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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
THRILLING ADVENTURE.
How a Fierce Flood Saved the Scalps Of
an Excursion Party.

ssIn the fall of 1874" said Major
Cooke of the army, 1--WE made up a
hunting party at Fort Laramie and pro-
ceeded up the Laramie river valley
about fifty miles There were twenty
one of us. including three or four citi-
zens. We had been out for about
week, and had seen no signs of red
skins, when one morning we awoke to
find that we were in for a disagreeable
day. The clouds hung low, fine
drizzle was falling, and we knew that
it was useless to look for any change
for the better before midnight"
ga gentleman named David Mills,
attached to some Eastern college as
taxidermist, and who was also an en-
thusiast on the subject of mineralogy,
was a member of the party and great
favorite. When breakfast had been dis
patched he donned his waterproof and
expressed his intention of scouting up
the valley short distance after speci-
mems. l offered to accompany him,
and after canvassing the project for a
few moments we concluded to take our
horses and inspect a canyon which we
had passed two or three days before
about six miles up the valley. He took
a double barreled shotgun and | my
Winchester and a haversack with a
lunch strapped to my saddle.
1--WE got off about nine O clock, with
the rain coming down in a steady driz-
zle. and we reached the canon without
incident worthy of record 1t was
known to the camp that we expected to
be gone all day. The entrance to the
canon was sort of basin, perhaps half
an acre in circumference, with enough
grass to keep our horses eating for two
or three hours. We unsaddled and hob
bled them, tucked the saddles under an
overhanging rock, and then started in
to explore the canon. At the back end
of the basin, and just before the real
split in the mountain began, was ire
mendous rock which had fallen down
from above. Its crest was at least
twenty feet higher than the floor of the
basin, and its broken and jagged sides
offered climber an easy way up. We
stopped for awhile to survey the great
mass, and to imagine what a crash it
must have made when it rolled down,
and then passed into the canon proper.
Just about this time the rain began to
pour down with great vigor, and our
enthusiasm for exploration was a good
deal dampened.
''Mills gathered various specimens of
rock as we stumbled along the rift, and
at spot where a large slab of sand
stone offered opportunity we stopped
and cut our names in the soft rock. BY
and by the way became so gloomy that
we decided to turn back, the more espe-
cially as the terrific rain was sending
stream of water down the center OF the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

-Ceylon now claims to grow the
finest tea in the world.
Statistics show that in the whole of
Europe the women have a majority of
1879, 900.
There is to be telephone connec-
ton between Paris and Brussels. These
cities are about one hundred and fifty
miles upart-
The Austrian Government will. in
few days, open another railroad in
Bosnio to get at the salt mines and tim
Der.
While making excavations in a ruin
on the Appian Way, near Rome, three
two-prong silver forks were found,
which would indicate that all the old
Romans, at least, did not eat with their
fingers.
Three hundred and seventy-three
cases of canine rabies were reported in
London and neighborhood during 1885,
and twenty-six deaths from hydrophobia.
The greatest number of cases occurred
between July and December.
The English have for many years
had almost monopoly of the Chinese
coasting trade, but the Germans are
crowding in at a rate which alarms
Johnny Bull. German steamers on the
coast are becoming more numerous
every month, while new line of steam
ers from Bremen to Shanghai is sure to
cut into the traffic of the English COM
panies.
"A number of Russian peasants have
been poisoned by kohl or cabbage soup,
made from vegetables preserved in ves-
sells which, on examination, proved to
be coated internally with a very APP
preciable quantity of arsenic. The VIC
tins were treated with milk, and though
for a time they were apparently in great
danger, all recovered. No clew has
been discovered as to the manner in
which the arsenic found its way into the
barrel of "koM."
-The Rothschild family is rich be-
yond knowledge. The family wealth,
united, amounts into the thousands of
millions of dollars, and it holds the
financial credit of nations in it's hands
In the last twelve years its members
have loaned $3.50, 600, 900 to certain Eu-
ropean governments, and when, in
1866, the Prussian Government demand
ed an indemnity of 1925, OOO.O 900 from the
city of Frankfort-on-the-Mai n-where
the Rothschilds do a great deal of bust
ness-the house notified Bismarck that
if the levy was forced every bank in
Frankfort would be broken. Bismarck
did not collect
San Marine, in Northwest Italy,
the oldest and smallest Republic in the
world, after an existence of fourteen
centuries has suddenly awakened to the
progress of the times and has contracted
for line of railway which, it is magni-
ticently announced, evil traverse the
entire Republic" That is, if it goes
straight across the country it will be
twenty-five miles long. 1t is Govern
ment enterprise and probably will result
in an increase of the revenue of the Re-
public, which is less than $4,000.
"A remedy for the east wind is pro-
posed by the London Lancet The real
cause of its malignity being the avidity
of the wind to take moisture, and par
ticularly the secretion of the mucuons
membrane lining the air passages, it is
recommended that succulent jujube or
any morsel that gives off aqueous vapor
should be carried into the mouth during
the time of exposure to east wind.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
SERIOUS FACTS.
A Truly Veracious and Perfectly Able
Bodied Story About Snakes.

A Truly Veracious and Perfectly Able
Bodied Story About Snakes.
However, when you get right down to
serious facts, there is nothing in the
whole realm of fancy that is so wonder
full as plain, simple truth. One day last
week well-known minister of the Cos
pei. Rev. Elijah Cushionpounder, pastor
of the Second P. B. Church, of Way
cross Lots, while in the act of pulling
on his boots in the morning, felt some
thing cold and scaly in one of them,
and on taking it off found to his horror
that his boots were full of snakes. He
walked across the room and calmly
picked up a poker, when one OF the
snakes, lifting his head and looking
around the room, said: Excuse me;
but fear there has been a most annoy
inc blunder. Is not this Bill Flash
mans room?' The indignant clergy
man explained who he was. "a thou
sand pardons," said the snake, covered
with confusion: 81 see we have got into
the wrong boots. VIII you kindly di.
rect us to the Plesiosaurian College of
Technical Terminology?' The min
lister did so and the snakes, to the num-
Der of thirty-eight, emerged from his
boots and with many apologies with
rev. An hour and half later. a
junior in the famous college at Way
cross Lots jumped out of second story
window in a fit of delirium tremens,
and falling heavily upon the venerable
president of the institution. who was
passing along below, knocked some
sense into him.-Burdette, in Brooklyn
EAGLE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
CHINESE WRITING.
Ideas Expressed on Paper BY Means Of
Small Pictures or Keys.

Ideas Expressed on Paper BY Means Of
Small Pictures Keys.
Chinese is queer langu age. All its
words are only one syllable long. But
the sounds in the Chinese language are
not very many, some four hundred and
sixty-fve at most, and their written Ian
guage contains about eighty thousand
pictures, each picture representing
thing or idea. And these pictures must
be committed to memory. This is hard
work, and not even the ablest Chinese
professor can learn them all. But now
comes difficulty. For, of course,
where there are so many words and so
few sounds, many different words have
to be called by the same sound. How
then are they to tell, when several diff
ferent things have ex actly the same
name. which of them is meantp
We have such words. For instance,
there is Bill, the name of boy; and
bill, the beak of bird; there is bill, an
old weapon, and bill, piece of moneys;
there is bill, an article over which legis-
latures debate, and bill, a claim for
payment of money; besides bills of
exchange, bills of lading and so
forth. But Chinese is full of such words
of single syllable, gen, for instance,
which, like bill, means many very diff
ferent things. So they chose a number
of little pictures, and agreed that these
should be used as ''keys." Each "key''
meant that the sign or signs near which
it stood belonged to some large general
set of things, like things of the veg
etable, mineral or animal kingdom,
forest, mines or seas, air or water, or of
persons, like gods or men. 1t was like
the game called Throwing Light, in
which you guess the article by narrow
ing down the field until certain what
it is.
But there Chinese writing stopped
short, thousands of years ago. There
it is to-day. There are now two hun
dred and fourteen of these keys" and,
by intense application, Cinnamon learn
to use their method with surprising
quickness and success.-Henry EckJord.
IN st. Nicholas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20

see, his story is worthless. Even In his
own "reminiscences, men and events are
sometimes confused by the lapse of time.
His first military experience was on
the expedition sent by the Marquis
Duquesne in 1853 to occupy the Upper
Ohio. He accompanied the party, how
ever, no further than Presquile, having
been sent with detachment to Detroit
and Lake Huron. In the next year he
was one of the party that drove Ensign
Ward from the forks of the Ohio and
built Fort Duquesne. He was at this
place when Jumonville was killed and
his men captured by Washington, but
he adds very little to what is known of
that affair, except some particulars
about the Canadian who escaped the
fate of the rest He was also one of the
force under Villiers hodefeated Wash
ington at Fort Necessity. His account
answers pretty well to the French con-
temporary reports, none of which, how
ever, give the number of Indians who
accompanied the expedition. This ct.
G. B." puts at 800, which, if true,
makes the total French force upward of
900, against about $50 under Washing
ton.
He gives horribly minute account
of the torture of English prisoners by
the Indians at Fort Duquesne in the
summer of 1855. He was present at
the scene, which seems to have left an
indelible impression upon him. He
not only puts the defeat of Braddock in
the wrong year, but his account of it is
extremely short and unsatisfactory.
adding nothing to what is already
known, though he says that he took
part in it. He seems impartial In his
mistakes, which sometimes tell against
his own countrymen. Thus, he declares
that at the battle of Lake George the
whole French force was killed or taken,
while in fact the greater part escaped:
His ambition to make book has led
him to sacrifice rare opportunities OF
leaving behind him record of personal
observations which might have been OF
great interest and value. He apollo
gizes for having SO much to say about
what he himself saw and did, but his
real fault is in adding any thing else
f. Parkn,o,s, in N. ?. Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20
A JOURNALISTS GUIDE.
Opinions of Various Experts Upon How to
Edit Newspaper.

Opinions OF various Experts upon How TO
Edit Newspaper.
In editing newspaper pen is
necessary article; SO is pencil, mas
much as it may at times be more con-
venient than a pen to write with. A
pair of scissors is also necessary. But
what is most necessary is brains. Next
to brains in value I estimate what we
call the newspaper instinct, the sense
of what news the public require, and
what discussion will be most effective.
Next after this come special talents and
general knowledge; and the more
knowledge, general and special, news
paper man has, the more useful he will
be.
But with all these gifts and graces
he won't accomplish much unless ha
also possesses a sense of humor and an =
uncompromising love of truth and OF
the United States Constitution.
A pair of scissors, however, is not as
good as pair of modern-sized shears.
and neither scissors nor shears can
make a journalist. G. A. DANA,
Editor New York San.
I have the most exalted respect for
the editorial shears. There is no de-
partment of a newspaper SO interesting
to me as the selected miscellany-pro-
vided the scissors work has been done
by a man of genius. 1t is not difficult
to find men who can write, but men
who can handle scissors with judgment
and taste are scarce. / have worked
in every department of Journal
ism, from type-setting to de-
Tending libel suits, and never feel that
/ am in such a fair way to confer favor
on the human family as when l am sit
ting in front of big pile of exchanges
with pair of sharp scissors in my hand
and paste cup at my elbow. Very
truly yours,
JOHN A. CocKERML,
Editor New York World.
In the hands of an editor 'entirely
great" the scissors are as mighty as the
pen. Good Exchange readers" are
scarcer than good writer's, and, although
they come high, we must have them in
every well-regulated newspaper Office.
The most successful journals of the day
in this country are those which make
the best use of the scissors, giving due
credit for borrowed matter, whether
copleu pouily or tuaPteu anu hoWeNer
classified. Browsing on the exchanges
is a wholesome pastime and a nourish-
ing and stimulating practice for any
man in the editorial room, from editor
in-chief to office boy. Very truly yours,
M. p. HANDY,
Editor Daily NeDs, Philadelphia.
Let me WELD the scissors of newspa-
per and care not who writes its lead
ers. J. B. MCCULLAGH,
Editor Globe Democrat, st. Louis.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-05-21
Tangent.

Tangent school will close Friday
week, Mr.. o. G. Mcfarland cur pres
sns teacher has received an appoint
ment ~ the Klamath Reservation -
taachsr, will proceed thero immediate
ly on close Of our school.
Mr.. Ambrose Beard starts this week
Friday, TO Eastern Oregon With his
wife and (sne hundred aud fifty ysarl.
ings.l
Tangent s. s. Is making preparations
for picnic ia the near future.
Tangent Brass Band was out lasl
evening sorenadiug the citizens Of Tan
gent.
Brick Dust spsnt q fsw days in our
midst last week looking as happy as .
basket Of chips, swinging that little
gate of bis around.
Mrs. j. #. Beard is In very poor
health at the present writing.
Mr. George Simpson Of your city
paid Tangent . call the FIRST part ol
this week.
The farmers of this vicinity ale AbouI
finished blowing their summar fallow
The prospect for good crop Of wheat
10 very prcmising.
Squire Msins's pleasant countenancs
loomsd up in Tangent last week. H.
informed some of the citizens Of Tan.
gent that he weuld have married while
East, bur could find no women ther'
that had mensy enough 70 bring then
beth back, 80 he bad to come without
one.
II. w. Settlemire, the nursery man
10 putting up large fruit or packisG
house.
Mrs. b. A. WitzeI has teen quit.
poorly for the last week.
Mrs. Maple, sf your city, Is visiting
in Tangent.
Mr.. Idsll Anderson has been quit,
poorly for the last month.
Mr.. John Archibald has rstmnes
from east Of the mountains.
LITTLE SUSFLowlER.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-05-21
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Lebanon.

There was a meeting Of citizens
Monday evening to see about ce.e
bratiDg the 4th Of July. They de.
cided 10 canvass the city and see
what money they could raise. After
working yesterday their results were
so satisfactory that the committee are
now ready TO announce positively
that We viii enthuso on that glorious
day, and will soon have out some
faring and tearing posters to that
effect. All other places are expected
TO keep quiet and come over and see
US.
Mr.. ]. Bilyeu has returned from
his trip to Eastern Oregon.
Alvin Williams, ono Of cur popular
young men, is putting up "a new
house. Going to bach, / guess.
Merrill Fish and Mr.. French, Of AL
bany, are in town to-day.
Strawberry pie is In order now, as
berries are quite plentiful.
Rev. NJ. Hickman will deliver a
memorial sermon on May Both at the
Cumberland Church for our dead.
On Thursday, May 27lh, there viii
be union Sabbath School picnic by
the three schools Of this place. II Will
be held on the old camp ground near
town. Everybody Is invited to come
and bring with them a we'll filed
basket. There will be good speaking.
good music and good program gen.
orally. Everybody come without
further invitation.
Mrs. Herschberg, of Iowa, and Mrs
Zeyss, Of Albany, are up visiting
their mother, Mrs. Wirth, and broth.
er, j. Meyer.
Mr.. Clark spent last Sabbath in
Lebanon with Mr.. Condit, the guests
Of DIR. Powell.
Prof. Campbell will lecture In the
Chapel Saturday evening and Sunday
morning next. All should improve
he opportunity of hearing the gen.
leman. as they may count on some
hing good. A.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-05-21
RAIR rLAY.

Immediately after the Democratic
state convention adjourned, the Herald.
Disssminator Of this city charged that
Mr.. Pennoyer was Know Nothing
formerly. Mr. Pennoysr In his speech
last Thursday denounced the statement
as untrue and without shadow Of
foundation. The charge was that Mr.
Pennoyor had made speeches 10 favor
Of the Know Nothings in the early days
IN Oregon. Mr.. PennoYer elinched tho
whole matter by stating that he had
never made public speeches in Oregon
or anywhere else, at that or any other
time on that or any other subject. But
said he had written on the subject Of
Know Nothingism, but his writing was
on the other side. The Herald Disssns-
iastor man was present aad heard the
denial, and in the issue Of that paper
on Friday says "If, however, upon
farther investigation we iind as be stated
10 his speech yesterday, that ho only
wrote upon the subject instead Of max
ing speeches, etc., etc." Now, ever,
ons will SEQ at once that there ID
studied, deliberate attempt made herr
to leave the impression upon the min'
Of the Herald readers that Mr. Pen
noyer, while denying that be mad
speeches In favor of Know Nothingism
( admitted that he wrote in favor Of i
This is unworthy Of any one that At
tsmpts to be fair, aud wo must confes
that we we're much surprised to thin
that our neighbor would be guilty 0
; such perversensss. There was not
. man in tho audience who heard MI
) Pennoyer's open candid denial Of th
I charge, except the Herald editor, VIII
was not fully convinced Of the fact {
/. the falsity Of the charge. Mr.. Pennoys
, only asked that as much publicit
3 should be given to his deEial as WI
} given to the charge. lie had right I
0 demand this, but the Herald editor b
' indirection reitsrates by inunendo Il
same charge. This is not the fair dea
, ing wo had heen looking for FROM ou
q neighbor.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-05-21
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.


state.
GOVERNORS Penoyee. Of Maitnomah.
CONcRESs--N Butler. Of Polk.
SUPREME JUDGE.-.R stSahan, Of Linn,
SECRETARY OF sTATE-RF 0lbbOn, Of wasco.
TRRAsURER-s W webb, of Umatna.
STATE PRINTER Charles Nickel. el Jackson.
sURT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Napoleon Davis,
Of Washington CO.
District
JUDGE J shaw, Of Salem.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY W Belt, t,oi independence
County
STATE sENAroRs.-R A Irvine, oi Lebanon.
TJ Black Of ualsey.
REPRESENTATIVES, .-B lenry, % Harrisburg
All Beylns, Of Tangent,
Jw Swank, OF nrownsville
&c HAaeArd, Of Lebanon.
u Miller, Of Millere.
LII Montanye, Of Albany.
cLERK.--J Z GAlbralth, OF Brownsville.
sHERIFF.--D smith, Of Albany.
CoMNlIssIoNERs.- -Enoch Miller, Of Halsey.
Lw rOmeroy, Of Seio.
SCHOOL sUPERINrENpENr.--Dvs s RliA, Albany
TREAsURER.--w Curl, Of sclO.
ASSESSOR. Phillip Smith, Of santiam.
SURVEYOR. e. MeAdOO, Of Albany,
CORoNER.--B Thompson. Of Harrisburg,
Precinct.
5USTICESoF THE PEAcE.-1so Humphrey, Eas
Albany.
Il Doris, West Albany.
CONsTARLES-CG a Burkhar., East Albany.
J + jerks, West Albany.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-05-21


There is no other way to view il than
that if any Democrat votes for johnson
o= Dawson, he means to contribute to
the election of Williams, Dolph or some
other such Republican to the United
s. ties Senate. A Democratic voter
may not personally like the Democratic
candidates, but personal like or dislike
Of them is not the rule BY which to be
guided in voting. II it were a nom
political Office, that kind Of rule might
do, but not so in voting for State SEN
ators who will hold over and Eelp elect
United States Senator.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-05-21

We 6nd that in 1872 there was a bill
before the legislature to regulate and
tax foreign insurance, banking, express
and exchange corporations or associa.
tions doing business in this state. Mr..
Cornelius, as seems TO have been his
universal habit during his entire legis-
lativs career, voted against the bill. We
have taken the pains co look up his
votes cast in the legislature, and are
justified in saying that no employs or
agent Of corporations could have been
more faithful to their interests thau
Mr. Cornelius was while in the lsgisIa-
turo. NothiAg is truer than the state
mont Of the Oregonian that he has al
ways been closely allied with railroads
and corporations,and We are sure voters
will remember this fact when they come
10 vote for Governor.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-05-21

w. +. crRL.TmE SExT TREAsrRER

The Disseminator goes out OF Its
way to cast reproach on Mr.. w. Il.
Curl, Democratic candidate for Coun-
" Treasurer. No man occupies q
higher place In the esteem Of his fel-
low citizens than Mr.. Curl. The
charge that he Is or has been u saloon
keeper Is false. He has been Ia this
county too long TO be Injured by the
Disseminator In its mud singing. Mr..
Curl Is a poor man. IL that Is O
crime, then ho Is guilty. lie Is .
cripple and unable to do manual Ia
Dor. That Il q misfortune, not q
fault. He Is getting on In years and
the frnsts of many winters have
sprlnkled his hair with gray. Is that
tho ress IN the Disssminator vilifles
him +? With Christian charity the
DisseDsinatOr recommends that he be
made q couniy charge. This Is an
insult that the good people OF Scio,i
respective of party, viii avenge at the
polls. NJ. Curl is too proud to beg,
and too honest TO steal. Can the Dis
seminator say as much for Itself !
Nobody knows Dir. Hughes. The
vote that Mr.. Curl will get Ia the
Forks where he Is best known viii
be a complete refItation uf the
groundIess charges Ofthe DisseminatOr