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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22
NOVELTIES IN JEWElRY.
Some Charming Things Recently Exhi BITE
in New York.

Some Charming Things Recently Exhi bted
in New York.
A novelty, useful as well as orna-
mental. in pin for the hair, so ar
ranged that any brooch with a COM
mon pin back can be fastened on and
utilized for head piece.
A Jockeys cap of blue and white
enamel, trimmed with gold and GEN.
tered at the top with an opal. is a
pretty ornament, so constructed as to
be worn either as brooch OF scarf
pin.
A sweetmeats set recently seen con-
sists of spoon, fork and knife of sill
yer heavily plated in gold and orna-
mented at the handle with small pieces
of frosted silver, representing nap
kins.
A beautiful barrel link necklace re-
Gently placed on the market had
pendent from the front five large
pleasing effect was produced by set
ting the stones alternately.
In earrings pretty design is a tri-
angular shaped piece of varicolored
gold so worked as to represent a lady's
lace handkerchief In one corner is a
smattering of very small garnets rep
resenting the initial.
A handsome scarf pin is boot, the
body of which Is composed of dia-
monds. A heavy gold band forms a
frame for the mass of stones, and
projected from the heel is small
golden spur set with a garnet.
One of the handsomest match boxes
as yet presented by the trade is the
hoof of a small donkey, highly pol
ished and enameled and shod with
silver. On the top is a Jockeys cap
of silver lying between two riding
whips of the same material.
A unique and useful ornament for a
study table is the readers candle.
One design consists of three foot sill
yer rod, to which is hanging by one
foot a monkey of bronze. In his right
hand. which is extended. he holds a
large cup-shaped leaf of gold. in which
rests the candle. covered by roseleaf
shade.
A set of account books for ladies is
the latest idea in expensive novelties.
Four small books bound in russia
leather are contained in case of the
same material, the sides of which are
ornamented with peacock feathers
painted and enameled in the leather.
A small gold paddock holds the books
secure in the case. -Jes0eiers' Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22
A Cure for Cancer.

Another recent discovery in Mexico
is that of a Brazil liam plant which is
said to have medicinal virtues that
make it an infalIible cure for cancer.
Some time ago samples of the plant
we're sent to Washington for expert
mental purposes. l am told that the
Investigations were carried on under
the personal supervision of DR..
Townsend, then-lf not now-Hea til
Officer of the District of Columbia.
The doctor is said to have been guarded
in expressing u positive opinion, but in
answer to an interviewer said: Il have
no hesitation in admitting that in GER
tain cases it has given me very en-
couraging results. My experiments
have not yet gone far enough to war
rant me i'll presenting the matter to
the profession. and my reports from
others into whose hands the remedy
has also been placed have not come
in fully enough to justify me in making
them public at present" Should this
Brazilian herb have half the medicin al
virtue ascribed to it its value can
scarcely be computed -Fannie B.
Ward, IN Philadelphia Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22

soft gummy coating. which is only
partly removed by washing. 1t is this
gum which is scraped off upon its
arrival here, the process being called
cleaning. Four men can clean from
500 10 1000 pounds of the material a
day.
After certain number of slabs are
cleaned. it is tied up in bundles of
from 20 to 25 pieces, the idea
being 10 get uniform weight for
each bundle. A bundle of Arctic
bone is made to weigh about 80
POUNDS. a bundle of Japan or Okhotsk
Sea % pounds and the South Sea is
put up in IS pound bundles.
Different shipowners may have diff
ferent styles of putting up bone, but
it will not vary much from that de-
scribed above. When bundle is
scraped and tied up it is put away,
unless it has an immediate sale. If it
becomes damp from being kept any
length of time it becomes mouldy and
has to be scraped again.
The longest bone is in the center of
the whales head and tapers down to
the nib end and to the throat, form
ing kind of triangle. The bone at
the throat is thinner than in any
other part of the head. While the
length of the longest pieces of bone is
rarely over fourteen feet, whales
have been captured which yielded
bone nineteen feet in length. and
many slabs have been kept by vessel
owners as mementoes.
One piece of whalebone captured in
1888 by the Nantucket ship Lucy Ann
is now in the possession of c. j. R.
Carson, who has placed it with his
collection. 1t is, Notwithstanding its
age, we'll preserved. and has the
scenes of whaling voyage scratched
upon it in very fair shape. -Ne,o Bed
ford Mercurg.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22
KEROSENE FOR POULTRY.
The Readiest Preventive for Scurvy on the
Legs of Fowls.

The Readiest Preventive for Scurvy on the
Legs of Fowls.
In Eng! land. where poultry-keepers
now applaud the Use of kerosene, it is
everywhere called paraffine oil, as !
found when visiting among breeders
there in rs. There was q general
impr ession then that it would kill
chickens of any age, and every one
looked incredulous when told of u.s.
ing it behind the heads of lousy chicks
three DAYS old. / find the commonest
sort of oil the best for use among
poultry, and in the winter l apply it
with a long-nozzled pint oil can.
squirting it around and especially on
the perches. For the nests a long
ozzled hard rubber syringe is best.
With this the liquid can be forced well
into all the joints of the nests. Ihave
proved it to be the readiest and best
preventive and cure for scurvy on the
legs of fowls, which has become very
common in the Northwest. For this
mix thoroughly equal parts of sulphur
and lard and then add twice the guam
tity of kerosene This is well rubbed
into the legs of the fowls once a day
for three to five times, and never fails;
one dressing will stop incipient cases.
Two hens had learned to eat eggs. and
destroyed four to six in a day. A lit
tie kerosene sickened the ladies. and a
little on eggs within their further
reach 0 disguised them as to cure
them of the habit. A friend put into
my hen house with my fowls ten lousy
hens. In three weeks they were clear
of lice, and none were found on any
of the others Vim. Horne. N. D., Y
s., in ~ y Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22
CAPONS AS NURSES.
How They May Be Taught to Bring UI
Little Chickens.

How They May Be Taught to Bring UP
Little Chickens.
A capon may be made doubly use
full by teaching him to bring up the
little chickens, while the old hen may
again devote herself to laying eggs.
With little training, capon makes
the best of mothers. taking excellent
care of twenty or thirty chickens at a
time. and will keep at it all summer.
besides getting large and fat himself.
Being so much larger and stronger
than hen, he can do more scratch
inc for the chicks, and can brood twice
as many.
When the capon has reached the age
of nine months. he is old enough to
assume maternal duties. If you have
chicks ready. catch the capon, pluck q
few feathers out of his breast. and at
the same time switch the spot lightly
with cedar twig or any thing that
will sting little. The object of this
is to cause his breast to itch. Put him
under a box two feet square, and low
enough to prevent his standing up
right. Then put two or three chickens
under him. If he kills these, which he
will probably do, he should be taken out
and switched again on his breast
After this he may be put back in the
box, and more chicks given him. This
time he will probably be glad to have
them with him, as his breast itches so
that he will be glad to have the chicks
huddle under him, and he will soon
cluck to them eagerly, and treat them
as kindly as an old hen. He should
be kept under the box twenty-four
hours with the chicks, giving them a
few crumbs. and water There should
be not more light than just to enable
him to see the water Care shoull be
taken to have the capon placed far
enough from the old hen to prevent
the chicks from hearing her call for
them.
The next day the capon may be put
in an open coop, and as many chicks
given him rs may be deemed desirable.
After few days he and the chicks
may be allowed to roam where they
please, and the capon will take even
better care of the chicks than their
mother would, rs he will never wean
them. Other chicks may be given him
from time to time, as those that are
large enough are taken away. This
should always be done at night time. -
american A9rzcatlturist
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22
ABOUT WHALEBONE.
Its Source, It's Preparation and It's Us
All COncisely Told.

Its Source, It's Preparation and Its Use,
All Concisely Told.
How many people who read the
daily papers and see ten thousand
pounds of whale bone quoted sold know
what process is gone through with
before they use the bone for the many
purposes?
Very few.
Aud again, many people not living
in seaport town. suppose that the
bone is taken from the whales body.
which is quite natural supposition.
But such is not the fact. Whalebone,
or beleen. such as is used by manu-
facturers, is the horny. Illuminated
pilates or blades in the mouth of the
bal8na, or right whale. These plates.
which usually number from $40 to $50
in the mouth of full-grown whale,
are from 6 inches to IA feet in length,
and serve the purpose of retaining the
small fry which compose the food of
this species of whale. The whalebone
is not properly bone. but bears strong
resemblan to the horns of cattle, the
hoofs of the horse. or the nails and
hair of the human species. 1t is al
most identical in structure with the
horn of the rhinoceros. Three kinds
are distinguished in commerce. though
there is but little difference in quality:
The Greenland, the South Sea and
the Northwest Coast bone. 1t is
used for the ribs and stretchers
of umbrellas and parasols. fol
stays, brushes. whip-handles. the
manufacture of haircloth. for hats and
bonnets, canes and thousand and
one other articles. The rather higf
price has led the inventive mind tC
try and discover substitute for whale.
bone. but only in the case of steel,
which is now largely used for um-
brellas. has any one succeeded in find
ing substitute. and it is greatly
doubted if ever substitute can bt
found which will equal it for certain
uses to which it is put
The process gone through before the
manufacturer gets the bone is inter
>esting. In the first place after the
whale is captured, a number o
men are lowered in the creature
mouth and the bone cut out ant
-shoisted on the deck of the craft
After good washing in water. some
times the decks being flooded for this
purpose. it is slowed below and LANDED
at San Francisco upon the completion
of the vessels cruise. If il is Areti
or Japan bone and is owned By San
Francisco merchants it is slowed IL
their warehouses and made ready TO
the market, and if it is owned by New
Bedford merchants it is shipped Eas
by rail.
A reporter visited the storeroon
of one of our whaling merchant
recently and found four men busil.
engaged in cleaning the bone AM
getting it ready for the market Al
the men were scraping pieces OF BON
with an instrument which resemble
the blade of single meat chopper
When the bone is taken from tn
whales mouth it is covered with
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22
SHE SAW THE POINT.
How q Detroit Merchant Cured Troub =
1esome Lady Customer.


"That lady" said a Woodward
avenue merchant, pointing to woman
who had traded about twelve dollars
worth in ten minutes. and was going
out, FUSED to be one of my worst call
ers. She'd come in almost daily.
bother four or five clerks for two
hours. and 60 out without buying a
cents worth.
How did you cure her?'
We'll, Ispoke to her in an off-hand
way one day. and she fired up and
said that as long as I kept clerks it
was my business to be bothered.
Next day 1 selected ten of the girl
clerks, posted 'em as to what to say,
and they rung her door-be at inter-
walls of an hour all day and inquired
if she wanted a nurse girl She
didn't. and told them so pleasantly
enough until the tenth one came.
Then she said:
"Td like to know why on earth all
you girls come here bothering me
when / don't want to hire!"
because, ma am, so long as you
keep servants it is your business to be
bothered!' was the prompt reply.
81 think she reasoned out the anal
ogy. for she now sits down and buys
what she wants. and every clerk likes
to wait on her, detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22
RUNNING INTO DEBT.
Praotica1 Words Of Advice to Young Mem
from DR.. COllyer.

PrasticaI Words Of Advice to Young Mem
from Dr. COllyer.
So common is the habit of borrow
ing or getting things on credit that
the average young man thinks no more
concernedly of doing it than if it was
a. recognized and honorable business
privilege Robert Collyer, in his adj
mirable Talks to Young Men, makes
the following wholesome remarks, on
this subject:
.Iknow Of few things in our life, SO
FULL of peril to q young man rs run
ming into debt. 1t has done more
damage to our finest manhood than
any other thing can think of. except
drinking whisky. and to good many
men there is no danger from that,
even, so long as they stand free from
this curse of debt. But man is
driven into the. second evil often in
trying to forget the first. or to, abate
it's burden. y y It is not true, as
we might imagine, that only those of
debt = The worst of the. curse
is, that it so very often takes. our
choicest young men captive anddrags
them down to this shame-young men
of a genuine honesty, so far as good
intentions GO. when they set cut in
life. y 1t is like thread of
golden wire. SO fine they dc, not see it
at first or feel it; but day by day other
threads are bound about them, and
these twist themselves at last into
| cable from which they find it very
hard and bitter work to get free.
IL Do not spend money von can not
we'll spare. If you buy Bible, even,
you can not afford to buy just then,
YOU wander to where the wires are
set, and may do more harm to YOUR
self thereby than the Bible will ever
do you good. Nay, will say more
than this: Ifyou SO misread your Bible
as 10 trusS God will take care of
you when you ought to take care
| OF yourself in this most asred BUSH
ness of paying as you go. you had
better sell your Bible at the first old
] bookstore and buy Poor Ri CHI ard 8
| Almanac OF The Autobiography of
Benjamin Franklin like that word
of IL sound divine who says that next
to the grace of God, paying our debts
right along is the best means of grace
in the world to deliver us from thou.
sand snares. Do not RIM
into debt. then. Save that You NAV
spend. Do what true man NAV dc
to provide things honest in the sight
of all men. Owe no man any thing,
in this noble way, and then you viii
mako all men your debtors for the
sterling and noble example You set e
the world about vou.n IN. 7. Yoice,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22
BARBARA HECK'S WORK.
The L ife of q Woman Known as the
Foundress of American Methoaism.

The L ife of Woman Known the
Foundress of American Methoiism.
Barbara Heck is known in church
history as 1.-The foundress of American
Methodism. She was born in Ireland
of German parents. who belonged to q.
settlement of German emigrants from
the Rhine Paiatinate to the Emerald
Isle. These people soon came under
the influence of Wesley and his
preachers. and formed one of the
strongest Methodist societies i'm Ire.
land. In 1860 Philip Embury, a Meth
odist preacher. with number of these
Germans. including Paul Heck and his
wife Barbara, sailed for New York.
gave up their Wesleyan meetings.,
but in 1866 Mrs. Heck had become
so impressed with the wickedness- of
this falling off that she felt called upon
to arouse her friends from their
lethargy- Her earnest words so inn
pressed En- bury that he again under
took his work as preacher She
rested not until she had gathered a
little congregation to meet at his
house, and by their joins exertions the
famous s.Old John Street Chapel" the
first Methodist Church in America.
was built. When Wesley's preachers
came to take charge Of the John Street
Church, Mrs. Heck removed with her
family and that of Embury to Northern
New York, where they founded
Methodist societies. They finally set
tied in Upper Canada, and became the
| founders of their denomina alton in that
| locality. Barbara Heck died there. al
| the residence of her son. Samuel
Heck. near Augusta. in 1904, at the
age of seventy years. -Chica0o Inter
| Ocean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22
A BulI's-.Eye Shot.

Boy, did you kill that rabbit?'
a>ked citizen of lad who was car
rying dead hare along the Holden
road the other day in one hand, while
he had gun in the other.
eff I didn't, who did?" was the
surly reply.
why, he might have run agin the
fence and committed suicide
oh. you were sneaking around a nd
saw it, chr exclaimed the boy, as he
gave the rabbit a swing and dropped
him into mud-hole. Detroit Ere.
Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22

An old man from East Buffalo
appeared at the stamp window in the
post-officc yesterday and said: mis-
ter. please give ME seven cents worth
of stamps" ''Twos. or ones, or whatP"
Il tell you, seven cents worth. )"
Well do you want seven ones. or
three twos and one. four and a
three. or six and one? How many
letters have you got?'' Two.
What you want to know
forP'' where are they goingp'
Germany and New York. "
Then you want five and a two.
Why didn't you say SOP" Il told you
wanted seven cents worth. didn't II
Here's your money" and he handed
in a five-cent piece and two big PEN
MES. Buffalo Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22

In little town in Oregon lives a
beautiful young lady, nineteen years
old, who is web-footed. She wears a
small shoe. and except in the matter
OF the webs between her toes, she has
q remarkably shapely foot When a
child she was never so happy as when
wading in the water, and she is now
an expert swimmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22

The City Council of Findlay,
O., having for two years neglected
to lay a sidewalk on section of
Center street. which was very muddy
in wet weather. the women turned
out en- masse one day last week, each
with a certain amount of brick, and
proceeded to put down a neat and
substanti walk in front of their
esidences for distance of over six
hundred feet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22

Overheard in large jewelry estab-
lishmen:: Salesman-'.Yes, madam.
this is intaglio." Fashionable Pur-
chaser Oh, yes. see; was she one
of those NEUROLOGICAL charactersF-
~ Y Truth
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22

the last strip of land has receded from
view. tie sounds are still ringing in
your ears. Like sweet blessing. the
song follows you across the deep.
And, finally, when the grave is about
to close over the form of some loved
one who has gone before. it is in a
song that grief and sorrow seek to
find an utterance among the Ger
mans. -PennsuLUanian.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22

Lord Lansdowne' salary as Vice
roy of India will be 100000 year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22

"A crank is all right if he turns in
the right direction.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-20
OVER TWO HUNDRED VICTIMS.
The fsrrtats Results 81 the ksosst Bile.
zsrss Ia tbs sssth.est-

81 FAu1. Jan ls.-tt VAS thought yes-
lsrasy tess the numter of victims of the
81 izSrd mises reach 800. Iodsy il a. knewn
hat considerably mere than thai hsss per
isaed. fAs ASses oi 30 are kno~a. and
additional victims are reported every DIS
fsom flssdesa. l. T., comes the report that
fhe irozen bsay al child wss tcont part
y osFoare3 by eslees- a party oi ioar, AZ
GLIDING Kiss Ass Henniag two xouns
men snd boz - -. were exurht IA the
blizzard while an reute "a party. The
Young men cruelty sb4kaoned the other
lwo aud reach farm house ia safety. The
youRs lazy khsilerea the boy a. best size
could vita the oBly blanket they had, but
wheB they we're found both were badly
frozen. Miss Hennlns will lose botn her
legs. bat she saved tie boys life.
Miss Louie Royce. teacher eight
miles frcm Piainsisw. Neb.. had bui
three pupils the oas OF the storm.
She started fCr house about twenty
rods distant, b9G lost her way. She laid
down in the snow and covered the children
as best size could. bGi one after another of
them died IA the night. She nnslly
reached the house, bat was badly fra4en.
FROM Neigh, Neh., a school teacher and
eight chi q .en are fs ported - have perishee.
seven other people are reported frozen 10
death ~ the same pace. The report that a
teacher and sixteen chlldTsa had perisheo
near Aberdeen, OAK. proves 10 Be faise.
Telegram-herald., 1888-01-20
ROBBERS SURPRISED
OFFICERS 4AO T1s DRoP on T4sN.
Az Exciting Eneoanser oa the wabash &
Western Railroad Near Missouri
Clu-JNessy shats fxchxnEed
-0ne kobber killed.

ST. LoCIs. Jan. i9.--Trsin robbers were
express trsia on the Wabash & Western
Road ss Cooley's Lake twenty four miles
east Of Kansas City. The regular Kansas
City train had the 81 Louis express Ii len
Kansas City al SO p. al. Mnen the train
stopped al Missouri City band Of men
with shot guns under command Of ON
cials OF the eonnty. notified the conductor
that they had received word skst an attempt
would be made 70 rob the trsin al Cooley
Lake, two miles EAST II Missouri City. One
OF The officers got into the cab oi the en-
gine and the Others distributed themselves
through the train
CooIeys Lake. fishing resort and one Of
the loneliest points on the road in Winter
time. Was the place where the attack was 70
be made. None Of tie passengers on The
train were notified Of the danger. AZ the
pont Of attack was neared, red light was
seen cleaning ahead. As The train slowed
up the engineer saw three masked men,
armed with Tines standing on the track.
Get OFF there" said the leader Of the
three 10 the engineer.
Morsey climbed down out of the cab.
just as be reached the ground the officer in
the cab pointed blf shot gun olt of the Wlu-
dow and fired. whether he hit the leader of
the robbers or not, be could not afterward
tell. but both he and the engineer were of
the opinion that he had. AS soon as the
shot was fired he and AorseY dropped down
out OF sight. The shot from the cab was
answered with shots from the guns OF the
three robbers. which ratified about on the
engine, but did no harm.
= Then the men retired in a demoralizsd
state. As they moved back part Of the
posse came up from the woods. where they
had been in concealment for some time and
opened hre on them. These men had been
sent out from Missouri City in advance Of
the train, and had concealed themselves TO
be ia readiness whenever they should be
needed. About twenty shots were ex-
changed, the men on the tram joining In the
pursuit OF the band, and when the train
reached Moberly it was reported thattwo OF
them had been captured by the officers, and
that in the struggle one of them had been
killed.
The robbers are known farmers. living in
the neigh bcrhood of Missouri City. One Of
them is saiG to have been a member Of the
James gang at one time.