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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
LITERARY LIGHTS.

ROSE TERRY CLARKE has issued her SEQ
ond volume Of POEMS
ELLEN TERRY writes on thin rice paper
with a broad-nibbsd pen.
Mrs. AMELIA BARR, the writer, Is de-
scribed as nice old lady with white hair.
Mrs. J. L. BLACKwELDER, Chicago lit
terateur, is student of Morse mythology.
EDSAs DEAN PRocroR Is delicate and
graceful in movement and possessed OF
much dignity.
Mrs. BRANDER MATHEWS likes to sur
round herself with young women having
dramatic tastes.
Mr.. ANDREW LANG has decided to bring
out in book form collection OF his leaders
in the London Daily Ne,cs.
Miss AMELIA RIvEs receives one thou
sand dollars from the Lippfncotts for her
novel, "T The Quick and the Dead"
BROWNING, the poet, who is seventy-six
and looks only forty, says that London has
always been his favorite dwelling place.
Miss VIOLA RosEBoRo is charming little
lady, with wonderful love for the bright
side of Bohemia, and one of the cleyerest
and daintiest writer's in New York Journal
ism.
JUDGE ToURGEE says that there is one
chapter of "a FOOLS Errand" which he
wrote fifty-eight times before it went finally
into the book. Six times it was put in type
and then killed.
AN early portrait Of the poet Browning,
published in a collection of his poems, is
said to represent youngish man, with
dark hair, rather ill-shaped whiskers and
decidedly Hebraic cast of countenance.
GEORGE KEENAN,, the well known writer
on Siberia, has received five hundred invi-
tations to lecture in Europe and America,
but has declined them all, preferring to
continue his literary work. He says he will
some day discover the North Pole.
WILKIE COLLINS is described as one Of the
most courteous of correspondents he is
always prompt with his reply, and his let
tiers are as gracefully written as his books.
No curt laconics and brusque brevities with
him; there is good nature in every line.
Mrs. BROWNING, though much beloved as
poet is comparatively little known to the
public as woman, no authoritative and cir
cumstantial biography of her having yet
been published. A London paper says that
Mr.. Robert Browning has nearly completed
the first portion of his "reminiscences"
which will include an interesting account Of
Mrs. Browning's early life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
A WOMAN'S TRICK.
How She Reduced Her Drug Bills Seventy
Five Per Cent.

How She Reduced Her Drug Bills Seventy
Five Per Cent.
The druggists and doctors, it is
claimed, can not be beaten, but the
quiet and dignified way that little
compounder of drugs on Park row is
worth recording. She came in smil-
ing, and, going up to the prescription
clerk, asked:
"How much will this prescription
cost?" at the same time handing him
the following medical formula:
Spiritus juniperi.. OF.
PotaSS acetat ~ drachm.
Spiritus aethris nit ........i or
Decoc scoparii (br) .......Soz.
''Sixty cents" replied the clerk, and
he turned away preparatory to putting
up the mixture.
''One minute, please" returned the
little woman in black, ''just put up
one fourth the amount called for and
I will come back for it."
Saying this she laid three nickles on
the counter and went out. A reporter,
who was in the drugstore at the time,
left the clerk standing as one petrifed.
and hurried after the small little wom-
an and caught her few doors down
the street. Excusing himself for the
seeming impertinence, he asked her
how she came to think of SO clever a
scheme to outwit the druggist
1T is plan / adopted years ago."
she replied, 'and one shall always
follow. have noticed that doctors in
prescribing for a. patient always write
for drugs enough to make about six
times as many doses as will probably
be taken. Well, medicine ordered
to-day for one complaint is not good
tomorrow for another ailment. There
fore any left over is wasted. To one
who has paid for it this waste is loss.
The druggist, however, loses nothing
if he keeps it, for he can use it In
filling some other prescription. have
tried the plan dozens of times and
never made mistake but once, and
then / had no trouble, for when the
box was empty I simply went back to
the drugstore and got another supply"
N Y Telegram.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
DIVIDING THE SPOILS.

Story of q French Nobleman, a fisherman
and q Porter.
The satisfaction Of seeing justice
meted out to mean person is so great,
that very often a man will undergo
much suffering himself if by that means
punishment may by brought to the
guilty one. Men of this character seem
to read the Golden Rule after this
wise: do unto yourselves as We would
that men should do unto Others"
The Marquis de la Scales. a very
wealthy nobleman, had invited his
neighbors to grand entertainment,
and proposed that the feast with which
he served them should lack no delicacy
that could be obtained. Some of the
guests who had arrived early for the
purpose of paying their respects to the
Marquis were present in his chamber
when his steward came in and said that
a fisherman had brought some of the
finest fish in all Italy, but demanded a
most extraordinary price.
mo matter about the price," said
the Marquis; "buy the fish, and pay
him his money"
$50 would" said the steward, ''but
he refuses to take money"
Then what does he wantp"
ga hundred strokes with a whip,
and he says he will not throw off a
single blow" The whole company
hereupon ran downstairs to see what
sort of fisherman it was who de-
manded SO singular price for his
fish.
These are beautiful fish," said the
Marquis. Come, my man, how much
money do you want for them?"
'.Not penny, my Lord" said the
fisherman. Il will not take money;
if you wish to have the fish you must
order me hundred lashes on my bare
back, otherwise / shall apply else
where"
Rather than lose the fish," said the
Marquis, ''we must let this fellow have
what he asks. Herem he cried to one
of his grooms, "pay this man his hun
dred lashes which he SO honestly de-
mands, but don't lay them or too
hard; don't hurt him very much
The fisherman stripped for the whip
ping, and the groom prepared to do his
masters bidding.
'.Now, my FRIEND" said the fisher
man, -''keep the account correctly,
beg of you; for 1 don't want a stroke
more than is my due"
The whole company We're astonished
at the bravery with which the man
bore the infection, until he had re-
ceived the fiftieth lash.
Then he cried out:
Hold, my friend; have had my
full share of the price now"
Your SHARE" exclaimed the Mar
quis; what do you meanP"
81 have partner, my Lord, to whom
promised a fun half of whatever I
got for my fish; and think your Lord
ship would say that it would be a
shame to deprive him of a single
stroke"
''Who is your partnerPS
"sYour porter. my Lord. who keeps
the outer gate; he refused to admit me
to the grounds until 1 had promised
him half of what should get for the
fish"
-.Ho, hot" said the Marquis, "that is
the sort of business, is ftp Well, you
have had your pay, and now. indeed,
your partner shall have the other
half"
The dishonest porter received the
payment in full measure, and the Mar
quis sent the fisherman away with a
handful of money.-N. Y. Foice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
safe and Effective.

BRAvpRETH's PILLs are the safest and
most effective remedy for Indigestion, E-
regularity Of the Bowels, Constipation,
Bliousness, Headache, Dizziness, Malaria,
or any disease arising from an impure
state Of the blood. They have been In use
in this country for over fifty years, and the
thousands of Enimpeachable testimonials
from those who have used them, and their
constantly increasing sale, is incontrovert-
ible evidence that they perform all chat Is
claimed for them.
BRANDRETH's PILLS are purely vegetable,
absolutely harmless and safe to take at any
time.
Sold in every drug and medicine store,
either plain or sugar-coated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

"A Tennessee preacher was plead
ing with a country merchant to trust
him for half a pound of tea when a
lawyer rode up and handed him papers
showing that he was heir to $50, ZOO.
Then the preacher said he guessed he'd
also ask credit for soap and saleratus,
too.-Boston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

"A lady who advertised for, q girl
to do light homework, - received q
letter from an applicant who said her
health demanded sea air, and asked
where the lighthouse was situated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

INvALIDs, aged people, nursing mothers,
overworked, wearied out fathers, will find
the happiest results from judicious use Of
Dr. Sherman's Prickly Ash Bitters Where
the liver or kidneys are affected, prompt
action is necessary to change the tide
toward health, ere the disease becomes
chronic-possibly incurable, and there is
nothing better to be found in the whole
range Of mdteria mcdicd. Sold everywhere.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

The Pilgrims Progress
Toward health and vigor is often painfully
penitential Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
smooths the path, however, and removes
such obstacles in the way as liver COM
plant, dyspepsia, disturbance of the bowels,
collie, fever and ague and kidney complaints
Physicians, after thirty years Of trial,
accord it their unqualified approval It is
purely botanic and safe. It improves both
sleep and appetite.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

The Westinghouse Electric Com
many has perfected an incandescent
i.mn which is expected to burn from
3. 600 to 1, 200 hours without discolora-
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

INEXPENSIVE, the great substitute for Sui
phur Baths, Glenn's Sulphur Soap
Hills Hair Dye, Black or Brown. SOC.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

A NOTE in bank is like rose, because Il
natures by falling dew.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

TIE downward path-the one with .
piece of orange peel on it
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
The Pilgrims Progress

A BAKER seldom does any kneadless
Traveller.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
0RICKLY ASH
81 Frs

One Of the most important organs Of The
human body is the LIVER When II fails 10
properly perform Its functions The eniire
system becomes deransed. The BRAIN.
KIDNEYS, STOMACH, BOWELS, all refuse
to perform their work. DYSPEPSIA, CON-
STlPATiON, RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY Dis
EASE, ETC., are the results, unless some
thing is done to assist Nature Ia throwing
Oh the impurities caused by inaciion Of
TORPID LIVER. This assistance 50 mo-
cessary will bs found In
PrickIy Ash Bitters +!
II acts directly on the LIVER, STOMAcH
and KIDNEYS, and BY its mild and cathafiie
effect and general tonic qualities restores
these organs to sound, healthy condition,
and cures oil diseases arising from these
causes. II PURlFiES the BLOOD, tones
up the system. and restores perfect hsallh-
II your druggist does not keep II ask him -
order II for you. Send &c stamp for copy u
@THE HORSE TRAINER" published BY US
PRlCkLY ASH blTTERS CO.,
Sole Proprietors, ST. LOUIS. MO.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23

eau ION

Beware Of Fraud, my name and the prtCe arc
stamped on the bottom Of all my advertised shoes
before leaving the factory. which protect the wear
er offers w. L. Douglas shoes at "A reduced price.
says he has them without my name and pr1cO
stamped on the bottom put him down as . ffaxA
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-29
One Consolation.

Democratic leaders are greatly disturbed
by the revolt of working people against their
free-trade policy. Let them console them
selves with the reflection that their great al
y, The London Times has anticipated
this rebellion, yet is confident that its candi-
date, Mr.. Cleveland will pull through. This
is the way the thing is worked out:
food, replied the chairman as he locked
up his desk and arose; 'sfrst-class that's a
heavy mail for US to get. 1t shows that the
people are awakening to a full realization of
the necessity of keeping the Democratic party
IN power. Draw on those posrmasters who
failed to respond to our bills, and try and be
out about 4 o'clock when the man comes
round to collect the rent for this room. y
Then ne put on his coat and went fishing for
the rest of the day.-New 7 ork Tribune
We are not likely to see the working classes
OF the Eastern States go for free trade lust
yet; their minds have become fixed in the
protectlon1sts groove; but in many other
quarters it is probable that President Cleve-
lands appeal will be effectual Nobody, not
even an American, likes paying taxes. A
tariff is not in itself an instrument of happi-
hess SO those effected by it's provisions. its
at best a means OF preventing worse evils:
and the American people are now asked to
reason together, and to consider whether,
after all, the evils which their tariff brings
with it, are not really worse than those
which it prevents.-London Times.
1t is pity that the 'sother quarters" from
which relniorcements are to be received for
the free-trade cause are not specified Still
1.-THE London Times. is a great authority
on free-trade matters, and our friends the
enemy may comfort themselves with the
thought that it must know what it is talk
ing about. 1t certainly is right in one re-
spect The working classes here are not like
ly to go for free trade justyet.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-29
Knock This Chin of.

Money is necessary to the existence of the
Government Under our fiscal system the
main reliance of States, counties and munich
palities is upon taxation OF property-the ex-
ception being the sale of licenses for carrying
on certain lines of business. Money raised by
taxation comes from owners of factories,
machinery and other personal property, as
well as from farms and farm equipments, and
is theprice paid by the owners for defence OF
their rights in property and the peaceable
pursuit of the business of their choice.
TO exempt any one mans property from
taxation would be an injustice to all com
PEELED to pay taxes. Yet this is just what
free trade proposes to do. American own
ers of farms, houses, machinery, etc, are to
be taxed, while the same rights they enjoy
are to be given free to others-to men who
owe no allegiance to our government and
who seek profits from trade here to be spent
in other countries.
Hay, barley, wheat, wool, etc, are grown
in large quantities by Canadian farmers who
never paid a cent of taxes toward hesupport
Of our GOV ernment. If these men propose to
send their products here to be sold in our
markets, why should they not be taxed, at
least as much as our farmers are taxed, for
he privilege? But the free trader says no.,
ct the foreigner have our markets without
.ost, although the American farmers taxes
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-29
Why Kitten Hates a Young Man.

From the New Haven News.
Instinct in animals sometimes rises
to the level of reason, and often it is
somewhat difficult to draw a line be-
tween the two, as in recent case
where a family in town owned two
pet kittens about six months old.
One OF them being especially bright
was taught all sorts of tricks, and
when anxious TO call ones atten-
ton to him would go through the
entire vocabulary until you were
obliged to cater to his wants. But
the other cat was stupid hey ond en-
durance and never learned to go
through with even the simplest with
out a balk and finally the fat went
forth that he must die. So one
morning a male member of the fas j
ly quietly dispatched him. When the
executioner returned to the house the
living kitten manifested the most alb
.ject terror at sight of him. Itrushed
upon and under the tables, skulked
behind chairs and finally made arush
through a closed window. This fact
was all the more surprising, as the
man has been an 1lndeniable favorite
with the kitten, and it never lost an
opportunity of displaying an affec-
ton for him. So far, the kitten has
kept a proper distance between him
and the slayer of his brother.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-29
Democrats Ashamed of Their War Record.

The policy of the Democratic party is to
put the history of the war aside, and treat
the whole subject as one which has no practi-
cal relation to our present political condition
and interests. lift could have it's way in the
matter it would obiterate all the glories of
that memorable contest, and nullify all the
advantages that were obtained by the labors
and sacrifices of the loyal people of the coun-
try. The attitude which it occupied as a
party throughout the struggle was such that
1T cannot now claim any share in the credit
of the victory; and it's disposition, therefore.
is to triyialize the significance of the conflict
in every possible way. Under such circum-
stances, the Republicans are in duty
bound to refterate the facts and to insist
that the war shall not be forgotten nor
its true meaning be misrepresented That
is the explanation and the Justification of
Gen. Harrison's constant references to the
services of the Union soldiers. He feels no
hostility toward the southern people, and
has no desire to taunt or humliate them:
but he cannot afford by keeping silent to adj
NIT that the Democratic view of the war is
reasonable or proper He would be false to
his party and to himself if he should on any
account omit to declare that the Union
cause was wholly right and just and to de-
nand that the results of the Confederate sur
render shall be faithfully respected and main
tanned. His candidacy implies an abiding
recollection of those bloody and sorrowfll
years when the existence of the government
was at stake; and as sound and consistent
patriot, he improves his opportunities to re-
peat the splendid story of Union courage,
fortitude and success.-St. Louis Globe Demo-
craft
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-29
Bleeding Postal Employees.

One of the coming problems will be to de-
termlne how far q newspaper man in search
Conformation may travel into the region of
prevarication to accomplish his ends. A Chi
cago Tribune reporter the other day by
representing himself as an employee of the
Chicago postof1ce penetrated into the mys-
teries of the collection of Democratic cam
paign funds far enough to learn that the ma
tional committee is securing voluntary
subscriptions from the employees of Mr..
Judd's office, ranging from ten dollars up
wards. 1t was rather cruel to interfere in an
unostentatious industry of that kind espec-
tally as the postmaster's law partner was
gathering the subscriptions quietly and with
out scandal. The Tribune's revelations had
tendency to throw suspicion on the
postmaster but Mr.. Judd promptly ''vindi-
Gated himselfas he did in the Oberkampfca
lie didn't know anything about it. AS it
was matter that required some intelligence
and concentration of energy it is quite proba-
BILE that the postmaster's plea will clear him.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-29
international superstitiens.

DR.. Oswald in brakes Magazine.
Metempsychosis the Wide-spr cad
doctrine of soul migration from an
imal to human bodies, may be found
ed on aveiled paraphrase of the OAR
winian hypothesis; but howare we to
account for the most equally inter
national prevalence of the werewolf
superstition? The belief in the wolf
ish metamorphosis OF human beings
has been found among tribes otNorth
America aborigines who could not
possibly have introduced their folk
lore from the country of Jacob
Grimm, or from the Carpathian high
lands, where lycanthropy still furnish
es the staple of Preside sagas. We're
Wolfstories frighten the infant pop
ulation of the Cafir kraals, of the
Tartar tent hamlets, and even of the
bush-camps of eastern Australia,
where the natives of the Swan River
Mountains pretend to trace the foot
marks OF suspected wizard in the
track of proving dingo, or wolf
dog. Identity of ancestr traditions
seems hardly probable; but the coin
cidence may unexplained by the cir
cumstance that among all primitive
nations sorcerers were credited with
malignant and homicidal motives,
and that the natural emblem of that
disposition would be the form of the
predatory wolf, the chief enemy of
pastoral resources. Homo homini
lupus is the Latin version ofvarious
oriental equivalents. The "wolf at
the door, is an international meta
phor OF imminent danger; and in the
sagas of Morse mythology the evil
principle itself is typifed in the form
of the Wolf Ferris, the Hght-hater,
who tracks the steps of Baldur, and
at the end of time will consummate
the triumph of chaos by swallowing
the sun.
The vampire superstition, too, has
been proved to prevail among large
number of geographically unconnect-
ed nations. 1t has been founC in
Abyssinia, as well as among the hill
tribes OF Reypootana, in northern
Hindostan. 1t was known among
the ancient Greeks and medieval
Spaniards, and on the lower Danube
has often assumed the form of a men
tai epidemic. The traveller Kohl and
several eminent iurists of eastern Aus
tria, have collected the records of
ghoul-resurrections, attested by an
incredible number of scredible wit
nesses, Z and repeated with all details
OF circumstances in Bucharest, Tenn
esvar, Szegedin and the highland
hamlets Of Servia and Pennsylvania.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-29
An Aggressive Campaign.

Good morning-how is the grand work
IN the interests of Democracy starting in to-
day." said the chairman of the Democratic
National Campaign Committee to his private
secretary, coming into headquarters about
noon and blowing the dust off his desk.
"Splendidly," replied the assistant brisk
". 81 have one letter from prominent
Western New York manufacturer who has
always been Democrat, saying that he
shall vote for Harrison and Morton and
giving his reasons for it, and postal card
from travelling minister in Upper Canada
ordering twelve pounds of tracts, 'on the
duty young men owe their grandparents
guess he intends to direct it to some mis-
sionary society"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-29

need 70 be increased in consequence, and then
artlcles under this one-sided ARRANGEMENT.
proves improbable our farmers can turn
Their attention to some other productions
Protection lnsures for our own citizens not
only the first, but always the best chance il
the markets of the country they have helped
to build up. This is both patriotism and
good business policy Its opposite is the I'M
American policy advocated by the President;
and other free trade advocates, and for which
they have received the plaudits of the Cob
den CLUB and every prominent Journal in
Great Britain. It remains to be seen if a
majority N OF American farmers agree with