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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-08
PITH AND POINT.

The announcement that one of thu
combatants in the recent prize-figh
was almost killed will be received will
genuine regret.-Detrot Free Press.
Some one boldly asserts that the
American hen is not doing her duty.
You would have us believe that her sor
is setting, would your Yonkers States
man.
-'Rule of the office, sir, patients will
please pay before taking gas ''Why
not after?" ats awkward collecting
in case of failure to restore respiration. y
Puck.
This is very healthy place. OBJ
served boarding mistress. "Yes-fo1
Chickens" said boarder. 81 have
been here for two years and haven
seen dead one vet" She took the hint
Chicago Tribune.
The railway companies want to lay
their tracks with hardened sleepers.
One of the New Haven ministers says
his congregation has material enough
to set up a whole parallel road.-Neu
HGCen NeOs.
-"How long has Brown been mar.
ried, Charley9'' Didn't know he was
married at all. I don't believe he is,
either" eyes, he is; [ noticed him
turn pale when the clock struck
eleven. ~. Y San.
According to the New York 1rib-
a1'ae, the band in passing the reviewing
stand where President Cleveland stood,
''burst into Memberships Wedding
March," and the crowd ''burst into
cheers" If somebody would only
"burst into'' these gushy dailies it
would be the burst thing yet.-Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
They tell of boy in England who
seeing a great tent in which s
panorama of '.Bunyan's Pilgrim Prog
ress' was being exhibited, went to the
ticket taker and asked if Mr.. Bunyan
was in. Receiving q negative reply he
remarked that he was sorry, as Mr..
Bunyan was his father. and ended with
the query: ''Of course you'll pass mt
in free?'
Amateur Actor (who has taken the
part of Hamlet)-"Well, Charlie. what
was the verdict in regard to our enter
tainment last night?'' Charlie-.'T be
frank with you, old man, heard some
of the audience say it was deuced stu
pid." Amateur Actor-''Stupid! That
divine tragedy? Why, Charlie, Shak-
speare never wrote stupid thing in his
life. ''-Harper's Bazar.
-"Got any eggs to-day, Mr.. Cold
"Are they freshs' 81 Fresh, sir, as the
flowers ahemr' Then 1 don't
want any," Don't want anyp" mo,
sir. I'm going to lecture tonight,
and I thought if could run across
some stale eggs estate, sir!
There amt an egg in that barrel that
was laid this year: ''-Phtladelphia CALL
We do not believe that a hen
scratches for living: She scratches
for exercise. If you don't belieye it,
watch well-fed hen in her humble cage
at the market. She will scratch ON the
sheet-iron floor with all the vigor of a
gold digger, and affect to find things to
eat with all the innocent assumption of
man who slips on the ice, breaks both
legs and his back. and tries to look as
though he hadn't fallen down.-Bst's
dette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-08

iron tanks arranged down the middle
of the vessel in front of them: these
tanks were closed with rousd IDS tna ~
screwed in, and as they had to 90
opened night and morning to give st, .as
animals drink the cunning cIeasyse.
soon found ont the way of unscrewing
them and helping themselves in me :
night when all was quiet. Men hsa !. ~ ;.
last to be put on as sentries over sno
tanks, or the whole supply would have
been drunk up in q couple OF Gays.
Another thing they did was when tney
received their allowance Of sugar-oane
in the morning they would immed,ately,
from their neighbors. If any delay
took place in serving out their 1000
they would trumpet and bang tneii
trunks against the water-tanks, Great
inc such a disturbance that it made the
people on passing ships wonder what
the vessel had on Observation-Disclosures.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-08
ERADICATING GARLIC.
An Experiment Which Is Alleged to Have
Proved Entirely Successful.

An Experiment Which Is Alleged to Have
Proved Entirely Successful.
In 1884 / tried an experiment in Grad
icating garlic, which has proved COM
pletely successful. About two acres of
sloping pasture ground was literally
covered with garlic; when fully headed,
but before the seeds were matured, I
took a scythe and moved it all down
close to the ground. The heads were
allowed to lie where they fell. This
year not a single garlic plant can be
found in the space moved over. while it
is plentiful everywhere else on my
farm, communicating my milk and often
entailing heavy loss through rejection
by my wholesale purchaser.
My reason for awaiting the formation
of heads before moving was the faint
hope that garlic, like rye, might not
continue further growth if cut at that
stage of existence.
am aware that one success like this
by no means establishes a rule; yet so
complete and thorough has been the
eradication within the space moved,
that l shall give the matter a most thor
ough test this summer by moving over
the whole farm. l doubt whether this
course will have any good effect upon
the pest in ground freshly plowed OF
cultivated, though 1 am confident that
on pasture or grass lands where the
growth of other vegetation may prevent
the garlic from throwing up new shoots,
it will be greatly checked. On my lands
stirring the soil has the tendency to give
new and fresh impetus to both garlic
and sassafras. The latter, particularly,
is checked by pasturage and gives no
concern whatever in grounds occupied
by stock. 1t appears to have no power
to break through compact soul, and yet
if 1 pillow up a sod it vigorously follows
after the first crop. 1t hoped that garlic
might in degree, at least, partake of the
same nature. To my great surprise.
careful inspection now fails to find any
garlic on the moved ground. notwith-
standing in 1884 it was most luxuriant
in growth and abundant In quantity, and
naturally l shall continue my expert
ment.-Cor. Country Gentleman.
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STORY OF A POEM,
How "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight"
Was Written.

|
| Was Written.
| Of the hundreds Of residents of the
city of San Antonio, Tex, only few
who frequently meet tall, slender
lady, with raven brown eyes and hair
and with a singular attractiveness in
her face, know that she is Mrs. Rose
Hartwick Thorpe, whose famous poem
''Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight, -
has given her a reputation in both
hemispheres. How, at the age of six.
teen years, the young country girl was
led to write the poem. now 50 widely
known, is thus narrated, as furnished
by her personally for publications: 1.-The
poem was suggested to me by the read
| ing of a story, Love and Loyalty in
April, 1867. l was then plain coun-
try schoolgirl, not yet seventeen, re-
siding with my parents at Leitchfeld,
Mich, and under pretext of working
out mathematical problems, with my
arithmetic before me, wrote the poem
roughly on my slate. was forced to
carry on my literary work under these
difficulties because of the opinion of my
parents that my time could be better
employed than in idle dreams and
useless rhymes wrote the first copy
on my slate between four and six
o'clock in the afternoon, but much
time has since been spent in correcting
and revising it. / had no thought that
I would ever be able to write anything
worthy of public notice. The poem
was first published in the Detroit Com
naercial Advcrtiser in the fall of 1870.
The editor, upon receipt of my manu-.
script, at once wrote me lengthy
letter of congratulation and praise, in
which he predicted the popularity for
the verses which they have since receiv-
ed. l had no literary friends. not even
literary acquaintance, at that time.
and did not know the simplest require
ments for preparing my manuscript for
publication. The poem at once at
tracted popular attention, and bestowed
upon its young author a reputation
which each succeeding year has enlarg-
ed. Although it has been published in
innumerable forms and different books
ana collections, and has been translated
into French, German and other Ian
guages, the poem has never brought its
author any financial remuneration, as is
too often the case. cit raised me-"
writes Mrs. Thorpe, from a shy, OBJ
scure country girl into public notice,
and brings to my side yearly hosts of
new and delightful friends. Wherever
I go my friends are there before me,
and the poem, which I gave to the pub
lie with no right reserved, while it
has made a fortune for others and has
dropped golden coins in other pockets,
has reserved for it's author admiring
friends Mrs. Thorpe spends her
summers in her native climate of Mich
igan, where she yearly recuperates from
the effects of Texan winter. The au-
thor is thirty-six years of age, is happily
married, and is enabled to quietly en-
Joy the respect and love of her neigh
bors and friends, while her literary ad-
mirers are legion.-Brooktyn Maya
zine.
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THE ROADRUNNERS.

Shrewd Birds Which Destroy Ratt1esnakes
in Most Methodical Manner.
These birds have a most remarkable
habit, so remarkable that for many
years was extremely skeptical about
it, never being able to find any one who
had actually seen the performance, but
I was fortunate this winter in convers-
ing with two persons who can testify to
the truth of the story that is to be found
in at least one work on birds. 1t APP
pears that the roadrunner has strong
and decided antipathy to the rattle
snake, upon what grounds it is difficult
to tell-probably the snake preys upon
the birds, old and young. However,
the birds actually destroy the snake in
most methodical fashion, and in q
way that shows that something more
than mere instinct has been brought
into play.
When RATHER is discovered asleep in
the sun the birds are very careful not to
disturb it, and proceed with great dill
gence to collect the detached leaves of
the prickly pear, in which their nest is
often built. These they place in an ir-
regular circle about the sleeping reptile,
piling them up higher and higher, until
finally the snake is in the center of
corral of the spine-covered leaves. Now
the latter is awakened by peck from
the bird, and strikes and is wounded by
the spines. This enrages it, and every
move adds to its torture. until finally it
is completely impaled by the horrible
weapons that cover the leaves and either
dies from this cause or falls ready VIC
tim to the powerful bill of the road
runners. One of my informants stated
that he watched the operations of pair
of these birds for several hours, during
which time they hauled the heavy leaves
a considerable distance to pile them
about their enemy. My other informant
had never seen the birds at work, but in
Arizona had frequently found the prick
ly pear corrals, in the center of which
was the skeleton of the rattlesnake. In
stinct prompts the attack upon the
snake, but it is intelligence that dictates
to the bird that the prickly pear leaves
bear spines that will be fatal to the rep
tile.-Los angeles Cor. San Francisco
Call.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-08
A BOY GROWN UP.
How and When Good and BAD Manners
Are Formed.

How and When Good and Bad Manners
Are Formed.
Young people rarely realize, when
criticising their elders, that the traits
or habits that seem to them obnoxious
were formed in early life. Ii their
manners are rude, if they lack tact, II
they are not we'll informed, 1t IS BE-
cause they have not made use OF their
opportunities. Manners are the truest
indications of character. A dlscourte-
GUS person is both careless and selfish,
for the best manners are but the ex-
preston of the Golden Rule; they are
the card of introduction to strangers.
A friend can introduce you to good So
eiety, but he can not keep you there's
that depends on yourself.
A boy of kindly nature is rarely rude
A boy of selfish nature is polite only
when his own desires are not interfered'
with
Every man is the result of his owns
boyhood and youth. If he has read,
good books, kept himself informed on
passing events, he becomes what the;
world terms well-informed, intelli-'
gent man. If he has wasted his time:
in trifiing conversation, read only SEN
sational books and papers, neglected.
to develop the talent which he surely
possesses, he becomes superficial, a.
tiresome, if not a wicked, man.
If as boy he has not cultivated the
graces, and amenities of life. he can
not expect to become that most de-
lightful of men, a polished gentleman.
If as a boy he has not studied to avoid
collisions, with those about him, has
not recognized the rights of others.
has not cultivated desire to lead men
to'higher motives. to give to others the
benefit OF his, own opportunities. he
becomes that most untortuna ate person,
tactless, man; nuisance wherever
people are brought together. One OF
the lessons every boy can learn is to
watch those men who arouse adverse
criticism and carefully avoid their hab-
its both of mind and body. Remem-
Der the old adage: ''By others faults
correct your Christian Union.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-08
UNEQUAL MATCHES.

Social Obligations Resting Upon livery
Young M3n and Woman.
Another silly Young lady has mar.
ried her fathers coachnan. We say a.
silly young lady, because saoh un-.
equal matches are unfavorable to hap.
Piness> and are generally as bad for,
the party who seems to have the adj.
vantage as for the other. They are
not good for citizen, but are awkward
and annoying to more than the parties
themselves. 1t is, common for persons
who have made snch alliances to saw
that they had a night to please them
selves; but this is maxim 10 be-
taken with some exception. A mar
RED pair are not qGite isolated in
society. They are, GA the contrary.
associated and connected with MANY
persons who owe to them, and to
whom they owe, duty. 1t is felt by
these persons that the unsuitableness
OF the match is productive of much
inconvenience to them, and must
needs be SO, while such thing as
society exists. 1t is, therefore, in some
measure necessary, in marriage, to
please friends as well as ones self, if
we would discharge all the obligations
which rest upon US as social beings
~ 7. Ledger. J
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-08
PHYSIOLOGICAL JARGON.

Some of the Results of Teaching the Sci
ences to Little Boys and Girls.
There are intelligent men and women
who think that if boys and girls received
less schooling and more training, were
taught fewer of the 'ologies and more
of the three RS. they would be better
fitted for their future work and station.
In the London elementary schools the
children are taught physiology and do
mestic economy. AS they are too
young to apprehend these subjects, they
are crammed with facts which they are
unable to ''mark or inwardly digest. "
The result of their mental indigestion
comes out when the government in
spectors examine them. At an exam
ination two or three years ago the chill
tlren who had studied physiology were
asked to describe in writing the pro-
cesses of ind gestion. One of them did
il in this wise:
Food is digested by the action of the
lungs, Digestion is brought on by the
lungs having something the matter
with them. The food then passes
through your windpipe to the pores.
The food is nourished in the stom-
ach If you were to eat any thing
hard. you would not be able to digest it,
and the consequence would be you
would have indigestion.
aThe gall-bladder throws off juice
from the food which passes through it.
We call the kidneys the bread-basket.
because it is where all the bread goes to.
They lay up, concealed by the heart.
One girl, in the higher class. on being
examined in domestic economy, thus
answers the question, tWhy do we COOK
our foodp" s'Their of five ways to COOK
potatoes. We should die if we eat our
food raw" Another girl in the same
class, in answering the same question:
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dren's hands followed it and to see who

dren's hands followed 1t and to see who
became the fortunate possessor. Early
in the morning the children appeared in
numbers in order to gather the harvest
which had fallen during the night, and
SO through the old nut tree became the
friend of the children. But the
smithy was small and old; it was
also dilapidated-or was 1t that it had
to be rebuilt according to the taste of
the time? In short, its last hour had
come, and the nut tree must fall A
sad smile accompanied these words,
which I understood writes Baron
Wyngaert. 1.-THE children of Cam
bridge bought the wood, the carpenter
made out of it this chair and the cover
OF an album, on whose upper side a
picture OF the small village smithy and
the old nut tree was engraved. Within
were the children-faces of those who had
prepared me this birthday pleasure.
When rest in this chair there comes
over me feeling as if heard again
the rustling of the branches of the old
nut tree or the song of the birds among
them, and the recollection is uppermost
in all the happiness and sorrow of my
life. In thanks l dedicated to the chill
dren of Cambridge this poem.' With
this Longfellow reached to his visitor
sheet containing the now well-known
poem From My Arm Chair which is
dedicated To the children of Cam
bridge, who presented to me on my
seventy-second birthday, February p,
1879, this chair, made from the wood of
the village blacksmith's chestnut tree"
-VOssische Zeitung.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-08
COMMON-SENSE DIETING.

Practical Application Of the Maxim
EAT to 1.-Two and Not Live to Eat"
By dieting mean taking only such
food as will most promote the health
OF the individual, in such quantities
and at such times as will admit of the
most thorough digestion and assimila-
ton. giving the, greatest amount of
health and strength. There is a prev
alent notion that ONE is dieting simply
because a little oatmeal is occasionally
eaten, without any regard to what is
eaten beside this, or the quantity eaten,
or when it is eaten, and how.
To take a little oatmeal, or ''cold
blast Bread" or gluten occasional
ly, or when the stomach will not toler-
ate any other kind of food, or in addi-
ton to full meal of rich and indi-
gestible food, is not dieting. There is
nothing in these plain, nourishing and
wholesome articles which will render
mince pies easy Of digestion; nothing
to counteractthe unfavorable influences
on our digestion of strong tea, to-
bacco, whisky, intoxicants in general,
opium and the like, all wearing with
the functions of the stomach
A full meal of pork and beans with
doughnuts, old and strong cheese, will
not be easily digested simply by taking
avery little Cruel, however simple and
wholesale it may be, since the unwhole-
some food is there, and in some way
must be disposed of, digested-which
is the nature of the case, is not an easy
matter. Gluten, as nourishing as it
is, as easily digested and favorable to
health, can not render boiled cabhaUe
saturated; with grease, or hard-boiled
or fried eggs, safe and wholesome food.
In other words. after person has,
taken all that the stomach can pos
Isibly tolerate, am addition of whole
some food, taken just for principles
sake, will newer constitute sensible di-
citing.
Wholesome food should be taken for
its own sake in proper quantities, that
the Digestive organs may be properly
treated, cared for, and not as matter of
penance, to atone for the first wrong.
If the dyspeptie wishes to diet ION the
square," let him select plain and simple
food, that in the matter of digestibility
is. adapted to, the debilitated state of his
stomach, take it in moderate uuanti-.
ties, at proper times, chewing SLOWLY
and thoroughly, without the aid Of,
drinks, taking less at night, the sim.
plest of the, day.
Dyspepsia, in its natural form, is as
durable as any disease, if disease in,
stead of fatigue, this should be called.
the cure consisting mainly in giving
the digestive organs fair chance.
chance, for reasonable rest.-Dr. Ham.
afordi in Golden Rule.
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A POETS ARMCHAIR.
German Baron'S Account of His Visit
to H. w. LonGfellow.

German Baron's Account of His Visit
to III. w. Longfellow.
Baron J. Won 1. Wyngaert publishes
some interesting "reminiscences of a visit
made to Longfellow at Cambridge six
years ago last month. ''On a day in
May, 1880, visited him, and took my
place on chair beside him." writes
Wyngaert. "'Sit here said Longfel-
low. pointing me to a comfortable arm
chair of nut-tree wood. 1 complied with
his wish. That is beautiful chair, is
it not?' he asked me, and his poetic
eyes cleaned wondrously. "A very beau
tiful, comfortable chair, / answered in
all sincerity. Look at the chair close
ly,' began the poet; lift the cushion up. ,
l did SO, and saw beneath brass plate
with the words: From the children of
Cambridge Very curious, asked the
poet what the inscription meant. and he
said: The children of Cambridge pre-
scented me with this chair on my seven
ty-second birthday, on February "a,
1879, and assure you that of all the
recognitions, of all the gifts which have
hitherto been bestowed on me, nothing
has so gladdened me as this gift He
laid his hand with an almost fondling
movement upon the dark wood, fixed
his eyes steadily upon it, and with
agitated voice said: '.This was once a
large, spreading, towering chestnut
tree. l have seen its branches with the
first green leaves of spring, and with the
long tufts of blossom, which grew
darker and darker. and covered the
ground all around like black caterpil-
lars; 1 have heard the rustling in the
branches, and amid this melody have
sung many song beneath its shade.
1t stood Immediately before the small,
old, quiet village smithy, over which its
boughs stretched out, giving shade and
GOODNESS, and the sparks from the CHM
ney often rose to the top of the tree.
The children of Cambridge played
around its stem, and listened as they
tried to count the nuts, and when in
autumn ripe nut. moved by the wind,
fell to the ground, and with gentle
crackle the green husk rolled away, it
was amusing to observe how many chill