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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-12-24

made a very InohecEuaI dyke against
the threatening food.
It's all over. said Mr.. MerIwsath-
Fr feebiy. As he cameiu from the post
office the last evening Of December,
and drawing ms char close 70 the
small ire, rried to a his cold
hands. Argyle, ny poor child, we
Will have TO leave our home next
month"
Papa cried A~rgyle-she had ex.
pected the blowa long time, vet it
seemed To her when it actually came,
as il u had been a surprise. After
what seemed Co her AT endless inter
val, she asked doubtfulfy, Papa,
where are we going then
II don't know, he replied with a
mixture OF resentment and ~tretf7l per
plexIty IN his tone, which aC once
brought Argyle TO his side TO caress,
and cc.atert him with vague woraso al
hope and cheer that sounded woefsl-
tiy hollow TO her own sinking heart,
cit is very strange, at last observed
her father auerulously, that il has
heen FIVE months since yonr cousin
Sam has entered the house, He used
TO bea frequent visis6r-Ha aat o,atoi
the house IRemv ovn sor--bHt nov ]
suppose he Is like other iair-weather
friends and fears being eaiied upon TO
heip us IN adversely
'Oh, no, papa | aon't think that
would keep Sam away. Besides, you
know, he Is with his regiment, and
may not have been able 60 Fetiesveof
absence.
sHc has been ut homefort the Christ
mas HOLIDAYS, replied her father
shortly. tTNnm CHADWICK met him the
day hs arrived ~ week age.
Argyle did not reply.
elias ne written you n liner
asked her father.
ono, answered Argyle feehly, "but
Ideu't believe sam has feIgotten
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
A Funny Incident.

Judge Pettis, ex-Min lister to Bolivia.
related to a correspondent an anecdote
of Joshua Giddings and Ben Wade,
when those giants were at the bar. II
remember" he said. "a funny incident
which occurred in SANDER case in
which Giddings and w. de were op-
posed to each other. Mr.. Giddings was
making a strong speech in behalf of the
plaintiff, and was evidently having great
effect upon the jury, when he began to
quote from Shakespeare. saying: He who
steals my purse steals trash, but he who
filches from me my fair name~.He Here
he forgot the remainder and wenh back
and repeated: Gentlemen, the apoet
has well said, He who steals msvspurse
steals trash, but he who steals sals-
steals when Wade, who had been
sitting with his head down upon his
chest, watching Giddings from under
his bushy eyebrows, roared out: Steals
that which you never had The court.
Jury and lawyers burst into laughter.
Glddings grew red in the face, tried to
recover himself, but could not do so
well enough to regain his former foot,
ing. The jury turned from him ana
wade got the verdict. - Washington
Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
PHANTOM SHIPS.
Some Odd Stories Showing the Hold the
Imagination Had on Ancient Mariners.

Some Odd Stories Showing the Hold the
Imagination Had on Ancient Mariners.
We are not surprised that the ancient
mariners peopled the sea, in their
quaint mythology, with imaginary crea-
lures, or invested the most common
things and occurrences with prognostic
influences. Following them with their
sea-far!ng decisions, came the monks
of the Middle Ages, pretending to
chronicle, with scrupulous accuracy,
sanity interpretations at sea, etc., etc.
The sailors were excusable. on account
of their ignorance and credulity, but
the same apology can not be offered in
behalf of the monks. 1t is not our pur-
pose, in this article, to enumerate the
superst tious, and still less to speak of
the curious legends. only in so far as
they may be directly connected with
the title of our article.
In very rare book entitled ''Otia
Imperialia," written by Gervase of Til
bury, in 1911. is a very odd story, re-
lated with all the soberness of fact. In
substance it is as follows:
AS the people were coming out of a
church in England, on dark, cloudy
day, they saw a cable dangling from
the clouds, and, upon examination,
found it attached to ships anchor
which had caught in a heap of stones.
Suddenly the cable became taut. as if
an unseen crew were trying to haul it
ND, while clamorous orders issued from
the clouds overhead. Totheir surprise
a sailor came sliding down the cable,
and was suffocated by the thick atmos-
phere in the presence of the gaping
crowd. His shipmates cut the cable
and sailed away. The anchor which
they left behind them was made into
fastenings and ornaments for the door
of the nearest church. Whether they
still exist, IN commemoration of the
wonderful event, we are not prepared
to say.
The phantom ship was an object of
firm belief to the Norman fishermen,
and would be driven into port when
ever the prayers for the souls of their
lost kinsmen had failed to be effica-
cious. In "Creduliti ties Past and Pres
ent," is an account of whatfollow such
a mysterious visitation. The widows
and children and friends of the seamen
who were supposed to have been
drowned, would rush to the quay.
Cries of recognition would arise. but
no returning cry would be heard from
the crew. The bells would sound the
hour of midnight, and fog would
steal over the sea, amid which the YES
sci would disappear. Amidst the sobs
and cries of the spectators of the phan-
tom ship the warning voice OF the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
THE BUTTERFLIES.

Look at the butterfiiesl Purposeless things,
How idly they float on their gossamor wings!
Over the peoples and over the grass,
Light as the down OF thistle they pass
Where are they going, and why are they here
In the heat Of the day and the noon of the
They sutter awhile in the brightness, and
then
They are gone from our sight and they come
not again.
And we've are wearied with fever and FROST
whatever we do, 1t must be at = cost;
We hear, as we journey, the dropping OF
We bear on our foreheads the stamp Of the
years.
But look at the MISREPRESENTATION things
Before us and over us flashing their wings!
1t may be the Maker who fashioned them
Has sent the gay creatures on errands to us.
Perhaps we go slowly, when we should be
To follow the scent of the roses that drift
Their pink snow about us; more oft we might
And vet finish our tasks by the end of the
day.
Oh blest are the eyes that are clear to behold
The wonderful glow of the butterflies gold,
With leisure to follow their flight as they pass
So gracefully, silently, over the grass!
Ellen N. III. Gates, in st. Nicholas
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
HAVE A PURPOSE.
Be Studious, and Resolve to Be o Gentle-
man, Come What Will.

BE Studious, and Resolve to Be q Gentle-
man, Come What Will.
Young man, have purpose In your
heart Now, what is your purpose in
lifep Is it that, under all circumstances,
you will do what you think is rightP
Or is it to become rich at the expense
of principle and rightp The first pur-
pose you should have is to care for
yourself. Young men nowadays don't;
and when the body is wrecked, they
hobble through life, making everybody
about them miserable. Find out what
diet best agrees with you, and adhere to
it. Daniel began by abstaining from
wine. This would be a good start for
you, young man.
Next, take care of your intellect.
Study, if you have intellect-there are
some young men who don't know
whether or not they have any intellect
-improve-it. Many hard working men
have acquired profound educations by
being studious during small intervals
of leisure. Get an hour day if you
can get no more. Devote half of it to
study of the Bible, and divide the re-
manning thirty minutes, say between
astronomy, botany and geology. Do
this one year, ana you Will De sur
prised at what you have accomplished.
Then take care of your manners. The
manners of Americans are degenerate
ing. There was time when a young
man would not offend lady by putting
cigar smoke into her face. Now l see
it done on the street-cars every day.
Initiate the sweetness and gentleness
of Daniel Be affable, suave. courteous
and kind. Never utter thoughtless
word that will pain. Start in life with
the principles: "Fn be a gentleman,
come what will. DR.. II. N. !Scudder.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
AN UNEXPECTED BETRAYAL.
The Late Diatribe of Miss Dodge in the
"North American Review"

The Late Diatribs of Miss Dodge in the
"North American Review"
Something must have occurred to
sour the gifted Gail Hamilton. Hereto
fore the stanch, persistent friend of her
relative, the late Republican candidate
for the Presidency, she has not only
abandoned him, but goes so far as to
charge upon him the Republican defeat
of November last. In her article on
'.Prohibition in Politics." in the June
North american, she speaks deliberately
and with full apparent consciousness
of the weight her words carry, of the
Republican party as ''the noblest party
ever developed by free institutions for
the defense of free institutions, and
never nobler than now IN its temporary
defeat By an unexpected betrayal"
There is undoubte 1ly some measure
of truth in this. The Republican de-
feat-which Miss Dodge is mistaken in
regarding as s'temporary"-was very
largely due to the selfish persistence of
James G. Blaine in forcing himself upon
the party as its candidate, and COM
pelline it either to indorse his malo-
dorous record or decline to support him.
But it is hardly just to Blaine to speak
of his conduct as betrayal" He did
not recognize any obligation to the
party. 1t was the party obligation to
him that he recognized. He regarded
himself as of more Importance than the
party; and while he unquestionably
sacrificed the party to his personal am
bition and greed, betrayal" is not at
all the proper word to describe his con-
duct We are surprised that writer
of Gail Hamilton's usual accuracy
should, even under the stress of per-
sonal feeling. forget the proprieties of
language and do SO rank an injustice to
her kinsman. Not even among Blaine's
most earnest political opponents is he
accused of betrayal" though he is
generally recognized as the cause of his
partv's defeat The '.Mugwumps"
may possibly be less lenient with him;
but it unbecoming in Gail Hamilton to
adopt their vocabulary for any pur-
pose.
The cause of this unexpected attack
on Blaine we can not even surmlse. IT
Miss Dodge were an ordinary woman it
would be useless to speculate about the
matter; for the ordinary woman is I'M
der no obligation to assign-or even to
have-a cause for anything she may do
or say. But Miss Dodge is not an ordi-
nary woman. Upon more than one &C.
casiou she has recognized distinctly tho
existence of relations between cause
and effect; and several of her writings
bear perceptible traces of a logical
mind. 1t is not q violent presumption,
therefore, that she has some reason for
her present remarkable antagonism to
Mr.. Blaine. though it may never trans
pre- what that reason is.-Detroit Free
Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
OUR FORESTS.

The Fate of the Woodlands Which Once
Covered the Greater Part of the Conti-
nent.
The spruce is a hardworking, honest
tree. It may not possess the grandeur
of the pine nor the soaring crown of
the hemlock; but gum will outchew
caouchouc, and is deservedly popular
in Boston, female colleges, and other
select localities. The spruce is meet
inc. last of all, the doom of his ever
green fellows. In Maine and New
Hampshr re and in the Canadian prov
inces the AK of the logger is eating its
way steadily and without mercy into
the heart of the spruce country, and
too soon will the place thereof know it
no more. Thus went the pine. though
when the latter reigned the spruce grew
on unframed, for loggers deemed it an
ignoble tree, good enough to raise
chewing gum, but unworthy of further
usage. So they went for the pine
alone. and hewed it down, as if the
world stood watching unit each lake
and stream grew weary W tn the burden
of murdered trees. If waters can be sad,
I know no reason why the eastern lakes
and rivers might not be mournful as
we'll as was that old Greek fountain
which sprang from woman's tears,
who mourned her children slain. For
the pine trees and the waters were akin
and loving. When the rain descended
or the SHOWS of winter melted, the
trees gathered in the surplusage SO
that the stream flowed evenly to the
sea, and when drought came the full
lakes gave of their abundance to the
sunshine's call and thus returned it to
the thirsty trees. Now all are gone.
The brooks of rounded rocks and the
lakes but shallow basins. When floods
of spring and autumn come to hand
there is naught to stay them. They
work destruction for passing hour;
then the streams dry up and the lakes
become shallow basins again, SO full of
sandbars that even the catfish get
aground and the contiguous factories
buy steam engines or move away.
What became of the pine? The an.
swer is readily given. 1t was shipped
off to the West Indies, most of it, and
part of which was brewed into New
England rum, a horrible compound,
and this the thrifty natives drank up.
Such was the passing of the pine tree.
The hemlock, too. has gone its way.
It was literally skinned out of existence.
Men wanted its hide to use in tanning
leather. and did not rest until it left
them for ever Hemlock timber was
not considered valuable while anything
else was handy, hence most of these
trees rotted where they fell, while the
bark travelled to some of the big tan
neries in Maine and Massachusetts.
Since hemlock became scarce the tam
ners use in its stead South American
gum; hence hemlock tan is largely
something else nowadays.-Coos IN.
Il. Cor. brooklyn Eagle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11

position at the head of the line are do
ing the best they can. The speed of the
guillotine is increasing every Day as
men get used to its gearing.
Meanwhile, as Democrats won the
victory of 1884, with a little help out
side, let them have the fruits of the
victory, and let them keep on applying
pressure till every Republican grub, es-
pecially outside the District of Colum-
bia, be pinched oat of the back of the
cow whose teats have for twenty-four
years been pulled out of shape by Re-
publicans. = Washington Democrat
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-27

ALEXANDER wILKIN Posi- No. 10,
A Il. \. X. Dept of Minnesota, meets the
nr>t and third Wednesday night, ~ l. NJ. IN
winter and 4. VI. In summer, of each month
al Post rooms, 3 doors north oi Post Office.
All comrades are cordially invited.
JAMES CANNON, Commander.
q. W. MEAD, Adjutant.
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SELECTING SEED WHEAT.


some OF me succe's'Gi whGat-Srow-
ers IN fenlsyiVahia II Maryland says
u .hstter' have II custom OF selecting
their SEED wheat from ieid' that nave
remarkably vigorous de'"!oPihch OF
straw niue regard oeihg Pa'" 70 inc
fullness of the berry. The custom
ORIGINATED with ID nj GooJ nj Wash
inoton connty, M,ryInnJ vino AN one
occasion being sbor, of nInnn wheat
sowed a part Of a field with sbrunken
seed nrocured from a ,oiglbor Con-
trorv tn cynec,.tions tho sbrunken seed
nrojucnJ much thr finest cron and ON
,pvostiyo,io, lr cod fn,nd that :,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-27
ARRANGING THE HAIR.

As Il matter OF passing interest in the
domain OF fashion ii is to be noted that
margucrites, waves, and the graceful
soft Dang-the stubby, straight-cut one
was always hideous-are doomed Co
desuctudc and must 90, for Il season
at least. But as TO the mode of wear
ing the hair or arranging the couture,
it will continue to be true, as il has
been for the time past. that women of
good taste will consult the suitable and
the becoming in their methods of hair
dressing, and the edicts of fashion in
this regard will be accepted or rejected
as individual taste may determine.
From time to time in this column the
various styles brought out or adopted
in arranging the hair have been chron-
icled, but in no case has one arbitrary
method been insisted upon or suggest
ed to which all ONE should defer. or
else take their place outside the limits
of the circle of fashion. Here, as else
where, whenever the question of dress
or personal adjoining is concerned, the
tasteful and the becoming must be the
first thought and the last. A woman
with a high bold. expansive forehead
must consider well whether it will like
ly add to her attractiveness to drag
her hair straight back from her face,
or to lightly shadow and soften and
relieve the amplitude of her brow by
the aid of some gracefully falling. light,
fieecy locks. The general contour of
the face, its sharpness and roundness,
a broad or contracted brow, Tie shape
and natural pose of the head. the
tip-tilted, plugged, pointed, or Hat. and
must enter into the question of hair ar
rangements. and fashion never did or
ever can invent an infallible rule which
all women may blindly and success
fully follow.-NeW York Post.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-27
TOILET

The passion for lace affords a fine
field for the display both of precious
stones and fancy iewelry. Diamonds
earrings as well as pins are caught In
to lace iichus, and all semi-precious, as
well as precious stones show we'll in
such setting. A series of amber pins
fastening black lace looks we'll, while q
fichu like that already described, of
black lace, forms an effective back
ground for a string of amber beads
close around the throat and a dozen
amber-headcd pins fastening the folds
of lace on the bosom.
The fancy for amber is greater than
it has been since the time when POOR
little Queen Mercedes short reign
brought it into fashion. 1t is exceed
inely becoming to brunettes, and the
superstition that wearing an amber
necklace relieves headache is spread
ing fast among fashionable women If
you cant be pretty, be odd" if you
can not be magnificent, be picturesque,
this is the unwritten law which the es-
thetics have given us, and the code is
of untold value TO women who know
how to get themselves up becomingly.
Small garnctS set in masses. with
none of the setting visible, are
very popular. and, while comparative
ly cheap, are at the same time very
effective.
The craze for velvet has probably
reached IFS height. inasmuch rs it is
difficult to see how it could further go.
1t, however, shows no sign of declin-
ing. The Swiss belt and the velvet
zouave are It's latest adaptations. Both
OF these are becoming 10 good figures
and disastrous to dumpy ones. A
charming toilet is Of white surah, the
front OF the skirt covering with frills
OF oriental lace falling over bands of
clarcL velvet. The back is q soft dra-
perry of surlh, and the bodice shows a
full front OF lace under 4 claret-velvet
zOuavc.
Another pretty toilet adjunct is a
shicld-shapcd pIastron of velvet, but
toned on the lower part of a close-it-
ting basque, say below the fifth button,
or the sixth, if the buttons are close
together. -ihHaicip tid Press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-27
FEEDING OATS OR CORN,

For many purposes oats make a bet
ter feed than corn, writes Il correspond
ent of the Brecdcr'S Ga=ctte, and es-
peciaily during the summer for work
ing teams Corn perhaps makes the
better feed during the winter, as it
contains mor heating and ~fattening
material than oats. This is not espec-
tally desirable in the summer. OF
course horses, and in fact stock of all
kinds, want TO be kept in Il good,
thriving condition, and it is very poor
economy for the farmer 10 allow his
stock to be otherwise; but during the
hot days in summer stock that is very
fat suffer considerably irom'the heat,
and especially the working teams.
Oats furnish more nutrimcnt that sup
plies muscle and sincws than corn, and
when hard at WORK this is what the
teams want the most. Taking the rel
alive prices OF thraslicd oats and corn,
and generally oats are the dearest
feed. This may not be the case Just at
thrashing. when corn generally reach
es the highest price during the year
and oats are selling at the lowest. The
oats at thrasning lime generally sell
low, and in many sections away from
a good market they fail 10 bring a
price that will give the farmer any
profit over the cost OF production. Yet
the farmer "a hardly afford not TO
raise a few acres for feed. They oc-
cupy the ground but II short time. are
easily raised, and are Il much surer
crop than corn, with considerable less
expense. II the farmer is Obliged to
thrash and feed they alc not rs cheap
a feed as corn. 1t does not pay TO feed
them in the shcaf. Every farmcrknows
this that has had any experience.
There is so much waste that when it
can be avoided they should never be
fed in this way; thrash out and feed
the thrashed oats and stack up the
straw carefully, and feed the same as
hay. a cheaper and better way is to
have a good cutting box and Gu up
the oats and feed in this way. There
is no waste; horses, sheep, or cattle
will eat I'LL up clean, and fed in this
way they will make Il whole feed of
grain and ''r~oughness.' l have seen
teams fed the whole year with the eX-
ception of an occasional feed of corn as
a changc) on oats cut III this way and
kept in iirSi-class condition, working a
considerable portion of the time. A
considerable improvement can be made
in this by adding small quantity of
bran, wetting slightly and mixing all
together. All kinds of stock relish
this and will thrive upon il. or course,
it is some trouble, but the amoun saved
in feeding Il crop of oats is sufficient to
make the work pay.
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MANKATo FREE Press.
$3.50 per A mum in Advance.

rENTENARY METHODIST CHURCH.
Services sunday morning 1890 evenings
AT 9 80, Prayer meetings ut 1880 nirsday
evening. Glass meetings Sabbath Noon and
evening and Tuesday evening, at class rNthns.
seats free. Strangers cordially invited.
j. c.. OGLE, Pastor.
SIS, Fourth street south.