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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24
FOlLIES OF DRESS.

A Glance at the Fashions of the Last Cen
fury.
The people who long for a sensible
style of dress may justly complain that
the fashions of the present day do not
satisfy their ideals. They may, how
ever, cultivate a reasonable amount OF
gratitude for the blessings they really
enjoy in that direction, by casting a
backward glance at the fashions of the
last century. Says Mary Frampton,
whose journal furnishes one of the mir
rors by which we may study by-gone
manners and customs:
In 1880 everybody wore powder and
pomatum, and a large triangular thing
called cushion, to which the hair was
friZZed up, with three or four enormous
curls on each side.
The higher the pyramid of hair, gauze
and feathers was carried, the more fash
ionable it was thought to be, and such
was the labor employed in rearing the
fabric, that night-caps were made in
proportion to it, and covered over the
hair, immense black pins, powder, po-
Hatum, and all ready for the next day.
Twenty-four pins was by no means an
unusual number to wear to bed.
The perfection of figure. according to
the fashion Of the time, lay in the small
ness of the circumference into which
ones unfortunate waist could be COM
pressed, and many poor girl hurt her
health very materially by trying to rival
the reigning beauty of that day, the
Duchess of Ruthland, who was said to
squeeze herself to the size of an orange
and half
In 1891, says the same writer, all the
gentlemen wore queues, or tails, of con-
siderable length and thickness near the
head, dwindling by degrees toward the
extremity, the whole well plastered and
powdered; they wore, also, great curls,
frizzed, powdered and pomatxmed, at
the ears.
Ladies wore their hair flowing down
their backs, and hi Oh in front. with
much pomatum and powder. pst on
with different kinds of puffs This pow
der was applied at distance. that every
hair might be frosted with it. One
poand and sometimes two of powder
were often put into the hair, or wasted
in the room. in ore dressing. Yomta4s
COntf307ai0n.
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The Moose as a Racer.

1t is said that domesticated moose
belonging to half-breed in Maine is
valuable assistant about the farm, and
that it is capable, when hitched to a sled
and driven upon the ice, of beating any
horse that can be produced against it.
At an exhibition of moose racing in this
city some years ago the moose were very
disappointing to those who went to see
them, and to the gentleman who had
brought them on in the trust
that they woulddrove money
making attraction when offered
to the public At popular adm is
sion prices. They were quite slow and
cumbersome, in very painful contrariety
to the general belief that had been enter
tanned of them, and horses of common
breed and dubious rapidity were fleet in
comparison. Very smooth ice might
make difference, but a harnessed
moose running against s. good horse on
track of earth would seem a thing that
was anchored.-Harper's Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24
HOME AND FARM.

-''Wigglers'' and other vermin in
cisterns may be destroyed by keeping
minnows therein.
Experience. says q writer in HON
and Farm, might convince every self
observer that few other luxuries can be
enjoyed with as much impunity as fresh
ripe fruit.
Beef Tea: Cut lean beef into small
closely. Set the jar in a kettle of cold
water, bring gradually to boil. and
continue until all the juice is extracted
from the meat. This will require sew
eral hours. Season to taste. Cottage
Hearth.
This ''cake will keep for week if
not eaten" One pound of powdered
sugar, half pound of butter creamed
with it, ten ounces of flour mixed with
the butter and sugar, one grated nut
meg or the grated rind of lemon; then
add eight eggs, the yolks and whites
beaten separately. Bake in moderate
oven one hour and half.-CteUela,sd
Leader.
Try this old recipe for apple fritters.
One quart of milk, three well-beaten
eggs and enough flour to make batter.
Core and pare twelve large apples,
mince finely and mix with the batter.
Have pan of boiling lard and drop the
batter into the lard with tablespoon,
frying in the same manner as dough-
nuts. Serve hot, and cat with any acid
sauce Sentinel.
The farmer who has any desire to
economic should never forget that COM
mercial fertilizers are to be resorted to
only when the home supply fails to fur
nish enough; and also that because he is
able at all times to get in the market
whatever amount of fertilizers he may
desire, it does not justify him in permit
ting anything to be wasted on the farm
that can be made to take the place of
the fertilizers he can buy.-N. r.. Farm
er.
Among the new inventions for
kitchen use is cake cooler, a wire mat
which is lifted up on several small feet,
and which allows the air to pass all
around the cake and keep it from grow
ing "soggy'' while cooling. A sink
cleaner is blade of rubber set in a
handle, and serves most usefully to
scrape out the sides of the sink. A
small, hard brush for scrubbing vegeta-
bles that are to be boiled in their skins
is useful. -Boston Globe.
The following is said to be the
method followed by hatters in smooth
ing silk hats which have been roughened
by rain. Sponge the hat all over, or in
parts, as it may need, with nice, rath-
er fine, medium-sized sponge, wrung
out of cold or warm water, following
the nap, of course. Leave it in an ordi-
nary temperature out of dust for twelve
hours to dry. Then brush as ordinarily
with nice hat brush, and wipe round
with an old silk handkerchief, and the
sorriest-looking old hat (not dented)
will come out again as fresh as new
~ Y M0I
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24
"SPOOPENDYKE."
His Experience as Publisher of q Nortl
Dakota Journal

Dakota journal.
Stanley Huntley, better known as
"Spoopendyke," had about eight dol
lars in cash when he took the Bismarck
Oakota) Tribune off the hands of its
owner, and put his own name over the
editorial column as the Tribu'ae's pro-
prietdr, At the end of the first
week of his regime the printers came
for their accustomed pay, and he
tried to give them the accustomed
''stand-off.' They refused to wait,
though, and the result was that Hunt
ley had to go out into the streets of Bis
marck and lasso a partner. He found a
man who had en- ough money to pay off
the printers. and he gave him half in
terest in the concern, but that was all the
money the partner had. In a few days
the paper for next weeks issue ar
rived by express c. o. D., and the Tai6-
s'ae publishers were duly notified of the
fact. They hadn't the wherewithal to
meet the bill, so they put up a job.
Huntley went dow to the express Office,
engaged the agent in charge in pleasant
conversation and sked him out to have
a cigar. The agent accepted, and while
he was taking his cigar at a neighbor-
ing bar, Huntley's partner went to
the house and carried off the package
of papers. At the end of that week
the printers made their usual insatiate
demand for pay, and us Huntley didn't
have il himself and didn't know where
it could be had, he left the Tribune to
his partner, who has since made it pay.
81. Louis Globe Democrat
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24
Is Every Bodx Drunk1

Among the many stories Lincoln used a.
relate was the following: Trudging along
q lonely road one morning on my way to
the county seat, Judge overlook me
with his wagon and invited me to q seat.
We had not gone far before the wagon
began to wobble. Said I. aJudge think
your coachman has taken drop too much y
Putting his head out of the window, the
Judge shouted: why, you Internal scoun-
del, you are drunk
Turning round with great gravity, the
coachman said: ssBe dad but that's the
frs rightful s'cision your Honor's giv'n N
twer mont!"
If people knew the facts they would be
surprised to learn how many people reel in
the streets who never "drink drop" They
are the victims of sleeplessness, Of drowsy
DAYS, of apoplectic tendencies, whose blood
is set on fire by uric acid. Some day they
will reel no more-they viii drop dead, just
because they haven't the moral courage to
defy useless professional attendance, and by
use of the wonderful, Warmers safe cure
neutralize the uric acid in the system and
Tins get MD of the drunkenness in the
blood''-Ihe american Rural Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24
DEPTH AND HEIGHT.
The Comparative Insignificance OF
Earth's Surface Inequalities.

The Comparative InsIgnificance of this
Earth's Surface inequalities.
If it be remembered that the greatest
depth of the ocean is only about five
miles, and that the height of the heigh-
est mountain is likewise about five miles
above the level of the sea, while
the globe itself has a diameter of
eight thousand miles, the comparative
insignifcance of all the surface inequali-
ties of the earth is at once forced on our
attention. A circle sixty-six feet in
diameter having on its surface a depres-
sion of one inch, or globe one foot in
diameter with a groove on its surface
one-sixteenth of an inch in depth, would
represent on a true scale the greatest in
equality, of mountain height and ocean
depth, on the surface of the earth. Mis-
conceptions often arise, and erroneous
conclusions are frequently arrived at
when these proportions are not rigidly
borne in mind. But. unimportant as
these surface features may appear when
viewed with reference to the diameter of
the earth, or to the superficial area of an
ocean several thousand miles in extent,
still to the geologist and physical geo.
grapher the elevations and depressions,
foldings and dislocations, vertical and
lateral, which form these inequalities
are truly gigantic, immense, profound;
and the more do they appear to be the
result of changes taking place in a very
definite and orderly manner in the
course of the earth's developmental his
tory. Mature.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24
A WONDERFUL GROWTH.

Some Carefully-Compiled Statistics OF
General Interest Relative to the Rapid
Increase in Population and Wealth Of
the More Northern Portions OF the
Great Northwest.
The late reports from the Executive
officials of the great States and Terri
tories of the Northwest show sur
prising growth in population and
wealth. This important region COM
prises the rich agricultural and grazing
States and Territories of Minnesota,
Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington
and Oregon.
MINNESOTA.
The returns from the Minnesota GEN.
sus taken in May, 1885, show a popu-
lation in the State of 1,117,79S. In
1880 it was 780,773. The assessed valu-
alton of property in Minnesota is $401,-
OPS, 5S7; in 1880 it was $25S, O55, 543; in
crease, $142, 973, OLA.
The cities of ST. Paul and Minneapo-
lis, the largest and most important
business metropolis of the State, and in
fact of the entire Northwest, show an
unprecedented growth. They are sit
uated so near each other that their cor
porate limits now join, and form 3
great commercial center. They are
about equal in size, and their combined
population by the census of May, 1885.
was 24O, 597; in 1880 it was $4,000, in
crease, 152,537. The capacity of the
Touring mills is 10000 barrels of flour
a day. Wheat received last year, 32,-
43S, 222 bushels; elevator capacity,
$500, 900 bushels; cut of lumber, 3OO,-
724,379 feet; new buildings erected.
4,S4S; real estate sales, $780, $50.
Duluth and Superior, at the head Of
Lake Superior, separated only by the
Bay of St. Louis, form an important
commercial metropolis. Their popula-
ton is upwards of 10000, and next to
Chicago they are the greatest shipping
points for wheat in the West, having an
elevator capacity of 100000 bushels.
DAKOTA.
Dakota shows a remarkable growth
in population, and by the development
of only small portion of its great agri-
cultural resources shows a large in
crease in the number of farms, products
of the soil and live stock. The returns of
the Territorial census taken in June,
1885. and the report of Governor Pierce
to the Secretary of the Interior for 1885.
compared with the census of 1880, show
the growth of the Territory:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24

"The Proper Study of Mankind is Man, -
says the illustrious Pope. If he had in
Guided woman in the list, he would have
been nearer the truth, if not SO poetical.
DIR. R. V. Pierce has made them both a life
study, especially woman, and the peculiar
arrangements to which her delicate system
is liable. Many women in the land who
are acquainted with DR.. Pierce only through
his '.Favorite Prescription, +" bless him with
all their hearts, for he has brought them the
panacea for all those chronic ailments Pc
culiar to their sex; such as leucorThea,
prolapsus and other displacements, ulcera-
to internal cancer, and other ailments.
Price reduced to one dollar. By druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24

has been a laborious and costly work, but
the end justifies the effort. Obstruction in
any important channel means disaster. OBJ
bring inevitable disease. They must be
cleared away, orphysical wreck will follow:
Keep the liver in order, and the pure blood
courses through the body, conveying
health, strength and life, let it become dis
ordered and the channels are clogged with
impurities, which result in disease and
death. No other medicine equals DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery for acting
upon the liver and purifying the blood.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24
The mountain town of Plymouth

The mountain town of Plymouth.
VT, has long yielded gold along its
creeks. many thousands ofdollars' worth
having been quietly washed out. For
some years a mining company operated
upon the mother ledge, and, though it
owed nobody when it ceased operations,
the name Of gold-seeker has come to be-
synonymous with swindler among the
country folk. Another mining com.
pany has now set up works in the town,
and is boring into prejudice as well as
quartz. -Ratland Herald
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24
Potatoes in Winter.

The annual loss to the farmers in the
Northwest in consequence of their pota
toes being frosted amounts to a good
deal of money. The frost in most of our
winters is Liable to penetrate into our
cellars and root houses. The only safe
way to winter p7 katoes in this cold eli
mate is to store penn beyond the reach
danger of having pr pits and cellars toe
warm; neither hNre danger of ou1
potatoes heating prohting Daring the
long winter mont MOTT of the pota-
toes raised are sn tES cellars of the
!; ! e: !: !:
the Imperfect she houses, the
cold is liabl In the cellars.
Every farm see that his
house is up.-Ihe
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24

The local papers at Rawlins, Wy.
T., describes sensation shat occurred
there very coolly. 1t says: Last Fri
day another homicide happened. That
makes seven so far this week. Four
Ace Lyons and Devil-LaKe Charlie en-
gagged in a little game of draw. Charlie
dealt and Four-Ace stood pat and bet
fifty dollavs. Charlie stood, and raised
fifty dollars Foor-Ace called. Charlie
had four aces and king and Four-Ace
had four kings and an ace. Each ac-
cused the other of working miracles,
and they instantly agreed to settle it by
another game of draw. They drew
Roth I;oI -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24

Robert Burns, in writing poem,
was always careful to use words that
the most uneducated person could read
ily understand. Here is one of Roberts
choicest stanZas:
go mickle yeuks the keckle doup,
An unsicker girns the graith,
For wac and wac! the crowdies loup
Ger jouk an haIlan, Draw and bath.
Where ance the google hirpIcd fair,
An blithesome poortith toomed the LOOT,
There's nae burnie giglet rare
Rnt biaws in iika iinL ing caof!"
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Young Men. Read This.

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELEcTRo-VoL-
TAIc BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 80 days, to men tyoung or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vital
ity and all kindred troubles. Also for rheu-
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Cured, as 80 days trial is allowed. Write
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24

When man is hanging, cue HIM down,
then go through his pockets Texas Post.
When man is coughing give him Red
Star Cough Cure Baltimore Ne,cs.
When you want to conquer pain, use st.
Jacobs Oil.-I'hAadelphid lNeans.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24
-Enoi,aeeriuo describes. under

-Elgineeriaag describes, under the
name of mystery gold" an alloy re-
sembling in appearance, weight. and in
withstanding the jewelers. test of strong
acids Its analysis is given as follows:
Silver, 2.4s; platinum, 1902; copper,
by difference, $3.50. Strong boiling in
nitric acid, even when an article made
of it is left in it for some time, has ap-
parently no effect upon the alloy which
is coming extensively into use.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24

WE guarantee the speedy, painless and
salve, of the largest pile tumors. Pamphlet
and references sent for two letter stamps,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24
THE TERROR.
How He Was Humbled to the DRst by .
Woman.

How He Was Humbled to the Dsst by >
A burly forms thick necklace
covered with bristles-hands covered
with hairs voice like the below of a
bull-a natural swagger to his gait
eyes Ike mad dog's-mouh no cleaner
than hog's-a clustering, rearing, ma
aicious brute!
Such vas the Terror
A mile away from the little town he
halted his horse and braced his cour-
age with half pist of whisky. 1t was
a fluid which would kill a dog; he
smacked his lips oy}.it... He pulled out
his reyolvers an3saw that they were
loaded and in order. He drew his bowie
knife from his sheath and tried the keen
edge. -.
He was Going to capture thetown and
VI knocked human brute. this
swY drunken. boasting, fighting
md kill. The people had
I'm; he would show himself
= Them had never heard of
RON
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24

BRIGHAM You've acquired the title of Gen.
eral from having been called "Briggy,
dear" SO often by his numerous wives
NJ Y. Independent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24

STRIKING natty dude-Clubbing dam
dy.-EdrUard Ldmpoon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. SOC
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24

''WHY, it's the most strengthening food
you can eat" Precisely, but don't want
to be tied to the steak all the time."-Bos
ton BUDGET
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24

PIEE's TooTHACHE DROPS cure in l minute, &c
Gien,,'s Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. Csc.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns & Bunions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24

IT is the professional flute player who has
to whistle for his money.
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"THE TERROR"
"Humbled to the Dust by a
Woman"

And you have the story just as they
told it to me.-Detr0it Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24
Blowing Up He'll Gate

A-MEw-sING entertainment-Cat concerts
IN. Y. Morning Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24

One of the chief factors contributing
more largely than any other to the
rapid settlement in this region was
the building of the Northern Pacific
Railroad through these important
States and Territories. Its construc-
ton was made possible by the liberal
grant of lands made for that purpose
by the general Government. The line
was opened for through traffic about
two years ago, and considering the
progress already made in develop
ing the rich agricultural, grazing,
tim Der, mineral and other native re-
sources of the broad belt of country
which it traverses, it is safe to predict
tkat at no distant day this region of
the West will count its inhabitants by
rlMlions, and the amount of wealth its
people will realize can scarcely be est{-
mased
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-24

The census returns of Dakota show
larger per cent. of growth in the
number of inhabitants. farms and
manufactures in the northern half of
the Territory than in the southern
half, VIZ:
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NORTH DAKOTA.


The report of Hon. S. L. Hanser,
Governor of Montana, to the Secretary
of the Interior, October. 1885. estimates
the present population of the Territory
at 40, 900; the population in 1880 was
80, 157; increase, 70.S43. The report
estimates the value of the silver. gold,
copper and lead exports at 800, 25O, 600;
beef cattle, $4,000 head, valued at
81 ,5OO,OOO and of wool, 5000. coo
pounds, valued at S1,40O,000. The
number of cattle now in the Territory
is placed at 900, 900 head; sheep, 1,2O0.-
600 head, and horses, 120, 900 head.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
Washington Territory has expert
enced a rapid growth, since the con-
struction of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road has made accessible its rich agri-
cultural districts. The population has
increased from IS, 100 in 1880 to 1885,
900 in 1885. The Territory is free from
debt with S47, 901. 81 in the treasury, and
the assessed valuation of property in
1884 was S51 ,00S, 4S4.
GOVERNMENT LANDS.
The reports from the United States
General Land Office for 1883, 1884
and 1885 give the aggregate amount Of
Government lands entered in the entire
United States for that period at 3d.
076, 432 acres, of which 80. $50, 351 acres,
OF. SIS per cent. of the acreage, was
taken up by settlers in the six North
west States and Territories viz:
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iot'.' &c % % % 'Ie'o
This large quantity of Government
lands entered in addition to the lands
sold by the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company indicates large movement
of settlers to this region of country.
Public lands remaining undisposed
of in these States and Territories: