Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22
PITH AND POINT.

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Suite, suite home" sings The
dweller in the family hotel. N 4.
Graphic.
Some men find fault because they
are never lucky enough to find any
thing else.
In all natur' de Tub o. de mudder
is de stronges'. De he bird flies roun'
while de she one takes keer o. de nest
Judge.
in this enlightened age. true
greatness consists in smoking three
dozen twenty cent-cigars a day and
having signature that nobody can
read -DansUitie Breeze.
Three things too much. and three
things too little. are pernicious to
man: To speak much and know little;
to spend much and have little; to
| presume much and be worth little
Ceramics.
1t is certainly much easier wholly
to decline a passion than to keep 1t
within just bounds and measure; and
| that which few can moderate almost
any body can prevent. - Philadelphia
Post.
IL swear by those tall elms in
yonder park" he commenced, bat
she interrupted him. Swear not by
them." she said imploringly. why
notP' ''B ecause those trees are slippery
elms," she said simply.-Merchant
IrdUeler
II person can say with truth.
can not dig he settles his own case in
few words. In pronounc cling this
short sentence against himself he
fixes his position at the foot of the
ladder and shows reason why he will
| always remain there.
One of the unexplained myst cries
is, why should a manufacturer find it
necessary to publish his portrait in
connection with his advertisement OF
three-dollar hat or pair of trousers.
1t would be as sensible to publish the
portrait of his great-grandmother, if
he were dealing in fifty-cent ear
trumpets or twenty-ive-cent night
caps.
Doctor" said the patient II be-
lieve there's something wrong with
my stomach" '.Not a bit of it," re-
piled the DOCTOR promptly. God
made your stomach and he knows how
to make them. There's something
wrong with the stuff you put into it.
maybe. and something wrong in the
way you stuff it in and lamp it down.
but your stomach is all right. =
Brooklpn Eagle.
What sickening thing it is to see
a man copying the speech, the walk,
the manner of woman. The trouble
is that they do not initiate a sensible
woman. but some female imbecile.
And they SHIPPER and they go with
mincing step. and lisp, and scream at
nothing. and take on languishing
look. and bang their hair. and are the
nauseation of honest folks of both
sexes.-Dr. Talmage.
"A jolly Jack Tar, having strayed
into show at fair, to have a look at
the wild beasts, was much struck with
the site of a lion and a tiger in the same
den. ''Why, Jack" said he to q mess
mate, who was chewing a quid in
silent amazement, II shouldn't won
der if next year they were to carry
about sailor and u marine living
peaceably togetherr ''Aye." said
his married companion, ''or man and
his mother in lawr'
Neither wealth nor poverty is in
itself honora BILE or dishonorable. A
very poor, and even a very bad book,
may bring the author great deal of
money, but also a very good book may
do the same. A bank account does
not furnish the standard of character
for books or men. And whoever tries
to make it appear so is promoting
moral muddle. is eonfounding good
and evil. is doing his little. all of
mischief to his country. Gail Hanaal-
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