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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13
DOGS GUARDING PROPERTY.
An Instinct Taught to the Canine Race by

Man.
The dogs fidelity in guarding prop
erty is purely artificial instinct, ere
ated by man expressly for his own pur-
poses; and it is now so strongly in
grained in the intelligence of the dog
that it is unusual to find any individual
animal in which it is wholly absent.
Thus, we all know that without any
training dog will allow stranger to
pass by his master gate without mo-
lestation, but that as soon as the
stranger passes within the gate, and so
trespasses upon what the dog knows
to be his masters territory, the animal
Immediately begins to bark in order to
give his master notice of the invasion.
And this leads me to observe that bark
ing is itself an artificial instinct, de-
yeloped, | believe, as an offshoot from
the more general instinct of guarding
property. None of the wild species of
dog are known to bark, and therefore
we must conclude that barking is an
artificial instinct, acquired for the
purpose of notifying to his mas
ter the presence Of thieves or e,lss,sies. I
may further observe that tho = tinct
of guarding property extends g the
formation of an instructive idea .ethe
part of the animal, of itself constituting
part of that property. If. for instance,
friend gives you temporary charge of
his dog, even although the dog may
never have seen you before, observing
that you are his masters friend and
that his master intends you to take
charge of him. he Immediately transfers
his allegiance from his master to you,
as to deputed owner, and will then
follow you through any number of
crowded streets with the utmost con-
fidence. Thus. whether we look to the
negative or to the positive influences of
domestication upon the psychology of
the dog, we must conclude that a
change has been wrought, so profound
that the whole mental constitution of
the animal now presents more ex-
press reference TO the needs of another
and his enslaying animal than it does to
his own. Indeed, we may say that
there is no one feature in the whole
psychology of the dog which has been
left unaltered by the influence of man,
excepting only those instincts which,
being neither useful nor harmful to
man, have never been subject to his
operation-such. for instance, as the
instinct of burying food, turning round
to make bed before lying down, etc.
DR.. Romanes, ia Nineteenth Century.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13
DORIAN FRUIT.
The Eating of Which Now Absorbs the
Time of the King of Burmah.

The Eating of Which Now Absorbs the
Time of the King of Burmah.
Just now no work at all is being
transacted in the capital of Burmah.
Jdleness is de rigeur; for it happens
thatsthe dorian fruit is now in season,
and until that is over the King may not
be disturbed.
What kind of fruit is this wondrous
thing that Laws its relaxing fascination
upon the whole machinery of govern
ment: that stops, by the mere spell of
its deliciousness, the routine of an adj
ministration? 1t is not easily described;
Int roughly speakly, the following
recipe may be ventured upon for imitat-
mo a dorian: Take equal quantities,
say quart of almoad paste and onion
sauce. and mix them thoroughly with
a Mound of cream cheese. Flavor It
with as many essences as can be pro-
eured. and serve up in dish with an
ontrapeously dead cat. The cat, of
course. is not intended to be eaten. 1t
Is merely used as a garnish to lmpart
the necessary perfume to the fruit We
do not think we do the dorian any in
instice in this description, and, lest it
may seem we do. we would hasten to
add that. In spite of all drawbacks. it is
emphaticalIy delicious.
That any should have ventured to eat
the evil-smeliing thing is strange
anonob. Still more astonishing. how
oyer. is the fact that, when once eaten.
the taste for it becomes with many
nersons absolute passion. 1t seems to
nossess something of the fascination of
opirrm. Once the liking for it Is ac-
nnired, the craving for 1T grows ire
.Sistible. The man who to-day would
t1,rn and run for his life If dorians were
brought near him, will by and by be
looking forward impatientiy to the
time when they shall be again In sea-
son Nor. when they are once IN the
market. does the dorian-eater even
Seem TO know when he has had enough.
Still less viii he acknowledge that he
has had feast. On the contrary,
having swallowed quarts OF the mlx-
ture which the large fruit contains, he
still longs for more Perpetually de-
ro,,rir,o. he will never confess to sur
felt. He becomes yoracIous as Whiri-
s,,r,ol bottomless as the pit. His appe-
tf;te Is unfathomable and Gargantuan.
ne will eat more, at one sitting. than
4be human form could be thought ca
nable of containing, and even then VIII
look hungrily at the spoon ana pla,e as
e he would like to lick them as clean
as Saueers' pupils used TODD. Though
he ought to feel gorged to repletion. he
s leaves the table as if unsatistied, and
fbs smallest proyocation in the way OF
-,.0vesfino s.another dorian" will
.hrsng him to his seat. -
YET the amazing passion for the fruit
has never found any adequate explana-
.t;-,n That is to say. no one, when
challenged to show cause for his furl-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13

Gus enthusiasm about it, can do So in
teihgibiy. Each one vows tha. the
thing delights him for some different
reason. Is it acid? Yes. Ard very
sweet? Yes, too It has no Juice, and
yet it has no solid part, and is therefore
all juice. 1t has so many fiayors that
1t has none at all, and vet every one is
simultaneously recognizable Half the
Tune the gourmand eats it he is absorb
co In doubt as to what he is eating
lne tastes fit over his bewildered pal
ate In such swift succession that he can
no more Identify them than a passenger
IN an express train can identify faces on
the platform he dashes past. 1t is a
procession of the ghosts of favors. OF
the phantoms of perfumes, and they
crowd along on each others heels so
fast that the eater can never stop
precisely. at any one of them and ex-
claim: There, now, this is so and
So 1t is already gone past, and the
next one is passing. 1t was almonds
when the eater opened his mouth, but
before he had time to say so it was
onion-sauce, which turns into vanilla
cream and then to cream-cheese, with
a dash of lemon and so to meringue,
sherry, Swiss milk, raspberry-any-
thing. The ultimate result, however
the outcome of the conflict, is confusion
pure and simple; an utter collapse of
the intellectual effort to distinguish one
from the other, and a hopeless aban-
donment of reason. One idea alone
possesses the really infatuated dorian
eater. and that is to eat as much as he
possibly can. Yet, though explanation
of the curious fascination this fruit pos
sesses is not forthcoming, analogies
exist which 60 to prove that the dorian
is not the only one of the gifts of
Pomona that, like the tabled apple, has
the power of bewitching those who
taste the delicacy.-London Telegraph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13
lpRlcE1
How Some People Estim
Their Cost


How Some People Estin3
Their Cost
There are people who
thing by its cost. An mex hg
is, to them, worthless, no how
serviceab1e or pretty it (e. A
fifteen-dollar bonnet, in eyes, is
far more beautiful than q tell-dollar
one, though the cheaper one may be
the more artistically arranged and
durable. Such persons fall an easy
prey to the wiles of INSCRIPTIONS sales
men, who seeing that price, in the
customers judgment, makes the thing
valuable, do not hesitate to take adj
vantage of their folly
A lady entered picture store to pur-
chase small easel. The clerk showed
her variety, from which she selected
one and inquired the price.
Forty cents" answered the clerk.
''Oh, no, said she, ..that will never
do. Haven't you nicer kind?''
The clerk thec displayed several
more expensive easels; but none of
them pleased her as much as the first.
He was not discouraged, however, but
determined, if possible, to make sale
by fair means or foul. Finding that no
other easel suited so well as the one she
had selected at first, he again showed
it to her, as if she had not seen it
before. But he asked seventY-fye cents
for it.
She thought it was very pretty, but
little too cheap, and she said she
would look elsewhere for something
s.nicer."
The clerk had shown her all the
easels in the store except an unopened
case of the forty-cent variety. As
last resort, he said: '.Pnrdon me,
madam; but if you'll wait a moment,
L think can show you some that you
will like"
In few minutes he placed before her
an easel '.worth dollar and quar-
ter" exactly like the one for which he
had recently asked but forty cents.
The lady noticed that it was similar to
the other. but only to comment upon
its superior beauty. She bought that
easel at the increased price, paving
three times its value, just to get some
thing mice. - outh's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13
..svlaS- Is the name of a bio viii

sykes is the name of big white
bulldog which boards at the Oscar
House at Midland. He is by no means
the prettiest dog alive. and has never
given evidence of extraordinary Intelli-
gence until of late. However, few
days ago he heard cries of pain and
sounds of struggle in the hotel barn.
He entered the barn and took a hand in
the affray. which was between an in
furiated stallion and man named
Thomas Scott. The stallion had the
man under foot and was biting him ter
ribly when Sykes seized the horse by
the nose and held his grip until he let
up on the man, who escaped, saved by
q bulldogs courage. Detroit Netcs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13
Young Men, Read This.

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO Vol
TAIc BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
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CURED, as 50 days trial is allowed. Write
them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13

THE Farm, Field and lStockman, of Chi
cago, is the leading agricultural paper of
the country. The publisher is spending
more labor and money than ever before to
hold the distinction the paper has enjoyed
for several years, of the largest circulation
among the best people. While it is agri-
cultural in name yet it has large amount
of space in each issue for home and literary
entertainment. One of the most fascinat-
columns. Read advertisement in this issue,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13

FROM JoHN KUHN, Lafayette, Ind, we
have the following: |" One year ago was,
to all appearance, in thelast stagesof Con-
sumption. Our best physicians gave my
case up. Our doctor said I could not live
twenty-four hours. My friends then pur-
chased bottle of DR.. VIM. HaLL's BALsAM
FOE THE LUNGS, which benefited me. Itook
nine bottles. am now in perfect health
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13

" The Voice of the People. No family
DYES were ever SO popular as the Diamond
DYES. Iney never fail. The Black is far
superior TO logwood. The other colors are
Brilliant Wells, Richardson & Co., Bur-
Gngton, Vt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13

During the racing season at Sarato-
the French pool boys collected over
s, 600 from females who were betting
on different horses. Their total win
nings only amounted to g, 200. - Troy
Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13

WHEN a barber comes to dress dudes
head be comes to fools top. L. is a
period in his existence Burlington Free
Press. 4a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13

BRowy's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs for Coughs
and Colds: "The only article which has
done me good service. Iwant nothing bet
ter.''-Heo. Il. II. Craig, Ottsrilie, N. 7.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13

WHEN a young man is lingering the
cash left him by his grandfather, can it be
said he is reveling in his ancestral hauls.
-Tife
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13

A PERSON w;lo has all sorts of knawl-
edge at mis- fingers ends-a. de af-an iumb
man.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13

Why is it that girls named Lille are al
WAYS dark bTunettes and weigh hum
dred and sixty-seven pouads! -OI Citg
Derrick.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13

A uAy with cold in his head is like
was+rfall - he is ca sarrh-racked. - The
JUICE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. &c
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13

Commonly, no matter how long it takes
a lawyer TO try case, the preparation Is
brief
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13

Cream Balm Is q
remedy based upon a
correct diagnosis OF
this disease and can be
depended upon. 50 cts.
st dru ggists; 60 cts. by
lie by mail 10 cts. ELY
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13
Done in an Hour.

From Major Downs.
M1.Pseasant Academy
Sing Sing, n. 7. Dur.
ing the very cold
weather I was suffer
ing with catarrh. My
head and throat ached
so severely / was
Obliged to give up ev-
hing and kee p
quiet. Eiy's Cream
Balm was suggested.
Within an hour l felt
relieved. In a few days
i was cured.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

A member Of one OF the iuries that
served through the late term Of the
United States district court at Aberdeen,
writes us an interesting letter in which
he gives an account of the argument IN
the railroad cases, and in which, speak
ing Of Judge Hill, he says:
Gan attending court as well as myself
have formed very favorable opinion Of
Judge Hill lie is truly an upright
judge. He tempers Justice with mercy,
as two or three instances which came
under my observation, as a juryman,
fully attested He does not lay aside
the christian when he is clothed with
the judicial ermine. h his simplicity he
is great. He is in fact a model Judge,
and one whose example no one should
be ashamed 10 initiate"
We heard some time ago that Judge
Hill contemplated retiring from the
bench, and that under the impression
that he was to do SO, numerous petitions
from members of the bar had been sent
to him urging him to postpone such
step, ii he had determined upon it, and
TO remain il position which he has
held so long with so much of credit to
himself and in discharging the duties of
which he has given SO much of satislao-
ton to all classes of our people. It is
hoped, that in response, if he had form
Ell a purpose of this kind, he has aban-
doned it. In what he says of him our
correspondent reflects the sentiments OF
all who know the man. There is not on
the bench of this, or any other State, 4
man who is better fitted for the duties Of
a Judge, who performs his work more
faithfully, or who is more worthy OF con-
tidence than Judge Hill. Though he is
far advanced in years, We hope he will
for long time to come fill the place he
now adorns. -CoLnmbMs IndeS.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08
Convict EuspSCtiOn.

Mr. AGQuiston, Superintendent Of
penitentiary, cana to Greenville on Sat-
urday last, On his round of inspection Of
convict camps IL Washington county.
He returned from Deer Greek on Mon
day ana went from here to the Stella
plantation, owned by Messrs. Jno. Chaffe
i Son.
Superintendent McQuiston has 80 far
found the management and treatment Of
Convicts good and free from abuse; ex-
3opt in one case, and that was not an
abuse, but an over indulgence, of them.
he named the plantationof G. Il. Smith,
Esq, AZ the "rnodel" one in its perfec-
ton Of appointments and system. This
is no news, however, heraabouts.
We doubt not but that he hos sub
jected the conYicts ut Stella to rigor-
Gus examination. II what We have heard,
and which We stated to Nh. McQuiston
is true, and we have nc doubt Of its
truth; Messrs. Chafe should be required
to surrender their eOnVlcts, The super
intendent will go, or has gone, from this
county to Bolivar - GreenviHe Times.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

THE Crown PRINCE OF GERMANY
From the Berlin Society.

From the Berlin Society.
The Princess Royal is q woman OF uni.
versal attainments. She writes political
memoirs, keeps correspondence with
philosophers, is sculptless, painter,
composes sonnets. makes architectural
plans, etc. She has great deal of nGtu
raj intelligence, but an education so ex'
tended that at certain moments 1t seems
at the superabundance OF her ideas il
detrimental to their arrangement. Hen
strength has sometimes the result of OBJ.
securing the ciearness Of the ideas which
she seizes and the opinions she processes.
She does not rack her mind for the occa
sion; its riches are SO numerous that she
is constrained to withhold them, and
speaks somewhat as Rochefoucauld
wrote by maxims.
Society must be distasteful to her; che
does not like it; without she despises it,
for one meets at her soirrees people not to
DO met with elsewhere, and who mingle
in society only at her house. She does
nothing to merit the title Of "woman Of
the world" but, on the other hand, she
has the feeling one might say the
pride-of her superiority as princess; she
soems to disdain the fidelity of social re-
lations. A mere nothing detaches or irri.
tstes her; while it is a question Of sus-
tnining an idea, she will display a reso.
lutte persistency destined to triumph
over Gil obstacles.
She occupies herself with politics, and
she has upon this subject her private
opinions, which are not always those
entertained in her immediate surround.
ings. Thus, under tho pretext OF satisfy
ing her artistic tastes, she often goes to
Italy, 80 as not to be obliged to approve
what she condemns or to yield point
which she defends. She is sincerely and
boldly liberal, and this is one of the re-
proaches addressed TO her. Her relations
with the Empress are very strsined;they
are less SO with the Emperor. She ex-
erts over her husband, by affection and
by skill, an influence without limit.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08
PRoT0GRAPHING DOLLS,

From the N. Y. Sun.
do I photograph dolls7 Why, of
course l do, when anybody wants me
to. I photograph domestic ANIMALS,
freaks, wild beasts, any thing! I'd pho
tograph the beasts with 7 heads and
10 horns if you'd get him up into my
gallery"
But, seriously, do you photograph
dolls?'
Certainly; often. Pretty little
misses come in and want their pretty
little dollies pictured with them. and
mama's willing, / take the pretty Its
tie pairs together. And 1 have been
called upon to take dolls photo
graphs separately for little girls who
wanted to make exchanges with their
little playmates OF the pictures OF
their little pets. Once, too, I remem-
Der some ladies srsered lot of pho
tographs of a magnificent french doll
in bridal robes-worth 5000 OF $500
at least suppose-which were to be
circulated as sort of gentle stimu>
liant to encourage the sale Of chances
in some pious lottery where that doll
was to be the principal prize, Anoth-
er time woman came to me for
photograph of doll, and she cried
so I questioned her as to the cause
of her grief. She was poor widow,
and her only child, a little girl, had
been taken sick with malignant small
pox while at the home of some rela-
tives in Bethlehem Pa, had died sud
denly and been buried. The mother
had no picture of her, bat fancied
that the doll resembled her 80 much
that she wanted picture of it to send
to some distant friends, to give them
and idea of the appearance Of her lost
darling No, I've never heard of max
Ing business of taking dolls pic
lures to be sold along with the dolls
in stores. 1t may DO done in France,
but not here"
An importer of dolls said that BE-
had seen in a newspaper the assertion
that cit is now the fashion for hand
some Frenea dolls to have their pho
tographs sold with Them" but az far
as he was concerned that was all that
he knew about it.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08
THE OLD 4sRANDMOTHER

Visiting the mother other grardchild 20
gradually and pitifully wasting away by
the drainage upon its system from the
effects Of teethng, sends the nurse at
once to the druggist, procures q bottle Of
DR. Briggers' Southern Remedy. admins
terlng ii, soon restores rest to the mother
End health TO the little one. IL will cure
oramp collie, diarrh0a, dysentery, and
ali bowel affections. This with bottle
OF TavlOr's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gun and Mullen. combining tho stimuat
ing expectorant principle Of the sweet
gum with the demulcent healing one OF
the mullen, for the cure of Group, whoop
ing cough, colds and consumption, pre-
sents a little MEDICINEC H EST no house
hold should be without for the speedy
relief OF sudden and dangerous attacks
Of the lungs and bowels. Ask your drug
gist for then. Manufactured by Walter
4 Taylor, proprietor Taylors Prenium
Cologne, Atlanta, Ga,
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

ATTORNEY G ENERAL CAToH1Nas, who
is in this city, wrote to the Governor re.
suestlng that he employ counsel 10 de-
tend the injunction against the the Rail
Road Commission. Mr.. Catchings in,
forms us he did this for two reasons
frat, because he has no faith whatever in
the censtitutionallty of the law, and
could not hopefully argue the case; SEQ,
ond, because it is not his duty to leave
the Capital to attend such business. He
mentioned several reasons why he is CON
WINGED the law will not stand the test OF
the courts. but it is not necessary for II,
to refer to these here. The friends and
opponents Of the law will alike justify
the Attorney Generals course Viek5
burg Herald.