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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05

The enemy's first move was . vain II.
foyt to shake him of; then the fellow be-
gan to use pair Of sledge-hammer lists to
good effect Norris found himself getting
the worst of the encounter, but he hun
fast in spite of the hard blows, and present
r. felt himself lifted from his feet and bent
backward over the balustrade which pro-
tecsed the stairway. It was only by getting
his arms in a close grip about the others
neck tsat he saved himself from going
headloag into the hall below As it was,
the solS! walnut rail cracked and gave
way under their combined weight The
chances were all in favor of q double fall,
but the burglar, still unable to get rid CT
that binding clasp, recovered himself and
reeled backward, and the struggle went on.
Around and around, crashing against the
wall, going down together in IL fall which
shook the house, twisting, striking, rolling
it is doubtful if either of them knew at
just what moment lights came upon the
scene, and the combatants in the fray were
parted. The burglar found himself in the
grasp of policeman, with irons neatly
clasped on his wrists, and as he stared into
the face of his late foe, curses not loud but
deep issued from his lips.
allow the mischief came you here'" he
growled. ''If hadn t thoughtlt was Childer
hisself, I'd a-cbawed you up in mighty short
order. Blest if don't think I've made a
middle of this business from beginning to
end.''
II rather think you have, my friend, and
if you don't want to make the middle worse,
you had better keep quiet. We will use all
you say against you, you may be sure"
1t was a gentleman who had arrived in
company with the officer who gave this
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05
Effects of Drainage.

All clay soils in greater or less de-
gree need thing to let the excess OF
water down through it so that its nat
ural or artificial fertility may be re-
tanned in it. The washing away of the
finer and better portions OF our hill
lands to the valleys or ocean renders it
necessary that something be done to
prevent it. Thing will diminish this
surface washing in wet weather and in
crease the chances for moisture in dry
weather Then fill this hard clay soil
with humus matter, the cheapest and
most available of which are clover
roots that bore innumerab1e holes to
let the water off and the air in. Crops
in garden mold are seldom injured
by drought. Droughts most injurious
to crops occur in the growing season.
The higher the temperature the greater
the avidity of the atmosphere to absorb
all surface moisture. But this porous
soil admits the passage of air through,
thereby cooling it and leaving the ex-
cess in the soil to moisten it for plant
growth. Ohio Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05
CHAPTER VII.

There was popular play at one Of the
city theaters that night and Norris attended
it, hoping to drown his own mental disturb
ance thereby, but all through the perform
ance he found his thoughts wandering back
to the Childers, with his disappointment
rising fresh at not having seen Carol.
When the play was over, he took car for
the West side instead of going directly
home.
just beforemidnight, therefore, he might
have been found lettering on the opposite
side of the way, looking up at the darkened
windows, wondering which one was nearest
her as she slept The neighborhood kept
early hours not CLEAN of light shone from
any of the surrounding houses, but sudden
", like will-o'-the-wisp, glancing spark
went across the glass above the entrance
door of the Childer home.
LYMAN had been sitting up late in his
den, probably, and was just now retiring.
With this thought in his mind, Norris
watched for the light to reappear in one OF
the chambers, but no flicker disturbed the
darkness there. He crossed the street and
went mn close to the steps; then the vague
nneasiness he had scarcely admitted turned
to quick alarm, as he saw that the outer
door stood ajar.
He had his hand on the bell, intending &c
arouse the house, when girls scream rang
ont shrill, and door slammed in the upper
mart of the house. That was enough ioi
Norris. He rushed in, up the stairway, and
\ moment later was struggling IN des
rerate hand-to-han conflict with an I'm.
seen adversary whom he had encountered
in the darkness Of the upper hail.
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A TARTAR BREAKFAST.
The Staple Food of Hardy and Wa
Loving RAGS

The Staple Food of a Hardy and War
Loving Race.
went into one of the stOne-built re-
cesses, where several of our Tartars
were crouching round a small grass
root fire, and was considerably edited
by watching them cooking and dis
patching their morning repast. To
begin with, very dirty copper vessel
was put on the fire and filled with some
green weed like nettles, barley flour
and water. While one of the men
stirred this pottage round and round
with wooden ladle another produced
some raw meat-a bit of the dong l
had shot. This he proceeded to tear
up into small strips and throw them
on the fire, every now and then pop
ping raw lump into his mouth ana
masticating it with the greatest ap-
parent gusto. Even the bits on
the fire were quickly disposed of
after being merely signed. AS soon as
the pottage was considered ready it
was ladled out into little wooden cups.
like the whisky "quaighs" of the
Highlands, minus the handles, which
each man produced from inside the
breast of his dirty wooden coat, and
gulped up from them with a prodigi-
Gus amount of noise. After being re-
plenished again and again until the
pot was emptied, the cups were care
fully licked clean and redeposited from
whence they had been taken. Another
course, of flesh was about to be Dar-
taken of after the manner of the first,
but regard for my own appetite for
breakfast prevented my waiting to see
it discussed. These hardy Tartars are
quite independent of any other dishes
beyond their little wooden bowls. In
these they mix their suttoo (meal made
from barley with little water and
salt and make an expeditions repast of
it whenever they feel hungry. Indeed,
this kind of uncooked porridge seems
to be their staple food.-BlackUoods
Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05
AUSTRALIAN SLAVES.

| How They Are Procured and Abused by
Their Masters.
The method of procuring these slaves
is simple, but effective. The settler
| who desires the labor of native man,
woman or child, draws up a paper, in
which the native is made to say that he
offers himself for employment for a
certain period. The master signs this
| document, and the native makes his
cross in presence of a policeman, and
| the thing is done. From that time the
native is really a slave as though his
master owned him body and soul. He
is generally ignorant of the contents of
| the paper which he has signed" but
it places him absolutely in the power
of the master to do with him
as che pleases during the term
of the assignment" and at
its close he is frightened into signing
again. Most of the natives thus as
signed are kidnapped and brought in
from the interior, and when once they
have made the cross, whose signifi-
canoe they do not appreciate, these are
held by the magistrate as subject to
the Master and Servants act of Great
Britain, and punished under its pro-
visions if they run away, although that
law was never intended to apply to bar
barous people. Mr., Gribble relates
many instances of the cruelties prac-
ticed ON the Australian slaves, of the
manner in which they are loaded with
chains for trivial offenses, and of the
| indignities which are heaped upon the
| women and girls. Most of the slaves
are used in working the pearl fisher
les, and the punishment for stealing
pearls is in many cases instant death,
the master acting as judge, counsel and
jury. In one day sixty of the unfort-
| unates-men, women and children
were thus summarily executed and
| often the natives are shot for running
away. Men make regular business
of kidnapping the natives for assign
| ment.-C Christian at Work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05
MEXICAN SCORPIONS.
Their Numbers, Varieties, Danger and p
culiar Habits.

Their Numbers, Varieties, Danger and Pc
culiar Habits.
One of the most common pests in
Mexico are the alcarans, or scorpions,
for during certain seasons of the year
they are as numerous as flies around
the sugar house. They are within the
cracks of the wall, between the bricks
or tiles of the floor, hiding inside your
garments, darting everywhere with an
inconceivable rapidity, their tails (the
Cuisines end" which holds the sting)
ready to fly up with dangerous effect
upon the slightest provocation. Turn
up corner of the rug or tablespread
and you disturb a colony of them;
shake your shoes in the morning and
out they flop; throw your bath sponge
into the water and half dozen of them
dart out of it's cool depths, into which
they had wriggled for siesta, in short,
every article you touch must be treated
like dose of medicine-'to be well
shaken before taken"
The average sc orpion is mahogany
hued, and about two inches long; but
have seen them as long as five inches.
The small, yellowish variety are con-
sidered most dangerous, and their bite
is most apprehended at midday. In
Durango they are black, and so alarm
ing numerous-having been allowed to
breed for centuries in the deserted
mines-that the government offers a
reward per head Cor rather, per tail
to whoever will kill them. Their sting
is seldom fatal, but is more or less
severe according to the state of the
system. Victims have been known to
remain for days in commissions, foam
ing at the mouth, with stomach swelled
as in dropsy; while others do not suf-
fer much more than from bee sting.
The common remedies are brandy, taken
in sufficient quantities to stupefy the
patient, ammonia, administered both
externally and internally, boiled silk
and guaiacum. 1t is also of use to
press large key, or other
tube, on the wound to force out
part of the poison. As most of my
readers are aware, this species of in
sect-a genus of Arachnida, of the
order Pulmonaria-are distinguished
from other spiders by having the abdo-
men articulated, with sharp, curved
spur at the extremity, beneath which
are two pores from which the venom
flows, supplied by two poison-glands at
the base of the segment. The anterior
pair of feet, or palpi, are modified into
pincers or claws, like those of the lob
ster, by which it seizes its prey, while
the other feet resemble those Of ordi-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05

Orr the Lizard coast, in Cornwall, .
freak of nature has been rediscovered
which may have something to do with the
name OF that part of the coast In the live
rock is picture Of gigantic serpent, coil
after coil reaching down to the sea, Just
above the surface Of which the scaly he'd
end even the eyes can be seen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05
CHAPTER vi

AN UNDERSTANDING AND DIFFERENCE.
When Lyman Childer came home to din
ner the following day, he found his sister,
with her head full of the nights pleasures,
and her tongue running brisk accompani-
ment to the business of the table, which
needed very little aid from him.
$50 very many distinguished people there,
Lyman; but why do you suppose they ever
invited that Mr.. Ingotl He is hardly what
would be called gentleman. 1t was the one
blot on my happiness having him there"
SIN the role of your most devoted, you
mean," said Lyman, with laugh. "1ngot
isn't so fascinating as some, but Mr. Ever
leigh shows him occasional attention be-
cause he comes from the same county in
Maine where he passed his boyhood. Be
sides, they couldn't well do less than ask
him after was on the list"
ssOh, but with you it is different Miss
EverleiQh never looked at him all evening,
and saw that she danced with you twice.
Oh, how nice it must be to be beauty and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05

belle and an heiress all In onei And oh J
that reminds mel wonder how lar on
an from being the lastf-theres ietter
from that lawyer, Mr. Farraker."
She sprang up to get it. formidable
looking missive, at which Lyman Childer
glanced once, and placed it by his plate.
SIT viii keep till dinner is over" ne re-
marked. at is rather pity you have taken
such a dislike to Ingot. He mentioned that
he meant to drop around here this evening
By the bye, saw you In the company OF that
young Bergman last night Queer thing
that H. should be a such intimate terms
with them"
sswhy, do yes know him, LYMAN
every slightly. He's the messenger dis
.Rnissed by the express company, you
,moW, for some supposed irregularity."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05

Lord Justice Clerk, one OF the Lords
Of Session in Scotland in the beginning
Of this century, was strange, rough.
pr,,ff Judge. He used to take sketches
81 people ia court with pom and Ink
One dav he asked the usher, Who's
that man yonder?" That's the piaint-
N. nv Lord. .Oh. he's the plaintiff.
4 hep He's queer-looking-fellow; /
think I'll decide against him and see
how he'll look.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05
UNDER A CLOUD
CLEARING HIMSELF.
The Thrilling and Absorbing story
OF a Great Crime.
BIZ JENNIE DAVIS RuRroN
AUTHOR OF Her LIFE's SECRET AM
OTHER STORIES.
CHAPTER v.-Cosr1sUEp.

Copyra9htsd, 1855, 6y the A. " Kellogg Nesrspape,
Company. al Rights Rsserued.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05

-Professor-"Ho How many legs have
insectsp" Candidates. xty-fiye per
cent. OF insects have emo legs ct all.
eleven per cent. have one, fourteen per
cent. two or three, ten per cent. four
or Eve, but none six. Professor
'sHow in the world did you get this
answer?' Candidate by carefully
examining the collection belonging 70
the university. - 7iqe1gde BtGAer.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-12-22
The Apple in Love Niatterx.

In Scotland and in England the apple Is Q very popular divining medium in love mat terS Part of this popularity is probably .luc to the common notion that the tree of knowledge of good and evil was an apple tree. Horace mentions the use of apple pips in love affairs. A lover would take pin b.. tween the finger and thumb and shoot it up 10 the ceiling. and If it struck it, his or her wish would be accomplished. Nowadavs q maiden tests the fidelity ot her beloved by putting a pip in the fire, at the same time Dronouncing hiS name Ii the pip bursts with report, it iS a sign that he loves her, but should it burn silently, she Is convinced of his want of true affection for her. This is often performed with nuts instead of pinS.
 Gay mentions the common amusement of laring an apple without breaking the peel md then throwing the strip over the left 1Ouder, in ord to see tho initial letter cS he lovers name formed by the shape the 1aring takes upon the ground This Is often ,Ee of tho many divinltions duly practical n Halloween or All Saints eve Another way at the same season Is for the curious maiden to stand before a looking glass comb ng Ter hair with one hand and eating au apple held in the other; the face of the ,utUre husband will then be seen in the glasz looking over her left shoulder.
 Mrs. Latham, in her Sussex Supersti- t.onS,' igives another apple charm Every 1erson present fastens an apple lon string lUng and twirled round before hot fire. The owner of the apple that first falls off is declared to be urOn the point of marriage, aud as they fall succeSsively, the order m which the rest of the party will attain to honOrs is clearly indicated, single bleSseiness being the lot of the ono hose apple Is the last to odrop"-Chamberss Journal
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-12-22
Tho Egg in Paris.

Tho Paris egg is the greatest of all my5-
 cries, not SO much for its sacred qua, -ieS } lno1g the ancients, or for the strang ger | Ji life that exists within 1t which h. CO s.derably worried modern scientists It Is still sacred, but to the dealer only, and the life principle which 1t contains sometimes indeed disturbs, in a nOn-scientifc way, the digestion of the purchaser. To the Ameri- ran an egg is either fresh or it is nothing;
 hat Is it is nothing but an abomination. As an odible it Is of such extreme delicacy that q does not know, and can no: know, degrees )f excellence. When 1t is not the very vir- sin purity of freshness ic Is fit for nothing but Co be thrown at an unpopular orator or 70 be assigned to the tender Care of that sym 5ol of maternal patience, the setting hen
 It is not so in Paris There the theory is lIise different. Tle Paris c..- loses its fresh -cs,, t1c line Of dc.narEation between the foi-. Snd lLc white becomes confused, thero ,s an active -CCcratiCI C, sIlphuTutcd hydro gen if it l. kept in a warm Tlace, or the germ Q. life slowly baj surely :aeT-cs into the flesh, tones anl down of the iaciuient fowl Still C does not lose it's financial value The bes. sggs, and they are usually good, are sold for boiling at three Cr four sous apiece. This Is The standard Then comes tue second quality in which decomposition hls just commenced, but IS imVcrceptible except to faStidiOus Der soEs, who object on principle to chemical changes in their food. As to other grades and qualities which the customer sees dis tributed in various places about the shop their price is not iixed.-Albert SuthfTe in San Francisco Chronicle.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-12-22
What am l to Do?

The symptoms of BillIousness are un. happily but too we'll known. They dit. fer m different individuals t0 soue CT. tent. A Billions man is seldom break. fast ester. Too iTeqUeDily, alas, he hse an excellent appetite for liquids but
 one for solids of q morning. Hls tongue will hardly bear inspection ai any time; if is is rat white and furred it IS rough, at all events.
 Tue digestive system k wholly out of order and DIsrrhea CT Constipation msy be c symptom or the the two may alternate. There are often Hemor- rhoids or even loss of blood. There may be giddiness and often headache and scIdi,y or hstulence and tenderness m the pit of the stomach. To correct sll this If not effect cure. try Greeu's August Flower, # ccsts but tnfle and thousands attest it's etiicscy.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-12-22

Mr. N. O. Murphy of Prescott, who was ia this city few dsys since, IS 6 true blue repu blicsu. He has worn bis colors without compromise under all circumstances. He has never yet been before any administration as an ap- plicant for office, but there is probsbil- ity that with a change of sdministra- tion be will come In for bis share of the losves snd fishes that will be for dIs- tribution after the fourth of March next. In this connection We are free to say that We believe him eminently worthy of any office be may seek. His political associations have been strictly republican, be has been neither mug wump" nor 6 kicker" and can go before the appointing powe' with sn un- tsmished republican record. He is 6 young man of fine personal appearance, good business qualifications and an old resident of Arizona. Whatever sup port there may be given to his sspirs- tions, by the press of the territory will be worthy bestowed.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-12-22
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Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-12-22
A CURIOUS INVENTION.
Professor PaxsaIl, of the Royal Society.
 Manufactures a Human Voice.

mAnullCtures n hOACCs
 After alludin. to the improved 2hono- graph, Professor Paxsal goes on to say: 'lt immediately struck me that the waxed cylin- der might solve my problem, and here my experiments with photographs from the microscope, and also (by an odd coincidencel in engraving, stood me in good stead l pressed all my friends and acquaintanceS into service, and in the course of month from the time Edison sent me the machine l had more than j0O cylinders covered with talk from all manner of mens and womens voices, not to speak of musical instruments and other sources of sound Then spent two months tn carefully examining all the rec Ords wi. a microscope, and making maSnl- fed photographs Os many of them. By com pairing these l ascertained an important fact that human voices, infinite though they be in variety Of timbre, differ from one another according to a fixed law or ratio. very simple in itself. Tho sound clements of any gwen voice can readily be analyzed or combined by this law.
 Now comes my little invention Of coursS on the ph1no-raph cylinder sounds and in tonaJions arc represented by lines of varying depth, etc. l first studied and made tabT. lated diagrams Ot tho alphabet-if may % term it-Of the-e lines. Thero are two con stituents here-One, the line representing the word itself, as man, and the other, the modi- fcatioas in that line affected by the timbre of voice Of the particular person uttering it. Ny alphabet, Gs it turns out, Is not nearly so intricate or long Gs you might suppose; the vOwels, of course, are easy; the utterance We give tO tue c0nsonants is more complicated. and then, as l said. the human equation is q spri1rlte consideration
 "All being ready, 1 imagined certain voice. and then sC, Co work to make iti Us tus tLe first sentence of Milton's "Paradise LOsc" as my corpus vilum, constructed it un the first lnS;lnc.l on paper. on a large scile, modifying the required ines according tO my Glphabgt l next made a fine etched copy of this on copper, using large masni flying glass. As this was still too coarse, l photographed tue etching to the proper scale ol a shce- of wax, and then carefully roiied tlse wax on aI ordinary phonOgraph cylinder Upon fitting the cylinder to the instrument, and applying the recorder, 1 had tbe pleasure of listening to the words .Of mans first disobedience," ." etc, pronounced by S voice of which l was myself the mauu facturer! Its correspondence with the voice l had conceived was almost exact. After. ward, produced musical compositions by tho same means; and it is, perhaps, in this direction that the idea will be chiefly practi- caL Instead of the ordinary notation. the composer may now actually write his music direct"-Julian Hawthorne in Once Week