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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-08

THE ART or WAR.

\
The Duke Of Wellin8t0n's Opinion Com
ceFnlng It.
In coming to see me Gas he had done
the day but one before September 2d)
he (the Duke) had chosen to walk from
the station to our house, and without
even guide. He said he had found it
rough walk. and the ground inter-
sected in way he had not expected;
SO ! said to him: 1t seems you forgot
to guess what was at the other side of
the hill. This was in allusion to
circumstance which had occurred be-
tween him and me some thirty
years before. When travelling On the
north road, we amused ourselves bv
guessing what sort Of q country We
should find at the other side Of the hills
we drove up; and when / expressed
surprise at some extraordinary good
guesses he had made, he said: why,
I have spent all my life in trying 10
guess what was at the other side Of the
hill.''
had reminded him of this just as we
were driving across the ravine that had
impeded him, and he turned round to
Mrs. Croker to explain it to her. adding:
AL IIlc UuStuCSS "a WdAs dAo AAuCC0
all the business of life, is to endeavor to
find out what you don't know by what
you do; that's what called guessing
what was on the other side of the
hill. -
He said the perfection of practical
war was to move troops as steadily and
coolly on field of battle as on parade.
s'Soult's fault was that, though great
strategist, he never seemed to know
how to handle the troops after the bat
tie had begun
I then told him what Guizot told me
of Lannes having said that s.le plus
grand general etait celui que la canon
made faisait mieux entendre, ct que Ia
fumee faisait voir plus clair
Duke umph! Ca pause.l That's
only cleverer phrase for whatI have
been just saying-sang froid-presence
of mind; but that is not enough; the
mind, besides being cool, must have the
art of knowing what is to be done and
how to do it.-Croker's Conversations
aOith the Duke Of Wellington.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-08
EARTH-W WORMS.

Something About the Species Which Arc
Found in New Zealand.
An interesting paper on the habits of
earth-worms in New Zealand is con-
tributed to the New Zealand Institute
by Mr.. A. T. Urquhart. The species
are not named, but with such wonder
full opportunities as Mr.. Urquhart pos
sesses for making collections of these,
may we hope that, in addition to his
following out his painstaking observa-
tons as to their habits, he will also adj
vance science by making careful col
lection of the forms and placing them
in the hands of some of the able
naturalists of the Auckland Institute
for description 1t will be remembered
that Darwin assumes that in old
pastures there may be 1886 worms
per acre, and that Henson gives SO, 767
about half that number in corn fields.
Mr.. Urquhart gives, as the result of his
Investigations of an acre of pasture
land near Auckland, the large num-
Der of 34S, 480 worms as found therein.
1t being suggested to him that in
his selection of the spots for examina-
ed the richest, the experiment was
again tried in field seventeen years in
grass. A piece was laid out into
squares of 40 feet, and square foot
of soil was taken out of each corner;
worms hanging to the side walls OF the
holes were not counted. and In one
hole, where the return of worms was
blank. the walls were crowded with
worms. As result there was an aver
age of Is worms per square foot, or
1874, $50 per acre. Although this aver
age is very striking when compared
with that of Henson, it is worthy of
note that the difference between the
actual weight of the worms is not SO
marked. According to Henson, his
average of So, 767 worms would weigh
$50 pounds, while Mr.. Urquhart finds
that the average weight of the number
found by him came to 612 pounds and
9 ounces. Scientific american.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-08
SACRED BREAD STONES.

HOW the Zun1S Prepare the waters Which
Enter Into Their Religious Observ-
ances.
For no art or industry within the
range of the domestic duties of Zuni,
is SO much care and instruction be-
slowed by the old women on the young,
as for every process in the making of
the he-we or wafer breads. Year in
and year out, too, while these lessons
are being piled, it is told how the famed
and beloved Goddess of the White
Shells taught not few of her graces
and some secrets-in connection with
the daily occupation which forms their
theme. Of the secrets, chosen few
old women of the tribe are keepers.
With many mysterious rite and severe
penance, they quarry and manufacture
the enormous baking-stones on which
the fiaky toothsome he-we is made
Garrulous enough. mercy knows! are
these old crones on most other subjects;
but they guard with sphinx-like jeal-
ousy such of their methods and OBJ
servaDces as add prestige to experience
in their occasional calling. The usual
number of old women making up a
party of .sstone finishersn is four or
eight, rarely more. Four days previ-
ously to the tempering of the stones
they retire to an estufa or lone room,
there to fast and engage in certain
ceremOnials, in which croning tradi-
tional chants and repeating rituals
play an important part. During these
four days they never come forth unless
at rare intervals and for a very short
time (and then under the protecting in
fiuence of warning head-plumes) that
they may not be touched by the unin-
itiated. Yet, during the intermissions
of their religious observances, they
prepare great cakes of pinion gum,
carefully wrapping them in strips of
cedar bark, and in other ways make
ready for the work at hand. On the
morning of the day succeeding the last
night of their vigil, they repair in sim
gle file, headed by particular clan
Professionally a "Bauger," who on no
account touches one of them-to the
quarry. Before lifting the stones, be-
fore even quarrying any of them, they
recite long, propitiatory prayers, cast
ing abundant medicine-meal to the
Flesh of the rock.' With other but
shorter prayers the fire is kindled by
the old priest, who uses as his match a
stick of hard wood with which he drills
into a piece of dry, soft,
root. until the friction ignites the dust
of its own making, and to the flames
thus generated, offerings of dry food
are made. The stones are then brought
and when warm enough, placed over
the fires; being constantly anointed
with pitch and cactus juice, which they
greedily absorb, SO that they at least
seem solid masses of carbonized SUBJ
stance rather than gritty rock. From
the beginning to the end of this tenn
pering process never a word is spoken
aloud nor the least excitement or
sprightly action INDUCED in. Sounds
uttered would penetrate the grain of
the rock and, expelled by heat or con-
fiicting with the new ..beingn (func-
tion) of the stone, split, scale or shiver
it with a loud noise. So also, the evil
influence of undue passion or hasty ac-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-08

I'm Great Britain and ireland the
number of envelopes manufactured in q
year is said to be 700, DOC, 900; in the
United States they amount to about
2, 500, 900, 900. II hard labor were
compelled to do the work now done by
machines in simply making envelopes.
taking no account Of the printing done
on some of them, it would take 275, 900
workmen. According to the census,
United States envelope manufacturers,
in 1880, numbered 1,204 persons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-08

"A Baltimore paper says that city
q one put up the past season 14,0O0,-
peas, SOC, 900 cans of string beans, 100,-
600 cans of pears, 100000 cans of
tomatoes, and 1000, 600 cans of fruits
and other vegetables.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-08

Celery four feet tall and measuring
a foot and a half round the lower stem
was raised the past season in Swamp
scott, Mass, by Colonel John Jeffries.
Boston BUDGET
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-08

Manlius, the Roman, is said to
have put his own son, though victori-
GUS, to death for disobeying orders, and
Cassins Brutns killed son who had
negotiated with the enemy.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

good meny One tbingls certain, that so
long as We permit foreigners to come
here they are entitled to protection, be
they Chinese, Poles, Irish or Germans;
and the indsorimlnate butchery Of men
because they win work cheaply should
be punished Ms It deserves. As well
might the merchants OF Chicago COM
bine to kill and drive out OF business
those who can undersell them In prints
and cottons as for workmen to butcher
such as can undersell them IN the labor
market. The shotgun, revolver and
torch are not the means by which such
difficulties are to be. settled. 1t may be
undemooratic to adopt the laws In force
in some of the countries Of Europe for
the regulation Of those matters, but the
alternative of their adoption or ruin OF
our industrial enterprises Is the only one
that is presented
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

Piles are frequently preceded by a
sense of weight in the back, loins and
lower part OF the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he has some election
of the kidneys or neighboring organs.
At~times, symptoms of Indigestion are
present, ilatulency, uneasness OF the
stomach. etc. A moisture, like perspir-
alton, producing very disagreeable
itching after getting warm, is n common
attendant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles yield at once to the application of
DR.. Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which acts
directly upon the parts effected, absorb
ing the Tumors, allaying the intense
itching, and eilecting permanent cure.
Price 80 cents, Address, The DIR. Bo-
sanko Medicine Co., Piqua, o. Sold by
Rice u Fowler, Il. Cohn Il Co., j. ID. De-
vine, j. Clayin.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10
this purpose

The press of the country with one nc
cord have denounced the recent riot and
murder of Cinnamon at Rock Springs,
Wyoming, and on this sabiect the Chi
oago News says: "Thls case involves
every question that has been brought M
in all the labor contests In the country,
and the outcome of this one Ia indicative
of what is liable to take place in any in
dustrial center Of the country unless
there Is some authoritative means of
settling these disputes. The nationality
Of the Chinese cuts no figure, for at the
east other foreigners have brought as
strong competition into the labor market
us have the Mongolians on the Pacific
coast. Two general principles, both
true, have become strongly antagonistic
In thls-ooun try. The one is that the
employer has the right to secure labor
as low as he can get it, and the other is
that the laborer is entitled to the high
est price he can obtain for his labor.
Two extremes have been reached. and
the employer seeks laborers who will
work at wages upon which an American
cannot possibly subsst, while the native
workmen combine to hold the field for
their own benefit and drive ont those
who work at the reduced wages. All
the while the influx of foreign labor
goes on, the market is being more and
more oyerstocked, and the competition
between all classes Of workmen becomes
more and more sharp. Shall the Amer
lean employer be deprived of his right
to hire workmen at price at which
they are willing to work, be 1t ever so
low, or shall the American laborer re-
ceive larger wages than those the en-
ployer is asked to pay to other equally
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

-Medlcina Mexicana Maravillosa, or
Marvellous Mexican Medicine. is COM
pound Extract of roots and barks found
In the forests of Mexico and long used
by the knowing MeXicans and Spaniards
ms an iniallibe cure for all diseases of
the blood of whatever name or nature,
from the BEACK or SPANISH sly
PILLS down to the common pimple.
1t is undoubtedly the most potent blood
purifier of the age. Write to MEXICAN
MEDICINE COMPANY, St. Louis, Mo-. for
Treatise on Blood and skin Diseases,
free. Sold by +. kalteyer ~ Son.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

H. small poX should become prevalent
in San Antonio it will be the result Of
pure oareessness on the part Of the city
and county officials. for which there Is
no excuse Judging FROM the compiled
tions that always arise when any ques-
ton Of mutual interest comes up, ii
would look like divorce between the
city and county in the matter Of iuris-
diction, would prove Of great benefit to
all the people.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

Lives Mt telcgraphio speed-eats too
fast, retires too late, does not rise be-
times, smokes and (alas, that we should
have to say it!) ohews too much tobacco.
The consequences are dyspepsia. gen
eral absence Of that robust and manly
vigor which characterized our ancCs-
tors, and manifest proneness TO early
decay. Regular hours, Il due allowance
oftimc for meals. the disuse Of excessive
smoking. aud altogether of chewing to-
bncCO In connection with II course OF
llostettpr's stomach Bitters, will in nine
cnses oul ui ten elaGe consequences OF
the abuses of the laws of health indi-
Gated above. want of stamina, dys-
pepslu, nervousness and biliousness are
among these consequences, and they are
bodily ills to the removal of which the
Bitters Is specially adapted. Nor Is the
Btters less fitted to overcome and pre-
vent fever and ague, kidney and bladder
troubles and rheumatic ailments. Ii Is
also II line appetizer and promoter of
oOnvalescence.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND ought to come
to Texas next summer. IT will do his
heart good to see portions OF that big
l3j, 900 Democratic majority, which has
not as much influence with his admins
tration ms that 1900 mugwump plurality
in New York lie will appreciate the
full force of the Democratic hunger and
then wonder what was the use Of making
that majority so large simply to wipe
out Wash Jones.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10
ADVERTISING RATES :


Special rates given on larger space and long
time advertisements.
Legal advertisements 81 IN per inch first In
crtion Is cents per inch each subsequent In
sertion Trustees sales 2 ~ per inch first I'M
snrtlon 20 cents each insertion afterwards.
Reading matter, editorial page, - cents per
line each insertion. Local columns 20 ccHis
first insertion; iOcents first week, cents after
first week. Special rates on ~ and lOO lines
running for month.
Home advertisements payable ON first Of
each month Transient advertising payable 10
advance Only metal cuts printed.
All contracts must be- approved by the Bus-
ness Manager
Subscribers not receiving their paper viii
please mako complaint to the oAce. sub
scribcrs are warned not to pay their suhscrip-
ton except upon presentation of properly
recciptcd bill from this office
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

That the reader may fully understand
what constitutes good Cough and
Lung syrup. we will say that Tar and
Wild Cherry is the basis of the best REM
edies vet discovered. These ingredients
with several others equally as eillcac0us,
enter largely into DR.. Bosanko's Cough
and Lung syrup, thus making 1t one of
the most reliable now on the market
Price 80 cents and 81. Samples free.
Sold by II. l.. Fowler, Il. COIN q Co., j..
ID. Devine, j. Clavin.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

ADDITIONAL troops have been askedby
the authorities Of the scene of the recent
murder Of Cinnamon in Wyoming, on
the ground Of the fears Of an attempted
rescue of the imprisoned ring leaders.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

Fort WORTH papers are anxious to see
the report of some grass commission.
1t no doubt would be II curiosity con-
sidering the amount Of legislative and
other wind that was wasted on the ques-
finn
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

II Is quite apparent that the cholera
epidemic in Spain and France is decreas-
ing. The number OF deaths and cases
reported being very materially less the
past week.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

SAN ANTONIO has never made any pre-
tense as cotton market, but judging
from the great amount of the staple that
has been brought here this season so far,
it would be good scheme for some of
our capitalists to build a compress.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

TuE Grant Monument association, Of
New York, are sending out circulars
and appeals for funds for that purpose.
The circular is signed. by Chester A.
Arthur. Chairman. and 1t suggests to
tine newspapers that they keep stand
ing in their columns, the form Of ac-
acknowledgement Of subscriptions, present.
ing from one issue to another the names
Of contributors and the sum donated by
each" The object is n worthy one for
the country at large. but why the news
papers should be asked to give Of their
space and resources, without so much as
by your leave. is Il question which has
behind it considerable gall, because in
matters of this sort II lO-cent contributor
gets the benefit Of 20 cents worth Of adj
yeriising, and the newspaper is sup
posed to get the glory. 1t is Jug
handled sort Of an arrangement, and
this great American public ask too
much from the newspapers, and give
too little credit and thanks for their
labors and influence.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

The confusion about mexican Poll
tics" in the minds of her next-door
neighbors will perhaps receive some re-
lief from an article in the forthcoming
Harper's Magazine on this subject, with
portraits of some Of the present political
leaders of Mexico.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

THE Charleston News and Courier says
that the cyclone which caused such
havoc there was an evil not unmixed
with good. The damage done has, of
course, to be repaired, and this means,
says the News, employment for over
10000 Of the working people Of the city
who would otherwise have had to remain
idle until November next. 1t means
bread to thousands Of hungry families,
and life and energy in the place of sum-
mer idleness and inactivity. 1t means
new buildings, bright homes, cheerful
n sss and progress
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10
S&
Indigestion Cured.

! suffered for moro than i've years with In.
Digestion scarcely able 10 retain the simplest
food ON my stomach. The burning scnHation
was almost iutoiurhbo, aud my whole system
was drrnugcd | WIS wukcfuI aud could moi
sleep, ana consequently more or less nervous
all the time, declined In flesh, aud suffered
all the usual depression attendant upOn This
terrible disease. In u word, WIS miserable
Al last, iuillug to tnd relief In anything else
! commenced tho use OF Swlfts Specific /
began 10 improve at once. The medicine
toned up the stomach, strengthened the dipcs.
tlyc organs, und soon all that burning ccnscd
and ! could retain food without diligently
Now my health IL good, and can cat anything
IN the shape of food and digest 1t without tho
slightest difficulty. / most checrfully hear
this testimony, because there are hundreds
suffering as was, and am sure they can be
rs readily healed Take the prescribed dose
after eating instead of before.
JAMES MANN, No. "A Ivy St
Atlanta, Ca May 10, 1885.
For sale fly all druggists.
Troatif ON Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
sd st. 'G DrSTd SFH9 AtiaatS S3 Ga
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

Imported spiced behring's, miloher her
rings, anchOvies, sardines, Russian sar-
dimes. put up especially for family use.
Can be found at the grocery store of
ENIANUEi. ABRAHAMs,
g-7-Gt. 20G Commerce street.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

AT THE election Of officers for the
Arkansas Pass railroad yesterday, an
amendment to the charter was suggest
ed in order to run u branch to Waco,
and also another to the northwest to-
wards the panhandle country. This
road Is growing
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

WTs7T@, W0T1VY TTOs'' NWTTTTI' IVNN7'
GENrLEMEN-Send me three dozen of
your TINS Ague Tonic at once.
have sold every bottle | received from
You and guaranteed 1t to cure, and it
has never failed in Il single Instance.
Yours truly, W. Z. SEARCY.
sold by +. Kalteyer IL Son.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

VIII buy several lots containing y acres
Of ground. with water, two miles from
Main plaza and one mile from San Pedro
springs. Also y acres, with good inn
provements, adjoining said lots, can be
had at low figures. Inquire Of
J-2-tf LORENZO CASTRO.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10
Thursday. September. 10 1885.

PRoHmrrIoN does not seem to be popu-
lar in Fort Worth, there being only $40
votes for the idea against 1876 in opposi-
ton.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

\ nIIL will probably be introduced in
next Congress, says the Times-Star cor
respondent, to take steps for the preser-
walton of Washington's headquarters at
Valley Forge, which, 1t is said, il fast
falling into decay, ana will without care
soon disappear. The house occupied by
Washington as headquarters still stands,
although hundred years have passed
since that terrible winter in which
Washington and his suffering army spent
months of untold suffering there. Al
though some additions have been made
TO the building, the original part, which
was occupied by General and Mrs.
Washington, has not been altered. a
little wooden porch projects over the
front door through which the visitor pas
SEES into narrow corridor, on the right of
which are two rooms. That in front
is now used us parlor; that in the
rear was the Generals office. \ few
trophies, rusty cannon balls. and
hatohets, and uncomfortable old chairs
and lounge, are shown. But what
chiefly strikes the visitor is the shameful
neglect that is everywhere apparent.
The small garden in front of the house is
overgrown with rank and unseemly
weeds. The rooms themselves are dirty
and ill-kept. A view from the window
in the back room discloses weeds even
taller, swarms Of irrevrrent chickens,
sloyenly household utensils, and a
clothes line, on which struggled the last
weeks wash. No one would suppose
that this was the place once hallOwed
by the greatest of Americans. A very
earnest call is being made for its pre-
servation, and it is probable that mod
crate sum may be asked Of Congress fol
this purpose.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

The Lee boys up in the edge Of Texas
and the Indian Territory, have been ter
rors to the neighborhood, and killed u
number Of men, but on Monday two Of
them were killed by n posse Of detcc-
tives who thereby accomplished great
good. As a matter Of fact the race Of
bad men in Texas is being rapidly
thinncd out, and the supremacy ofthe
law maintained.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

O., IT. q \ A. KA ILkOAD,
rwO TRAINS TO NEW ORLEANS DAILY.
Through Express East, Daily.
Leave for New Orleans Houston aud Galvcs-
...,.....1.lj y. m.
Arrive from the East.
Arrive uOm New Orleans, Houston and Gal
weston ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. - y. m.
Arrive from New Orleans, Houston and Gal
weston ....................+.. 800 a, m.
Through West.
Leave for san Francisco, nj Pagu, and Eagle
Pass ..s......t..... t.Fl I. M
Arrive from san Francisco, III l'Hsu aud Eagle
Pass .............. ...... 100 a. IN.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

THIS PAPER 7y s' i227f HG Sl w at SS'
Advertising Bureau 100 Spruce - where ndycrtlsnS
contracts may Dc made iOf II IN NEW YORK.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-10

Az INVESTIGATION of the contract be-
tween the city and the Waterworks
company by the LduT brings to the sur
face the peculiar fact that the city could
have bought beer at the market rate and
put out all the fires of the past three
years just as cheaply as with the water.