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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19

| "a she carried il into her room ana
disclosed to view red toboggan cap.
81 solemnly advise you TO wear
these three at once. said ne, taxing
up the red, the white and the blue one'
..then you will look like the American
flag and be an honor to your country
and a terror to the foe.
Robert Livingston Raymond. saia
Beth, Twill you please behave your
self for few minutes. just to see no"
it would seem. and tell me a0hdt am
going to say at the tea-tableP
..WelI. if were you. returned Rob,
irving to look serious. Il would SIM
ply say: My dear friends, my Ittie
hint worked like charm-far beyond
nv widest hopes. / give you vote
of thanks for five toboggan caps.
Nav you all live long and thrive Say
lust that. and I'll recite few appro-
pirate lines when the right time comes
How would these do?
"My sister has her wish, dear friends,
OF caps y goodly store;
She never gave little hint
With such success before.
And"
But BETH put Her hahoS wv no.
ears. and ran down stairs and left him
alone.
OF course the whole story came out
at the tea-table, and Beth's cheeks
burned as the merry laugh went round.
And she resolved never, as long rs she
lived, to give an little hints of that
kind again.
AS Rob passed her door on his way
to bed that night, she heard him sing-
ing:
.'Oh, know a little maiden,
Do, de, dum
Do, de, DUN!
With toboggan caps laden.
Do, de, DUN!
Dunn!
D-u-m"
E L. Broom, tn Golden Days.
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BACTERIA IN ICE.
The Latest Scare Promulgated by Ne
York's Scientific Men.

The Latest Scare Promulgated by New
York's Scientific Men.
Determined to save the human race
from as many evils as possible. but not
always very certain what is or is not
an evil, one of our esteemed contem-
poraries is making things hot for the
bacterium even in his frozen home, the
crystal cake of North river ice; and it
postulates as great truth the state
ment that the ice we use is full of
bacteria. some of which are deadly.
So we may say the woods are full of
crows, some of which are white; or
the river is full of fishes. some of
which are cells; or the world is full of
seeds. some of which are poisonous.
There is no doubt that some seeds are
poisonous. One handful of the
seeds of that wayside weed
the datara stranaoniuns would keep an
undertaken busy all winter, and sim
gle quaker button would clean out a
Fourth ward clearinghouse. But sup
pose because some seeds are poisonous
man should abjure the use of all seeds.
His lovely dish of rice i. made of
seeds; his Vienna roll is but baked
paste made of crushed seeds; his pork
and beans. his buckwheat cakes, his
corn bread-how can he have any of
them, and not eat seeds. 1t would not
be wise to abjure all seeds because
some seeds are deadly, and it is fool
ish to tremble in the presence of every
bacterium because some of the family
are bad. It is by no means
certain that the lively bacteria
are not more of help than
hindrance to man in his little life.
We can not live without air, and the
bacterium may be one of its necessary
clements. We can not live without
water, and we swallow millions Of
bacteria in every drink, and it may be
that they give it the taste we like.
There is not tissue of your body that
the bacterium does not inha bit-and
pro badly he considers US his own. He
may feel sentimen of patriotism to-
ward us. Who can say that our vital
functions are n OF the mere evolutions
of squadrons of bacteria? Perhaps the
great problem of cerebration may yet
resolve itself into the mere squirmings
of bacteria in the brain. Let lis think
kindly of the bacterium while we are
vet in doubt. M Y Mail and Er-
g1TeSS
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FOR OUR YOUNG READERS.
TWtLlGHT-LANCl.


Here we are in twilight-Iand,
Creakety-creak,
Rocking-chalrs at every hand
Sway and swing and squeak;
Here is neither park nor street:
Dare are the little twinkle feet;
White are the gowns and loose;
No place here for ball or bat.
No need now for coat or hat.
None for stockings or shoes.
What are the stories of twilight-land.
Hark, ali, bark!
Call the sweet names where they stand.
Waiting in the dark.
Cinderella, and little Ro Peep,
Who lost her sheep, her pretty sheep;
Jack Horner, bold Boy Blue.
And the three bears living in the wood,
And the wolf that ate Red Riding Hood,
And the spinning pussy, too
The little children in twil1ght-land
Are still as mice,
And the storyteller must understand
She's to tell each story twice.
The crickets chirr, the stars eyes wink;
Perhaps the man in the moon may think
Them saucy in their play;
But. whatever IS heard or said or done,
Each sleepy, weary little one
Gets rested for next day.
For the pillow is white in twilight-land,
And white the bed,
And the tender loving mothers hand
Is laid on the drowsiest head.
And list, the tune she huns and sings,
AS with soft creak the rocker swings,
How far away it seems!
That tune-that lullaby-ah, me-
They are leaving twiight-land you see
For the stiller land of dreams.
-C1GrG D0tg Bates, an Youths C0napGfaioR.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19
THE GREAT STRIKE.

Figures in Relation to the Coal Output
and It's Relation to the Strike-The
Miners Determined TO Stay Out Uutil
Starvation Cunpe1s Surrender.
New YORK, Jan. 12.--The Coal Trade
Journal of this week, pub'ishe, figures
showing that there was 5S, 463 tons of coal
mined last w.ek by the Reading company
less that the cores ponding wesk of last
year. The Reading company mined 49,
600 tons last week and the wl1ole output
in the Schuyikill region was 69,010 tons,
as against 125. 112 tons in the first week Of
1887. In the Lchigh region 49,
400 tons were mine1 in the
frss week Of last year, while
all that were mined in that region last
week were 80. 100 tons. The mines in the
Wyoming Valley appear TO be making up
almost for the entire deficit in the other
two regions. In the first week of 1887,
274. 146 tons of coal were mined in the
Wyoming Valley. Last week AS. 800
were mined, or 81, 1856 tons less than were
mined in all three regions during
year. The Coal Trade Journal
says editorially on the subject: "There
is, as a matter of course, considerable coal
on hand in all directions, barring the line
of the Reading system, because the great
tonnage of the past year is not oil con.
sumed, although it may have passed into
the possession OF the consumers. 1t is
this fac. which makes the average dealer
so apathetic when approached for his
views as to the length of time which must
eIapss bsfore the strike may be felt or the
price forcsd up"
A letter received in this city from
former working miner, in which the strik
is dispassionately reviewed. says that the
trouble could have been averted il Mr..
Corbin had manifested a conciliatory
spirit at the start. Tho letter says:
'BulIying and bluff will not do. The
miners believe that their claim is a just
one, and an impartial consideration of
the facts slow that it is. One thing is
certain-in no strike that ever before
occurred in the mining regions we're the
miners so determined to stay ont unit
their demand is granted. They will have
to be starved into submission before they
surraDderO
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19
A BITTER FIGHT.

The Miners Declare Common Cause with
the Discharged Train Hands, and the
Strike No Longer Question Of Wages
Alone.
READING, Pa, jan, 12.-There was con-
siderable excitement here yesterday
afternoon over an expression reported to
have been made by President Corbin of
the Reading road, that the strike is not
now quest ton of miners wages alone;
the miners have made the train mems
fight their fight, and would not go back
if arbitration were promised them. 1t is
claimed that under no circumstances will
the miners go to work unless all train men
discharged after the order was given TO
go to work be reinstatsd. There has
been no Improvement in the traffic of the
company. Not a coal car came down the
road yesterday afternoon, and only 15o
load ed cars went through Reading from
the individual collieries during Tuesday
night and up to noon yesterday. New
rules for the guidance of the railroad
company's employees in this city, issued
by Superintendent Sweigard, were yes
terday posted in all the shops. They are
regarded as unusually strin gent, and the
men have been discussing them very
freely,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19
WEALTHY COLORED MEN.
A Few of Those Who Arc Worth Owe
Fifty Thousand Dollars.

A Few of Those Who Arc Worth Over
Fifty Thousand Dollars.
Frederick Douglass is said to be
worth $3.50. 900. although he is only
assessed for $1S S95 worth of property.
Samuel Harris, negro of Williams
burg, Va. is worth $50 900. In Rich
mond there is an Africo-American
barber named William Lyons who is
worth $50, 900.
The wealthiest person of the African
race north of Mason and Dixon's line
is DR.. James N. Gloucester, of Brook
lyn. The Gloucester estate is valued
at 5000. OOO
A. Nickens owns and manages a
pottery ut Haddo nfield, from which he
turned out work that outrivaled every
Exposition.
In Augusta. Ga, W. G. johnson,
general merchant, is said TO be worth
$35, 600 Mrs. Nora Foster, hand
some quadroon, recently inherited n
fortune of nearly 500. 900 from her
husband.
Nineteen colored men of Baltimore
stIC oftlt W NO WI TIL sDOOOyOOV. hC
wealthiest is Joseph Thomas, who is a
boss stevedorr. He is worth $50, 900.
James L. Bradford, green grocer, is
worth $50. O0O
Rev. James Ramsey. of Hancock
County, O., is worth $3.50, 900. and is
the largest individual holder in the
Bank of Findlav. There are quite a
number of negroes with property ir
Ohio amounting to S75 600.
Stewart Ellis, of Raleigh, N. c., has
filled Government contract for car
pentering on building worth $500,
COO w. C. Coleman, wholesale and
retail merchant of Concord, n c.,
owns several of the finest breed OF
horses in the State. Minneapolis
Tribune
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19
He Used His Gun.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. IA rather strang
suicide occurred yesterday at the ca
stables of the st. Louis Street Railroa
Company, or Broadway line, as it is bette
known, Seventh and Wyoming streets.
Car No. 81, August Hoffman, conductor,
and Jas. McEwen, driver, arrived at thu
stables at twenty minutes to nine O'Clock
from uptown. An unknown white man
had. come down in the car. While the
driver and conductor were changing the
team the man jumped off the car. ran into
the stables and shot himself. He used q
A-caliber British bull dog revolver, which
the placed back of his right ear, pulled
the trigger, killing himself instantly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19
Busv Times at Port Richmond,

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11.-Over two hum
dred coal-handlers and one hundred
stevedores were at work at the Port Rich
mond yards and wharves yesterday. Six
vessels were lying at the docks receiving
cargoes of coal, while several Others were
receiving cargoes OF merchandise.
There was considerable activity in
the yards and along the wharves.
All the shafts were i'll motion
and trains of cars loaded with coal could
be seen going hither and thither. The
men were all at work, and no signs of a
strike were apparent. The strikers con-
pregated, as before, in the saloons and
cigar stores and on street corners of Port
Ric hmond.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19
The Nationa, soldiers, Homes.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE House yes
terday received the annual report of the
board of managers of the National Home
for disabled volunteers. The average
number of inmates present during the
year was 9,71s, an increase of forty-four
per cent. in five years. The death rate Tor
the year was sixty-one per cent. more
than the rate of men of similar ages in
ordinary health. During the past three
years, the number of those admitted on
account of wounds received in action has
materially fallen off. while those re-
ceived. owing to age infirmities greatly
increased. The homes are now filed to
their utmost capacitv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19
South Dakota.

HURON. Oak, Jan. 1.-THE constitu-
tional convention adjourned yesterday
afternoon. The members are greatly en-
couraged with what has been accom- :
plished, and the opinion is expressed that
il Congress fails to do any thing for South
Dakota this winter the people VIII act
for thems Ives in the spring. The people
of South Dakota will never submit to the
admission of the Territory as one State
The conventions committee on future
work repor ted in favor of the appoint
rnent of a committee to direct the move
ment for Statehood in South Dakota, and
leaving the appointment of presidential
electors next spring to the decision of the
commit tee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19

experienced old gentleman. II am GO
ing to propose to my sweetheart this
evening, and 1 wish you'd post me a
little as to how to manage in case she
should not listen favorably to my.
suit ''Well, Tom, if she says in a.
decided tone of voice: I can never
love you.' don't lose heart. for there
will yet be hope. But if she softly
says: No one, dear Tom, has more
sincere wishes for your happiness than
l. you might rs well take your hat
and leave ut once IN Y Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19

-Wife-"Why did you send home
ton of coal to-day. dearp We have
coal enough to last until july" Hus-
band-"I didn't order any coal. and I
wish you wouldn't pay gas bills. /
went to the office today to make
kick and was told the bill was paid.n
Wife why, / haven't paid any gas
bills" Daughter (blushing) George
is the responsible one. papa. and !
think it was very delicate thing for
him to do. IN Y San.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19
The Beginning and the End.
THE BEGINNING.

A school-boy ten years old, one love-
ly June day, with the roses in full
bloom over the porch. and the labor
ers in the wheat fields. had been sent
by his Uncle John to pay bill at the
country store. and there was seventy
five cents left, and Uncle John did no.
ask him for it.
At noon this boy had stood under
beautiful blue sky, and a great tempta-
ton came. He said to himself: Shall
/ give it back, or shall wait till he
asks me for it? If he never asks, that
is his lookout If he does, why l can
get it again" He never gave back
the money.
THE ENDING.
Ten years went by; he was q clerk
in bank. A package of bills lay in
a drawer, and had not been put in the
safe He saw them. wrapped them up
in his coat, and carried them home.
He is now in prison cell; but he set
his feet that way when boy. years
before, when he sold his honesty for
seventy-five cents.
That night he sat disgraced. and an
open criminal. Uncle John was long
ago dead. The old home was Desc
late. the mother broken-hearted. The
prisoner knew what brought him
there. - School Journal.
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CINCINNATI, Jan. Pit is reported that
half doz.n large tobacco manufacture.
ing firms located in ST. Louis. Louisville,
New York, and Middletown, O., have
succeeded in securing a corner on aim ost
the entire product of what is known as
the "vhite hurley" tobacco district.
About fourteen million pounds, it is
stated, are already barSained for and Sc
cured, and much moro is believed to have
been fastened to,
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First Lady Ito new-fould friend

First Lady Ito new-found friend)
You are the most fortunate of
women. did not believe such per-
feet angel of q man could exist" Sec
ond Lady (mystitieO beg par
dom First LADY, refer to your
husbands liberaliry in money matters.
He handed you that money with as lit
tie hesitation as if he had been lover
instead of the husband of years. Sec
ond Lady (quietly)-':It's my money"
Omaha World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19

On Lake Superior steamer. q
few weeks ago. a five-year-old girl
made friends with the captain, and
was nearly always at his side. One
day the captain stepped up to the COM
pass to take his bearings. followed by
the little one Were going due
west Ethel" he remarked. NO"
came the answer. like flash, 1--WE re
goin' Du-luthr' Golden Daus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19

Lord SALISBURY. Gladstone had pro-
phesied that the Conservatives would
eventually give hons rule to
Ireland, but never was the principle of
national union more sincerely held than
now. The Unionists were firmly con
vincsd that Ireland has become thorough
II consolidated with Great Britain under
the same legislature and the same laws
and enjoying equal liberty. Vaccilla ton
had been the great crime of En-
gland against Ireland, and no
government would be of any avail
unless it showed that it could govern alb
solUtely. Referring te the movement in
favor of fair trade, Lord Salisbury sal d
he was still free-trader on principle, but
experience he said had shown that the
free-trade theory had been carried too far
or misapplied, in consequence of which
some reaction was probable. The sugar
bounties question, he said, was an in
stance of the hurtful ness of indis-
criminate free trade. Agriculture was a
more difficult question, but it must be adj
mitted that the interests of the producer
and the consumer in the productions of
the English soil were bound by a common
interest, and must stand and fall together.
In concluding, Lord Salisbury expressed
his conviction that those persons who
thought that the next general election
would upset the Unionists, had utterly
misread the sentiments of the English
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19

tween the Democratic party and the
Republican party, quite unceremon-
iously kicked the Republican party out
of mower. T1zf7i01a1roIis Sentinel
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19
THE IRISH QUESTION.

LORD Salisbury Discusses the Irish Qucs.
aon Before an Immense Audience at
Liverpool-He Touches Upon the Free
Trade Doctrine-The Unionists Stiu Safe.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 12-Lord Salisbury
aooressed an immense meeting in Heng-
Ier's circus last night. He was lightly
hoerSe at the berinninp of HE .D.acb
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- Ao HNNS-Af
but his voice became
clearer as he went on.
Discussing the Irish
question, he said the
Gladstonians had
relied upon their
conviction that En-
gland could not
govern Ireland, and
had directed thei
policy towards secur
Ing the full fillment
of that Pigment of
the Imagination. Mr..
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-06

KEToHUM KEYSTONE: Constable
Mourning brough. herd of seven
"Dagos" into town last Sunday and
filed charge against them of using
explosive substances to kill and de-
stroy fish in Warm Springs creek.
The hearing took place before Mr..
Broadhead, Justice Of the Peace.
The seven offenders were simon pure
Greeks, not one Of whom could speak
word of English, or pretended they
could not. 1t was impossible for the
court or the prosecuting attorney,
Mr.. Bierbauer, to pronounce their
names, so the following were substi-
tuted: Geo. Lockout, John Doe,
Richard Roe, S. Vermifuge, S. Me-
tropolis, Nose Maccaroni, Q. Vermi-
celli. The trial proceeded and the
offenders were asked if they desired
a lawyer. They answered "no sabe.'
| They were again asked II they under
stood what they were brought up for
and they again replied "no sabe.'
At this junoture of the proceedings ii
began to look like a "quien sabe'
case. Finally it was decided to hear
the evidence. Three or four wit
nesses were examined, and all but
one of the prisoners-S. Metropolis
were found guilty Of killing fish witt
dynamite, the penalty for which
offense beng fine of not less thar
S25 nor more than 800. They were
fined $25 each, and in default of pay
ment were sent to the county Jail fol
twelve and one-half days.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-06
Extradrtion Treaties.

Congress is discussing extradition
treaties. There really does not seem
to be much to discuss. This coun ~
does not want to harbor any criminals.
If there are any foreign criminals in
the United States, and anybody wants
them, give them up. A criminal is
very poor property. AS we once be-
fore remarked, the theory of nations
seems to be that criminal is very
precious being, and one nation will
not give him up unless the nation
against whose laws he has offended
solemnly agrees to return criminal
if it gets one that belongs to the 9TH
err nation. Treaties should be broad
enough to secure the return of all
criminals, except the offense be of a
political character. But if any nation
refuses to enter into such treaty,
and wants any of its criminals who
have landed upon our shores, give
them to her. Canada for years has
been the refuge Of the biggest thieves
that America has ever produced.
The United States imprisons the little
and comparatively harmless thieves.
But those who would steal mans
house while he was asleep in 1t, or
pocket an entire bank vault or run
off with a state, are over in Canada.
The people OF the United States sleep
much sounder because they are. But
Canada cannot take much salts action
in this sort of increase to her popu-
lation. 1t would naturally be sup
posed that she would be eager to get
rid of these people. Once in while
we get one OF her bank robbers, and
we cling to him with the same tenacity
that Canada clings to our off-colored
gentlemen. Better enter into treaties
that will guarantee grand exchange.
Let all hands have free access to their
own, even if it is not very good
Western Rural.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-06
RE VERA.

For years the public have been
making war on the railroads on ac-
count of their freight pools and com
binations, taking the ground that they
were against public policy. In the
meantime other pools and trusts have
quietly been made which in reality
more directly affect the masses than
the railroad combinations, but which
seem to have not attracted the same
attention.
Among the first was what was
termed the "Nail Trust" All the
great factories were included IN it,
the quantity that should be manu-
featured and the price being fixed by
the trust EVERY man that built a
picket fence or shingled barn paid
the advance price to this pool. Small
though it be in the detail, in the ag-
gregate il was enormous. Then fol-
lowed the bar iron trust, the steel rail
trust, and now comes the stove trust,
controlling that industry in all its
branches. The price of the stove on
which the poor mans breakfast IS
cooked is to be regulated by this
monopoly
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-06
Notice Of Forfeiture.

TO B. McCALLEY: You are hereby
notified that have expended one hun.
dred ($10W dollars in labor and improve
ments upon the Spread Eagle lode and
mining clam, situated in Deadwood Min
ing District Boise county, Idaho Terrific
ry, in order to hold said premises under
the provision of section 1894, Revised
Statutes of the United States, tor the year
ending December 81, 1887. That the pro-
portion of said expenditure due by you,
B. McCalley, is fifty $50 dollars, lawful
money of the United States, and if within
ninety (0O days after the legal publication
of this notice, you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion of said expendi
ture, and with legal cost of this publica
ton, your interest will become the prop
erty of the undersigned, under said sec
ton 1924, and you are further notified
that payment of said same, together will
cost of this publication, may be made a
the office of the IDAHO World, in tn,
town of Idaho, Boise county, Idaho Ter
ritory. CON HURST.
March 2, 'S8. 60 d.