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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-11
SCIENCE-AND, MINISTRY.

= L-.Fwo Eninety-foot lathes, sa1d to be
Che largest in the world, have, been
made by the South Boston Iron AYorks..
Each lathe contains 10000 pounds of
iron. They are to be used to bore out
cannon. IL v}{ 4 al 14ff
--AiiGernani has discovered that if
wood be exposed to the action of heat
ed current of pure oxygen, it becomes
of changes of temperature, and is espe-
cially adapted to the manufacture of
musical Instruments '.'@rf : pt't
-Lampbfack has been found, on
further experimental tests, to act like
selenium in radiophony. Instead, there
fore, of selenizing one of the surfaces of
the double-coil receivers, the plan. has
been resorted to of blackening it with
the smoke of an oil lamp, due care
being exercised, of course, not to car
bonize the parchment paper (which
isolates the metallic coils from each
other. y ss'F - .5i7F'I phh .r',,9,-|
n-One dram of carbolic acid, six drops
of oil of lavender, and two and half
ounces of olive Oil formed the. prescrip-
ton which proved effectual in destroy
ing parasitic affection of the mus
tache Of a gentleman who consulted DIR.
George Thin, London, England. The
hair had fallen out and sort of bald
ness occurred in spots, but after the
application of the remedy the hair grew
again as thick and healthy as before the
parasites had attacked it. - .-i
"A great manyrpeople think eight
gallons make a bushe1, but nine gallons
fall short of a bushel by about seventy
nine cubic inches. The trouble arises
from the difference in the size of quarts.
The dry measure quart is larger than
the ,liquid-measure quart. Seven men
out of ten-and among. them seven ply
sicians-think that there are 48O grains
of quinine in an ounce bottle, whereas a
close scrutiny of their. old arithmetics
would show that there are only 437 1-2
grains. These are both lessons of an
eminently practical. character, but the
ordinary school methods are too dreamy
to reach anything practical. - Chicago
Times. ..-' - III. a
In New York many hotels and large
Institutions are using artesian water
procured from beneath their own
premises. So common has this method
of supply become that the revenue of
the city from water-takers is affected.
The people of Mount Vernon, West
chester County, N. Y, have also, put
down an artesian well. The bore is
eight inches in diameter, and its depth
SOP feet. The water is pure, cold and
soft, and rises above the surface in
quantities sufficient to supply three or
four thousand people. By an expendi-
ture of about $4,000 for pumps, pipe,
well, etc., a supply for domestic and
fire purposes for the whole town is OBJ
tanned. Almost any village where the
geological formation permits a hope of
artesian water being found could afford
to experiment in well-sinking. N. y
Herald. -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-11
TackS.

A tack is a simple, unpretending sort
of a young nail, noted for its keen
repartee when pressed for a reply, and
possessing the peculiar, power, when
standing on its head, of causing the cold
shivers to run down the back of a maj
in mere anticipation of what might be-.
Taeksr are. in season all the year
round, but the early spring is usually
the time selected by them for grand
combined effort, and then they flourish
everywhere for at least month. Since
the inauguration of the ~time-honored
ceremonies of house-cleaning, every
thorough housekeeper, with long ex-
perience in the line of duty, SO, takes up
the carpet as to retain all the tacks in
their original places, thus preventing it
slipping from the shakers hands, unless
the tack breaks or his fingers give out.
But the triumph of the tack is not COM
plete at this early stage; it patiently
abides it's time, and on the relaying of
the carpet issues forth with double force.
After searching the entire house for a
paper of tacks, without success, the UNI
fortunate, man drops on his hands and
knees to begin, and Immediately discov-
ers four lacks at least, and as he rolls
over and sits down to extract these,
finds the rest of the paper directly UNI
der him, and then unless he is man
accustomed to put up stoves and join
stove pipe, the chances of laying the
carpet on that evening are light. In
selecting tacks from a saucer he always
Iinspects the points with his fore fin ger,
as the tack instantly loses its head when
they come to blows. In argument the
tack issharp and pointed, bat the dis
play of either or both, depends largely
on the amount of pressure employed by
its opponent, e In direct contrast to a
good Joke the amusement generally be !
gins before you see the point, and this
fact is easily demonstrated by walking
the floor in your stocking feet, a we'll
kept room on such an occasion averag-
ing two tack to the square foot. - ''i e.,
/ The future of the tack gives great
promise of more extended usefulness
and unlimited possibilities, as several of
our most eminent college professors
having carefully studied the effect Of a
sharp. tack of reasonable length placed
properly in a chair or under a cot, are
about to Introduce tacks, and do away
with spring-boards in our college
gvmnasiums.- Free Press. ,7 -.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-11
The Lost World. ..

Those who would fancy Atlantis must
picture different world from ours, and
no description is possible, 1t was great
continent lying on both sides Iof the
equator, extending many degrees beyond
it. in either direction but much thu
greater mass being to the southwark. Il
stretched through the torrid zone of both
hemispheres, included the entire south
temperate zone and mostrof the north.
1t stretched from the Central Atlantic
to the modern Atfstr; ala, which is Q rem
,nant Of its former terminus. There were
many islands contiguous to its northern
shores. In that cycle there was no land
in the modern Dominion of Canada,
Siberia, Northern Europe : or British
Isles; all, were submerged. The spirits
Of Atlantans now abide on the planet
Mars, and will pass ON fromao orb to orb
with the end of each great cycle until
rounding out the experience of the en-
tire solar system they become angels, no
longer servants but masters of matter.
When Atlantis went down, the northern
world, now the center of the highest
civilization, rose up.i Our world is now
marching on to that perfect, civilization
it will have when the cycle ends, This
elimination of our civilization in this
period. of fruition win be greater than
that OF Atlantis Then when the cycle
ends the spirits Of it pass on to progress
through; other planets. ~. s. ClOille.
A Il II e T. IL ,<,A
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-11

! likewise, and fired. Parker dropped in
\ the sageniees no6~ gigdttf. next daV
Hall visited the Mantooths,- gJohn Man
tooth he shot dead on the open prairie,
after explaining the object. of his visit.
tTThomas Mantooth met q similar fate on
-thepubhc highway Before spring an
other of the twelve had been slain, Hall
killing his man in a saloon brawl in San
Antonio. BY this time the remaining
imembers of the band had become
alarmed. and Hall suddenly paused in
his career of bloodshed. oFor more than
year nothing was heard of him., and
the ( surviving objects of his hatred
were beginning to think he had
persisted, when he suddenly reap
peared. This time his victim was
named Kindred Rose, one of the twelve,
but he died only after a desperate strug.
gle. The men met one afternoon in the
winter of 1880 in a little village on the
Mexican border. A street fight ensued,
and Rose was killed, falling from his
horse and dying, on the street, while
Hall, though wounded in three places,
put spurs to his horse and dashed away.
The friends OF, Rose pursued him into
Texas. The pursuit was-continued three
DAYS, friends of his former victims join
ing in the chase. Hall at last was run
to cover, in sight of his home, and near
the spot where sixteen years before the
father, had met his death. Here Hail
turned on the pursuing party and fought
until he was ridded with bullets. His
eldest sister. was Mortified spectator of
the tragic end of her brother. IA year
after she met. one of the partyain a
neighboring town; she was in company
with a female. friend, and, despitesths
entreaties of her companion, called the
man to her, slipping ner hand into sths
pocket of her dress ils she did so. sCapt.
Davis" said she, when the man cams
up, ''you helped to kill my brother take
that" and drawing revolver, she fired
at him. Davis was seriously wounded,
and in the confusion the girl escaped.
in the death of young Hall, and they re-
solved upon the exterminatiOn of the
entire family of Halls, of whom only
three were living-the eldest girl and
two sisters. One night, after Davis.
life had been attempted, the Hall homo
stead was surrounded by masked men,
The barred doors were broken down,
and the three girls were mercilessly
murdered. The assassins then fired the
house and disappeared. The tragedy
caused sensation, but, the explanation
was made by interested parties that In
dams or greasers had murdered the
girls, plundered the house, and then set
it afire. This was generally accepted,
and only lately have the facts in the case
leaked out. Little Rock (Ark.) Specicl
to Chicago Times. rn .lt~ ,'7Hse
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-11
Avenging a Fathers Death.

William C. Fletcher. passed through
this place to- day en- route to the STeXss
border where he has bean for more
than ten years past 'engaged n the cattle
business. From him fhe Times sreprel
sentative learned of a tragic. event
which recently occurred onN.the border
of ,the1s.Lone Star" State the particu-
lars of which have never before been
made public. At the beginning of the
late civil war Abraham Hall lived in
one of the thinly settled border counties.
He was seventy years old and reputed to
be wealthy, owning a large tract of Land,
great herds of cattle, and a large but by
no means costly residence. He had a
family comprising one boy, aged ten,
and four girls ranging from eight to six
teen years. Though the State was in a
tumult, the old man claimed to be neu-
trail, and while his neighbofs were
5uckliuS on the armor Hall remained
at home The South called for every
man capable of bearing arms. Texas
was secured. Hall was called on to
volunteer, but declined. One nightea
party of twelve persons rode up to the
house and repeated the demand for vol
unteers. The old man said he preferred
death. He was taken from the house to
a little ravine two hundred yards away,
a rope put round his neck. the end of
which was thrown over the limb of q
tree, and Hall was once more asked to
reconsiderhi his refusal. The old man de-
.clined, whereupon he was drawn up and
let down senseiess.H sReviving, again he
refused, and again he was drawn up.
This horrible scene was continued until
the victim ceased to breathe, and the
party rode away. The son OF Hail had
followed the party when they dragged
his father from the house, and, hiding
himself behind a clump of bushes, the
lad was q silent and Mortified spectator.
He saw everything, and, more, he rec
ognized every actor in that cruel affair.
When the men galloped awayGhe ran
from his hiding place, cut, down the
body, and, flinging himself upon it, reg
istered an oath to- slay every man who
had taken part in his father's death. %
Time passed the war ended: young
Hall managed his fathers estate and
prospered. His sisters aided him in the
work. Almost their nearest, neigbbor
was Frank Parker, who led the band
that hungfold Hall in 1865. $ Twenty
miles east lived John and Thomas Nam
tooth, two members of the party. The
remainder were scattered throughout
the State. s......-l.,Sfs
One day in October, 1878, young Hall
babe his sisters good by forever, saying,
ssThe time for revenge has come, and,
without further explanation, he mounted
his horse and rode swiftly away. An
hour later he drew rein in front of Frank
Parker's dwelling. Parker was in the
vards 81 come to. ask YOU why you
Tiled NV father Hall said to him.
Parker gave the reason, adding that his
conscience had troubled him ever since:
Hail asked him if he was, armed, and
vixen the man drew pistol, Hall did
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-11

Mr.. Partridge, of Cecilian Junction,
is the owner OF dog and eat that are
very much attached to one another.
The cat is in the habit of making fire.
uuent visits to Mr.. John Heilers.
Wherever the dog misses his COM
panion he at once goes to Mr.. Heller s,
picks up the cat in his mouth and starts
home. On the way between the two
places is fence, and when the intelli-
gent canine comes to it he puts the. cat
through, crawls under himself, picksap
his burden, and marches home triumph-
-ElizabetttoUaa fKu. J NeaUs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-11
. Our Young Folks.
. WHAT SHALL. THE MOTIVES BE2

&
'''S7 What shall the motives be
& Throughout the present year?
-r Shnl. they be. for evil,
Or shall they bring good cheer?
Shall the Angel Reapers
Fer search, for wheat in vain?
Or shall they find store
OF ripened, gold IN grain?
Shall my heart be growing
4 crop OF evil deeds?
Or carefully produce
.j'A harvest of goodseeds? ri
Shall my hands cease labor
- Il because the work is hard? .5E
Or shall IWith new Higof.F all = 3.
Dlscouragements discard?
Shall my life be wasted, .2s
-.'. And time be'spent in vain?
Or. constantly improve q "t@H.f
Each moment for my gain? !.sF
Shall cultivate the. thorn "7
And let the roses go? - e.s1,ss. :,
Or tareS cast in the fire, u
That flowers sweet may grow?
With careful watch, Til give
~ The'ta and thorns no room;
Rlch graces from the spheres -I..s
Within my heart shall bloom.
That, when the Angel Reapers
Bind UP the golden grain,
They find in me a harvest
~ 81 A life not spent in vain.
Adj ). 6aniniRgs, IN Golden Rue.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-11

"A somewhat remarkable case of alb.
scnce of mind occurred recently to a
Boston lady who was shopping. She
had visited three bookstores and I'M
consciously carried of a book, and on
reaching the corner of fremont and
Boylston streets found she was in pos
session of book and could not remem-
Der from which store she had taken it.
In her excitement she applied to several
ladies and gentlemen to take the book
from her, as she had stolen it from some
store Neither of those addressed re.
Eeyed her OF the book, Los{oas Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-11
A Wyoming Wonder.

DEVILS Gate is a reminder of the
forces which were at work when chaos
was giving way to order on earth. That
rocky spur of the Sweetwater range
| which lies sixty-fve miles north of Raw
Inns is perhaps twenty miles in length,
and runs in direction east and west.
1t is steep '.hog- back mountain, ter
minating in its eastern extremity in a
gradual SLOPE, though a quarter of a
mile beyond where the mountain ends
there is large mound of similar forma-
ton to that of the mountain. In the
mountain, half mile from its eastern
end. is Devils Gate. It is the channel
of the Sweetwater River cut through
the heart OF the main ridge. This great
ridge is a pile of huge granite rocks, the
surfaces being worn smooth in the
course of ages, having not an inch of
soil upon them. and hardly one tree
growing in a quarter of mile. The
cut through which the river runs has
perpendicular sides of solid rock. Look
ing at the mountain and Devils Gap
from the hillside mile distant, the OBJ
server sees, not a gorge orgulch or can
Won but he sees such an effect as if
Titan had cut away slice across the
mountain and carried it away. At the
base of the 'gate'' the width between
the walls appears to be not more than
100 feet. The length of the gate is
nearly mile. From the surface of the
river bed to the first break in the per-
pendicular wall of rock is 260 feet. To
a point in the mountain almost over
hanging this break the height. as meas
ured from the water level, is 800 feet.
Devil Gate is impossible for teams
or even a horseman. When the river
is high, man finds difficulty in making
his way over the great rocks along the
sides OF the stream. The water tumbles
from rock to rock and roars on its way
down through the gate At this
season blocks of ice are lifted along the
sides of the stream, which is partly
frozen, and one can make his way from
one end of the cut to the other. A
solitary tree of the height of forty
feet, standing in the gate short
distance from where the river enters,
affords means of comparing the height
of the walls with an object to which, the
eye is accustomed. - heyen,ae Leader.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-11

"A cheerful face is nearly as good
for an invalid as healthful weather.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-06

CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-Mr. Robert e.
O'Brien, appointed in the capacity Of
civil engineer to inspect the Now York,
West shore and Buffalo railway, has
lately bad conference with the officers
OF the Wisconsin Central regarding the
extension Of the Northern Pacific TO
Ashland. Az the syndicate which pro-
vided the means for the completion Of
the West Shore road Is principally conn.,
posed of Northern Pacific people this
move suggests that il il the intention
to connect tho West Shore with the
Northern Pacific. During the summer
m0utbs connection can bo made by
steamers between Ashland or Duluth
and Buffalo. During tho winter the
Wisconsin Central will undoubtedly be
. link in these connections, and It ID
quite probable that the Milwaukee and
Sc. Paul will Aleo como into the combina-
ton. The indications are that the Grand
Trunk will furnish the remaining line
between Chicago and Buffalo. Il will
be necessary for the Northern Pacific
70 form combination Of this kiad 70
mset the oompetitiDu Of The Canadian
Paoi6e. which has lately stTusk han d.
With vxndeshilt.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-06
TINE TIMBER LANDS OF TINE NEW
NORTHWEST.

Practically, the whole country be-
tween the Minnesota prairies and the
Rocky mountains is bare of timber.
There are little strips of forest trees
along tho water courses in Dakota, but
they consist mainly of cottonwood, soft
maple and alder, and furnish only a
scanty supply of fuel to the settlers and
are of no value as source of building
material. West Of the Missouri there
is nothing worth saving into lumber
until the advanced Spurs Of the rockies
are reached-the Big Horn, the Belt,
the Judith, the Big Snowy and the Yel-
lOwstOne mountains. In the gorges
running up their sides there is sufficient
"blll pine" aud spruce for the settlers
purposes, and for railway ties and
bridge timbere, but there are no large
well-timbsred areas. On both sides of
the main divide of the Rockies about
the Same condition is found. The pines
are somewhat larger, and some cedar is
met with. For want of something bet
ter, the timber is Of great value for To-
cal consumption, for fuel aud building
purposes in the neighboring valleys,
but this is all that oan be said of it. Not
until reached Clark's Fork Of the CO.
lumbia, or the Pend d'Oreille, as it is
known to the settlers, did SEQ any ex-
tensive body of good timber. On both
sides of the stream, between tho C9ur
d'Alene aud Cabinet mountains, lies
heavily timbered belt of about 100 miles
in length by 30 miles in width, reaching
down to and around Pend d'Oreille
Lake. The trees are ''bull pine" cedar,
hemlock and spruce with a little white
pine. The western slopes of the Cpur
d'AIene mountains and the Bitter koot
mountains, which are a continuation of
the same range, are moderately well
timbered and furnish material for fuel.
fences and buildings for wide stretch
of rich, bare country further west
From these mountains westward, to the
narrow valleys running up into the Cas-
cads range, tho country Is nearly desti-
tote of forest growth. A few stuntsd
pines grow on the sides of the deep mar
row valleys through which the steamers
run. Along tho lower course of the
Columbia and around Puget Sound
there are immense forests Of fir, fur
nishing practically inexhaustible lum-
ber supply. Eastern Oregon Is almost
treeless, but the slopes of the mountain
ranges bear sufficient timber for local
uses. Eastern Washington, fast be-
coming q great wheat field, feels most
the lack Of forests. Western Oregon,
including the fertile, wsll-settled Viii
lamette Valley, is veil supplied from
both he coast and Cascade mountains,
while Western Washington 10 all vast
forest, where the clearings are mere
specks upon the immense expanse Of
woodland. This magnificent forest is
destined to be q source of great wealth
for centuries to come. The numbering
operations mp TO this time, although
very extensive, have only nOtohsd it
here and there at long intervals close to
tho water side.-E. v. Smalley in the
Cenfsry for February.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-06
UPPER soUND LOGGING CAMPS.

The new timber track for a logging
railway, built by Mr.. Mcintosh. is now
completed, and the first load was hauled
over it this week. 1t is equipped with
cars similar to those used on the Olym-
p'a & Chehalis Valley road. only they
Ee Of . broader gage and are drawn by
teams. The track is about three miles
long and passes from the bluff on the
pay just above the fair grounds, easter
" TO an excellent tract of timber. Ii
VII add very largely to the daily pro-
Duct Of logs, and increase by . CORES
bonding ratio the volume of our "cir-
cuiatinR medium"
The new logging road of Mr.. Foster,
On the west side of the bay, begins at
the creek near Percivars Point, and
runs in an easterly direction to the vici-
NIFTY of Black Lake. The track Is to be
narrow gage, built of 3O-pound iron.
sad equipped with locomotives and cars
% the most improved pattern. II is al
ready graded two miles, and about 30
sonsof the iron has arrived and 20 tons
more are on the Sound, which guaran-
sses s q steady prosecution Of tho work.
Inc new road will tapa district OF coun-
" capable Of supplying from 4.000, 900
g oOO, GOO Of the best quality Of timber
aof iogs'-Standard.