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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
HOT COUNTRIES.
The Experience of Those Who Have TRAY
eled in Torrid Climates.

The Experience of Those Who Have Trav-
eled in Torrid Climates.
A correspondent who has had a quar-
ter of century's experience in travel
ing in hot countries writes to the Lon
don Globe: "a man should always try
to do as long as ever he can in the early
part of the day without drinking; if once
he tastes water he becomes thirsty again
in half an hour. / have often ridden
hard, under blazing sun, in clouds of
dust, from daylight until eleven o clock,
but, once tempted to take drink, have
not been able to abstain for an hour at
time. Never fear to give your horse
a drink whenever you can get 1t. A
few go-downs of water will act upon a
tired horse like stimulant on tired
man, and put new life in him. Never,
if you possibly can help it, work horses
long after dark in hot weather-they
will 60 well and gayly for an hour after
shutdown, and then flag terribly. When
horses back with cold water, if you are
lucky enough to have any to spare
Australian bus hmen think more of pro-
tecting the backs of their necks than
their heads from the direct rays of the
sun, and are fond of wearing a large
white handkerchief, folded three-corner-
wise. well up round their necks. The
rays of the:.sun, striking on the nape of
the neck of a STOPPING man, are very
sickening in their effect The beams of
the setting sun are particularly disa-
greeable, and to be avoided"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11

not been for chance; for . ring!
Would I have done thatP just think,
dearest, whom I never thought to meet
again this side of the grave-if poor
Dick had not found you; if he had not
noticed the ring you wore; if you had
not thrown it away; if-if he had not
found it-oh, Stephen, think how it
would all have been. You would have
come back. and-dearest, dearest; I
have you now; but it has wanted all
this to do what one little bit of trust
would have done a thousand times bet
ter by far! Stephen, never, never doubt
me again. Whatever you think, come
to me at once and ask me, just as viii
come to YOU"
''Darling-I will"
They could not bring themselves to
speak of Enoch Marrish. That was left
to the parish, who assuredly found plen-
ty to say, and everything all wrong,
But, right or wrong, he found or thought
it needful to silence improbable gossip
IN the most telling way. He married.
She was the sister of Manchester jew
eller, who had enough fortune to recoup
him for his expenses in attempting to
win Patience Harlow and forty thousand
pounds. And such life she led him,
and so she made his money fly, that if
poetic justice ever prevailed gloriously
it was over Enoch Marrish, and no
other man,
That, however, belongs to later
time, when Stephen Harlow, who was
not the man to live on his wife's fort
une, was beginning to make another of
his own, and when Tom Blackthorn,
confused only as to the part his boy had
taken in driving the French out of
Spain, was growing younger with the
years. The only time with which we
have to do is the latter part of that
eventful day when right prevailed over
wrong, thanks to plain gold ring with
a posy that had done it, after all-that,
and dint as of the stroke of steel, such
as wedding-rings seldom bear.
'.And it wasn't the ring quite, though,
after ALL" said Dick that evening, as
Stephen sat holding the hand of Pa
tience, so long lost, and he Dick) was
holding old Toms. Fancy all this
having come from an artful, treacher-
Gus, spying cat"
"a cat?' asked Patience.
eyes; commonly called woman;
creature at the bottom of all mischief
since the days of Adam; except when
it's horse; and then it's ten to one the
horse is a mare"
"Dick," said Stephen, eff you hadn't
saved more than my life, I'd
make me surveyors clerk? Thank
you-not for me. I'm a farmer now.
And then, there's a woman"
another woman, still? Oh, Dick!
After all!'
Not exactly woman. She happens
to be an angel, this time-and that
makes a difference. you see. In fact [
met her in London, when / was about
that legacy-not that she knew of that;
know the sex, and wasn't going to
be bought and sold again; and she
mightn't have been the angel and the
lady l know her to be now"
'.And this lady?" asked Stephen,
doubtfully.
This angelo" asked Patience, with
smile.
lis my wife, said Dick, defantly.
''And the best wife in the wor1d-bar
none"
It'll have mine," said Stephen.
And so he thought even until
THE END.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
- -
HAN DEL.
The circumstances Which Led Him to Be-
come a Musician.

The circumstances Which Led Him to Be-
come a Musician.
Handel was born at Halle, in Sax
ony, February 23d, 1886. Unlike most
of the great musicians, he does not
seem to have inherited his talent; his
father was barber and surgeon, nor
can we discover in the family any
special love for music.
Handel. however. seems to have been
ga born musician;" he turned every
thing he touched into sound. For
some time he astonished and amused
his parents and all who heard him;
but as his love for music seemed ever
to grow within him, his father, who
had destined him for the law, ban
ished every musical instrument from
the house, and declared that the boy
should hear no more of them.
The boy, however, managed to
smuggle a clavier, or keyboard
of clavichord, organ, or
pia1. oforte, into the house, and hid it
in the attic; and night after night,
when all in the house were asleep, he
practiced on the muffied keys, teaching
himself until he could play upon Il
with much skill.
About this time his father decided to
visit relative attached to the house
hold of the Duk of Saxony at Wessen-
fels. The Duke was very devoted to
music, and Handel, who had probably
learned this fact, implored his father
to take him, too; but in vain. Moth
ing daunted by the denial, the persist
emit little fellow ran after the carriage
until his father discovered him and
took him in. He became great favor
tie at Wessenfels, and one Sunday af-
noon, after the choir had finished
sing ng, the organist lifted the child to
the stool and told him to play; and
play he did, with SO much expression
and delicacy, that the Duke demanded
his name. and sent for his father. He
begged the latter to give up the project
of making lawyer of his SON, pre-
dcted a brilliant future for him if his
musical genius were cultivated, and
sent the child away with his pockets
filled with coin, and the father con-
verified to the idea of musical educa-
ton for his son.-Agathd Imnis, in st.
Nicholas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11

The Baroness de Strive, wife of
the Russian Minister. was addressed in
French at a recent White House recep-
ton. AS she replied in English. the
society belle with whom she had been
conversing asked: .tWhy do you not
speak French, MADAME am sure you
can. The reply of the Baroness was
q courteous rebuke to the reflection on
her English: Eyes. 1 speak French.
but not in the house of the American
President. Though speak English
poorly, l speak it here, of course, aS
well as can. - Washington Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11

FABLE THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
':Now, sir,'' said Enoch; "'tis nigh
noon''
But the bride, with her face from the
altar. did not turn.
Now, miss" said the clerk, touch
ing her-for her father was beginning
to look wild-.'parson' waiting. Say
Il will"
II can not" she whispered to her
father. II must not. Stephen is alive. :"
Enoch heard her words, and glared
round, but could see nothing. ''She
must be going madr' said he.
The parson closed his book, and
looked at Patience. .'If-if sol can
not 90 on" he said, searching for his
presence of mind. 1--WE had better 90
into the vestry-we had, indeed. Very
sad-very strange. | never knew such
thing; never, in all my days"
But for true lovers to be face to face
is as good as being heart to heart, I'M
less they are blind. Neither understood
with reason; but reason is a poor cheat,
at best, and there is something better
than understanding. He followed; for
who had better right than he? She
was not Patience Marrish yet; and, till
then, she was his by law higher than
law. And then, as he entered the YES
try, Enoch saw that Patience had not
gone mad; that the dead was alive.
And Patience would never have turned
her head before answering Il will'' but
for that accused ring.
Father said she, hur-
riedly, but without moving a step near
L 81. L. 4
he is alive. / am his till he bids me
leave him; whatever happens, l can be
no other mans"
his voice her lips parted, and her heart
cried through them; 'Patience-you
are true, in your soul? Never mind
anything else; anything that seems
ALI that will keep; are you true to me,
as 1 am to you?'
.sOh--?'
Then come to me, my wife, for 1
am come home"
..And r.
Then she came to him, and their
hands clasped; it was Patience; it was
Stephen. Hand in hand, they could
walk out of a worse wilderness of lies
than even an Enoch Marrish could
weave.
Enoch was in storm. But he count
ed six-and-thirty; then turned to Tom
Blackthorn, and said:
Have that blackguard soldier turned
out of the door"
at is Stephen. fatherr' said Patience,
bursting at last into tears. stephen
come home! Alb, / knew he would
come-if he were alive; and seen'
Old Tom shook his head. He had
forgotten good deal of late. ''Ah,
that soldier / met in the meadow; a
Talavera man; only he wouldn't come
home to dinner. My daughter seems
to know you. sir
Stephen looked at Patience, full of
wonder and pity; and then at Marrish,
full of wrath and scorn. He understood
now.
MIR Marrish," said he, al am the
man whom you sought to destroy by a
lie. am now in charge OF this girl
and this old man. You are too old and
too-too much yourself to punish. Be
off with you, and leave my own to me. y
If ever desperate and baffled villain
looked his full hate, it was Enoch Mar
IRISH then. Nothing was left him but to
turn, like snake under a strong heel.
Perhaps" said he, "you think
yourself very noble and grand to come
home beggar and bully girl into
sending her own father into the streets
for a common tramping soldier. Per-
haps qou will pay me that three hundred
pound.
than such love as Enoch Marrish could
feel; and that is revenge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11

There is about S4,O0O.O0O invested
in wild animals in the United States,
not including elephants. There are
sixty elephants in the United States,
ranging in price from SS, 900 to $40, 900.
If an elephant is trained and acclimated
it will bring $4,000. But those that
are stupid and can not be trained never
bring over So. 900 or 81, OOO- Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11

A champion eater sgnalized his
arrival at HOLSTER, CAL, by eating
twenty-seven raw eggs at one sitting.
After his repast he offered to wager
that he could eat three of the largest
cans of oysters in town and seven dozen
eggs. Those who were present thought
he could, and his offer was refused. ~
San Francisco Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
FACE TO FACE.
A Fact Related in Seven Well
Told Fables.
BY r. e. FRANCILLON,

AUTHOR OF "a GREAT HEIREss, "QUiIs
AT LAST" "A REAL QUEEN" EARL's
DIVE" ETC, ETC.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11


AT a recent meeting of the Boston
Society for Med cal Observation, DIR.
Folsom c ted the vital statistics of
Massachusetts for forty years. as show
ing a decrease in number of deaths
from consumption in that State. Only
about one-sixth of the total death rate
is now caused by the disease. The doc
tor thought physicians were too much
inclined to give unfavorable prog
nostics in such cases, and he adv ised
keeping patients quietly in one place.
rather than shifting them about IN
search of a more favorable climate.
Boston Journal.
"A little five-year-old girl was suf-
fering severely from sore throat, and
her friends. and the doctor tor time
feared that the attack might prove seri-
Gus. She saw that they were anxious
and asked: ''Aunty, do you think [ am
going to dep mo. my dear" was
the reply. We think you will soon
be better Well said the child.
YEARLY. Il know l am very sick, and l
think I'd like to die and go to heaven
and rest little while, If | was only
sure could come back if I found I
didn't like the place" The child got
well.-N. Y. Tribune
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-17
WORDS OF WISDOM.

He who can suppress moments anger
may prevent day of sorrow.
The sunshine of life is made up of
very little beams, that are bright all the
time
Show not yourself glad at the misfor-
tune of another, though he were your
enemy.
Those who excel in strength are not
most likely to show contempt for weak
ness.
With contentment, the lowest hovel is
more of palace than the lottiest man
sion. Diogenes lived happy in a tub.
Smile not at legend as vain, that once
in holy hands worthless stonesbecomes
heap of silver. Let thy alchcmist be
contentment, and stone or ore shall be
equal to thee.
The world deals good -naturedly with
good -natured people. and | never knew
a sulky misanthropist who quarreled
with 1t, but it was he, and not it, that
was in the wrong.
L. in instructing child, you are
vexed with it for want of adroitness, try,
if YOU have never tried before. to write
with your left hand, and then remember
that child is all left hand.
The difficulties of education lie deeper
down than the curriculum 1t is not SO
much finding ont to teach what is need
full; the all-important thing is how to
develop the mental and moral energies.
\ poet says: There is always sunrise
somewhere. " 1t is refreshing thought
that, although it may be midday here,
there is spot somewhere on this eartl
where overworked man is urging his
wife to get up TO make the fires and pre-
pare the breakfast while he takes fresh
snooze- Norristolcn WerdN
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-17
A Congo Burial Sacrifice.

In his new book on the Congo country
Henry NJ Stanley tells this story Of the
human butcherics pc1petrated to appease
the gods when a chief dies. The vic
tins are slaves taken in battle or bought
for the purpose of religious butchery:
The mourning relatives finally secured
fourteen men from the Interior and, be-
ing notified by the villagers that the
execution was about to begin, NJ. Van
gele and his friend proceeded with a
few of their men to view the scene
They found quite a number of men
gathered around. The doomed men
soon were kneeling with their arms
bound behind them in the neighborhood
Of tail young tree, near the top Of
which the end Of a rope had been lashed.
4 number of men laid hold of the cord
and hauled upon it until the upper
part of the tree was bent like
bow One of the captives was selected,
and the dangling end Of the rope was
fastened round his neck the tree sprang
several inches higher, drawing the mans
form up straining the neck, and almost
lifting the body from the ground. The
executioner then advanced with his short
broad biadcd falchion, and measured his
distance by stretching his weapon from
the position he intended to strike across
the nape OF the neck He repeated this
operation twice At the third time he
struck, severing the head clean from the
body. 1t was whipped up in the air by
the spring of the released tree and sent
rebounding several yards away. The re
naming captives were dispatched one
after another in like manner Their
heads were unfleshed oy boiling, that
the skulls might decorate the poles
around the crave. The bodies were
dragged away and thrown into the
Congo; the soil saturated with the blood
was gathered up and buried with the de-
funct chief.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-17
Pail Mall and 1.-The Gazette. =

The notice into which London news
paper has come by its articles on the
moral depravity of the great city makes
it interesting 10 know the origin of the
name and the paper. The words are
pronounced ''Pell Nell. and were usxd
to designate an athletic game, in which
ball is driven through an iron ring
with malles. 1t was played in the
neighborhood of St. James park in the
time Of Charles II. and gave the name TO
the celebrated street Pail Mall. Thack
cray, in his "Pendennis, =" described an
imaginary newspaper under the name oi
the Pail Nal Gasette. Years afterward
the present paper bearing that name was
started, thus perpetuating the fancy of
he great novelist.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-17
FUN.
The dentist and etymologist both delvc
for roots.

The dentist and etymologist both delvc
for roots.
\ painting is called rare work some
times because it isn't well done Boston
Transcript.
We suppose they call it the ''silver
moon because there are four quarters in
it.-Boston Bulletin.
Zone swallow does not make sum.
mer," but sometimes leads to making
night of it. = >ytin0s.
Th1 woman who effectually subdues
her husband with broom stick certainly
gains sweeping victory
When a barber seeks to make himself
sociable with customer in the chair,
he is probably ''scraping an acquaint-
ance.- Chicago Sun.
If $4,000 900 women should clasp
hands they could reach around the
globe, but they had better be at home
attending to family matters. -Detroi
Free Press
Zone of these dollars is counterfeit,
maam.' ''How can you tell?n Simply
by sound. Just tap it and hear how
clear the genuine sounds. That's tenor
Notice when l tap the other one. That's
base. ."-Sytlngs.
"Yes, indeed, Brown is very sick
man. "When was ne taken illg'
Yesterday morning l was called to
attend him." "Ah, that accounts for
it.'' And now those two physicians
pass each other as perfect strangers -
Boston Post.
4 Chicago news item states that "the
American hog holds his own, and pork
packers look cheerful" When a lady
enters passenger car and sees a man
and his feet and his gripsack occupying
four seats, she must conclude the Ameri-
can hog is holding more than his own
NOTTist0acn Herald
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-17
LOVE uAkEsTHE oRLDGoRoUND.

Sometimes I'm faint and weary
OF this wori.-day world and life,
With its endless round Of duties,
And all it, cares and strife,
so tired of unmeni"d stocking,
Of buttons that won't stay on,
OF swering unmumbered questions
From Harry, Dick and Tom.
Tired-of planning the dinner,
And furnishing rains for the cook,
With scsrce an hour Of quiet thought,
And never time for book.
marvel that we n women
Gave up cur eirlhood's life,
And took upon us the worries
That fail to mother aud WIFE
Till onvy each single maiden
with no greater grief or care
Than the cIt or fit Of a dress,
Or tn" smoothness Of her hair.
But when the DAYS work is over
And stilled each wee li,ping tongue,
" hon quiet rcgns which all day long,
With childish voices have rung.
And when in the gathering twilight
draw out the easy chair.
feel that this world would he empty
But for loved ones that are there.
When think of the love that is mine
That makes my burdens its own,
I'm grateful for my lot in life
That Pm not maiden lone.
And so theproblem now is solved,
My questior~an answer found,
Twas ever thus and e'er will be,
That love makes the world 90 round
Hattie 7. Terry, IN Good housekeeping.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-17
Stories Abous Cats.

\ cat of Searsport, Me-, made friends
with pet rat. but killed all the wild rats
it could find
\ cat Of south Brooks. Me, watches
a cradle, and when the child cries ca
resses it until it falls asleep.
4 gentleman az Newport r. l., let a
mouse out of trap for his cat, tut big
rooster standing near jumped on il first
took 1t in his bill by the neck. and shook
il until it was dead
a cat Of Hyde Park. Mass, took charge
OF brood OF six chickens. She licked
their fea'hers until they grew the wrong
way The chicks followed her as they
would have followed hen.
4 Lewiston cat made friends with q
pig, became his constant companion, and
slept with him at night When the pig
was slaughtered she watched b his
eorpse, and refused to eat any of his
flesh.
4 Maine cat accidentally stepped on
the KEYS of piano board one day. and
was surprised al the sound Since then
she goes 70 the piano regularly and paws
the KEYS. waiting with ears erect and
eyes sparkling for the SQUADS.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-17
learn from him the lowest sum at which
it could be replaced.

learn from him the lowest sum at which
it could be replaced
And this the very next day she did.
Mr.. Mackin examined the earring as
she falteringly inquired what one exactly
like it would be worth. 1.-TWO fifty,
madam"
All. even more than she thought,
Two hundred and fifty. That is a
great deal" she murmured.
He looked at her blankly. 1.-TWO
dollars and fifty cents, madam We
don't keep such stones, but we can have
your missing earring replaced for tha
sum-
And then, observing her pallor and
diyining the truth, ne kindly and po-
litely turued his back on her.
Over the scene which followed at
home turn low the lights, ring down
the curtain.
But raise it again for moment!
1t is two weeks since Mrs. Will
Mayrell met her husband with a face
which told him his scheme had found
him out.
He comes in now and hands her a
paper, pointing out paragraph as he
does so, and this is what she reads:
New YoRK-Cteorge Kinsley, of Chicago
who arrived in this city yesterday was to-
day arrested for endorsement as he was
about to board the steamship Servia- His
books show a deficit of $4,000, taken, as is
travagant demands He managed to avoid
suspicion up to the day of leaving. He
swallowed strychnine and died within the
hour.
With a very white face Dora laid down
the paper viii took her in his arms
Darling" he said, quietly, "that was
the only other course left open to me. ~
"Oh, Will"
"You forgive me now, dear?"
She was shaking from hand to feet.
She began to cry softly.
Not that, Will. You forgive me.
didn't know didn't think"
He kissed her tenderlv.
"Of course not, sweetheart. But VIC
can do without diamonds better than
without honor or each other, can't we?''
eyes, yes' she cried, and clung to
him. But the tears had washed away
the old selfshness and envy, and with
her smile of love began grander, fairer
womanhood L Chicago Tribune.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-17

The German military pigeon depart
ment, now employing / 900 birds in he
different fo-tresses, is abou; 10 be en-
larged. The pigeons arc taugh, not to
alight On the dove cot, but - push
agains, ire wicket, which admits them
and sounds an ;.zaTm. The messages.
carried in quins. contain, in nitro photo
graphic reduction about eish, pages foc
ta9o, OF writing. which, b. the hydro-
oxygen gas microscope, are reproduced
II natural size