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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-08-06
LITTLE Rock. Ark, July l, 1885

LITTLE Rock. Ark, July l, 1885.
HON. JOHN l.. THOMAS, De Soto, Mo.
Dear Judge-Am just. i'm receipt OF
your esteemed favor of June 9th, with
accompanying circular, referring to
meeting of old Arcadia students OH
2Sth of this month. 1t would be a
very gratifying pleasure indeed for me
to be present on that occasion, but am
extremely Sorry that business engage
ments will render it impossible for me
to do so as very important matter
to this Department of the company
serve will demand my presence else
where.
Rest assured, however, that shall
be with you in thought and feeling,
though absent in the body-many
miles away. The "oId days" very
often recur to memory with me. and
the forms and faces of those ''old days.
frequently pass in review before my
minds vision. Especially is this the
case with that veteran pioneer in the
field of Education and Religion, whose
name attached to said circular, / recog-
nize with host of pleasurable remin-
iscences, which carry me back to
"years gone by" when he, even then,
was a patriarch in both those fields
honored, respected, loUed, because of
the great good he was accomplishing
among his fellow men, and I, as boy
and pupil, was struggling, under his
guidance and direction as principal of
HArcadia High School," to lay up
some store of fundamental educational
truths as a sure foundation upon which
to erect building of upright charac-
ter for time and eternity, and, in after
years, as man and teacher, was en-
deavoring to assist him (at preachers
wages,n as he himself expressed it), to
re-establish the "good work" in which
he took such a deep and enduring in
terest.
am sure it is not necessary for me
to write that honored and venerated
name upon these pages. You cannot
fail to recognize the pen portraiture
that have drawn though it be but q
faint and feeble shadow of the great
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-08-06

Song.
Address by Hon. J. H. Bush. Sub.
Ject: "Organic Science-Changes Since
1S4S."
On motion of J. H. Bush, the follow
Ing resolution was adopted: That the
historic review by Rev. J. c. Berry,
man be presented to the st. Louis His
torlcal Society for preservation.
On motion, adjourned to meet on
Tomorrow at 10 A. M.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-25

that shall DO uns and free To reporter yester
day Mrs. Pratt said:
In connection with Nursery VIC have an INDUSTRIAL
school where girls from eight TO fourteen years are
taught after public school hours, household duties,
cockag dressmaklnc etc. year ago. noticing that the
girls were In the habit Of reading tho light literature OF
the day and in talking with them about It, felt the need
OF something moro enrolling In the way Of reading
matter. We gathered together few good books ana
allowed the girls 10 take them home. 1t was success
IA fast as read they returned and others taRen 50
that orr shelves seldom had book on them. And the
rlrls soon showed Improvement in manners and con;
Variation This fall when the industrial school opened
The ciTls were overjoyed ud dopation OF l33 new
hooks from Mrs. William ANGRY. Then came tne
deuand from outsiders 10 draw books Ths principal Oh
ba Foreth Street School suggested that the GOOD boys
from rho different shcnd have tho benent OF the
lbrary end 70 exc out the few books we had ne seht
ifty-fhree books that originally belonged TO library
FORMED by a former principal OF the school,
We have now 800 BOOKS but they are not enough 10
simply the demand The children crave reading rstter
at nnoNs good books placed BEFORE them Will grasp
within their reach. The library Is nee
II a. FOR children exclusively It's object is 70 place goou
moral Instructive books before them To do THIS we
need donations Of books also money to help us carry on
the york and we ask generous public 70 help u.s.
Donarrps OF mouey will be received ana acknowedsed
nv Ms J. A. Macdonald No. East Iwslfth-st cry
or Flushng, l.. l.; also after November i py MIS-
William Amory, IT,. No AZ West thirty nnth-st Guy
Books will be received and Acknowledged by MIS-
Pratt at the library, No. 26G West FOrtieth-st
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which has received among Thousands the following est.
monials:
the thanks OF all good teachers for
cess You striking NJ the root Of the evil by show
teaching well with your books
many intelligent to Degu new basis the
work Of instruction.
ID C. GILMGS, President OF Johns Hopkins University"
II ADMIRE crtreney ali that havo of your sys.
IF. J. CHILD, Harvard College"
BY your system the trained the words iloms
and ndeGnabs spirit OF the lang rapidly caught
"E. ". GUWNET, Harvard College"
"Its the natural and tho only natural system. Your
method uonld AVE Al LEAST HALE OF THE Pr Pills
"A. p. PEABODY, Harvard University"
HI. (sauveurs M.tLO. OF teaching languages lad
the the best Prses,ps and experts and bet
''i ''''' '' WENDELL PHILLIPS"
know u no system that calls more nental activity in
both teacher and pupil.
believe tht the common meth DDS OF teaching languages
nsf profoundly chan2et and changed IA the dre,
ton OF your NArURAL MI fHOD.
"CH W. ELIOT, President OF Harvard University"
Glasses grades forming at the school and pupils
residences school from O. 10 Pamphlet
applications Branches New YorS Philadelphia
Boston. Baltimore, Washh gton ST. Louis Chicago Paris
&c, &C
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-25

DEOLI classes in drawing. painting and
Il sculpture. 30 East 23dst, Y NJ c. A. Building room
O. Send Tor circular.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-25

GOOD LITERATURE TAXING THE PLACE OF FAD
One of the most active and Efficient helpers in
THE TRIBUNE Fresh Air Work for several years has btsn
Mrs T. A Pratt who is the mstron Of the West Side
Day Nursery No. 2e6 West forteth-st An effort
being raads 10 start much needed library for children
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-25
Anetlon Sales of Real estate.

A DRIAN H. MULLER Auctioneer.
PARTITION SALE,
BY order OF the Supreme Court -
VALUABLE BUSINESS PROPERTY on FULTON.
ANN AND NASSAU SIS.
ADRIAN H. MULLER q SON
will sell At auction on
WEDNESDAY, october 70, 1885,
at o'clock at the Real Estate Exchange and Auction
Room Limited, Nos. 90 10 IS Libertyst, =
BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT UNDER The
DIRECTION OF LEICESTER HOLME, ESQ,
REFEREE IN PARTITIONS.
TAT FULTON AND ~ AN STS.-Ihe lot and investor!
buildings running through from street 10 street ana
being about Is feet rront by 1870 feet 10 depth. go.
So NASsAUST.-The fvestory brick building and lot 20
by 100 feet - % 49,.
RARE & KELLER
Plaintiffs Attorneys, No 243 Broadway.
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Business Uanteo.

ITO RENT. -Pnvilege of stand for news or
cigars IN established saloon, hotel restaurant Adj
dress STAND. Box ., Tribune.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-18
A Little Romance.

A romance of peculiarly character
istic flavor was related to the Graphic
correspondent regarding a member of
the family of the Hon. w. E. Chand-
Ter, Secretary of the Navy. The lady
in the case is a charming Connecticut
girl of respectable but poor parents.
The young man is The son of the New
Hampshire statesman and politician,
his name being the same as that OF his
distinguished parent.
To commence Alright, the young man,
who is half brother to the secretary's
young family, was left by his great
aunt on his mothers side q fortune OF
$4,000. This was about the time (1677)
he entered upon course atDartmouth
college. He was graduated after four
years study, a portion OF that time
being also devoted to the ardent court
ship of the charming Miss -. His
life at Dartmouth was that of any other
young man of gay spirits and the repu-
tation of belonging to family of sub
stance. In other words. his expenses
for tuition and other necessaries
amounted to some $500 per annum,
for which he in due course drew on
his father. the drafts being as prompt
ly honored. He did not mention in
his letters home the young lady
whose image filled his dreams and
whom he had asked to share his for
tunes. But when he returned home
and held his customary conversation
with his father as to his future, he
casually remarked that about the first
thing he intended to do was to get
married, naming the lady of his choice.
''But what have you got to marry
upon?" asked the astute parent, who
had other matrimonial plans for his
eldest son.
'Well. $1,000 will do for starter"
was the reply. II hope to make my
way in the world about as you have
done, sir, and | don't think you had a
larger capital to commence upon"
''Wait a minute, young man, inter-
rupted the elder man, ''you have no
$4,000 to start with. You forget that
you have been drawing on this sum for
the last four years. There is about $50
to your credit at the present time.
What followed might not be exactly
right to relate, but this much comes
from a reliable source and is q neces-
sary part of the chronicle. The first
thing with which the public has any
legitimate concern is the fact that the
young man sought and obtained posi-
tion on the Concord railroad, corpora
ton occupying strong position of an
tagonism 10 his father in the Granite
State. He was appointed brakeman,
and while serving in that capacity had
abundant opportunities of seeing his
father who had to use the line frequent
ly when at home, and who often rode
on the train on which his independent
] son acted as brakeman. Finally the
young man found more lucrative
position on Western road. He worked
hard, rose to such circumstances that
he felt justified in claiming the prom
lse, renewed after his severance of re-
lations with his family of Miss -,
and few days ago they were married
and proceeded to their Western home.
4 ~ Y Graphic.
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A son Word


The art of saying an unpleasant
thing in perfectly agreeable manner.
is very high accomplishment, which
should be studied by all persons liable
to be asked for loans. Some years ago
there was a clearinghouse in Edin-
burgh which gave general offsnse by
therude way that customers were some
times addressed. A tradesman leaving
a bill for discount, would on bis return
have the bill thrown across the table.
with the supercilious and loud remark:
1--WE don't know the parties. Trades
man retires affronted, and ever after
wards speaks of the unmannerliness OF
the bank. There was at the same time
another banking establishment in the
town, the oldest in the country, which
was noted for its ciYility. 1t was pre-
sided over by Mr.. -, an aged gentle
man, who knew the value of soft
word. When q tradesman. as In the
former case, was to be refused the dis
counting Of bill, the old banker came
forth from his den, and addressing the
would-be customer in a friendly and
confidential way. said: 81 am sorry is
is not convenient to discount your hill
to-day; but be SO good as to give my
compliments to your wifev'-Dr. Il
Chambers.
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Rays OF Learning.

Those men who destroy q healthful
constitution of body by intemperance
and an irregular life do as manifestly
kill themselves es those who hang, or
poison, or drown themselves. -Sher-
lock.
There cannot be greater rudeness
than to interrupt another in the current
of his discourse.
The only way to make the mass OF
mankind see the beauty of justice is BY
showing them in pretty plain terms the
consequence of injustice. = Sidney
Smith.
'Tis the property of all true know
ledge, especially spiritual. to enlarge
the soul by filling it, to enlarge It with
out swelling it. to make it more caps
able and more earnest to know, the
more it knoWs.-Syrat.
He that visits the sick only for . Leg
acv, let him be never SO friendly in al
other cases. / look upon him in this
to be no better than raven, that
watches a weak sheep only to pick out
its eyes.-Seneca.
Good manners are the small coins OF
virtue. Women of England.
True merit, like river, the deeper
it is, the less noise it makes. Halifax.
He surely is most in want of another's
patience who has none Of his own
Lavater.
have lived to know that the great
secret of human happiness is this:
Never suffer your energies to stagnate.
The old adage of ''too many irons In
the fire. conveys an untruth. You
cannot have too many-poker, tongs,
and all-keep them all going. Adam
Clark.
A little praise is good for shy tenn
per. 1t teaches to rely on the kindness
of others.-Landor.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-18
The GulIIotine.

The first cart contains the bois de
Justice. the apparatus of death; the
other, = rough RECEPTACLE which comes
empty but will 60 away full The red
timbers Of the guillotine are raised some
fifteen PAGES in front of the prison gate
raised almost noiselessly, no ham
mers being used, but every part being
screwed into its place. By the light of
lanterns the knife of the guillotine is
fixed into the grooves, and the execu-
tioner makes his experiment to ascer-
tain that it runs smoothly. By-and-by
the spectators increase. The riffrGF
are there, the amateurs of the sensa-
tioial, some journalists, and-shame
to relate-ra party of youthful dandies
with the berouged accomplices in their
debauches. Order is kept by the po-
lice, but later march up the municipal
guards and trot up the splendid gen.
darmes Of the Seine, massive troopers
in bearskins, like the Scots Greys, and
they form an inclosure round the ma
chine Of reprisal.
The executioner on this occasion was
Hendreich. He did not prepare e-him-
self for this work on beer and hoar-
hound; his popularity was to make
meal of rusks and new milk before ap-
preaching his dreadful task. The pe-
culiarity of his successor, Roch, was to
supervise the proceedings without re-
moving his tall, shiny silk hat. M. de
Paris, as he is called, has higher emolu-
ments than his English colleagues. He
receives 9,000E a year from the state
for expenses and 4.000f for salary.
AS the dawn approaches and the gas
over the Jail gate wakes yellow in the
advance shafts of day, the chaplain
drives up in cab and enters, and such
sinister adiuncts of the function as
buckets OF water, bran, and the zinc
bath-like case to receive the head be-
comes visible. Hendreich enters after
the chaplain. The hour is at hand.
The gates fly open, and the procession
appears. The felon, with hair cropped
and naked to below the neck, still in
the strait waistcoat, hobbies along; at
the foot of the ascent o'the guillotine
the chaplain kisses him on the LETT
cheek Hendreich supports him under
the right armpit, an assistant under
the left, another presses from oehlnd.
A fourth stands by an upright plank
which rises to the level of the felon's
breastbone. As he reaches it he is
pushed and falls on his stomach to the
plank, which is shot rapidly forward
until his neck falls into a semicircle
hollow under the knife; the upper part
which completes the circle is dropped.
Hendreich touches lever, the blade
flashes downward, the head jumps into
the zinc case, the body is turned over
into the tumbril, the head being shaken
from its couch of blood-dabbled brain
alongside it.
All is over. There is no senseless for
maiity of inquest The severed remains
are galloped off to the Turnip Field,
there to be buried, the head between
the legs, beside the paupers from the
hospitals and the unclaimed unfortu-
mates IrSm the morgue.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-18
Similarity OF Nanea

One of the odd things in a great city
is the mum Der of people who hsye simt
lar names, from which amusing and
often annoying experience are apt 70
result. To say nothing Of John Smith,
when one John Brown or VIM. Robin
son gets married, dozen of ether John
Browns or VIM. Robinsons receive let
ters of congratulation, and il one Of the
name applies for divorce, all the so
cial circles of all the others wonder IL
the applicant is the man they know.
This Is the time the wives Of such
gentlemen receive numerous calls from
their friends, all of whom think, Of
course, it could not possibly be their
acquaintance. but that they will feel
more comfortable if they go and see
about it. 1t may even happen that a
very prominent citizen who never took
a pin from any one, or could bring
himself to kill a fly. takes up his
morning newspaper, and reads his own
name as one associated with burglary
or suspected murder, and it may he
assumed that that paragraph would
make him feel decidedly uncomfort-
able. Then it is he realizes what Is In
a name, and thinks he would prefer the
perfume of the felony TO be attached 10
some other than his own.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-18
A Lover Of tl.s Antique.


Mrs. Limoges is very bric-a-brac in
her tastes, but is not very ready to pay
her bills. The other day the grocery
.sCan ! zee Mrs. Up" he said to the
servant.
s'What do you wantP'
1--WE got q bill here for some groc-
cries she bought last month.
s'Only month oldP" asked the girl,
in surprise.
''Ain't that old enoughP'
'No, sir, it is not. Mrs. Limoges,
I'd have you know, is lover of the
antique, and should she pay bill only
month old she would have fit of ner-
Vous prostration.
"Well, that beats the deuce. When
shall comePn
"Oh, some time in the future. The
older the bill gets the better; but don't
you ever dare to come around with any
OF those vulgar new bills, that the
stains of time have never touched, "
and she slammed the door in his face.
Merchant TrGveler.
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had arranged with my friends thss
they should be on hand to help me out
and felt so sure about the whole busi-
ness that went out and telegraphei
the parties in interest that the bill
would certainly 90 through that day.
About 2 o'clock / concluded ! would 60
down and get some lunch. suppose
/ had been sitting in the restaurant for
about half hour when heard an
awful scurrying of feet, and going To
the door / saw great throng Of msm-
bers pouring down the stairway, with
their hats, overcoats and papers, evi-
IDENTIFY clearing out for the day. With
my heart in my boots ! dashed out and
collared my colleague.
Good God. Mackr' said ]. why in
the world has the house adjournedq"
Adjourned, said my associate;
there's been no adjournment. John
D. White, of Kentucky, is back on his
postern jints and going to make 8
a speech. We've got to protect our
selves, so we just mizzled."
It was a regular stampede, l tell
you, and my bill was frozen out along
with the Kentuckian.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-18
A Carhonieerous Wait:

Even charcoal peddler can have
some esthetic ideas to inspire him on
his daily round of heaven-piercing
yells
Would you like to buy some nice,
clean charcoalP" inquired one of these
sooty hucksters of housewife, the
other day. sit is very clean, assure
you. Pond lily charcoal, / call il. y
s'Clean charcoal! Well, / sh'd like
to see some once. If it is so clean why
do you get your face and clothes SO.
black with itF''
''Oh, dear me. Well, of course, it is
impossible, absolutely impossible, to
handle charcoal in such large quanti-
ties as do and not be affected by the
attritiOn of the carbon"
.'Jane, come here. Here is walk
ing dictionary peddling charcoal, " and
in moment more the well-known re.
frain, ''Char-co-co- CO! Pond lily char
co-cor' rasped the frosty air.-Hart-
ford Posi-.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-18
self.Knowledge.
In one of his poems, Burns ventilates
4 wholesome wish:

In one of his poems, Burns ventilates
. wholesome wish:
Owad some Power TIE giftie gle us.
To see oursel's as ithers see us.
The difficulty is, how the thing is to be
done. Seeing ourselves as others see
us is no easy matter In the first place,
there is usually great difficulty In
knowing what others really think OF us.
The rules of good breeding are COM
pletely antagon:st;c to it. The world
wears mask-not from bad motives,
but to make things pleasant. There IS
q possibility of our going on in great
errors almost to the end of life, where
not reused to a sense of them by some
inlet of criticism from others. OBJ
viouslv, there are large numbers
who 90 on recklessly in the commission
of criminal actions, who never serious
" think what they are about, and are
only for the first time brought to their
senses in humiliating penal solitude.
It is there they see themselves as others
see them, though it may be rather late
in the day. In ordinary affairs, one
might be the better of even knowing
whether any of his personal manners
are disagreeable, whether he speaks
too much or TOO loudly, whether he is
thought 10 be too silent or TOO commu-
NEGATIVE; or, if lady, whether she is
not dressing too gai y for her years, and
go forth.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-18
Ex-Governor Hendricks Hospitality.

Just then Mrs. Hendricks turned
the laugh on the Governor by relating
this anecdote. She said: "All his life
Mr.. Hendricks has been fond of enter
tanning his friends at his home. When
we first set up at housekeeping we had
but little, and often that was less, but
Mr.. Hendricks went right on with his
hospitable habits. One day he came
down and told me that he had invited
friend to supper with us that evening,
and that he would like something extra
for the meal. | was Mortified. We
had barely enough for ourselves, and l
told him the supper could not be given
unless extra supplies were purchased,
but he said he had no money. | was
lust ready to cry when he happened to
remember that gentleman living about
three miles in the country owed him a
small fee, so he said he would take
walk out there and get it, and we
would feast our friend. The day was
hot, the road dusty: but out he went,
collected the fee, and the banquet came
of. thought that experience would
have cured him of inviting friends
without knowing whether we were pre-
pared to receive them, but it did not. "
s.Does he embarrass you in that way
nowPn asked. ''Oh. no. For quite
number of years / have SO arranged
nv household that he cannot surprise
me.
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where wisconsin Asserted HERSELF

b.
A government agent, who was sent
to Wisconsin last fall to look up tres
pass cases on government lands was
oat on his travels one day when be
found man whaling away at some
choice timber on one of Uncle SANS
sections.
ANY land for sale around hereP''
queried the ageat.
''Wall. thar might be-" was the TO
ply.
'Td like to buy whole section"
''Have ye the cash to paya"
81 have
81 mought sell you this. -
Can you give clear deedP"
Clear as whistle, stranger. Gim-
me $500 cash, and I'll deed ye the sec
tion afore sundown.
The agent cody unrolled q map,
spread it out on log, and said:
You will see by this map that I'M
Gle Sam owns this section. How, then,
can you give me deed of itP'
''See hy'ar, stranger. said the chop
per, after long pause. ''magbe you as
one of those chaps as arguefies that Un.
Gle Sam is bigger man than free
born citizen OF old Wisconsin! I'll CIV
ye jist three minits to skip!''
The agent wanted only two WaH
Street Ne90s.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-18

This method Of preparing Liebig's
SOUP for invalids is recommended By .
foreign pharmaceutical journal: Take
48O parts of ordinary fresh wheat Hour
(not the finest), 480 parts Of malt -four.
and Is parts Of carbonate Of potash,
and mix we'll; add TO this $50 parts OF
water and 1890 parts Of milk, and heat
them very slowly, stirring constantly
until the mixture begins to got thick;
then remove the pot from the fire and
stir for five minutes. It is then heated
again until it begins to thicken, as re-
moved on9e more. and finally heated
until it boiis. The whole i then
passed through fine sieve. which re-
tains the bran of the malt flour. Made
in this manner, the soup IS sweet and
requires no sugar i will keep tof
tWenty-four hours