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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-22
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS,
ONE BOYS THOUGHTS.

| A stitch is always dropping in the everlasting
knitting
And the needles that I've threaded, no, YOU
couldn't count to-day,
| And I've hunted for the glasses till I thought
my head was splitting.
When there upon her forehead as calm as
| clocks they lay.
and the Epistles.
When the other boys we're burning tar-barrela
down the street;
And I've stayed and learned my verses when ]
heard their willow whistles.
And I've stayed and said my chapter with fire
In both nay feer.
And I've had to walk beside her when she went
to evening meeting.
When I wanted to be racing to be kicking, to
be on;
Ard I've waited while she gave the folks a
word or two OF greeting,
First on one foot then the other and most
strangled with cough.
'You can talk Of Young Young.America, say,
It'll you are scarlet,
It's Old America that has the inside Of the
track
Then she raps me with her thimble and calls
me young varlet.
And then she looks so wo-beSone I have to
take II back.
0ut! mere always Is peppermint or q penny
in her pocket
There never was pocket that was half SO
big and deep
And she lets The candle in my room burn way
down to the socket,
While she stews and sputters round about till
am sound Syieep.
Theirs always so nobody at home when every
one is scattering;
She spreads the jam upon your bread in q
way to make you grow;
She always takes fellows side when every
one is battering;
And when tear my jacket know just where
to go!
And when I've been il swimming after
fathers said shouldn't
And mother has her slipper OF according to
the rule;
It sounds as sweet as silver, the voice that
says: Il wouldn't;
The boy that won't go swimming such a
day would be q fool.'
Sometimes there's something in her voice ii
she gave blessing.
And look at her a moment and keep still
And who she is by this time there is no need of
guessing;
For there's nothing like Grandmother to
have about the house.
Harriet Prescott Spofford, in n. Y. INDIE
pendent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-22

followed him about the country. In1s
man, who is as crazy as a loon, told
the negroes that on the 10th of August
he and his followers would ascend to
Heaven. On the strength of this the
blacks left their work by the hundred
and followed him about the country.
Labor was demoralized. and the me-
groes were so wrought on by their
superstition and their religious fanati-
cism that the white people feared the
worst.
Finally the Ohio crank was captured
and lodged in the lunatic asylum, but
no sooner had he disappeared than
his place was taken up by a negro
justice of the peace named Edward
James. This negro went into a trance.
and when he awoke he announced
that the spirit of Dupont Bell had en-
tered his body and that henceforth he
was to be the leader. This statement
was accepted as true by Bells fol-
lowers and they focked after James,
who, at last accounts, was going
through Liberty County demoralizing
the blacks and raising pandemonium.
No sooner had James announced
that he was Christ than he stripped
off his clothes and carried on his work
unembarrassed by garments of any
kind. To his principal disciples he
gave the right to set up harems. and
he himself has in his train number
of concubines. Children have been
sacrificed by his orders, and number
of negroes have been beaten to death
under the pretense that they were
possessed of devils. Where this out
burst of fanaticism will end no one
knows.
These manifestations and develop
ments are but part of the negro
problem with which our Republican
friends deal so lightly and flippantly.
They are only q few of the results
that grow out of situation bristling
with dangers that are by no means of
a political nature. Constitu.
fi0r
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-22
TOWED BY A TARPON.

How Two Men and Heavy Boat Were
Carried Along by u Fish.
The other rod lay between me and
my boatman, under his supervision.
was reeling in my line after a short
abortive cast. when suddenly Pierce
made an exclamation, and turned to
SEQ his line running out rapidly. so
rapidly in fact that the handle of the
reel knocked a piece out of his fore
finger. He reached me the rod, and
just after l had seized it, taking care
to exert no pressure. large silvery
mass leaped out of the water straight
into the water and fell back again.
"a tarpon, and big fellow" cried
Pierce.
In considering any statement as to
the height fish jumps out OF
water. it is important to know whether
the narrator has included the length
of the fish in making up his figures.
That is to say, if fish is six feet long
and jumps from it's native element so
that the tip of its tail is two feet clear
of the surface. good story-tellers will
claim that it has jumped eight feet out
of water. Others will take oath to
only two. 1t is sufficient to state that
the tarpon in question jumped either
two feet or eight, according to the m
dividual preference of the reader. At
that time he had taken out with veloci-
ty about fifty yards of line; the leap
terminated his first rush, and had an
opportunity to reel in about a fourth
of the amount before he started off
again. Meantime my man had hauled
up the anchor and we were in
process of being towed by the big fish.
whose frantic efforts to escape were
making the reel revolve at a famous
rate. From long experience with sal
mon, knew enough to keep the point
of my rod as high as possible consist
ent with the heavy strain, and the mo-
ment the rush diminished in intensity
/ clapped my finger on to the leather
drag and resisted stoutly, Keeling in
every inch of line that could recover.
But before long he was off once moro
in mad career, and out of water vi
ciously shaking his head in determined
efforts to spit out the hook. His fail
ure to do this after series of endeav-
ors showed that he had swallowed the
bait, and that my chief concern now
should. be as to the strength of my
tackle Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-22
THE LATEST HORROR.
Wrappers for Cigars Now Made OF PateI
kye-Straw Paper.

Wrappers for Cigars Now Made OF Patent
Kye-Straw Paper.
Among the latest limitations which
have been successfully introduced into
the tobacco trade Of this and other
cities, are cigars, the wrappers of
which are made out Of specially
prepared paper. A gentleman well
known in the iron manufacturing circles
of this vicinity was the first to- inform
one of our reporters that smoking ma
terial of this kind was new in the
market. He had recently returned
from a visit to Norfolk. Va. where he
met a drummer for q large tobacco
factory OF New York State. This
gentleman informed the Pittsburgher
that he was then introducing an i'm
imitation cigar wrapper which was so
deceiving in its charactel. that experts
could scarcely distinguish it from the
genuine.
This preparation is made from rye
straw. and one portion of the process
was to steep the material in a strong
solution made from tobacco stems The
grain of the straw together with the
manner in which the material was
dressed would lead any person to sup
pose that it was sample Of leaf used
in making cigars OF a more than ordi-
nary quality. The flavor of tobacco
was also present, owing to the paper
having been immersed in the solution
made from the genuine article.
The gentlemen subsequently exam.
ined cigars on sale in Norfolk and dis
covered that they were made with these
patent wrappers. The samples exam
ined were of an extra fine quality. The
drummer stated that the firm which he
represented was making tons OF this
material. and shipping it to all the
leading cities of the country. Paper
made from rye straw is the only kind
that can be successfully used for that
purpose, as all other kinds of paper can
easily be detected by the smoker. The
new material is also used for filters in
certain classes of cigars. 1t is very
cheap and can be sold greatly below
the price paid for genuine leaf
A well-known tobacco salesman Ia
this city, when asked yesterday ii ci-
gars OF that kind were sold here. re-.
piled in the affirmative. He had seen
numerous samples and they were very
hard to detect
Extensive dealers in leaf tobacco said
that the existence OF preparation OF
this kind was news to them. Thew felt
that its success would be short-lived. n.
the trade would soon discover the de-
ceit, and then mighty effort would be
made to arive cigars made with bogus
leaf out OF the market = Pittsburgh
Commercial Gazette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-22
MEDICAL PROGRESS.
An Explanation of the Marvellous Procei
of Skin Grating.

1
| of Skin Grating.
! When large areas of skin are de-
stroyed, as happens in the case of
severe burns Or extensive injuries, it
| is sometimes months before the sur
face is again covered with epidermis.
Repair may have gone on till the sur
| face is on level with the surrounding
parts, and all that remains is for the
skin to creep in from the edges; but
this process. especially in persons
weakened by long confinement in bed.
is very slow. and the constant dis
charge of matter from the open sur
face causes irritation, as well as weak
ness.
1t has been known for many years
that flap of skin might be lifted from
its place and made to adhere in an adj
joining spot. provided its connection
with the surrounding skin were not
cut off. But now we can go farther
than this. In 1860 French physician
discovered that small bits of sound
skin might be shipped off and applied
to the surface of the sore, and that
under certain conditions they would
adhere and form new centers from
which the process of healing might go
on.
In order to have graft take" we'll,
the surface of the ulcer must be in a
suitable condition. If it is rough, or
discharges too freely, or projects too
far above the surrounding level, there
is danger that the small bits of skin
will fall off.
The process is as follows: The sur
face of the ulcer, as we'll as that of the
sound skin from which the gratis are
to be taken. having been carefully
cleansed with carbolic acid, or other
solution that serves the same purpose.
the bit of skin is picked up in a small
pair of forceps or on the point of a
needle. and is shipped off with a pair
of sharp scissors or small knife.
Only the superficial layer of skin is
taken, and if this is properly done
there is no bleeding.
The bit of skin, which is generally
not larger than the head of pin, is
then placed firmly upon the ulcer,
with the cut side down, and preferably
about quarter of an inch from the
free border. A line of gratis may be
placed at equal distances completely
across the denuded surface. and thus
bridge of skin is soon formed. for the
gratis spread and unite, and thus con-
vert the original ulcer into two smaller
ones. By a similar process these two
parts may be again divided, and the
process continued till the whole sur
face is covered.
In a few instances larger portions of
liberated surface. but in general the
smaller bits cause repair to go on as
rapidly. and are more easily applied
and cared for.-Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-22
INCREDIBLE BARISM.
some Exceedingly Interesting Phases
the Negro Problem.


Cur readers have been kept advised
from time to time of the remarkable
developments of barbarism that have
been taking place among the negroes
in Liberty County and other sections
of the State.
These negroes are not less civilized
than the average negroes in the coun-
try districts of the South. The white
people of Liberty County have long
beea noted for their piety, their re-
finement and their entertainments.
They are descended from Puritan
stock, and from the settlement at Mid
way have sprung some OF the most
distinguished men of the country.
Statesmen, soldiers. lawyers and liter
airy men have come out of Liberty,
and there Is no reason to believe that
the negroes there are any more ig-
norant than the average of their race
in any part of the South. If they are,
it is not because they were left to
themselves as slaves. but it is because
they have deliberately relapsed into
barbarism.
Never were there moro fortunate
bondsmen than those that fell to the
care and keeping of the pious and re-
fined Puritan families of Liberty.
Their spiritual as we'll as their tenn
poral welfare was looked, after most
assiduously, and, although the negroes
then largely outnumbered the whites,
as they outnumber them now, the mis-
sionary temper of the white people OF
Liberty did not permit the blacks to
suffer for lack of religious teaching.
But what is the result? Not many
weeks ago white man from Ohio made
his appearance in Liberty County, and
he was at once hailed as Messiah by
the blacks. who left their work and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-22
--
NOTES AND COM MEN rs.

We can no longer reprove Wan
| amaker. He has reached the point at
which we are forced to pity him. N.
Y. Sun.
The new-found Republican har-
mony IN Virginia is of character to
be appropriately celebrated by a scalp
dance. Providence journal.
We are glad to see that the pro-
tectionists of the country begin to re-
alize that the only way to successfully
beat the trusts is to reduce the tariff.
New Haven Register.
Query: Would it not be better
for Corporal Tanner to make a bluff
at attending to the business of his Of
flee than to expound pension theories
at picnics. Buffalo Express (Rep.).
We fear brother Halstead's
chances of the Senatorship are not
brilliant. There is good deal of
money and good deal of mean man
agemeut against him on both sides.
and he has poor prospects in his own
party while it makes of Foraker an
idoL-Boston Herald.
Senator Ingalls,, of Kansas, has
written a letter explaining his article
on prohibition in the Forum. From
his explanation it would appear that
Mr.. ingalls, has been paid for the arti-
Gle, but is still in doubt himself as
to what side of the prohibition aues-
ton he wrote in favor of.-Chicago
Times.
Prom Columbus. Ind, comes the
information that catfish weighing
one hundred and four pounds has been
caught in the White river, and this is
said to be the largest fish ever caught
in Indiana waters. The smallest fish
ever caught in Indiana is supposed to
be holding public Office at the Nation
al capital just now.-Chicago News.
There are very few wooden manu-
facturers in this neck of woods who are
not now ready to admit that free wool
has become necessity. Without it the
wool business will ultimately fall en-
tirely into the hands of foreigners,
who have the pick and choice of the
worlds wool supply. Philadelphia
Record.
The Republican press fondly
hoped for a victory in Kentucky. Until
the Republican party becomes tariff
reform party it need not look to Ken
lucky. The Ke1tuckian has no love
of being robbed, and he feels some in
terest in the general welfare of the
country.-Louisville CourierJ ournal.
In the pig-iron, high-tax and
free-whisky platform adopted by the
Republicans of Pennsylvania the coun-
try is congratulated upon the great
victory of 1888, which was ''won with
Pennsylvania platform and Penn
sylvania leader. Probably it is near
enough to the t.uth to claim that the
ignorant and immoral platform full
minated in Chicago in 1888 was
Pennsylvania affair, but what have
Dudley and Harrison to say to this
brazen attempt to confer all of the
bays upon Matt S. Quay?-Chicago
Herald.
"A few weeks ago this paper pub
lished an article denouncing the ap-
pointment of James I. Morgan to the
office of Indian Commissioner in place
of that sterling Democrat. John H.
Oberly. By mistake this article, an
honest and able Democratic produce
ton, was credited to the Indianapolis
Journal, Mr.. Harrison's home organ.
The comments, it is hardly necessary
to state, first appeared in Consul-Gen-
eral News esteemed contemporary,
the Indianapolis Sentinel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-22

On the bill of fare OF I temnarcr.
restaurant in Chicago there appears :
list Of $50 temperance drinks
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-03-07
TIE FIoHT IN CONGRESS.

Never since the first bill TO or.
ganize the territory OF Oklahoma
was introduced in congress, has
there heen such a contest for and
against the measure as has been
witnessed during the sessions Of
the last congress. The defeat OF
the Springer bill may be due to the
rights Of tho Cherokces and the
obligations Of the United States TO
them having been SO thoroughly
discussed andmade known by those
who opposed the bill. A knowl.
edge Of the rights OF others is all
Sufficient to cause honest men not
70 violate the rules Of common JUS
tice. The rights Of all Indians, If
properly understood, would be
nlore generally respected by these
in authority, despite the low NOR
al estimate at which they are held
by the people IN common.
TO the timely presence Of Chief
Mayes, when tho contest was at
It's severest. and the chances fsr1
or against the bill seemed TO be at
equipoise. the defeat Of Oklahc-
ma may bo greatly attributed.
Delegates, Dushyhead and Harris,
arc equally entitled to the credit
Of the bills failure. They have
kept pace with It's progress through
the house, and iis appearanec in
tho senate, thereby showing that
lhoy have been fully attentive TO
ilplr duties.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-03-07

Ipdian Territory, over twenty
one years Of age, and understand
ing the English language sufficient
ly to comprehend the proceedings
ofthe court, shall be competent to
serve as jurors in said court, but
shall be subject TO exemptions and
challenges as provided by law in
regard to jurors in the western
district Of Arkansas.
A question ofnot little impor-
tance to the people Of this country
is whether, in its effects, the law
is retroactive. The general i'm
preston is that such is the case,
and that obligations contracted
ten or twenty years ago can be en-
force d for the reason that hereto
fore the debtor has been beyond
the jurisdiction Of a court, and un-
der those circumstance the law of
limitation is not operative. q
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-03-07
A u. s.. OOuRT

During the closing days of the
late congress law was enacted es-
tablishing U. S. court at Musko-
gee. Its criminal jurisdiction is
limited to such offences as are not
punishable by death or imprison.
ment, and cases Of that char acter
will be tried by the Arkansas and
Texas courts, the latter having Sc
cured a part of this territory.
The drst paragraph Of ,ection
six reads as follows: That the
court hereby established shall have
jurisdiction in all civil cases be-
tween citizens Of the United States
who are residents Of the Indian
Territory, or between citizens of
the United States, or Of any state or
territory therein, and any person
or persons residing or found in the
Indian Territory, and when the
value of the thing in contro-
versy, or damages or money claim
ed shall amount to one hundred
dollars.
The code Of the state Of Arkan-
'as is adopted, as near as may be,
Is to practice, pleading, forms. etc. |
IN cases whero the amount in con. |
roversy exceeds $1,000 an appeal
nay be taken to the supreme
iourt Of the United States. Two
erms of court are to be held each
ear, on the first Mondays in May
md November.
Section eight reads: That all
proceedings in said court shall be
Iad In the English language and
ona 6dc male residents OF the
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-03-07
THE OKLAHOMA BILL.
A Statement by Chief Mayes and
Other Indian Delegates.

EDIToR WAsHISGToE PosT: Your
Issues OF the 25th and 9th instants
contain articles entitled "The Ok.
lahoma BILL" which tend TO Gre
ate sentiment adverse 10 the ma.
tions we represent, by attributing
the opposition TO that bill 10 GER
tain so called "cattle barons," and
cantain a covert threat that unless
our property is surrendered upon
the terms of the bill II win bo
taken by force and bloodshed.
As representatives Of the Chero-
kee and Chickasaw nations we
have protested against the appro-
priatlon Of our property without
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-03-07

our consent, and the crippling OF
our national revenues in violation
of the solemn guarantees of the
United States maintained in oui
treaties. We want IL fully under.
stood that individual interests, il
any there be, are insignificant as
compared with what can only be
designated as the spoliation of our
property by the operation OF this
bill.
You have been egregiously i'm
posed upon If you believe that
there is any considerable body
of honest settlers so lawless in
their character to desire with OF
without law TO invade our country
and appropriate our property.
There may be a lawless people in
the employ Of the railroad and
town site companies that are ready
to make such n show, but they
will scatter to the winds as soon
as they are unmistakably advised
that the United States stands
ready to fulfill its treaty obliga.
tions with us.
1t will be n disgraceful day
when the United States, with all
the prowess of its arms, acquired
during the past century shall be
compelled to surrender to the
Pawnee Bills and their boomers.
We do not expect legislation in
yolying the honor Of the United
States in respect TO treaty obliga-
tions can ever be induced by the
threats of this lawless element of
society.
The so-called Cherokee outlet
which this bill proposes TO take,
virtually without our consent, is n
part of our patented lands and
now yields us an income of S200,-
600, which is the main support of
our common school system, and il
was guaranteed by the United
States that 'never in all future
time should il be included in any
state or territory" We necessar-
lily view with alarm this proposed
legislation invading our rights,
particularly when it is backed by
railroad and town site companies
so powerful as even to influence
public sentiment to assist in the
spoliation OF our property.
j. B. MkYEs, Principal Chief.
d. w. BusHYuKAD.
G. ]. HARRIS,
Cherokee Delegates.
G.. w. HARKISs,
l. D. COLLINS,
Chickasaw Delegates.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-03-07
OKLAHOMA LEGISLATION.

The Oklahoma bill (Springer's)
failed in the senate and hence
there is no territorial government.
AS a last resort, certain amend
ments were attached to the Indian
appropriation bill (they will be
found upon the first page of this
paper) and they became law.
The effect of the same is to make
the cessions of the Creeks and
Seminoles Oklahoma proper
q part Of the public domain, sub
ject to settlement, upon the presi-
dent issuing his proclamation to
that effect. He is also authorized
to create two land districts and
open two land offices in that
country. A commission is also
provided for to negotiate with
other Indian tribes holding lands
west Of the 96th degree of longi-
tude, foi the relinquishment of
their possessions west of said boun-
dary line. Whether President
Harrison will consider it expedi-
ent to open that couLtry to settle
ment before government for Inc
same is provided, remains to be
seen.