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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-02
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

i
Hon. John Naish, the new Lore
Chancellor of Ireland. is a Romar
Catholic, the second of that faith who
has been appointed to that Office since
the Reformation.
| AT the annual meeting of the
trustees of Shakspeare's birthplace a
Stratford-on-Avon it was reported tina
during the last year over $4,000 per
sons had signed their names in the
visitors book.
Professor Arpad Bokai of the Uni
versity of Klausenburg, has made the
important discovery of an antidote fol
strvchnine. which is said to have been
| fully corroborated by a series of sue
| cessfui tests on animals.
| "A recent traveller in Corsican vii
| lage says he saw troop of young girls
| carrying on their heads jars contain ming
| five or SIX gallons of water. Before
them marched their male relatives
bearing flaming torches to light the
burden bearers on their way.
Mystery gold" a composition Of
platinum. tin and copper, which stands
ordinary acid tests, and is said to
weigh as much as pure gold, is in favor
in England for articles of Jewelry, and
has been availod of by counterfeiters
for the manufacture of sovereigns.
The Argentine Government is more
successful than that of any other Span
ish-American country in securingI i'm
migration from the Mediterranean
countries. 1t pays part of the passage
money and assigns each family immi-
grating to the confederation farming
lands, to be paid for on instalments
German students of photography
are making considerable progress to-
ward the perfection of process
whereby negatives may be obtained in
all the colors of the original. Prof.
Vogel, who has been experimenting
many years. has succeeded in repro
ducing blues, yellows. reds and greens.
"A gondola voyage across the Adri-
attic from Venice to Trieste has been
made involuntarily by the Comte de
Bardi, nephew and heir of the late
Comte de Chambord. While the Comte
was boating on the Venetian lagoons
with an art st friend, his gondola was
suddenly blown out to sea, and al
though the little vessel was only in
tended for canal navigation, she crossed
the gulf safely to Trieste.
The Count de V. Prime Minis
ter to the King of Sardinia, affected
mystery so much in all his transactions,
both public and private, that, happen
ing to hurt both his legs very severely.
he employed surgeon for each
limb. while each was kept igno-
rant that the other was employed.
The treatment. therefore, adopted by
the medical men. and the nature of the
drugs they administered. being quite
inconsistent, the consequences proved
fatal TO the Minister.-Pdr5s Morning
Journal.
From a return published by the
Berlin municipality of the population
of the German capital, it appears that
Berlin had on December LIST, 1880 (the
last census day of the German Empire),
1,123. COS inhabitants. including the
military. By the end of 1881 the pop
ulation had risen to I, 1856, 1892 souls;
1882. to 1,192,O73 1888. to 1926, 1892;
1884, to 1868, 1876. The garrison of
Berlin was at the end of the latter year
2O,O34. A fresh census of the German
Empire will be taken on December LIST
next.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-02
A SALT LAKE,
Remarkable Curiosity on the Top Of q
Mountain.

Remarkable Curiosity on the Top Of a
Mountain.
There is a remarkable salt lake stu
ated one hundred and fifty miles west
and south of Albuquerque. in New
Mexico. and about fifty miles from the
Arizona line. The lake is located on
the top of volcanic mountain. and
evidently occupies an extinct carter.
The lake is perhaps three quarters of a
mile in diameter. and is so strongly
impregnated with salt that thick
crust of pure white salt of q spongy
consistency like floating ice encrusts
the margin. 1t is SO plentiful that it
is carried away by the wagon load. 1t
has been long used by the Indians.
The salt is white. of the purest quail
ity, and destitute of sand or any for
eign ingredient. The texture is porous,
like CONCEALED white foam. There is
one specimen inclosing the stem of
some vegetable, and can be handled
like an apple by its stem.
But the most curious feature of this
lake is tall. rcircular column, of
monument-shaped formation, which
rises up near the center of the lake to
the height of one hundred feet and
which appears to be composed of white
lava thrown up by some CONFUSION
during some ancient geological pc
Rod. The outside of the singular
column sloped from the base toward
the top. and was rough enough
to enable it to be assembled. On
reaching the top of the cone.
the interior was found to be
hollow like tube. and at the bottom
therewas seen circular pond of water
with bright emerald green color in
appearance, probably to be attributed
to the sparse rays OF Light which pene-
trated this huge tube. and were re-
Elected from the smooth. mirror like
surface of the water. A party with
some difficulty descended the project
ing sides of the interior of this bowl,
and they found no incrustations of salt
on the surface like that on the outside,
but. on thrusting the hand into the
water and Withdrawing it. the hand
came out perfectly white from the par
ticles of salt that adhered to it. 1t was
evidently very strong brine.-Ec-
chd7aQe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-02
ON THE LEVEE.

A stabbing ARRAY On a Levee Wharf Boat
at st, Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 23.-About seven
O'Clock this morning a serious cutting
ARRAY between two roustabouts occurred
on the st. Paul wharfboat at the foot of
Olive street. An Italian roustabout
named Joseph Drau, who lives at 406
West Levee, was waiting to get his
ticket when q negro roustabout whose
name is unknown stepped on his toes.
Drau struck the negro in the face, when
the latter drew an ugly-looking knife
about five inches long and plunged it in
the back of his assailant, who at the time
must have been turning away, the knife
entering the sYlll of the back on the
left side. k
Immediately d1ter being cut Drau ran
up the levee to Chestnut street and then
along the levee to 406. where he dropped.
The patrol wagon was summoned and he
was removed to the dispensary, bleeding
fearfully from the wound, which is at
least four inches in length. In spite of
the serious character of the wound the
physicians think Drau will recover, as
there are no signs of internal bleeding.
In the confusion the negro made his
escape.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-02
CUBAN RAILWAYS,
Two Cheap Competitive Routes With
otherwise High Fares-Curiosities Of
Travel


Two Cheap Competitive Routes With
otherwise High Fares-CuriositIes OF
Travel.
About the only instance of competi.
ton which I have encountered in Cuba
is that between the two lines of rail-
way extending from Havana to Ma
tanzas. In general, railway fare is
phenomenally high. The tariff from
Havana to Cienfuegos ON the southern
coast is SIG in gold. and the railway
company held meeting not long ago
to ascertain, if possible. why the re-
| ceipts don't exceed the expenses. But
a first-class fare by the longest of the
| two routes to the city is only 81. 10.
| and by the shortest $3.50. Second and
| third class fares are proportionally
| cheaper. The long route has a train
| which pushes right through in two
hours and forty minutes without stop
ping. save two Or three times at rail-
| way functions.
Tourists ordinarily make the trip
! out by one route and back by the other.
A railway train in Cuba is not such a
| curios ty as one in India, Burmah. or
even Europe. The rolling-stock was
manufactured in New England and
shipped here few centuries ago. 1t
consequently has a venerable but withal
familiar look to any one whose expert
ence runs back to the primitive sort of
coaches and engines that characterized
the early h story of railroading in our
country.
1t is in the third-class coaches. that
you get the best glimpses into real Gu
ban liFe
You see the negroes and the China
men. and the poor Cubans and the
Span sh soldiers all min Cling on a COM
mon level. You see every peasant.
black or white, stow some live chickens
away under the seat. and you wonder.
as l have done a score of times, why
everybody persists in this curious habit.
l have seen two-thirds of the wealthy
Cuban passengers on a steamboat take
chickens into their first-class cabins.
When the train stops at station of
some Importance. in rush men and boys
with various kinds of native
fruits for sale. country cheese,
lightning bugs. and above all. lot
terry tickets. The lightning bugs are
principally purchased by tourists as
cur.osities. for the Cuban lightning
bug, if he could be trained to system
ate illuminating habits and brought
into the United States. would soon
bankrupt the various electric light COM
panies.
When it is time for the train TO start
a wrinkled. emaciated Chinaman rings
hand-bell lethargically, and the en-
CINE pulls out.
The first-class car is put at the rear
of the train and is nearly empty ex-
cept in the tourist season. On one
railroad there is a machine in the for
ward end of each coach displaying a
placard that reads. ''Proxima Esta-
cion, -" 1t would not be amiss if
some of our railroads thus announced
to the eve as well as to the ear the
name of the next station, but imagine
some way would be found in our coun-
try of having the moving wheels of the
car operate the machine instead of sap
ping the life-blood of the tired con-
ductor. Cor. Times Demo-
crat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-02
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT.

The Assembly of the Grand Army of the
Republic at Portland, Maine-An Imr os-
ing Procession.
PORTLAND, Me-, June 24.-The Grand
Army procession began to move precisely
at three O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
amid the booming of guns and the
plsudits of great multitude of the REQ.
pie who lined the route.
General Logan rode with Commander
in-Chief Kountz, and his reception by the
different committees was great feature
of the day. 1t was continuous ovation,
to which he. courteously responded by
bareing his head and bowling in ackno wl.
edgment.
Governor Robe and staff, General J.
c. Black, General HI. W. Slocum, ex-
Governor Fairchild of Wisconsin,; Gov
ernor Alger of Michigan, and many other
distinguished guests reviewed the pro-
cession from the grand stand.
A reception was rendered visiting nota-
bles last night, at which patriotic adj
dresses were delivered by Generals Lo-
gan, Slocum, Kountz, and others.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-02
Morrison and the Tariff.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 2S.-Repre-
sentative Morrison says almost all the
details published in the dispatch outlin-
ing the proposed new tariff bill are i'm
aginary. He has as yet no bill under
consideration. He will present tarln
bill, of course, but the details have not
yet been considered; the amount of the
reduction which it will propose is an UNI
known quantity, and the time of present.
ing 1t has not yetreceived a moments
consideration. But whether horizontal
or perpendicular he will seek 20 reduce
the taxes on the people.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-02

Tina to cone to be served. The ladies
r s 10 sa,~ ed first, and then every
ona else oIdAr than You are, Inc
vn, v n must como last, but girls
shonIS aIwavs b Aerved before boys.
All throngh life YOU Iuust always give
the female sex preference TO your WI.
This is q social privilege granO19 "
them throughout the civilizeA "ou
If YOU have soup, don't DIP you.
head down to the dish in order 70 Feae.
it, and don't make 3 disagreeabie gnH.
ling when you are eating it. You mus,
learn to eat soup quietly and neatly
You can do so il you try.
When you get your plate OF meat
don t plunge into it as II you never saw
food before, and as If you were AFRAID
somebody would run off with it. There
is almost always plenty of time for
ones meals. Remember that haste IS
not good manners. Eat slowly and
noisefessly. Take small mouthfuls,
and masticate well.
When cutting your meat don't thrust
your elbows out Keep them close TO
your side. If every one at table were
to thrust his elbows into the sides OF
his neighbors how uncomfortable it
would be to sit at table! Be sure never
to disoommode any one; this is good
rule to observe at all times and in all
places. "<+"
OF course you will not eat with your
knife. People in old times, when the
two-tined fork was in general use, ate
with their knives, but it is now consid-
cred vulgar to do so. Take up your
meat and vegetables with your fork al
ways; and don't take up too much at
time. There is no need of ever over
crowding your fork or of packing your
mouth full of food, and it shows great
want of good taste and good manners
to do so.
You must not put bits of bones or
other substances back into your plate
If you have taken something into your
mouth that you can not swallow eject
it quietly upon your fork, and place it
at the side of your plate. When eating
cherries or grapes remove the stones
from your mouth neatly with your fin
gers. Don't put them into the plate as
] have frequently seen persons do.
When you want anything, do not
stretch across your neighbours plate in
order to reach it. Politely ask for it,
either of the servant, or of one near it.
Do not put your knife into the butter,
Or the salt-cellar, or into any dish.
When you have occasion TO drink, do
not turn your goblet or cup upside down
and pour it's contents into your mouth
Learn to drink neatly, a little at a
time, and be sure not to gurgle when
you drink.
These are some of the rules of good
at table, and no doubt you
have heard them often before. Have
you remembered to observe themp IL
not, begin to practice them, and study
to eat in neat, quiet and agreeable
In addition to all these things, must
urge you to be neat in all matters about
your person. Keep your hands and
your fnger-nails clean. Let your morn
ing additions be thorough Cleanse
your teeth, wash out your ears; be nice
in everything. Everybody delights to
see fresh. clearly. well-mannered boy
Why should not all boys be cleanly.
and well mannereda-0
D. Busce, IN Youths Companion
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-02

reading, some of mechanical pursuits.
and mendins, some of drawing on
writing. Now what are you to do with
these prominent ikingsP Those of you
who love to read, have you ever thought
how much pleasure you could afford by
reading to othersp Mother and sisters
would like it as well as yourself. If,
however, at night they are unable to
read for themselves, could you not find
time to read aloud one evening, or every
evening for short timer Are there
not some invalid friends who would be
grateful to you for willing away an
hour in reading to themp know it is
not always an easy task, but it gives
you chance to exercise your talent,
and it is one of the little things which
require individual energy. A year
would pass quickly, and a stated course
of reading, even one half-hour every
evening, would give comfort to many
knowledge. The thought that you have
helped to make others happy and been
energetic in looking after one of the
many little things that make UP life's
grand total will be reward enough now.
Then those of you who are fond of
mechanical pursuits must not let your
fondness degenerate into selfish use.
Mothers chair may need nlending, or
the knob may be off the door, and q
thousand and one little things need at
tention. If you can do it and be Of
service as saver of time and money, it
should be pleasure to exercise your
talent. / know ''it is only little
thing" but some one has to attend to
it, and if you can do it best, then it
should be your duty to gladly remedy
the evil.
Then you who want to draw and
write; it may not be your lot in
life to be artists or authors. If YOU
have any moderate degree Of talent.
however, in either line, you can always
be of service to some one, and what can
you ask more than to be help to 9TH
ersp In thus helping your friends you
do what they can not do as well, save
them annoyance, and make q life that
Is, at the end, as great as that of any
distinguished man or woman.
We must think more of these little
things, and in time our life will acquire
a serenity which only comes when we
are doing our duty.
1t is easy to commence but hard to
continue, therefore we should, each one
OF us, be determined to be individually
energetic in the little things of life, and
learn to, so economic time that there
will be room for all. Give up the idea
OF looking for great deeds, and push on
In the good work nearest to us, remem-
bering that whatsoever our hands find
to do, to do that heartily and with
might. -Ceca H. HoWard, in Christian
at Work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-02
OUR TALENTS.

Making Good Use OF tho Little Things or
Life and Of Daily Opportunities.
Honor and shame from no condition rise,
Act well your part, there all the honor lies"
Pope.
Do hear some one say: Il have NO
talent" How can that be? Young,
middle-aged and old, all have some
talent, and some niche in which they
can be of use. The positions of trust in
business and the high rank in scholar
ship will not come without the exercise
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-02

whole spacious temple itself, has been
patiently cut from firm rock.
The only thing which is not of ma
tive rock is a wooden covering or
ceiling. This has been the puzzle of
all the toilers in Indian archaeology.
and they seem to-day to be no nearer
a solution of the difficulty then when
they began. The entire immediate
covering of the temple is of teak,
native wood. almost the only one
which resists the white ant and every
Indian insect-Cor. NJ 7. Independent
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-02
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
FIVE LITTLE WHITE HEADS.

Five little white heads peeped out OF the
s5 mold, ss.G@ 45N
When the dew was damp and the night was
cold;
And they crowded their way through the soil
with pride.
Hurrahi We are going to be mushrOomS!"
they cried. 4et
But the sun came up. and the sun shone
And the little white heads were shriveied and
brown;
Long were their faces, their pride had q fall
They were nothing but toad-stools, after all.
-Waltcr Learned, IN ST. Nicholas
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-02

A few months ago a famous Prus-
sian General was inspecting some mil
itary stables. '.What do you see
therep' he said, in tones of thunder, to
a Sergeant. ..Cobwebsn' t.1es, sir,
was the rfspectful reply 1--WE keep
them thereto catch the flies and pre-.
vent their leasing the horses"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-02
Naval Cadets Arrested tor Flirting.

BALTIMORE, Md, June 23.-The Sec
ond-ciass naval cadets at Annapolis have
been placed under arrest for flirting
with party of Baltimore Sunday
school girls, who went there on the 18th
inst. 1t is charged that the cadets as
sembled on the parade ground and stood
in columns as the young ladies passed
and kissed their hands to them. They
also ogled them through glasses and paid
them other gallant attentions which ex-
cited the disaproval of the officers.
The Sunday school officials did not make
any complaint, nor did the ladies feel
themselves aggrieved. An over-zealous
yatchman is at the bottom of the trouble.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-02

Mobile, Ala, was founded by the
French in I'LL and New Orleans by tho
same people in 174L
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-29
A ROWLING MOB
Of Canadians Object to the
Compulsory Vaccination.
THEY WRECK THE BUILDINGS
And Defy the Omcers of the Govern
ment-I he End is Not Yet
Arrests Made.
A Howling Mob.

MONTREAL, September 2S.-In conse-
quence of compulsory vaccination to-
day, at about 7 o'clock this evening, a
bowling mob surrounded the east end
branch of the health office and com
-ple,ely wrecked the building. The police
ON duty were powerless, and the mob,
gathering strength from this, marched
Epon the central Office in the city hall.
By this time, however. the riot alarm
had been sounded. and a strong force
OF constables was gathered together
inside, but having no one to
command them, the mob drove
them out of heir way like sheep. After
the mob smashed the central office they
turned their attention to the central
police station, and soon had all the
windows of that building broken and
revolver shots were freely fired at the
police, and to secure them the police
fred over their heads, only to be re.
ceiyed with jeers and laughter. Things
now looked so bad the police were
armed with rifles with fixed bayonets,
but happily it was not deemed neces-
sary to use them. The constables now
charged the mob, clubbing them right
and left, and succeeded i'll dispensing
them, but not before they had wrecked
the greater portion of the Court House
windows, which are opposite the City
Hall. The mob broke up into different
bodies and proceeded to wreck the win
doys of the health Office and
the windows of the office OF
the medical health officer, chairman OF
the finance committee and the public
yaceinators. A number of arrests were
made. The city is in state of great
excitement. 1t is thought the riots
will be continued tomorrow night. The
police will patrol around the public
buildings all night, while the military
will, tomorrow, be held in readiness tc
quickly put stop to such actions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-29
cRIMINALITIES.
Tragedy Which Grew Out
II of Politics.
ORNAMENT REFORMATION.
Observation-Disclosures Murderer
Prairie Fire-The CarOlines-
A me;eor-Arabs-Etc.
Pnlitics Did It.

ABINGDON, Vs.. September 2S.-Judge
o,oree W. Ward. editor of the ErGnl'-
and commonwealth attorney for
g,shington County, while about to
.,ter the Colorado hotel yesterday. was
srsd upon by W. NJ. White, Indepen
Ssnt cInd 1dateI or Stats Senator, who
nd been concealed in d store room
nssrly opposite the hotel. White step
nod outof the door aud discharged one
bsrrel of a shot guu loaded with buck
sbot at Ward, who fell ia ;e foremost;
bnt recovering on his knees drew his
ysyolyer and frel three shots at
young relative of Whites who was
srross the street behind tree, White
had stepped inside the store, but
LesyinR the firing came out again, and
f~ad t9e second barrel at Ward, who
Eli While he was lying on the ground,
tgo Of Whites relatives Zone of whom
ward had already shot at. and whom
No Thought had shot him. walked up
ND fred seven shots at HIM (Wal a,
Al If which took etfe Ward is in
rarv critical condition. and it is thought
10 cannot live. DR.. White and his two
Tplstives have been arrested and were
Sa;Ied in the sum of $1,000 each. The
,bOoting was the result OF an election
cortr0verSV.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-29
Prairie Fire.

TRAVERSE, Dakota, September q
The most destructive prairie fire ever
witnessed In this community occ Cured
yesterday. A man named HMinder, liv-
ing in Lake Township, set fire to some
straw, strong south wind was blowing
at the rate of sixty miles per hour. and
in an instant the flames were beyond
his control, travelling northward with
frighiful stride. The fumes consumed
everything wi hin their reach, includ-
ing houses, barns. hay, grain and farm
machinery. 1t is estimated that 600
tons of hay were destroyed. The fol-
lowing are the principal and heaviest
losers, with the loss of each: August
Benning, house, barn, hav and five
stacks of wheat; Robert Handuck, four
5 acks of wheat, dwelling house ana coz
tents; John BucklaSs. twelve stacks OF
wheat, barn. binder. plows and ha rows;
l.. Hanson. granary and $40 bushels
of oats; A. d. Cary, dwelling house
AID contents.