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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-04-03

There is Philadelphia club called
1.-The Commands" and it is said to be
rightly named. Its last annual dinner
was eaten on Saturday night, and was
supposed to be served in the Greek
style" EVERYTHING was served whole
and as natural as possible. Goldfish
were passed around alive in glass globes,
and soon after served with their scales
on. A young wild boar, cooked, but
lifelike, adorned the center of the
table. Several 'possums, looking very
lifelike in their furry pelts, stood
around until devoured. One of the
novelties was pie of baked blackbirds.
N Y. SUn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-04-03

"A balky horse in Philadelphia the
other day was proofagainst all ordinary
methods of persuasion, until a little
man smoking a big pipe came along.
just as soon as the man had emptied
the burning tobacco and hot ashes
from his pipe into the horses ear, the
horse went tearing up the street as if
he never intended to stop again. 49,
philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-04-03

1T is estimated that the annual cost
for the picking alone of the cotton crop
of the Southern States is $40, 900, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

caught them somehow and thrown them
like puff-ban around without hurting
them: When you strike big object,
then it is different. One night big
bull got on the track. When it saw
the light of the locomotive he paved
and curled his tail and beloved, head
down, ready for battle We had no
time to shut down, and the only way to
do is to strike such objects full force in
order to knock them away from the
track. If they fall on the track they
are liable to get under the wheels and
throw the engine off the rails. So
gave her "a few pegs and the machine
fairly raised from the track. When it
struck the bull it was square on the
head. The big animal was thrown
twenty or thirty feet and then went
down steep embankment and went
out of sight. Once in while a dog
will be thrown with great force saw
dog struck one day and he seemed to
be all rolled up. He went like cam
non-ball away from the locomotive,
striking a board fence 1t broke the
board in two with a crack, and that
was the last we saw of the dog IN. Z.
Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21
A FRENCH IMPOSTOR.
He Claims to Be a bourbon Prince, and
Enjoys Life Such.

He Claims to Be a bourbon Prince, and
Enjoys Life as Such.
The XIXeme Steele gives some curious
particulars of an adventurer, who lately
died in London, styling himself prince
Louis Marie Caesar, of Bourbon, grand
son of Ferdinand VII. of Spain" He
appeared at Paris in 1869 under the
name of Comte Blanc, being accompa.
MED by his sister, Patrocinio. the famous
stigmatic, and by Dominican monk,
confessor TO Queen Isabella. The hus-
band of the Queen treated him as kins-
man, and the Queen herself wrote to
him as Dear Nephew" During the
siege, Comte Blanc, while parading
himself at one of the ambulances, was
recognized by a leading Paris photogra-
pher as son-in-law whom he had dis.
missed for misconduct.
In 1871 he made the acquaintance of
rich English widow, daughter of one
OF the First Napo!eon's aides-de-camp
She pitied him. sympathized with his
project OF regenerating Spain, and adj
vanced him three hundred thousand
francs. Blanc thereupon settled at
Jurangon, near Pau, in a splendid villa,
built by an aged Legitimist, who recog-
nized him as his lawful King. Here a
small court was kept up, the English
widow acting as Grand Mistress of the
Palace and Generals son-in-law as
Chamberlain. The King distributed
titles and decorations, offered up his de-
votions daily in a Spanish convent
chapel. and one morning saw the image
of Christ fix its eyes on him affection
ately. This miracle strengthened the
belief of host, widow, sister and con-
fessor.
But the Project, hearing what was
going on, begged the nuns to go back
to their own country. The Paris police
sent over and arrested the Court,
searched his rooms. and seized a
packet of photographs representing him
in royal appared-the costume having
been furnished by Paris milliner,
whose bill of forty-ive thousand francs
was paid by Queen Isabella. A po-
iceman. or gendarme escorted Blanc
% the frontier, but on the way was won
over by him and agreed to become his
secretary. The pretender took refuge |
irst in Holland and then in England
London Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21
GUATEMALAN WOMEN.
The Picturesque Costumes Worn by {
Peasant (Siraa OF Srnnlsh Axnerica

The Picturesque Costumes Worn by the
Peasant Girls OF Spanish America.
The prettiest and most picturesque of
the native costumes to be found in
Spanish America, is worn by the
women OF Guatemala, who are of
dark complexion; nearly that of a mu-
latto type, but are famous for their
beauty of form. A Guatemala girl in
her native dress makes as pretty pict-
ure as one can find anywhere. Her face
is bright and pretty, her figure as per-
feet as nature unaided by art can be,
and her movements show a supple grace
and elasticity that can not be initiated
by those of her sex who are encountered
by modern articles of feminine apparel.
Her head is usually bare, indoors and
out, and her thick black tresses
hang in braids, often reaching
to her heels. Her garments are
only two, a "guipil'' and a ''sa-
bana." The first is a square piece OF
cotton of coarse texture, covered with
embroidery of brilliant colors and SIM
pie but artistic designs. In the center
of the "guipil'' is an aperture like that
in the ordinary poncho, through which
her head goes, and it is usually wide
enough to constitute when worn a low
neck waist. The ends are tucked in her
skirt at the belt. Her bare arms come
through the open folds of her ''guipil, ;"
and when she raises them her side is ex-
posed. Her skirt is straight piece of
plaid cotton of brilliant colors, like the
Scotch plaids, and is wound tightly
around her limbs. 1t is secured at the
waist by sash, usually of scarlet, woven
by her own hands of the fibers of the pita
grass, and executed in the most skiIlful
manner. These belts in their texture
resemble the Persian camel s-hair shawl,
and often cost months of labor. Very
often the name of the owner and some
times notices are woven into the tex
ture, and they are brought away from
the country as curiosities by travellers.
This costume is worn only by the peas
ants. Every article the Guatemala girl
wears she makes with her own hands,
and the natives of that country are the
most ingenious and intelligent to be
found in Spanish-America. The upper
classes dress just as they would in New
York, and the fashions are followed
quite as closely.-Joumal of Fabrics.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21
HOME AND FARM.

-Cornstalks cut, crushed and sailed
will keep the stock quiet between meals
on the cold winter Chicago Tsi6-
us3e.
Egg Rolls-Two cups of sweet milk.
two eggs, one,fourth teaspoonfui OF
salt, three and one-half cups sifted
-four, one teaspoonful baking powder.
Make in batter and bake in gem pans
NJ Y. Herald.
The feeding, drinking, milking and
outing of the cattle should be punctu-
ally attended to; otherwise they become
restless, which circumstance has an in
FURIOUS effect on their thrift as well as
on their products. Toronto Globe.
When carrying a baby around q
room to see the pictures, ornaments.
etc., do not hurry, thereby confusing
the infant and soon exhausting the
source of amusement. Let the little
one gaze at one object until it turns
away its eyes. thus showing it is salts
fed. Cincinnati Times.
-Fricassee of Eggs-Take some hard
boiled eggs, cut them into quarters,
yolks and whites Heat some gravy
seasoned with shred lemon peel, pars-
ley, thyme and grated nutmeg. Put in
the eggs, together with a piece of but
ter rolled in -four; shake it gently over
the fire until properly thickened; gar
nish with yolks of hard boiled eggs,
chopped small.-TAe Household.
"A delicious prune pudding is made
by stewing pound of prunes till they
are soft, remove the stones; add sugar to
your taste, and whites of three eggs
beaten to a stiff froth. Make puff
paste for the bottom of pudding dish.
After beating the eggs and prunes to-
gether till they are thoroughly mixed.
spread them on the crust. Bake for half
an hour, or until you are sure the crust
is done.-Boston Budget
Bread Pudding: Country style
Soak the soft part of loaf of bread in
a pint of warm milk; add tablespoon
full of butter, tablespoonful of thick
cream, the rind and part of the juice of
a lemon and two well-beaten eggs.
Flour large cupful of dried currants,
CRATE nutmeg over them and add to the
rest Bake in well-buttered custard
cups and serve with pudding sauce,
either hard or liquid--E1change
To Preserve Pumpkin: Weigh the
pumpkin, have ready the same weight
of sugar; take off the skin and take out
the inside and seeds, cover the latter
with water and boil; cut the rest into
thin slices, strain the seed water over it,
with sufficient added to cover the whole,
and boil with one ounce of whole ginger
10 two pounds of pumpkin until the lat
ter IS nearly done enough; take it out
and boil the sugar in the same water
until clear, then add the fruit and boil
slowly for an hour and half, take out
he ginger and tie up in pots.-Boston
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21
A WISE BOY.
Why He Preferred the Cold Platform to
the Comfortable WaitiDg-ROom.

Why He Preferred the Cold Platform to
the Comfortable Waitfng-Room.
For an hour yesterday forenoon a
woman walked up and down the ladies'
waiting-room at the Third street depot
in her efforts to hush the screams and
yells of child about two years old.
The little one was hopping mad about
something and could not be soothed by
soft words or sticks of candy. There
finally came moment when everybody
saw the mothers face take on look OF
grim determination, and at that mo-
ment newsboy who had been warming
himself at register broke for out
doors.
whats the row?" asked one of his
outside friends as he joined them.
There's a woman in there goin' to
spank her young 'un.''
"Why didn't you stop and see the
fun?''
"Um! 'Spose want to be hauled up
as a witness in an assault and battery
case, and have the lawyers givin' me
sassp"-Detsoit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21
The Peppermint King.

Hiram G. Hotchkiss, of Lyons, Wayne
County, is the peppermint king of the
world, and his name has been for many
years kept standing in the chief market
journals of all lands. He is seventy
five years old, and native of Oneida
County. About 1887 he began buying
peppermint Oil of the farmers about
Lyons, and in 1871 he abandoned gen.
eral store in Phelps, Ontario County,
which he had been keening, and thence
forth devoted himself wholly to the
peppermint oil business. There are
two or three other dealers in Wayne
County, which controls the market in
this speciality, but Mr.. Hotchkiss ham
dies the bulk of the crop. The mint
acreage of the county is about 1000
acres, and the total product last year
was worth about $12O,0OO. But it was
4 bad season; in fairly good one the
crop is worth $250,O0O which figure
may perhaps be put down as the ex-.
pcnse to the world of the colic.-Bu6alo
nv w Ho,y,je,.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21
SADOER BUT WISER DOGS.

Exuberant CANNES Taught Not to Tackle
Flying Railroad Trains.
Ibid ever run over a dog?" said a
locomotive engineer on the West Shore
Road. Eyes, often. Sometimes at
night they look as big as a man on the
track. had little episode with dog
only few days ago. While running
near Harrington 1 saw three or four
hunters. Each had dog. One of the
reddish-brown color. 1t thought it
would be smart and try race with the
engine. 1t jumped on the track and
ran ahead, barking over its shoulder.
The train was going forty-five miles an
hour. 1t was only few seconds before
that dog found the engine too close to
him to bark, and he hadn't time to
leave the track. The cow-catcher struck
him, and the next we saw was a dog
going up in the air good many feet.
We thought he would never come down,
but bye and bye he dropped. and luckily
in pond of water. He swan to the
shore, and as he climbed out he .ki-yied'
so that we heard him even above the
roar of the train.
locomotives" continued the engineer.
"Once there was a dog at Milton that
always watched for the train, and when
it came had a race with it That dog
ran alongside the engine 1t was too
smart to get on the track. One day he
started as usual, but it was a little
further from the station, and he was
running with all his might. looking up
at the cars, trying to bark, when the
train went over a calvert, and 'bouse'
went the dog head first down in the mud
and water several feet. That dog must
have imagined the train did it, because
he never after that would run race
with it. Once while running at a very
fast clip noticed two little boys near a
house with big bull dog. The dog was
an old bruiser, ready to fight anything.
just as the locomotive came near the
boys clapped their hands and shouted to
the dog to GO for him The dog did
60 for the locomotive. The pilot caught
him, threw him clean over the smoke
stack, and when he came down he struck
with his back on the valve stem, rolled |
off in the ditch. and ran home without |
being hurt
"Isn't it little extraordinary" in
CURED the reporter. ''ihat the dog was
not killedP'' i
''Oh, nor said the engineer. II
have seen chickens on the track run
over by the locomotive, and they would
come out under the driving wheel With
put being killed. The wind must have
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21
A New Sort of Jewel.

The fashiona BILE gem of the day in
Paris is the oudja. The oudja is simply
a charm, the virtue of which lies in the
fact that it is as old as the pyramids. The
oudia is made of delicate paraHelo-
gram of gold or silver, in which is seen
an eye, elongated in form, from which
falls tear and divides into smaller
drops 1t serves as an ornament for
charms, brooches, pins and especially
bracelets.
A strange and inexpllcable symbol,
the ouljo was nevertheless at once
adopted by people of taste and ele-
gance. In London it is creating Juror.
-IfMpler'S Weehlu.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21
important to the Public as well as til
Medical Profession.

important to the Public as well as tho
Medical Profession.
Halls Journal of Health, referring to Con-
sumption, makes the following important
statement:
Consumption usually begins with a
slight, dry cough in the morning, then on
going to bed, getting more and more fire.
quent, with more and more phlegm, in
creasing debility, thinness of flesh, short
ness of breath, and qnickness of pulse"
and it may be added that in des-
perate cases, and, in fact, in all cases
of Consumption, or troubles of the
throat and lungs, immediate relief may be
obtained and permanent cure effected by
the use of Dr. Wm. Halls Balsam for the
Lungs, medicine known for more than
thirty five years as an unfailing remedy for
coughs, colds bronchitis and all pulmonary
and pectoral diseases. That the worst cases
of Consumption have been cured by the use
of Halls Balsam has been attested to by
the thousands who have used it, or have
been cognizant of it's wonderful remedial
efficacy. For sale by all druggists
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21
BECAUSE the baby is little yeller it's no
sign he is a Chinaman.-Palnaer Journal.


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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

Yale divinity students were enter
tanned the other day by an individual
who has been sightless for twenty-five
years. He lectured on 1.-The Fun of
Being Blind" and so ludicrous were his
descriptions of the comicalities of his
condition that the usually straight-laced
''theologues'' were convulsed with laugh
ter for sixty consecutive minutes
Hartford Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

Robert Garrett, of the Baltimore &
Ohio Company, is generally spoken of
as more daring speculator than his
father. Speaking of Mr.. Vanderbilts
death he recently said: 1.-The dramatic
incident of my life was the sudden death
Of Mr.. Vanderbilt in my presence; 1
shall never forget it. 1t came like a
fearful dream and so swift was the
change from life to death that it could
scarcely be realized. IN Y Herald
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

Prof. Rice. of Wesleyan University,
in a recent lecture, told of freshet at
one time when the Connecticut River
was fifteen miles wide at Hartford and
two hundred feet deep at Middletown.
The mountains between the latter city
and Meriden were islands in the river
that ran to the sound in two channels,
the new one running over the Walling-
ford plains in New Haven.
Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

Sawyer Haslcr. in mill at Milton,
up on the Susquehanna, was about to
feed hungry circular saw with a wa
ter-soaked log when he caught a glimpse
of fish in the hollow. Further search
showed no less than eight big bass alive
and flouncing in the log. which had
been drawn up from pond. Pittsburgh
Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

-Dumley (warmly)-Yes, sir; he
called me an unmitigated ass. Friend
WHAT An unmitigated assP Did he
use the word unmitigatedP Dumley-
He did. Now what do you think of
thatp Feiend-I think he put it rather
strongly.-M. ?. Times
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21
Nasal CatarrI,.

MY son seventeen
years old has been af-
hicted with nasal ca
tarrh since quite
young. ] was induced
70 try Ely's Cream
Da1m and before he
had used one bottle
that disagreeable Ca.
tarrhal smell had all
left him. He appears
as wen as any one. it
Is the best Cat arrh
remedy In the market.
j. G. OLMST1AD, Ar.
cola, Ill.
/ find Ely's Cream
Balm good for CatarI b
of long stand,ng.-M.
n. LAsLEY. 1884 West
Chestnut Street, Louis
Vile XIV.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

PIXIES TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in l minute, &c
Gienns Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. 25c.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns & Bunions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

PHYSICIANS indorse Halls Hair Remover.
Its use is always attended with good results.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

Some agricultural writers are adj
vocating using bran to fertilize the
land. TheX( say it is equal to super
phosphates is a manure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

WHEN a passenger boards a steamboat,
what is the bill of fares-N Y. Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

For throat and lung troubles the most re-
liable remedy is Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

DOES any one know the value of flower
who hasn't botany! (bought any.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

THOSE who are always for-geIting-Mon-
ey-grabbers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

IF a cough disturbs your sleep, taxi
Piso's Cure for Consumption and rest we'll
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

MANY hospitals and curative institutions
use only Red Star Cough Cure, for throat
and lung troubles. It cures. Price, twenty
five cents. st. Jacobs Oil cures rheumatism.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21
CONSUMPTION.

A sNow-PLow is like a bad habit-A good
thing to cut adrift.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

PLAYS leading part in ife-The blint
mans dog.-Bost0n Courier
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21

When say do mean merely stop them Tor
time and then have them return again. mean radf-
cal cure. have made the disease Of FITS EPILEPSY
FALLING SICKNESS a life long study warrant my
remedy to cure the worst Because others have
failed s no reason for not now receivng Send
for treatise and Free Bottle OF my infalble
remedy. Give Express and Post Once. Il costs you
nothing for trial, and will you. Is
ADDRESS Dr.. q. g. ROOT, 1ss Pearl ST., New York
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-05-14
Worms in Peach Trees.

A correspondent of the Observer
writes: "Many times l have pass
ed by apparently healthy peach
trees, but on digging around them
/ have found worms, Of whitish
color, eating into the tree below
the ground. The part afflicted was
from the branching out of the
roots up to the ground. If moth
ing is done to destroy the worms
they will eat in further and high
er. and weaken the tree so that it
will blow over or die. 1t is a good
practice to keep that part of the
tree exposed to the weather after
cleaning the tree and killing the
worms. In the fall of the year an
application of a pint or less of gas
house lime may be advantageously
worked in the soil near the peach
trees. Repeat the process of kill
ing the worms two or three times
a yea"
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-05-14
CONSUMPTION CIIRFD

An old physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an East
vegetable remedy for the speedy and perma-
nent cure for Consumption, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and lung
affections, also positive and radical cure for
nervous complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands of
cases, has felt it his duty to make it known TO
his fellows. Actuated by this motive and de-
sire to relieve human suffering will send free
OF charge, to all who desire it, this receipt, in
German, French or English with full direc-
tons for preparing and using. Sent by mail
by addressing with stamp, naming this pa-
per, W. A. Noyes Powers Block, Rochester,
New York. If