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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

EXTENSIVE preparations are being made
for the meeting of the Society of the Army
of the Tennessee at Lake Minnetonka.
Mimi
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

CoMPTRoLLER CANNON reports that the
decrease in National Bank notes outstand-
ing during the month of June amounts to
1,4S2, 707, and for the year ending the Goth
ST. 193 QQ7
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

EARL GRANVILLE received q dispatch
from General Gordon on the 1st giving as
surances of his health and safety. There
was no date to the message, however, =
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

AT conference of members OF the
Lords and Commons on the Sd it was
unanimously resolved to INTRODUCES the de-
ceased wife's sister bill into the House of
I.ords at once. 1924 tta
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

THE fiftieth anniversary Of the incerpor-
alton of the city of Toronto, Ont, was
celebrated by trades and industrial
parade ON the Cd.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

THE decrease of the public debt for the
month Of June was about 30 ,0OO, COO. Re-
duction for the fiscal year ending the Both,
about $l01 ,00o, goo, as compared with $751;
S23, 253 for the previous year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

CAPTAIN r. w. ANDREWS, aged ninety
three, of Sumter, S. c., who started May
z to walk from Sumter. to Boston, arrived
at the latter city the morning of the Goth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

DURING the first quarter of the year 1884,
as compared with similar period in 1888,
there was decrease in sales of postage
stamps, amounting in the aggregate to
81 OIL 10 .'fs rs .5Stss y. Il s'sflfat 2
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

THE House Committee on Foreign AT
fa irs informally agreed to report reso-
luton expressing the sentiment Of the
House az favorable to the negotiation of q
reciprocity treaty between the United
States and Canada. !na
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

COLLEGE students at Amherst, Mass,
who tried to '.paint the town red" were
seized by citizens and turned over to the
authorities. Charges of drunkenness were
preferred and their conduct expels them
from college. ttt
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

MN Cairo, Egypt, says letter
INN krt6dm ststes that Khartodfn was
Eed during the later part OF May
J: @l4lQplty. There was no massacre.
ck e. Europeans turned Moham-
hong those who did not was
! 44 Goelpn, whe Is quite safe, and al
Wt - freadom OF the sMahdi's camp.
H. 614 lhfmAf Is at Khartoum. Eu-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

SPECIAL AGENT WINES, of the Census
Department, says. that Congress, had
agreed to appropriate $4,000 for the
census work, which will continue it for
the next fiscal year. He says the work
is continuing, but when. it will be COM
pleted he can not tell. zz.,z.,t f,,st, ,,sz,..,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

JAS. OsrERMEyER and Henry Hofer,
pleaded guilty to q charge Of counterfeit.
business for six years, making dangerous
counterfeits OF halves and quarters. 20
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

JAKE GAUpA1R, the champion st.
Louis oarsman, won three mile race
with tura on Charles River. Boston, with
Hosmer, on the 4th. Gaudair also won the
three-mile race for q single scull. They
think in Boston the st. Louis man would
be q formidable rival for HanIan. -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

How to rescue or ransom the crew Of the
British steamer Nisero, wrecked Noyem-
Der last of the Acheen coast and still held
captive by the Rajah, is not yet settled.
However, the British sloop-of-war Pegasus
had been ordered to proceed from Singa.
pore to Acheen. with provisions and clothes
for the captives.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

TIE failures for six months ended July
]. 1854. are reported to number $3.50, COM
pared with 1857 for the first six months of
1888. Liabilities for the first half foot up
to the enormous sum of $124, 600 900, COM
pared with $66, 00o, 600 same period last
year, or nearly double. Nl 8lu bs:.ss-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

OF Toronto, Canada, contemplated reduc.
ing printers wages on the 7th, owing to
dull times. - ss'R IS
THr entire business portion Of Port
Perry, Ontario, was burned on the 4oh.
This was the second disastrous fire within
a year. 49, ga a
i The formal presentation Of the Bartholdi
statue by. the French Government to the
United States took place on The 4th, Min
lister Morton receiving it, De LAsseps
spoke, and Prime Minister Ferry, who
Was absent on account OF sickness, sent q
well-timed letter. ,,s..#.,,5..s.t!3 ~ So
How. JONI A. KAssoN. of Iowa, has
been nominated United States Minister, to
Germany; Hon. Alphonso Taft, of Ohio,
Minister to Russia, and: John H. Francis,
OF New York, Minister to Austria- Hun.
gary.t1ss agtI las q III xs5E lifa3dAt. Ell
TIE intercollegiate regafta did not take
place ct Saratoga on the 4sh, on account of
strong wind and rough water gzsdri q
THE Pan Presbyterian Council at Bell
fast, Ireland, has concluded its work land
adjourusd to meet In LondonSin 1855. ~ J,
ENIGRArfQS to America of Jews In
Southern 3Bfasia il increasing very rap
11zh& dos Tines points out the compli-
cetioxA Of al international nature that
Nseuld afise d the event OF . war. between
C11na and EraHce. -.
- Hzx1k enesr6pment Of the Grand
Army ofths Republics began ON the Sd at
Buffalo, N. Y. -
TRusrxEs of the Miami University, Ok
ford Ohio, Aave decided to reopen the COL
iege septerzber next witha freshman
class. RW. McKarland, Professor Of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

Tn survivorss 81 the Twshfysseventh
1snnsy 1vpnia Reaimsnt unveiled at Get
ebbuEE Ea. son tho Sd. . beautiful, marble
- ON East Cemetery Hill and at
1he foes q Che hill the Que Hundred and
PennsY lyani Regiment placed
81 - One <Hnndred and Twenty
- York hedfcated nonumeas
ne 4yu,9 Den1so Colonel Ellis, w.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
SAGE AT A CANDY STAND.
How the millionaire Characteristics.
ally Extends His Business Instinct
from Dollars TO Cents.
r.JTncle Billn in CHICAGO Herald I


Russell Sage is the only man who
knows how many millions of dollars
Russell Sage possesses. At any rate,
he is enormously wealthy. Emerging
from q railroad meeting of directors the
other day. in which he had been in con-
ference with Jay Gould and other Cree
suses, he came to a little candy and
in the street Part of the stock con-
sisted of chocolate cubes in heap.
How much are those?' Sage asked.
"Two cent apiece" replied the VEN
der.
Haven't you any for cent?"
"No, but | can break one of EN- in
two."
A piece of the candy was accordingly
halved, and the millionaire bought it.
He is careless as to dress and rural in
countenance, so that his manner of
purchasing excited no surprise, except
in several spectators who recognized
him as the Wall street celebrity. To
them his careful saving of a cent indi-
Gated characteristic parsimonv, and be-
fore night their account of it had been
carried by brokers' tongues all over
town. Nevertheless, Sage is philan-
thropist. He has given S150,000 to
Cornell university, he is liberal con-
tributor to charities in his home city of
Brooklyn, he is a financial pillar in
Plymouth church, and in other ways
privately and publicly benevolent.
How do | reconcile these facts with
his dicker over the candy? Simply by
calling your attention to tine impor-
tant consideration that they are
oil outside of Wall street neigh
borhood. He leaves sentimental
softness behind when he enters that
precinct of hard business. 1t is as
though he deposited his heart in some
safe receptacle on starting for his daily
struggle for more dollars and took along
only his head full of brains. He is nota-
bly, exact and just in all his dealings.
His written agreements to buy or sell
stocks-technically denominated puts
and calls-pass current in Wall street
like bank notes among merchants. He Is
an arbitrator among spectators, too,
and his Totf-hand decisions are seldom
appealed from, so sound and respected
are they. 1t is high praise of a Wall
street operator, all things considered.
and would not like to bestow it reck-
lessly, but l really do not believe that
Sage would have divided the piece of
chocolate unequally if the cutting had
been left to him by blind dealer. 1t
was in business hours, the spot was
within business limits, and he was in
stinctively extending his business in
, stinct from dollars down to cents. He
was fresh from the absorbing work Of
bargaining and scheming over the whole
Delaware & Lackawanna railroad.
Could he be expected to instantly throw
off the money s-worth and-more-if-possi-
BILE spirit? Looking at the subject in
that reasonable way, it is fair to acquit
Russell Sage of meanness in this pur-
chase of half square of candy for q
cent.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
Fremont's Duel and Candidacy.
[Croffut in Chicago Tribune.

lCrOHut IN CnlcaSO tribune.
The other evening 1 met Mr.. J. G.
Derby, the veteran publisher, who is
about to publish his "reminiscences
under the cover of Fifty Years with
Authors" During the talk CONVERSE
ton fell on his rather remarkable in
tercourse with eight of our presidents.
He told an incident about TIE first Re-
publican candidate. when Fremont
was nominated" he said, Il wanted to
issue his biography, as our house had
been in the habit of printing the lives
of presidential candidates. Casting.
about for while my choice fell on
John Bigelow, editor of The Evening
Post, paper which, formerly Demo-
cratic, had become Republican. made
an arrangement with him to do it. But
The Tribune was also q power m the
country at that time, and Charles A.
Dana, its managing editor, was very
much in earnest for Fremont's success.
| wanted The Tribune satisfied with the
biography; so it was finally agreed that
Bigelow Should write it and that Dana
should see all the proof-sheets, thus
bringing their joint shrewdness and
prudence to bear.
This project was carried out. Every
thing went tremendously until the
work was half done, when Dana re-
turned set of proof-sheets which gave
an account of Fremont's duel. He
thought it was not best to allude to the
duel at all. 1t was foolish incl
dent Of the candidates youth !;
millions of people were opposed
to dueling, and many would not
vote for duelist Bigelow insisted
that biography should be veracious
and complete; that nothing should be
lodged or concealed; that all that he
had put into the book about the duel
was historical matter, we'll known to
his enemies, and if left out would be
quoted not only against him, but to
prove the untrustworthiness OF the
biography. Dana pleaded that if the
duel episode was included in the book
Fremont would lose the whole Quaker
vote and would be defeated. 1t was in.
cluded, and Fremont was beaten. But
he made splendid run and consolidated
the Republican party. doubt if any
body else could have polled more votes.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
No inside Clappers.
New Orleans Times Democrats.

have not seen a bell yet in japan
Mat was supplied with an inside clap
per. Even the bells that serve as fire
alarms in the cities are simply bells or
gongs, against which sonse wooden
or metallic object is pushed. These
temple bells are rung by means of long
wooden beams, hooped with iron,
which swing by means OF ropes sus-
pended from the belfry ceiling, and are
pushed back and forth by natives. The
belfry always stands apart from the
temple.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
Used to He One Himself.
[Arkansaw Traveller


ri doan't want pusson ter pay all de ten
ton ter der soul. We mus humor de body a
little as we 60 long. It's all right fur yer to
sing an shout, but I'd rather heah de pot
bilin' when Use hungry den ter heah any
song yer ken sing. Music's mighty fine an a
pra'r amt bad, but I'll be dinged eff suthin'
ter eat don't hit me mighty nachul at
times"
Anderson, Use Altered dat yerseyf amt a
holy man
Il KANT hep it De Lawd gim me a long
in fur meat an bread jes' de same He gin
me a soul, an eff He'll only take kere oh de
soul I'll promise not ter let de longin airter
flesh suffer much"
Yer ought ter be ashamed Oh yersef."
Il KANT hep it, l KANT hep it, but Use got
q longin' ter chaw suthin'. Quit er putin
meat in the preachers mouf when he opens
it and see how quick he'll turn DOSE de gos-
pull"
Eyer oughtnter talk dat way"
He'd drap it like er hot pertater, tell
yer oh, vas, da likes ter sing. and SOME OBJ
'em ken put up a powerful pra'r, but when
da set down ter de table, look out Eat, why
dat black slick Niger what comes home wild
yer some times ken eat more billed con den q
steer. It's a kAmity cherry time dat niger
opens his mouf, an greens, he eats greens
like COW eatin' hay. Oh, / ulster be a
preacher myself. l preached till da quit
feedin me an den | stopped"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
An Expert HOrs M n.
fChicago News

Johnny H, a lieutenant in my
old regiment, was always great horse
man-one of those men who could
teach horse anything, and make a
spirited animal out of the .orriest plug.
He was always up to some trick or
other, in which his trained horse played
a prominent part. When we were on
n scout favorite trick of his was to
ride at full gallop into town and drop
his horse in heap right in the street,
and the intelligent brute would lie
there rs though dead. He would go
Off and attend to his business and come
back to find a crowd around the horse
almost ready to mob him for his cruelty.
Flinging leg over the animals back
he would come to life, spring up and be
away in an instant Many time in
dangerous scouts has his ability to drop
horse in an instant stood him in good
stead, and enabled him to escape cap
ture. A peculiar thing was that his
horses would never do their tricks FOR
any one else. Officers used to take a
fancy to some of his trained animals,
and pay large price for them, only to
find that they were very ordinary and
stupid brutes out of their trainer
hands.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
The Inconvenience of GLASSES.
Exchange.


A common notion among uneducated
people, whose eyes are in good con-
dition, is that Young people have no use
for glasses, and that they wear them
lust for style" 10 those who are
tinged with this metlinvalism it is re-
specially suggested that they wear a
pair of glasses for a week and see if
they are willing to undergo the incon-
venience for all the styles in millinery
store. If they try that invention of the
evil one, the nose pinchers, less than a
week will be necessary, for the tor
menting things will gradually slide off
the nose if that organ is at all thick or
inclined to perspire. Nose glasses are
the abomination to all oculists, for they
know that with them no uniformity of
position can be attained. A glass to be
accurately fitted to an eye must have its
focal centre in line with the centre Of
the eye. The wearer of the eyeglass
sticks that instrument of torture on his
nose in as many different positions as
he can, with the lenses at all conceivable
angles. Then the bowed glasses fret the
ears and wear the bridge of the nose
raw. The man who would wear glasses
for style would wear ear jewelry and
cOrSetS
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21

['Gath- in Cincinnati Enquirer


I passed perhaps the most distin-
ouished actress in this country on the
street to day, whom I do not personally
know, and caught the words as l
passed: The business doesn't pay" |
thought to myself: Here is woman
brought up in another part of the world,
but she is undoubtedly talking, not
about her art, but the profits down at
the theatre, which does not especially
concern her, as she has no interest
there. NY belief is that some Of our
managers will make great deal more
money if they keep their eyes off the
dollars and at the art. Pieces that are
made in this country at present are
nearly all written for some one actor,
and not based on any genius or interest
ing character. An actor is q being to
enter into creation but our creations
are all made to illustrate the actor
What can be expected of dramatic
literature which, instead OF seeking in
history or human nature for its hero,
goes down under the stage to find a
posturist and strutter and manufacture
him into a historical hero?
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
A WOMAN'S REASON.
Why sweet GLADYS Wept. Until tho
Man in the Moon sObbed From Sym-
patty.
Chicago Tribune.l

lineage 1TlDuHe.l
God pity me.'
Gladys McNulty, usually so proud and
composed and who moved about in the little
world of those who knew her with the
stately grace of New York Post editorial,
sank on fauteuil as she uttered these words
and sobbed as if her shoestrings would break.
In the lndens that lined the entrance to
Brierton Villa the robin redbreasts were trill-
ing their merriest lays And yet, lying there
on the fauteuil, whose velvety surface is not
more soft than her cheek, Gladys McNulty is
sobbing away the hours of this beautiful
June morning and ever and anon there
comes from between her white lips low,
despairing moan that is pitiful in its sad in
tensity. But finally the convuL;ive sobs that
are racking her dress waist grow fainter and in
little while she sits up, the pink sutfusion of
a blush telling all too plainly which side she
had been living on.
And asshe sits there gazing listlessly into
the middle of next week, her mother, pleas
ant faced woman, enters the room.
why are you weeping, GladysT she
asked
The girl does not answer, and strive as she
NAV To keep down the sohs that are yelling
up from her heart, the effort is in vain and
again the pretty face is believed with tears.
But an instant later she has conquered her
emotions and looks bravely up at her mother.
Il will tell you, mother" she said, 1.-The
cause of my sorrow. was crying to think
that you cannot go to the matinee to-mor-
row.
"And why may not gor
Because answers Gladys. in a voice that
is hoarse with agony, Il have concluded to
take it in myself"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
Penmauship OF British Royalty.
[St. Louis Globe-Democrat.


An expert in handwriting as express
sive of character has written up" the
marks of sundrv British statesmen.
The members of the present cabinet,
with the exception of Sir Charles Dixie,
do not write bad hands. The calig-
raphv of the late Lord Beaconsheld
was elegant. bold and dignified. But
of all the writing of ministers, that
of the elder Pitt stands pre-eminent for
its beauty and symmetry. Like Addi-
sons, his handwriting resembled copper
plate.
The royal family of England have
generally written good hands, that of
her present majesty being remarkable
for its ease and graccfulness. Her pred
ecessor. King William w., wrote
legibly and WELL The writing of Queen
Anne is large and majestic. She signed
herself "Anne H." The first letter of
the name was usually moderately
sized capital, but the succeeding ones
gradually increased their dimensions
until the final letter rescued sometimes
almost an inch in height. Her irate
majesty was wont to rise on her dignity
in much the same way. Mary of Scot
land signed herself neatly and prettilv,
"Marye the Quene." Both the Charleses
wrote plainly and like gentlemen.
The same may be said OF the four
Georges, although that of George |. is
rather stiff and pedantic. There is a
good deal of pompous display in the
writing of Green Elizabeth. Her sig
nature especially is resoluta but SNOWY.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21

Who has not seen the fair, fresh young
girl transformed in few months into
the pale, haggard, dispirited womanl
The sparkling eyes are dimmed, and the
ringing laugh heard no more. Too often
the causes are disorders of the system
which DIR. Pierces ''Favorite Prescription
would remedy in a short time. Remember,
that the "Favorite Prescription" will un.
failingly cure all female weaknesses,
and restore health and beauty. By all
druggists. Send three stamps for DR..
Pierce's treatise on Diseases of Women C96
pagesD. Address WORLDS MEDICAL Asso.
CITATION, Buffalo, \. Y.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21

The Deseret News. Mormon journal,
SAYS that in hades water is not plenty,
and baptism cannot he administered
least of all, baptism by immersion.
But no one can be saved who is not
baptized. Therefore. "the living may
stand in the place of the dead and re-
ceive the ordinance vigorously" This
is baptism for the dead"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
SUNLIGHT ALL THE WAY.
LHarper's Weeklv.l

lHarperS Weekly
"Good-by, Jennie; the road is long,
And the moor is hard to cross;
But well you know there is danger
In the boys and marshy moss.
But keep in the foot path, Jennie,
Let nothing tempt you to stray;
Then you'll get safely over it,
For there's sunlight all the way.
Sunlight all the way;
So never you fear,
Keep good heart. dear,
For there's sunlight all the way
The child went off with blessing
And kiss of mother-love;
The daisies were down at her feet,
And the lark was singing above.
On. on. in the narrow foot-path-
Nothing could tempt her to stray;
So the moor was passed at nightfall,
And she'd sunlight all the way.
Sunlight all the way;
And she smiling said,
As her bed was spread,
Il had sunlight all the way"
And l, who followed the maiden,
Kept thinking as went,
Over the perilous moor of life
What unwary feet are bent.
If they could keep the toot-path,
And not in the marshes stray,
Then they would reach the end of life
Ere the night could shroud the day.
They'd have sunlight all the way,
But the marsh is wide,
And they turn aside,
And the night fails on the day.
Far better to keep the narrow path,
Nor turn TO the left or right;
For g we loiter at morning,
What shall we do when the night
Falls back on our lonely journey,
And we mourn our vain delay
Then steadily onward, friends. and we
Shall have sunlight all the way.
Sunlight all the way,
Till the journeys DER,
And we reach the shore
OF ending dav.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21

The complicated diseases brought on by
intense study, thought, care, anxiety, ETC.,
are often of the most serious nature.
Heed such symptoms as loss of memory,
universal lassitude heart disease, kidney
complaints. liver troubles and a general
breaking down of health and strength.
When thus afflicted. when the least exer-
ton causes great fatigue, when life seems
a burden, use the reliable strengthening
tonic, Browns Iron Bitters. 1t will afford
YOU sure relief
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21
The wish bone" wedding.

The ''wishbone" wedding has become
the correct thing. The couple stand
beneath floral wishbone. After the
ceremony the bride and groom are
given the wishbone to pull. The tug
results in break somewhere. and who
ever holds the long piece is absolved
from getting up to build sres in tle
morning.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-02-21

Mrs. GOVERNOR Moody, upon her re-
turn from San Francisco, brought with her
a magnificent grand square piano to adorn
the mansion house. The instrument is a
Knabe, and does full credit to that cele-
brated make. With such an agency to in
vite the MUSES., the Governor should hence
forth be only moody" in name.-The Ore
gon Statesman.