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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20
KITCHEN JUGGLERY.

How the Plain Yankee Restaurant COOK
Brings Much Out of Little.
People who are accustomed to draw
their comparisons for economy OF
space from ships cabin, or for MAX
ing much out of little from wizard,
or for surprising results in cooking
from the French. might find more
striking smiles for all of these from a
visit to the kitchen of some of the
plain, cheap, American restaurants so
plentiful in New York. Take look
at the bill of fare first, before you
penetrate into the realm of the
necromancer who juggles with the
edibles in the rear. Here you have
four or five kinds of soup. as many,
perhaps, of fish, half a dozen roasts,
and an ample array of made dishes,
pies, buildings, etc, and all the
vegetables, canned or fresh, in ordi-
nary use anywhere. One who did not
know might suppose that to cook and
keep ready in quantities such an array
of dishes would require an immense
range, several cooks and plenty of
space for the plates, ETC., to serve on.
Surprise is natural, then, when it is
discovered that the entire kitchen is no
bigger, Or is even smaller, than that OF
an ordinary house, and one,. or at most
two, assistants to wash dishes is all the
help the one plain Yankee cook re-
quires. How is this possible? Stand
aside and see. Here comes waiter
with an order for vegetable soup. The
cook lifts the lid of big boiler of clear
soup, made by boiling bones and scraps
of beef. mutton, chicken, veal, etc.
Whether these bones have once been
picked by the customers at the tables
outside it would be better, per-
haps, not to inquire. To enjoy
yourself at restaurant where
you do not want to spend much money
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20
PlTH AND POINT.

| People fiatter us because they can
| depend on our credulity. -Tacitus.
Enthusiasm is good to raise men
| upon. but discipline is the only thing
to fight on -Beecher.
Affection goes into bankruptcy
when it marries for money and faiis
to get tn. O. Picayune.
TO know how to be silent is more
difficult and more profitable than 70
know how to speak.-Lee.
Good manners include not merely
pleasant things said and done. but I'M
pleasant ones left undone.
1t is generally the idle who COM
plain that they can not find time to DO
that which they fancy they wish -
Once Week.
There is no moro objection to
poking bit of wisdom in between a
mans ribs than pounding it in through
his skull"
is always intending to do something
becomes the old man who wonders why
he never reached success.
NO state can be more destitute than
that of a person who, when the delights
of sense forsake him, has no pleasures
of the mind.-Burgh-
In all evils which admit a remedy.
Impotence should be avoided, because
it wastes that time and attention in
complaints which, if properly applied,
might remove the cause-Johnson.
The water that flows from spring
doesn't CONCEAL in winter. so those
sentiments of friendship which flow
from the heart can not be frozen in adj
versity.-N. Y. Ledger.
To maintain an opinion because 1t
is thine. and not because it is true. is
to maintain myself not the truth. and
so to prefer myself above the truth
Venning.
There are great things and little
things-as men see things; but the
greatness and the littleness are oftener
in the seeing than in the seen. Little
things rec often great to little minds
in little way; but little things are
great to great minds-in a great way.
Trifling is trivial only to him who is
so trivial as to be a trifer.-S s.
Times.
Lots of Fun. --Visitor-''Do you
have any amusements out here?" Kan
san-'.I should say. Had a fight over
the county seat last week, and three
men were killed; hung four horse
thieves yesterday. and tonight we are
going to take couple of fellows out
and whip the hide off of them. l guess
we have our share of amusements,
taking it the year through. "-Drake's
Magazine.
1t is the busy men who keep the
world moving. It is the busy men
who sustain society, and the busy men
are the projectors of the progress and
Improvement The lazy man is al
ways full of trouble. He is never con-
tent with himself. He never succeeds.
He has fault to find with every one
but himself. Besides being burden
to himself. he is pest to society; for
when he is too lazy to earn for him
self, he then begs for charity
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20
BAD WORD SOCIETIES.
An Interesting Movement to Suppress
Profanity Among the Youth.

An Interesting Movement to Suppress
Profanity Among the Youth.
bad word'' societies are the latest
institutions at several of the New York
City schools They are destined to do
deal of good that is of a nature that
generally lies beyond the reach of
teachers There are few Fairgrounds
attached to boys schools in this coun-
try where language is not constantly
used which would grieve and astound
the mothers of those who utter and of
those who hear them.
The rules of the Bad Word Society
are usually not written down; but they
are something like this: ''One cent
fine for every bad word spoken; every
boy to report his own bad words to the
treasurer and pay up; no telling of
any other boys bad word; the money
to go to the school library"
This is simple and practical Per-
haps the scheme might be enlarged a
little so as, to include the grosser forms
of bad grammar. such as Il done it,
them cabbages." and 'you was" 1t
is highly absurd that the boys who
have been going to a grammar school
for years should violate the most rudi-
mental laws of grammar every time
they speak ten consecutive words.
But the main point is to destroy the
habit of polluting the mouth and COR
rupting the heart by the use of words
which they call ''bad." Every boy
knows what they are, for no one can
keep beyond the sound of them. They
pollute the air of every street, and are
heard more or less wherever and
| whenever there is company of boys
playing together. They partly cause
the dread that mothers feel when they
see their little ones going for the first
time to boys school. The mothers
watch their boys departure with a
mixture of pride. pleasure and appre-
hension, and turn away from the win
dow at last with sigh, because they
know that few older boys yet realize
what duty they owe tooyounger ones
in the way of good example. -Educa-
| ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20

came sweeping down the mountain and
through the valley with force far beyond
that Of the great cataract at Niagara Sons
stood back for fathers and mothers and
were lost while the parents were taken out.
Many a dear brother found a watery grave
that loving sister might be saved. The
stories by survivors and thrilling escapes
are in many instances most remarkable and
almost beyond belief.
A man named Dougherty tells thrilling
story of a ride down the river on a log.
When the waters struck the roof Of the
house on which he had taken shelter he
jumped astride telegraph pole, riding a
distance of some twenty-three miles from
Johnstown to Bolivar before he was res
cued
The eight children of James Mcmillan,
the youngest of which is 10 months old,
were in their house on Lincoln street in
Johnstown. The family was in the attic
when the flood came. Each of the large
children grasped a smaller one, and the
family got to the roof. The jam of houses
made it possible for them to walk from
roof to roof until they reached the Morrell
Educational Institute, where they stayed
till next day. They suffered greatly from
hunger. One of the children kept the baby
alive by moistening its lips with his finger,
which he from time to time dipped in the
water.
At Pine Creek seventy-fv miles from
Johnstown, child not more than a year
old was found alive in the drift which had
come down from the scene of the great dis
aster. 1t lad been floating fog thirty
hours 1t is almost a miracle how this
mite of humanity escaped death in such a
raging torrent after journey of seventy
five miles, while many thousands of sturdy
men and women met their death in the
twinkling of an eye.
The family of c. Kress have reason to re-
member their four big st. Bernard dogs.
Mr.. Kress, his wife and three children were
tossed about by the angry waters. Their
house turned over and over, ind each time
all the family but Kress were washed into
the water The dogs sprang into the water
each member of the family slipped in
and in an instant had the unfortunate
person on the house again. Over trees,
heavy brush, and through dangers of every
kind the animals dashed to save their
masters family. When the house ap-
preached the shore one of the dogs towed
Mrs kress ashore The rest of the family
also escaped with the assistance of the
Digs Mr.. Kress says he lost 500, 900 in the
flood, but he thinks far more of his dogs
than of his wealth.
The family of Mr.. D. j. Duncan, super
intendent of the Johnstown Passenger Rail-
way Company, had a narrow escape. One
daughter, Blanche, was rescued from the
floating debris at Cambria City on the right
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20
DEATH IN THE OULD DART.

Frightful Railway Accident Near Arma sh,
Ireland A Section of II Sunday-School
Excursion Train Wrecked-Nearly a
Hundred Lives Lost and "a Large Num-
Der of the ExcursIonists Injured.
DUBLIN, June 13.-The railroad acct
dent near Armagh yesterday morning is
without q parallel in the history of rail-
reading in Ireland. The train carrying
the Sunday-scho excursion bound for
the popular seaside resort of Warren's
Point, was made up Of two sections, and
fully twelve hundred children and their
relatives and teachers were on board. This
train, short distance out of Armagh,
was ascending steep grade to bank
that rises to height of fifty feet when
the engine of the rear section gave out,
and was unable to draw the heavy train.
In some way, which is not now clearly
understood, several OF the rear cars be-
came detached from the balance of the
train and started down the steep grade.
In few seconds the cars were going
down hill at a terrific rate OF speed, with
the brakes either utterly useless, or
from negligence on the part of the guard,
without proper attention. Had the track
on the level just below the grade been
clear for any considerable distance, the
detached cars might have lost their mo-
mentum and the terrible accident that
followed been averted, but, unfortunate
ly, the regular train from Armagh fol-
lowed just behind the rear section of the
excursion train, and with the locomotive
of this train the detached cars came into
collision with terrific force, wrecking the
locomotive as we'll as the cars them
selves.
The scenes at the wreck Immediately
after the accident were heartrending in
the extreme. The rear section of the ex-
cursion train, from which the Inflated
cars had become detached, was stopped
after proceeding but short distance,
and the passengers, as well as those of
the forward section, soon ran back to
render what assistance they could to the
little children in the wrecked cars, where
MANNED and mangled bodies still showed
symptoms of life. The dead and the dy-
ing little ones were scattered in mex
tricable confusion among the jagged tim
bers and twisted ironwork of the wreck,
and the groans of the imprisoned suffer-
ers mingled in an awful din with the
shrieks of their more fortunate compan-
ions who stood by powerless to render
assistance.
People from the surrounding country
focked to the scene and set to work to re-
move the victims from the wreck. Ply
sicians were SUMMONED by telegraph from
Belfast and other points, and attended to
the wants of the injured, while the dead
were taken from the ruins as fast as pos
sible and placed in rows upon the grass.
The engineer, fireman and guard of the
rear section OF the excursion train and
the traffic managers clerk were arrested,
charged with causing the accident, and
remanded without bail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20

New YORK, June ia special to the
World from Austin, Tex, says: Judge
Key, of the District Court. to-day rem
dered his decision in favor of the State in
the suit against the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company to recover one-half of the
lands acquired by the company by virtue
Of State certificates issued since 1876.
This decision. if sustain by the Supreme
Court, will unsettle the titles of fifteen
million acres of land, and cause endle
litigation. Real estate men here are as
tonished at the decision and appalled, al
the future outlook should it be sustained.
This was test case. The question at is
sue is one of the gravest Importance to
nearly every railroad in the State.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20

bank of the stream A half mile below
Johnstown a second daughter, Miss Masee,
was drawn out OF the water alive
and is we'll. At Morrelisville, on
the left bank, one mile below
Johnstown, a third daughter-Elvira
with a little 6-months-old child in her arms
reached the roof OF floating building,
and was carried by it up stony creek to
Kerinville mile and half above Johns
town on the extreme opposite portion OF
the town from which they started Miss
Elvira states that the building on which they
succeeded in finding refuge was turned over
and over a number of times before 1t SET
tied but so slowly that she was enabled to
follow its movements and keep in safe
position, from which she was rescued Sat
urday morning. Hardly had she reached
the shore when she was received by her
oyerioyed mother. who had also most
thrilling and wonderful escape. She had
tioated on the debris in tho midst of the army
of floating houses which went up Stony
creek and was waftad through the second
story window OF a brick schooi-house In
another portion OF the town, where she re-
NAMED until rescued 1t is questionable II
tn re was ever a more thrilling escape OF
wonderful adventure on record
A cray-haired woman was among the ap-
picants for clothing at the distributing de-
pot at the Pennsylvania railroao sta'ioh
An outfit was made up and given her, but
after examining the dress she approachedl
the agent in charge and asked If he wouio
exchange it for a black one. L nave loso
all nv family" she added, by way OF apol-
ogy. as the tears streamed down her
wrinkled face, land would like to have a
black dress if could get one. My husband
and four children are in that awful pile by
tho stone bridge. and am alone now"
black dress was found for her.
In many cases whole families persisted In
small room of the school-house lay i've
little children. A big boy sat by contem-
plating them. They were his brothers and
sisters. His father, Squire Fisher, and his
mother were drowned, but their bodies
aAyA not yet been found The children
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20
-Corns grow on the feet of wome

-Corns grow on the feet of women
as often as on those of men, but every
thing to the contrary Notwithstanding,
corns are constitutional malady, and
are not the result OF wearing tight
shoes. Tight shoes make the wearer
painfully aware of the presence OF a
corn. but have nothing to do with its
origin. That human nature is the
same in man as in woman, is a theory
that very few will deny. When hui
man vanity is made known by the
wearing of tight shoes. and a more or
less deformed foot is the result. then l
suppose a man who treats diseases OF
the feet is naturally expected to be an
authority on vanity as well as corns.
n. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20
STORIES TOLD BY SURVIVORS

Over and above all the feeling that
presses upon one as he reads the columns
in the daily journals that tell of the terrible
disaster at Johnstown and her neighboring
villages is the helplessness of man, woman
and child when confronted with the mighty
forces of physical nature let loose and
started upon their career of destruction
The awful details make the heart sick. The
people were caught without warning in the
midst of their pursuits. Human nature
was displayed in its grandest light
in the numerous instances of personal
heroism and courage. More than one brave
man risked his life in trying to save those
engulfed in the awful wall of water which
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20
LEFT ALONE IN THE WORLD.

rope to work easily. A similar plan was
adopted by his companion, and line was
tied ON the shore Their work began when
they saw an old man coming down
the seething current, and they
plunged in after him. The timber
to which they were attached
buoyed them up sufficiently and they Sc
cured the man, who was taken ashore and
was able to walk, although he was much
exhausted by the cold and fear of drown
ing. woman and a little girl were the
next saved These three were from Cam
bria City. The young men kept at work
until ten or twelve parsons were rescued
They refused 30 give their names
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20
Portland, Oregon Raising Funds and
Giving with Both Hands.

PORTLAND, Ore, June n.-About 50, 700
were collected yesterday for the Seattle
and Johnstown sufferers - $500 were
subscribed for the former and s., 200 for
the latter. The chairman of the relief
committee here received dispatch from
Judge J. r. Lewis, who has charge of re.
lief matters In Seattle. saying that much
destitution prevailed. Thousands are
being fed and lodged and hundreds must
live in tents for months. The work of re-
building 10 being rapidly pushed. The
Board of Trade held meeting last night
and resolved to raise $50. 900 to $50, 900 to
relieve the homeless sufferers By thi
Seattle ara.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20

BALTIMORE, Nd, June 11.-John Calf.
ney, one of the umpires for the American
Association of base ball clubs, announces
to-day that he has resigned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20
TALES OF WOE.
Sad Scenes Enacted in the Cone
maugh Valley.

Remarkable Rescues from the Death
Wave Which Engulfed Johnstown and
Her Neighb0rs-The List of the
Worlds Heroes Swelled.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20
Politics VIII Not Count.

WASHINGTON, June 13.-The Civil-Serv-
ice Commission in view of the examina-
ton to be held at the Nashville (Tenn.)
post-office next Saturday, put out the
following announcement: 'All examina-
lions held under its auspices are strictly
non bipartisan in character. All qualified
persons are requested to apply. whether
Democrats or Republicans. They win be
examined. marked and certified purely
with reference to their capacity. Politic-
al considerations will be allowed no
weight whatever. The commissioners
are determined to enforce the law in it's
letter and spirit; any employee of the
Government violating it will be most
vigorously punished"
SnarEes Oh FRAUD and Corruption to be
Investigated.
WASHINGTON, June 13,-Colone1 hobart
Hughes, Inspector General, has been or
dered to Savannah, Ga, with instructions
to stop en- route at Washington and re-
port to the Inspector General of the army.
Colonel Hughes goes to Savannah to
further investigate the charge of fraud
and corruption made by w. P. Curtis
against Lieutenant Carter of the ARMY
Engineer Corps, who has charge of the
improvement works in Savannah harbor
and other Southern waters. Lieutenant
Carter has made a statement concerning
the charges to the Chief Of Engineers.
Tho charges are not official, but were con-
tanned in newspaper articles
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-04

that while he does not know specific
ally of the facts he would yet believe
Grant before any man living, and
that the matter should be looked
into.
If anv one has information it will
be gladly received. 1 certainly do
not wish to do any one an injury, nor
have the least prejudice in the mat
ter. But surely it is not sentiment
to object to the use of school books
which come to us with such an odor.
1t seems to me that we owe it to
the memory of our great general that
we demand that this series of charg-
es be satisfactorily answered. They
involve character more than senti-
ment. We are not so poor in authors
that we are driven to the necessity
of taking books for our children from
the hands of a man with such charges
resting upon him and no satisfactory
anewer given. If such answer can
be given let us hear it, but we have
right to demand that the plaster be
as large as the wound.
E. j. RANSLOW.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-04
The New States.

When the newly-elected governors
of the two Dakotas, Montana and
Washington shall have notified the
president of the result of the elec-
tions, he will issue a proclamation
announcing their admission to the
Union. The event will be unprece-
dented. Since the adoption of the
constitution four states have never
entered the Union together. 1t is not
a proud recollection for free repub-
lie, that during the first half of a
century the cardinal consideration in
the admission of new states was the
preservation of an equal balance be-
tween slave states and free states.
In 1850 the admission of California
gave the preponderance to freedom,
and the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise which followed marked the
opening of the final struggle between
the two fundamental forces of our
earlier politics. The admission of
the new states now involves no such
vital consideration. and the event of
this year has excited little other emo
ton than proud satisfaction in the
vast and extending empire of free
dom. 1t affects, without changing, the
relative present situation of parties
in congress, and it increases the cleo
toral vote in a way to diminish the
Importance of the s'doubtful states"
The immediate consequences of the
admission of the new states will be
the increase of the Union to forty-two
states, while men are not old who
remember when it was composed of
twenty-four states. 1t will advance
the number of senators from seventy
six to eighty-four, and of represent
atives from three hundred twenty
five to three hundred thirty, and the
number of electoral votes from four
hundred one to four hundred four
teen. Party divisions will be en-
phasized in congress, the republicans
securing forty-five of the eighty-four
senators and one hundred sixty-eight
of the three hundred thirty represent
atives. The presumption is that the
republicans also will gain electoral
votes. The general result, therefore,
is favorable to continued republican
ascendency. Every branch of the
government is in republican hands,
and, having complete power, they
have also exclusive responsibility.
-HdYper's Weekly.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-11-04

That the condition of the Dakota
farmers has been greatly exaggerat-
ed we do not doubt, but it is very
evident at the same time that great
destitution exists among them. The
frosts of last year cut off the crops
generally, and the farmers were OBJ
liged to mortgage their farms for
feed, provisions, clothing, ETC., to
carry them through the winter. Last
spring personal property was mort
gagged for seeds and funds to put in
the crop. An unpromising spring
was followed by the drouth, and this
year. crops have been almost total
failure, At various points in the
neighboring states subscriptions have
opened for the relief of the needy
ones. The tales of actual suffering
may have been greatly exaggerated,
it is true, but the condition of affairs
is bad enough at best, with winter
in prospect such as can only be eX-
perienced in the Dakotas. Vermont
farmers may well congratulate them
selves that with all the disadvantages
under which they labor, such expe-
riences are unknown to them.