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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-23
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The Bessemer Steel Works, of
Bethlehem, Pa. will go into extensive
mining operations in Cuba, with the
intention of importing ore into this
country. Pittsbu rgh Post. I.al '.a,srs
"A church in Bavaria actommo-
dating 1000 people, has been almost
entirely built of paper mache, which
can be supplied at cost little above
that of plaster. 1t can be made to
initiate the finest marble, as it takes q
polish superior to slate. b..
The ship-building interest at Bath,
Me-, is very active at present. The
yards are crowded. and the tendency is
to build larger vessels than in former
years. One now upon the stocks, q
ship of 1900 tons. is the largest ever
built in Bath, and is believed to be
larger than any built before in the State.
1t seems that electricity was APP
piled to locomotive long before the
Chicago Railroad Exposition. A Salem
man constructed a locomotive which
was run by electricity in 1851. In ex-
periments on the Baltimore & Ohio
Road, nineteen miles were made in
thirty-nine minutes. Chicago Times.
White of an egg, heated to PIP de-.
grees, and kept there awhile, will be-
come dry, shrunken and horny. If the
heat is carried little further, it be-
comes converted into substance which
is so hard and tough that a valuable
cement is obtained by simply smearing
with the white of egg, and then heating
it to a little above PIP degrees. :. -.
The potters have some reason for
regarding their trade prospects as i'm
proved blythe new Tariff law. They
were evidently in need of a larger
measure Of protection. The, importa-'
tions of crockery up. to July L of this
year increased in value S2,000,OO over
the same time last year The pottery
industry is yet comparatively in its in
fancy, but there is no reason it should
not rapidly improve.-N. Y. Tribune.
Two thousand miles of switches
laid during the first six months of the
year by the tireless railroad men. This
example should not be lost upon pa
rents and guardians. About a mile of
switch laid daily, where it would do the
most good, and put down tight and
sealed with whacks, would safely side
track lots of boys now making limited
express time on the broad gauge, down
gFdue- WHICH leduS 10 OeSIructIOn.-
Pttsbau.gh Telegraph.
The successful results attending the
putting down of wells for gas illumin-
ating and heating purposes. at Paines-
vile and Willoughby, o., during some
years past, has induced other persons
to decide on similar enterprises. Not
long ago, a gentleman living about two
mil les from the center of INilloughby
decided to bore for gas and commenced
operations. His we'll has now reached
a depth of 476 feet, and he is getting
already a fine supply of gas: He ex-
poets to push the well down 200 feet
more, when he will doubtless have
enough gas to light and heat his
residence and illuminate his grounds
The gas well of W. c. Andrews at
Willoughby has been in operation for
about ten years, and shows no signs Of
exhaustion. CHICAGO Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-23
AND POINT.

The lunatics on Blackwell's Island
are going to follow the example of lu-
| natics in other parts of the country and
start newspaper.-B0ston Commercial
| Bulletin.
"A few moments sometimes makes
| a great change. A man with blue ewes
was seen going into beer saloon YES
terday, and when he came out a little
later he had black eyes.-Rochester On.
~ Post-E1press.
If brooms are wet in boiling suds
| once a week they become very tough,
and will not break up so easily when a
! fond wife is demonstrating with her
husband and trying to induce him to do
| better. Bismarck Tribune.
An exchange says that earl Duf-
FERN has been presented with the in
sigma of the Order of Bath which is a
Very neat way OF. stating that his lord
ship hasSbeen presented with a bar of
soap.-Nara,to's independent.
Your mother coming.' exclaimed
Smithers; ''why, they say the old Har-
~ couldn't live with her. But re-
piled Mrs. S., in her most taunting
manner; ''you will try to-, fol my sake,
won't you, Charley? ''-Boston Trans
c7ipt. fe.. ga !.
A Mount Holyoke girl, who was
studying to, be a nissiona ~ y wrote the
following on the afly-leaf Of her text
book on moral SCIENCE. 4,0l
If there should be another flood, .x
/ Though alFfhe' world *o,ila he Submerged,
This book would still be dry.
Boston Post. -
"A New York boy drank a pint of
whisky, went swimming. ate a lot of
green apples, drank q large quantity of
ice water, and went to bed. Next morn
ING he was found dead. About the
worst thing. boy can do in hot wealth
er is to fill himself up with ice water
NOTYistOWn Herald.
The American Printing House for
the Blind, recently dedicated at Louis
vile, is the first building ever erected
in the world for that sole purpose. 1t
stands in large yard, surrounded with
frees, and is of brick, three stories
high, with an ample basement
taile Courjer-JOurndl. =
Ten years ago two loving hearts
We're separated by q little quarrel owing
to the miscarriage of an explanatory
letter. He went West and married;
she stayed East and married, and now
both are once more free He has eight
children and the jaundice and she seven
and the dyspepsia, and neither has any
idea of ever marrying again. Truth
may be stranger than fiction, but it is
not so romantic Aiiad lpltia Ncws.
Mrs. Parvenu had recently furnish
ed her new house, and it was gorgeous
lv done. Everything was in style, and
81.
fit each room. Mrs. Parvenu has a
daughter, and of her she was talking to
visitor. ''Ah, Mrs. Parvenu," said
the lady, ''your daughter doesn't 90 out
much9' ''No, not Il great deal. 1t
tires the poor dear so much ''Indeed?
Isn't she well?'' son, yes, well enough;
but, you see, at so many of the houses
where she must call she has to walk
over the seams in the carpets. and it
hurts the poor dear's feet and makes
her so tired. '-Merchant Irareilcr.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-23
AT LIBERTY.

For a number Of years I was afflicted with Kidney
and gravel disease, and suffered with pains IN IVY io
and back severely that seemed mat couo
not endure used several called cures rccorn-
mended these diseases, but they did me no good
friend of mine that had used Hunts Remedy ana
purchased bottle George f. Halls drug store In
Manchester and before had used ono bottle began
to feel much better pains in the bladder and kd
neys were reduced good deal. and after using hve
botlesI found that Hunts Remedy had dorc all that 1t
was recommended to do. 1t had remoEed alithe pain,
my appetite improved, and gained several pounds in
few weeks. / have renewed vigor and strength for
of my years (5D, md can only thank the pop1e
tors of Hunts Remedy for my good health of to-day.
and you are liberty publish this. that 1t may be
the means of being cured by the use of your
truly wonderful remedy. ,,..- W. II. IERRfLI.
" GoFFsTowN, n. H, May !, 1888. -....
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-23
Root Growth.

The only possible sources of food for
plants are the earth and the atmOs-
phere. Almost numberless experiments
have been made to ascertain whether
the four elements in the air-oXygen.
nitrogen, carbon and hydrogen-enter
into plants through their leaves or are
taken in by the roots, and it has become
well-Settled that carbon, which can not
enter a plant in a pure state, because it
is insoluble, is absorbed in the gaseous
form by the leaves, and also enters the
plants as, carbon dioxide through the
roots. Sunlight decomposes this gas in
the green leaf, the carbon being retained
and the oxygen returned to the air.
Hydrogen and oxygen are taken in
through the roots, carrying with them
various soluble matters required for the
growth and development of plant;
hydrogen is also absorbed in the form
of ammonia. In various, combinations
other elements are absorbed in
large quantities. Nitrogen enters both
by leaves and roots and always in COM
binatiOn with other elements and sub
stances. The inorganic elements found
in the ash, of plants always enter
| through the roots as soluble matter.
Thus it IS that in the laboratory of ma
ture provision is made for vital wants
of the vegetable kingdom, In earth and
air the materials abound for life and
growth. The yiewleSs atmosphere is a
treasury of indispensable matters nee
essary to carrying on these intricate
and important operations. while the
earth is q vast alembic whence plant
food is evolved.
But the office and importance of root
growth are the points to which atten-
ton is directed in this connection, and
the necessity of a suitable condition of
soil in filth and fertility in order tc
insure reasonable returns from the
planting of seed. The time is not dis
tant when preparations for fall seeding
will be in order, and suitable seed
bed is Il matter of very great impor-
lance. The nearer the conditions of the
soil meet the requirements of plant
growth, the greater is the promise of a
fruitful crop.
Mute though they are, the roots of
plants speak language that can not
be misunderstood. By their works they
are known. AS a contemporary puts it,
they say to us, 1--WE work down here in
the darkness and silence of the earth,
all unobserved, but we know our part
in the economy of plant-growth is as
important as any part of it, for we know
the plants could not exist without us,
and while we down here are pushing
our way through the cold, solid earth,
we are sure the fruitful blade and branch
and fruit are being pushed onward to
perfection up there under the sunlight
| and rain. "-Prairse Farmer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-23
Our Young Folks.
SIX LITTLE MAIDENS.

I'll tell you a story I'll sing you a song
It's not very short and it's not very long
OF six little maidens: in white they were
dressed,
And each was the sweetest and each was the
best.
Invited for four-well. now. let me see:
Waiting dull so they got there at three.
There were little Miss Katie and Nellie and
Sue,
And little Miss Bessie and Polly and Prue.
1t might have been June, if 1T hadn't been
May,
The first of the month, and abeautiful day;
They kissed when they met, as the ladies all
Kate, Susie and Nell: Bess, Polly and Prue.
They danced and they skipped, and they sang
and they played, ~l
And they formed pretty groups in the sun
and the shade;
And said when they asked me of which ]
fond:
"Brunettes are the dearest, and so are the
blonde .a.
And that night, as babe them adieu at the
Bess, Polly and Prue, and Sue, Nellie and
Kate
How 1 wished that 'good-bye!" could have
been "how-d'y'-do!'
And said: Come at three! so to get
them at two
E -R. ". Loayie, in St. Nicholas
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-23
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES.

The leading business men of Providence, n. - u
nose the Hunts Remedy co.. and they guaiaa'oe, ~
testimonials published by them to be genuino.
following dated May L. 1888 from MI W. n, ar,-
ard Lowell Mass, is but one of the thousand
able cures that being made by this
cine Mr. Blanchard says: ~ haVe peen ,ooso
troubled for over six years with acute kidney dseas.
with severe pain in my back and hips was forlnu as
employed on the Boston and Lowell Railroad pu'
obliged, owing to the constant jar, 10 gave up w %
on account of kidney disease. have tired many
medicines but received permanent reheI' ,l
recommended me to use Hunts Remedy purchase"
Il bottle of of druggists In Lo"en. an .,i..
to at once and after using two bottles
Twas entirely free all pain, and consider my 81,
cured, ant, cheerfuly recommend TINS Won -,
medicine, Hunts Remedy. to all the sufferers i'"1
kidney and liver disease" =
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-23

They did not live in the house with each
other. The girl was named Ruth
Holmes, and the boy was named James
Adams, and Ruth Holmes learned how
not to cry. Somebody told her how.
Once a great ugly boy pounded her and
she did not cry then. for she was very
brave about crying. She was hop
skip-and-jump little girl, grandma said.
and liked to play out doors. One time
she feH.off fence and broke her arm,
and while the doctor was taking hold of
it, and it was aching good deal, she
cried only two tears, and they came Of
themselves, just at the end when the
pain was very bad. Somebody asked
her how she kept herself from crying,
and she said she kept thinking to herself,
fast as she could: II can bear it; L can
bear it, This was the way the one told
her that showed her how to keep from
crying. Grandma said the boy, James
Adams, was kind CT a cry-baby. He
heard how it was that Ruth Holmes
! kept herself from crying when she had
her broken arm, and he thought he
would try the same way and stop HIM
self from being such a cry-baby. So
every time he got hurt or the boys
plagued him, or he could not do as he
liked to, or had to do what he did not
like to, or could not have what he
wanted, he said to himself-said it
thinking, not talking II can bear it;
can bear it., - and he stopped himself
from being a cry-baby. And after he
was a man he told grandma that when
very bad things happened to him he
remembered that little girl, Ruth Holmes
and thought to himself, II can bear
it; can bear it, and he remembered it
till he was an old man.
At the close of the lecture Supcrin-
tendent Dick asked that all who never
cried should raise their hands. Next he
asked that all who would like to hear
crying should raise their hands. Not
hand went up. Next he. asked that all
who liked to hear themselves cry should
raise their hands. Three hands went
up slowly, part way, and then went
down. Lastly he asked them all to
show how they cried; whether with a
Won, won, wou, or wi, wi, wi, or a
squealy, wealy, wealy. They all began
to show how they cried, but this made
them laugh, and some of them laughed
so, trying to cry, that they tumbled
over in a heap together.-1K,'s. Il. N.
DiaE, a3a Vide 4aCake.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-23
The Black Bass.

The success that has followed the in
PRODUCTION of black bass into so many
of our inland lakes and streams. the IA
cility with which it accommodates it
self to new varieties of food and water.
its excellence as food fish. and es-
pccially the sport it affords the angler
in its capture with rod and line-these
qualities have made it deservedly popu-
lar 1t has many names. but with the
scientific nomenclature it is not pro-
posed now to NEEDLE, leaving to the
scientists the settlement of this much
bedeviled question. 1 am content to
simply record a protest against the abb
surdity of calling it ''Salmoides," OF
trcut-like, as being applicable to this
fish in no particular or characteristic
whatever. either of form, color. habitat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-23
Thousands fastened to Their Graves!

RELYING on testimonials written in VIVID
glowing language of some miraculous cues
made by some largely pulled up doctor or
patent medicine has fastened thousands to
their graves; believing in their almost ilf-
sane faith that the same miracle will be
performed on them, and that these testi-
monials make the cures, while the SO called
medicine is all the time Fastening them 10
their graves. We have avoided publishing
testimonials, as they do not make the cures,
although we have .#4 .-. ..H .H
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS
of them, of the most wonderful cures, vol
UNFAIRLY SentIls. 1t is our medicine, Hop
Bitters, that makes the cures. 1t has never
failed and never can. We will give refer
ence to any one for any disease similar to
their own if desired, or will refer to any
neighbor, as there is not a neighbOrhood i'll
the known world but can show its cures by
Hop Bitters. -.. "a
A LOSING JOKE.
A prominent ply stefan of Pittsburgh jokingy said
IL Pne Gas G bs q e ntr %
TRY Hop Blters"' Thaady took il in sarnest and
the M fSm M at the sde oR but
he Is not SO well pleased with it. as cost him good
FEES OF DOCTORS.
The fee of doctors is an item that very
many persons are interested in. We be-
lieve the schedule for visits is So. 90, which
would tax man confined to his bed for
year, and in need OF daily visit, over
81, 200 year for medical attendance alone!
And one single bottle OF Hop Bitters taken
in time would save the $1,000 and all the
years sickness " ''' '
A LADY'S WISH.
"Oh, how do wish MY Skin wts as clcar'and
soft as yours said u lady teiher friend. "You
can easily make it So, answered the friend.
" HowY inquired the first lady. by using
Hop Bitters that makes puYe, rich blood and
blooming health. 1t did it for, me, as you OBJ
serve.'' f~--f - ''L'"' avs '''f''
GIVEN UP BY THE DOCTORS. @.''
els it possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up and
at work, and cured by so simple a remedyp'
&C. assure you it is true that he is entirely
cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters,
and only ten days ago his doctors gave him
up and said he must die, from Kidney and
Liver trOubler' ~ ~ sHsj = s.tr at
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-23
Willie and DObbin.

Willie was visiting his grandmother,
who lived in the country. He thought
he was quite a man, but he was only
seven. His grandmother had a very
wise horse named Dobbin. Sometimes
John would put Willie on the horses
back while he led him to water. He
was never allowed to ride him alone,
though he often wanted to do so. a.''
One day every one in the house was
busy, and no one thought of Willie. He
thought of himself, the naughty boy!
and this is what he did. He went to
was not there. Willie thought he would
take little ride. He managed to unite
the halter and climb upon Dobbin' s
back. ts.4a<
Slowly he walked the horse out of the
stable, in the yard, and to the road.
No one saw him. He wanted but one
thing. a whip! Just then he saw a tree
with a little branch growing on it
that would do. He rode up, and with
some trouble broke it off. Then he
struck Dobbin a sharp blow-harder
than he meant to. The good old horse
was much surprised. He kicked up his
heels and started at a quick pace down
the road. Willie could not stop him.
He did his best, but the old horse was
too much for him. The poor little boy
was very much frightened. He dropped
his whip and chung to Dobbin's neck.
Soon they came to a large mud-pud-
die in the middle of the road. Willie
could hold on no longer. He slipped
off, and fell with a splash into the mud
dy water. Dobbin turned and trotted
home. IS 4n srr,. 81. # .
Willie's mother happened to look out
Of the window as Dobbin came into the
yard. She ran to see what it meant.
Willie was missed, and his frightened
mother and grandmother ran down the
road to find him. They were much re-
lieved to see muddy little figure COM
ing toward them. He was too muddy
and too much ashamed to look at them,
but he was not hurt.
Not very much was said; but for one
month Willie, the seven-years-old, al
most man, had to be followed about
by a nurse, because he could not be
trusted!-Our Little Ones.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-23
Chinese - FutureS.o

There is no such speculation in China
! as buying and selling futures. Two or
three wears ago the chief official of a
| province heard how Americans raked
in showers of golden ducats in this
manner, and he used the funds of the
Government to speculate on the out
come of the opium yield. He sold short
and was busted all to shingles, and soon
! found himself in the presence of the
chief Wang-Doodle of the F1owery
Kingdom.
"VVhere's them cash?'' was demand
ed in voice of thunder and lightning.
''Slid OUT was the reply, in tones
| which betrayed n desire to go off on a
blackberry excursion as soon as posi-
BILE
,"How-Hop, you are defaulter! Get
ready to see the angels!''
And he was taken out and his paper
collar torn off without regard to his
ears. and Chinese Sullivan walked up
to him and spit on his hands and
clutched sharp sword and whacked
his head off as slick as molasses running
down the outside of dog. Since that
little episode no Chinaman wants any
culture in his. If he knew that the
country was certain to raise five hum
bred million bushels of turnips he
wouldn't dare sell for November deliv-
cry at ten dollars per bushel.-Wal!
Street Nea1s.
A young American traveller, talking
with foreign lady, asked her why
there was so much astonishment ir
boarding-housesw whenever an American
was seen to black his own shoes? '.Be-
cause she said, mo gentleman in our
country blacks his own shoes" ''Who
does it?'' "Hfs servant" Suppose
he can not afford to keep servanto"
.-Then his wife does it. ..Do YOU ap-
prove of thatp' ''Certainly do,'' was
the final answer; ''was not woman
created to be the servant of man?"-
Cincinnati Times.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-12-26
Games for Winter Evenings.

Oranges or Lemons" or London
Bells" is a game that will often cause
considerable sport for party of young
people. Two of the tallest players are
chosen, who join hands and hold them
up to form an arch. The rest of the
company take hold of each others
dresses or coats, and march one after
the other beneath the arch, singing in
chorus: Oranges and lemons, saw the
bells of st. Clement's.-You owe me
five farthings; say the bells of St. Mar
tin's.-When will you pay me? say the
bells of Old Bailey.-When 1 grow rich;
say the bells of Shoreditch.-
Will that beP say the bells of Stepney.
! do not know, says the great bell
OF Bow.-Here comes a candle to light
you to bed.-And here comes a chop
per, to chop off the last, last, last mans
head"
The last one in the line being cut off
by the descent of the arms forming the
arch, is asked whether oranges or
lemons are preferred, and according to
the answer is sent to the right or left
corner of the room. This is repeated
until all heads are off, when the oranges
and lemons have a tug of war. The
contestants clasp each other around
the waist, the foremost players of each
party grasp hands, and all pull with
might and main. That party wins
which brings the other over to its side
Of the room. The war tug may well
De confined to the boys of the party,
he girls looking on and cheering their
respective sides. This play is also best
adapted to unexpected floors.-Ameri-
an Agricultural for January.