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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31
A Wise Statute.

The Board of Trustees of Cornell
University have passed a university
statute whereby every professor who
shall have served seven years at the in
stitution may have years vacation
ON hah-pay. This action can not fail
to result in great good to the cause Of
education. It is declaration of a body
of business men that the efficient teacher
is not only worthy of his hire, but that
he must not be worn out in the tread
mill of the lecture-room; that he is, in
short, worth preserving. 1t is recog-
milton of the teachers dignity and inn
portance that can not fail to have its eff
feet upon the profession generally
Current.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31

"A young clergyman who had come
to supply the vacant pulpit of the church
in New England village, had an ex-
tremely boyish appearance, and made
his way almost unnoticed into the pull
pit, where he was concealed from view
by the readingdesk in front of him. But
an old lady who sat close on the right of
the pulpit in consideration of her deaf
ness, was much concerned to see a boy
in the place of the expected clergyman.
So she arose very softly, stepped on tip
toe to The pulpit-stairs; and, reckoning
with her forefinger, whispered loudly in
coaxirg accents: "Come down, my boy;
you mustn't sit there: that's the place for
the ministeri''
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31

"A correspondent writes: noticed
in the Evenaiasg Post specimen of Ger
man translation which brought to my
mind sentence / took from an old
German grammar some time ago, which
perhaps may be new to you: "a blind
become hen, who to the scratching
accustomed was, after that she blind be-
came ceased not to scratch. Of what to
the poor fool availed it? Another seeing
hen, who her tender feet wished to spare
this observing, yielded not from her
side; and as often as the blind-become
hen a grain upscratched had, ate it the
seeing one away.-N. I. Evening Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31

Governor Zulick of Arizona calls
attention to the great amount of SNUG
Cling from Mexico into the Territory.
he saws: "There are within Arizona
twenty thousand inhabitants of Mexican
origin, the national drink of which is
mescal, liquor distilled from the cac-
tus plant. Thousands of gallons of this
liquor is annually consumed by them, all
of which is manufactured in Mexico.
Hardly gallon pays duty"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31
Evidence of Total Depravity.

"How is that you can tell such whop-
persp' asked caller, addressing the edi-
tor of the fish-story department
"Well, you see." replied the editor. ''our
Nife's name is Anna"
''What has that to do with it?"
"a great deal When we are writing
fish stories we usually have Anna nigh US to
help u.s."
The caller was carried to the hospital
American A3lgler.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31
The Market In Their Favor.

The Market In Their Favor.
Fret Tramp-I say, Bill, have yer seen
de paper dis mornir'?
Second Tramp-Yes.
First Tramp-How's stocks?
Second Tramp-Dey was way up yester-
day, wild prospecks of furder advances ter
day.
First Tramp-Ifs goin' our way, Bill
You take Broad street an TIL take Wall
N. y Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31

Maryland legislators, who are always
alive to the public interests, have endorsed
the new discovery, Red Star Cough Cure,
because it contains neither morphia nor
opium, and always cures. The price is only
25 cents
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31
ROPE AOULTERATIOfa.

Cine of the Thousand Perils to which
Sailors Are Needlessiy Exposed.
The number of frauds that poor Jack
lis called on to face is astonishing. He
;is swindled in the clothing he wears and
the food he eats; he is swindled when
he is shipped for ports to which he has
mo wish to go, and he is swindled out of
his pay before he gets around on about
every voyage he makes. The worst
swin6le to which he is subjected is one
which often deprives kim of his life.
For ime out of mind the running rig
ging On board ship has been made of
Manila rope. It was of immense
strength. and stood the wear of the
blocks though which it ran better than
thing ever used. There was nothing
the world like it, and consequently
Zothing to adulterate it with. But
hput fy( sers ago new fiber was in
his market, called Sisal
the place whence it
Xucatan. 1t was
a that no one could
Le between the two.
*nmisfortune for the
~ her was not half so
was it more than
and it only cost
eh as Manila.
cen rope-makers has
% and margins on
Some Of them
z
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31
Mouths to Feed.

Young Mother displaying the baby
Isn't she dear little thing. Mr.. Podsnap?
Podsnap Gather OF large family)-Yes,
they're expensive. I've got six Of EN-
N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31
One minutes Imprisonment in Jail

One minutes imprisonment in Jail
was the punishment imposed on a man
charged in Clarendon (Ark.) court
with having sold the products of land
for which he had failed to pay the rent.
The trial occupied several days, and up
on the verdict being pronounced the
condemned walked across the courtroom
and placed himself in charge of the
Sheriff, who took him to the Jail, where
he served out one minutes time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31

"A paper in Oswego, N. Y, mentions
that James Clark and wife "were born,
died, and were buried on the same
day" The life of this remarkable
couple was very brief, but exceedingly
eventfnl Shoe and Leather Reporter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31

An exchange says that a bath has
been established in Albany, N. Y, where
orthodox Jews may battle in accordance
with the requirements of the Talmxd
This custom is still observed through
the Old World, and in some plas
this country. There are two other
of the kind in the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31
Prof Rice of was,oran Trn;vo~,;

Prof. Rice, of Wesleyan University,
in recent lecture, told of freshet at
one time when the Connecticut River
was fifteen miles wide at Hartford and
200 feet deep at Middletown. The
mountains between the latter city and
Meriden were islands in the river that
run to the Sound in two channels, the
new one running over the Wallingford
plains in New Haven.-NeaU Haven Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31

PIXIES TooTHACHE DROPS cure in minute, &c
Glenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. &c
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns BunionS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31
"A correspondent writes: mo

No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consump'
ton. Cures where other remedies fail. 25c
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31

Try and secure place in everybody's
goodwill, not forgetting your rich uncle's.
Troy Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31

EVERY one is perfectly satisfied who uses
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-31

THE bowels may be regulated, and thu
stomach strengthened, with Ayers Pills.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-02-23

The Montpelier argus has deliv-
cred itself of an attack on @. O..
Benedict, the state military historian.
1t accuses him of making a STAT job
of the work, bat its proof is merely
the fact that Mr.. Benedict, who was
appointed by Gov. Proctor in 1873,
had already drawn some five thous-
and dollars for his services and ex-
penses in the preparation of his work.
This may seem excessive to those
who do not consider the endless
amount of labor, sitting of evidence,
collection of documents and gather
inc of information, necessary to
write an accurate military history
sucb as Mr.. Benedict is so anxious
to make. No man who has ever
written history, or ever undertaken
any original investigation into his
torical subjects, will be surprised at
the expense, or believe it particle
too large. Furthermore Mr.. Bene-
diet has collected nothing but wha
his contract with the state, under thu
supervision Of Cows. Proctor, Bar
stow and Farnham authorize. Seen
Benedict is not the man to wrong
fully take cent and he ought to b.
exempt from reckless aspersions.-
Ref0rmer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-02-23
THE FALL OF KHARTOUM.

KoRTI, Feb. 18th. The cavass who
has given the most intelligent, and to
all appearances the most reliable, ac-
count of the events attending the fall
of Khartoum, is named Abdul Kerim.
He YES one of Gen. Gordon's SER
wants. He secured his escape from
Khartoum after the city fell, he says,
by bribery. He bought camel and
crossed to Debbeh, the journey taking
twelve days. From Debbeh, he
came to Korti in an English pinnaee.
Abdul Kerim continues to add to his
history of the fall of Khartoum. He
says that Farag, upon whom Gordon
relied implicitly, was really the per-
son who delivered the city over to e
Mahdi's troops. When they entered
the city it was Farag who prevented
the garrison from firing upon them
The story that Farag had once beer
q slave, and that General Gordon Sc
cured his liberation, and that wher
he subsequently eatesed Gordon
service the latter was deceived int
mistaking Farag's zeal for evidenc
OF gratitude, is corroborated by th
CANVASS. He says dat when Gordon
made Farag military commandment h
used to receive letters from Ell Mahdi
When Gordon would ask him abou
this correspondence Farag would sa
they were unimportant, and Gordo
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-02-23
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

By an explosion of gas in a coal mine
near Savanna, Indian Territory, three
miners were instantly killed, eighty-nine
seriously burned and forty-two slightly
injured.
A dispatch from Admiral Courbet of
Paris, Feb. 18th, says: 'We have attack
ed the Chinese squadron and gained COM
plete victory Another dispatch says
the French feet has succeeded in sinking
two of the three Chinese men-of- war which
took refuge in the Ningpo river on Satur.
day last.
The weather at Chicago and through
out Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Ne
braska has greatly moderated. Freight
and passenger trains are now starting
oat on time. A prominent railroad Off
cial estimates the loss to all western
roads by the storm during the second
and third weeks of this month at from
| 81, 900, 600 to SO 100000.
A dispatch from Denver, COL, Feb. is
SAYS: The snow storm which has been
raging in the mountains for the last few
| DAYS has resulted in a formidable block.
AIDE. No trains have crossed Marshall
Pass since Sunday morning. The train
which left Salt Lake Saturday morning is
snow bound on the west side of the range
with no immediate prospect of relief
Both the Ghnnison and Eagle rive
branches are badly blocked, and no effor
is being made to move trains on either
road.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-02-23
TEMPERANCE REFORM.

Three Roman Catholic bishops adj
dressed q great temperance meeting
in New York city, q week ago last
Friday, in favor of total abstinence.
They came out squarely in favor OF
total abstinence, would make the
going to a dram shop disreputable,
favored the Sunday closing laws, and
urged bishops and priests to labor to
induce Catholics in the liquor traffic
to leave it as a business unbeftting a
Christian. The New York San COM
ments as follows:
A great part of the Roman Catho-
lie clergy, if not the majority of them
are probably neither total abstainers
themselves nor the advocates of total
abstinence for other people. They
regard moderate drinking as entirely
proper, and consequently they can
not be consistent opponents of liquor
selling for II Gaen drink, they surely
must not say that the mar of whom
they buy their beverage is pursueilg
an immoral and disreputable bust
ness. But there seems to be grow
ing convictioG among the clergy that,
as a method of combating the terrible
evils of intemperance, they would do
/ well to themselves set an example of
total abstinence. Then they would
be better armed against the enemy
that works the worst havoc among
their focks.
The late Plenary Council at Bal
timore also declared its formal ap.
prevail of the warfare against drink
ing, and described the evils of intern
perance as amolg the most terrible
with which the church has TO deal
In England, Cardinal Manning is a
out-asad-out advocate of total absti
nence as the only remedy, and undo
his general d;reetis1s or with hi
hearty sympathy, Catholics hey
started vigorous temperance move
meats. Meantime the Episcops
f church is more active than ever be
: fore in fighting drink, and anon
sensible men generally the danger
D of indulgence in alcohol are freel
e acknowledged.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-02-23
ard will be the next secretary of

ard will be the next secretary of
state.
A great deal OF interest is mani
tested in the work of preparing the
new pension building for the inaug-
ural festivities and many have ex-
pressed doubt as to whether 1t would
be ready by the fourth. But one of
the managers said yesterday, ssthey
need not fear, everything will be
ready in time. We know just where
we are and where we shall end, be-
sides, we viii have by far the finest
parade, decorations, and pyrotechnics
the people of this country have ever
seen" 1t is evident no time is be-
ing lost at the pension building. A
large force of men work in rain and
snow, both day and night.
On Saturday next the Washington
monument will be dedicated with
becoming pomp and ceremony.
Many visitors are expected to at
tend. while they are in the city Pres
| ident Arthur will hold his last public
reception, SO that they can meet
| him and shake hands.
Since its completion, the monument
has been photographed by artists
from many cities. There is scarcely
a conceivable view of the shaft that
has not been taken morning noon
and night, by daylight and moon
light. But they are not satisfactory.
A picture that shows the simple out
lines and loses all the effect of the
proportions is not striking. The
memorial is, in itself, imposing and
grand, but it requires a background
of sky and plain to inspire admira.
ton. The only approach to work
of art that | have seen IS picture
that shows the reflection of the mon.
ument in the lake beside it. 1t has
been demonstrated by critics that Is
almost impossible to correctly de.
scribe the monument by any wore
in the language, and now it has beer
shown that it is impossible to cor
rectly represent on canvass or card
board, camera, paintbrush or pencil
the highest of earthly structures.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-02-23
apparently took him at his word.

apparently took him at his word.
Concerning the massacre IN hhar
toum. Abdul Kerim states that Cen
eral Gordon's clerk and the chief
clerk of the arsenal were killed. Ell
Mahdi did not enter Khartoum until
the third day after its capltulation.
He inspected the city and then re-
turned to Omdurman, where he re-
mains. After General Gordon fell,
Abdul Kerim says, the Arabs killed
his clerk and nine others with spears
The others who were at the time with
Gordon escaped.
The CANVASS declares that with the
exception of the attack in which these
murders were committed there was
no fighting in Khartoum. During
the attack, however, all the Europ-
cans and most of the notables were
killed. While the attack was in prog
ress the male inhabitants of the city
| joined the insurgents. Abdul states
that no women or children were kill
| ed and that all who submitted to the
invaders and surrendered their valu-
ables were permitted to depart un-
harmed. 1t was reported that FL
Mahdi ordered Farag to be hanged,
and that the prophets soldiers plum
dered Khartoum, killing all the
Greeks in the arsenal and liberating
all the prisoners except the Greek
Consul Nicolai and doctor.
Abdul Kerim says that Ell Maid
has 10000 good fighting men, who
however, he thinks, have been some
what scared at the results of the bat
ties at Abu Klea, Gubat and Kab
babish. Numbers of Arabs are de
serting from Ell Mahdi's forces a
Metemneh.
A shiekh reports that there is mucl
sickness and disaffection among thu
prophets troops, who are alleged t.
be tired of the war and DESTROYS o
English protection. The sheikh say
that the Arabs now respond slowl,
to Ell Mahdi's levies for troops.
Lord Wolseley remains here. Their
appears to be no prospect of an i'm
mediate departure on his part to tn
front.
1t is announced that in view of TIL
fact that the fall of Khartoum anc
the death of General Gordon hav
rendered the main object of Genera
Lord Wolseley's expedition impossi
BILE, the Government has deemed
expedient to change the whole pla
of the campaign in the Soudan. Gen
Brackenbury, who succeeded the lat
General Earle, has been ordered t
abandon his advance on Berber an
to concentrate his troops at Korti
Colonel Sir Redvers Butler, VIII
evacuated Gubat on the 18th inst
and withdrew his forces to Abu Klea
has also been ordered to fall back o
Korti. All the available troops i
Gen. Wolseley's command will b
concentrated at that place and 8
Debbeh and Korosko, the main bod
being at Korti.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-02-23

From what has transpired 1t seems
clear that Cleveland is really some
thing of a civil service reformer and
has some regard for the decencies.
He does not encourage the hungry
crowd to look for a clean sweep or
any haste even in the slaughter which
they have whetted their appetites.
He has evidently taken counsel of the
"Mugwumps" and will defer little
to their notions. The New York cor
respondent of the Springfield Repub-
Hcdp says:
"a very encouraging feature of
the situation is the confidence eX-
pressed by the independents in Mr..
Cleveland's breadth of purpose, and
his capacity for enforcing his
views"
The Journals Washington CORE
spondent, who tells of the disappoint-
ments and anxieties of the faithful
on their return from New York,
where they met the president-elect,
corroborates this view of the situa-
ton. He says:
"The democrats who have return
Oh from New York are not o happy
family. They went there to help
Mr.. Cleveland make his cabinet.
They have come back finding that he
has more assistance than he needs.
Some of them fear that he is pretty
certain to be guilty of two heresies-
one a disposition to give too much
consideration to the Mugwumps
second, q determined purpose to re-
spect the principle of civil service,
and to resist the demands upon hin
for q clean sweep"
Of the feelings of the Indians
democrats, who held a conference or
their return from New York I; this il
reported:
''In the conference the returned
delegates were not able to point t.
anything said by Cleveland indica
ting McDonald's appointment, no
could they report any in the natur
of comforting assurance to demo
cratic congressman from Indiana
who are overwhelmed with applica
tions for offices. The Indiana, dem
ocrats are not alone in their fear
that Cleveland may yield too muc
to the advice of the Mugwumps."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-02-23
THE DISTRICT OR TOWN SYS-
ITEM, WHICH?

AS will be seen by reference to an
other column, it will become neces-
sary for every town in the state, ex-
cept those that are already under the
town management to vote on the
question whether or not the town sys-
TEN shall be adopted for the manage
ment of the schools. The law pro-
vides that the town adopting the new
method shall choose either three or
six men who shall have the same
powers and jurisdictions in the man
agement of the schools as the pres
ent prudential committee has, giving
them also some extra powers in re-
gard to the selection of superintend-
ent, clerk. etc. All the school prop
erty becomes the property of the
town, with provisions for It's apprais-
al. and regulations as to how each
district shall be justly treated in di-
viding up the property.
The law provides that a tax of
twenty-five to fifty per cent. on the
grand list shall be raised to defray
the expenses of the schools annually.
This money is separate fund and
drawn from the town treasury by the
school supervisors. The law also
permits town to go back to the old
system if desired after four years.
Whether this method Is better than
the old is a mooted question at pres
ent, the leading school men, the State
Superintendent, and the great major
ity of the citizens in the towns wher,
it has been adopted being in favor o
it, while those WHO have had no prac
tieal experience in the proposed meth
cd, some who fear an extra expense
and a large number who fear any
thing new, oppose change to th
town system. There can be no douh
that there might be circumstance
where the old plan would be best
and instances where the new metho
would work injuriously. But ia di:
cussing the question, the few isolate
cases, suffering, possibly, disadvaI
dages, should not outweigh muc
larger number where great adyal
tages woHia be derived. That is.
it has been proven by actual tri
that the town system has worked We
in twenty towns, even if il has failF
80 one or more, the fact woulJ see
TO he established that the system
preferable to the old, and every tn
man should favor the better plan
school management. BY eviden
before the Legislature in 1854, it seer
ed that all towns which have Civ
the town system a fair trial, a