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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05
FACTS ABOUT COATS.
Information Not to Be Found in the Great
Encyclopedias of the Age.

Information Not to Be Found in the Great
Encyclopedias of the Age.
The origin of the coat is lost in the
mist of antiquity, where so many
other things are swallowed up and
missed. The very earliest is sup
posed to have been coat of paint.
still affected among savage tribes. In
addition TO the coat of paint, the
higher classes had themselves striped
and vanished. A light coat of white
wash was doubtless worn during the
heat of summer Shady character s
among our public men require white
wash even now. which shows how
long n fashion can live.
The reason that Joseph's brothers
were Jealous of him was because his coat
of many colors made him such rain
beau among the girls. I'm there plain
butternut clothes they hal no show
against him.
A coat of mail was fashionable dur
ing the middle ages, though not con-
fined to middle-aged men, by any
means. Owing to the present mascu-
line styles that prevail among ladies.
it is diff cult 10 tell q coat of mail from
coat of female.
The coat of mail was worn to pro-
tect the soldiers in battle. A great
body of soldiers required great coat.
The coat of mail went through the
post office as third-class matter. sub
ject TO newspaper postage only, for it
was an unlettered age.
Before our ancestors knew the use
of cloth they made coats of skins.
Fur overcoats were the only ones
worn. When coats of skin prevailed
man first learned to skin tailor out
of coat. The expression, III tan
his coat" originated during the above
period in coat history. The price of
The coat depended on how the skins
were coated in the market reports.
A coat of arms was once considered
indispensable. even in families that
were destitute of vests aud pantaloons.
Some old families even now make a
great fuss over their coat of arms,
with their arms out at the elbows We
shouldn't value a coat of arms alone.
Like our ale. we would prefer it with
some body to it.
Cloth coats came in with the inven-
ton of cloth, Of course, yet there be
those who assert that the wonderful
coats of mail, described by Homer,
who lived before textiles were thought
of, were made out of whole cloth.
OF modern coats it is hardly neces-
sarY to speak. for they parade before
us ally. You can generally tell a
gentleman by the style of his coat. ex-
cept when he wears swallow-tail 10
Il stylish dinner. and then you are
liable to confound him with the waiter
who dresses in the same manner, con-
found him. A coat of tar and feathers
gives q man quite distinguished air,
and he is sure to attract attention any
where. -1e1rs Siftings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05
a General Tia-ITn

of all the means of public conveyance in a
large city even for a few hours, during a
strike OF the employees, means a general
paralyzing of trade and industry for the
time being, and is attended with an enor-
nous aggregate loss to the community,
How much more serious to the individual
is the general tie-up of his system, known as
constipation, and due to the strike of the most
important organs for more prudent treat
ment and better care. If too long neglect
ed, torpid or sluggish liver will produce
serious forms of kidney and liver diseases,
malarial trouble and chronic dyspepsia. DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets are a
preventive and cure of these disorders.
They are prompt, sure and effective, pleasant
to take, and positively harmless.
A BAD sign-an illegible signature -Nst-
tI.osG
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05
A REMARKABLE CASE,
Man Who Was Too Busy to Remembe
That He Had Been Married.

A Man Who Was Too Busy to Remember
That He Had Been Married.
A paragraph has been going the
rounds of the press of late purporting
10 be n truthful account of a remarka-
BILE case of Observation-Disclosures which
made young man forget his we'd
ding day. A prominent civil engineer
m this city called attention to this
floating paragraph yesterday. and
said:
II know of much more rem lark a.
BILE case. 1t was not absent minded.
ness, however, but an illustration OF
the wonderful concentration oil
thought which is possible in great
emergencies. Somewhere about 1857
Ed d. Mason. assistant engineer on
the Wabash road. went to Buffalo to
be married. The ceremony was per-
formed at ten o'clock in the morning.
While congratulations were being ex-
tended the newly-wedded Benedict re-
ceived telegram from his chief in
Toledo, informing him that an impor-
tant truss bridge over a river on the
line of the road had been burned. and
must be rebuilt Immediately. The
working plans could not be found
and Mason was ordered home.
..As the trains ran he could not
reach Toledo before the next morning.
Taking a hasty adieu of the bride and
the wedding party, and promising to
return at three o'clock to partake of
the wedding dinner, he hurried to the
office of an engineer we'll known to
him. who at once placed the facilities
of his office ut Mason's disposal. BY
eleven o clock he was hard at work.
When three o'clock came. feeling faint
and weary, he walked down stairs
mechanically. entered neighboring
restaurant that he had frequented be-
fore. refreshed himself with sand
witch and glass of beer. and returned
TO his work. By five o'clock he had
duplicated the original plans of the
bridge from memory. including exact
measurements and quantities. and
telegraphed from Toledo. On this
telegraphic plan the bridge builders
instantly set to work and found it alb
solutely correct even to the
minutest detail. 1t was most
astonishing feat. But what is
still more astonishing is the
fact that from the moment Mason left
his bride in the morning until he had
forwarded his Geographic report he
never recalled the event of his mar
riage. When he went out for his
lunch he might just as well have gone
to the wedding dinner. as the distance
was no greater and excused himself
without loss of time. But his mind
was so occupied in meeting the emer-
gency that no thought of any thing
but the burned bridge could gain en-
trance.
I'm later years Mason was Colonel
in the army. prominent member OF
the American Society of Civil Engi-
neers. and left rs monuments to his
skill the bridge over the Mississippi at
Hannibal and that over Y Missouri
at st. Joseph. He died PIE fifteen
years ago. His widow is ~ living
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

There is no end to the tasks which daily
confront the good housewife. To be a sue
cessful housekeeper, the first requisite is
good health. How can q woman contend
against the trials and worries ofhousekeep-
ing if she be suffering from those distress,
ing Irregularities, ailments and weaknesses
peculiar TO her sex! DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is a specific for those els
orders. The only remedy, sold by drug
.7ists, under posi- tive guarantee from the
manufacturers. Satisfaction guaranteed
in every case, or money refunded. See
printed guaran tee on bottle wrapper.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

1t is fancied by grateful patron that the
next comet viii appear in the form of huge
bottle, having Golden Medical Discovery
inscribedupon it in bold characters. Whether
this conceit and high compliment will be
verified, remains to be seen, but DR.. Pierce
will continue to send forth that wonderful
vegetable compound, and potent eradicato1
of disease. 1t has no equal in medicinal and
health giving properties, for imparting vigol
and tone to the liver and kidneys, in
purifying the blood. and through it cleans
ing and renewing the whole system. Fol
scrofulous humors, and consumption, OF
lung scrof la, in its early stages, it is q
positive specific Druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

The small town of Putzig, near Dantzic,
containing, according to the last census,
1855 inhabitants, is the happy possessor
of an independent fortune estimated at
upward of 100000 marks, originally the
gift of an exiled King of Sweden two or
three centuries ago There are not only
no communal taxes levied, but the hand
some surplus from the Investment is an
nually added to the principal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05
Nothing Without It's Sting,

And that, too in the shape of the heart
purn most abominable of acldities y after
eating, if indigestion, in it's chronic form,
has you in it's clutches. Neither, if it has
car you long expect immunity from bilious
ness and constipation, it's pleasing COZ
leagues, the hideous trio vieing each with
each to render your life more miserable
Get Hostetter's Stomach Bitters at once
insist upon the genuine in glass-and use it
with rational persistence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

An Illinois clergyman who went
out into the country to marry 4 young
couple. and was put to the trouble of
hiring a horse for the occasion, re-
ceiyed from the groom coin carefully
done up in a piece of paper On
opening it when he reached home he
found within silver quarter
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

and has in my presence corrobnrated.
so far as she could, Colonel Mason's
account of his wedding-day expert
ence. "-C Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

EVERY person is interested in their own
affairs, and if this meets the eye of any one
who is suffering from the effects of torpid
liver. we will admit that he is interested il
getting well. Get q bottle of Prickly Ash
Bitters, use it as directed, and you will al
ways be glad you read this item.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05
HIS PROTO.


81 S}aSssa ssssssss we see him here.
z-a-4-aaH-=s-As-A]NA His familiar face and
form have become trade mark, and the
good he has done is illustrated in the follow
ing marvellous instance: Jan. H. 1883,
George C. 0sgood {; Co., druggists, Lowell,
Mass, wrote: Mr.. Lewis Dennis, No. lo6
Moody ST., desires to recommend st. Jacobs
Oil to any afflicted with rheumatism, and
desires especially to say, that Orrin Robinson,
of Granville, Mass, afboy of II years, came
to his house IN the Summer Of 1881 walking
upon crutches his left leg having beer bent
at the knee for over two months and could
not be bent back. He could not walk upon
it. Mr.. Dennis had some ST. Jacobs Oil III
the house and gave it TO him to rub on his
knee. In six days he had no use for his
crutches and went home well without them,
and he has been well since ST. Jacobs Oil cured
him" In July, 1887, inquiry was made Of the
Messrs. Osgood to ascertain the condition of
the little cripple, which brought the follow
ing response: Lowell, Mass, July o. 1851
The poor cripple on crutches, Orrin Robin
son, cured by St. Jacobs Oil i'll 1881, has re-
manned cured. The young man has been
and is now at work every day al nlanual
labor. DR.. George c. OSsood, NJ. D." No
other remedy can make the same showing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

THE coun terfeiter, no matter where he
goes, lis seldom well lodged. At least, it is
believed that wherever he is he has bad
quarters Boston Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05
RIGHT, 1857.

upon lining of the and other
their
thckened
and delicate moist healthy
dion As bloodpurieT unsurpassed AS those diseases
lining
readily why this medicine
go well calculated to them.
Asa local application healing the diseased condi
M ton the head DR. Sage's Caarrh Remedy is beyond
the best preparation ever invented
AeENT 1t mild and pleasant to use producing no smarsng
tic drug other Poison This Remedy i is po,0or-
pans thus aordng great comfort to
those who suffer from this disease
Medical Discovery is the natural
pERMEMEET Catarrh Remedy. 1t
Ain'ans only cleanse puries regulates and builds
nIlpcc up the system to healthy standard, and con-
UUhESs qles throat bronchial and lung complications.
when such exist. but. from its specific
materially restoring the diseased thckened liberated
a effected in this is permanent.
Golden Medical Discovery and DR. Sages
sold by druggists the world Discovery
bottles $780, Sages Catarrh Remedy 80
haIf-dozen bottles $3.50.
complete Treatise Catarrh valuable hints
clothing diet, other will mailed
postpaid address, receipt cent postage stamp
Address, Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
N. Y
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

IF YOU want to be cured of a cough, use
Hale's Honey of Eorehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

SUDDEN Changes of Weather cause Throat
Diseases. There is no more efectual rem
edy for Coughs, Colds, etc, than BRowN's
BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs. Sold only IL. 6o1cs
Price 25 cts
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson Eye Water. Druggists sell it 2oc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

THERE is a great deal of blow about the
signal service officers.-BoStot Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

CAN n drunken man hanging on lamp
post for :. short period he said TO have come
to a full stop?-lhila6ipb NeacS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

MONEY just now is like many men who
have it-cIose. -TerdS SittiAgs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

FREE, trial package for instant relief and
speedy cure of Asthma. Send address to Hot
fingers Drug Store, Lincoln Park, Chicago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

If you would secure fresh share Of life
seek the fresh air-Ts1Gs .SiftiagS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

If you don't feel able to harness CLAIMS
perhaps you might saddle rocks - 1e1os
SJtimgs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

The girl with the highest hat is reckoned
at the lowest figure.-lfe Hduen NeuS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05
CATARRH I'M THE HEAD.

SYMPTOMS OF THE DESEASE.-Dull, heavy headache,
obstruction of the nasal discharges falling from the
head the throat sometimes pofuse water and acrd
the weak there the deafness hacking
with the voice is changed and
nasal the offensive; smell and taste
impaired; with mental depres
hacking debility Only few of the
likely in
Thousands without manfesng half of the
symptoms result consumption, in the
No deceptive and dangerous, less
understood unsuccessIly treated by physicians
COMMON SENSE ses S2sd 81 Ts g s
TREATMENT 1dss i PPs vs or IT fdmpag
the disease must be
this
thousands of
Invads Hotel Surgical Institute the do
the of combining with the of local.
healing inter-
nall bloodceansng tonic medicines.
In curing caarrh all the various diseases with
IskFE which it frequently complicated, throat.
~~' bronchial, and lung diseases, weak stomach, ca
deafness, infiamed impure
sfELleNuE scrofuous sypitic the wonder
ksuzE7 virtues of Perccs Golden Med
Discovery extoed 1t has specific
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

WORD to the Y US is often given in
Welsh.-ItIdS SiftiagS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05
| COMMON SENSE
| TREATMENT.

lcal Discovery
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

@E TO So A DAY. Samples worth I.50
- "a FREE Lines not under the horses feet. Write
&5H BREWSTER SAFETY REIN HOLDER CO., Eolly. Mich
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05
The Coming Comet.

A BAD sign-an iIlegible signature -Ni
1Cdnbes Sentinel
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

EH n N e STUDY. Bookkeeping Penmansh:p, Arfthr
daO N IA metic Shorthand. etc, thoroughly taught
~ mail Circulars free. BRYANTS COLLEGE, Buffalo, I.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

hFAEAm A MONTH. Agents Wanted. 90 best sen.
"A SNgA ing articles in the world. sample Free.
ltSHDS$ HyAddress IA Y BRONSON, Detroit, Msch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

ana PER PROFIT and SAMPLES FREE
bSHsI GTMr to men canvassers for DIR: scott's
u AJ SS JEN 1 Genuine Electric Belts. Hrushee.
etc Lady agents wanted for Electric Corsets. Quick
sales. Write for terms DR. Scott $50 Broadway n. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05
500 10 $500 s a M &c MADE


their own horses and give their whole time to the
business Spare moments may be probably en-
ploye also. 4 few vacancies in towns and cities.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-18
Twelve Resolutions.

l. l will reccOlect every day that [
am mortal, and that in this life l am
prepared for eternity.
2. Twill cOnsideTmyselfas account
able to God for the right use of my
time and all l possess.
3. | will take ihe Bible as "a lamp
unto my feet and a light unto my
PATH" and will pray for the Holy
Spirit to teach me, and to impress all
its truths on my heart.
4. shall keep sacred the Lords
day, and faithfully attend on the
worship of God.
5. l will keep the heart with all
diligence" when all things go we'll
with me, and in time of trouble.
6. Will make it my constant en-
deavor to do all the good | can to all
with whom | am connected,
7. l will not eat or dring any kind
or quantity of food that l have reason
to believe will be hurtful to health,
or unfit me for the duties of life.
s. If l am tempted to anger or to
speak hastily, l will take time for re.
Election.
9. will live under the deep con-
viction that | am sinner, utterly
unable TO save myself, and VIII rss.sS
in Christ alone for the pardon of my
sins. and he,salYation of my soul.
10. Undera sense of my own weak
ness, l will daily pray for The Spirit
of God to make me whole in soul
and body.
II. l will strive after holiness of
heart and life, through the knowl-
edge and love of my Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ.
u. 1 will continually look forward
to the pure, perfect, and lasting en-
jOyments of Heaven.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-18
Chinese Advice to Tea Drinkers.

A Chinaman gives the following
advice to tea drinkers. If followed
it would do away with some of the
Injurious effects of this beverage as
commonly concocted Use black
tea. Green tea when good is kept at
home, What goes abroad is bad,
very bad and horrible. Besides con-
tanning the 203 authorizations the
Chinese philanthropist puts up for
the outside barbarian, it is always
pervaded by copper dust from the
dirty curing-pans of the growers.
Infuse your tea, Don't boil it /!
Place one teaspeonful of tea in the
pot and pour over it u cups Of boil
ing water, that is. water really boil
ing. Ifyour tea is poor, use more.
1t is cheaper. though, TO buy good
tea at the outset, Put your pot on
the back part of the stove, carefully
covered. so that it shall not lose its
heat, and the tea its bouquet. Let
it remain there five minutes. then
drink it. Drink your tea plain.
Don't add milk or sugar. Tea-brok-
ers and tea-tasters never do; epicures
never do the Chinese never do,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-18

They must have the civil service
business down to very fine point in
China. This is the way they do it,,
according to the Philadelphia IN
quirer: THE Yellow River burst
its bank in time Of great flood, and
the story of the terrible disaster il
caused has already been told. 1t ap-
pears, however, from the reports in
the Chinese official papers, that no
difficulty was had in finding some
body responsible for the catastrophe.
Public works were in progress on the
bank of the stream at the time-an
effort to extend the establishments
and keep the river within bounds
and no sooner had the outbreak taken
place than Chiengg-fQ Director tset Sc en-
eral of the Province of Honan, in
which it occurred, sent off report to
the Imperial Government, detailing
the calamity, charging the officers in
charge of the river works, including
himself, with "unpardonable re-
missness," and recommending that
they be degraded. The cheerful
promptnesS with which this exemp-
larry officer besought punishment for
himself and his associates is worthy
of all praise, and one would think,
should have moved the most rigid
disciplinarian to mercy, but his I'M
perial MajestY's Government is of
spartan mold. 1t did, indeed, acquit
the unhappy Director General, not in
mercy, but as an act of strict Justice,
saying: In view of the fact that
the memOrialist has been only short
time at his post, we commend, as a
special act of grace, that he be eX-
empted from the penalty which he
requests But it more than made up
for its leniencY to him by its severity
to the other culpritS. Considering
that he had recommended for them
IAN unduly light form of punish
ment,' it not only degraded five of
them, but ordered them to be ex-
posed along the banks of the river,
while the mandarin in charge of the
circuit was deprived of his button
and handed over TO board-not for
trial, but merely to determine the ex.
tent of his punishment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-18

in one-tenth Of the time of the old
vibratory elbow method.
A rubber funnel which may be. fit
ted over the head, big end up, 50 as
to enclose all the hair while the bar
Der shampoos a customer. Atube
hangs down behind, so as to carry
away the suds, while d hose for flush
ing out the hair, a funnel and a tube
are provided.
A monstar bicycle, with places for
two men in basket swung below
the axle, who operate the mechine
with leavers geared to the axle.
A decoy duck with a variety of de-
tachable heads.
An air pump to force oil from a
tank on ship over a stormy sea.
A fan rotated by the wheels Of a
baby carriage to keep the flies off the
baby,
A church pew that looks like apew
but has comfortable chairs within.
A device which will prevent the
mo8trestless indiVinual from kicking
the clothes off the bed. 1t is the ln-
ventiOn of a Chicago woman.
A new gun with a battery in the
stock, and cartridges which have coils
of platinum wire where. the cap is
Pressing the trigger connects the col
with the battery. tsr@a
A combined rocking chair apd cra
die Gndescrlbable.)
A combined kitchen ventlator anC
clock winder. bel G a device for con
Meeting the yentilator wheels com
monty placed in windows with th'
family clock.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-18

OF the Representatives in Congress
3l6 are lawyers, and of the delegates
5. Several of the States have dele
cations composed entirely of them.
Mississippi has Z. South Carolina Z,
Texas 10, Vermont 2 and West Vir-
ginia 4. The farmers number II, ana
with the planters II. There are IS
manufacturers, IL merchants, 10
bankers, 10 journalists, 6 physicians,
3 ministers, 2 druggists, a stenog-
rapher, railroad president, 1 stock
raiser, brewer and | cooper. One
hundred and seyenty-eight members
were educated in colleges and uni
yersities.