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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13
FAMILY SCRAP BASKET.

A Valuable Compilation of Household
Fact and Fancy.
! Make list. in the order in which
you pack them, of the contents of your
| wooden chest, and paste it on the out
side. Then the articles at the head of
the list will be in the bottom of the
box.
1t is good plan to keep quantity
of sifted flour in the pantry, ready
for the making of biscuits, cake Or
pie, so as to be prepared if they are
wanted in q hurry, as in case of COM
pany coming and remaining to a meal.
a wash which will remove the sun
burn acquired by outdoor sports is
made by adding to twelve ounces of
elder flower water, six drains of COM
mon soda and six drains of powdered
borax. Applied to the skin, it will
make it as clear and soft as a baby's.
Whenever your little ones cough and
are hoarse, and there are any signs of
allspice in teaspoonful of molasses,
and give at once Repeat the dose as
often as necessary. It is very loosen
ing and eficaciouS-
When joint is sprained swelling
comes on gradually. In dislocation
the swelling and loss of motion of the
joint happens Immediately after the
accident. A sprained limb should be
kept perfectly quiet To prevent in
flammation use poultices of wormwood,
hops or tansy.
The polish of black or colored mar
BILE mantelpieces. pillars, steps. ect.,
can be revived by the following means:
Dip a flannel cloth in mixture of
beeswax and turpentine made to the
consistency of soft butter, rand rub
we'll into the marble, afterward pol
ishing with soft, dry cloth. Use very
little of the mixture, but use plenty of
''elbow grease.
To remove stains of acid, vinegar,
sour wine, must, sour fruits: White
goods, simple washing, followed up by
chlorine water if fruit color accom-
panies the acid. Colored cottons,
woolens and silks are very carefully
moistened with dilute ammonia, with
the finger end. In case of delicate
colors, it will be found preferable to
make some prepared chalk into thin
paste, with water, and apply it to the
spots
Shad baked in an oven on an oak
plank is thought to have a particularly
good flavor. If the wood burns and
smokes little it only improves the
fish, which must be a perfectly fresh,
solid, firm roe shad, well cleaned,
sailed on both sides. and the roes put
in their places and laid on the board
skin side down. 1t should bake a lit
tie over half an hour. If it does not
brown rub over with butter when part
ly done. Eat with potatoes oiled in
lard, or hot oil.-Good Housekeeping.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13
GRAY.HEADED GAMES,
The Antiquity of Chess. Marbles, Base Bal
and Hop-Scotch.

The Antiquity of Chess. Marbles, Base Ball
and Hop-Scotch.
Boys can not help being boys, and
if it is any comfort to them to know
it, they always have been. There is
no reason to doubt that they have
played approximately the same games
for thousands of years. If flavor of
antiquity can dignity sports, the fol-
lowing extract will satisfy many an
anxious parent that his offspring are
entirely respectable in their methods
of amusement.
Sakya-Muni, the founder of Budd-
hism, who died probably four hundred
years before Christ. gave to his dis
ciples some paragraphs on conduct.
He took a conservative stand against
certain games. The fact of his speak
ing of them shows that they must
have existed long before his day.
He says that the true Brahman should
refrain from .sgames detrimental to
progress in virtue; that is to say, with
a board of sixty-four squares, or of one
hundred squares; tossing up; hopping
over diagrams formed on the ground;
removing substances from a heap with
out shaking the remainder; ..dicing;
trap-ball; sketching rude figures; toss
ing balls; blowing trumpets; blowing
matches; tumbling; forming mimic
wind-mills; guessing at measures;
chariot races; archery; shooting mar
bles from the fingers"
The reader will easily recognize in
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13
PARROT AND BAT.
A Lively Tussei Which Resulted in q Vic
tory for the Former.

A Lively Tusse1 Which Resulted in q Vic
tory for the Former.
On sultry evening last week a bat
flew into the sitting-roOm of a house at
Scranton, Pa, and dashed against the
parrots cage. 1t struck the cage with
force enough to drive it between the
wires. and it began to creep around
the bottom of the cage and flap it's in
jured wings. The parrot was asleep
when the bat flew in, but it got awake
in an instant, and it screeched and
screamed and yelled ''Oh my!' so many
times that the lady of the house ran in
from the piazza to see what the trouble
was with the family's pet The mo-
ment she entered the room the parrot
told the 1uttering little creature to get
out in a very shrill tone, repeating the
command a number of times. The bat
didn't get out, although it tried very
hard to do so, and the parrot got mad,
bristled up and dived from its perch at
the puny intruder For few seconds
the parrot had such lively tussel in
the bottom of the cage that it upset
every thing and scattered seeds all
around the room, and then it hoped
back to it's perch and began to scratch
its throat with its right foot as though
it had been bitten by the bat.
Gracious! how that hurt!' the par
rot yelled. after it had stopped scratch
ing. and smoothed out it's wings and
feathers, the bat still webbing about
and trying to find a place to crawl out
1t couldn't find one, and the parrot
sang out: IN fix it!'' and pitched at
the bat again. The little thing squeaked
and tried to defend itself when the par
rot tackled it. but the ugly bird used
both claws and bill, and it soon had
the bats wings torn into strips. Then
it gave the bat pinch on the neck,
shook it up and down, dropped it sud-
denly and hoped to the top of the
cage and shrieked, looking down at
the dying little creature. When the
parrot saw the bat was dead, it looked
at its mistress. jumped from the perch
to its ring and back again, and yelled
out:
What is it, mother?"
The value OF the parrot has doubled
in the estimation of its owner since it
killed the at.-Philadelphia North
America.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13
NOVELTIES IN CLOCKS.
Time-Pieces for the Drawing Room, til
Library and the Hall.

Time -Pieces for the Drawing-Room, the
Library and the Hall.
To own beautifully or curiously-de-
signed clocks is as strong a passion
with some as TO collect bric-a-brac
with others. A few Chicagoans of
wealth have time-pieces in every
available place from garnet to base
ment Clocks are to be had at every
price, from a dollar to several thou
sand. The average good clock costs
from $25 to $500. The kind most in
use at present is the plain French
marble, without mantle-piece orna-
ments. They are about fifteen inches
across and eighteen inches high.
They are popular for gifts, and cost
from $50 to $50. Twelve unique de-
signs are offered under $3.50. One, a
beautiful French clock bought the
other day as a wedding present for a
bride. was of white and Mexican
onyx in beautiful design.
1t cost 5000. A most popular
clock now is in white onyx and bronze
in plain and fanciful creations. One
of the most artistic designs shown in
the city is an ideal figure of Genius
on pedestal. The diminutive black
onyx dial with figures of white onyx
and polished brass hands is set in th g
pedestal. The figure is that of a youth
"a herald on the run. The horn he
uses is the most unique part of the
conception. 1t is a dragon-headed
serpent with wide open mouth. 1t en-
circles the figure about the waist,
coming up the back and forming an
arch over the head The tail of the
reptile is grasped in the right hand.
The price for this bit of art is 500.
Another elegant bronze work repre-
sents two warriors. The clock in this
instance is also set in the pedestal.
Ajax is a favOrite figure to stand
guard over the pedestal-set mautel
timepiece.
Antique bronze is mostly employed
in library clocks. One handsome spec
linen was recently purchased for 5000.
The once-a-year clock, which is wound
up only once in twelve months, is some
times bought by lazy people. Square
rosewood and brass clocks, with the
eight-bell Westminster chimes, pealing
each quarter of an hour, are in great
demand. Little brass and silver affairs
about four inches across and ten high,
with side ornaments for bracket, are
much used in ladies' boudoirs. Of
"Grandfather's clocks" there are no
end. They usually have places in the
hallway.
People who own a collection of hand
some clocks seldom wind them them
selves or permit their servants to do
so. They are cared for by skilled en-
ployes from the jewelers. who visit the
establishments twice each week for
that purpose.-Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13
SUPERsTiTIONS OF SAILORS.

MARINERS do not like to have a corpse on
board
IT is unlucky to point with finger at a
ship when at sea.
The nails and hair must not be cut at sea
except during storm.
RATS are supposed to leave vessel only
when it is going to sink.
IT is unlucky to sneeze on the left side at
tine moment of embarking.
A KNIFE stuck in the mast. the killing of
pig, or whistling is believed to bring
wind.
THE stormy petrol is supposed to herald
land is near.
THE cat is generally disliked by sailors,
but cat will not be thrown overheard, as
This would bring on storm.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

Why should Dr. Pierce's medicines not
distance all competitors in amount of sales,
as they are doing, since they are the only
medicines sold by druggists possessed OF
such wonderful curative properties as to war
rant their manufacturers in guaranteeing
them to cure the diseases for which they
are recommended. You get cure or money
paid for them returned. The Doctors
Golden Medical Discovery" cures all dis
eases caused by arrangement of the liver,
as biliousness, Indigestion or dyspepsia;
also all blood, skin and scalp diseases,
letter, salt-rheum, scrofulous sores and
swellings and kindred ailments.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

Score Another Point
In the United States Circuit Court for the
Southern District Of New York, Judge Ship
man handed down an opinion a few days
ago in the suit of the owners of the trade
marks covering Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
against Arnold Theller and Cornell Thelier,
the compounders located on Vesey street,
New York City, in which it was decided
that, although the defendants made use of
their own names on the labels affixed to the
bottles containing bitters prepared by them,
yet as they were evidently designed to imi-
tate the Hostetter labels, they were in
fringers, and a perpetual injunction was
granted and an accounting of damages or
dered, together with the costs of the suit.
1t is the evident intention of the Hostetter
people to protect their valuable trade mark
against all infringers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13
A Crook Ragged.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, June S.-For q
week past houses in various parts of the
town have been entered by a burglar of
unusual skill and robbed of quantity OF
valuables. Suspicion pointed to WELL
dressed young fellow named Baldwin
and an arrest was made. He had several
hundred dollars worth of the stolen jew.
els in his possession.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13
Entitled to Special Sympathy.

LONDON, June S.-The Times in an ed
itorial article says: ''While thankful for
our own immunity from calamities of ma
terial greatness like the Johnstown floods
and the Seattle fire, we can not forget
that in sorrow and suffering, which make
the whole world akin, our American
brethren are entitled to special activity
and sympathy from ourselves"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13
A Veil or Mist

Rising at morning or evening from some
lowland, often carries in its folds the seeds
of malaria. Where malarial fever prevails
no one is safe, unless protected by some
efficient medicinal safeguard. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is both a protection and a
remedy. No person who inhabits, or so
journs in miasmatic region or country,
should omit to procure this fortifying agent,
which is also the finest known remedy for
dyspepsia. consumption, kidney trouble and
rheumatism.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

The New ork Academy of Sciences
discussed with great gravity, the other
evening, the question: '.Do Foxes Climb
Trees?" The savants finally came to
the conclusion that foxes do, because
Toodchucks do.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13
GIN scorr. of Okolona. Miss. wrt

g. n. ScoTT, of Okolona, Miss, wrote to
DR.. Shallenberger:
"Your Antidote for Malaria is certainly
the best thing for chills and fever that has
ever been sold in the South. I have been
selling it for t,Uetre years, and know it to be
the best medicine have ever dealt in. 1t
is perfectly harmless. and sure cure in
every case. Sold by Druggists
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13
A Fight with Arabs.

ZANZIBAR, June S.-Captain Wissmann
has had another engagement with the
Arabs, in which the latter were COM
pletely routed. He has also destroyed
their village OF Saadani, WindJi. Cap
tain Wissmann's casualties were trifing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
in the world. FuiIinformation free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board Portland, Oregon
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13
Anarchy Keigns i'm Crete.

LONDON, June S.-The latest reports
from Crete show that complete anarchy
reigus on the island. Murders and out
RACES of all kinds are of daily occurrence,
and 60 UNPUBLISHED
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

EXTRAORDINARY but nevertheless true.
We refer to the announcement of B. F. John
son & Co., of Richmond, Va, in which they
propose to show working and energetic men
how to make from S75 to $3.50 month above
expenses.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

Hon. Mrs. Maxwell-Scott, of Abbots-
ford, is preparing for the press some un
published journals of her great-grandfa-
Their, Sir Walter Scott.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

Don't hawk, hawk, and blow. blow, dis
gushing every body. but use DR.. Sages
Catarrh Remedy and be cured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

CLOVES came to US from the Indies, and
take their name from the Latin clauvus,
meaning nail, to which they have q re-
semblance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

HAVE no equal as a prompt and positive
cure for sick headache, bliousness, consti-
patton, pain in the side, and all liver troub-
les. Carriers Little Liver Pills. Try them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

BELFAST, ireland, is the center Of real lin
en- making, as Dundee, in Scotland, is OF
hempen fabrication.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

WHEN an article has been sold for "a
years, in spite of competition and cheap inn
itations. it must have superior quality. Dob
bins Electric Soap has been constantly
made and sold since 1865. Ask your grocer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

CHARLES F. A. HENDRICKS began as 6
clerk and now has IS, 100000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

WOMEN who have to attract attention
by improprieties are always last in the pro-
CeSSlOu.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

THE best way to mark table linen: Leave
the baby and a blackberry pie alone at the
table for three minutes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

EDWARD BULwER DICKENS, the youngest
son of Charles Dickens, represents pro-
lection district in the Parliament Of New
South Wales
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

Do not purge nor weaken the bowels, but
act specially on the liver and bile. A perfect
liver correcter Carter's Little Liver Pills,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

IT is the easiest thing in the world for ths
people of Vanity Fair to make fools OF them
selves.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

LOUISA NJ ALcoTT wrote the only hymn OF
her life, my Kingdom at thirteen years
of age
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

GLENN's Sulphur Soap is genuine RENE
iy for Skin Diseases.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

THE woman who has the fewest number
of s'contidential friends is always the hap
pest
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13
eco, Ross-Cos Rnssgss

ssCo' Boss-Co' Boss!'
Standing beside the woodland gate,
His hat thrown down upon the sward,
He calls the cows that simless wait
Knee deep within the shallow lord
Co boss-co' boss:''
His eyes are where the sun has left
Its blush upon The summer sky
And kindIed red the sullen cleft;
Yet calls he with a half-heard sigh:
GO boss-co' boss!''
Yearns he for honor that doth crown
The hero of the battle field?
Or signs he for the calna renown
The pen shall win instead of shieldf
Oh, bosh!-oh, boshi
Approach and list. He murmurs now
A murmur soft as falling leaf
His glance falls on each l!stless COW;
Hes "fggerin'" up the price of beef.
Go boss-co' bossi''
S. B. McManus, in Time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. Csc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

GINGER is native Of the East and West
Indies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

Einstein's Twins.
Ven first dot doctor said to me:
We'll, Isaac, it vas tvins,''
vas SO s'prised vot could be;
Dot knocked me OF my pins.
thought dose kids VII cry und bawl
Much troubles make und bodder;
But dere dey vas, dose rascals small,
Der imache OF der fodder.
AT first dot prospect drove me Wild,
KNEW not vot to do.
Dots hard enough to clothe Won schlld,
But twice SO hard for two.
But somehow We contrifed to make
(Gott pless der little nosesD-
Won outfit do for little Jake,
Likewise for little Moses.
And as dose schildren bigger grew,
Der same way We hat done,
I meier get some clothes for two,
But shust enough for yum.
Vun suit will go good long ways,
My wife und me supposes,
If little Jakey runs and plays,
While in his bed stays Moses.
Jake goes in school on mornings; soon
AS he could get chance,
Comes home, und all der afternoon
Young Moses claims der pants.
But some day dey'l grow up-dot's bad
For ven dose poys vas twenty
(Oh, dot expectness makes me sad),
Vun suit will not be blenty.
America.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

Not That Kind of a Poet.
mo, William" the maiden faltered,
And tear stood in her eye,
81 never, never can be your wife,
And I'll tell you the reason why;
You're only poor spring poet,
Without any prospects in life,
And altho' you're as nice as nice can be,
You could never support wife,
Young William arose from his Bonded knees,
And his voice rang proud and clear;
"If you think I'm a gosln', Matildy Jane,
You've got the wrong chick by the ear;
I amt none O. yer dishwater poets,
That howl about spring and its charms
I write patent medicine puffs," he cried,
And she tumbled right into his arms.
M. c. Brown, in Yankee Blade.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

Tho StandinK QUESTION.
Q, what shall we have Tor dinnerf
O, what can I get for tear
In a minor strain. ag ain and again,
The question comes to me.
It dogs my thoughts by daytime,
And haunts me all the night;
A goblin brown that will not down,
Forever in my sight!
can not talk with a neighbor,
To church never go,
But oil the time this hopeless rhyme
In undertones will flow:
80, what Is there for breakfast?'
And on in maddening way,
what shall get for dinner,
And what for tea to-day?,'
Detroit Commercial Advertiser
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13

Transformation.
The presen is better than all the past;
For the future a finer mold is cast;
And our daily task is to shape and bring
An ennobled form from the meanest thing.
The garments of Night, strewn over his rooms,
Are laid by Morn on his magical looms,
And the robes of Day come forth, and the
dyed,
Ethereal vesture OF Eventtde.
We must take the shadows and mako them
shine;
We must take the water and make it wine;
And the space in earth and sky that Is ours,
We must fill with light and adorn with flowers.
II Queen may shine in the silk arrayed
That a worm from mulberry Leaf has made,
We can change the forms that are coarse and
base
Till they lend to our lives finer grace.
So Nature is tending her looms and weaves
From the buried treasures of Tasty years. leaves
A splendid dress for the youthful May,
And flowers to scatter along her way.
The wind and the rain, the stream and the sea,
Are shaping the warped into symmetry,
And the bright sun sees, he downward goes,
That the world is richer than when he rose.
There are Transformations diviner still,
Where the souls that struggle and rise and
fall
Are changed to His image who made US all.
Rev. A j. Hough.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-27
An Alarmist or an IDIOT .

The other day the Plttsburg Dispatch
printed a rather remarkable article from
Florida, signed &c. d. H" AS contribu-
ton to newspaper literature it cannot take
high rank. 1t evidently was sadly neglected.
by the plue pencil, but its want Of literary
excellence could be overlooked if it had
dealt with facts. The writer of it states
that he does not care to be considered a 4
alarmist He then proceeds to show
that he is an alarmist, pure
and simple. Co lcerning recurrence of
yellow fever in Florida this summer, he
says: II am inclined to the opinion that
Jacksonville will ere long be visited by
repetition of the scenes of last SUI inner.
Almost every one is agreed that from
present indications the unfortunate state
cannot escape. The chances that
Jacksonville will have a return of the terri
bic epidemic are more than good. 1t is
generally accepted that such will be the
case"
Tho facts do not seem to bear out these
assertions. Florida is in much better sani-
tary ndition than was the case last year,
and if there is a general belief in that state
that yellow fever will break out this sum-
mer, &c. D. H." is apparently the only
person who has found it out. The people
there, on the contrary, seem to feel conf
dent t, at there will be no yellow fever and
they have very good reasons for feeling so.
1t is true that case, said to have been yell
low fever, was repo ted at Sanford three or
four months ago, but it was never shown
| conclusively to have been that disease-in
fact many people I've cont nded all along
| that it was not. No other case has been re-
ported from any part of the state, and the
season is now considerably advanced.
The only thing that seems clear from the
| article in question is that the writer of it
was more intent upon creating a sensation
and upon appearing in print than upon
stating facts. Florida has suffered q good
deal at the hands of such writers, and she
will be made to suffer at intervals as long as
| there are people within her limits, tempo
rarily or otherwise, whose Imagination is
strong, and who are ambitious to shine as
newspaper writers.