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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

A correspondent of New York pa
per, in answer to query as to the first
name of an odiOus character In Irish
history, gives some interesting details.
Authentic and rare Memorabilia OF the
Irish Rebellion of 1898 in possession of
the writer enable him to furnish facts
that not only definitely settle the mat
ter, but make interesting reading, even
at this late day. His praenomen was
Edward. Under date of Sept. Is, 1900,
Mr.. Higgins records in his journal:
Died on Thursday night of dropsieal
complaint, Lieut.. Edward Hepenstall of the
Sixty-eighth Regiment, some time back off,
Ger in the Wicklow militia.
Then follows tribute ts the worth
of the dead giants jealous and loyal
services i'm the late rebellion
His grave in the churchyard of st.
Andrews. Dublin is still uninscribed,
though is was once suggested by DR..
Barrett that his epitaph might be writ
ten in two lines:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

To those of our Republican friends
hereabouts who insist that the negroes
of the South are not given "a free bal
lot and an honest count" we commend
the following remarks Of ex-senator
Bruce (colored) of Mississippi, in refer
ence to Blaine's Augusta speech:
Mr.. Blaine's utterances were demagogieal
in the extreme and entirely unwarranted by
the present condition of the people of the
south. The greatest harmony has existed
between the whites and colored population,
and Mr.. Blaine's charges of violence and in
timidation at the polls are altogether false.
The south ut the present time is loyal and
peaceful and in the very best frame of mind
to enter npon harmonious relation with
the people of the north.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

Our mouth waters in enyious response
to a little item i'm the Bloomfield Vin-
dictator of last week. How unostenta-
tiously the editor piumeth himself, and
with what innocent glee he eroweth
softly, with his eye askance at his less
fortunate but perhaps equally a-hun-
gered brethren:
Orlando Bedford handed us goodsized
package last Wednesday evening, which was
neatly wrapped up, aud on which We discoy-
cred card, reading: Compliments of j. ".
Harrison to the Editor" We proceeded to
remove the covering and to our surprise,
though agreeably, we beheld turkey, pre-
pared in good style for the Viadicator matron.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
An End to Bone scrap1ng.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, ILL.,, says:
Having received so much benefit from Elec-
tric Bitters, feel 1t my duty to let suffering
humanity know. Have had q running sore
on nv leg for eight years; my doctors told
me would have to have the bone scraped or
leg amputated. used, instead, three bot
ties of Electric Bitters and seven boxes
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and my leg ia Row
fonud and WELL" Electric Bitters are sold
at fifty cents bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica
saive at Zoe per box BY p. r. Crisp.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

II you want a iirst-class Turnout and
Trusty Driver, 60 to
COLLINS & STAFFORD's
Livery Stable, Iroutou.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-26
Fashionable Idiosyncrasies.

Ihe ldioSyncraSies Of fashion are
among the things which are past finding
out. Why young maidens should handi-
cap themselves with large smelling bot
ties when they go out, while they are
sufficiently loaded down with trains,
tournures and large bouquets, is mys-
tery to the uninitiated. OF course. these
cut-glass smelling bottles are only an
affectation, for the gold or silver tops
are never removed to inhale the cologne
contained in the bottle. They are not
pretty nor as convenient to toy with as
fans, for the fingers can never relax
their hold upon them. One girl is the
proud posseSsor of bottle foot long.
of slender proportions, cut in diamonds
with top of gold. 1t was a Christmas
gift, and cost at Tiffanny's in New
\ ork $40. Others cost from $40 to $50.
are shorter, but larger around than the
one named. The beaux have no chance
TO squeeze the hands of the ladies.
as they are occupied in caring for the
smelling bottles and flowers. l. NAV be
these are intended as projections, Cor
satan finds some mischief still for idle
hands to do"
Now that many gentlemen (among
them the President) do not wear gloves,
but they lay pair lengthwise between
the brim and crown of their crushed
opera hats, where they remain unused
through the season. One gentleman
who goes out every night to dinners
and receptions says that in this way he
had but one pair of evening cloves in
two years. His folded hat and gloves
are carried for ornament only.
the hat never being opened. This
Is an immense saving, and saves the
men (never say gentlemen, for it is not
fashionable) great advantage over
the women, which does not include
girls. They stand proudly alone as
class until married, and then they are
women. This going back on the terms
ladies and gentlemen perhaps arises
from the fact that since emancipation
We have ''wash ladies, ""sIop gemmenD
and "salesladieS." Men and women
are good terms for use, and there is an
abrupt sound when the girls speak of
their acquaintance as ''the men,"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-26
Bac-NInh.

This town, the theatre of military
movements in China is about twenty
miles north of Hanoi, on the Red river.
The road there from Hanoi is a portion
of the grand route leading to China
After crossing the Red river the road
leads to the Canal of the Rapids, which
II crosses not far from plec, called
Phu Tu Son. and thence leads in a sraght
line to Bac-NInh. This grand route is q
simple causeway, three CT four yards wide,
with rice fields on either side. There are
numerous villages through which the road
passes, and which would be difficult 10
take if resistance is offered, for they are
surrounded with almost Impenetrahle
banbo plantations, from which an enemy
coulo be dislodged only by setting them
on fire. On the right of the road, at dis
tance of few hundred yards from Bac-
Mimi, are TWO small emineEces, some
hillocks command both the town and the
passage OF the Song eau. but they can be de-
fendei only by few pieces OF artillery.
The citadel of Bsc Mini is one of the
smallest in TOnguIn. Around the citadel
some 500 or 600 thstched houses are clus-
tered. These are surrounded with high
fences of cactus and tamboo, and are scat
tered about without regard 10 order, in
tangle OF bamboo clumps and palm trees.
The town Is OF small Importance, except
for The fact that 1t is in the hands of the
Chinese and commands the main road lead
ing from the Upper Delta 70 China.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-26
Teach Your Boys.

Teach them that true lady may be
found in calico quite as frequently as
in velvet,
Teach them that a common school
education, with common sense, is bet.
ter than college education without it.
Teach them that one good, honest
trade is worth dozen professions.
Teach them that honesty is the best
pOlicy''-that it is better to be poor,
than rlch on profits of crooked dealing.
Teach them to respect their elders
and themselves.
Teach them that, as they expect to
be men some day, they can not too
soon learn to protect tie weak and
helpless.
Teach them to wear patched clothes
is no disgrace, but TO wear a black eye
is.
Teach item that God is no respecter
OF sex, and that when he gave the sew
enth commandment he meant it for
them as well as for their sisters.
Teach them that by endulging their
appetites in the worst forms
Of dissipation, they are not to become
the husbands of pure girls.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-26

The tumbling Of pigeon is a habit
which, if seen in a wild bird, would
certainly have been called instructive;
more especially if, as has been asserted,
it aids these birds in escaping from
hawks. There must have BEEN some
physical cause which induced the first
tumbler to spend its activity in q
manner unlike that of any other bird in
the world. The behavior of the ground
tumbler or Lotan of India renders it
highly probable that in this sub-breed
the tumbling is due to some affection OF
the brain, which has been transmitted
from before the year 1900 to the present
day. 1t is only necessary to gently
shake these birds, or, in the case of the
kalmi LOtan, to touch them ON the
neck with wand, LII order to make
them begin rolling over backward on
the ground. This they continue to do
with extraordinary rapidity until they
are utterly exhausted, or even, as some
say, until they die, unless they are
taken up, held in the hands and soothed;
and then they recover. 1t is well known
that certain LESSONS of the brain, or in
ternal parasites, cause animals to turn
necessarily round and round either to
the right or left, sometimes accompa-
MED by a backward movement; and
Mr.. Moore gives an account Of the
somewhat analogous result which fol-
lowed from pricking the brain of
pigeon with needle. Birds thus
treated roll over backward in convul-
N nxanflu tho do
the ground tumblers; and the same
effect is produced by giving them hy-
drocyanic acid with strychnine. One
pigeon which had its brain thus pricked
recovered perfectly, but continued ever
afterward to perform somersaultS like a
tumbler, though not belonging to any
tumbling breed.
The movement appears to be of the
nature of recurrent spasm or convul-
sron, which throws the bird backward,
as in tetanus; it then recov ers its
balance end is again thrown backward.
Whether this tendency originated from
some accidental injury, or, as seems
more probable, from some morbid affec-
tion Of the brain, cannot be told; but
at the present time the affection can
hardly be called morbid in the case of
common tumblers, as these birds are
perfectly healthy and seem to enjoy
performing their feats; or, as an old
writer expresses it, showing like fsOt-
balls in the air." The habit apparently
can be controlled to a certain extent by
the will. But what more particularly
concerns us is that it is strictly inher-
tied. Young birds in an aviary which |
have never seen a pigeon tumble take |
TO it when first let free. The habit |
also varies much in degree in different
individuals and in different sub-breeds,
and it can be greatly augmented by
continued selection, IS seen in the |
house tumblers, which can hardly rise
more than foot or two above the
ground without going head over heels
n the air,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-26
sne Was Not 10 be Beaten.

Mrs. Percy Yerger is one of those
AMBITIOUS women who never allows her
sell TO be surpassed by anybody in any-
thng. She actually crowed over the
nelghbors, because one of her children
was worse broken out with. the measles
tnan all the rest of the children in that
part OF Austin put together.
Not long since she made an afternoon
call on Mrs. Watermelon, a near neigh
Dor. Mrs. Watermelon brought 0ut
some tea and cakes and deprecated The
tea being SO weak, and the cakes nat
having the right flavor.
What do you call this tea weak =,
SAID Mrs. 1erger turning up her nose.
and then smiling most concentrations
smile.
Yes, am afraid the water wasn't
boiling, " replied Mrs. Watermelon de-
murely.
Mrs. Yerger shifted the air scornfuI-
ly. Il don't think the tea is Door at
all, Mrs. Watermelon compared with
mine" hope you will return nv call
at an early day, and then it Will be a
pleasure to prove to you that [ can
make tea, one cup of which VIII be
weaker than a whole pot full of this
stuff that you are boasting about, Ask
my husband, ask the University stud
entS, who are boarding with us, if they
ever tasted such tea as l give them.
When 1t comes to real thin tea III car
ry of the ribbon from any other woman
in Austin, Mrs. Watermelon and |
want you to know it.''
~ es, +" responded Mrs. Watermelon,
L expect yours is the worst. You
know you are so much older and more
experienced than l am.n
Mrs. Yerger gathered herself 10. and
with glance that might do credit to
member of the Texas Legislature who
has been caught in lie, Indignantly
left the house.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-26
Obituary Notice.

a "Y ou see, observed the law reporter
! leaning back to sharpen his pencil an
! contemplating his work with mucl
misgiving, "you see I'm little benin,
on this obituary business. So far as Nv
got L think it top-shelf production
, but l seem to get knocked out on tn
wind up"
"Help you any?" inquired the polio,
reporter. '.How have you got it?''
''I've told all about who he was ant
what he was," replied the law reporter
and then say:
"'Our loss Is his eternal gain, ant
let us hope that while he rests in The
peaceful usufruct of such gain
"'And there L stop.'''
"Haye you put in anything about
casting deep gloom over the commu
nityp" asked the police reporter. III
you haven't, there's just the place fol
it,"
us that necessary" inquired the law
reporter, doubtfully.
Il never saw one without il, +" replied
the police reporter, positively. 81 don't
think his friends will be satisfied if it is
left out.''
suppose make it read:
"Our loss Is his eternal gain, and let
US hope that though he has cast deep
gloom over the community, he rests
LII the peaceful usufruct Of such gain
Can't you ring in Roscoe Conkling's
speech on Oliver p. Morton2" asked
the police reporter, as the law reporter
looked up inquiringly. That runs.
He needs no epitaph but his name. ,
Try 1t and see how it will look"
Il guess that's pretty good idea, {"
assented the law reporter filling it in.
'Can you think of something about his
goodness! He was up in charitable
matters, and the folks always like to
hear it alluded to.''
II saw rathera neat thing once, said
the police reporter. at said of a man
that he would always be remembered
as possessing the highest attribute of
mankind for his fellow men. How's
that strike you?'
Couldn't be better!'' exclaimed the
law reporter, putting it down. "Now
III ring in a send off for the man who
gave me the facts, and we've got some-
thing to be proud Of"
''How does 1t read?" asked the police
reporter, as the law reporter showed his
pencil behind his ear after few mo-
ments of hard work.
First rate! Tip top!' smiled the
law reporter. Just listen to this:
Our loss is his eternal gain, and let
us hope that though he has cast a deep
gloom over the community Ee rests in
the peaceful usufruct of such gain. He
needs no epitaph but his name, and he
will be remembered as possessing the
highest attributes, for he loved his fel-
low-men, and was the father-in-law of
ex-POlice Justice Jim Swell, now of
II regard it as touch OF nature"
conceded the police reporter, as the
law reporter led the way to the billiard
rooms. 1--WE couldn't use the dull
thud' because he didn't go out in that
way; but as it is L look upon it rs
gem.p
And the law reporter smiled pleas |
antly and, with the air of a man who |
could go outside the line of his duties |
and still shine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-26
Unpleasant Callers.

II have given positive orders to my
servants not to admit any stranger be-
yOnd the vestIl ule," said a lady recently.
"The well-dressed pedler has become q
complete abomlnation." she continued.
''He is 50 well disguised new and has
such plausible manner that he easily
deceives the servant into supposing he Is
some friend of the family and 50 gains
admittsnce into reception-roOm. He
may be a thief; in that case he helps
himself to anything he fancies 10 the
way Of brIc a-brac, umbrellas or oyer
coats, and leaves the house while the
servant is bringing the neatly engraved
card TO me. Granted, however, the un-
known caller be honest, the annoyance Is
almost as great as If he stole something.
You receive the card-'Mr. Langley Jones.
You wonder who on earth Mr.. Jones is;
presume he is somebody with a lette- of
introduction aud hurriedly throw CT your
wrapper. You make a hasty toilette.
wishing with all your heart that mir.
Jones' were In another country or would
call at sou:e more sessouable hour than IL
A. NJ. Still, your natural puliteness over
comes yo1r Ill humor and you finally
enter your drawing-room and bow courte
ously to the well-dressed stranger, who Is
MIR. Jones In well-chosen language the
visitor apologies for his intrusion and
then produces from his pockdt . small
package which he opens and informs you
Is furniture polish and he ID the egent for
Its sale.'
'Of course yoC at once ring for sery-
ant and order him outi''
''Not at all. The man Is 80 polite, so
choice in his words, that you are forced TO
listen and you generally purchase pack
age OF the polish for an extortionate sum
in order to get rid of the fellow"
NOW l will tell you what actually hap
pened few dsys ago to q friend of mine,
Mrs - OF Spruce street. She mad so
instructed her man servant in regard to
strange callers, amt he Is such an intelli-
gent person, that she considered herself
safe from unwarranted intrusion. How
ever, one morning the servant brings up
an engraved card and says that perfect
gentleman ls Ia the sitting room. Mrs.
- did not know the name on the card,
but did not doubt it was some friend of
her husbands from 3 distance. and hast
ened down stairs To see the visitor. He
bowed, made some general remarks about
the pleasure it gave him to see her, and
while be was speaking opened little box,
took out piece of chamoIs skin from his
pocket, dipped it in the little box and
quietly began to pollsn silver candlestick
which stood on slde5oard. My friend
could not speak or move from astonish-
ment. She simply sat and watched the
man, who. by-the-way, spoke excellent
English, and really was interesting In his
Well, to make long story
short, that man polished q second candle
stick and silver cup and retired with q
fve-dollar bill Of my friends, leaving the
alleged equivalent in silver polishing
powder behind him.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-26
Queen CharIotte's Island.

Probably no other group in the wide
world carries more curlosities, natural and
artificial, than Q1een CharlOt:e's Island.
The geologlst, the mineralogist, the bota.
mist, the agriculturist, may each of them
md here wide field for research. while
the antiquarian, the teleologist and others
oil the llk would be highly interested.
In their strange and wonderful sea mar
gins, In their not less wonderful cayerps.
In which natures work ID long past ages il
written as plainly as on the pages OF a
| oook; IN their rocks, whose volcanic con-
tortions smite the beholder with mute
aWazement; in their shells which as fossils
are found deep down IN the seams of their
anthracite coal, while near Cape Ball the
ssme sort are found alive 10 the sands oF
the sea shore; of these the geologist couId
write volumes. In their quartz ledoes
which have been traced from shore 70
shore, IN which gold is plainly visible. IN
coal measures and other minerals. a vIds
neid may yet be found for the mineralo-
gist.
The various kinds of plants belonging tn
these islands, the tiny flowers in their nat.
ural beauty peepIng out from behind the
neilng snow DRIFT on the lonely noun
talns, the modest lupIns and the luscions
strawberries, natures gift to man, and
even the broad-lesved bush-grass-aII
these, as they follow IN the wake OF the
recedlng waters of Queen CharlotteIs
stormy seas, would yIeld an ample store
for the botanIst
among their snOw-clad mountains nv
the wild torrens and the gentle river bv
the lights and shades reiec ed By the s1o-
set hills In autumn's shortening davs
ooundless range Is offered for the pencils
magic skill, while the broad acres of rich
auuvlal bottoms, and the unlimited extent
VI lsnds whose nutritious grasses wayer IN
tne breeze, would lead the farmer to say.
"Oh, If these lands were mine and nv
n)cSs and herds ranged over the l,1xnr,snt
plenty they stfOrd!" To the antIouarian
the ethnologist and other scientists. the
flch carvings ON the columns and the
quaint legends they depict, and the legend
aEY lore of the people, would afford a vast
uatrodden field Even the cOncho,osIst
would feel at home on the abAlone she'll
covered shores OF PIllOn Bay and on the
rocks of North Island.
10 the plsca.orlal disciples of Izask
W alton, an unlimited amount OF sport is
furnished by the streams Ia them they
can ind the silver salmon and the dainty
little trout OF the mountain rin. II tired
of these and wishing larger sport, let them
90 10 the greater depths of ocean, down TO
where the stormy wIads of winter ara
never felt, to where, deep IN the oceans
'lves, they will ind myrlad throng Of
hose denlzens of the deep, the black cod.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-26
Fiirtation to Some Purpose.

In 1881 John TOlly Johns. a wealthy
and eccentric citizen of Baltimore
county, died, leaving an estate valued
at about $4,000 and several wills. He
was known to have been particularly
erratic at the time he made his last will.
Which ignored his nearer relatives, and
consequently the latter contested the
Will. The case came up for trial in the
spring of 1882 One of the interested
parties was DR.. John Caldwell, a PROM
lnent physician of Baltimore, who had
his young and charming daughter Maud
as witness to cid Johns insanity. On
the jury was dashing young member
of the Baltimore Corn and Flour Ex-
change. He became smitten with the
fair witness, and could notrefrain from
gazing at her pretty face during the re-
malnder OF the trial. The young lady,
becoming aware of his attentions, and
being desirouS of making as strong an
impression on the jury as possible,
smiled at the love-sick juror. He smiled
back, and afterwards bowed. and the
salutation was returned.
This Irritation was kept up to the dis
may of the defendants lawyers, who,
when they lost the case, tried hard to
get new trial on the strength of this
public Irritation. At the hearing of
the motion for new trial it was
proved that Turner had fought hard in
the jury room to have the will broken.
and had spoken often of Miss
Caldwell, saying at one time:-
What pity it would be to give a
ve.dlct against such lovely girl"
Mr.. Turner acknowledged that he
had been smitten, but denied that it
in any way influenced his action. As
soon as the trial ended, however, he
made haste to cultivate Miss Caldwell's
acquaintance, and succeeded so well
that In a short time they were engaged.
The wedding quietly took place re-
Gently.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-26
Three ropes.

The Pope has given orders for the
removal Of the body Of Innocent Ill
from Perugia to Rome, where splendid
monument will be erected to him. The
remains OF Gregory VII will also be
brought from Salerno and buried next
to Alexander Ill, the author Of the
Lombard League. So the three POpes
who have fought most for the church
will be all buried together In the grand
Basilica.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-26
EVENING.

Slow sinks the sun. far distant IN the west
Coloring with richest hues the evening
skies;
The deepening shadows lun ths earth to
rest.
And as they onward creep the bright day
flies
Before the gloming, with reluctant tread.
And sadly joins the hoars so quickly fed.
The nodding flowers have closed their per-
fumed bells;
The night wind softly waves the rustling
leaves;
And thro' the woods, whispering, the tale
it tells,
How for the dying day the lone night
grieves;
Dripping her dewy tears on wood and plain
Til morning brightens in the East again.