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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-29

ment is always made by the piece. As
regards cost of production, three
fifths is credited to labor
and two-fifths to first mate
rial; but this statement is approximative
only, as the relative proportion of value
must be subject to considerable tiuctua-
ton depending upon the price of the
straw. The articles chiefly exported are
the Florentine hats and plain and fancy
plaits. The principal countries of ex-
port are France. the United States of
America, Great, Britain, Germany and
Austria The future prospects of the
Tuscan straw industry are at present by
no means encouraging, as so many new
articles spring up which are more IA
vored by fashion. The competition of
English plaits, as far as prices are con-
cerned Fashion apart), does not much
affect the sale of Italian straw products;
but that of the Chinese plaits in the
coarser qualities is almost crushing.
and to very considerable extent now
supplies the markets of Europe and
America, to the nearly total exclusion
of the same qualities of Italian plaits
as regards foreign consumption. These
Chinese p1aits are of excellent quality,
well made, strong and serviceable, and
supplied at prices with which it is i'm
possible to compete in Italy.-London
Qnee7e.
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! tened up against the barn. Minnie
was small FOR her years. AS she
| nestled down she was quite out OF
SIGHT. unless one looked over the rim
of the boiler.
.Whoop!" she shouted, and then
kept very still. Presently she heard
footsteps coming towards her. But
thew were slow, and proved to be old
Peters, who was on his way to the
barn to feed the horses and cows. 1t
was almost dark. His eyes were not SO
quick as they had once been. AS he
passed he shut down the cover OF the
kettle!
s'Peter! Peter!'' called Minnie, again
and again, as she Knocked on the
cover. 1t was not fastened, but was
so heavy she could not lift it, and Peter
was very deaf
Soon there was great stir in the
house. The children rushed in, mach
frightened, and still they could not find
Minnie. The whole family, from
grandpa down, Joined in the search.
Grandma thought of all the things that
could happen and some that couldn't
At last grandpa came near enough
to the boiler to hear a noise inside. A
scratching and knocking, and-he
listened-could that be his darling's
voiceP 1t seemed so weak and muff1ed
and distressed. But it came from the
kettle. The cover was raised quicker
than ever before.
..Poor child! poor child"' said
grandpa, as he lifted her out in his
strong arms. He placed her on his
shoulder and gave her ride to the
house.
..Well, well! I've found mice in the
kettle before, but / think this is the
biggest mouse that ever crept into it. -
Mrs. Mary Johnson, an or Little
ONES.
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HOMEMADE SOAP.

Directions for Making a Good anu Salts
factory Article from Wood Ashes.
In the first place get barrel Ca salt
barrel IS best andi take one head out,
leaving the other. In the remaining
head bore a number of holes; then, get
board as large as the barrel bottom
one way, and as much larger the other
way, so it will project out from one
side of the bottom of the barrel about six
inches, then cut creases in the board
at each side to about three inches
apart in the center of the end of the
barrel the shape of the letter ". Now
make foundation, one side of which
must be little lower than the other,
then place the board on this with the
creases i'm the lowests put the barrs4 on
the board and putt in enough straw in
the bottoml to keep the ashes from, fall
ing through the holes. Have the, ashes
ready, perfectly clean. Place a. few in
the Darrell ON the straw and pack it
downs as tight as you can, and D. few
more,, pack it down, and so on till the
BARRELS filed. Make a shallow hole
in. the ashes to'pOur the water i'm. Hot
water is the best till it begins to, run,
as it takes the strength from the ashes
better: After that cold water will do.
LII takes about day for the lye'to be-
gin to run, and you must pour water
on as,fast as it sinks away. Place a
kettle on, the lower side of the board be-
fore you leave it in the evening; for it
may begin to, nun in the night and
waste the lye.- If it rains cover the
barrel and kettles Cover the kettle in
such way that it will not prevent the
lSe from running in it just the same.
: After the KETTLE is filled place an egg
\ in the lye. IF it rises to the top it is
strong enough to make thick, salvy
soap. If the egg sinks, or nearly so, it
is not strong enough, so you will have
to boil it down and use your own
Judgment about the strength after
that, orput the grease in and boil it all
together at the same time, adding I've
and grease till the kettle is. full enough
to, boil well without running over.
Boil DOWN till it is nice thick
soap. You can tell by taking out
some and letting it get Gold If it is
as thick as, you want it, it Is done.
make my soap in large iron kettle,
outdoors Cor. Toledo Blade.
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The Presidents Country House.

A permit was taken o,rt in Washing.
ton recently to remodel and enlarge
the. house recently purchased by the
President on the Woody Lane road.
The plans as prepared by the architects
provide for the addition to the present
structure of third story of a very or
namental and handsome design. This
third story will be IN the high-podnted
roof pierced with dormer windows.
the caves extending over some fourteen.
feet, thus forming the roof of the porch
in the second story. There win be.
double porches twelve feet wide ex.
tending on the. south and wesa and nart
of the east sides of the house. Upon
the stone walls forming the present two
stories OF the house win be built thia
high over-reaehing roof, with the exc
terror covered with shingles painted
red. There will be two,stor back
building erected for kitchen and
servants quarters, and the interior win
be rem0aeled and fitted up in style
to correspond to the pretty modern de-
sign Of cottage, which the exterior
will then assume. It is expected that
the house will be ready for use by the
LIST Of October.-N. Y. Post.
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CONDUCT.
4 Few Rules That Should Be Carefully
Observed.

Il Few Rules That ShOulu BE Carefully
Observed.
Action has a good deal to do with
ones inner thought, my young friends.
The mere practice of rules of etiquette
will carry with it an effect upon the
morals. Such rules as these should be
observed carefully by boys:
To take off the hat whenever you
enter house or private office.
To speak out distinctly but not
roughly when answering a question.
To do the bidding of your parents,
teacher or employer cheerfully and
promptly.
To keep your face and hands clean,
and your clothing neat.
To keep silent when others are talk
ing, and never to interrupt a man or
woman who is speaking to another.
To resign your chair or seat to
woman, wherever you may be-
Never to take a chair when IN q
strange house or office, unless YOU are
requested to do SO.
When you are addressed to be atten-
tive, and to look the person who adj
dresses you in the face.
At the table to- use knife and fork
quietly and decently, and to eat with
out making noise.
These rules will generally apply to
"our girls" too, and l will assure you
that young people can not do such
things every day without rising in
mental character, and becoming moro
and more worthy.-Pdwenologica1J oar-
xnI
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EXTRADITION.

Provisions of the Amended ExtIadition
Treaty With Great britain.
NEW YORK, July 20.-The full text OF
the convention recently signed in London
by Minister Phelp s and the Earl of Rose
berry, extending and adding to the treaty
of 1912, has been made public with all
explanatory letter from Minister Phelps.
The convention extends the provisions of
Article x. of the treaty of 1912 to four
crimes not therein mentioned, as follows !;
Manslaughter, burglary, embezzlement
Or larceny involving the amount of
fifty dollars or ten pounds, and mali
cious injuries to property whereby the
lille of any person shall be endangered
if such injuries constitute crime &C.
cOrding to the laws of both countries. l.
is also provided that the provisions OF
article X. shall apply TO persons convict
and the new convention, as we'll as to
those charged before trial with the com.
mission of them. The convention is not
retroactive; no surrender is to be de-
manded for political offense, and no
trial is permitted for any other offense
than the one for which extradition is re.
,quested until the person eXtradited has
had opportunity to return to the State by
which he was surrendered.
In his letter to the Secretary of State
Mr.. Phelps says it is understood between
the two governments that the convention
shall not stand in the way of more
elaborate treaty, if one is desired, bu:
he expresses the opinion that a new
treaty will not be necessary.
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DENIsoN, Tex, July 2l.-When the
south bound passenger train on the Mis-.
souri, Pacific railroad, due here at two
O'Clock yesterday morning, was at Arm
strong, Indian Territory, about twenty
five miles from this place, Conductor
Brown discovered the remnants of a
mans body attached to the brake beam
of the sleeper. Closer investigation
showed that some unfortunate person,
who had sought a free ride to Texas on a
brake beam, had lost his balance and
fallen off, while his clothing caught,
holding him so that he was literally
whipped into shreds. His head was en-
sirely gone, except one ear. His legs
were also gone, except the skin. In
short, with the exception of one hand
and forearm and part of the neck, there
was nothing but the skin left to tell
whether it was man or an animal that
had been f1ayed alive under the coach.
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S-N-S------
Four New Railroads for Mexico,

BosToN, July ala City of Mexico
special to the Herald says: The reformed
concession granted the Sinaloa & Duran.
90 Railroad Company, Il Boston organiza-
ton, authoriz the company to con.
struct four distin ct lines: the first from
Culiacan to Altata; the second from Du-
range to Mazatlan, Villa Lerdo and Saltil-
10; the third from Culiacan to MaZatlan and
Alamas; the fourth from Durango to
some point on the Rio Grande river aftef
passing through the State CoahuilS.
Surveys must begin within six months;
the plans for the first section of 100 kilo
meters have to be submitted within eight
cen months, and the work must begin
within three years. The capital is limited
to 100000 per kilometre, and the subsidy
tixedAat $4,000 per kilometre.
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BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE.
An Ancient Spanish City Full of Attrac-
tions for Historians.

tions for Historians.
Travellers only pass day or two at
Cordova to see it's monuments and re-
call the memories of Roman, Arab and
Goth; of Boabdil, who passed part of
his captivity here; of Ferdinand and
Isabella, and of Columbus, who came
here to lay his plans before the King
and Queen during the campaign of
Granada. They pass on instead to Sc
vile, which has memories of like an
tiaue interest, and of every Spanish
monarch, including the present Isa-
bella; has many monuments, and eli
mate regarded as one of the most per-
feet in the world And while Cordoba
has but forty-two thousand inhabitants
dwelling over the ashes of its past mill
lions. Seville has three times
that number, and is therefore
able to add all the modern con-
veniences to its facts of history and it's
destinations of romance. Good hotels
are only to be found in the largest cities
in Spain. Seville has one or two of the
best Its drives are pleasant. The coun-
try about it is lovely. From the Giralda,
the tall Arab tower which the cathedral
has preserved for its bells, can be seen
the Granddaughter, filled with shipping.
the broad plain, the evergreen foothills
and the snowy mountains. Its streets
are broad, and its public places are set
exclusively with orange trees, whose
fruit, though it is not in his abundance
exceedingly tempting to the native. has
singular attraction to the stranger as
he passes under the low-hanging
branches. Queen Isabella has palace
here, to which she likes to come
now and then. If Alfonso had spent
more of his time here his life might have
been prolonged. Byron wrote his
.sChilde HaroIa'' of the delicious cli-
mate and bright-eyed senoritas of Sc
vile, whom he described as at once the
most charming and the wickedest in the
world. The old Moorish palace called
the Alcazar is of magnificent proper
tons, and would be considered wonder
full, were not the Alhambra, which it
endeavors to initiate, still in existence.
1t has been successfully occupied by all
| the Spanish monarchs since Charles ",
| and its gardens, which are of great ex-
| tent still, have their summer-houses,
| alleys, shaded hooks and even their
trees haunted by great memories--AL
bert Sutltfe, in San Francisco Chroa-
| tcle.
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FLORENTlNE STRAW.
A Consular Report on an Industry Prac
ticed in a Large Italian District.

Consular Report on an Industry Prac-
ticed in Large Italian District.
Consul-General Colnaghi has sent to
the Foreign Office an interesting report
on the Florentine straw industry, and it
has just been published as Blue Book.
We extract the following passages: The
industry is so generally extended
throughout the district that there is
scarcely family in which some of the
members are not engaged in the work.
Children begin to plait at five and six
six years of age; while mothers of fam
lilies, in addition to their domestic oc-
equations, and females of all ages and
almost all conditions, who do not fol
low the business as a means OF HvelI-
hood, employ their leisure time in it.
Formerly, when the production was
carried on by persons connected with
agricultural labor only, the work was
not constant; but now. excepting, per-
haps, with few ''contadine,' it goes
on all the year round. The plaiters
work in their own homes, and their busy
fingers are rarely at rest. The larger
number work up the straw on their own
account, and sell the plaits, or hats, on
the public markets held at Florence and
in other towns. Others receive the
straw from and are paid by the ''fat-
torini," class of middlemen who con-
sign the plaits and hats in the rough to
the principal manufacturers, who finish
them for export. Others, again, are in
direct communication with the manu-
facturers themselves. The earnings OF
the plaiters are subject to considerable
fluctuations, partly depending upon the
market prices that may from time to
time rule for the manufactured article,
and partly to the higher or lower rates
of the straw. On an average, the daily
earnings of children and of young girls
may be taken at from thirty to forty
five centimes, and of women at from
seventy-five to eighty centimes. Much
depends upon the ability of the workers,
and a considerable number of expert
hands earn regularly, under ordinary
circumstances, from one Ira to one lirs
ten centimes, and sometimes as much al
one Ira fifty confines per diem. At sew
ing hats "a maglia," about seventy-fivs
confines per diem may be earned. Pay
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IN A KETTLE.
Minnie's Queer Hidirsg-PIace, and How
She Was Found.

Minnie's Queer Hidims-PIace, and, How
She Was Found.
Minnie's grandpa had a lasge farm.
He kept horses and COWS, chickens and
pigs. There was, great barn-such 8
nice place to play hide-and-seek.
One day Minnie was playing with
her cousins. 1t began to grow dusk.
but they thought there would be time
to play one game more Minnie was
to hide.
I'm try to find a new place." she
said to herself. But every hay-mow,
every nook and corner Of the barn,
seemed to have been used for hiding
places. Even the oldsleigh had served
its turn.
81 know" said Minnie. after min
ute's thinking; ''there's the great ket-
tie! They won't guess that for ever so
long" What Minnie meant was a
huge boiler, set in brick framework,
just outside the barn. There was a
fireplace under the boiler. Grandpa
used it to boil potatoes for the pigs.
Minnie managed to climb into the
boiler. 1t had a wooden cover. fas-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-29

NEW YORK, July 20.-The New York
rJurtst to-day publishes the legal opinions
OF fifty-two members out of Atty seven
of the New York bar whose views the
woman's Suffrage party have obtained
on the claim that women are debarred by
the State Constitution from voting. The
6fty-two indorse Hamilton Willcox's
legal work entitled "The Legislatures
Power Over Suffrage" and concur with
his opinion that the claim that the Con-
stitution DISTINGUISHES women has no
legal foundation. Many OF these opiC-
ions are from lawyers Of prominencs.
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A Dishonest Collector Arrested.

CHICAGO, July 22.-W. R. Brown, book
keeper and city collector for Bramhall,
Dean & CO., dealers in steam and heating
fixtures at 81 and SO Market street, was
arrested last evening on charge OF en-
bezzlement. A member of the firm said
Brown was employed as book.keeper and
collector last fall, and when bill was
collected from city customer the ac-
count was only credited with part OF the
payment. Browns city coliectlons
amounted to from $4,000 to $4,000 q
month 1t is thought his accounts show
a shortage of from 81, 900 to So. 500.
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THE McCOMAS MURDERER.

Checo, the Apache Chief, in Washington
A New Mexican Citizen Tells What He
Knows About the Bloodthirsty villains
WASHINGTON, July 22.-H. Fl. Carpen-
ter, of Silver City, N. NJ, an operator of
mining mills, is in Washington. In an
interview to-day upon the subject of the
visit of the Apachcs to this city, he said:
81 have no doubt they are all murderers,
but the chief of this group, whom you
have already denounced, is an unques-
TONED murderer. 1 will CONTRACT myself
to furnish all the evidence that is re-
uuired to convict him of the murder of the
McComas family, and, beside that, 1 feel
perfectly confident that the evidence can
be furnished, if necessary, to convict
him of fifty murders. | see that you
have spelled his name Chaco. The cor
rect rendition of his name is Checo.
Checo is in the neighborhood of fifty
years of age. For nearly twenty-five
years he has been the leader of a band
of the most desperate outlaws and MUIR
derers known in our territory. We have
never received any proper protec-
ton from the Government. The
property interests of New Mexico are
to-day languishing on account of
the fact that the Apaches have never yet
been properly controlled or punished.
Crook was an imbecle in his attempt to
solve the Indian question. His hobby
was the employment of these Apaches as
scouts. I understand that this murderer,
Checo, has been employed by the militia
nv authorities as scout. There is plen-
ty of evidence to be found in Silver City
to convict Checo. McCOmas was lawyer
living in Silver City. He had ranch
within fifteen miles of that place. 1t was
while going to this ranch, accompanied
by his wife and boy, that he was capt
ured by Checo and his crew. There is
very clear evidence that Checo murdered
McComas with his own hand; at any
rate, he was the chief in command"
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The Lowell BIeachery Steal.

Boston, July 23.-S. G. Smelling, late
treasurer of the Lowell Bleachery, has
made an assignment. His residences in
this city and at Nahant both belong to
his wife. He has real estate of his own
at Neponset, Jamaica Plains, on Parke:
street, and at the corner of Calvert anS
Hampshire streets. His embarrassment
is due to various outside transactions,
but he claims that as far as he used the
bleachery's money he was authorized to
do.so. The true condition of affairs VIII
not be known until the committe Of In.
~estigation has reported.
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READING FOR THE YOUNG.
SAYING AND DOING.


WHAT DAISY SAID.
If I'd carriage all my own"
Said little Daisy Wood,
I'm sure l would not ride alone
Like Miss Rebecca Hood:
I'd ask poor people, large and small,
Who never go TO ride at aiiS.
I'd be so kind and good
WHAT DAISY DID.
"Oh! take your dirty dolly, Ben,
And don't you ever dare
To put her in my cart again
With lovely Lady Glare;
That horrid thing all rags and dust.
Has soiled my lady S dress and mussed
Her pretty golden hair!''
Emma e. DOiCd in Our Little Ones.
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PAso DEL NoRTE, July 22.-Consul
Brigham demanded the release of Editor
Cutting Tuesday night, but the Mexican
Judge refused to comply. The Consul
telegraphed Minister Jackson at the City
of Mexico, who replied that the State
Department of Mexico had ordered Cut
ting's unconditional release. The Judge
refuses to recognize the authority at
Mexico and will only release Cutting on
orders from the Supreme Court or the
Governor of the State of Chihuahua.
Paso del Norte and Ell Paso are both
worked up to fever heat over the affair.
Trouble is feared if the matter Is not
quickly settled.
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MIDDLETowN, NY, July 20.-Lewis
Dick, farmer of the town of Waikiki,
who lives just east of the Shawangunk
Mountain, recently was paid 81 800, which
he kept in the house. Last night thieves
entered, drugged Dick and his wife and
two children, sec ured the money, set fire
to the house and fed. Fortunately the
neighbors saw the flames and succeeded
in extinguishing them. The inmates of
the house were speedily restored to con-
seriousness, with the exception OF Mrs.
Dick, who is in a pre- carious condition.
Wagon tracks led from Dicks place to-
ward the mountains Officers are in pur-
suit of the thieves.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis, July Passenger
train. 1t is estimated that there are
thirty thousand strangers in the city, and
double that number is expected for the
closing picnic on Sunday. The weather
continues perfect, and the city is well
given over to holiday business. The in
crease in the members of societies is fully
twenty per cent. over any previous fest.
The second grand concert took place this
afternoon, and every seat in the great
Exposition hall was taken. The musical
and financial success of the fest is fully
assured. The evening concert was grand
SuccaSS-
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"A quaint phrase which a corre-
spondent of the Critic has found in
pennsyivapia and Virginia is CLIMBER
lawed." On seeinga portrait of George
Eliot Pennsylvania lady exclaimed,
"How gimher-jawed she wasr'