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The National tribune., 1888-09-20
CONCLUSION.

The eloquent words in which my predecessors
have tried to set forth their sauEiuIHess 10 Their
comrades and TO their Chiefs for hopoTs and eouT-
fpeies received seem sadly Inadequate 10 express
ibe feelings with which / sppTdDch the end or my
Official service. Assuming he duties TO winch you
called me with little knowledge and many misgiv-
ines / have pursued them under the pressure OF
other business engagements Of an eSactlng nature.
You have never limited the slightest dissatisfaction,
though You must have noticed many annoying
shortcomings la the unvarying kindness aud
forbearance Of yourself and Of ali your Official
household ] have had abundant and and encour-
agCment. In The privilege Of serving you, and
through you the great fraternity Of which you are
the honored head have been amply rewarded Tor
every sacrifice and for every service which nave
rendered or may be able TO render in the future
Respectfully, In T., c. and l.,
DANIEL FISH,
The National tribune., 1888-09-20
PATRT0TISM'S JUBILEE.
Continued from cd page.)

Since the PRONUNCIATION Of General Orders, No 5,
but very few applications for addresses OF former
comrades have reached this office The admirable
device al the Pension Bureau, known as the Army
rnd Navy Survivors Division has supplanted the
clumsy methods formerly in use il WAS my privl-
lece in January last 80 inspect The workings OF Inns
lereficFnt scheme in person and urge upon every
conirade the duty of cooperating in the work OF
Increasing lis scope and efficiency.
The National tribune., 1888-09-20

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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09

have seen In contemporary an in
terview with that excellent matr0n,
Mrs. Kendall, who, it appears, schooled
Miss Vera Beringer for the stage part
of s.Little Lord Fauntleroy." Poor
little Vera. She is nine years old, and
Mrs. Kendall thinks her zone of the
most plastic PLASTIC, We godsD chill
dren she has ever seem" Now, have
an infinite respect for Mrs. Kendall,
alike as mime, mother and a
matron, but I think that her method
and have no doubt that it is the right
methods simply revolving. ''She
would tell Vera a funny story, at
which the little maiden would laugh
heartily. Then Mrs. Kendall would
fix upon that laugh. Now, that's
what l want you to do when you say
so and so.' And again Mrs. Kendall
would tell the little girl sad story,
whercupon the little face would as
sumo that mixture of sadness and
sympathy so common and yet so
beautiful in children" 1t is common
still, thank Heaven: but if we continue
to force our children after the methods
indicated by the excellent Mrs. Kendall
it would become rare, indeed.-London
Truth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09
INFANT PRODUCES.

The Cruel Craze for Precocious Children
and the Pitiful Side of 1t.
When lords and ladies take to hunt
ing the highway in search of children
whose lives they ruin. and whose in
nocence they destroy, it is time to reg
ister protest Nowadays we have
baby pianists, baby singers, baby actors,
baby gymnasts; we shall soon have
baby orators, baby soldiers, and still
the remorseless Mrs. Leo Hunter seeks
after her prey and serves it up for the
amusement of noodles and the glorifi-
cation of herself. Can not the more
sensible people-if any such exist-see
the pitiful side of all this baby-wor-
shipp Can not they realize the dumb
agony of the young victim whose pre-
mature genius they so loudly applaud?
They do not know, presume. that, in
the midst of the turmoil and glitter of
his American tour, Josef HOf-
man was profoundly unhap-
by; that he longed for leisure to play
with his toys, to ride his hobby-horse,
to wind up his mechanical kitten; they
are blind and deaf to every human inn
pulse-so long as their infan t idol goes
through his part with apparent zest-if
the poor child breaks down they are
first to hiss. Oh, you hypocrites, that
whine over cab-horse's broken knees,
and yet encourage by your fatuous APP
plause this child torture. this ruin of
young lives, this wrecking of pre-
cocious intellect.
suppose the stolid British public
fancies that these children who per-
form for it's edification take to singing,
acting, playing or the double trapeze
as easily as its own brats take to
marbles, bulrs-eyes and the skipping
rope. I wish to be charitable, and
do not believe that the British public,
with all it's obtuseness, is willingly
cruel or callous. But does any child
take naturally to performing in pub
lie for the benefit of other peo-
pie? Certainly not. Children are said
to be selfish, but it is the selfshness
born, not of egotism, but of cheer,
light-hearted thoughtlessness. child
may care for applause, but not for ap-
plause from crowd of people whom
it has never seen; child that is not
hopelessly perverted attaches more Inn
portance to the good opinion OF its
father, mother, sisters, brothers and
nurse than to the cheers of mob at q
theater or an opera-house. But so
ciety wishes to change all this, society
must be amused, wherefore, like
tabled monster, it demands living
sacrifices of young children who mouth
and strut for its amusement and then
disappear, society knows not. cares
not, whittier. If some young genius
| paralyzed by its untimely and sense
less appreciation, withers and decays,
society fixes its pince-nez and mildly
wonders why so-and-so has gone OH II
| such deplorable manner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09
d hair stood up in short locks aou,

ordered hair stood up in short locks aoUut
the reddening face. The detected nurse
made one wild effort to get back her dig
nifty, then laughed sheepishly as she met
the eye of Norris.
ssIf the cats out of the bag, there's no
use holding IL open for her."
"I don't know, Uncle Amos. You de-
ceived me so finely / can scarcely believe
my senses now"
"A nice detective you'll make il you are
taken in by every sham" n
"Do You mean that you arc on that kind
Of business here!" with sudden light
breaking over HIM. "You don't think
you can't think
"That crime can be buried in the gravel
oh. mol I'll convince you Of that by the
time am through"
Then the older mans acting gave way;
he grasped the hand of the younger as he
asserted, eagerly:
"rve got him, Norris-got him beyond a
doubt"
'.Tell me what you mean, Uncle Amos
Not Millera You don't suspect him:''
"Of being the runaway Edison, the dead
and-buried Edson?-closer to it here than
he ever was down in Texas, I'll yum Yes,
L do What's more, I've got the proof of it
out of his own mouth. Wait till you see my
notes. Wait till we get the rascal on his
feet again, and then see thejudgment thatu
Gomez
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE BIRD Is SHARED.

1t was Christmas morning, and Carol was
turning q ring on her hand with look
which no tiancse should wear when first
viewing the symbol of her plighted troth.
1t had come to this. Firmly and persist
emily influenced by her brother, eagerly and
confidently wooed by Ingot, in one short
week they had overcome her scruples so far
that she was lending herself to the plans Of
the one to the hateful seeming of submits
sion to the other, while her own heart
throbbed with rebellion one minute, or sunk
with cold dread the next.
Mr.. Ingot had carried out his intention
regarding the diamond. The ring was q
solitaire, which he got at bargain-the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09
NOTED HUNCHBACKS.
Some Brilliant Minds That Dwelled In De-
formed Bodies.

Some Brilliant Minds That Dwelled In De-
formed Bodies.
Hunchbacks form tolerable numer-
Gus list. There is that brilliant SOL
der, the Marechal de Luxembourg, of
whom Macaulay writes in one OF his
most finished passages: Highly
descended and gifted as he was, he had
with difficulty .surmounted the OBJ
stacles which impeded him in the road
to fame. If he owed much to the
bounty of nature and fortune. he suf-
fered still more from their spite. His
features were frightfully harsh; his
stature was diminutive; huge and
pointed lump rose on his back" The
reader knows the hunchbacked Rich
ard of Shakespeare's powerful drama;
but historical research seems to
have delivered the King from
his burden, and to have sworn that he
was only high shouldered. Lord Lyt-
ton, in his Last of the Barons," has
adopted the modern view. Though
the back was not curved" he says,
.syet one shoulder was slightly higher
than the ether, which was the more
observable from the evident pains that
he took to disguise it, and the gorgeous
splendor, savoring of personal cox
combry-from which no Plantagenet
was ever free-that he exhibited in his
dress.'' The great Minister of Queen
Elizabeth, William Cecil, Lord Bur-
leigh; the learned German theologian,
Eber; our GLORIOUS deliver" William
H., the famous General of Spain,
the Duke of Parma, these were all
..crook- backs The poet Pope had .
protuberance both on the back and in
front, and one OF his sides was CON
tracted. - GentleDaara's Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09

are. If she was waking now to the fact
that size had a mind of her own, she was
certainly not prepared yet to set her JUDI
ment against his and maintain the issue.
When Mr. Ingot came again, no did not
meet with the rebuff she had been prepared
to give. He smiled to himself, q knowing
smile, but there was trace of bitterness
in it.
The plan works, bpt Pn be hanged if I
don't wish could ge- her without all this
chicanery I've known that Lyman Childer
was precious rascal, but the worst piece
OF scoundrehsm he has been guilty of yet
Is joining in with me to sell out that confid-
ing creature. Not that need quarrel with
him for it. I'd have made it interesting for
him If he hadn't, but it makes me despise
the follow all the same.''
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09
RUSSIAN FANATICS.
fortunes Endured by the Followers of t
s'Reformer" Khodkine.

"Reformer" Khodkine.
Khodkine came to the conclusion
that the end of the world was at hand.
He plunged more and more deeply into
these ideas as he contemplated the un-
satisfactory state of things surround
ing him-on the one hand the degra-
dation of the moral tone of the people,
their drunkenness, their debasement
of manners, and on the other hand the
violence and tyranny of the authorities.
who, arrogant and cruel, treat the
kline ended by persuading himself that
the only way to save one soul was to
leave the world, to hide in a forest,
and make an end of this lifeOf sin and
ignominy. He did not conceal his
views from his neighbors, and he
soon had devoted disciples, the
first of whom were members of his own
family-his mother, brother, sister-in-
law, and uncle. ''Antichrist is already
come, and goes to and fro in the earth, u
taught Khodkine; 1.-The end of the world
is at hand, let us fly into the forests,
bury ourselves alive, and die of hun
ger. Once in the woods the men set
combs, while the women made dead
clothes. These preparations lasted
through three days. All the disciples,
dressed in these clothes, had three
several times to renounce Satan and
all his works. The ceremony of alb
duration over, Khodkine addressed
them in the following words: ''Now
that you have renowned Satan, you
must die of hunger. If you take no
nourishment, if you drink no water for
| twelve days, you will enter into the
kingdom of Heaven" Then began
the interminable days of horrible suffer-
ing for these wretches. Tortured by
cried loudly for a few drops OF water.
The children's sufferings touched the
hearts of some of the fanatics, who
knelt to their chief praying him to
have pity on these little ones But
Khodkine was immovable. Tears,
prayers and suffering did not touch
him, and the children writhed in
agony, sucking the grass, chewing fern
fronds, or swallowing sand. Two OF
the fanatics could not endure this
sight, and fed during the darkness OF
the night. This frightened Khodkine,
and he resolved to hasten the death
which was so long in coming. ''The hour
of death has come; are you ready?" he
| asked. eve are ready" replied the
unhappy people, all their strength ex
hausted. Then they began to mas
sacre the children. The bodies of the
victims were buried in the earth,
and the survivors decided to continue
| their fast. But the fugitives had had
time to warn the police and they came
to the place. Hearing the steps OF
men approaching, and being unwilling
to give themselves up alive into the
hands of the servants of Antichrist'
the fanatics reached the height of their
religious madness, swore to shed their
blood for Christ, and abandoned them
selves to horrible carnage. They be-
gan by killing the women with
hatchets, then they put an end to the
men most weakened by hunger, and
the leader, Khodkine, and three others,
were the sole survivors. They saw
the police and tried to escape into the
forest, but were caught and delivered
into the hands of Justice Contempt
rary RevieW.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09
FOR DUB YOUNG FOLKS.
DEAR TO SOMEBODY.

Somebody's darling was gaunt and old,
Crippled and shockingly battered,
Covered with bruises and scars untold,
Ragged and torn and tatteredL
Somebody's darling had only an arm,
And one of her eyes was missing:
Her cheeks had lost their roseate charm.
By reason of too much kissing.
Somebody's darling was christened Poll;
And this perceived full clearly,
Although she was only an old black doll
Somebody loved her dearly.
Little Foiks.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09
Ha r,,hhad his eves az he laid down

He rubbed his eyes as he laid down
the flowers and went away.
s.Mamma, = said Elsie, I'm good for
more than flower, amt I?''
What question for the child TO
ask?n said mamma, kissing her. Sgd
neg Dagger, IN Youths Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09

WILLED IT, YOUNG MAN"
substitute he had left on duty looked so
stupid that Norris turned back to leave his
message with the nurse.
She had come out in the hall for change
of air and relief to the monotony. She
beaved sigh as sho dropped into chair,
and proceeded to adjust her heels on the
w1ndow-sill without reference to the posi-
ton of the scanty skirts. There was pipe
in her hands which she began to fill Was
this the model nurse, worthy of all trust.
seNow that young idiot Is gone, I'll have
the smoke am dying for. Oh, tobacco,
soothing and potent, what Will not men do
for thee, A pipe viii transform o savage,
and I'm fast approaching that state. Con-
found it, no light! and if I go in there again,
he'll be sure to come out of the cat-nap he
dropped into so obliRinRly."
sLet me supply you, Mrs. Crane"
The frilled cap was pushed back, the a.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09

-s'Sin, my dear pupils, said Deacon
Barnes to his Sunday-school class, '.is
the legacy Of ADAM" And the bright
boy in the class remarked that that was
probably the first case on record where
will was not broken. "Yes,r said the
deacon, ..but it should be remembered
that there was enough to go round. I
don't remember hearing OF any body
who didn't receive his share of the in
heritance. "-Bost0n transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09

"A French investigator has come to
the conclusion that women have q
larger proportion Of brown eyes than
men.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09

"A little girl has an uncle who has
taught her to open and shut his crush
hat. The other evening", however, he
appeared with an ordinary silk one.
Suddenly he saw the child coming with
his new hat wrinkled like an accordion.
..Oh! uncle" she said.- "this one is very
hard! I've had to sit on it, bat ! can't
get it more than half shut - CernsCGlg
Ref9cior
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09

Traveller (who has been waiting two
long hours for the only paper at Lost
mans junction What's in the paper
to-day, sir? Busy reader (who has
been devouring it) Three ss0uts, ten
battered type, four wrong fonts, no
end OF bad spacing and = turned 2.
Traveller seems to be greatly edited.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09
UNDER A CLOUD
CLEARING HIMSELF.
The Thrilling and Absorbing Story
OF e. Great Crime.
by JENNIE DAVIS RuRrov.
AUTHOR OF I" HER LIFE's SECRET" AND
OTHER STORIES.
CHAPTER XvI.-CoNr1NuEp.

copyrighted, 1855, 6y Ire A. " Eeiloq5 Ne,cspape,
Company. AZ! Rights R.ssrred
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-25
FOR SALE.

I{rE have for sale good Dwelling-Hous
w In Shepherdstown. with about half
acre of ground attached. Room for two more
buildings on the lot. For particulars call on
FLEMING & SNYDER.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-25

WHAT TO DO WITH THE RUNTs.-
With every litter of pigs there will be
one dwarf or ''runt," often two of the
litter is large one. 1t will always
be profitable, and often, if not gener-
ally, an act of humanity to sever the
spinal cord, where the neck joins on
the head, with sharp pointed knife,
as soon as these runts are born. They
usually die anyway before six months
old; and with the utmost care and
attention, and with but three to five
in the litter, we never have been able
to make anything of them but little
NANCY runts; torture to themselves
and a nuisance to the owner. In ordi-
nary filters, up to their death, they
consume milk that would nourish the
others and only seems wasted on
them. Hence the earlier they are put
out of the way the better. Breeders
generally know this, but hesitate to
kill them; but it is on all accounts the
better way.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-25

On a summers morning our little
Lille was walking with her aunt and
discovered spiders web. She was
delighted, and exclaimed: "Oh, see,
here is a hammock for bugs
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-25

A Connecticut sneak thief has eI-
hibited enough nerve and cuteness to
place him high up in the rank of the
professional burglar He walked qui-
city into bank, took off his hat and
coat, hung them on nail, put on an
Office coat hanging close by and
walked in the rear room, which con-
tains the vaults. The directors were
holding a meeting, and one sat in
front of the door blocking the pas
sage. The thief politely asked him
to move, and when the obliging di-
rector did so, the man went through
the door, picked up the two largest
bags Of gold in sight, coolly walked
out with them, and thief and gold
were seen no more there.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-25
Who I. Your Best Friend.

Your stomach of course. Why? Be
cause if it is out of order you are one
of the most miserable creatures living.
Give it fair, honorable chance and
see if it is not the best friend you have
i'm the end. Don't smoke in the morn
ing. Don't drink in the morning. If
you must smoke and drink wait until
your stomach is through with break
fast. You can drink more and smoke
more in the evening and it will tell on
you less. If your food ferments and
does not digest right,-if you are
troubled with Heartburn, Dizziness of
the head, coming up of the food after
eating, Biliousness, Indigestion, or
any other trouble of the stomach, you
had best use Green's August Flower,
as no person can use it without imme-
diate relief.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-25
Consumption surely Cured

ToTHE EDIToR-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
named disease. By its timely use thousands
OF hopeless cases have been permanently
cured shall be glad TO send two bottles of
my remedy FREE to any of your readers who.
have consumption II they will send me their
express and post Office address. Respectfully,
T. A SLOCUM, N. c., lSl Pearl st. New York.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-25

Invite the experimentation ofall persons
in need of COOKING STOVES to the follow
ing list OF necessary Furniture which give
with each stove, and which | guarantee to
be first-class in every respect: wash Loilei
| coffee boiler, sauce pan and lid, iron
tea-kettie, 2 iron pots, . pot lids, Ions grid
die, skillet, 3 sheet-iron pans, lid Litter, /
pol<er. | stove scraper, joints of pipe anu.
elbow: large tin bucket, bread pan, Gull
lender | wash basin, pudding pans, patty
mans. IL pie plates milk strainer, l milk
SKINNER plain ladle, pierced ladle, soup
ladle, iron spoon, cake turner, egg whip,
pie crimper and trimmer, fancy teapot, .
sad-irons, teapot stand, sad-iron stand, /
pepper box, nutmeg crater, candle stick,
cake mould, tin cups, dipper, biscuit cut
ter | rolling-pin, potato masher, butcher
knife knives and forks worth SIPS per set,
6 albata tablespoons, albata teaspoons, /
coal-shovel, ! flesh fork, 3 Jelly-cake pans, l
pound of stove polish.
| sell the celebrated Excelsior Cooking
Stoves at the following prices. will deliver
stoves and furniture free of freight In Bridge
port, Md. at any station on the ;. V. Il. r.,
also at any station on the Il. IL. o. K. K. as far
west as Cumberland or south TO stanton.
EXCELSIOR.
No. Is, $1,000; No. II, S22.5O: No. %, $3.50;
No 81, SIS 90; No. %, $500; No 30, $500; No.
81, $500; No. IS, $1,000; No. So S36.00
Prices quoted on application and repairs
furnished for all patterns of stoves.
Returning thanks for the liberal patronage
of the past, hope to merit a continuance.
II. &. MARTEN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-25
A GREAT RATTLE

Is continually going on in the human system.
The demon OF impure blood strives to gain
victory over the constitution, to ruin health,
to drag victims to the grave. A good reliable
medicine like Hood's Sarsaparslla is the
weapon with which to defend ones self,
drive the desperate enemy from the field.
and restore peace and bodily health for many
years. Try this peculiar medicine.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-25
RuckIen's Arnica SaIve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, let :
ter, Chapped Hands, Chiiblains Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles,
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by j. q. Glib
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Shenandoah Valley Railroad.

Shenandoah valley RaIlr0ad.
ST. TYLER, RECEIVER.
schedule in effect May 14th.
LEAVE sHEPHERDsTowN-soU
sOt A. NJ. Daily-New Orleans Express. Ro-
anoke and intermediate stations
and all points South and South
west Through Pullman Sleeping
cars from New York and Phila-
delphia to Chattanooga and Men,
phis.
652P.M. Daily-Memphis Express from
New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore and with day coaches
to Roanoke, making connection
through to the South.
LEAVE sHEPHERDSTowN-NoR
uoaA. NJ. Daily-Baltimore Express, from
all points South, arrive in Balti-
more 2I5P. NJ, Washington 200
Z. NJ, Harrisburg, LISP. NJ, Phil
adelphia, $50 p. NJ.
elsP NJ. Daily-New York and Phiiadel-
phia Express, from Memphis
Chattanooga and all points south.
Arrive at Philadelphia 4.25 A. NJ,
New York no \. NJ. Sleeping
cars through to New York via
Harrisburg.
Ticket Agents will furnish all Information
and through schedules upon application.
y. HOWARD ROVER,
Roanoke, Va. Genl. Pass. Agt.