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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-11-26
A ROYAL GEM.

The Gift of Emperor Francis Joseph to q
Little Maid Who Lives in Alabama.
An Advertiser reporter yesterday saw
"a beautiful piece of jewelry, which has a
very interesting history. 1t is not like
ly that there is another such in Ameri-
Ca 1t is a present from the Emperor of
Austria to a little child here in the city.
In design it is four-leaf clover in gold,
with a lovely diamond dewdrop in its
center Upon its back is this inscrip-
ton. engraved in the most tasty man
ner: From His Imperial Majesty, En-
peror Francis Joseph l., to Charlotte
Pollak. Ischl, 18th August, 1885"
From Ignatius PolIak, the little girls
father. the following account of the Inn
perial gift is obtained: Mrs. Pollak
spent last summer at the famous Alpine
resort, Ischl. The Austrian Emperor
was there at the same time. The 18th
of August was little Charlotte's
sixth birthday. Her aunt, without
Mrs. Pollak:s knowing it,
remembering that the 18th was also the
Emperor's birthday, wrote a note of
.congratulation from the child as a little
American girl on her sixth birthday to
the Emperor on his fifty-fourth, and
signed it simply Charlotte. The note
was accompanied by a small bunch of
flowers.
Nothing was heard of the modest
tribute of regard until eight days after
ward, when the Emperor's master of
ceremonies called upon Mr.. Pollak.
and in the name of his sovereign
presented the beautiful token already
described. He told the lady that when
the Emperor came across the simple
note and bunch of flowers from an
American child in the files of presents,
he was so struck with its sincerity and
disinterestedness that he shed tears, aud
directed that the child's full name be
obtained and herself sought out in or
der that his thanks be returned along
with memento of his esteem.-Mont-
QonaerY ala AdUeYtiSer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-11-26
PluTE ASTRONOMY.

The Father and the Mother of the Twink
ling Little Stars.
Dan de guile has been interviewing
Tooroop Eenah desert Father) on as
tronomy, with the following results:
Divested of the desert Fathers" pc
culiar pronunciation, it was as follows:
1.-The sun is the father and ruler of the
heavens. He is the big chief. The moon
is his wife, and the stars are their chill
dren. The sun eats his children when
ever he can catch them. They flee be-
fore him and are all the time afraid
when he is passing through the heavens.
When he 0heir father) appears in the
morning, you see all the stars, his chill
dren, fly out of sight-go away back into
the blue of the above-and they do not
wake to be seen again until he, their
father. is about going to his bed.
Down deep under the ground-deep,
deep under all the grounds a great
hole. At night when he has passed over
the world, looked down on everything
and finished his work, he, the sun, goes
into his hole, and he crawls and creeps
along it till he comes to his bed in the
middle part of the earth. So then he,
the sun. sleeps there in his bed all night
This hole is so little, and he, the sun,
is so big. that he can not turn around in
it, and SO he must, when he has had all
his sleep, pass on through, and in the
morning we see him come out in the
east. When he, the sun, has so come
out, he begins to hunt up through the
sky to catch and eat any that he can of
the stars, his children; for if he does not
so catch and eat he can not live. He,
the sun, is not all seen. The shape of
him is like snake or a lizard 1t is not
his head that we can see, but his belly,
filled up with the stars that times and
times he has swallowed.
The moon is the mother of the heav-
ems and is the wife of the sun. She, the
moon, goes into the same hole as her
husband TO sleep her maps. But always
she has the great fear of the sun, her
husband, aud when he comes through
the hole to the nobee (tent), deep in the
ground. to sleep, she gets out and comes
away if he be cross.
s'She, the moon, has great love for
her children, the stars, and is happy to
travel among them in the above, and
they, her children, feel safe and sing and
mother she can not help that some of
her children must be swallowed by the
father every month 1t is ordered that
way by the Pah-ah (Great SpiriD. who
lives above the place of all.
every month that father. the sun,
does swallow some of the stars, his chill
dren, and then that mother, the moon,
feels sorrow. She must mourn. So
she must put the black on her face for
to mourn the dead You sec the Piute
women put black on their faces when a
child is dead. But the dark will wear
away from the face of that mother-the
moon-a little and a little every day,
and after time again we see all bright
the face of her. But soon more of her
children are gone, and again she must
put on her face the pitch and the black"
San Francisco AUG.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-11-26
HON. TO TALK WELL.
HoxW DW> IoAnsOn Acquired His ExtraorA
ilaery Conversational Powers.

Hoxw Dm. I0AneOn Acquired His Extraor~
dlaosy Conversational Powers.
The art Of agreeable conversation, is
one an men admire, and most men are,
anxious to learn. There are few sub
jects upon which young people oftener,
seek advice from those whose greater.
experience enables them to gixe. wise
counsel 1t is frequently said Of many.
kinds Of teaching that example is better
than precept, but this is not SO in regard
to the art of conversation. You NAV
hear man talk with wonderful brill
hancy. and yet talk no better yourself
than you did before. You must have
rules 10 observe rather than persons to
initiate.
Boswell accounts for the extraordi-
nary accuracy and flow of language Of
DR.. Johnson by saying that .she had
early laid it down as fixed rule to do
his best on every occasion, and in evory
company; to impart whatever he knew
in the most S0rcible language he could
put it in; aad that. by constant practice.
ana never suffering any careless express
SONS to escape him, or attempting, to
deliver his thoughts without arranging
them IN the clearest manner, it became
habitual to him.
The course which was pursued by SO
eminent scholar, whose conversational
powers alone sufficed to make him cele-
hrated, may we'll be followed by thu
youth Of our day who want to learn the
much coveted art Of conversation.rM.,
7. Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-11-26
ONE AMONG THOUSANDS.
A Dry Goods CIerI. Who Achieved Success
in Wall Street.

A Dry Goods Clerk Who Achieved Success
in Wall Street.
So many stories are told about the
rise of men in Wall street that they sell
dom attract as much attention now as.
they did years ago, when speculation.
was carried on with caution. One of
the most amusing specimens of WALL
street men is to be seen every day on his
way to the street in a brougham of
his own, with magnificent team of,
bays and an English coacllman on the
box. Within the brougham sits the
Spectator, leaning forward on his cane
looking thoughtfully at his well-gloyed
hands : He has pale and almost etfem-
mate face, and his manner is reserved
and austere. He is very exclusive and
elegant in the manner of personal en-
ioyment, twenty-four years old, and I'M
department more dignified than Mr..
Gould, Mr.. Conner or Henry Clews-
most of whom 60 up and down in the
elevated, or in yellow cabs This young
man had charge of a certain department.
of yelvets in firm on Worth street,,
and made all the way from $15 to S25 81
week. He lived in a clearinghouse on
Twenty-second street, on terms OF spe-
cial friendship with the landlady. His
father had performed the marriage cers-
mony for the landlady in earlier yeanss
and She kept her eye on the Clergyman
son. and fed him dutifully for 50 a week
He had always played the bucket
shops, and often made very tidy little
winnings. The landiady had raised
81, 900 dllling her many years OF keep
ing boarders. and was about to devote 1t
to paving off 4 mortgage on her house,
when the solemn little clergyman's son
succeeded in persuading her to invest
some of it in Wall street. She was
cautious woman. and agreed to- let him
have 5000 every Monday morning for
FIVE successive weeks. This is not a
great amount of money, but he hap
Dened to catch the market as it rose, and
he is with it yet. His profits the first
two weeks were enormous, and the land
LADY threw all of her money into the
pool. Now he is living in bachelors
chambers in the Cumberland, dimes reg
ularly at Delmonico's and lives in
state suitable to a millionaire. The older
Wall street men are immensely amused
at the spectacle, for they say that single
slump Of the market will wipe him out
of existence as completely as though
he had never lived. Brooklyn Eagle.
-<-H-p-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-11-26

quently applied. Nothing better for
taking the heat out of burns has been
discovered for hundreds of years than
carron oil. The relief it affords is in
Simultaneous 1t is made of equal parts
of lime-water and olive oil. 1t has
been known and used by medical
men for a very long time. Simple
as it is, the knowledge of it has been
confined to very limited number.
An application of distilled water or
rainwater, with which has been mixed
small amount of cream OF tartar,
will cure redness of the eyes. A bottle
of limewater should always stand ready
for use in every household. One gill OF
good lime is enough for quart of wa
ter. Put the lime and water into tall
bottle, and let it stand where it is not
Jared Have the lime first slaked with
water before putting it into the bot
tie. The lime will settle, leav-
ing clear lime water at the
top. Pour this off as required and add
more water. The lime should be re-
moved and fresh lime put in once a
year. There are innumerable uses for
lime water. If good milk disagrees
with a child three or four tablespoonfuis
of water to pint of milk will usually
assist digestion. Lime water taken in
the same manner will prevent flatulence
in adults and counterfeit pain from wind
in the stomach. For acidity of the
stomach it is one of the best remedies.
A child of two years or so may take q
teaspoonful A gill or more is required
for an adult. A larger portion will
have no bad effects.
With due observation of sanitary laws,
plenty of wholesome food and fresh air,
the requirement of a little medicinal in
telligence and the exercise of little
surgical skill, the average family will
not often require the services of a ply
stefan. -ChicaGO NeaOs.
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strikinglY similar in character. was de.

strikingly similar in character, was de-
veloped. A letter was received from a
man in Kansas, who said he had made
application in 1868, but had never paid
any attention to it, and did not know
whether it had been granted or not.
just at that time he had received wind
fall. which made soldier pension seem
trifiing matter to him, but had recent
ly met with financial reverses, was per-
manent invalid as the result of old
wounds, and now needed Government
aid to live. An examination was made
of the records, which not only showed
that his statement regarding the appi-
cation of 1868 was true, but developed
the fact that conclusive proof of his
death had been received a few years
after, with an application from his wife
for a widows pension, which was grant
ed in 1875, and she had been drawing
the money since that time.
In reply to a notification of this con-
dition of the records a letter was re-
ceived from him asking where his wife
could be found. He had gone from New
York State to Nevada soon after making
his original application, had been en-
gagged in mining there, and had lost all
track of his family. Recently he had
been living in Kansas, and supposed he
was widOwer, but would Immediately
join his wife if he could learn her where
abouts. Thus, undoubtedly, two fami-
lies will be reunited, and it would be a
good thing if the Pension Commissioner
would open bureau of information for
the benefit of husbands and wives, moth
ers and sons, and other relatives who
have become separated in the great
shuttle that is going ON in the world
Washington Capital
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-11-26
NO ONE TO LOVE.
The Latest Claimant to the Authorship o
Famous Song.

The Latest Claimant to the Authorship of
Famous Song.
Some weeks ago were printed, says
the London Figaro, accounts forwarded
by various claimants to the famous bal
lad: ''No One to Love Me. None to Ca
ress, Roaming Alone Through This
Worlds Wilderness" There is yet an
other claimant, as will be seen by the
following letter to the american Music
Journal by the eldest son of the WELL
known American musician and COM
poser, Mr.. E. L. Walker: Il am able to
give you the truth as to who composed
No One to Love Bankert has no
more to do with it than you had. One
Saturday night in 1857, in our store,
COG Chestnut street, we had been
very busy and kept open late
It was after ten o'clock. Father
sat down to a piano and
composed the music-also wrote the
first verse and part of the second. Which,
contains all the popular element of tn.
song. Then he got stuck, as they say,
and could not finish the words to his sat
isfaction. The next day Lewis Della,
known as the Bard of Tower Hall
you probably remember him-came into
our store. Father called him back into
the piano department and played and
sang the song for him as far as he had
written it. Della was delighted with it
and said he would like to complete the
poem. So father gave him what he had
written, which Della took away, and in a
few DAYS returned with No One to
Love- complete. This is the true YER
sion of the origin of the most popular
song ever written. Father is alive in this
city, is seventy years of age, as bale and
as hearty as ever. and is now writing
some compositions which will make
their mark in the musical world. -
PhilddelphiG Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-11-26
ROMANCE IN LIFE.
Some Interesting Stories Contributed by
the Pension Office,

Some Interesting Stories Contributed by
the Pension Office.
The Pension Office is perfect bo-
nanza for romance-writers if they only
knew it, and the incidents in real life
that are frequently coming to the atten-
ton of the clerks there show how much
stranger truth often is than fiction. A
letter was recently received from lady
in Connecticut inclosing an application
for a widows pension, and in the regu-
lar order of business it went to the files.
As everybody knows. the records are
kept alphabetically, and this woman's
name commencing with an unusual let
ter there were few applicants in her
class. The recording clerk glanced over
the list without any particular motive,
but noticed that man of the same name
given by the widow was already draw
ing a pension, which had been granted
him in 1873, and was being paid through
the California agency.
Itrequired only a few moments search
to discover that the report in the two
was identical, not only the same name,
but the same regiment and company.
The widow offered no proof of death, but
her affidavit stated that she had not seen
her husband or heard of him since the
war, and supposed that he had been
killed in battle. A letter was written to
her stating that her husband was already
drawing a pension for wounds received
in the war, and by return mail came an
inquiry for his whereabouts. She said
she had been mourning his death for
+xvopty wars but was very Glad to learn
that he was still living, and If the PEN
sion people would only assist her in
locating him she would make it very
lively for her truant spouse.
About the same time another cas-
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quickly as this fiery wedge WIS: hfvenf
throuSh their midst and carried cut to
the center of the Shijo bridge, and
whirled and swung aloft in great arcs
and circles. All this parade OF torches
by bands of shouting men was for the
purpose of holding and increasing the
crowd for the sacred procession that
carried back certain sacred chair from
the Gion temple to another Shinto
sanctuary, where it will remain until the
snatsu,j Of the next year. More: torches
and lanterns, priests in garments OF silk
and gauze, wearing strange hats, and
beating and blowing strange instru.
ments were in the possession of the
chair, and the heat and din were over
powering when the temple chair was
borne along.
From the Shijo bridge there is Wis
ion of fairy land on any midsummer
night, but during the Gion matsu,T the
spectacle is enhanced tenfokt. The
whole broad river bed is ablaze with
torches and colored lanterns for the
half mile intervening between the Shijo
and Sanjo bridges, and the first sight is
50 dazzling, so brilliant and So bewil-
dering with its novelty that one has to
rub his eyes and look long to make
out the secret of the fascinating scene.
In summer time the tea houses that
line the river bank there with their pic
turesquely galleried fronts set out acres
of low platform tables in the clear
shallow river. The water rippies
pleasantly against the supports of these
tables, and gives a grateful sense of
GOODNESS TO the DEAR aesthetic Japanese,
who sit In groups on these platforms,
these summer nights, eating and
smoking their tiny pipes under the
light of paper lanterns. Every bit OF
running water is covered with tea
house tables, and on the dry.
gravelly stretches of the river
bed a. multitude of sma}l
peddiers, refreshment vendors and show
men set up their strings of lanterns and
oil torches. Somewhere we had read,
heard or dreamed of such scene in.
Japan, and the sight of it caused us to
nearly shrek with delight and satisfac.
ton. Instead, we seized one another by
the arms, we pointed, we waved our
hands, we crowded close to the rail-
ing of the bridge, and hanging there
alternately raved eestatically over this
bit of 1.-THE real, the ideal Japan" we
had been looking for, or shook our
heads with the hopadessness of ever max
ing words do justice to tho brilliant,
fairy-like scene. There were hundreds
of japanese lingering and strolling on
the bridge to admire the gay sight, for as
no people but the Japanese could have
conjuredlup SO brilliant a spectacle in
ordinary every day or every night life
out of such simple and natural elements,
so none but them, can more truly appre-
ciate its beauty and charm.-Ktoto
(Japdn) Cor. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
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NORWEGIAN TRAITS.
Description of a, Peculiarly Inquisitive and
Honest Race.

nOueSC 1SHCes
The inquisitiveness, Of the Norwegians
increased, if possible, as we advanced.
But they never tell You anything in re-
turn for what they elicit. They are as
reservedias they are curious. Only one
woman, designated in the guide-books
as the friendly landlady," offered any
information about herself. She was
Dane by birth, so she hardly counts.
They are a very honorable race,
almost never try to take any advan-
tage Of you, are always kindly and
well-meaning. When you give fee
its recipient gives funny little 'bob,''
and then offers you his or her hand,
shooting it out at you from the Shout
der like a pump-handle. After we
discovered this custom we took care to
put, on gloves before paying, for the
farther we went the dirtier the peo-
pie became. As, for smells, Italy and
Spain together can not present such
combination of insufferable odors as
Norwegian gard can furnish in five
minutes. How they can exist in
the stencil and dirt of their own
rooms, which they do mot care for as
they do for those of strangers who visit
them; and how they cam live and thrive
! on, such food as they have is almost in
conceivable. Yet, suppose, what we
saw was luxury compared to what
might be found in still more
solitary spots where families live on
fish, alone the whole, year round, and
find shelter in a miserable little dwell
ling perched upon some ledge on
mountain or on a, scrap of beach with
no apparent means of communication
with any other point of the known
world. tits a, thousand times worse
than it ever can be in the southern coun-
tries, for they have warmth and light,
and the physicali necessities are few.
Here, in addition to- all other privations,
cold and darkness reign at least three
quarters of the year.: The Norwegians
are a wonderfullyhon people. Aswe
were driving along one day, we saw two
umbrellas hanging ON the branch of a
tree. Some people not caring to be in
numbered with Them had left them there
till they should pass that way again.
Although,it was raining no one thought
of touching them. An English lady
told us that, going for walk one day,
she found her fur-lSned silk cloak too
heavy and remarked that she wished she
had left it at home. '.Take 1t off," said
a. Norwegian friend who was with her.
'sand hang it on this tree' She did
SO, and when, she returned two hours
later, there it still remained Yet these,
admirable qualities are hardly more adj
vantage0uS to- the traveller than the uni.
versal sickness and slowness are try.
ing-COr. Springfield Republican.
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1t is stated that of forty-three chill
dren born in Fargo recently forty were
girls.
The Portland daily press., 1885-08-29
A Maine Man Burned to Death,

At Sonora, California, early on the morn
ing of Thursday, August 6, fire was discoy-
cred in the Touring mill of Divoll & Bray.
Every exertion was made to subdue the
flames but the fire spread rapidly through the
building and Mr.. Jacob Bray, who slept in
the mill persisted in the flames. Mr.. Bray's
body was found at 8 o'clock, after the fire
had been extinguished, terribly burned and
mutilated although not entirely consumed.
He had evidently been suffocated by smoke
before awakening.
Jacob Bray, the deceased was native of
Maine and former resident of this city. He
was 81 years of age. He leaves broth
er, Joseph Bray, one of the original owners
Of the celebrated Bonanza mine Jacob
Bray was kindly man, gentle in his man
ners, and universally beloved. The remains
were buried Thursday evening. A brother
of Mr.. Bray lives in this city.
The burned mill was erected several years
ago for first class Touring mill and expen-
sive machinery put in but had not been long
in operation. 1t cost nearly $4,000 and is a
total loss with no insurance The second
story had recently been used as skating
rink, the track running around the machin-
cry in the centre of the floor. Surrounding
buildings were more or less burned. The
cause of the fire is unknown