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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
A GIRL ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Every Young Lady Should Be Instructed in
the Science of Carving Meats.

Every Young Lady Should Be Instructed in
the Science of Carving Meats.
One of the minor accomplishments to
be acquired by every girl is the science
or art of carving Let her learn how
to cook by all means, if she has any
gift for that divine art, but to under
stand the graceful dissection of joint
or fowl is still more important if she
ever intends being at the head of an
establishment Generally this duty
falls to the man of the house, who,
though he may not be skillful, is yet
strong of wrist, and whose right it is to
hack and slash without reproof from
the other end of the board. But when
a lady can easily and dexterously per-
form this share of mans prerogative, it
has very pretty appearance. There
must be many persons in Boston who
can recall the dignity and the elegance
with which Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis al
WAYS presided at her little dinners in
Mount Vernon street, for whoever saw
her at such times would not be likely to
forget the hostess or the quaint charm
of the surroundings of that hospitable
and now memorable abode. Mrs. Otis
was the only woman in Boston who had
sufficient tact and intellectual power
to hold a salon where all cliques
and classes of society were welcome,
and she was also one of the few,
if not the only woman, who under
stood the art of giving a comfortable,
choice dinner, without any of the dis
play that detracts so much nowadays
from true hospitality. She would sit at
her table and carve the roast, cooked
in her kitchen before an open wood
fire with as much ease as though she
sat on a throne, waving a sceptre that
acted like magician's wand. The
guests who never numbered more than
three or five, watched the proceeding
with delight or they were unconscious
of any effort being made to supply their
wants. for Mrs. Otis was a most bril-
liant conversationalist, and this matter
in hand of cutting up the piece de re-
sistence of a dinner never for one IN
slant disturbed the mental flow or re-
duce the table to silence. 1t was an
education to see Mrs. Otis at those
moments, and not all the ponderous
buffers that have come since those days
into fashion can serve a dinner half so
well or so noiselessly as the MARY
who stood beside her chair. Had Mrs
Otis been richer perhaps this famous
phase of her famous hospitality would
not have had reason for being, and she
would only be remembered as public
spirited woman who did more to en-
large Boston thought and improve its
social culture than has been done before
or since her day.-Ihe Beacon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
Gems of Thought.

If you are moving onward, some
things must be left behind. What are
the things which are left behind in your
life?
The progress in sin is always rap
idlv from bad to worse, The only secur-
ity lies in making stand against the
beginnings of evil.
1t may serve as comfort to us in
all our calamities and Affections that he
that loses anything and get wisdom by
it is gamer by the loss.
Patience strengthens the spirit.
sweetens the temper. stiles anger, ex-
tinguishes envy, subdues pride; she
brides the tongue, refrains the hand,
and tramples upon temptations
Horne.
Though God has promised always to
guide His inquiring children in the way
that is right, He has nowhere promised
to make this way now seem right to
their friends or neighbors, or even to
emselves.-Hdliburtoa
Every individual has the broadcast
opportunity to better his condition
He who wastes his time and earnings
l1IuleSSlN CAL AOI CApCSb ~ iASC. Ills
own acts rivet him to a lower position.
Good men have tried the Bible; in
youth and in old age; in sickness and
in health; in business and at home: in
life and in death. Lawyers have tried
it; statesmen have tried it; society has
tried it In its charities, its education
and its laws; but it is not worn out; it
is not affected; it is ever young and
never old; it is the Lords book; we
need no other; the longer it is tried the
more satisfactory it is proved the word
of the Lord, which abideth forever
DR.. John Hall
Bear with each others faults.
Love one another and help one another
PITY each other. Bear each others
burdens. We are all moving on a great
marcia vaster assembly than ever
moved through the wilderness of old
and when we stand revealed to Him.
and He to us, and we to each other, we
shall look back with unspeakable sor-
row at the jars, and the discords and
the uncharities of this mortal life; and
for every sweet kindness, for every low
ing helpfulness, for every patience, and
for every self-denial or self-sacrifice we
shall Lift up thanks to Almighty God
Exchange.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
THE MINISTER'S WIFE.


| An Humble and Responsible Position.
Which Has Its Joys Well as Its Hard
ships and Trials.
We scarcely see religious paper
nowadays which does not make allusion
to the hardships of ministers wives.
Indeed, they have their trials They
have not only to look after the congre-
cation, but the minister. The pastors
| wife has to be the friendly critic of the
| If the preacher goes home with the
| suspicion that he has made dead fail
ure in his discourse, she has to per-
| suade him that it was not as bad as he
| supposed; that he will yet hear of good
| done by it; that his weakest efforts may
sometimes result in a great harvest;
that she liked it better this time than
when he preached it in the other settle
ments, etc. She is to stand between
| him and the door-bell; suppress I'M
pleasant things brought to the house
| by pestiferous gossips, tear up insult
| ing anonymous letters, and often on
small salary navigate household
around the Cape Horn of large expense.
| But oh, the joys of being minister's
wife, Is she not generally the pet of
the congregation? If she have culture
| and disposition she will have more at
| tention shown her than any other lady
in the naighborhood receives. She is
sought after, bowed to and consulted on
all subjects. She has an open door to
| all the confidence of the people. In a
word, no one has so fair a chance as
she. She may sometimes complain
about the hardships of her station, but
she is really so well satisfied with her
| place that she would not exchange with
| any one else. We can think of no
position more desirable than that of q
minister's wife, except that of a minis
ter. Trials-of' course. What women
are without them? Ever since Eve was
down sick from eating too many har-
| vest apples, woman has had troubles;
but the parsonage is not the favorite
place for their congregating. The mer-
riest we have seen, all up and down the
land, are ministers companions. We
| congratulate the parsonages of Christen-
dom!-Dr. Talmage, in Frank Leslie's
| Sunday MAGAZINE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
HOME AND FARM.

An agricultural journal advises the
planting of plum trees in the hen yard.
Eggs packed in well-dried ashes,
and Sc as not touch each other, have
been kept perfectly sweet for twelve
months.
supply your barns and stables
with brushes and wire curry-combs
that will not scratch the tender skin
OF animals, and see that they are used.
The stem of the pumpkin, when
the detection well sweetened, is very
valuable remedy for fiatulent or cranp
colic.-Troy Times.
-Puffs: Sift one quart of flour with
one teaspoonful of soda and two tea
spoonfuls of cream tartar. add one tea
full OF salt and one pint of water. Shape
into small cakes and bake in creased
pan.-The Household.
"A writer in the Prairie Farmer
proposes to have a bed of clean, sharp
sand, twelve to twenty feet square, in
closed and rooted over, for his horses
to roll in. The bed should be raised to
prevent water from running into the
Enclosure.
An experienced apiarist says: If
honey is kept where it freezes during
winter, the Gaping in the spring will
be found full of minute cracks, and as
soon as the weather is warm honey
will ooze from the cells. Some recon-
mend keeping it in dry, cool place.
DO not buy opiates for sleepless-
ness. Be out in the sun as much as
possible without a sunshade, and we
venture to say that you will slumber
soundly at night, Sunlight is very in
vigorating, and those who are healthy
never complain of loss of sleep. If
you want to be like a plant grown in
the shade remain in doors.-N T.
Herald.
A recent cough will almost always
yield to the following treatment within
two or three days: Mix in bottle four
ounces of glycerine, two ounces of al
cohol. two ounces of water, two grains
of morphine. Shake well. Dose for
an adult, one or two teaspoonfuls
every two or three hours. Half this
quantity to children from ten to fif-
teen years.-It is not safe to give it to
infants or children under ten years of
age.-Chicago Journal.
A writer in the Tribune and Farmer
states that he has cured several cases
of founder with alum. He put one
tablespoonful. finely pulverized, as far
back in the animals mouth as possible,
as soon as making the discovery that
the horse was stiffened. Not only
does he claim that he has cured several
cases. but strongly affirms that he
has never known the remedy to fail, if
given Immediately after the trouble has
developed itself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

the brightest point in her vistas OF
Christmas joys This day of rejoicing
over the memory of Christ's birth is 8
good day to take deep quaff of the
pure water of life With Christ rejoic-
ing with us within, the rudest storms of
winter or of temptation without, and
barred out, are only the deep bass Of
the hearts music. Both of them have
twisted us and buffeted us When safe,
and safe folded with Heavenly and
earthly friends, the darkness and storm
only give greater sense of security and
cheer.
Make the day as bright and delight
full as possible. 1t is day for the rev.
elry of love, and the heart which is
warmed and irradiated by it viii seek it
again. 1t is a day in memory of Gods
manifestation of infinite love to man
make it memorable anew by displays of
love to our fellow men, Chicago In
terror.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
QUEER, BUT GOOD.
How a North Carolina Justice of the Pea
Decided Case.

How a North Carolina Justice of the Peace
Decided q Case.
Senator Vance claims that the people
of North Carolina are the most law
abiding people in the world, and to
prove it tells of a newly appointed
Justice of the Peace who on public
occasion, when fight was about to
commence, commanded the peace, and
preserved it by rushing between two
combatants, drawing a knife foot in
length. and threatening instant death
to the man that should violate the pub
lie peace.
know (writes a correspondent OF
an incident which illustrates admirably
the love of justice which animates our
excellent body of magistrates, as well
as their ingenuity in threading the
mazes of the law, and arriving at its
true meaning and intent.
a newly appointed j. P. in one of our
eastern counties was trying civil case
of much difficulty, in which the law
appeared to be involved in consider
able doubt. On one side was Lawyer
B, contending that the lawwas dead
in favor of his client; ON the other
was Lawyer H, who was equally as
positive that the law was clearly on the
other side. The Court was in great
doubt for time, but a lucky idea oc-
Cured to its mind. Gentlemen" said
the Court. 1.-The facts in this case are
well ascertained, but the law seems to
be doubtful The attorneys on each
size have stated what the law is. but
they do not agree. The Court decides
that as the facts are established by the
oaths of acitnesses, the law must be es-
tablishcd IN like manner. The Court
requires each attorney to swear that
the law is what he has asserted it to
be-"
One of the attorneys took the re-
quired oath without hesitation. The
other demurred, and lost his case.
Our new j. p. declares that he has
discovered a plan of getting at the
truth of the law never thought of by
Coke or Blackstone.-Hdrper Maya
zine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
$4,000 Gone:

SAN Francisco, CAL.-The Chronicle
publishes in substance the following mar
vel. Captain w. F. Swasey, the oldest pio-
neer of the coast, makes statement of the
intense suffering of his friend Colonel D. J.
Williamson, an Army officer of distinction,
and an Ex-U. S. ConSul, who was attacked
in the winter of 1872 with violent rheu-
matism. So great was his agony in after
years he became a helpless cripple, and
after trying numberless remedies, the baths
of other countries and spending fortune
of $4,000, the disease seemed to assume a
more virulent type. Finally, he was per-
suaded to try St.Jacobs Oil, the great con-
queror of pain. 1t worked a miracle OF
cure. In letter to the Chronicle he con-
firms Captain Swasey's statement and adds:
cheerfully give nay unqualified attessa-
ton to the truthfulness of the statement,
because I feel perfectly certain that a
knowledge of my cure by st. Jacobs Oil
will prove the means of relieving hundreds
of sufferers"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

THE day may come when our most
respected citizen may be seen buying
baled air instead of baled hay, says an
inventor of Springfield, Mass, who has
several inventions relating to the pro-
pulsion of tricycles by compressed air
and compressed gases. A steel cylin-
der three feet long and eight inches in
diameter. adding but trihe to the
weight of the machine, win propel a
tricycle ten or twelve miles with a
eh me,or a esln nna ehargea
ing motor viii propel tricycle. fifty
miles
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

"A plat of twenty acres of ground
on New York Island. at the junction of
the Hudson River and the Spuyten
Devil Greek, was sold for $4,000 re-
Gently. This is the piece of land to
which Washington Irving referred in
his 4.History of New York as 1.-The
uromontory which projects into the
Hudson, and from which Van Car
lear. the famous trumpeter of old Peter
Sfuyvesant, attempted Tin spite of the
deriI to swim across the dark and
ssormv waters of the little creek.-M
7. Tines
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

Some of the hardships of the rural
editor are exposed by the Rockville
(Kan.) Globe in these touching words:
I'VE are under obligations for an lnvi-
tation to attend a hop at the new
Opera-house in Schell CITY. Friday even
ing. We regret that walking is so bad
between here and there that it is I'M
possible for us to attend.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

THEVoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRo-VoL-
TAIc BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 30 days, to men tyoung or old)
afflicted with nervous debility. loss of vital
ity and all kindred troubles Also forrheu-
matism, neuralgia araly sis, and many 9TH
er diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor, land manhood guaranteed. No risk in
Cured, as so days. trial is allowed. Write
them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

The Connecticut Humane Society is
to receive annually one-eighth of the in-
come of 800, 900 or more under the
provisions of the will of the late Junius
d. Bristol, of Southington
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

ABOUT thirty years arc prominent
physician, DR.. William Hall, discovered a
remedy for diseases OF the throat, chest and
lungs, which was OF such wonderful effica-
~ that it soon gained wide reputation IN
ibis country. The name of the medicine is
DR.. WIN. HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

PIXIES TooTHAcHE DROPS curefn minute, &c
Gtenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. CSC.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

A cUTAwAY jacket is the proper costume
for an elopement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was married at the
age of twenty lone. He discovered light
ming shortly afterward.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

For THROAT DISEASES, CoUSHs, COLDS,
'tBroarn's Bronchial Troches." Price aocts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

WITH the drunkard life is reel.-Philo
delphid Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

A PROMISING young man-One who gets
his clothing on credit.-Chlcdgo Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

Judgment Day January 4. 1885.
We are prepared to prove it by the Word
Of God. For information, address
o. B Kali or A. j. Rawson, Woodruff, Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

LOVE may laugh at locksmiths, but h
smiles very complacently ON coachmen.-
Boston Budget.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
Young Men, Read This.

You are over head and ears in debt be-
cause you haven't paid your halter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Thompsons Eye Water. Druggists sell it. Csc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

We VII! again sen during
the month Of December 400
ORGANS on The Install
menf plan, Sc b $50 por
month. Write Us early ior 4
catalogue and prices, espc-
cialIy II you want the Instru-
ment before the Holidays.
Every instrument will bc
sent on FIVE DAYS TRIAL
and guaranteed fer s YEARS.
Address,
WEAVER ORGAN & PLANO CO.,
York, Pa.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

U3EYEe7 Cash Eirs
ReziAnA laaid for
Istrafs taken previous
70 Iune Il 1870. In kan
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-03
Crimes and Criminals,

A man giving the name of E. Il. Marshall
was arrested III Milwaukee while attempting to
pass $50 Bank of England note at the Mer-
camille Exchange bank
Lewis keckley of Oregon suspect of setting
fire to his house, and burning skeleton in
tending to represent his own remains, 80 his
wife could recover his life insurance, who
was arrested at Ashland, feigned to be crazy
He was taken by the Sheriff back to Hills
boro.
As Kate Murphy was walking along the side
walk in Cincinnati some boy threw lighted
firecracker into her pocket The frecracker
exploded and ignited her clothing. Before
the flames were put out she was seriously
burned about her lower limbs and hips She
cannot live.
At the house of James Howard at Pickctt's
Creek, Ky, billiard johnson knocked at the
door and when Howard looked out shot him
dead. johnson then searched the house for
Joseph Neal, and found him concealeded be-
hind the stove. They both fired at once, and
both fell dead without speaking. The trouble
was about notorious woman.
Adolph Dills, German farmer living in
Creek township, Woodbury. county, Iowa, &C.
duccd the thirteen year old daughter of a
neishbor named Grcap. The girl becoming
enceinte, Dills entleavo-ed to have her mar
led to his twclvc-year- old son. Failing in this,
he took the girl and left; also taking his boy
along. Warrants have been sworn ont and Off
GERS will attempt to capture the runaways, but
there is, as yet no clew to their whereabouts
Dills is an old resident and has a grown-up
family.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-03
Personal News Notes,

Allan Pinkcrton, the founder of the Pinker-
ton detective system, is lying at the point of
DEATH
E. X. Hindman, one of tho most prominent
railroad men of Pennsylvania died at Pittsburg
of consumption.
Gen. Horace c. Lee, late postmaster, colonel
Of the Twenty seventh Massachusetts regiment
in the war, aud mustered ont as a brevet briga-
dior general, died in Springfield recently.
Walter Wilson, who left Montreal suddenly
on the eve of his wedding and who has since
been sojourning in New York, returned, and
the marriage will be celebrated privately
Hon. S S. Caldwell, vice president of the
United States National bank of Omaha, and
ex-mayor Of that city, died there, aged fifty.
He was prominent in nearly every public en-
terpriso, and leaves an estate Of $500, 200.
Gen. and Mrs Sheridan are going to Chicago
to be present at tho inauguration of the new
driving park, of which he was one of the or
isinators, and is still the president They ex-
poet to remain i'll Chicago week or So Later.
in July, Mrs. Shcriden and the children will
go to Manchester, Mass, for the summer
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-03

The death rates among the negroes
in southern cities is hardly short of ap-
palling. A comparison of the statistics
in regard to mortality during the month
of May shows that in Washington the
annual death rate among whites was but
1913 per thousand, while among the
blacks it was 27.3; in Charleston the
figures were respectively 1877 and 1913;
in Atlanta, 10 and 1914; and in Rich
mond, 1877 and 50.3. If Il death rate
among the blacks in the rural districts
reached anything like such proportions
as these, the race would appear doomed,
but the last census showed that there is
no reason to suppose that the mortality
among them throughout the south gen
orally, is alarming. They die off in
droves in the cities because they are
there huddled together in close quar-
tiers, where they fall an easy prey to
idleness and vice, as we'll as disease.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-03

The late unprecedented rains in Cali
fornia have done great damage to the
crops. Hundreds of tons of hay lying
in the fields will be a total loss, while
thousands of acres of grain are laid flat
on the ground. A dispatch from Sail
mas says: "The rains have been the
heaviest ever experienced in the valley
in the month of June. Thousands of
tons of hay are lying in the fields, q
soggy mass, rendered unfit for any pur-
pose. All the heavy barley is down,
most of it beyond recovery. Wheat is
in the same state. The loss to farmers
in this section from these rains will not
be less than half million dollars"
Rain at this season in California as
tounds the oldest inhabitant and all are
ready to admit that the theory of q
change Of climate may have something
in it after all.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-03

The farmers of the northwest have
reason for gratitude that the killing
frosts and drouth which have almost de-
vastated some portions of New
England and other States, did not pre-
vail in this section. Though the season
was late, yet the recent warm and wet
weather has pushed things ahead beyond
the most sanguine expectations, and
there is fair prospect that everything
will ripen before the usual time for
frosts. 1t has been often remarked
that the northwest is more exempt from
untimely frosts than sections of country
several degrees further south, and this
statement is bourne out by the expert
ence of at least quarter of century.
The northwest now blossoms like the
rose, and frosts and drouth have not
done any harm this year, as yet: