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American Society.
From the Atlantic Monthly for April.

From the Atlantic Monthly for April.
American society, as now carried on, is main.
tanned solely for the benefit Of young girls, and
is generally little better than marriage mart.
The parents launch their offspring as well a.
possible, and display their wares to the greatest
advantage, but the business Of the market Is
carried on chiefly by the young girls themselves,
instead of by their mothers, as in England and
Europe. There is no special objection to this
method Of transactng the business, but 1t Is pre-.
posterous that young girls and their affairs
should Overshadow and shut out everything and
everybody else. The result of this absorption
In one class and one pursuit Is that American
society is often insuferably dull and fiat. 1t is
their attendant boys. Half the education of a
culvated and attractive woman Is of course
that which is derived from society and from the
world; and yet American society is almost
wholly given up to the business of entertaining
and marrying those who are necessarily wholly
destitute of such an education.
Another effect of the prevalence of social
principles Of this description is the supremacy
Of that most rustic and unattractive of habits,
the pairing system, which converts society into
vast aggregation Of tete-d-teteS This pre-
walls all over the world to greater or less ex-
tent, but 1t should never reign supreme. The
upshot Of the whole thing with us is to drive
out of society nearly all married people. for
marriage under such system is destructive of
social value nearly all unmarried women over
twenty five, who are thought to have overstayed
their market; and, finally, considerable proper
ton of the unmarried men OF thirty and upwards.
In other words, except at a few large balls and
receptions, all the best and most intelligent part
of society is usually lacking. 1t has been
pushed aside and is obliged to find al its social
amusement in small cOteries of its own. This re-
tirement is of course voluntary, because the
pairing system ruins general society, and makes
it, in fact. impossible in the best and truest
sense.
clever young Englishman not long ago ex-
pressed his surprise at the fact that. whenever
he asked who lady Of q certain age, as the
French say, might be, he was invariably told.
not that she was Mrs. Blank. but that she was
the mother of Miss Blank. The girl, like the boy,
is properly the most Insignificant member of So
ciety. When young man goes forth into tho
world. he starts at the bottom of the ladder.
and works his way up. The same rule should ap-
ply to young women In society. They have
their place, and 1t is an important one; but they
should not start in social life at the top and then
slowly descend. Such q systemis against eyery
law of nature or of art, and with it's inevitable
concomitant Of universal tete-a-tetes makes
really attractive general socie& impossible We
place the social pyramid upon its apex instead OF
upon its base, and then wonder that II ia a moor
tottering, and unlovely object.
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The above estimate is for the quantity Of land
which will be given by the United States to the
various roads II they are constructed. The fig
ures presented show that vast tracts have been
oftentimes worse than sguandered and are
sufficiently eloquent without any strong
arguments than the bare facts themselves. to
impress the citizens of the United States of the
Importance of greater aud immediate safeguards
amG.inSt further criminal nrodimality
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IA little tin Butler on wheels" is what thu
Springfield Union calls Ex-Governor Spragpe.
The Boston Post finds that the veto score of
the tidal-wave Governors stands thus. Butler.
s. Cleveland 2; Pattison, O..
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neral Land

The grand total, as given by General Land
Offire IS As CSC 028
The total up to June 80. 1892 that has been
patented under the grants, is 46.523S23 acres.
The following shows the estimated area Of the
grants Of land made by Congress to states and
territories and to corporations from the year
1880 a ,Junp So 1890.
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DISPLAYING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
How 15O, OO0, 900 Acres OF Land Have
Been Given Away.

How many people know, except in the most
vague and indefinite way. the area Of these
United States still subject to the immediate con-
troll OF Government? We all have acomfortabe
consciousness that Uncle Sam has plenty Of land
to furnish farm to everyone, and it is easy
enough to learn the actual area of the public do
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n. Tirard, Frances new financed minister, was
once working jeweler.
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corded have resulted In septic9mia and death
One In particular, a mere scratch upon the
shoulder blade, died in great misery in less than
a week, though not before the flesh had liter
ally dropped from the back as far down as the
hips. 1t is probable that the septic poison vi
the organic matter remains active for greater
period Of time than the serpent venom, being
favored by Immediate drying in the drier atmos-
phere Of the extreme western plateaus. DIR. s.
Wier Mitchell's experiments do not demonstrate
to what length of time serpent venom NAV be
kept in a dried state and retain Its yirulence
active under favorable conditions for an indaf-
mite length Of time, but then the symptoms
would be exhibited In manner strikiagly simi-
Lar to those after fresh wound inflicted by the
serpent, which thus far has not been observed.
Prof F. V. Hayden and Col. James Stevenson
have both observed the Blackfeet and Assini-
boine Indians procure the pure serpent venom
by causing q secured snake to bite clean piece
or bark. The arrows were applied directly to
this without the admiXture Of any other sub
stances
SUGGESTIONS AND MEDICINE MES.
Curious superstitions exist In connection
with this strange custom among various tribes.
An intelligent SissetoE Dakota informed me
that his rather had been great Shaman In his
time and knew all the "secrets Of the plants. IS
He had q poison which, ii rubbed upon bullet,
would cause the bullet to strike the desired
object If the gun was merely held IN the direc-
ton without regard to accurate aim. Though.
II the hunter had once raised his weapon and
unless again handed to the Shaman. An
other mode of preparing bullets was BY drilling
small holes into II with the point OF . knit,
INTO which was spread . paste made Of the bark
scrapngs OF the cactus (opuatia n.issoswiense. }
The Pitt river Indians prepare. It times. mix-
Iron County register., 1883-08-09
GOOD NEWS FROM TEXAS.

Mr. THOMAS 4. HOWARD, of Honey Grove. Fannin
County. Texas, under date OF April s. 1888, writes
follows:
II have been suffering during several years from
severe illness. and general breaking down of my
physical system and have tried the and pre-
scrptons of many doctors far and and Travelled
the Hot Springs and other mineral springs famous
for their remedial qualities. drinking the waters and
bathing systematically in their healing depths but all
avail as steadily failed in health; and hough
Informed by my physicians that my ailments and weak
the result OF kidney disease of dangerous
character they could give nothing me.
During the past two sufferings at times
dreadful, and had the most nescribable pains in the
regions about the kidneys, the paroyysms of which
were severe to render 1t impossible for me to
sleep. While in this deporable and discouraged con-
dition was persuaded to try Hunts Remedy and aft
using less than half bottle great suferings and
paroXysIns of pain entirely relieved. and could
sleep better and longer than had in two years before,
and although am now on my third bottle only my i'm
proveulent is very remarkable and regret that did
not know of the wonderful curative powers of Hunts
Remedy before, as it would have saved years Of
suffering heartily recommend il TO all afflicted with
kidney disease disease OF the urinary organs.
Iron County register., 1883-08-09
-aT -
HOME AND FARM.

A cool, dark stable il preferable fox
COWS to hot pasture in midday.
"A quart of good milk should weigh
about 2.15 pounds, or nearly pounds
2k ounces.-Csn Cincinnati Times.
For table use, currants can not be
too ripe, but for jelly-making, the case
is different. Thev should be picked as
soon as they are fairly red.LC Chicago
Herald.
The officers of the Department of
Agriculture say that hog.cholerai is prac-
tically exterminated For more than a
month the department made unsuccessful
efforts TO secure virus from infected hogs
for experimental purposes. - Chicago
Tribune. -
-Jumbles which will keep a month
are made thus: One pound of butter,
one pound of sugar. two pounds of -four,
three eggs, nine teaspoonfuls of water.
three of baking powder. with salt and
havoring to suit the taste. Roll them,
and bake in a quick oven.
Glover must not be allowed to get
too ripe before it is cut, or it will lose
all the leaves in handling. and there will
be nothing left for the cattle to eat. but
dry stalks like sticks. The time to cut
is when one-third of the blossoms begin
to turn brown. Farmer
To move an old bull without dam
ger of his hooking, bring his nose high
in the air by check-rein attached to
the ring in his nose, and passed under
belly-band and made fast to q crup-
per. This will secure the attendant from,
all accidents, and will not hurt the bull
in the least. Try it.-Ner EnyLa7sd
Farmer. 9.t-
No ordinary amount of driving will
prevent hay from becoming musty if
ventilation is shut off during the sweat
ing process. If a hole is cut through
the floor at the bottom of the NOW near
the center and under yentilator in the
roof, and barrel placed over it and
drawn up as the hay is moved in, thus
leaving q hole from bottom to top, evap-
Grafton will be facilitated and the quail
ity OF the hay improyed.-Ohio Farmer.
The secret of success in making
white sponge-cake is the thorough mix
ing of the ingredients. The flour should
be sifted, in the first place; then sift the
flour and, sugar gtegether. then thesone
small teaspooHful& Of baking powder
For one loaf use eleven eggs-the whites
only are required-one large cup of
flour, and ionea and half of sugar. If
possible do not open the oven door
while the cake is baking.-Erchange.
Iron County register., 1883-08-09
Z aaa--sF's7 H--7~---a
A PrecOcious Child's Sayings.

DR.. Best has little girl who is one OF
the children we look upon with awe, a
little rosy peach ripened before its mates;
an example of what all children will
come to be in future time. The other
day Miss Mary overheard father and
grandmother discussing Savage's ser
mons.
''He is very low man." said she.
What do YOU mean?" said her grand
mother. You do not know him in the
least
Nevertheless, said Miss Positive,
81 think him the lowest kind of HUI
man being"
Her language was so plain and un-
mistakable that authority was used, to
hich the child of eight responded by
bringing to her father and showing him
a passage in a geography wherein the
sweeping assertion was made that all
Sasages belonged to the lowest order or
kind of men. Explanations of the mat
kle to show whether 1.-The child really
knew or not.
Some one spoke to her the other day
in the most complimentary terms of her
doll. an unfortunate fankeeism mar
ring the pronunciation of the word
With the most perfect assumption OF
pa,tfital mildness, she answered.:
sDcn't say 'dorl. say doll; and if you
can't say doll, say puppet.
DR.. Best is very clever, but he says
her arguments, though short and salu-
tary. are often unanswerade. Over,
hearing another discussion between
father and grandmother, i'll which her
father slightly disputed some Biblical
statement, she said, in the most winning
way:
Papa, you may know q great deal
but God knows more. He knew enough
to make you, besides telling you what
YOU know. .n-B0st0s 7rdreiier.
Iron County register., 1883-08-09
PITH AND POINT.


Five P5lish poets have been AZ.
rested in Europe. Poets in this country
are occasionally killed, or crowded
-One Of the charges against tobacco
IS, Is thasf Its. use has a dwarfing effect.
That's tne. Many men get short by
ouylng cigars. Chtcdgo Tones
Worcester has an .:R. A. t.. club,
which entertains the public with plays,
operettas. and the like. Hear me
gnaw-1na." ought to be favorite air.
-LoUeU Courier.
"A young correspondent complains
that there are too many lawyers in
the country" Oh, no, my boy, there
aren't too many lawyers. There aren't
half enough clients, that's an-Bur-
defte =
-aE''What is true bravery?' asks a
New York paper. 1t is going to the
door yourself when you don't know
whether the caller is dear friend, a
book agent, or a man with a BILL
Haladelpaia Necs.
WHEN the hired girl was asked 10
ptit an extra plate on the table she said
she wash much of an arithmetician.
but she could work an example In
add-dish-on like that.-Ci7scinnGt Her
chant.asad Troreler..
The fellow at the other end of the
telephone wire may be perfectly sound
financially. but the man at this end
shogld reflect, as he listens, that his
business is in the hands of receiver"
-zP.tts5 5arqh Telegraph.
Clara Jane saws that she shall never
be satisfied until women are permitted
to sue as well as to be sued. Perhaps
~ would be unkind to say thai Clara
Jane has never been sued: therefore we
shall not say iA-BostoR Transcript
Swimming is becoming a favorite
amusement with the New York ladies'
Ith1s long been known that the hllS-
bands Of New York ladies often find it
difficult TO keep.their own heads above
water. and now, perhaps, their wives
VIII help them.-NesC Torh; Graphic.
Ibid vo,l ind the people indigent?"
asked q Clergyman of wealthy men,
bersof his church. who had been calling
oHt.sOfne very poor families. .'Oh.
dear. no. answered the lady. they
were, respectable. but. as poor as ppy-
ertyl'- Tosskers Gazette. >.
"A Philadelphia woman was poisoned
by holding cent in her mouth while
hunting street car change, and one in
Chicago was similarly afflicted by hold
ing street car ticket. This causes the
Detroit Erye Pr"ss to ask: ..WhydoeSn't
the sex take. a walk instead of riding?"
why do young men remain sin
gle9" asks newspaper writer. An old
philosopher once observed that if more
Young men were to marry. there would
be fewer old bachelors in the land and
the more we reflect on the subject tho
more, it strikes us that the old philos-
opher hit the bull's-eye. Young men
remain single because they don't
MARRY The Judye.
Iron County register., 1883-08-09
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Knoxville, Tenn, is entering large
1y into the manufacturing enterprises,
and among its latest industries are car
works.
The making of sassafras oil is now
a.leading industry in many parts of Vir-
giaia. The raw root costs S1.5O for
1,0O pounds.
In the United States. Ontario and
Manitoba the increase of the lumber
product this year over last is estimated
at 75o.OO0.0 900 feet.
Washington Territory fir is in de-
mand in San Francisco for car building,
and very large trade is expected to
spring up in this lumber for the East,
as 1t can be profitably used instead of
hardwood for finished work. Chicago
TIMES
Scientific engineers say that the
bridee-erer East River is the last long
bridge that will ever be erected, and
that, had engineers known as much in
1870 as they do now, this bridge would
rhf have been. erected. Tunnels are to
tlke the place of bridges.-N Y
GcHuRe.
,alFhe Rio Grande Sugar Company
dape May County. n. j.. have now
l.soO acres of sorghum under cultlva-
ton. They have more than doubled the
,apecity of their works, and look for
ward to q very prosperous season. The
cane is growing finely, and an excellent
crop isianticipated.
-A.Commission," presumably of
experts. appointed by the French So
ciety of Hvgiene. has studied the con-
densed milk question. and reports that
when it is diluted with twice or four
times its weight of water it may in some
cases be useful as food for infants.
but is ALWAYS to be considered ''incon-
testably i1iferier to good cows milk"
Heath Monthly.
The dredging of South Carolina
rivers for phosphates is q new industry
of considerable Importance to the ter
ritory surrounding Charleston. Some
of -<fhe crude rock is shipped to
Europe, but most of it is ground at
home before it goes to market. AT the
present time the demand is great, and
alI,the companies are working on full
time. - Chicago Herald.
An. organization has been incor-
porated in New York. under the name
of the National Horse. Show Association
of america. with capital of 100000.
in shares of one hundred dollars each.
This association will hold its first show
of horses next fall. at which time 1t Is
announced liberal premiums will be Of
fered for all classes of horses. 1t IS eN-
pected that this will be the largest and
most notable exhibition of horses held
in this country, and will occupy the
same position here that the horse shows
held at the Agricultural Hall, London,
do in ,Enplant-N. /. san.
A company has been formed In
New York, it is stated. with capital OF
s4;2oa.aOO, for constructing a pneu-
matte tube between that city and Chiea'
50 for the purpose of transmitting let
fers. grain samples, jewelry. and other
small, light packages. Way stations
will be established at Cleveland. Butia-
10, and other points. The pipes will be
of iron. four inches in circumference,
and the cost of laying them is estimated
at "a. 600 per mile. The price for car,
rfaee Will be five cents for letters and
ten cents for parcels; and the boxes
holding the goods will make the trip
between the two points, it is believed
IN four Eours.~ N. J. Herald.
Iron County register., 1883-08-09
Home Items.
An your own fault
Jfyou remain sick when you can
ut hop bitters that never-F0H.

The weakest woman, smallest child,
and sickest invalid can use hop bltterS WIN
safety and great good.
old men tottering around from Rheu-
matism, kidney trouble or any weakness
will be almost new by using hop bitters.
NV wife and daughter were made
healthy by the use of hop bitters and ! rec
ommend them to my people.-MethodlsS
Clergyman. ~
Ask any good doctorf hop
On earth. ,
-Malarial fever, Ague and Biliousness,
will leave every neighborhood as soon as
hop bitters arrive.
-. My mother drove the paralysis and
neuralgia all out of her system with mop
bitters. Ed. Osarego Sun. =.
keep the kidneys healthy with hop bit
tiers and you need not fear sickness.
Ice water is rendered harmless and
more refreshing and reviving with hop bit
tiers in each draught-
The vigor of youth for the aged and in
firm in hop bitters! 8.ut
At the change Of life nothing eauals
r5I,p,n Hop oilaers to aay all troubles incident
1.-THE best periodical for, ladies to take
monthly and from which they will receive
the greatest benefit is hop bitters."
Mothers with sickly, fretful, nursing
childfen, VIII cure tne cni!uieH anu peheh'
themselves by taking hop bitters daily.
Thousands die annually from some form
of kidney disease that might have been pre-
vented by timely use of hop btters.
indigestion, weak stomach: irregulari-
ties of the bowels, can not exist when hop
bitters are used. t.r
A timely "a use of hop
Bitters viii keep a whole family =
In robust health a year at little cost. p. ..'s
To produce real genuine sleep and child
like repose all night, take little hop Bit
tiers on retiring.
That indigestion or stomach gas at
night, preventing rest and sleep, will disap-
pear by using hop bitters.
-Paralytic, nervous, tremulous old ladies
are made perfectly quiet and sprightly by
using hop bitters.
Iron County register., 1883-08-09
The Earthquake That Came frsm Pep
periag an Elephant.

Sam Wah, of Wilmington, Del, as
mild-eyed q Celestial as ever sprayed a
linen shirt, visited the Philadelphia Zoo.
and after having 'heaplee fun in the
monkey house, stopped over at the ele-
plants home. A party of wicked lads
J tRguiled the Innocent tlat-iron artist
into conversation, and finally persuaded
him to give one of the elephants a gin
ger cake which they had desed with red
pepper. Tfey7then retired to watch for
the result. Sam patted the animal S
trunk softly with one hand. and re-
marked: "Eatlee muchee." The ele-
phant closed its ewes lazily, and reached
out for the cake with its long trunk.
Sam gaZed with placid satisfaction at
the beast as it curled up its trunk and
poked the cake down its throat. Then
the elephants little eyes snapped vi
ciously. Sam did not appear to notice
this, and turned around to get another
cake. As he did SO the elephant reached
out his long trunk and wound it around
the luckless Chinaman body. Then
there was whirl, and the thud of a
Chinaman's body twelve feet outside of
the ropes. The keeper rushed to the
scene, and promptly pulled Sans head
from q parrot cage, where he had been
damned, and carried him out for dead.
At the door, however. Sam revived.
opened his eyes. and remarked:
'.Muchee earthquake. Then he got
on his feet and walked retlectively to
the station. He took the next train for
Wilmington, where he coniidentially
said to friend: "Chinamau heaplee
foolee. ale same like Mclean man. Me
washee allie time now. ''-FhilQdel71tfa
Record
Iron County register., 1883-08-09

Hostctter's Stom-
,ch Bitters, by In
reasing vital power
nd rendering the
physical func I'll 0 rs
regular and active.
keeps the system In
good working order.
and prot ects 1t
against disease. For
constipation, dysi,ep-
sia and liver com
plaint, nervousness
kidney and rheumatic
ailments, IL is invalu-
able, and it Affords a
sure defense against
malarial fevers. be-
sides removing all
races of such disease
romIhe system. For
ale ny ali Druggists
and Dealers generally.
Iron County register., 1883-08-09
aHIT NY CASE EXACTLY"

Please allow me to speak in the highest terms of
Hunts Remedy, for it hit my exactly. had
kidney and urinary trouble pretty bad was recon-
mended Hunts Remedy. took one teaspoonful as
directed Ifelt decided change at the first dose
took two bottles. and have felt like man ever
Please receive the sincere thanks of myself
the benefits which sought yainy for and found only
in Hunts Remedy.
Il will cheerfully give this same opinion of Hunts
Remedy to any one who wishes It. by addressing
'ROBERT d. ARCHER
'.S1l Lnnard Street, Philadelphia
Iron County register., 1883-08-09

Gilbert Pond, an old man seventy
four years of age, who lived near Zuni,
Isle of Wight County, Va. was sitting
on the fence one daxrecently looking at
the hands planting potatoes. when sud
denly the rail he was on slipped. and h.
fell over backward to the ground and
broke his, neck. He died in few mo.
ments -
Iron County register., 1883-08-09

A man in Boston has been
making study of perpetual motion for
wears, and claims TO have reached sue
cessful results. He will not impart his
secret. but heis quite willing to sch on
shares. on Transcript
Iron County register., 1883-08-09
Beautiful Women

are made pallid and unattractive by func-
tional irregularities, which DR.. Pierce's
'' Favorite Prescription" will infallibly
cure. Thousands of testimonials. By
dr1lpDists -------
Iron County register., 1883-08-09

FOB years have been afflicted with Hay
Fever. / gave Ely's Cream Balm a trial.
The relief was Immediate. l regard my
self cured. G. SCHREIBER, Supt. of Cord
age Co., Elizabeth, n. j. Price so cents.
Iron County register., 1883-08-09

IT is no longer polite to speak of man
as having been hanged. Say he went to
the other world as an assisted emigrant."
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Iron County register., 1883-08-09

DIR. PIERcE's "Pellets"-little liver pills
(sugar-coated)-puri the blood, speedily
correct all disorders of the liver, stomach
and bowels. By druggists.
Iron County register., 1883-08-09

Nor a drink, not sold in bar-rooms, but a
reliable, Notwithstanding tonic medicine,
useful at all times, and in all seasons, is
Browns Iron Bitters.
Iron County register., 1883-08-09

BLoBsoN calls Accomplishments ''bald-
headed musie''-because they haven't got
any air.-Burlington Free Press.