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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
History in Our Schools.

A man may not know himself who is
ignorant of his fellow-man, and be
may not know his fellow-man without
some judgment born of an, analytic
study of the rise or fall of mankind
from state to state. 1t is fault of our
school system that so little time, and
that imperfectly applied, is devoted to
the study of history. In some institu-
tons, indeed. it is entirely neglected,
though it were Incidentally better to
err upon the other side and make
history a part of the whole prepare.
tory and collegiate course. Properly
presented, history might be made a de-
ightful pursuit rather than an onerous
study. That it should be so addressed
to the mind OF the student will appear
when public instructors come to ap-
preciate the fact that history, in its
broad aspects, is the foundation of all
education. Chicago. Inter Ocean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
SEASONABIE EANClES.
The Latest Styles In Embroideries and
Wooden Goods,

Wooden Goods.
Among the novelties in embroidery
are tiouncings forty-five inches deep in
| fine cambria and nansook, with a mar
| row band of Hamburg across the bot
tom and trimming width at the upper
edge. They are called apron widths,
and will be used for plain skirts, for
nurses fine aprons, and for the many
uses to which such goods can be
adapted. An exquisite material is COM
posed of stripes of sateen vieing with
satin in beauty, divided by stripes of
white embroidery; this could be made
up in combination, with the solid em-
broidery for an underskirt.
The new wooden materials for the
season are highly to be commended for
their beauty. Wooden CLEANLINESS are
largely represented, but they are in
finitely superior to the regular square
network of wooden threads so fashion,
able last year. The novelty of the sea-
son is fancy etamine, as light as Cos
samer. formed by the crossing and re-
crossing of minute wooden threads, pro-
ducing a lovely web-like fabric, which
Grapes most beautifully. This etamine,
called emphatically the new canvas, is
striped and checkered with plush lines of
the most lovely colors, the ground being
dark ficelle color, which is very fash
fonable. it is also striped horizontally
with rich wide terry stripes in delicate
aesthetic colors, combined as French
manufacturers alone know how to COM
bine shades.
Here let it be remarked that distinct
feature of the new wooden fabrics is that
they are striped horizontally instead of
vertically, and that us rule the stripes
are at least in two colors. The plush
stripes are in many widths, generally in
two colors, both differing from the
ground. Thus on fawn, ticelle or wood
etamine the stripes will be moss and
seal brown, bronze and terra Gotta, etc.
There is also very novel variety of
canvas used for skirts. only. 1t is
darned with wooden threads horizontal
ly, giving the effect of rows of Russia
braid. Five rows of different widths.
diminishing in size upward, edge the
skirt. or one single broad band of darn
ing, looking like Russian braid some
ten or twelve inches wide. Plain ma
terial is used for tunic and corsage.
One thing is certain, that the long
and extra-pointed shoe is much less
worn than it was short time ago.
None but foot doctors will regret this,
for such shaped shoe obliges its wearer
to conceal at least one toe under its
neighbor, which is source of exquisite
suffering and misery to the votary Of
fashion infatuated to the degree of bear
ing such. torture for the sole purpose of
of being la mode. Fashion is in a
certain degree following the English
lead and giving up high heels; in fact,
ladies are now beginning to resume the
erect attitude that nature designed for
women as we'll as for men instead Of
being apparently on the point of drop
ping on all fours.-Godey's Lady's
Book
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
ON TIM e.
A Thirty Thousand Dollar Job-A Young
Man That Could Be Depended Upon.

A Thirty Thousand Dollar Job-A Young
Man That Could BE Depended Upon
The head clerk of large firm in
Charlestown promised an old customer
one dav half bale of Russian duck, to
be on hand at one O'Clock, when the
man was to leave town with his goods.
The firm was out of duck, and the
clerk went over to Boston to buy some.
Not finding truckman, he hired
man to take it over on his wheeloar-
row. Finishing other business, on MS
return to Charlestown the clerk 1ound
the man not half way over the BRIDGE
sitting on his barrow, half dead with
the heat. What was to be done! l5
was then 1890, and the goods were
promised at one There was not q
moment to lose. In spite of the heat,
the dust and his fine clothes, the young
man seized the wheelbarrow ana
pushed sn. Pretty soon rich mer-
chant, whom the young man knew
very well, riding on horseback, over
took him. What" said he, "Mr:
Wilder turned truckman?" "Yes,"
answered the clerk. 1.-The goods are
promised at one o'clock, and my man
has given out; but you see ] am deter
mined to be good as my word" 'Good,
goodr' said the gentleman. and started
on.
Calling at the store where the young
man was employed, he told his EN-,
ployer what he had seen. And
want to tell him." said the gentleman,
''that when he goes into business for
himself my name is at his service for
$4,000" Reaching the store, which
he did in time, the high price set on his
conduct made amend for the heat, anx-
iety and fatigue of the job. Keeping
his word-you see how important it is
regarded. 1t is one of the best kinds
of capital business man can have. To
be worth much to anybody, a boy must
form a character for reliability. He
must be depended upon. And you
would like to know, perhaps, that this
young man became one of the most
eminent merchants of his day. and
known far and wide, both in Europe
and this country. His name is S. VS..
Wilder, the first president of the Amer
lean Tract Society.-Ktnd Words.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
A FRulTLEss SEARCH.

On cushions of pink velvet, In thistle, she
lay swinging.
A fay, with only Lady Moon to hear her
plaintive singing.
" All me! alackadayi' she sang. Eve hunt
ed by the hour
And here her crystal tears fell down like dew
upon the flower;
I've been to marble palaces, and huts with
windows creaking-
One hardly can suggest place where have
not been seeking;
1--WE looked in daytime all dared and soon
as came the twilight,
I've crept in many mortals house through
window or through skyight
!" And. while above my puzzled head my fire.
fly lantern keeping,
I've tripped from little bed to bed and scan
ned the children sleeping.
" But always proved the search in vain;
really feel like scolding
To think of all the lovely things that wait
that child's beholding;
s. have a Fortunatus purse, winged horse
and rockets,
A wishing-cap, some seven-league boots, be-
sides two magic pockets;
"But o. it's not bit of use; know can
not find him
The boy that never once forgets to shut a
door behind him!''
Clara l.. Burnham, in Wide Quake.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
POLLY AND JIM.
The Bitter Enmity That Existed Between

| The Bitter Enmity That Existed Between
Them.
They were bitter enemies. although
| they lived in the same house.
Polly had been there a week, and be-
gan to think she owned every thing.
She gave her orders in the most anus
ing way. In the morning the first
thing would be: "a cup of coffee,
Mary, quick!'' Then: 'Now I'll walk
! out. want to walk out" And if she
| was not attended to at once she would
exhibit frightful temper, or utter the
most pathetic reproaches.
Her self-pity was quite moving.
Poor Polly, poor Polly's SO hungry!
One day a handsome black cat was
given to me. / named him Jim Crow.
I took him in to visit Polly, as l knew
they would see a good deal of each
other.
Jim Crow glared at Polly out of his
green eyes till they looked like balls of
fire, Then he uttered dreadful M
e-e-O-w,. that was a challenge in
itself.
Polly ruffied up her feathers. tossed
her head, and screamed out: ''You
black nigger! What Jim Crow would
have called her, if he could talk, can
only imagine. But all hope of making
friends between them was at an end.
Jim would look at her for an hour at
time, and pour forth torrent of
abuse i'm cat language.
Polly's favorite retort would always
come in Time How she knew the cat
was black will ever be puzzle. They
kept up their quarrel for some months.
One day Jim came home in sad
plight. He had been shot, and feared
he would die. washed and bandaged
his wound, but he grew worse every
moment.
Polly had been looking on with
much interest. Suddenly she flew
down from her perch to his side.
"Poor Jim! poor Jim!'' she said.
Then she began to cry as only parrot
cam. In the midst of her grief she
broke into wicked laugh, and ended
with her usual taunt: ''You black
nigger!'
But poor Jim Crow could not flash
his eyes at her again. He breathed his
last in few moments, and we carried
Polly to his funeral.-MrS. Il. d.. Bell,
IN our Young Folks
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
GOOD TIMES SOUTH.
A Section Where Capital and Labor Seem
to Be at Peace.

1t is gratifying to observe that there
is one section of the country in which
industrial growth does not seem to be
paralyzed by strikes, lock-outs and
other forms of war between the capital
that gives employment to labor and
the labor that should be glad to be en-
ployed at remunerative wages by cap
ital. For some reason the South has
been fortunately free from these ruin
Gus disputes between labor and capital
and the result is that the industrial
growth of the South is phenomenal
The first three months in the year
1886 show that the new manufacturing
and mining enterprises in the South,
sions of old concerns. will employ cap
ital to the amount of thirty-six and a
half millions of dollars. This capital
has been drawn largely from the North
and East and from Europe. although
Southern capitalists have invested very
literally. The new growth is not con-
fined to few industries, but extends
over almost the entire range of human
industry, from iron furnaces and cot
ton mills to fruit canneries and ice fac
tories The list is largely made up of
small factories and workshops, in each
Of which small capital and few
workmen are employed, although there
are few large concerns, one of which
invests two millions in new iron and
steel furnaces.
In only two of the fourteen States in
which portions of this thirty-six millions
of new capital is being invested have
fb ORC baap any SoriouS trOIfbleS Of late
They are Texas and Maryland, and it
is worth noting that in Maryland the
amount of new capital invested is more
than a million dollars less than during
the same time last year, although the
aggregate capital invested in the whole
fourteen is nearly double what it was
in the first three months of 1885. The
South is to be congratulated on this
wonderful showing and it is ardently to
be hoped that the evident prosperity OF
that section may not turn out to be
spasmodlc boon, but steady and con-
tinuous growth. -Philadelphia Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
WATER COLORS.
Their Exquisite Tenderness and Unap
proachable Artistic Merit.

Their Exquisite Tenderness and Unap-
proachable Artistic Merit.
There is no china painting, no glass
painting, no tempera, no fresco, no oil,
wax, varnish or twenty-chimney power
extract of every thing painting which
can compare with the quiet and tender
virtue of water color in its proper use
and place. There is nothing that obeys
the artists hand so exquisitely; nothing
that records the subtlest pleasures OF
sight so perfectly. All the splendors OF
the prism and jewel are vulgar and few
compared to the subdued blending of in
finite opalescence in finely inlaid water
color; and the repose of light obtain
able by it's transparent tints, and abso-
lutely right form to be rendered
by practiced use of its Opaque
ones. are beyond rivalship, even
bv the most skillful methods in other
media. Properly taken care of-as a
well-educated man takes care also of his
books and furniture-a water-color
drawing is safe for centuries; out of
direct sunlight, it will show no failin g
on your room wall till you need it no
more; and even though, in the ordinary
sense of property, it may seem less
valuable to your Leir, is it for your heir
that you buy your horses or lay out
your gardenp We may wisely spend
our money for true pleasures that will
last our life, or last even very little
part of it; and the highest price of a
drawing which contains in it the con-
tinuous delight of years can not be
thought extravagant as compared to
that we are willing to give for melody
that expires in an hour.-Joltn Ruskia.
in LONDON Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20

A new origin for the term ..paint-
ing the town red" has been dug out by
Tom Jones, of the Harrisburgh Tele-
graph. He has discovered i'm the ar
chives of Pennsylvania that William
Penn gave fifty gallons of rum and
twenty-five pounds of red paint to the
Indians for tract of land. There.
upon he comments: Just imagine
that tribe of Indians filling themselves
up with that fifty gallons of rum and
dong the great decorating act with
Twenty-Five pounds of red paint. Why
cowboy toot or Sagwa symposium
are AS nothing compared 10 the way the
ahorigines carmined tho vicinity of the
the village wherein dwelt Billy Penn. >
Philadelphia Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20

Which New YOrk'S Ex-senator Fig
ures.
The threat of some of the Senators to
| investigate newspaper men and their
methods of obtaining the secrets of ex-
regard to former attempts at this
thing, and one especially is interesting,
as it relates to Mr.. Conkling and
marks the starting point of the cool
ness between himself and the press
here. A Senator who was in a talka-
| tive mood gave me an interesting &C
count of the proceedings III the Senate
at the time-1S74 The Senate had
just completed their work on. the
| Washington treaty and the great points
of settlement between Great Britain
and this country had been decided, but
were not ready for publication. The
day after the session several papers
| published the entire proceedings of the
executive session. An Investigation
followed and two correspondents were
arrested and locked up in the capital
because they would not testify. Dur
ing one of the sessions Roscoe Conk-
ling drew up some resolutions
in regard to the investigation
and Senator Carpenter of Wis
consin, offered them. Next day
they were published. Conkling was
in a towering rage, and took occasion
to get up in the Senate and deny hav-
ing written the resolutions. The SEN
ate galleries and floor were crowded.
The whole thing worked like play.
Mr.. Conkling was most dramatic, as
well as emphatic, in his denial of au-
thorship of the resolutions, and de-
clared that the papers tried to place
him in a wrong light. Having had his
say, Mr.. Conkling walked into the
cloak-room. He had hardly gone
therein before Senator Henry Wilson,
afterward Vice-President, entered the
chamber by the main door. He
walked to his seat, and, before he had
time to find out what was going on, he
arose and addressed the chair in refer
ence to these resolutions, drawn by
the Senator from New York (Mr.
Conkling) and offered by the Senator
from Wisconsin (Mr. Carpenter) in
the last executive session. He got no
further. for some one arose IN a hurry
and choked the Senator off by saying
he was giving away executive secrets.
The galleries looked aghast. Mr..
Conkling came from the cloak-room
looking like sheet, so white and pale.
He was caught. The press gallery
fairly shook with suppressed laughter
at his discontinue. He made an ex-
PLANTATION, but it was lame one. This
killed the investigation. The men
were discharged, and Conkling lost
ground with the press for the side he
took against them that he has never
regained-at least in Washington
Wash. Cor. Indianapolis Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
No, 8 in the Cabinet.

A proposition to establish another
Cabinet Office has come before Con-
gress, and is meeting general favor
both in Washington and throughout
the country. 1t is reasonably certain
that large majority of the members
of the House will vote to elevate the
head of the Department of Agriculture
to a seat in the Cabinet. The PROPOSE
ton as it now comes before the House
is to unite the interest of labor and ag-
riculture under the supervision OF a
secretary of agriculture and labor, who
shall be the head of an executive de-
partment. Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
Ugly MuZZles For Rioters to Face.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May IA case
of forty Spencer's magazine shot-guns
was sent from the National Armory here
to Governor Foraker of Ohio, apparently
to provide troops with an effective arm to
quell any possible Cincinnati riots. The
guns are manufactured at Windsor,
Conn, and number of them were Or
dered to the armory by the Washington
authorities to pass inspection. The gun
has been called the "riot gum" and con-
tains six buckshot charges, five in tho
magazine and one in the chamber. 1t
stands close to dynamite bomb l.,
effectiveness and will prove convincing
argument to a mob.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
A Monster Petition.

WASHINGTON, May 11.-Representative
Morrow has received a monster petition
from the Knights of Labor of California.
1t is over two thousand feet long, and
contains the names of over fifty thousand
persons. Every State, county and NUM-
cipal officer, and every Knight of Labor
of California has signed the petition.
Every male adult in many of the coun-
ties of the State has put his name to it.
1t prays for action on the part of Congress
either by appropriate legislation or by
such change in the present treaty With
China, as may be necessary to forever
prohibit the further immigration OF CHI
pasa
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
A Rule Well HOnored in Its Breach.

WASHINGTON, May 13.-One of those
peculiar cases where red tape works a
hardship was called to the attention of
the marine hospital service yesterday by
Congressman O'Neill. A river man, af-
ter contributing regularly to the support
of the service for twenty-five years, was
refused admission to the hospital at St.
Louis, where he fell sick, on the ground
en- months. An order was sent to St
Louis reversing the action of the local
surgeon. The river mans name is Geo.
L. TAYLOR.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
The Killed and Injured BY the Kansas
City Cyclone.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 13.-The list
of casualties from Tuesdays terrible
storm has not been increased to-day, as
was feared. Search in the wrecks of sew
eral buildings was continued up to late
hour, but no new victims have been dis
covered. OF the injured given in
last nights dispatches, it is
thought this evening that possibly
all will recover with the exception OF
Chief Deputy County Recorder 3. o.
Hedges, who was injured at the cour TT
house. He is lying in a critical condition
and is not expected to survive the night.
This makes the list of fatalities thirty
one and as many injured. The loss to
property is estimated at 100000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20

The masculine mind Is the original
one. after all.
George, Katie has answered y snd
question: said Mrs. Hudson, anu
when she pictured the consequences
that would have followed a dlnerent
course of action on Katie's part George
had no difficulty in understanding sne
desirableness of cultivating habits OF
decision and promptness that, DrougnSS
in exercise, people are won't 70 can
presence of mind.-Esther Converse. ="
COn0re0att0paliSt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20

WASHINGTON, May 12.-The President
sent to Congress to-day message call
ing attention to the condition of affairs
existing in Utah, owing to the Governor
of that Territory vetoing the last appro-
priation bill which appropriated money
for the support of schools, courts, chart
table Institutions, etc; referring to the
fact that under the existing law, the Leg
islature cannot reconvene for nearly two
years, and recommending the speedy
enactment of such legislation as will au-
thorize the assembling of the Legislature
at an early day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
If the land-grabbers of the past

If the land-grabbers of the past
can not be reached by law. then the
people of this country should be pro-
tected in future from the wholesale
misrepresentation OF our public domain.
This country is increasing so rapidly in
population that all the public domain
should be carefully guarded and re-
served for worthy and industrious citi-
zens, the bread-winners, who are anx-
ious and willing to make their living
and improve their condition by honest
toil.-Augustd Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20

Chinese junks are such common
sight in the San Francisco Bay that they
no longer attract attention.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20

The Pasteur fund In Paris now
amounts to over Sloo,oo0, and the hos.
pital is assured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
EXPOSING CONkLING.

An Amusing and Embarrassing Scene in
Which New York's Ex-senator Fig
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-09-18
ILLINOIS CONVENTION.

The forty-ninth annual session of the 1lli-
nois Universalist Convention will be held Sep
TENDER $3.50, 1886, in Chicago, at the new
Church of the Redeemer, corner of Warren
Avenue and Robey street. Each parish in the
State is entitled to two lay delegates, and for
each twenty-five families contributing to par
ish expenses, above the first twenty FIVE, to an
additional delegate. The parish of the Church
of the Redeemer hope to welcome one of the
largest Conventions we have ever had in the
State aud will be prepared to entertain all
attending. In order, however, that confusion
may be avoided, parishes are requested to
elect their delegates not later than Sunday
September 10Th, and all persons expecting to
be entertained will please send their names to
Rev. Charles Conklin, 252 Warren avenue,
Chicago. before September Goth. Arrange
ments for reduced fare will be made and the
particulars published in The UNIvERsAJIsT.
Parishes are also notified that the Treasurer's
report for the year will be closed before the
meeting of the Convention, and will be pre-
scented at the opening session. In order that
credit may be given in this report, contribu-
tions for the State work must be in his hands
not later than September goth. The attention
of parishes that have not yet paid their quota
is called to this matter.
EDWARD A. DECKER, Secretary.