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She Couldn't Undcrstand It.

" nat Ill the world has happened to you since the last time I saw you ?" asked one la dy of another when they met on the street the other day; 1T can't understand it. Then you were pale, haggard and low-spirited, and remember you said that you hardly cared whether you lived or died. To-day you look ever so much younger, and it is very evident from your beaming face that your low spirits have taken flight" ''Yes, indeed" was the reply; land shall I tell you what drove them away? It was Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip- tion. was a martyr to functional derange- ment until began taking the Prescription. Now I am we'll as I ever was in my life. No woman who suffers as did ought to let an hour pass before procuring this wonderful remedy"
 A SENSIBLE MAN would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs. It is curing more cases of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group and all Throat and Lung troubles than any other medicine. The proprietor has au- thorized any druggist to give you a sample bottle free to convince you of the merit of this great remedy. Large bottles soc and $1.
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A Horrible Inheritance.

The transmission of the fearful effects or contagious blood poison is the most horrible inheritance which any man can leave to his innocent posterity; but 1t can be certainly mitigated and in tho majority of cases, prevented by the use of the antidote which Nature fur. nishes, and which is found in tho reme- dy known all over the world as Swiftis Specitc-commonly called IS. s. S.n
 Mr.J. H. Brown, of Hornellsville, NY, writes: Three years l suffered with cured me completely"
 Prof. Edwin Baar, 234 F. 22nd st, NY. writes: "Swift's Specific cured ma of fearful case of Blood Poison.n
 Dr. B. R. Wingtield, of the Soldier,a Home, Richmond, Va, writes: 'tSwift,s Specific cured me of @ severe case of Blood Poison"
 ID. w. K. Briggs, Brooklyn, N. V. writes: "I was a perfect wreck from Blood Poison. Swift's Specific restored health and hope, and am we'll to-dav.U .. w. Langhill, Savannah, Ga: suffered long with Blood Poison. | tried Swifts Specific and am perfectly well. A. ": Buell., of Power's Hotel, Roch- ester, N. Y., writes ''It is the best blood remedy on earth. toured myself. with tt. recommended it to friend and it made him well.n ~ Mir. k. L. Stanton, of the SmithvilIo. (3a.) News, writes that a friend yvaa afticted with a case of Blood Poison and two bottles of s. s. $. effected a Treatise on Blood and Skin Dlseases mailed free. THE SWIFT SpEoTFTo co.
 Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga.
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midst of unsurpassed plenty in all the pro- auctions, and in all the elements of nation al wealth, we find our manufacturers sus- pended our public works retarded, our private enterprises of different kinds aban- doned, and thousands of useful laborers out of employment and reduced to want. :" So said President Buchanan ill December, 1857. Under the protective tariff-"wur tariff, " we will call it-of 1861 has come such an era of prosperity as no other coun- try on the face of the g obe has experienced. Into how many wage -earner' homes now como the daily paper, ,,or may be more than one, and how many copies of the popular journals that he and his family may read, first hand, not only news of our great me tropolis, but from round the world, before he begins his days labor, in many in stances. And more. He may, and must read, that in 1860 the good and frugal peo- pie of the United States had prior to and under President Buchanan s administration laid up little over $25G, 900, ,000 in the saving banks, savings institutions aud life insurance all three institutions then m their infancy. How is it now ? Govern ment statistics we must credit as reliable. You will rot give space for detail so we must take few. Our own blessed con- monwealth for one. In the savings and cooperative banks and trust companies were deposited-very largely, you will no doubt allow, by the wage earners-nearly $304, 100000 on the last day of October, 1887. Gan you add to this what the wage earners of Massachusetts have laId up ill life insurance And how many of this same class now have comfortable homes who in 1860 lived in cheap tenements How many times will the aggregate of these savings exceed the corporate capital of this con- monwealth ?
 little further. Under our protective system the official census says the United States adds to the common wealth annual Iy the vast sum of $825, ,00O, ,000; while the same authority for the respective countries of England, France and Germany makes their annual gain $7OO, ,OOO, ,OOO1or, for three governments, only $75, ,O0O. .OO0 more than the United States can lay by Has all this gain fallen iuto the lap of the ''pro- tectected manufac urer" or, has it been divided so the wage earner, out of his sur plus-after providing so well for home and his cbildreu's education-has been able to make the deposits above referred to Un- der our present system have you ever heard of the wage-earner or skilled mechanic, singly or in colonies, going to England, France or Germany that he might be the possessor of better home or increase the sum of his deposit in the savings lnstitu- tions? Is the republican today helping to improve the condition of the wage-earner, farmer, manufacturer or merchant Your answer will tell whether or not its "senti- ment' IS strong" or" controlling. If control ling in shaping the affairs-locAl, state or na- tional, why have so many of your measures and candidates been defeated by the will and votes of the people?
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REVIEW OF THE PAST,

Geo. B. Brown of Dalton, Mass, writes to the Springfield Republican
 When l was young man it was my am- bition to be able to sub cribe for and take in my own name The Springfield Weekly Republican. If am correct, The Repub- lican started out in life under the moder- ately protective tariff of 1842; but the tariff of 1846 killed the protective part, and weekly paper was luxury beyond the means of the small wage earner. A really protective tariff had been tried for one year only-1832 but in that short time gave "marks of prosperity unequaled, perhaps, ln any other portion of the world" So said President Jackson. A very great many of your readers can recollect the culmina- tion of the tariff act of 1883 ill the great panic of 1887. It took full 30 years to eff face it's effects from this now busy town. How many other towns in New England had like experience?
 ~ Let me cite an instance in proof of 'hard times'' under low tariff. In busy Berkshire village during the cholera epi, demic of 1882 the business men desired to obtain the latest daily news in relation tt. the spread of the scourge, and subscribed various sums of money from 64 cents to 25 for New York daily for three months The individual or firm subscribing the largest sum was to have the first reading, and the smallest subscriber the last. The original subscription is now in my poses session. Can you, MT. Editor, point to a village, whose inhabitants living under our present protective tariff and loyal to the American flag, who, for low wages, sub scribe by pennies, in clubs, for single daily paper :? Why not Under the low tariff of 1S46 the people of the United States struggled on till the crisis of 1857, and will you say, would not this ctisls have come many years earlier but for the discovery of gold in California, and the consequent re- suit adding so many millions of dollars to the common wealth and thereby averting, for the time, the disaster which fell so heavily in that year ? Low tariff prevailed. The crisis was reached. "We have pos sessed all the elements of material wealth in rich abundance, and yet notwithstand- ing all these advantages our country in it's monetary interests is, at the present mo- ment, in deplorable condition. In the
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bed years. A water bed is an oblong zinc box 90 inches deep, filled with water, and set upon iron standards securely nailed to the floor, over this is fastened rubber sheet, over all fleecy blanket and cotton sheet, upon which Aoated, as 1t were, the abcess drained sufferer The fair face and calm blue eyes were ethereal inexpressipn, by her side are flowers, t Bible and plate of dainties. She is the angel of the hospi- tai. 'Tis is the old story of the grinding wheel and the diamond. Soon she will go polished and shining into the kingdom, among the white robed who have come out of great tribulation.
 'Yes, we study physiology in the catch minutes and in the daily two hours off duty. Suppose doctor Ill taking a diag- nosis says that the thyroid gland is enlarg- ed, or the fbrous tissues are inhamed, or tho cardiac pulsations are too rapid, it is necessary for us to understand the anat- omical locations. At the end of the first month, if new girl has given satisfaction, she gets her cap, her ten d ,llars and a promise of more Then i'll about 9 weeks she Is put at night service, round the sev- eral wards this tries her innate fortltude, which generally proves equal to It all, and at the expiration of two years bids adieu to the sisterhood. She has loved their so- ciety, has the gratitude and respect of the patients, has been infatuated with the san. italy conveniences, in all the trying respon- sibilitles thro' which she has passed not an lrritated expression has ever crossed the strong, pure, noble face. Now she takes her profession, practicing It if she chooses. anywhere from Maine to Yang tse Kian9, and whether you are married or single, sick or well, you can do worse than fall into the hands of the hospital girl. M A.B.
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DEAD AND REFLECT By new method IA all chronic diseases of the reproductive organs can be promptly and permanently cured, such ap in- disereiions Of youth all female wealSnensos chronic ciastus varocc, etc, etc, hy the celebrated spec lalist Y. l.. Tuttle, M D., whose n Spring field for past years has been phenomenal For ai, honest cure address with stamp and full description Of case F. L FUTILE, NJ. D., Springfield, Macs. Communications Confidential. Onlce conpnltaton Tree. 4inliy
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r The Press.)
 BLACKBERRIES.
TO JAMIE M. B.

Blackberries clambering over the wall, Some for the big girl, some for the small. Bobolink sits on the garden gate Scolding, for fear I shall eat them all. Grandmother sent me to pick her a few, And l shall leave all the sour ones for you; But must scamper, there's rain in the sky, O, what dreadful thorn in my shoe ''Here comes a little girl six years old, wouldn't swap her for mines of gold ;" ''See, grandma, here are sweet berries for ou And n kiss, too-before it gets cold !"
 South Coventry. MA B.
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A Prize of SIOC.OOO

Is good thing to get, and the man who wins it by superior skill, or by an unexpected turn of Fortune's wheel is to be congratulated. But he who escapes from the clutches of that dread monster, Consumption, and wins back health and happiness, is far more fortunate. The chances of winning $10O,OO0 are small, but every consumptive may be absolutely sure of recovery, if he takes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery in time. For all scrofulous diseases Consumption is one of them), it is an unfailing remedy. All drug gists.
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ogRED e,.y BED. WITH TIT

Ky J. M. COMINs, NJ. D., s46 Lexington
 avenue, N. H. Books sent free.
 Sen Wonders exist in th0npandp hEEV0 If forms, but are surpassed by the mar A(ALALA velH of invention. Those who are in
 need of profitable work that can be done while living at home should nt once seud their addresseA 10 Ilalleu Co, Portland, Maine and ceive free full information how either sex uf m agen can earn from 60 o S2b ser day and upwards who. ever they live. Hou sarted free. Capital not required some have made over $50 in single day at this work Ali succeed.
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SALESMEN
EoR SALE,
 89 Acres Of Good Farm Land 1!

Four miles from Willimantc, and known as south Coventry, Conn.,, a two-story and Brick Barn. Price only S2,OOO-one-half cash, and lance mortgage. Address,
 ALDEN, NICHOLS & BRADLEY. 'JnSm Troy, N. Y.
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Blobson-Dumpsey, what in the world do you suppose makes my boy so stupid? Dump sey-I dunno. Have you ever read up any on the subject of heredity?
The Press., 1888-08-09

The name we hold we've won by worth, By worth intend we too, To make that name cen greater still, In cheaper goods for you.
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Rewarded are those who PTGHTV read this and then act; they will AGAOAAA A find honorable employment that
 will not take them from their homes and families. The profits are large and sure for every industrious person. many have made and now making several hundred dollars month. It is easy for any to make $5 and upwards per day who Is willing to work Either sex, young old capital not needed; start you. Everything new. No spec ial ability required; you, reader, can do it well any one. Write to us at once for full particu ars which we mail free. Address
 k11Nk(N ( CO.,, Portland, Maine.
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has rcvoutOnizcd the TNUENTTnN world during the lari AAN H4N \ 4OAN half century. Not least
 among inc wonders oi Inventive progress s q method and system of work that can be performed all over the country without separating the workers from their homes. Pay ber- al ; any one can do the work either sex, young or old special ability required. Capital not needed you started free Cut this out and return to nn and will send you free something of great valnc and importance to you that will start you n business which win bring you in money Tightaway, than anything else in the world Grand outet free.
 Address TRUE & co, Augusta, Maine,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-06
ADDING TO VALUES.
An Agricultural Problem Which Has Pu
zled Many Good Farmers.

An Agricultural Problem Which Has Puz-
zled Many Good Farmers.
By improving the fertility it is
possible not only to increase the prof
its, but also to add to the value of the
farm 1t is no small matter to keep
farm gradually increasing in fertility,
In fact, it requires the very best of
management to grow crops year after
year, and at the same time keep MAX
ing the soil richer and more fertile,
and farm with a good, rich soil is
much more valuable than one equally
as good in other respects, but of a
poorer quality as regards fertility. 1t
costs something to take poor or run
down soil and attempt to build it up.
It costs something to secure poor
yields of crops year after year, when,
with the same work in preparing the
soil, planting the seed and cultivating
the crops, much better yield can be
secured in a more fertile soil, and this
all tends to increase the value of the
farm.
Every business should pay fair per
cent. of profit on the capital invested,
and it is very questionable whether a
farm with a worn-out sod can always
be made to do this In fact, taking the
average yield of farm crops and at
market prices, giving the farmer low
price for his work and that of his
teams, very small per cent. of profit
can be considered as being realized.
The difference In the cost per bushel
between heavy yield and a light one
is nearly always decided in favor of
the larger yield, and this should imply
an increase in the profits, and the
larger profit that can be secured from
the farm the more valuable it becomes.
So that it is very important to keep up
the fertility if already rich, or so use
all reasonable pains to improve it if
from any cause it has been allowed to
deteriorate. It is easier, of course, to
keep up soil that is already rich,
much easier than to allow it to run
down and then attempt to build it up.
But by improving this fertility we
are able to increase the yield, the
profit and the value of the farm. If,
instead of securing an average yield of
twenty five bushels of corn, it is possi-
BILE to average fifty, the farm should be
and is worth twice as much, and will
pay fair per cent. of interest upon
twice the valuation easier than the
lighter, thinner soil W i'll pay the inter-
est on a lower price.-N. j. Shepherd. az
Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-06
CUTE AND CLEVER.

A MAN famous for his discreet hab;- Of
speech once said that he often regretted
his utterances, bit very rarely his silence.
"A MARRIED man, says one who knows,
lean always pack trunk more easily than
bachelor can. He gets his wife to do il
for him.
THE hop is said to be becoming obsolete AT
fashionable watering places. but any sum
| mer hotel proprietor can inform you that
the skip is not.
WHAT are all those girls shouting cash
for all the timer What do they mean by
itsn asked a country visitor in a city bar
Ear. 'sOh, it's mere buy-word,' - was the
reply.
If it were not for the auburn butter of the
mountain resort, you could not swallow the
bread that set instead of rising. And if it
We're not for the bread, you could not swal-
low the butter
THE old adage: "Better the day, better the
deed,'' which is often quoted to justify work
on Sunday, does not always hold good, es-
pecially when the deed is of real estate ex-
ecuted ON the Sabbath.
IF young men in this country put half as
much energy into their daily work as they
do into playing ball, the young men of this
country would be rich enough to marry be
fore they were two years older.
A CALIFORNIA judge recently granted a
divorce to husband on the ground that he
was insane when married. There are thou
sands of husbands who think that they ought
to be divorced on the same plea.
My dear, if you don't quit annoying me,
II shall really have to move to Mexico
said Washington maa to his wife the
other day. 'sWhat good would that do, I'd
like to know?'' There is a law there com
peliing males, and males only, to wear panta
laons.'
1T is easy to make loan-go IN debt. The
forms are all prepared, the road is smooth
But there are no forms waiting to pay it.
TIE road is rough, the weather is lowering
and stormy. Circumstances conspire to
block the way and defeat all enterprises
tending in that direction.
LET no person fatter himself that because
a man is loud of voice and blunt in speech,
ever ready with cruel judgment of others
and free with advice on all matters, that he
will pleasantly accept such treatment from
others. for he is quite as likely to resent in
reference with his affairs the man OF
gentler speech and greater charity.
IT is easy to form the habit of meddle-
someness and to persuade ones self into the
belief that ones mission is to be a ''private
investigator and public ADVISOR that one is
apt to forget that in the regulation of ones
own conduct life presents enough perpleX-
ing problems without trespassing upon the
rights of others in a mistaken zeal to con-
vert them to better way.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-06
How to Overcome the Dangers Of
exposure.

Francis O'Reilly, the well known livery
man of No. IS Prince street, New York,
says of ALLCocK's Porous PLAsTERs:
For the last forty two years have been
engaged in the livery and hacking bust
ness. I am greatly aided by my four boys.
We are much exposed to the weather, and
we have found ALLcocK's PLAsTERs of
very great service. We use them as chest
protectors, placing one on the chest and
one on the pit of the stomach. They not
only ward off the cold, but act as tonic.
We are frequently affected with rheuma-
tism, kinks in the back, and pains in the
side; but one or two of ALLcocK's PLAs-
TIERS quickly cure us. My wife and daugh-
ter have been using ALLcoCK's PLAsTERs
for weak back and think the world of them.
I have now been using them for twenty
years, and always have a box in the house. u
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-06
THE ELECTIONS.

me various State Elections This Fall
What They VIII Vote for and When
The Representation In the Electoral Col.
iege of the Various States.
All The States will elect presi dentiaI
electors on Tuesday, November 6. The
iectors then chosen will meet at their
respective State Capito1s on Wednesday,
December 5, and cast their ballots for
resident and Vice-President of the
United States.
The whole number of electors is 4O1:
necessary for choice, 201. The several
States are entitled to representation in
the electoral college and in Congress as
follows:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-06

rheumatism is remorseless twister. 1t
twists the joints out of shape; it produces
angular projections where there should be
curves, and worse than all, makes US wr1the
and twist with pain on touches that sleep
refuses to visit Conquer this truly demoni-
acal disease in its infancy with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, which also overcomes KID
ney complaints, nervousness. dyspepsia,
chllls and fever
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-06

practical point to be considered, ana
always in connection with the preven-
ton of the prevalent diseases wfrich
occur at the feeding season, when hogs
are fed upon whole grain in open pens
or in corn fields after cattle.-N. Y.
Times
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-06

The custom of lifting the hat had
its origin during the age of chivalry.
when it was customary for Knights
never to appear in public except in full
armor. 1t became a custom. however,
for q knight, upon entering an assem-
bly, of friends, to remove his hemiet,
signifying: II am safe in the presence
of nv friends, The .ge of chivalry
passed away with the fifteenth century,
but among the many acts OF courtesy
which can be traced back to its infiu-
ence none is more direct In its origin
than that of lifting the hat to acknowl-
edge the presence of 2 friend.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-06
The Poison of Spiders.

An interesting essay on the poison
of spiders was recently delivered by
Prof. Brieger,of Halle, before society
of naturalists. Experiments made with
two kinds of Russian spiders reputed
to be venomous showed them to be in
nocuous, but a third species, belonging
to the same region and properly termed
the .sblack WOLF was found fully to
bear out its reputation. Its poison is
more powerful perhaps than any
known, not excepting prussic acid and
strychnine. 1t makes great ravages
among Russian livestock, attack
ing the animals as they Craze. 1t in
ficts a sting on the mouth or tongue
which causes death in a short time.
The venom pervades the entire system
of the spider, constituting about
twenty-five per cent of its weight. The
poison belongs to the class of so-called
ferments, being composed of albumin
Gus matter. 1t is rendered inactive
when subjected to the action of alco-
hol. 1t produces no effect when taken
in the stomach, but when introduced
into the blood vessels, it acts so pow
erfully that two or three milligrammes
will suffice to kill a man. Prof Brieger
has examined the spiders of Germany,
and has found one only to be venom
GUS. In this species the venom is
possessed only by the young insect,
which is virulent In an extraordinary
degree. Y. Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-06

When you practice economy exer-
else some judgment in your metho DIS.
To save matches do not light your gas
at three in the afternoon with a sum
glass. -Harper's Bazar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-06

Railway time tables are now made
of convenient size and shape to be in
serted inside the cover of a watch for
convenient reference.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-06
THE MARKETS.

TIE quick and the dead-the pitcher and
the man out on third.-Burlin1tOn Free Presa
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-06

The uniform gentility of some
officials is all in the uniform. = Yonkers
Gazette.