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

realized increased profits by working in
liberal quantity of the Sisal hemp
with the Manila fiber. Thus, when
Jack, as he supposed, was working aloft
with one hand for the owners and one
for himself, he found his faith in the
Manila rope to which he chung mis-
placed. 1t gave way, precipitating him
to the deck or into the sea- Ropes
broke at the most unexpected and criti-
cal moments. There is no help for it.
for only an expensive test would show
when coil of rope was adulterated.
But short time ago an English rope
manufacturer, who found his sales for
the genuine Manila decreasing, discov-
cred after few experiments simple
test by which the presence of the cheap
fiber can be detected. A South street
ship-chandler showed reporter how the
test could be made. He burned little
wad of Manila fiber on sheet of boiler
iron, and then wad of Sisal hemp be-
side it. The ashes from the Manila
were grayish black, while those from
the Sisal hemp were almost white. Then
he pulled rope yarn from an adult
terated rope, and, after untwisting it,
he burned it also. The white Sisal fiber
showed so plainly among the black
Manila fibers around them that even
land lubber could detect the adultera-
ton without difficulty.-N Y. Sun.
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FORciBLE DECISION.
Judge Peterson's Opinion on the Ayera
Bill Collector.

Judge Peterson's Opinion on the Ayerag sc
Bill Collector.
A powerful decision was recently rem
dered against bill collectors by Nashville
Judge. The Judge, 1t seems, is in the habit
of taking an appeal when bill is presented
to him. This annoyed the collectors. One
bold young fellow was determined to face
the jurist in his den and argue from tabu-
lated evidence, showing that the Judge was
much in debt to wholesale liquor house.
The unflinching young man walked into the
court room. took position in front OF the
Judges desk and said:
''This is Judge Peterson l believe"
''Yes the Judge answered, as he sus
piciously eyed the young man.
The collector handed the Judge bill.
The Judge looked at it, recognized it as an
old acquaintance handed it back to the
young man and said:
s'TelI them that I'll come by and settle"
"They've heard that several times al
ready" the collector replied. Nov
want to know whether to come back here
or not"
mo, you needn't"
"Weli, then. I'll stay until you render
your decision"
The Judge flew out over the desk, like
piece of whalebone, and knocked the
young man down-knocked all his teeth
into the southeast corner of his mouth. 1t
is likely that the young man may appeal
from the decision, but it should teach les
son to bill collectors. Why, hang it, when
q man says that he will be around the first
of the month why don't they thank him
politely and retiEe?-ArkdnsG,o Ira
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THE ROTHSCHlLDS.
Doing Business on Capital of Ono
Thousand Million Dollars.


Thousand Million Dollars.
The combined capital of the great firm
of the Rothschilds is estimated by per-
sons pretending to know although no
body but themselves can really know
anything about it) at no less sum than
81, 600, 900, 900, fully one-half of which
has been gained within twenty-five
years. Their opportunities for making
money, which are almost unlimited, are
perpetually improved. Their credit be-
ing of the highest, they might continue
their immense banking business indefi-
nitely with little or no capital. 1t is
hardly more than one hundred years
since the founder of the family and its
fortunes, Mayer Anselm, of very poor
Jewish parentage, was an humble clerk
in a Hanover contingencies. He after
ward established himself as banker in
Frankfort. The discreet investment of
S., 900, 900 of silver, deposited with him
in 1906 by the Elector William on the
invasion of his territory by the French.
was the source of the enormous wealth
of the firm. 1t was deposited without
interest, but Rothschild paid interest
regularly and returned the capital to
the Electors son seventeen years later.
The Rothschilds have never been so rich
as now, but they have nothing like the
power they once had, probably because
the capital of the world has so rapidly
increased. 1t used to be said that kings
could not 60 to war without their con-
sent. Those days have foaever passed.
~ u, Commercial 4dree
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A REMINlSCkNCE.
A True History of the Once Famous "Rob.
ert Heller"

efC HeHer'
Robert Heller" the noted magician.
was really William Henry Palmer. a ma.
tive of Canterbury, in England. At the
age of ten years he was musical pro
dizzy, and at sixteen he appeared in con-
cert, and had composed several brilliant
stndies for the piano-forte. His musical
career was hindered by his boyish fancy
for the illusions of magic, at first mere
recreation, afterward an infatuation.
While still a student he left the Royal
Academy, in company with another
young and noted artist, and at the Thea
magical entertainment. The result was
sat in front box, with greatly waxed
mustache, eye-glass and other disguise,
but owing to anxiety he lost his presence
of mind at critical periods, to the discom-
future of the wizard and the disgust of
the audience, from whose missiles the
two young adventures escaped through
window at the rear of the stage.
In 1852 Robert Heller" came to the
United States, and soon afterward he
drifted to Washington. There he became
professor of music, was organist at DIR.
Halls church, became a lion in the dip
lomatic society presided over by Lord
and Lady Napier, and married Miss
Annie Kieckhofer, daughter of one of
the firm of Riggs & Co., bankers. But
his infatuation for a Bohemian life was
not overcome. His marriage was not
happy one, and he persuaded an old
English gentleman named Philips, the
father of q Washington bookseller, to
furnish the funds for new necroman-
GERS outfit. Soon afterward he OBJ
tanned the services of his step-sister, Miss
Ada Palmer, as a confederate, and with
her he travelled around the world. Re-
turning to the Atlantic coast he died at
the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia,
November p, 187S.-Ben. Perleu Poorc.
w Boston Budget.
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PERcHERON HORSES.
40 Years, Experience.

To Tribune reporter, Mr.. A. s.
Chamberlain, who for 40 years has been
the proprietor of the Old Bulls Head
Stables New York City, said: II
keep exchange and sale stables for
horses, thousands of which annually
come to my stables from all parts of
the country. don't deal on my own
account to any extent. The French
horses have good feet and stand the
pavements better than the Clydesdales,
and bring better price on the market.
The Clydesdales are short-ribbed, slim
WASTED and lack action. Compare
lively few of them are now brought to
this market. The demand is largely
for French horses. would advise the
farmer and breeders, who are breeding
horses to sell on the New York market,
to breed from French horses in prefer
ence to all others. " Chicago Tribune.
Percheron stations of the finest quality
and with choicest pedigrees, registered
in the Percheron Stud Book of France,
are annually imported in immense
numbers. Within the past two years
1000 have been imported and collected
by one firm alone.
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CHINESE BANKS.
Tho Complete Banking System Obtainin
In the Celestial Empire

The Complete Banking System Obtaining
In the Celestial Empire.
The ways of business houses are by nc
means the same the world over. 40
cording to resident of Hong Kong,
some peculiarities of custom attend
banking transactions in that place. He
says that the interior of the bank con-
sists of large sombre hall kept fairly
cool by the waving of innumerable
punkahs We wish, suppose, to cash a
check:
..Schroff!'' shouts the clerk, and i'm
mediately answering to the term-not
German, but corruption of the Hindoo
word Sarrof, banks clerk-there glides
forward one of the native cashiers, with
smooth shaven skull, four-foot pigtail,
and spotlessly white flowing garments.
He is silent and rapid in his movements,
and though his scanty stock of English
is scarcely ineligible, he salts
factorily carries out the transac-
ton in hand, your own compli-
Gated pencil and paper conversion OF
pounds into dollars and cents, being
easily distanced by the schroff's peculiar
method of calculation. Taking up
a counting-machine, his long, 1.-THE
fingers move over it far more
quickly than the eye can follow; he
plays on it with the rapidity of lace
making.
cali right as regards the total,'' says
the traveller. CHOW give me three
pounds in small change" For sup
ply of five-cent pieces is indispensable in
China.
A means has been devised for avoid
ing the WEAKNESS of counting out the
three hundred tiny silver coins repre-
senting the sum in question. A pile of
them is poured on that wooden tray,
containing one hundred recesses, each
of which is just deep enough to lodge
one five-cent piece, and shallow enough
to prevent the possibility of two such
lurking together. A jerk of the
wrist; the one hundred re-
cesses are instantly filled, the surplus is
swept off, and you have your correct
amount, the schroff tucking up his
enormous sleeves, as the money is
poured into your hand, to disarm pos
sible suspicion that he is concealing any
stray coins in their folds Youths COM
panion.
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THE OLD LADY.

sne Knows all About Bashful Lovers and
Advises Her Daughters Accordingly.
Mary Ellen" said an anxious moth
er to her daughter, in reference to a
beau who had been to see her the night
before; ''did he hint anything about
marrying?"
mo, ma ann
Didn't he sigh nor look as though he
was sufferingP''
mo, ma'a am"
Didn't he say nothing about his
plans?''
mo, ma ann
Didn't he talk any ways sweetishp'
mo, ma'am."
''Was he chatty, or otherwisep"
HE was right smart otherwise, moth
er; heap so.
Didn't he say nothingP'
''Not much
''Oh. he did talk some, did hee'
ga small bit
''What about?'
'Well, about all he had to say was
about his hat
'About his hat?''
Eyes, ma am
''Mary Ellen, what on earth did he
have to say about his hat?"
HE said he had three more at home,
md it was the worsest one of the lot"
''Is that all he had to say?''
''Just about
'How long did you set himp''
''Four hours"
''And he didn't say nothing elseP"
81 don't believe he did"
'Mary Ellen, do you know what
you've got to dop"
mo, ma am"
you've got to give him the grand
bounce. He's just such another numb
skull as your father was. He sot me
seven years without comm any higher
to broachin' the subject 1 wanted to
hear about than that, and I reckon he
might been keepin' it up yet, if I
hadn't got my dander up at last, and
told him that Quaker-meetin' sort o.
nonsense had got to be stopped in short
meter, and that / had to know i'm
meiiately what he was hangin' around
there for, or I'd marry a peddler who
was after me hot-footed, before the moon
could full. That brought him to his
mutton mighty suddint, and he hoped
up and popped so quick it made my
ACdi U uuIttT. LII tuTucu Out all TiSSut lOf
me, though it used up an awful sight of
fire-wood, cider and so on, before he
got to the poppin' pint, but I was a heap
younger'n you and it didn't make so
much difference. The old folks they used
to howl ike all sin at the way your fool
of a daddy dilly-dallied around, and 1
can See now that they was right about it,
though it used to vex me like the mis-
chief then. You're too old, my gal, to
run such tedious chances. and SO you've
got to drop this Teller and clinch on to
some body that hain't so slow with his
chin-music, or your har'll be gray be-
fore you get an offer. This thing of
sparkin' long enough to go to Jericho
and back again before you get to house
keepin' is played out, and I won't put
up with it. Mary Ellen, you under
stand me?"-Lige Broom, in Chicago
Ledger.
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"DOG STARS"
The Most Star Ting Production of ssHaln-
let" Ever Witnessed.

The Most Startling Production of 'Ham-
Lett Ever Witnessed.
Ashley introduced performing dogs at
his amphitheater, but only in such tricks
as are now to be seen in the concert
halls; the Royal Circus seems to have
been the first place in which the dog ap-
peared as an actor in play written ex-
pressly to display his peculiar talents.
The Roscii of the canine stage, two in
number, were called Geler and Victor,
and such was their popularity that they
held daily receptions, and people focked
in hundreds to gaze upon and fondle
these canine phenomena. Dog pieces
became quite the rage, they even in
vaded the classic stage of Dry Lane, and
one saved Sheridan from bankruptcy,
when Kemble, Siddons and a magnifi-
cent company of two-legged players had
been performing to empty benches. The
actors who owned the animals were
called dog stars" They always trav-
eled in pairs; one played the villain,
the latter was always attended by
his faithful "dawg," who pro-
tected him from all the machina-
tons of his enemy, the villain of the
drama AT the wind-up the latter took
'.the seize'' as it was called. that is to
say, at given signal the dog sprang at
his tIroy1uhich was guarded by
thick pad, invisible, of course, to the
audience, covered with red cloth; after
turning round like tetotum, and
shouting ''mussy, mussy''-they invari-
ably so pronounced the word-he would
fall and roll about in great agony upon
the stage, the dog still keeping a tight
hold. until he was supposed to be dead.
Shakespeare's plays in their time have
been made to assume many curious
forms, but Hamlet" as a dog piece is
the most startling of all, yet this was
actually achieved by one of these ''dog
stars about five and twenty years ago
in the provinces. He announced him.
self as ''the only dog Hamlet" which
he probably was, though the phrase,
from natural history point of view,
was little mixed. The play was very
much abbreviated, of course; the Prince
of Denmark in every case was attended
by large black dog, and in the last the
sagf1cious animal took upon himself the
office of executioner by springing upon
the King and putting an end to his
wicked career in the usual orthodox
i(dog) fashion. Society
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A PECULIAR CUSTOM.

The Strange Superstition Prevailing in
Various Portions of China.
A correspondent of the North China
Herald calls attention to a strange in
stance of Chinese belief and practice
with regard to the human soul, which
lately came under his notice. Lying
awake at a. m. he heard in the street
close to his house two strange answering
voices. Evidently two persons were en-
gagged in this weird dramatic perform
anee. one representing departing soul,
the other acting as the friends and rela-
tives deprecating the departure. The
first actor gave a low, prolonged cry,
which was answered by loud and ear
nest Come, come" After pause the
cry and the answering call were repeat
ed; this went on for about ten minutes,
when suddenly the inarticulate cry
ceased. The second actor, in an agony
of distress at the departure into the I'M
seen of the soul he had been entreating
to stay, shouted loudly in voice which
he no doubt hoped would reach
to the confines of the spirit world:
Return, return-come," at the same
time calling by name. Then there was
another pause; presently the low cry
was heard as at distance Come,
come" eagerly responded the actor; and
now the cry and the answer followed
one another more rapidly, till the cry
seemed close to the caller, and in
smothered chorus as of welcome, the
performance, which was probably di-
rected by a Taoist necromaneer, ceased.
1t is described as being strangely im-
pressive in the stiffness of the night, not
outstanding the grotesqueness of the
superstition; but, of course, it was not
known whether there was actual death
in this case, within twelve hours of
which the Chinese call for the soul to
return, or whether it was only a case
of serious illness, fainting or collapse.
This peculiar custom, it appears. varies
in different parts of China. Up the
Yangtsze it is usual for two women to
perform the office. When man dies
suddenly the women walk through the
streets, one calling out the name of the
deceased, and the other responding II
am coming" the idea being to prevail
on the wandering spirit of the deceased
to return to its material abode, which,
it is presumed, it has temporarily aban-
doned.
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At the Fine Arts Exhibition.

Young Mrs. Blentop to Watkins De-
brush, just introduced-The likeness is
good and the drawing admirable, but
the coloring is abominable-in fact it is
perfect daub.
Debrush-But, madam, it is just like
old Sornbeck. His face, you know, is
just like warty apple, and has no more
expression than a baked pudding. No
artist could make decent picture Of
''Sir, ] would have you understand
that we are discussing a portrait of my
father, and"
'.And, perhaps, madam. you are not
aware that painted it.
Both agree that the etchin gs are more
attractive Philddelphia Press.
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WILLOW CULTURE.
It Opens a Large Field for Useful an
Profitable Industry.

It Opens a Large Field for Useful and
Profitable Industry.
Considerable attention has been turned
of late, in this country, to the cultiva-
ton of the basket willows, and their
manufacture. That desirable and
promising industry is opened to us in
this direction is indicated by the fact that
we import willow rods and baskets ready
made to the amount of more than
100000 year. The cultivation of the
willows, and their manufacture, is SIM
pie and easy, and may be carried on
with hardly any capital on any scale,
large or small. They are readily pro-
pagated from cuttings about foot in
length, taken from well-ripened shoots,
and set in the ground in a slanting
direction, and to such depth as to be
nearly or quite covered with earth. Gull
t:vators differ in opinion as to the dis
lance apart as to which the cuttings
should be set, some saying two
feet each way, others eighteen
inches one way by twelve the other.
The closer they are set the less is the
tendency to throw out side shoots, which
are undesirable. The ground in which
UHey are SET SHOulu DC well pulVeTIZeu,
and should be kept free from weeds by
cultivation, for year or two, until the
plants are well established, and send up
shoots vigorous and numerous enough
to shade the ground, SO that weeds will
not grow. The shoots should be cut
close to the ground soon after the leaves
fall in autumn.
A large field of useful and profitable
industry is here open to US. Basket
work may be carried on upon thousands
of farms and in thousands of dwellings
without interfering with other and nee
essary labor. No machinery is needed.
In the long, leisure evenings of winter,
in many a farmhouse, while pleasant
talk or profitable reading is taking
place around cheerful fire, the fingers
of one or more could be fashioning the
plant twigs into forms of usefulness
and beauty; and the product. if more
than sufficient for home needs, would
find ready and rcmunerative market.
Why should we send three thousand
miles over the ocean for willow twigs
when we can grow them as easily as we
do cornp And why hire fingers in
France or Germany to weave them into
baskets for us when we can do the work
equally well2-N. Y. Independent.
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MULE LOGIC.
1t Takes q Son of Africa to Grasp Pre-.
misses and Conclusions.

1t Takes q Son of Africa to Grasp Pre-.
misses and Conclusions.
That there is strong bond of SYM
pathy, a silent. yet perfect, medium for
exchange of thought, between the sable
toiler of the cottonfield and the patient,
Woodworking, long-sufering mule. can
no longer be doubted by any one of the
amused and interested crowd who one
day last week on Dearborn street wit
messed a scene as laughable as it was
convincing. An Irishman had mounted
a delivery-wagon to which was hitched
a big, fat, sleek-looking mule, and
with the single word '.Gowan" brought
the end of the lines down with thwack
across the animals headquarters. The
blow was entirely unnecessary, and the
mule, with single backward glance
over his blinkers, braced his forefeet for
an all-day's stay.
The Irishman whipped, and swore,
and grew red in the face as he alter
nately tugged the mule by the bride
and kicked him in the ribs with the toes
of his heavy brogans, and never a foot
did the old mule bulge, and the more
the Irishman swore the more firmly old
Jack feet stuck to the granite blocks.
''Divil take yez for il own," said the
Hishman finally, as painting for breath
he ceased his efforts: ''ef yez wuz moline
I'd break you stubborn neck, so I
wud."
''Look aheah; boss, dat amt no way
to hannel a mule" said big darky who
had come up in time to witness the last
kick and hear the last oath hurled at the
head of the dumb brute.
''Phat in the deuce do We know of it?"
questioned the Irishman, with look at
the darkey.
''Jess wait minnit, an I'll fix dat
mule so he'll 60 any place 20 want
'im," said Sambo. Then, going up
quietly to the head of the mule, he passed
his hand over the bristling name, and,
looking the animal squarely in the eyes,
delivered lecture, the logic of which
would have puzzled a lawyer to CONTRA
dict, and the gentle entreaty of which
proved irresistible. "Look aheah, Jack"
said he, ''ain't 70 shame O. yosef, STAN
min on de street a maxim holy show
O. yosef dis away. Amt 70 shame O.
yosef? Heah's all desc people alooking
at 20 same as if 20 wuz de big foot gal in
de dime museum. Go on bout 20 bizness
now an show desc heah people 20 got
heap mo sense en- 20 drivah hab, en- doan
yo nevah let me heah OBJ 20 forgettin'
yosef dis away agin. Go on now and
the 1rishman having mounted the seat
the negro stepped to one side and the
mule, with his head down and his tail
drawn closely between his legs, sham
bled off up the street in half pace and
half walk, his whole aspect one of deep
humiliation.
':Ef people jess could fine de right
side OBJ a mule dey'd be sprised to see
how easy him is to get along wid," re-
marked the big darkey as the crowd dis
persed. Chicago Tribune.
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lndigo-carmine.

To obtain indigo-carmihe use only =
very good quality of indigo, preferably
Bengal. which should be washed in a
hot diluted solution of sulphuric acid.
Then one part indigo and FIVE parts
sulphuric acid, IS deg. B., are mixed
together in leadcn vessel; the indigo
being first very finely powdered and
dried. The vessel should be kept cool
and the indigo should be added to the
acid a little at time, the mixture being
well mixed. A heating of the mixture
should be avoided, as it would cause
free sulphurous acid, which would i'm
pair the good qualities of the finished
product.-Dyy Goods Bulletiss.
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s. Tfs -


"Stand back, gentlemen! Clear the
track!" shouted the police, and as the
quickly gathering crowd surged back
steamer No. came up the street, the mag
pavement.
But hold! A wheel comes off the steam
er is overturned, and the brave flremen arr
picked up bleeding and senseless!
An investigation revealed the fact that IL
oiling the steamer that morning the steward
had neglected to put in the inch-pin. A
little neglect on his part had caused loss
of a half million do1laa14 The busy marts
of trade are full of MIN who are making
kidneys, thinking they need no attention
whereas if they made occasional use OF
Warmers safe cure they would neuer say
that they don't feel quite well; that tired
With INDIGESTION: that their Brain refuses ee
to respond at call; that their nerves are all
unstrung.-Fire Journal.