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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

M. Drumont asserts that the Jews
in Paris, now 1000, have doubled dur
ing the last eight years.
1t is thought that a dozen shots
from the new German bomb. charged
with dynamite shells. would destroy the
strongest Notifications in the world.
The Viceroy Ii has had complete
toy steamer made for the Empress of
China, so that she may work it herself
and see the Importance of steam loco
motion.
Norway spends about 100000 a
year fighting leprosy. There are a
number of asylums for patients. Some
live for thirty or forty years after adj
mission and reach an advanced age.
Dynamite suicides are the latest in
PRODUCTION in South Africa. A colonist
at Pretoria lately placed dynamite
cap in his mouth and lighted it at a
candle, with the result of blowing his
head off.
The long talked-of statue of General
Gordon is to be placed in Trafalgar
Square, London, and it will be on the
pedestal which stands on the western
side of the Nelson monument. on which
Sir Charles Napier now stands.
1t is said that in no part of the
world are oranges grown to such per-
lection as or with more ease than in
New South Wales. ANY one with a
garden can grow a few orange trees,
the rearing of which occasions very
little trouble.
The Hungarian Government deters
emigration by inducing migration to
the colonization of state lands, on which
free schools and churches are given
gratis; the payment for land is spread
over fifteen years, and immunity from
taxation granted for similar period.
The new amended particulars of
procedure under the French divorce law
which have just appeared the Journal
Ofciel provide that mo report of the
proceedings may be published by the
newspapers, under pain of a fine; only
the Judgment of the tribunal may be re-
produced in the press"
The annual average of suicides fol
every 1000, 900 people is II in Spain, sc
in Russia, 81 in Italy, so in Hungary, &C
in England and Norway, SO in Sweden,
122 in Austria, 127 in Bavaria, $50 in
France, 1854 in Wurtemberg, 167 in
Mecklenberg, ia in Prussia, 29O in
OOC III AuI llISlo, SIiAIA css Al
Saxony.
The destroyer, now being built
at Glasgow, will knock out any fleet or
the very first round. 1t can hurl witt
unerring aim for quarter of a mile {
shell containing four hundred pounds O.
blasting gelatine that will instantly sinh
the largest ironclad in existence. 1t ha'
Maxim guns that fire ten six-inch shot:
a minute. ''Quick returns and small
profits is its maxim.
There are fourteen physicians con
nected officially with the Nationa
Opera in Paris. The theater physician
has his rights and duties. Among hi.
rights and privileges he enjoys, in thu
first place. the right of seeing tf.t
play for nothing when it is his turn t.
| be on duty. He has his own stall
| which none but he may occupy. Blu
when a piece is played four h1ndret
nights in succession it is no joke to be ;
theater physician.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17
Facts About Deaf Mutes.

The law formerly classed deaf and!
dumb persons with idiots and madmen,
and woum not permit them to form a
contract This was because no mode OF
teaching them was formerly known. 1t
is not strange that these unfortunates
should seem to be slow OF intellect,
since the absence of hearing cuts them
off wholly from most important
avenue. of knowledge. But the discov-
cry of methods of instructing them has
shown that the imperfect mental power
of this class is not due to, natural inca
pacity, but to undeveloped abilities,
and now many most intelligent persons
are found in the ranks of deaf-mutes.
Persons who have become deaf in later
life, having had the advantage of hear,
ing in youth, and learned to read andi
speak, are not injured in mind thereby
Beethoven, the great musical composer
became deaf when about forty years
old, and subsequently wrote some OF.
his finest works. Chicago, Inter- Ocean,.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17
MOAT-GRANGE.
By Mrs. HENRY WooD.
CHAPTER y-Coxrx,rn

CHAPTER v.-CoNrINUEp.
''But everybody else does. Some
hve times. You would not like me to
come down in the morning and go to
bed at night in the same dress, would
your
Il suppose not It's of no use ask
ing me about dress, Selma. I scarcely
know one gown from another. But it
does strike me that you have most
extraordinary number of new things.
Go out or come in when 1 will, there s
sure to be the milliner's porter and
basket at the door.
Would you have me look an OBJ
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17
Increasing the Suspense.

A murderer under sentence of death
had a number of influential friends who
were exerting themselves to secure a. re-
spite from the Governor. The sheriff
believed in capital punishment. nut he
was charitably disposed man, and had
been dong . good deal of running
around for his doomed guesA One
morning he returned from such'a trip
and went to tAe, prisoner.
.sWell.'' said the man eagerly, ..weH.
what did the: Gov eunOr say?"
.Mv dear sin, be, hasn' t said anything
vet. He wants time to think.
aGood heavens, man! This sas-
pense is terrible" exclaimed the crini-
nal dramatically.
don mention it, |" responded the
sheriff. in cheerful tone; lit ain
ANYTHING TO what it will be Il the
Governor doesn't interfere = Washing
tom Critic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17

matter OF course, the air is made polls
onous and intolerable, and this ex-
plains the frequent fatal diseases pre-
vailing among the Russian peasantrv.
Their daily habits and methods of life
are of the simplest character. Five
o'clock in the morning. in all sea-
sons, is generally the hour at
which the family rises. The woman inn
mediately begins to prepare breakfast,
which generally consists of mixture
of sourkrout, beets and potatoes, called
'sborshtch," and coarse rye bread. A
large trunk, the only piece of furniture
to be seen in a peasants hut, which at
the same time serves as table,
is spread with coarse cover,
and after saying prayer the head OF
the family followed by the
rest of the members, occupies his seat.
After the ''borshtch" pot is emptied
every one goes out to his work. II it is
winter time the men are engaged in feed
ing the cattle and the women in spin
ming their flax. Every one has his
hands full. A twelve O'Clock dinner
is announced. Again ''borshtch'' on
the trunk table, followed by a potfull of
boiled potatoes and plenty of coarse,
rye bread. Supper consists of the rem
Oh Ou nov.
ever, or days of festival, an epicurean
piece of salt pork or mutton and fresh
rye bread-which the peasant. and still
more his better half. is very fond Of
adorn the table White bread, tea or
coffee are looked upon as a luxury be-
yond the reach of the peasantry. 1t is
| only on very rare occasions-if, for ex-
ample, any one in the family is sick
that such luxury finds place in the
peasants home.
After days work is over the peasant
goes out for recreation. The tavern.
which is the only place of attraction for
him, is generally crowded in the even
ings. The most burning topics of the
day are discussed there. What strikes
stranger who is present at one of such
meetings is the absolute confusion which
characterizes its proceedings. All speak
at once, no one listens and the debates
are scenes of wild disorder. But there
is no rule without an exception; an ora.
tor may sometimes command general
attention. In such cases utter silence
prevails and those who interrupt are or
dered to ''shut up" As a general
thing. however, everybody is arguing at
the top of his voice. wild uproar goes
on, which oftentimes ends in fight
S. SkidelsEu, IN Philadelphia Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17
BRIGHT TAKERS.
Hints to Persons DESTROYS of Acquiring tn
Art of Conversation.

Hints to Persons DESTROYS of Acquiring the
Art of Conversation.
A gentleman who had given his only
daughter great educational advantages
was disappointed that she did not shine
in conversation with his friends. '@Why
don't you talk??' he asked. You chat
ter with the girls, but with people of
sense you are silent.
Il don't know what to talk about.
Your friends are not interested in the
things that interest me. The girls are. :"
Here is the key to this problem OF
learning to converse. Be Interested in
that which interests your companion. 1t
it is child. make your conversation on
level with the child s comprehension,a and
about things that interest a child. Ii d
philosopher be your companion and
YOU cannot interest and instruct him.,
be interested in learning from him
The Importance of knowing a little OF
everything is emphasized by the neces-
sity of meeting all classes of people
seDid YOU ever sell dry goods?' asked
a pert miss of a Judge; you seem TO-
know all about ladies' wear mo,
was the reply; .'but my mother, who
was an invalid. taught me to do her
shopping, and have found the know-
edge thus obtained Invaluable in society
and in my profession"
I once overheard an elegant gentle
man talking with an uncuftured Old
woman about making soap. and show
inc that he knew something Of the art
and was interested in learning more
Sir Walter Scott made it point to
talk to every one he met upon some
topic that pleased them. On one oeea-
sion he met in stage-coaeh man with
whom he tried to converse upon every
imaginable topic, but without arOosing
q response. Quite in despair. he ex-
claimed: lis there anything you can
talk about?" The man replied: "What
do YOU know about bend leather?' Sir
Walter confessed that he knew nothing,
but he wanted to learn, and upon this
topic found his companion intelligent
and even eloquent. We are often told
that to be good conversationalist one
must be good listener; but to be a
listener is not to sit silent. It is to
know enough of the subject under con-
sideration to ask intelligent questions
and listen understandlngly to the re-
plies. Philadelphso Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17
SLIGHTLY PARTICULAR.

The Experience of q California Lady I'm
Search of n Domestic.
81 have thoroughly competent giri
who wishes agood place, y said the agent
of an employment office recently; ''but
she is pretty high strung and wants
things her own way Will you see herp"
..Yes,'' said the weary-looklng woman
in search of servant. The gifted and
determined domestic appears. She is
as we'll dressed as her would-be mis-
tress, and has an I'm-as-good-as-you-
are air about her.. Before the lady can
say a word the girl asks;
'-How many in familya"
Three"
Keep second girl'''
stNo"
Master at home for lunch'''
'No"
..Set tubsa''
Eyes" ~
"Collars and cuffs laundried outP''
"Sometimes."
"Furnacep"
Yes
s-Who tends it?''
1.-The girl, usually"
Extra pay for that?'"
mo. not usually
"Have much company2'"
mo, very little:'''
.4Any children?''
"Yes, one child.''
"How old is the childp''
1.-Two years. -
'.Humphl Bad age Boy"
s-Yes.''
do you get the meals on wash day?"
81 help always
s.Don't do the clearAstarching,
reckon?''
mo, [ do not"
'What Kind of a range?'7
darlington. ~
"Humph! Don't like it. Is there
gasin the girls roomp"
Yes
Carpet. or mattinge"
Carpet"
.sWhat days do have out?''
Thursday and Sunday afternoons.
THAT all?''
"Yes.''
"Well, don't think the place would
suit me-. I'm Al little particular where
CO."
And out she. founeed--San Fran
cisco. Argomaat..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17
The New York Legislature I

The New York Legislature passed 3
bill providing that no minor under the
age of eighteen and no womap under
tWenty-one shall be employed in any
manufacturing establishment more than
sixty hours per week, and that no child
under thirteen shall be employed in any
such establishment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17

Eggs of Dorkings weigh five pounds
twelve ounces per score, Leghorn eggs
little over three pounds and Spanish
eggs two pounds fourteen ounces
CHICAGO Herald.
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09
Misfortune of A Discoverer of the
Presidents Intention to Marry.

1t is said that a telegraph operator in
Washington was the first person outside of
the Cleveland and Folsom families to discover
the fact Of the Presidents engagement.
This knowledge however proved unfortunate
for him and resulted ultimately in loss of his
situation. On the night preceding Miss Fol
SONS departure for Europe a telegram
written by the President was handed in at
the telegraph office. 1t was addressed to
Miss Folsom. The operator who sent the
dispatch has a mania for autographs. He
made a copy of the original dispatch which
he filed with the others transmitted by him
and carried the original home his intention
being to cut off the signature and place it
among his other collections. Both his wife
and his landlady were shown the dispatch.
1t contained sentiments of such a nature as to
leave no doubt in their minds that love
affair, to say the least was going on, and this
secret each solemnly resolved to respect. In
the course of time a disagreement occurred
between the two women which resulted
in the operator and his wife seeking other
quarters. The landlady in revenge called at
the telegraph Office and reported to the prop
er officials the operators connection with the
stolen dispatch. The operator made no de-
NAL of the charges against him, but said that
he had intended no harm. He had, however,
''broken an inviolable rule of the company"
and was given a week in which to resign,
and now he is looking for another job.
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09
A REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
WILL BE HELD IN
CITY HALL, LEWISTON,

For the purpose of nominating q CANDIDATE for
Governor to be supported at the Sep1eitner elec-
ton. and transactfng any other business mat may
properly come before it. II, - 80 s,,
The basis of representation VIII pe a. iollows:
Each city, town and plantation VIII pc pc eniltled to
one delegate and for each seyenty-nYe VOTES cast
for the Republican candidate tor governor N 1854
an additional delegate, and for IIactlon OF forty
votes in excess of seyentyiye votes an addition
al delegate. n,, IN eass;or :; a..
Recention Room Of The Hall at nine o'clock on the
morning of the Convention, loI VIZ pose Oh re-
ceiying the credentials OF delegdeeSs.
All electors Of Maine who are IN favor OF main
tanning Protective Tariff; VINO VIII JON IN re-
sistine the attempt now being MADE IN Demo-
cratic House of Representatives to 1n1ure many
Of the leading industrial interests OF Maine; who
are in favor Of eeyating and dIgnlfylng human la
nor by securing to the laborer his Just reward /;
who demand freedom of suffrage throughout the
repubIic and an honest counting OF the ballots
WHO uphold an iudicious measures for the encour-
arement of American shipbuilding; who believe
in an honest and responsible civil service and in
an economical administration OF the Government;
who approve the Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic
and the promotion Of the cause of Temperance
are cordially invited without regard to past polit
zeal diiferences. to unite with the Republicans in
the selection of delegates to this Convention.
Per order Republican state committee.
JOSEPH II. MANLEY, Chairman.
WILLIS ii. WING, Secretary.
Augusta, Me-, April l6, 1886.
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09
examination OF Teachers.

Il dates for teaching in the public schools of
Portland will meet for the examination of teach
day Of July next at a. m. Applicants must pass
satisfactory examination in the following
branches, viz:
Arithmetic, including the Metric system of weights
and measures, Bookkeeping, Physical and De-
scrptive Geography, English Grammar. including
Composition, United States History, Physiology
and Hygiene with special reference to the effects
of acholc drinks stimulants and narcotics upon
the human system, Elements of music lMasOn'sl,
Elementary Free-Hand Drawing, and Theory and
Practice of Teaching.
All applicants must be present on the morning
above specified, and the examination will continue
through two days unless sooner finished
No other examination will take place prior to
the opening of the schools.
THOMAS TASH, Superintendent of Schools:
Portland June 3, 1886. 1e5dtd
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09

The Postmaster General finds that if the
pending eight-hour bill is made law by
Congress, five additional letter carriers will
be required in Portland, two in Lew iston,
one in Bangor and one in Augusta. Thus
there is new blessing in the eight-hour
day; it makes more offices. Had this fact
been realized in season the Bangor conven-
ton undoubtedly would have put the eight
hour day at the head of its caravan Of prom
iseS to the lahOring man.
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09

The Democratic members of the Pan Elec-
trio committee have concluded to apply a
thick coat of whitewash to Attorney Gener-
al Garland and the administration in the mat
ter of the suit against the Bell Company.
Unfortunately for Mr.. Garland the public
has been viewing him for some months in
his natural cOlorS
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09

AS their boards grow longer the wrath OF
Boston men grows more turbulent at the en-
forcement of the law against open barber
shops on Sunday. Some of the newspapers
take part with their unshaven subscribers,
and condemn the revival of Puritan princi-
pie which the city seems to have put behind
itself. One paper condemns the law as an
antiquated statute which has not been in
force for a century, and contemptuously
brands it as a relic of the time when people
were hanged in Massachusetts for witch
craft when it was a crime for man to kiss
his wife on Sunday, when sleeping in church
was forbidden, and when as tradition has
it, beer barrels were whipped in Connecticut
because the beer worked on Sunday. 1t is
recorded with delight that in 1856 an attempt
to revive this law broke down in the courts,
where it was decided that barbering was a
work of necessity, and therefore lawful.
But there are other things to be considered
besides the stiif-necked source of the old law,
besides even the despotic will of the Boston
man to be shaved at the exact moment he
wishes, whether the day be Sunday or not.
The plea for the enforcement of the law does
not come from any meddlesome reformers;
it comes from the BARRIERS themselves.
Twelve hundred of them in Boston object to
a plan which forces them, at the peril of los
ing their customers, to work day and even
ing six days in the week and toll harder than
ever on the seventh. 1t is but one manifes-
tation Of a revolt against a system of Sunday
observance which makes slaves of one por-
ton of humanity in order that another por-
ton may enjoy the day unvexed by worldly
trials. Let the Boston man, like his brother
in Portland, be man enough to take the
trouble himself if he would be shaved on
Sunday; or still better, let him initiate those
straight-laced men of Western Pennsylva-
mia and Eastern Ohio, who to this day bring
their sons up to have their faces shaved and
boots BACKED on Saturday night or not at
Ill
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09

The farmers have won victory in the
Senate by securing the reference of the oleo-
margarine bill to the committee on agricul-
ture instead of the committee on finance.
The vote was so close, however, as to indicate
grave uncertainty in regard to the final pas
sage of the bill The opposition comes
chiefly from the South,
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09

The defeat of the home rule bill encourage
es the London Times in the belief that Eng
lishmen and Scotchmen are not ready to sub
NIT tthemselves te-the- dwelling influence Of
the machine politics" of America. 1t would
be interesting to know how the Times de-
fines that kind of politics which has persis-
ted for q century in denying self government
to so thrifty and patriotic a people as the
Irish America does better by some of her
red Indians.
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09

The people in Southern Iowa are much as
tonished over little girl with eyes so pecu-
liarly constructed that she sees everything
up-side-down. When she writes and figures
her work is always inverted. But here in
Maine we have fifty thousand Democrats,
more or less, who are making their figures
for the election next fall in just that way,
and, strangest of all, when the election shows
them that their problem is up-side-down,
they will lay the result to the pockets of
their opponents instead of to their own
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 8.

We do not read anonymous letters ana conmuh-
cations. The name and address of the writer are
all cases indispensable, notnecessarliy ior pub
iication but as guarantee of good iaith
We cannot undertake to return OF preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09

A French journalist, who writes like one
who has been reading the accounts of Presi-
dent Cleyeland's wedding, says; 'Litera-
ture has been killedby journalism; Journal
ism is soon to be killed by reporting" And
few reporters are likely to be killed before
the rig is run.
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09
CAMPAIGN PRESS.

For the purpose OF iurthering the good cause in
the coming political campaign, the publishers of
the PRESS propose to issue their Weekly and
Daily Editions at the following extraordinarily
low rates, barely covering the cost of material
and pOstape
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09
A World FOR THE SAKDINE.
ST Holm Sim

The sardine factories at PASSPORT purchase
small herring by the hogshead from the Ca
madam side. Somebody has reported that
the Canadian government has forbidden the
further purchase of these little fish. But
the purchase by traders of these little fish
for manufacturing purposes, does not ap--
pear to be an infraction of the treaty of
pose there is not, against the capture of
these small herring either for sale in the
United States, or for any other purpose. If
the wholesale slaughter of infant fish is per-
mitted how shall we hope to preserve our
herring fisheries?
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09


When the great eight-hour movement be-
gan in Chicago there was sympathetic
movement in several Eastern cities. Few of
these lasted long; but in Washington the
fight is not over yet. The carpenters and
briclzlayers are still demanding the eight
hour day, and so far no plan of compromise
has met with any favor. Few cities in the
land could be thrown into less turmoil by
such state of things than Washington; but
the strike has not the less had serious eff
fects. During the month Of May last year
building permits representing $751; 900 were
issued during the same time this year the
permits issued have represented but $123,-
600. The effects of this great decrease in
business fall most heavily on the strikers
themselves, and the small traders who sup
ply them with the necessaries and comforts
of life The men who intended to build can
wait with few other hardships than feelings
of Impotence
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09
PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO.,
PORTLAND, ME.
sample copies sent free on application.

Secretary Whitney contemplates having
the two new cruisers for the navy built at
the Brooklyn navy yard. 1t cannot be that
visions of New York elections ever intrude
upon Mr.. Whitney's chastened contempla-
tions
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09

After many months of useless labor, the
attempt to rescue the bodies of the twenty
six miners buried at Nanticoke, Pa, has
been abandoned. After all hope of reaching
the men while alive had been abandoned, the
company offered to give the bereaved fami-
lies the money which would be required to
recover the bodies. But the miners threat
ened a riot and persisted in what good judg-
es thought an uncertain undertaking. The
sentiment was undoubtedly creditable to the
men, but it seems to have been case where
Judgment rather, should have been used.
The Portland daily press., 1886-06-09
The Maine State Press,

Weekly, will be furnished, beginning with the
number issued next after the receipt OF the order
in each case, and closing with the issue Septem-
Der 10th, containing a report of the Maine cleo
tiOn