciety, the Canadian Institute, the Inter-
national Geographical Congress at Vepri
ice, and the Imperial Academy of Sci7
ences at St Petersburg.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-12-06
THE CHANGE IN TINE j !.

EAe New pfi4e Adopted BY Most of the
Sc R.iIreads Of the County q Noon on
November IS sony Five Instead OF tas
EOrmeriy) Fifty-tArse Kinds OF. Time
: - tn 7ArFsnEemeet ina. DivIsions-The
Difference Calculated for Many Cities.
We are indebted to the courtesy of
the Chicago Tribune for Che map given
eki6sv, explaining the standard time
which has been adopted by the railroads
,r of the, n 6rth American Continentc. In
connection With the map the Tribune
also published the table given below,
showing the difference between the new
+; time and the local or solar time of the
leading cities of the country.
A change in time, says the Tribune,
: somewhat similar 10 that which isshewS
effected in america, was brought about
in England as long ago as January Is,
1448, and reform could no longer be
delayed in this country owing to the
complications arising under the old
dispensatien. 1t may not be generally
known that the railroads of this country
HIVE been conducted of late years UNI
der ffty-three different kinds of time,
the difference between the times being
very slight in some instances, but
~ enough to make people miss trains
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-12-06

the 120th, eight hours-thps making
five different standards between .Ie
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. These five
standards are shown on the map in the
order just mentioned, viz. Intercolo-
NAL: Eastern, Central. Mountain and Pa
cific time. - - f' -
MERIDIANS.
The goth meridian. on which Central
time is based, is nine minutes slower
than Chicago solar time. The 10Th
meridian, which gives Eastern time, is
one hour faster than Central time, or
four minutes slower than New York
City solar time. Inter-colonial time,
being based upon the Goth meridian is
two hours faster than the Central time.
Mountain time, which is based upon the
105th meridian, is one hour slower than
Central, time. Pacific time, based upon
the 120th meridian, is two hours slower
than Central time.
The several meridians are Indicated
upon the map, as well as the territory
included in the different divisions. The
irregularity in the boundaries is caused
by the various roads, wishing to adopt
as their standard the time of the merid-
ian nearest to which the greater num-
Der of their lines are situated.
..,-s. VALUE OF THE TABLE.
/. It may he stated that many of the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-12-06
A Talk with the Boys.

81 don't know what to do,' said one
just stepping from the threshold of boy
hood. .'My ability is not great If
enter college there must be long years
of preparation. The fitting school, the
college, the professional school each de-
mand their weary years.
IF I engage in mercantile business,
must commence at the bottom round
must sweep the store and run errands
and do up bundles. I must slowly rise
if at all. How do know shall rise,
have no capital and my business
capacity is not wonderful. at
''If engage in manufacturing, there,
too, l must begin low if I would rise
high. | must 60 into the lowest room
of the mill. / must learn all of the
disagreeable details of the business. It
will take me years to learn. and after
all may fail.
''H am to be farmer I must have
long years of disagreeable plodding.
must pick up stones and drive cows and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-12-06

water horses, and do, q thousand un-.
heard-of chores. beforesI am prepared
to even run IN debt fora farm and go,
into business for myself. It is q hard
row to hoe. The field of life is a rocky
one. believe I'll settle down in my
little corner, do as well as 4 can the
humble work that comes to me. take
the bitter with the sweet, be content
with d lewiy lot, and fling ambition to
the winds. / am a common BOY
might as well recognize the fact now
as ten years hence.
Let me speak, as a friend, who has
Travelled this rocky road many years be-
fore you. Let me tell my little story.
Let me give you a big dose of that, med
icine 50 often prescribed, d., SO seldom
given-0drice. 80 w
And first, 1 would say. the way is
| rough. There is no fiowery path to
success. The road to honor and USE
fulness is not paved one. Whatever
vocation you choose, be it law or medi-
cine, or the ministry, or agriculture, or
merchandise, it is work, work, hard
work and uphill work at that .
Il don't know ,ohdt to do, }" you say.
1t may not be time for a final decis-
ion. There are many lessons you ought
to learn, no matter what pursuit IN lie
you follow. Have you learned, those?
But if you feel that the time has really
come, that you must decide and yet you
can not, then ask advice, ask some one
in whose Judgment you have conf
dence.4 Think over it. Pray over it.
Take it. Once taken, dom stop to
look back. Go to work with q will.
Don't say: ''Oh, dear, I wish | had
done something else;" or, 81 am not suit
ed to this business" or. t'Tdon 'tibelieve
Ishall succeed Unless health fails, or
facts show enthusiastically that you are
on the wrong track, push on. ~,
''How do know l shall risev you
say. ae $3.50. .,lg
Resolve that you wiU. Where there
is a will there is a way. -
Those who have made their mark in
almost every calling are not those who
have the quickest apprehension. nor the
nimble fingers. nor the most unerring
persevered. They did not fail, because
they would not fail. ,@. ,.r.f.E
The boy who can work steadily, with
one purpose in view, who can do little
by little his work, and can keep on try
ing till he does it well, that boy has no
right to say: Ihave no ability. He has
ability, the highest kind of ability, and
it is his duty to make the most of it..
He owes it to himself. He owes it to
the world. He owes it to his God, and
to those he loves nextto God. ,,
Make, then, the most of yourself.
my young friend. There is more good
material than you think. The steel
needs tempering, the iron needs work
ing, and it will take time, but it is good
solid ore. Work it well. aa g!
The strongest, the bravest. the best
men have been those who had q hard
row, to hoe, and who hoed it. Hoe
away, my boys. Pull out the weeds.
Work hard. Don't be discouraged.
There is sunshine on the hilltops.
There are flowers by the roadside.
You shall not want a loving word and, if
need be, a helping hand. Golden Rule.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-12-06
AN ARCHITECTURAL TRIUMPH.
The Great Bridge Over the Niagara RiveE
Almost Completed.

The Great Bridge Over the Niagara River
Almost Completed.
LoCkPoRT, n. Y, Nov. 19.-By Monday
or Tuesday next one of the greatest engi-
neering feats of modern times, the first
canti-lever bridge ever built iii America,
will have spanned the great chasm, five
hundred feet wide, of the Niagara River
at Suspension bridge. The last section
of this massive work which will be
placed in position there will be the key
stone of the arch, and will of necessity be
fitted to hair to the exact dimensions of
the space to be filled. The last pieces are
now awaiting the finishing strokes at the
Central Bridge Works at Buffalo. These
pieces are expected at the bridge Monday,
and if they arrive in time will be put in
place Tuesday, November 20. There is some
work to be done after the crossing is complete,
but there is no doubt that the bridge
will be ready for the passage of trains of
cars by December 10. The bridge has been
built in shorter time than any work of its
kind ever was before. The first work was
commenced April 20, so that in just seven
months from the commencement it will be
substantially completed. The Niagara
has heretofore boosted that it had the
first railway suspenson-bridge; it can
now boast also of having the first CAN'T lever
bridge, which is just the opposite of
a suspension bridge in its design and struct-
ure. There are other cantilever bridges
being built, but this will be the first one
completed The bridge approaches will not
be done as soon as the bridge itself, but all
will be ready for the tracks by December
10, and the Canada Southern and New York
Central Roads will then have their own
bridge over the Niagara.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-12-06
An Ants Brain.

Well may Darwin speak of the brain
| of an ant as one of the most wondrous
| particles of matter in the world. We
are apt to think that it is impossible for
| so m mute a piece of matter to possess
| the necessary completely required for
| the discharge of such elaborate func-
tons. The microscope will no doubt
show some details in the ants brain,
but these fall hopelessly short of reveal
| ing the refinement which the ant brain
must really have. The microscope is
not adequate to show us the texture of
matter. 1t has been one of the great
discoveries of modern times to enable us
to form some numerical estimate OF the
exquisite delicacy of the fabric which
we know as inert matter. Water or air
or iron may be divided and subdivided,
but the process can not be carried on
indefinitely. There is well-defined
limit. We are even able to make some
approximation to the number of mole
cules in a given mass of matter. Sir
w. Thompson has estimated that the
number of atoms in a cubic inch of air
is to be expressed by the figure three,
followed by no fewer than twenty
ciphers. The brain of the ant doubt
less contains more atoms than an equal
volume Oh ak Dut Cftu we suppose
them to be the same, and if we take the
size of an ants brain to be little globe
one-thousandth of an inch in diameter,
we are able to form some estimate of
the number of atoms it must contain.
The number is to be expressed by writ
ing down six, and followingit by eleven
ciphers. We can imagine these atoms
grouped in SO manv various ways that
even the completely of the ants brain
may be Ineligible when we have so
many units to deal with. An illustra-
ton will perhaps make the argument
clearer: Take million and half of
little black marks, put them in a certain
order, and we have wondrous result
Darwin's descent of Man." This
book merely consists of about 10000
letters, placed one after the other in q
certain order Whatever be the COM
plexity of the ants brain, it is still hard
to believe that it could not be fully de-
scribed in 100000 volumes, each as
large as Darwin's work. Yet the num-
Der of molecules in the ants brain is at
lerst 400, 600 times as great as the num-
Der of letters in the memorable volume
in question. Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-12-06
Our Young Folks.
HER MAJESTY.

She wears q royal, golden crown,
Our little laughing, shy faced queen;
The ciust' ring curls er eyes of brown
Are bright as summer starlfght'S sheen.
She sways scepter Ger us all.
And we obey each proud command:
For we are held in slavery's thrail
By that imperial, dimpled hand.
Her robes of state are pure as snow,
In every heart she finds Il throne.
In all the land she has no foe:
The name of rebel is unknown.
Her loyal subjects. low and high.
FUN many a costly tribute bring:
The glories of her kingdom. !,
Her humble poet-laureate, sing.
Around my neck her soft arms Irvine,
Ny song is smothered in her curls;
Her sweet, fresh lips are pressed to mine.
Oh, Daby-little queen of girls! lr.
Golden DGus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-12-06
Johnnie's Recreation.

Johnnie said father to his hand
some young son one evening as, they
were sitting together, ''can you count a
billion?''
"Certainly, papa; that's no great
feat, twas the reply. #tf
''Do you know how many make bill
lionP'' the father next queried. o
'.Not exactly; bat will see what
Webster says in his dictionary. Here
it is--'A million of millions; as many
millions as there are units in q mil
ion"
Nov, my son, this is very large
number, and do you think you can
count it?''
Certainly cam 3hf
''How long do you think IT,. would
take you if you do nothingrielse but
count! ,fI .ssaaa ,ssig.. 1#s, 1; -ifneg
Perhaps all day, or. easily in two
days. replied the son. Il, ,I.fss.
Take your slate, and pencil and let
us make a little calculation. AS YOUR
tongue is very nimtle, I,will ALLOW that
you can count two hundred a minute.
How many will this give, you in an
hour?" asked the father. q i'''.'''
fas '-Why, only twelve Thousand.
i. sand how many in Twenty -four
hours?'' sft.,ses ,e3.,.z is,-.l,. tottaG
.'Only two hundred and eighty thou
sand" replied the boy. ,.14
This tells you that two days are not
enough, even if you count without eat
ing or sleeping. for it would only give
you six hundred and .seventy-six thou
sand, which is very far short of
million, you see.''
@ssGive me a. whole year and will
count it,, said the son. '''.f@''af
l2st. If you do,n said the good natured
father, with a twinkle in his eve, II
will give you a hundred pounds, and
take you to France and Italy next sum-
mer Come, use yourpencl again, and
see how far a year will carry you to-
wards the. billion, allowing that you
work three hundred and sixty-five DAYS,
and twenty-fo four hours each day. Null
tiply two hundred and eighty-e ght
thousand counted in day, BY three
hundred and sixty-five, and what result
will you have?" f,4-i-tt3f
"Why. paps, only one hundred and
five million, one hundred and twenty
thousand. / give it up, for believe /
could not count it in my whole life
time =.
This is very probable, my son; but
now you are at it keep up the calcula-
ton, and find out how long il would
take to count billion. Be careful in
your multiplications and additions. for
a small mistake where the figures are
50 many will make a great difference in
the result. Twill look over YOU. a Ym
have made the calculation and what
result have you?'
Perfectly amazing! To count a
million times million would most Ger
tainly take nine thousand five hundred
and q twelve years, twenty-four DAYS.
I'VE hours and twenty minutes, at The
rate OF two hundred every minute. -
Baptist Weekly. Is 'YSI-1r'sa
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10 8 slower than Battle Creek, Mich
II 40 slower than Kalamazoo, Mich.
IA IS slower than Niles, Mich.
% So slower than Adrian, Mich.
10 81 slower than Coldwater. Mich.
rs % slower than Ypsilanti, Mich.
Is 4 slower than Muskegon, Mich.
IA 16 slower than Pentwater. Mich. -
Ii 40 slower than Manistee, Mich.
p 81 slower than Mackinac. Mich.
II 40 slower than Escanaba. Mich:
Is slower than Manistique, Mich.
10 20 slower than Marquette, Mich.
2 A slower than OntOnagOn, Mich.
6 4S slower than Eagle River, Mich.
8 "a slower than Milwaukee, Wis.
8 81 slower than Racine, Wis.
3 So slower than Oshkosh, Wis.
6 20 slower than Fond du Lac. Wis.
9 "a slower than Manitowoc, Wis.
p 6 I6 slower than MenaSha, Wis.
81 slower than Green Bay. Wis.
| j SO slower than Stevens Point, Wis.
l "a slower than Wausau. Wis.
8 32 faster than Ashland, Wis.
8 II slower than Sheboygan, Wis
6 8siower than OconomOwOc, Wis.
6 16 slower than Geneva Lake, Wis.
8 S. slower than GAINESVILLE, Wis
81 faster than La Crosse, Wis.
81 faster than Eau Claire. Wis.
3 81 slower than BelOit, Wis.
6 A slower than Waukesha, Wis.
A slower than Kenosha, Wis.
9 20 slower than Menomonee, Wis.
8 slower than Oconto, Wis.
is faster than Black River Falls, Wis.
8 II faster than Superior City, Wis.
2S slower than Appleton, Wis.
4 81 faster than Prairie dn CHEN, Wis.
/ slower than Baraboo, Wis.
"a faster than Chippewa Falls, Wis
10 81 faster than Hudson, Wis.
3 4S slower than Waupaca. Wis.
4 20 slower than hartford, Wis.
"a 81 over than Berlin, Wis.
s IL slower than Neenahs Wis.
4 IS slower than Ripon, Wis.
Is slower than Watertown, Wis.
slower than Waupun. Wis.
IS slower than Depere, Wis.
9 81 slower than Madison, Wis.
12 % slower than Charlottesville, Ind
is slower than Elkhart, Ind.
A over than Evansville. Ind
10 "a slower than Fort Wayne, Ind.
Is 40 slower than Goshen, Ind.
Is % slower than Indianapolis, Ind.
II slower than Jacksonville, Ind.
II "a slower than Lafay ette, Ind.
Is g slower than kokomo, Ind.
II % slower than Logansport, Ind.
IS "a slower than Maids IN, Ind.
II % slower than Michigan City, Ind.
Is "a slower than Muncie, Ind.
is So slower than New Albany, Ind.
II n slower than Plymouth, Ind.
Is 40 slower than Peru, Ind.
. 40 slower than Princeton, Ind.
20 "a slower than Richmond, Ind.
Is % slower than Seymour, find.
10 "a slower than Terre Haute, Ind.
IL 4S slower than Valparaiso, Ind.
IL 20 slower than Washington. Ind.
Is "a faster than Albert Lea, Mimi.
Ii "a faster than Anoka, MINI.
Ii 10 faster than Austin. Mimi.
16 faster than Duluth, Mimi.
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L. SO faster than Farabault. Mimi.
II Il faster than Hastings, Mimi.
Q faster than Lake City, Mimi
10 4S faster than Mankato. MINI.
Ii faster than Minneapolis. Mimi.
10 faster than Red Wing, Mimi.
Q A faster than Rochester, Mimi.
III faster than Saltwater. Mimi.
IL 8 faster than st. Paul Mimi
% faster than Winona, Mimi.
20 % faster than Yankton. d. T.
% - faster than Fort Gary, Man.
l 81 faster than Dubuque, Ia.
10 l6 faster than Des Moines, Ia.
4 q faster than Burlington, Ia.
5 SO faster than keokuk, Ia.
% 20 faster than Council Bluffs, Ia
Il 40 faster than Mason City. Ia
81 faster than Ott1mwa. la.
6 3s faster than Cedar Rapids, Ia
II faster than Waterloo. Ia.
u 81 faster than Marshalltown, Is.
8 1 faster than Iowa City, la.
2 Is faster than Davenport, Ia
25 81 faster Sioux City, Ia.
81 slower than leveland, 0.
q 81 slower than Columbus, o.
q 48 slower than Cincinnati, o.
25 4S slower than Toledo. ..
20 56 slower than Frankfort, Ky.
is IS slower than Louisville. KY.
Il 48 slower than Lexington. Ky.
II 4S slower than Nashville. Tenn.
"a 20 slower than Knoxville. Tenn.
10 0 slower than Chattanooga. Tenn.
The same as Memphis, Tenn.
81 40 slower than Savannah. Ga.
% o slower than Atlanta, Ga.
% 48 slower than Tallahassee, Fla.
81 40 slower than St. Augustine. Fla.
IA Sc slower than Montgomery, Ala
A slower than Mobile, Ala.
g 40 faster than Omaha, Neb.
% "A faster than Lincoln, Neb.
"a faster than Jackson, Miss.
3 8 faster than Vicksburg. Miss.
16 faster than EatcheZ, Miss.
0 faster than New Orleans, La
4 % faster than Baton Rouge, La.
% faster than Austin, Tex.
33 52 faster than San Antonio. Tex.
10 IL faster than Galveston. Tex.
10 SO faster than Talequah, Ind. Ter.
8 IL faster than Little Rock. Ark.
1 0 faster than st. Louis, Mo.
8 10 faster than jefferson City, Mo. II
IS 20 faster than Kansas City Mo.
10 "a faster than St. Joseph, Mo.
10 A faster than Leavenworth, Kan.
q A faster than Topeka. Kan.
70 40 faster than tAtchfsonD Kan.
MOUNTAIN TIME.
slower than Deadwood. D. T.
16 SO slower than Bismarck, ID. Z.
% 59H faster than Fort Benton. NJ. T.
81 46 faster than Virginia City. NJ. Il.
/ II slower than Cheyenne. w. T.
q SO faster than Salt Lake City. Utah.
0 2 T-15 slower than Denver, Col
faster than Leadvtlie, Col.
4 40 faster than Santa Fe, N. NJ.
% 40 faster than Tucson. A. T.
p # faster than Prescott, A. Il.
I3-15 slower than Chihuahua, Mex.
20 81 faster than Guaymas, Mex.
PACIFIC TIME.
l2 faster than Olympia, W. T.
8 80 faster than Portland, Ore.
IA 40 slower than Boise CITY. Idaho.
l 40 slower than Virginia City, New.
9 81 faster than San Francisco Cal.
IS A faster than Sacramento, Cal.
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STANDARD TIMETABLE.

MS. INTER-CoLONIAL TINE.
IA 20 faster than Halifax, N. s.. .{tsE ~
81 4S faster than st. Johns, N. f.
"a IA faster than st Johns, n. b.
EASTERN TIME. ...sq
IS EiH slower than Portland. Me.
Is 40 slower than Boston, Mass.
IA 4 slower than Concord. N. H.
2 40 slower than Montpelier, Vt
Il "A slower than Providence, r, 1.
IA - I-5 slower than Newport. r, l.
II slower than Hartford. Conn.
IA slower than New Haven, Conn.
Is 5 slower than Quebec, Cam.
"A slower than Montreal, Can. ~
40 faster than Ottawa, Can.
II 24l5 faster than Toronto, Can.
6a,slower than New York.City N. 7.
62'slower than Albany, N. Y,
Is 40 faster than Buffalo, N. Y.
"a slower than Trenton, N. j.
10. faster than Philadelphia, Pa
y % fdetek Than Harrisburg, Pa. = -
20 10 S-15 faster than Pittsburgh, Pa.
2 s faster than Dover, Dol.
s e. faster than Baltimore, Nd.
rs faster than Washington, D. C.
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80 faster than Richmond,va.
% 4S faster than Wheeling. w. Va.
IA 40 faster than Raleigh, N. C.
ID AZ faster than Charleston. s. @.
CENTRAL TIME.
80 slower than Chicago, Ill.
! Is slower than Springfield, Ill
n slower than Aurora, Ill.
A slower than Joliet. Ill.
8 A slower than Waukeyan, Ill
Sc slower than Elgin. Ill.
3 40 slower than Rockford, III.
! S slower than Freeport, Ill.
I 40 faster than Galena, Ill.
slower than Dixon. Ill.
3 2eslower than Mendoza, Ill.
Eslower than Princeton, Ill.
10 faster than Rock Island, Ill
81 faster than Galesburg, Ill.
8 81 faster than Quincy. Ill.
2 A faster than Macomb, Ill
40 slower than Streator. Ill.
l 81 slower than Peoria Ill.
0 81 faster than jacksonville, Ill.
3 81 slower than Bloomington, Ill.
5 81 over than Pontiac. Ill.
& slower than Urbana. Ill.
% slower than Lincoln, Ill.
4 s slower than Decatur, i'll.
9 q slower than Danville, III.
B. slower than Vandalia, Ill.
3 20 slower than Cairo, Ill.
q 4S slower than Detroit, Mich.
"a 16 slower than Saginaw, Mich
30 Is slower than Port Huron, Mich.
"a IS slower than Flint. Mich.
II 20 slower than Grand Rapids, Mich.
Is 8 slower than Grand Haven, Mich.
Il As slower than Lansing, Mich.
IS 4 slower than Ann Arbor. Mich.
y 20 slower than Jackson, Mich.
II q slower than Hillsdale, Mich.
20 6 slower than Marshal, Mich.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-12-06

-Newbern, Tenn, has a law that inn
poses a fine of not less than twenty-five
dollars nor more than fifty dollars on
any person who goes into saloon on
Sunday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-12-06

The meanest man has been found
~ Atlantic City, n. J. he pulled his
daughters teeth out to keep her from
gong with young man.-N. y Sun.