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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-09
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Fashionable walking parties are
the latest innovation in Paris.
The Red Sea is to be dragged by
party of Frenchmen in search of Pha-
raOh's chariots and treasures.
The estimated population of Ire
land at the middle of the year 1882 was
5.097, $50. During that year 80, 136 per-
sons emigrated from Ireland.
"A French lion tanner quarrelled
with his wife. a powerful viragO, and was
chased by her all round his tent. On
being sorely pressed, he took refuge in
the cage among the lions. ~'Oh. you
contemptible cOwardnf she shouted.
.'come out if YOU dare
The watering places in Germany
are all well attended this season. Ba-
den-Baden has nearly 1900 visitors,
Carlsbad 10, 900 and Ems, Teplitz and
Marienbad about 5000 each.
BY the birth of a child to Prince
Friedrich William, the son of the Crown
Prince of Germany. the Emperor Will
liam for the second time becomes
great-great-grandfat and Queen
Victoria a great-great-grandmo
The Earl of Westmeath. who died
recently. represented one of the oldest
of the Norman families Seized of Irish
estates, for the Barony of Delvin, the
second title. dates from the fifteenth CEN
fury. The last two Earls were Roman
Catholics. and the present, minor, is
eff the same faith.
Sarah Bernhardt's starring tour
with Fedora" has been one continued
success. Quite recently. after her per-
Torrance before the Court at Stock
holm, the King personally expressed to
her his pleasure and accorded her a
decoration. Christine Nilsson and Jenny
Lind are the only other women who
have received this honor.
An agent of the University of Hell
delberg purchased in London half a
dozen human skulls for the cabinet of
anatomy At the Custom-house the
German officials pored over the tariff,
but found no explicit directions how to
classify skulls. As ''bones," they would
be duty free, but then native industry
would suffer, and so they dedided that
they were ''worn effects"
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. p. Morton have
gained most enviable reputation in
European circles for the number and
brilliancy Of their entertainments. Their
profuse and splendid hospitality has
been said. by one of the leaders of Par
islam society, to surpass that of any
other foreign minister accredited to this
capital. AS a patron of art Mr.. Morton
fills Il place that has heretofore been
unoccupied by any American Minister.
The Africa elephant hunters who
90 from cool and comparatively healthy
. countries, brave the hottest and most
sleleterious Ethiopian regions with i'm
punity, and this they attribute to their
habit of daily fumigation of the naked
body with sulphur. Again, it appears
that in Sicily, while most of the sulphur
mines are in high districts and free
from malaria, a few are at n low level,
where intermittent fever prevails; in
the latter districts, it seems, while the
population of the neighboring villages
is attacked by fever in the proportion
of ninety per cent. the workingmen in
the sulphur mines suffer much less, not
more than nine or ten per cent. being
attacked.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-09
Poisoned by POlka.Dot Shirts.

Mrs. Cortes Peak, the wife of fire.
man, is the victim of serious and mnlim-
nant blood poisoning. Last week while
cutting bread slip of the knife made n
small and harmless scratch upon her
left hand. Before the wound had per-
fectly healed, and while engaged in
washing some Of the, new regulation
"polka-dot" shirts. her hand was seized
with sharp, singing pain, accompa-
MED with rapid swelling. DIR. Capener
was called, and pronounced it dam
gerous case of blood-poisoning. The
arm to the finger tips was swollen to
twice its normal size. and heroic treat
ment and severe landings We're tho only
life-saving resorts. Though still suffer-
Cleveland CO., Herald. h..t,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-09
Our Young Folks.
TOMMY AND THE PLUMS.

1t was summer morning.
Said Tom: In have some fun y
He started for the orchard
As fast as he could run. ...-.
He stood beneath the plum-tree,
And this is what he said:
"ThOse plums must be delicious,
They look so ripe and red.
eff could only reach 'em
I'd have splendid treat.
It's very tantailZlng:
They must be very sweet"
Then Tommy jumped his highest,
But couldn't reach the limb
On which the plums were hanging,
And seemed to mock at him.
They nodded and they nodded.
And they really seemed to say:
ave know you can not reach us,
And you'd better go and play"
The very leaves seemed laughing
AS they rustled overhead,
Till Tom got tired and angry,
And this is what he said:
81 really wouldn't touch one
If it was in my power:
They can't be worth the trouble:
They must be green and sour"
Hampers Young People.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-09
Miss Mamie Lee and her siste

Miss Mamie Lee and her sister,
aged twelve years, attempted to cross
Buck Greek. Ky, on horseback. The
horses feet became entangled, and he
threw the girls into the stream. Mamie
had sunk twice when her sister caught
her by the hair, and the horse swan TO
them. The younger sister caught hiEi
bv the tail with one hand. and. holding
Mamie with the other. they all reached
the shore safely. The horse started
home on a gallop, and neighed as if in
great trouble: but, getting no one to no.
tice him, started back at full speed to
the girls. Finding them both alive and
on their way home, he ran up to them.
rubbed his head on their shoulders and
neighed as if he was very glad TO see
them Chicago NeWs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-09
BOSTON has a Law and Order League

-BOStOn has q Law and UrUtr League
which the liquor dealers deem so dam
gerous that they have provided fund
to fight it. Through its insiru
mentality thirty dealers have been fined
or imprisoned within few weeks, and
its successful efforts to get verdicts UNI
der the Civil Damage law have alarmed
the trade. Two women had each q
Young son convicted of crime while
drunk, and the League gained heavy
damages for them. These cases have
set other sufferers to thinking. and a
great number of suits are to be brought.
-D0St0n Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-09

Mrs. Clinton, of Buffalo, called
in the police, alleging that 500
had been taken from n bureau. The
officers made an examination of the
premises and fatty told her that no
burglary had been committed. She
owned up that she had lost the money
out of her pocket, but had been afraid
to tell her husband. Buffalo (N. "
Express.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-09

Selma. Ala. has over sixty artesian
wells, and the water from no two of
them is exactly alike.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-20
Couldn't be Expected to.

Two ladies entered a Fort street car
one day recently and took seats beside q
lady we'll known to one of them. She
gave her friend an introduction, and
directly this one remarked:
II think saw you at the-street
church one Sunday several weeks ago."
Yes"
"You seemed to be as much diygusted
with the sermon as was, for saw that
you were terribly uneasy"
Yes" again.
"Did you ever hear a worse preacher
in all your life?"
We'll, perhaps"
81 never did, and haven't been there
since"
The conversation then ratified off on
some other subject, and by and by the
two ladies got of.
IL wonder why she didn't agree with
me about that preacher?" queried the
one who bad blasted him.
"Why, how could you expect her to
She's that very minister's wife."-De.
tr0H Free Press.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-20
Something About the Recent Red Sun.
SETS

AT meeting of tho American Astro-
nomical Society last night at the Packer
Institute, Brooklyn, Mr.. G.. p. Seryiss
spoke on the recent red light in the skv
at sunset. He said this phenomenon
was seen in San Francisco ss earlv as
November 20, and subsequently, in Ha-
vana and the Valley of the Mississ;nni
By the dates Of its appearance in differ
ent parts 1t was supposed that the phe.
nomenon had progressive motion from
west TO East across the continent. In
England similar light had been seen
November 8 and 10, aud the DISSERTATIONS
OF II showed that its origin was the same
as that seen in America. Various theo.
rles mad been put forward in explanation
OF the phenomenon. Some suggested
that bank of clouds might have Been so
placed peioW the horizon as to reflect the
rays OF the sun downward toward the
CITY, Others thought different densities
In diferent layers of the atmosphere
might act as banks Of cloud and produce
the red effect. This lasted at least an
hoIr and half after sunset, and in some
cases Two hours and q half. The same
enect was seen Defora sunset in Utica.
Rochester and Buffalo. Mr.. Seryiss
showed by calculation that the reflect.
ing matter was sixty.one miles shcve ihc
surface Of the earth. Consequently no
matter could exist at such height ia
sufficient quantity to produce the effect.
He thought that the phenomenon was
due 10 the fact that the earth was passing
through clouds of meteoric dust. This
view was confirmed by the fact that there
had been an extraordinary number of
large and brilliant meteors noticed in
England and America during the last
two or three weeks.
Prof. Brooks also confirmed this view
when he described wonderful fight of
telescope meteors he saw. The earth
was now passing through a portion of
space particularly rich in msteoric mat
ters. Prof. Oakley attributed the phe.
nomenon to the moisture with which the
lower strata Of the atmosphere have been
loaded during the last month. Through
that cloud of moisture the rays of tho
sun struggled. The violet rays wers
absorbed and the red come through. =
Ne,o York Times December 4.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-20
Josh Billings on Courting.

Courting is luxury, it il salad, it is
ice water, it liz a pla spell Of the soul.
The man who 'haZ never courted haz
lived in vain lie haz bin blind man
among landscapes and waterskapes; he
haz bin def man in the land Of hand
organs, and by the side ov murmuring
canals. Courting il like 2 little springs
OF soft water that steal out from under n
rock Mt the fut ov mountain, and run
down the hill side by side, singing and
dancing and spattering each uther, now
hiding under banks, now full ov sun, and
now full ov shadder, till bimeby tina jine
and then tha go slow. am in favor ov
long courting, it gives the parties a
chance to find out each others trump
kards, it iZ good exercise, and liz jist AZ
inncrscnt rs 2 merino lambs. Courtiug
IL like Strawberries and cream, wants to
be did slow, then you get the flavor. l
have SAW folks git acquainted, fall in luv,
git married, settle down, and git tew
wurk in three weeks from date. This liz
jist the wa sum folks larn q trade, and
akounts for the great number ov mighty
mean mechanics we hav, and the poor
jobs tina turn out.
Perhaps it liz best | shud state some
good advice to young men who are about
tcw court with final view TO matrimony.
In the first place, young man, you want
tn get your system all rite, and then find
young woman who il willing tew be
courted on the square. The next il tew
find out how old she il, which you do bi
asking her, and she will say that she IL
10 ysars old, and this yu will find wont
be far from out Of the wa. The next
best thing il to begin moderate, say onse
every mite in the week for the first six
months. increasing the dose as the pa.
tient seems tew require it. After the
fust year yu will begin to ike it.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-20
Waiting For Twenty Years.

CnA1rnN. "a December 10-A rn.
mantle episode in the lives of two lovers
is at present exciting great interest in
| this vicinity. William Craig, young
farmer. and Mary Barker. the eighteen
year old daughter Of William Barker
also farmer, were to haze bccu married
on Christmas Day. 1882. On the morn
| ing of the 7th Of December. in tho above
named year, there was social party at
Farmer Barker's house, and among the
guests WAS young man from this village.
Miss Barker danced with him twice in
succession, and young Craig reprovcd her
for such marked attention to another,
| and told her that he did not wish her to
| dance again with the young man in
question. This aroused tho spirit Of the
young lady, and she replied that she
! would dance with him or any one else
she chose and rs many times as rhe
liked. Craig then informed her that she
might do so, but that she wouldn't see
him again for twenty years. To this
she tauntingly replied that "he couldn't
| stay away from her twenty hours if he
tried ever 30 hard" Craig went home,
and the next day he was missing. He
lived with his pa: ents, who were unable
to find any trace of him. Miss Barker
vowed she never would go into or re-
ceive company again until he returned.
AS years passed by aud no traces of the
missing son were received, his parents
came TO look upon him as dead. Miss
Barker, however, had singular faith
that he would come back some day. She
kept her vow as to living secluded life,
and few people ever saw her after the
night she had qusrrelled with her lover.
Last Friday evening, which was the
7th inst, stranger knocked at the door
of old MIR. Barker's house and asked to
sec Miss Barker. lie was u large, fine.
looking man about 10 years Of age. He
was admitted, and when Miss Barker ap.
peared he held out his hand and said !:
MARY Barker, didn't l tell you that
you wouldn't see me again ia twenty
years 2"
1t was William Craig lie had re-.
turned to his parents home in the after
Loon. Both his father and mother were
still. living. The secret of his arrival
was kept, aud when he appeared in &C
drama tic manner in the presence Of his
old sweetheart she fninted in his e,ms.
CraiG's story Of tho disappearance and
long absence was that lie had gone
straight to Philadelphia alter leaving
home, and there enlisted in tho army
under al assumed name He served
until the cad Of the var and was mus.
tered ont Mt Philadelphia. He longed
very much to return home but he per-
mitled his determination to remain away
20 years to control him, and he went di-
reclly to Nebraska. There he took up
tract of land and went to farming, re.
naming there until the 90 years were up.
lie resolved to time his return and the
meeting of his old sweetheart, if she Was
still alive and unmarried, at as near the
hour of his leaving her as it was posi-
bic to do. He came back with an ample
fortune, and found matters much rs he
had left them. The wedding that did
not come off 2G years ago will be cele-
bratcd at the approaching Christmas.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-20
A Business Melody.

There was man in our town, ard he
was wonderous wise, for when he marked
his prices down he then did advertise.
And when he saw. his trade increase,
with all his might and main he marked
still lower every price and advertised
again.
And when he advertised again his RI
walls loudly swore, to SEQ folks rush with
might and main to patronize his store.
And while they sat in solitude and saw
him.custom win,. that man behind the
counter stood and raked the shekels in.
And when Le raked the shekels in,
and saw his fortune rising, he took q
goodly lot Of tin and kept on advertis-
sng.
Each day generous sum he'd sink,
and demonstrate full plain the moro one
pays for printers Ink the greater is his
fsain.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-20

"A farmer who has made a small
fortune of late years out of hogs, says
that he can make a pound Of pork IN
September, when hogs are run on second
crop clover, for one.half the cost Of that
produced in November and December
from corn alone. He is becoming moro
fully convinced every day that three.
fourths of the failures in hog raising are
due TO following the old idea Of hog and
corn, and that the only wsy We can sue.
cessful!y compete with feeders in cheap
corn counties is by making our pork
principally from grass Chester Bulletin.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-20
aNDENoON, o. THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 90 1888.

geese will enliven the stirring scene OF
thrift, while wheat, oats, peas and corn
make the fore front of our prospect, with
cotton wisely held in the rear as our re.
served force.
Let us go out into this garden Of God
to beautify, adorn and enrich the earth
that flowers may bloom where thorns
pierced us, and fruits may grow where
blackened blight has been-thcn will
plenty and prosperity come to all the
lanA, as with intelligent industry we
bedeck the handiwork Of God.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-20
The Peculiar Old Mystery

~, one the pecularites Of the old fashioned Doctoe 49,
tell patients what @ they y were prescribing for them hc sd
EGsh curiosity. In order keep patients from & Uy -
prescriptions; in dog Latin 50 that patients ,, not
Ian All that s0r ofhng now over ,o .I
pdges well Or he has troublesome liver which H. t $40 10
% So So he takes browns Iron Btes about which there IS 10
3D. gentle yet efficient tonics 1t gives strength 1t buids M
nssts d eneHS dcM mpGyeshed @ blood feminine
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-20
- The shoemaker should know more
than the doctor about the heeliug art.

CHANGE OF MIND.-I declined to in.
sert your advertisement of Hop Bitters
last year, because I then thought they
might not be p.omotive of the cause Of
Temperance, but find they are, and q
very valuable medicine, myself and wife
having been greatly benefited by them,
and I take great pleasure In making
item known.
REV. JOHN SEAMEN,
Editor Home Sentinel, Alton, n. Y.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-20
Carpets and Rugs.

A FRESH lot Of Carpet samples, and o
n beautiful lire Of Rugs and Mats:
Call and see them. sly stock Is complete
in ali its departments, prices as low as any
other house, for the same quality OF uooos'
I ASH an inspection by my frtencs ana Gus
toners. ro1yrpo
No. 4 Granite Row.
Sept q, 1888 IL
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-20
fTOTHE PUBLIC.

|A pss!ies Wishing Scroll Work done.
|eaof fSa as Brackets, Mantels or any
I'D. Mncy Work should see the under
Stsin 1--we had Ave years experience,
ssbcdv vAfantee WORK. Prices cheap as
ReAsS IN 90 1t. Shop at Blue Ridge
|@.':.lsss !; !, NJ. DICKSON. 80
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-20
SUCCESSFUL FARMING.

uess oi Hon. w. j. Northern R.sor.
me washington County Grange, Aucu.t
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-20

from the Southern Ctati,utor and Dire Far,
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Sept 81, 1888
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-12
Great Guns.
Acknowledgement Brewster is aeon
loisseur in shrimp-salad.

Attorney-Gene Brewster is con
noisseur in shrimp-salad.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, now
temporarily takes his whiskey in Tex
as.
Senator Bayard is hiple-plated
LII. d. That Delaware crop is not a
failure
James Payne, the novelist, is an in
venterate pipe-smoker, and looks like
Talmage. He ought to be happy.
Jay Gould thoroughly understands
the art of making elegant sandwiches.
He is an oasis in the desert Of cookery.
General Spinner says it took him
three months to get the hang of his
wriggling signature. 1t certainly
looks so.
Ex-Khedive Ismail Pasha is enjoy
ing the sights in London. He cOnSld-
ers Egypt very unhealthy place at
present.
Star Route Dorsey has gone to New
Mexico The woodbine twineth there
luxuiously, and the voice of the
whangdoodle is heard in the land
Ex-senator Tabor has had quarrel
with the Denver Gaslight Company,
and will put electric lights in hisopera
house Tabor isa musical instrument
that will not be played on by gas.
General Grant says h. viii have
nothing to do with bossing the serv-
ants in his house. He believes in
domestic warfare that discretion is the
berer part of yalor
Prince Krapot1ine, the Nihilist,
teaches his fellow-prisoners mathema-
ties. He tells them that they can
square the circle by smashing bomb
uudcr the Cars chair
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-12
Yote.Factory in Maine.

The Biddleford journal protests
against the abolition of the kittery
navy yard The plea made by The
journal is ingenious, and as good an
argument as can be advanced for the
retention of the yard We can how
ever, agree with the conclusions reach
ed There is no work for the yard
aud the sooner it is abolished the bet
ter for the politics of western Maine
in general and the politics of York
county in particular The yard for
years has been vote factory It was
So used while the democrats were in
power 1t has been So used since the
republicans came in power orat least
since the close of the war. A change
of administration makes difference
of five hundred votes and more in Kit
terry and vicinity 1t made that iii
ference in 1861 1t will make that
difference in lSS5should the democrats
succeed in electiug the next president
Hundreds of men in kittery Eliot,
York, Wells, and ON the New Hamp-
shire side of the river have learned 10
look to the yardsfor little work and
great pay, and the consideration they
offer is the ballot They are voting
the republican ticket just now They
will as readily vote the democratic
ticket when a democratic adminiStra
ton cones in. They live upon the
United States treasury and do little
or nothing to earn their substantial
wages for there is really no work of
consequence to do. No doubt work
can be done as cheaply at Kittery as
elsewhere, but the work is not to be
had. There is really scarcely more
than enough for one yard II would
be better for the purity of Maine poll
ties to take our few vessels elsewhere.
We are willing to lose the slight bene-
tit if the great curse be removed. 9th
or states where yards mcmust look out
for themselves. The friends of civil
service reform can not do better than
put their finger on Kittery navy-yard
and rub it out Portland JMalnel
Press.