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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-15
MIS-. HARRISON.

me Future Mistress of the White House
Wen Known at the Capital aud viii be
warmly Welcomed - An Interesting
Family Groap-How the indianapolis
Home Has Suffered.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9-Mrs. Harrison
mas many friends in Washington, who
viii gladly welcome her as the mis- tress
or the White House. One of her enthu-
siastic admirers said: "You may be
sure that she will have a reign OF
straightforwardness in all matters. So
cial and domestic, at the White House.
The immediate family Of the Presid emit
elect will comprise group of charming
women. Mrs. Harrison herself has hold
the esteem OF her Washington frien DIS
after an absence from them of years;
Mrs. Mckee, who was pretty Mamie
Harrison, when here, is q universal
favorite. Mrs. Scott Lord, who lives
here, is an older sister OF
Mrs. Harrison, and is an affable and at
tractive woman, and her two daughters
are charming and beautiful young women.
Mrs. Parker, the wife Of Lieutenant John
F. Parker, of the navy, Is blonde of
good figure and fascinating manner.
Mrs. Dimmick, the other daughter of Mrs.
Lord. is young widow, the opposite of
her sister, being a lovely brunette. Mrs.
Harrison. in describing to friend, by
letter, the condition of her house, which
has been thrown open to the army Of ex.
cursionists and visitors all summer, said
that IL they should not be sent to the
White House, their only alternative
would be the poor house. as their own
home is not fit to live in until it is thor
oughly furnished.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-15
PITH AND POINT.

The more you practice what you
know. the more you shall know what to
practice.
The great trouble with man is not
lack Of opportunity. it is the need of
disposition to improve the opportu-
mites he has.
The great secret of getting on in
the world-a secret which few have
learned-is to know when to speak,
and especially when to keep still.
Men suppose that their reason has
command over their words; still it hap
pens that words in return exercise au-
thority on reason.-Lord Bacon
Unless man has trained himself
for his chance, the chance will only
make him ridiculous A great occa-
sion is worth to man exactly what
his antecedents have enabled him to
make of it William, Matthews.
Most Of tho very rich men of this
country were once poor. But unfort-
unately their change from one condi-
ton to another has been effected very
largely, in ways that left them little
sympathy for those of their fellow
men who have less of pluck and luck.
II love you for yourself alone" as
the blackbird said when he swallowed
the gooseberry. This is the common
place expression of false friends, who,
while they make the utmost use of US
even to abuse, profess the most un-
bounded admiration of, and regard for
us.-Quiver.
True economy consists in proper
adjustment of time, strength and
money. It does not consist solely in
saving money; it may consist in spend
ing it. 1t does not always consist in
saving bread crumbs for bread pud-
dings which frequently prove to be
ened poultices.
Sometimes it is positive injury
to another to respect his prejudices.
But, if you must cross them, do so as
gently as possible. He who has learned
how to combine gentleness and firm
ness has mastered one of the greatest
lessons of life. He has learned how to
govern and to read. Star.
The greatest efforts of a commu-
nifty should be directed, not to relieve
Indulgence, but to dry up its sources, to
supply moral wants, to spread purer
principles and habits, to remove the
temptations to intemperance and sloth,
to snatch the child from moral perdi-
ton, and to make the man equal to his
spirit and the powers of a man.-Lend
q Hand.
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A ROYAL OCULIST.
The Noble Life-WOrk of Duke Karl Theo
dor of Bavaria.

The Noble Life-work of Duke Karl Theo.
dor of Bavaria.
The work Karl Theodor, Duke Maxi
milan of Bavaria's second son, is doing
has already attracted no little atten-
ton in Europe. The veriest medical
student whose life and bread depended
upon his work never threw himself
into the study of medicine with half
the ardor of this young scion of roy
atty. When a boy, botany and chem
istry were his favorite pursuits, and no
sooner were his school days over than
he undertook medicine as serious
study, attending the lectures, going
through the hospitals. and finally pass
ing the examinations that qualified him
to practice as doctor. Nor did his
work end here. Having chosen tho
eye as his speciality. he devoted
some years to careful study of the
various theories concerning the treat
ment of the blind. This done, he
travelled through Europe, seeking the
advice and help of every oculist of
special eminence in his profession, and
it was only when he had learned from
them all they could teach him that he
returned to his palace at Tegern, where
he established himself as a regular
oculist Any one may consult him,
his door stands open to all the world;
the only difference between him and
any other practitioner being that his
rate of charges varies in direct ratio
IL a - a. -. T. - =
aid. If he perform an operation for q
rich man, the Princes fee is the same
IS that of any other doctor of equal
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SOMETHING TO DO.
a Mistaken But Prevalent Idea-Girls
Should Thoroughly Prepare Themselves |
For Useful Work.

a Mistaken But Prevalent Idea-Girls
Should Thoroughly Prepare Themselves
For Useful Work.
A bright-looking girl came to my
door the other day, and | stepped for
ward to welcome her, saying, as saw
she was a stranger: what can I do
for you, my childp She answered, the
color deepening in her cheek: 81 want
something to do. / thought that you
might help me to a position, or at
least give me some advice. Mother
thought I would better come and see
you. You must have influence of some
kind
It is perfectly surprising how this
idea that some one has .sinfiuence," and
that some other one is waiting TO be
influenced" prevails among and is ac-
cepted by the unthinking. Ignoring
my visitors last observation, and seat
ing her, proceeded, as any motherly
woman in my place would have done,
in the circumstances, to investigate the
applicants claims and fitness for work
of any description.
What have you learnedF' in
quired.
Nothing in particular. am just out
of the school-room."
..Ah! Then you have been graduated,
/ suppose, and have discovered which
line of study suits you bestp You have
been industrious to finish the course so
soon"
She hesitated, her eyelids dropped.
then gathering courage, she frankly
arowed:
Il did not stay to graduate. hate
school and study. want to work and
earn some money.
But by no cross-examination could I
find that this aspirant TO enter the
ranks of the world g bread-winners had
taken the slightest trouble to prepare
herself for any trade. avocation or pro-
fessiou. She seemed confidently TO expect
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-15
FIGURES WILL TELL.

Opinions of the New York Press on the
Complexion of the House in the Next
Congress.
NEW YORK. Nov. S-The Tribune says
the Republicans will have a majority of
from % to 80 in the House of Representa-
tives OF the Fifty first Congress.
The World claims Democratic MAORI.
ty of seven.
The Sun says it may take the official
count in some doubtful districts to de-
termine the political complexion Of the
next House Of Representatives. There
are enough doubtful districts yet unre-
ported in various States to turn the ma
jority five or six either way.
The Times says the Fifty first Congress
will be controlled bv the Democrats by an
extremely small majority, which may be
wiped out altogether by the corrected re-
turns from several Of the disputed dis
tricts.
The Press figures on Republican ma
jority Of IL in the House Of Representa-
tives.
The Herald says the House will be made
up of 1853 Democrats, 161 Republlca ne
and member of the Labor party.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-15
BEAUTY IN WOMAN.

rules for Cultivating the Most Lasting
Form of loneliness.
No cosmetics are so capable of en-
HANGING beauty as the smile of good
temper and desire to please
Beauty of expression is more than
any other form of loneliness, capable
of cultivation. A woman may not
have perfectly regular features, but
her face will. be so lit up with the
beauty of goodness that she can not
fail to please, if she strive to obey the
spirit of some such rules as the follow
ing, which may be multiplied or di-
minished according to particular cases.
l. Learn to govern yourselves and to
be gentle and patient.
2. Guard your tempers, especially
in seasons of ill-health, irritation and
trouble, and soften them by prayers
and sense of your own shortcomings
and errors.
8. Never speak Or act in anger until
you have prayed over your words or
acts.
4. Remember, that valuable as is
the gift of speech, silence is often
more valuable.
5. Do not expect too much from
others, but forbear and forgive, as you
yourself.
6. Never retort sharp or angry
word. It is the second word that
makes the quarrel.
z. Beware of the first disagreement.
8. Learn to speak in gentle tone
of voice.
9. Learn to say kind and pleasant
things whenever opportunity offers.
10. Study the characters of each and
sympathize with all in their troubles,
however small.
II. Do not neglect little things, if
they can affect the comfort of others
in the smallest degree.
II. Avoid moods and pets and fits
of sulkiness.
Is. Learn to deny yourself and pre-
fer others.
ii. Beware of meddlers and tale
bearers.
Is. Never charge bad motive, if a
good one is conceivable.
Is. Be gentle and firm with chill
dren.
The last rule refers to children, but
often a husband is far more difficult to
manage. If, however, wife can keep
her temper, and persevere in her eff
forts to please, she will in the end
conquer by kindness--Frons ''FtUe Tai
e,,ts of WOD2Unn
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The Cherokee National Council.

TAHLKoUAH, 1. T., Nov. 9.-The annual
session of the National Council of the
Cherokee Nation opened here yesterday.
In his message to the council Hon. Fl. B.
May, the principal chief, said he felt con-
fident that all persons whose claims to
Cherokee citizenship were denied by the
commission would be elected from the
Cherokee country by order of the Presi-
dent Of the United States. The message
stated that besides the schools main
tanned by the Congre gationa1 Baptist,
Presbyterian and Cumberland Presby-
terrain churches, the Nation had one hun
dred common schools with total pupil
age of 4,049 and an average attendance o.
2,4S6
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-15
WASHIN0TON'S "AD."
How He Let 1t Be known That He Hat
a EARN for Sale.

How He Let 1t Be Known That He Had
Farm for Sale.
The origin of advertising is lost in
antiquity, but it has been discovered
that in George Washington's day the
art was practiced even by that great
and good statesman. In the first issue
of the MARYLAND Journal, August 2,
1873, Washington inserted an adver-
tisement dated at that historic farm
now known to all the world as Mount
Vernon. This is the ''ad:'
MOUNT VERNON, IN VIRGINIA, July
Is, 1773-The subscriber having OBJ
acres of land on the Ohio and Great
Kanawha 10000 of which are situated
on the banks of the first mentioned
river, between the mouths of the two
Kanawhas, and. the remainder on the
Great KanawhA or New river, from the
mouth or near it, upwards, in one
continued survey proposes to divide
the same into any sized tenements that
may be desired, and lease them upon
moderate terms, allowing a reasonable
number of years. rent free, provided,
within the space of three years from
next October, three acres of every fifty
contained in each lot, and proportion
ately for lesser quantity, shall be
cleared, fenced and titled, and that by
and before the time limited for the
commencement of the first rent five
acres of every hundred and proper
tionately, as above, shall be inclosed
and laid down in good grass for
meadow; and moreover that at least
fifty fruit trees for every like quantity
of land shall be planted on the prem
Uses. Amy person inclinable to settle
on the lands may be more fully in
formed of these terms by applying to
the subscriber, near Alexandria, or in
his absence to Mr.. Lund Washington;
and would do well in communicating
their intentions before the first of Oc-
tober next, in order that a sufficient
number of lots may be laid of to an
swer the demand.
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VALUE OF GRADES.

The Kind of Animals Especially Adapted
for Ordinary Farm Purposes.
There are many farmers who need
thoroughbred stock for their own use.
What the breeder needs is one thing,
and what the working farmer needs is
another Take the horse, for in
stance. The large and well-bred draft
horse is only fitted to be the sire of
good horses. Probably no true Clyde
or Percheron can do as good work Or
last as long at it as one of his own get
bred from a common mare The grade
is generally better bone and muscle
and made for work. Here is where
the value of good blood comes in.
Your common mare is good property;
SO is your grade mare, and as gener-
al rule the grade has more stamina for
work than the full blood. These are
kept on rich diet, and we'll fed and
somewhat pampered usually.
Give the value of full-blood male
to the foal of a common mare and you
have work horse worth having, pos
sessing endurance and often with good
style and action. Your common mare
generally has a solid bone and good
substance, while the great draft horse
has bone that is spongy in compari-
son, and not half as close and firm.
The grade comes in for the excellence
of his parents. and is serviceable, siza-
BILE, strong and docile. A good grade
is all most men need. Unless he de-
sires to breed his horse no farmer can
afford to own thoroughbred.
What is true of the horse is yet more
true of cattle. The thoroughbred Jer-
sey COW gives milk only little better
or richer, or in greater quantity,
than a half-blood. The same is
true of all the dairy breeds OF
cattle. A farmer needs a good
Jersey Or Holstein bull, and might
have few full-blood COWS to produce
more full-bloods from, but his herd OF
mixers need not be all genuine.
Grades that are half are often excellent
mixers, and if they are not so can be
discarded when a supply of higher
grades is at hand. Very soon the herd
improves and becomes higher in grade.
Breed good mixers among common
COWS to full-blood Jersey or Holstein,
and the first heifer calf is very sure
to make good COW.
The same result of excellence may be
expected from breeding for beef. Turn
shorthorn bulls with a herd on the
range and the grade steer becomes
good beef. The difference in i'm.
provement is readily seen, fol-
the fact is, ''blood will tell.
Soon the herd becomes herd of gooG
grades. The man who uses common
scrub bulls, when he can get one OF
the best beef-making breeds, throws
away his time and means Take the
whole range of domestic animals and
they can be improved at slight cost sc
as to make great difference in the
profit. 1t is not always necessary OF
even advisable to use expensive AMI.
mails. The man unable to afford it can
afford to purchase or hire animals
graded up to near true blood, and that
will be of great value to his stock.
Take these well-graded animals until
you can afford better, and they will
earn the money to buy the other with.
Chicago Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-15

Sir j. Macdonald ans are hostile to
Canada They favor a protective tariff
not unlike OUR own. There is
no great urgency in settling
the fisheries question. The fishing season
is over for this year, and operations will
not be resumed until next year. The
treaty negotiated last year is dead. II
was rejected by the United States Senate,
not by the Can adams. OF course if
negotiations We're resumed a new treaty
could be framed on the same terms.
AT any rate all the negotiations will have
to be commenced anew, but 1 can't for
get that the Washington treaty of 1872
was negotiated by Republican Presi-
dent, with a Republican majority in the
Senate. Is it not, therefore, reasonable
to suppose that the Republicans will
manifest in 1889 the same spirit which
actuated them in 1S71.O
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Cabinet Making Begun.

NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-Ex-Assistant Sec.
Rotary of the Treasury Charles E. Coon,
Republican, thinks Mr.. Sherman Will be
Secretary Of State; Warner Miller, Sec
Rotary of the Treasury, and Mr.. Blain
Minister to England.
The Mdn and Express, Republican,
thinks General Alger will be Secretar
of War, though General James H. Will
son, of Delaware, has q chance; John c.
New, Postmaster General; Senator Frye,
Secretary Of the Navy; Mr.. Kitchener, OF
Indiana, Attorney-Gener Senator AL
lison or Warner Miller, Secretary of the
Treasury; also, that Mr.. Blaine will sue
coed Senator Frye. and that MIR. Reed. Of
Maine, will be Speaker of the House.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-15
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS
a CURIOUS Way.

Somebody was q little girl
Who had q curious way
OF ordering all her friends about,
Ten-twenty times . day.
s'Oh, Mary" she would say, ..come here.
And brush my hair for mein
And: Jennie, please hang up my dress
See, here's the wardrobe key.''
And: "Oh. I've left my fan down stairs:
10. fetch it-that's . duck.
And: where's my glove. Do find it, dear
Oh, mercy .-juss my hckl'
Or: Horrors! there's NO water here.
Oh, won't you fetch some. KateY'
Or: Here's q pin; just catch my dress.
Pleass hurry, am Later
Or: Lend mo, quick, pen, q stamp;
I've got this motto to writer
Or: "Whisk my dress OF. will you, Bet!
This shoulders almost white. %
Come here. go there. do this, or thati"
To every ono she'd say;
And yet she was charming girl
But for this curious way!
-Aarid j. Hammond. in 81. Nicholas.
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BAD TOM.
He F1xes Trap and Then Falls into u
Himself

He fixes q Trap and Then Falls into II
Himself.
Tom Morton was bad boy, ! lam sor-
ry to say. He disobeyed his father and
mother, was troublesome to his teacher
at school, and annoyed and leased ev-
cry body that it was in his power to
tease.
He was very fond Of playing off tricks
on his fathers coachman, John, whom
he particularly disliked because he,
would not allow him to do as he pleased
about the barn and stables.
One day he placed a pail of water at
the entrance of dark passage leading
from one Of the stables to the oat bin,
where John would be sure to go that
night to get oats to feed the horses, hop
ing he would fall over it. It so hap
pened that Toms father had that AFTER
noon purchased beautiful horse, and
Tom, being very fond of horses, went
directly to the barn to see it, on coming
home from school.
.sOh, isn't he beauty! He'll do for
me to drive, guess" said Tom to him
self, as he gazed admiringly at the ami
NAL. I'll feed him some oats" And
hastily picking up the four quart meas
ure he ran toward the oat bin, forget
ting in his excitement the trap
he had fixed for John. In
q moment there was a tumble,
accompanied by splashing sound of
water, and a loud cry from Tom, who
was sprawling on the stable floor with
a broken arm, badly bruised nose
from which the blood was freely flow
ing, while his new clothes were soaked
through with water, and badly soiled
by contact with the dirty barn floor.
The doctor came and set the broken
arm, which gave Tom great pain, and
which had to be bandaged and carried
in sling for about three. weeks.
81 hope this will teach you q lesson
that you will never forget.r said Toms
father to him on learning the cause Of
the accident. Remember hereafter ia.
always treat others as you would like
to be treated yourself If you had OBJ
served that beautiful Golden Rule that
the Bible has given us, you would never
have tried to fix q trap for John that
you would not have enjoyed falling into
yourself. .
We are glad to say that this exper-
fence cured Tom of his tricks. and he
finally became good and obedient bow.
- Christian at York
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-15
CAMPING OUT

Found 1t s'Kind of Lonesome"
Once there was a little boy who all
summer long had been very anxious to
camp out over night. Behind his
mothers house was large gardens
large as whole city block-and at
the far end of it was little knoll, or
hill, with rocks cropping out. It was
behind this hill that little Paul wished
to camp, for from there the house would
be out of sight, and it would be 'just
like camping" So his mother gave
him large old crumb-cloth for a tent;
a pair of blankets and sofa-cushion
for a bed; tin pail full of bread, cold
meat and hard-boiled eggs, and some
gingerbread and apples for his break
fast; also a bottle of milk, tin cup, a
wooden plate, and small package of
pepper and salt. She had the hired
man help him drive the stakes and
fasten the crumb-cloth over them. The
hired man, of his own accord, brought
from the barn a large bundle of hay to
spread under the blankets, so as to
make comfortable bed. By twilight
every thing was ready, and Paul kissed
his mother, his aunt and his big sister
goodbye, and, shouldering his cross
bow, marched away to the s'Rocky
Mountains" as he called the little
knoll.
He pinned back the doors of his tent
with big catch-pins, and then sat down
on the ground. Every thing was dread
fully still; but the bright tin pail and
the bottle of milk looked very COM
Portable in the soap-box cupboard; the
brave cross-bow, with it's pin-pointed
arrows, promised safety; while the
blankets, sofa-cushion and the soft hay
were all that any reasonable camper
could ask for.
But it was so dre0dfully still! Not
even the smallest baby-breeze was stir
ring; through hole in the crum-cloth
shone star, and the star made out
doors seems stiller yet Paul unbuttoned
one shoe and then the other and sat for
while listening. Then suddenly kick
ing off his shoes, he scrambled under
the blankets and lay quite still. He
was very small boy. and somehow
camping out WASH t delightful in every
way.
1t was nearly half-past eight. Mann
ma was knitting, the aunt was sewing,
and the big sister was standing on the
dictionary, rehearsing her elocution
exercise. Nobody but mamma heard
the back hall door softly open, and the
tiny feet go stealing upstairs. When
the elocution exercise was over, man.
ma said she must go and find the mate
to the stocking she was knitting.
So she went upstairs; but, before
looking for the stocking, she went into
Paul's room. There, in the starlight,
she saw the brown curly head cuddled
into it's customary pillows. She was a
good and faithful mamma, and SO she
did not laugh-out loud. She stopped
over the half-hidden head and whis-
pered: s'Were you lonesome, dearp"
and Paul whispered back, ''Kand of
heard something saUal-
zoaoing, very close to my head. And
so came in. And-you won't tell,
will you, mammal"
Faithful mamma didn't ''tell''-not
until long afterward when Paul had
grown so old and so big that he went
.'truly camping far away to the
Rocky Mountains.
And what was the swallowing" that
Paul heard so close to his head? /
think it must have been an imagined
noise. Don't youp-Enaily Il. Leland,
in st. Nicholas.
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Mrs. Sniverly is the wife Of the
captain OF q volunteer company. She
attended review ct which her husband
was the commanding officer. Mrs.
Sniverly laughed all the time. and when
she was asked what was the cna,se 81
her merriment, she replied: 1T waa
the funniest thing IN tho world % SEA
my husband, who never dared opeu his
mouth at home. ordering all those men
about. and they doing just what ha
told them. Why doesn't he try that
game on me?n Tine.