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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05
Arab Bey Learning English.

Arab Bey, in his exile in Ceylon, is
learning En- l sh in order, as he says,
to know what the newspapers are say
ing about him. He and his fellow
exles are anxious not only to have their
children well educated, but are perfect
ly willing to have them educated by the
English. What is stranger still they
desire that their daughters shall have
exactly the same advantages as their
sons. When told that the Bishop of
Ceylon had established a good school.
they at once expressed an intention of
sending their children to it. They were
quite willing, they said, that their
daughters should be instructed in
Christianity, which was Itself a good
thing. and as their children were we'll
grounded in the Koran. it was impossi-
BILE they could become Christians at
heart, for God was good and they fully
relied on the virtue and power of the
Koran to keep their children il the true
faith--but educated they must and
should be.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05
A Home for Mother.

1t is delightful to turn from the too
fire |, entity sad example of dime novel.
bitten runaway boys bringing them
selves and their parents to grief to q
pure picture OF filial love and duty like
this. Says letter written from a West
ern city:
Business called me to the United
States and Office. While there, a lad,
apparently sixteen or seventeen years OF
age, came in and presented {. certificate
for forty acres OF land.
l was struck with the countenance
and the general appearance of the boy.
and inquired of him for whom he was
purch sing the land.
.'FOr myself. sir"
then in,iuire. where he got the mon
ey. He answered: Sc earned it
Ieelin then an increased desire for
KNOWN somethin m re about the boy,
| asked him about himself and his par
ents. He took seat and gave the fol
owing narr tive:
Il am the oldest of five chi dren
Father is a drinking m n, and often
would return hor drunk. Finding
that father won not abstain from
liquor, | reso we'd to make an eiort in
some way to help my mother, brothers
and sisters. got an ak and went into
a new part OF the country to work.
clearing land, and l have saved money
enough to buy forty acres of land
there =.'
"Well, my good boy, what are you
going to do with the land?''
Il will work on it, build a log house.
and when all is ready. will bring father.
mother. brothers and sisters to live with
me. The land l want for mother; it
will secure her from want in her old
age
And what will you do with your
father if he continues to drink?"
"Oh. sir. when we get him on the
farm he will feel at home and be happy,
and. l hope, become a sober man."
Young man, may Gods blessing at
tend your effort to help and honor your
fat her and mother"
BY this me the receiver handed him
his receipt for his forty acres of land.
AS he was leaving the Office he salt:
AT last have a home for my moth
err" Caasada Presbyterian.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05
Compliments to American Organs.

DIR. John Stainer. Organist OF st.
Paul Cathedral, London, than whom
there could not be higher authority in
regard to organs, organ muse. etc has
shown his appreciation OF Amer an in
strumenis by preparing an Instruction
book especially for the Mason 4. Hamlin
organs. 1t has already been published
in ondon. but will be Immediately re-
published in this country by Messrs.
Ditson j. Co. Messrs. Mason 4 Hamlin
have also received very rec antly two
noteworthy compliments for their
organs from / ondon. One is in the
sale of an organ to Her Majesty Queen
Victoria; the other is the announcement
that one OF them will be used in West
minister Abbey on the 10th. 18th and
18th of this month, with full orchestra
and chorus, in the production of
Gounod's Redemption under the
direction of the Organist of Yves min
ster, DR.. Fridge. The same organs
were used last week in the pro iuction of
the same work by the Philharmonic
Society OF Brooklyn. n. Y. under the
direction Of Theodore Thomas. and
will be similarly used next week in the
production of the same work by the
Cecilia Society OF Philadelphia, under
Mr.. Thomas direction. Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05
Our Young Folks.
CATCHING THE COLT
With for h cad star and silver tail,

With for cad star and silver tail,
And three white feet to match
The gay, half-broken Sorrcl colt,
VIII cf one of us could catch?
:" I can" said Dick; I'm goo for that;
He slowly shook his empty hat,
- She II think It's full of corn" said he;
Stand back, and she will come to me-.
Her head the shy, proud creature raised,
AS md the daisy tow rs she graZed;
Then down the bill, across the brook,
Delaying oft. her way she took;
Then changed her pace, and moving quick,
=. She hurried on and came to Dick.
!" Ha- ha.'' he cried, ''Tve caught you, Beck.
And put the halter round her neck.
But soon there came another day.
And, eager for ride
I II go and catch the colt again;
cam said Dick with pride.
So up the stony pasture lane.
And up the hill, he trudged again;
And when he saw the colt. as low
He shook his old hat to and fro,
" She'll think It's full of corn" he thought,
" And shall have her quickly caught.
Beck, Beck he called and at the sound
The restless beauty looked around,
Then made a quick. impatient turn,
And gallOped Off among the fern.
And when beneath a tree she stopped,
And le:Surcly some clover cropped,
Dick followed after. but in vain;
His hand was just upon her name.
When off she flew as flies the wind,
And. painting. he pressed on behind.
Down through the brake. the brook across,
Ger bushes thiSteS, MOUNDS of moss,
Round and around the pl'ce they passed,
Till, breathlcss, Dick sank down 1T last:
:, Thne og, by p, osG fd his empty hat
There's alw'y s trouble from deceit;
III never try again to cheat
-Maridn Doa1tds, in O,tr Little Ones.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05

. One of the customers of Boston
restaurant suspected that the waiter
who habitually served him made prac-
tice of drinking whatever remained of
the bottle of s'stout" that Invariably
accompanied his midday meal. He
disliked the practice and thought to
correct it; SO he purposely left his glass
one-quarter full of the brown beverage
and then poured in as much Worcester
shire sauce. The fact that Immediately
after the customers departure. the
waiter was taken violently i'll confirmed
the suspicion. The waiter was cured
of his bad manners, but the customer is
now customer of another restaurant.
Boston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05
BENJAMIN Franklin's old "bull's-eve''

Benjamin Franklin's old "bull's-eye"
watch is owned bv man in Lancaster,
Pa. Large offers have been refused for
this watch, including one of $1,000 per
annum for ten years, from New York
watch company, simply for the loan Of
the watch during that period to display
in the window OF their office on Broad.
way.-Pitts6urgh Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05
Willard Barnes. a colored man

Willard Barnes, colored man OF
Greensboro, Ga, about forty three years
old has perfectly white patch of hair
in the center of his head, surrounded
with black. His father, who lived to be
one hundred and fifteen years old, had
a similar patch. Mention is also made
of a white man with a white lock OF hair
amid general red covering. IN. O..
ffcn7f,t3le, -.sts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05

"A Cecil County (Md.) couple, who
had been living unhappily together late
ly. adopted a novel and simple method
of obtaining a divorce. They piled
their household goods on three wagons
The wife took control of two, the hus-
band OF the third. Then they drove to
Texas. At crossroads in that State the
wife drove one way, the husband the
other
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05

"A punster writes: 1.-The Times Star
Yesterday said Chicago had sixty mil
iionaires. Always knew Chicago to be
a windy place, but did not know it had
as many million airs as that But
Chicago certainly hasn't sixty million
heirs, according to the last census.
Cincinnati Times Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05

wa Present no Pretended MIRACLE
IS Truth, is Mighty and Must sPresaal."-
No Sophistry can Withstand the rover
of its Honest Utterances
Editor Of Evening Press:
DEAR S1RFeeng deeply grateful for the great bene-
fits which have received from the use or very Vu-
able article which its origin and home In our beau
fu CITY, and hoping that Others who are anicteo rs
have been may like relief from its USE beg the
d,conce of few lines in your valuable paper tor the
privilege of communicating to you brlef OF
facts for the benet of the multitude OF sufferers 10 De
met with on every side Many of my friends well know
that have been very severely afflicted with heart os
ease for q number of years. ana nave sunered from
a. only those can suffer who have that dsease 1t re-
duced nv strength so low that could scarcely walk
across nv ROOM the least eIerton rendered me 80
short bresthed that dared scarcely move ana me
seemed very burdensome. WAS treated for my mara
DIV by the physicians and derived no dement, from
their prescriptions until was aa'seo
NV family physician to use Hunts Remedy, as my
trouble was caused by inacton of my Kidneys wnlcn
affected very seriously the action or my heart COM
menced takngit aving little faith In c or any other
uedicipe) and it has helped me wonderfuly ahq ALI
now q great deal better, and have been ever since
Ibeesn its USE In fact have taken no medicine tnat
has benefited greatly. My breathing Ia easy ana
have gained In strength so much that an apie 10 40
my homework. chcerfuly rcco lnmend HUNT 8 hene'
dy TO all who may be afflicted as have been or VINO
are suffering from general debility and nervous pros
tratiou- Respectfully. MRS. A o. hock"EL.'
.... Pearl Street. Providence, H. l.
A standard medicine for curing Brtght's disease
dropey kidney, bladder and glandular malaoles Is
Hunts Remedy. Female weakness pain In tue nacH
and lous gravel, diabetes, 1ntemperance excess anu
prosration the system are cured by hunts
Remedy Hunts Remedy imparts health and yigor to
the tuition when has become debisatcd hunts
Remedy restores the invalid to health
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05

AS far as a little candle throws its
beams SO shines a good deed in a
naughty world. A Louisville family
who were made absolutely penniless by
the floods. advertised and restored to
.t4c owner 4 diamond ring found in the
sFpas ct of a child's dress which had
been donated to the sufferers. Courier
JOUrH0.-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05
COL. D. D. T. Moore
AUNT ADDGE

Gives young housekeepers and young mothers
good advice in her letters to the Household Depart
nent. Regular letters from Aunt Eva "May.
belle, Jennie Joslyn," Mrs Geo Caswell," and
score OF regular correspondents.
Inc LADIES' and Household he.
Eoar1xnent, under the charge of Mrs Louisa
Knapp, devotes one whole page to Household
Matters every week and is Just Splendid" Every
thing bright and original no stale receipts Prac-
tlcal hints for Iiousekeepers, How to Dress Well
G Mn economically. How to Entertain Company,
for Children, How 10 Knit. Crochet and do ali
kinds Of Fancy Work, How to take Care of the
Sick, All the Latest Fashions - =
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05
Happily there has grown up,

Happily there has grown up~here
and in England, during the last two
years,salnore prudent and ratonal spirit
regarding mining senterprises Men
have learned that knowledge and eX-
perience are necessary in this business.
as in any other, and that there is more
truth than poetry in the old saying that
it requires mine to work mine.
Y Tfr;b,yDp
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05

An authority upon such subjects
says that wedding celebrationsare grad
ed from cotton to diamond after this
cotton wedding; at the END of the Sec
ond. the paper wedding; at three, the
feather; at five. the wooden; at seven,
wooden; at ten, the tin: at twelve. the
silk orSfre linen, Or bothy atsfifteen. the
or IS tai; at twenty, the china; attwenty-
five. silver. After this the gifts grow.
more and more costly. - the end of
thirty years the pearl wedding occurs;
sat the fiftieth anniversary, the golden;
and at theaseventy fifth, the diamond.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05

People should remember all the time
that the act of Congress reducing the
postage will not 60 into effect until next
October This is to give time t, use
up all the three cent stamps one has ON
hand.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05

"A gentleman asked an American
the other day VIII he thought of the
English elm tie He laughed, and said:
:Why. you haven't got a climate;
you've only got samples"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05
uhSAISneTS,
Philadelphia, Pm:

lnvahds who arc
recovering vital sta
nina, declare I'm
;ratcful terms their
appreciation of the
merits, as a tonic, Of
Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters- Not osly
does 1t impart
strength to the weak,
but 1t also corrects
an irregular acid
state of the stomach,
makes the bowels
act at proper inter-
walls. gives ease to
those who suTcrfrom
rheumatic and kid
ney troubles, and
conquers as well rs
prevents fever and
ague. For sale by all
druggists and Deal
ers generally.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05
NOSE SKINNER,

Is regular contributor, and his letters are to be
found only in our columns. Youths Column is
sea. Puzzles and Home Amusements.
Detectlye Sketches, exposing all city sharp
ers, frauds and humbugs. Our Home Stories
several every week, are complete, and selected
from the pens Of well: known writer's
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-05
SPECIAL Offer!

To every yearly subscriber sending rs 81 90, our
feSuiar prlce, for a years subscription, we will
spoon and Butter Knife, warranted to Re of the
best quality. triple plated on white steel. no
tfofis, ordered direct from this advertisement
we vii! send handsome American stem
keeper ~ ~ ---o
CHR RATCFpO WANTED. For 1arg-
NlIO ID IGhlOUnO est clubs to July LIST,
el!her SIX months or yearly subscriptions with or
NOsewO0u Piano., a large Cabinet
1SriEan, silk Dress, Gold Watch. Sewing Ma
yearly subscription and sample premiums to work
letter plainly to - " N'e 20"
II. X. CURTIS & CO., FubIishers.
- - PHILADELPHIA pn.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-18

A funny story is told of the second son Of
the Prince OF Wales, Prince George Frederick.
He is merry scamp, fond of tricks, and no
more awed by the majesty of his Sovereign,
Queen Victoria, than most lads are by that of
their grandmother. He was even less amen
able to discipline few years ago than he S
now, and on one occasion when staying with
the Queen, at Windsor castle, played her
pretty prank. She had solemn dinner, at
which a Grand Duke, Mr.. Gladstone, and
Dean Stanley assisted. At desert the chill
dren were sent for. When they came in
George was riotous. Grandmama reproved
him. He went on heedlessly. Grandmama
was again obliged to interfere. AT last the
youngster became very obstreperous, and he
had to be sent under the table, from whence
he was not to emerge until he had confessed
his sin and promised amendment. He was
very quiet, to everybody's surprise, though,
when challenged, he assured his impertmb-
able grandmamma that he was not quite good,
but would be soon. At last he was satisfied
with his own condition, and emerged as naked
as when he was born. He thought he could
not do better than his first parents, and re-
turned, therefore, to Paradisiacal state.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-18
Tho Conductors Mistake.

A stranger sat in corner of the car going
to New York, in easy attitude, his feet upon
a large black trunk. The gentleman conduc-
tor, going his round, at the first station po-
litely informed the stranger that the trunk
must be put in the baggage car.
To which the stranger nothing replied.
Az the second station the displeased con-
ductor, more decidedly, told the stranger that
the trunk must be put in the baggage car.
To which the stranger nothing replied.
At the third station the vexed conductor
more imperatively told the stranger that he
must put the trunk in the baggage car, or it
would be put off the car
To which the stranger nothing replied.
At the fourth station the irate conductor had
the trunk put off and left.
To which the stranger said nothing.
AT the fifth station the mollihed conductor,
addressing the stranger begged him to re-
member that he had but done what his duty
required, and that he had done it after re-
peated warnings, and that it was solely the
strangers fault
To which the stranger laconically replied I:
"Don't care; faint my trunk ~"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-18
An important DIscovery.

NJ NRvile writes from el-el-Masehuta to
announce that the excavations undertaken by
him on that site for the Egyptian exploration
fund, have already yielded a result of the first
historical and geographical importance. This
site (Tel-el-Maschuta), roughly midway be-
tween Ismalia and Tel-el- Kebir, is proved by
an inscription to be at once the Pithom and
the Succoth Of the Bible. Pithom was the
sacred name descriptive of the temple, and
Succoth (Tutu) the civil appellation. We
read Of Pithom as one of the cities built by
the Israeltes during the oppression (Ex. l..
ri, and Succoth was their first station in the
march Of the exodus xii, 81; xiii, 2o). The
discovery not only places Pith6m-Succoth on
the map, butin doing so gives us at last fixed
point on the route OF the Israelites out OF
Egypt
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-18
How Nose Uourted For His Friend.

The other evening Sam related his expert
ence in counting by deputy. He says:
~ ups and tells Nose all about it, says
to Nose, says I, Had you just as leave ask
for me :? He says he had. So, to make a
long story short, one cold plight we started for
the house where Liddy lived. 1t was agreed
that should stay in the wood-shed, while
Nose Meanwell went in and set matters
right.
"Mose knocked at the door and went in,
and sat down on the choppinglog to wait
the issue. Nose thought he could fix things
in about half an hour, and as it was O'Clock
when he went in, calculated on being in
Paradise about half arter; and there | sot and
sot, till heard the clock strck 9. Then |
had to get up and stomp and thrash my
hands to keep them from freezing. Ten
O'Clock, then ii struck, and still no Nose.
''At last, just about midnight, when I'd
got to be little BETTER ireezin later, out he
comes. l rushed up to him, and with a
sneakin' voice, 'MMMoses,' says |, 'wh-
what docs she say? SAM says he, "pon
my SOUL forgot to ak herl"
"Just six weeks arter, Nose and Liddy,
which were twain, were made one flesh"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-18

Notes on the Early History and use of that
Valuable Plant.

Notes on the Early History and use of that
Valuable Plant.
A writer in the New Orleans Times Demo-
crat in an article on cotton says this we'll nigh
indispensable article to modern civilization
derives its English name from the Arabic
koton. 1t is indigenous to the tropical re-
gions of both hemispheres. Herodotus, $50
years b. c., makes the first mention Of it in
history as the product of trees in India, fleece
more beautiful and delicate than that Of the
sheep, and speaks OF cloth made from il. 1t
is quite probable that ii had been known and
used in that country centuries before that date.
In this country the manufacture of cotton
cloth appears to have been well understood
by the Mexicans and Peruvians long before
the discovery of America by Europeans.
Among the rich presents which Cortez re-
ceived from Montezuma were curtains, cover
lets, and robes of cotton, fine as silk, OF rich
and various dyes, interviewer with feather
work, that rivaled the delicacy of painting.
The Mexicans also fabricated the white cotton
cloth and even converted the material into a
rude kind of paper. OF course these ancient
people didn't have the Gin nor the other
modern appliances of machinery and power,
but they appear to have carried the manufac-
ture of cotton to great perfection with the
distaf and spindle. So that the cotton manu-
featuring industry of the world, which to-day
is perhaps second To no other enterprise, has
had an infancy Of centuries, and now seems
to be in the prime of youth, with its manhood
and old age yet to follow.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-18
The Central Hotel,

of San Antonio, being in the very center of the
CITY between the two depOts, with street cars
in front running TO and from all public places,
besides being the most convenient TO business
and the oldest hotel, under the present man
aQement is the cheapest trst-class hotel in the
citV ut 81 to $3.50 per day. English, French,
Spenish, German and Holland spoken. II is the
Office of stages and hacks to Bandera, Pleasant
ton FlOresVille, Helena, St. Hedwig, Lavernia,
Sutherland Springs, Stockdae, Leon Springs,
Boerne, Comfor', Center Point, Kerrvil e.,
Fredericksburg and other points north and
south.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-18
Piles.

Piles are frequently preceded by a sense of
weight in the back, lons and lower part of the
abdomen, causing the patient to suppose he
has some affection of the kidneys or neighbor-
ing organs. At times, symptoms of indigestion
are present, rs iiatulency, uneasiness of the
stomach, etc. moisture like perspiration,
producing very disagreeable itching partic
ularly at night after getting warm in bed, is a
very common attendant. Blind Bleeding and
Itching Piles yield at once to the application of
DIR. Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which acts directly
allaying the intense itching, and effeoting a
permanent cure where all other remedies have
failed. Price 30 cents. Sold by @. Sohasse, A.
Dreiss and L. orypsld.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-18
The Globes Free Concerts.

The evening concerts at the clone saloon,
AK West Commerce street. are attracting at
tention. The performances embrace works
from the first masters. Vocal music within
10 give the Globe a call. Fine refreshments,
eatables and a fragrant smoke, with polite at
tendance always to be had.
2-l4-Bm W. ID. WRIGHT, Proprietor
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-18

Two rock houses and lots east of Alamo street
$l200.and $1,000.
Two rock houses on Flores street, one for
$500 and the other 5000.
Cottage house of rooms ON san Pedro
Lots for sale in all parts of the city.
w. Il. HILTON,
20S West Houston stervt.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-18
BE Good Enough to Note 1t.

Mr.. Park Doe, manufacturing jeweler and
en0raVer, has taken part of the store at 24l
Commerce street. where he will carry on the
business of Il manufacturing and repairing
jeweler. Difficult work and line engraving a
snecinIty. Trade work from all parts of the
State solicited and satisfaction guaranteed.
Park Doe, 241 Commerce street, San Antonio.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-18

Under the title of the "Republic OF
Mexico in 1897 work was published in New
York, written in English, by Don Lorenzo Gas
go pages, and a map of the Republic, besides
mentioning the capital of States, estates,
ranches, mining districts, etc, the num-
Der of Inhabitants in the principal cities and
towns, the ancient history of the country with
interesting episodes and incidents that present
a great deal of interest 10 the reader.-l From
the Monitor Republicano photography, City
of Mexico, 4-5-tf