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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12
Academy of Music,
Ironton, MO.
For Theatrical and operate Enter
tainments, Exhibitions, Balls, Etc.

Auditorium 50x37 feet. stage. 22x37 feet
with opening or prosceuium 16:6X12. TWO
dressing-rooms, one on either side of stage,
and large room underneath. Four Scenes
Street, Wood, Kitchen and Parlor-in grooves.
Fitted with all ordinary appurtenances. Hall
seated with chairs, and gallery with benches.
Seating capacity about 500.
The towns of Ironton, Pilot Knob and
Arcadia, with a population of 5000. are
within a radius of one mile-lronton in
the centre.
Forterms, etc. ,applvto
w. T. GAY, Superintendent.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14
A surfeit Of Beauty.

It is doubtful if there is any one
state in America eontainin g so many
pretty women as California and any
one containing SO few as New, York
As one walks down Kearney or Mont
gomery streets in San Francisco. one
becomes almost surfeited by the un-
relieved ranks of pretty girls. with
their round, plump figures, their
vivid coloring, and delicate, regular
features. They are frequently
painted, but they are triumphs Of
nature over art for all that, and
could we'll afford to discard the rouge
pots. They do not dress as well as
they might, but their figures are so
delightful; they look such thorough
women, instead of suggesting a stuff
fed fashion plate, that one is willing
to forgive San Francisco her lack of
good dressmakers. Gertrude Frank
lin Ather ton in San Francisco Ar.
gonaut.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14
The 'sGlare" Of our White Skins.

Nothing is more common than for
Europeans to complain of the diff
Guilty they have in individualizing
men of dark races, who to the eye of
the white man seem all more or less
alike. The natives of India have ap-
parently exactly the same difficulty
with white men. Some men OF the
Lancashire Regiment stationed ut
Benares recently broke loose and
raided a liquor shop in a neighbor-
ing village. Some of the culprits
were so drunk that the authorities
easily discovered them, but in order
to spot the remainder the regiment
was paraded, and the. villagers were
asked to point out the guilty men.
They absolutely failed to do so in a
single case, whereupon native pa
per, commenting on the incident,
says: "Not doubt of it. One of
the most difficult feats under the sun
is to identify Europeans, they are so
much alike, with their loud, glaring,
white color. We wonder whether
their friends and relations are at a
loss as to who's who?"-London
Globe.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14
And Mc Still Has Hope

81 have been 'slipwrecked, been
baked in railroad accident and
fred out of foundry window by a
boiler explosion. was shot in the
neck at Gettysburg, suffered starva-
tion in Libby prison; fell overheard
from a transport off Charleston, and
left four of my fingers in the mouth
of ashark.. Ihad my right arm bro.
ken in two places in q New York riot,
and stood on a barrel with a halter
around my neck in q Southern town
at the outbreak ofthe greatrebellion
from sunrise to sunset. 7 was buried
under the ruins of a building in San
Francisco during an earthquake and
dug out after fifty hours imprison-
ment. I have ., been shot st three
times, twice by lunatics and once by
q highwayman. Twas buried two
days by a gas explosion in mine.
narrowly escaped lynching last year
inArizona, through mistakenidentitv.
And though ! am over fifty, and
have nearly lost the use of my right
leg, have just had, as l understand,
all my property, ON Which. there was
no insurance, destroyed by fire in a
Western town; and the doctor in
New York to whom went last week
for an examination assures me that
1 will soon be ridden from beu-
matism; nevertheless" he added
cheerfully," while 1 undoubtedly
have met some obstacles in the nast
/ still refuse to believe that luck ia
against me. ."-Daylighty Land.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14
Feeding Horses.

We have always been taught on
the farm never to feed q horse when
too warm or Immediately after a
hard days work, says q writer in
the Nebraska Farmer, but it occurs
to me tha5 there is much more to be
said in horse feeding than this.
Physiology tells us a man needs
rest for time after eating that the
gastric juice may have time to flow.
If we eat a hearty meal and at once
60 to work or exercise violently, the
gastric juice does not flow properly
and the food is not rightly digested.
The same is true of the horse. In
stead of being so extremely careful
in feeding a horse at the end of a
Journey or at the close of his days
work when he has time, take more
care and do not feed with grain just
previous to a sharp drive or other
violent exercise. There is great
danger to horses from over feeding
in this way, which is not fully ap-
preciated. 1t is not SO great with
farmers horses whose work is more
gradual and gives more time for
digestion.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14
Lincoln on Jefferson.

George N. stroat, ofNebraska City,
has an autograph letter written by
Abraham Lincoln in 1859. 1t is an
answer to an invitation to attend q
banquet in Boston on the annivers.,-
ry of the birth of Thomas Jeffers on.
The letter concludes with the follow
ing tribute to the author of the i'm
mortal Declaration of Independence:
"All honor to Jefferson. to the man
who, in the concrete pressure of q
struggle for Independence by a single
people, had the GOODNESS, forecast
and capacity to introduce into a
merely revolutionary document an
abstract truth. applicable to all men
and all times, and SO to embalm it
there that today and in all coming
days it shall be a rebuke and a STUN
bling block to the harbingers of re-
appearing tyranny and oppression.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14
A Photographers Experience.

We were in one of the widest spots
on the mountains, a seemingly end.
less field of ledge and bowlder all
around, snow mountains and rocky
peaks only in the panorama, oil
signs of valley or glen, tree or river
far below. 1 had a moment to reflect
on what I was beholding, and care
fully adjusting the glass again on
those rare creatures. closely watched
them. Our leader crawled up to my
side, and as the quarry showed signs
Of alarm / attempted to take a pic
ture, but I was now 30 excited that
took a slide out of one plate-holder
before putting the cap on, and that
ruined piece of glass now lies among
the rocks to amuse the comics and
ptarmigan, while the slide. which 1
had placed ON the camera was whirl-
ed far away by the strong wind.
Even SO experienced O hunter as my
companion lost his head us the big
horn were trotting away, and en-
claimed: "Take them quick!" Then,
as they stopped once more and look
ed at us, he called himself bad names,
saying: III might have known they
would stop again, and that there
was no need ofhaste." But 10! what
did those sheep do but turn around
and walk deliberately toward us. un-
til they were within about one hun
'dred feet. We we're fairly trembling
with excitement, and first took off
the cap without pulling the slide.
When made this blunder they were
all facing U.s., standing on granite
pedestals q little elevated above the
general level, and in line with the
broad snow-field on the cliffs back of
them, which showed them in relief
with startling clearness. The next
moment l succeeded in capturing the
picture, and then the animals decided
to trot off, and wesaw them no more.
Hunters talk of,the excitement which
q novice experiences when he shoots
at his first buck, but I could have
shot those three big-horn without be-
ing one-half as nervous as when try
ing to photograph Them .-Scribner's
Magazine.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14
.Disordered Hearing.

The senses, in their normal action,
never deceive; but they are oil liable
to disturbing influences of various
kinds, which cause them to act alb
normally. They may be painfully
exalted in sensibility, or the organs
of sense may be SO blunted as to be-
come partly or wholly incapable of
informing their usual functions.
They may even give rise to sensa-
tions that are absolutely false. The
eye may "see" bright lights, beauti-
full scenes, forms Of familiar friends,
or monsters of hideous shape see
them as clearly as we see anything,
and yet the apparent objects be who'll
ly unreal.
Disorders of hearing are the most
common of oil. Ringing, or tinkling,
rumbling, roaring of beating, as of
an audible pulse. are heard in various
disturbed tates of the system. This
is a treque It result or the misuse or
overuse of drugs, as by the large
dose of outline taken in malaria.
False voices may be heard, SO dis
tinct that the person does not once
suspect their objective unrenlty.
These halluciations ofsight and hear
ing combined. He says:
''Iwas broad awake; my eyes were
closed, and yet l saw with perfect
distinctness the whole scene going on
in the theatre-Ducrow, performing
his wonders of horsemansllip, and
the assembled multitude, among
whom recognized several intimate
friends. When opened my eyes the
whole scene vanished; when l closed
them, it instantly returned.
"But, though could thus dissipate
thespectacle, l found it impossible to
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14
Won, ems Work and Pay:

1t is not true, says the Dry Goods
Chronicle. that steam power applied
to sewing machines lessons the labor
of the operatives. 1t merely increases
production. When foot power was
used the operator could rest, in q
measure, by working at slower
pace. With steam power no such
latitudeis possible. It is continual
drive to keep up. A halfhour is al
lowed for lunch. Occasionally three
or four minutes are allowed absence
by permission, from theroom, but q
minute over this time brings it's fine.
The contractors for cheap work
give out the finishing of coats by the
dozen for four cents each. The fin
ishing of a coat is understood to
mean everything but the machine
work. A mother and daughter, coat
finishers, by working fourteen hours
q day, were able to finish a dozen
each. That is to say, twenty-eight
hours labor earned ninety-six cents.
This is good record for such work.
Coat finishers, for such goods as
are sold by the larger Broadway
houses, receive eighteen to thirty
five cents. How neatly and carefully
such work is done the weavers Of
these coats know. Itwould be a very
expert worker that could finish more
than two of these coats in an ordi-
nary days labor.
Coat finishing is done under con.
tract. tits, perhaps, fair to the we'll.
established houses to believe that
they do not know the conditions un-
der which it is done nor the prices
paid. The contractor is indeed en-
ployed to spare them thought and
annoyance in the matter. Here is
specimen case-seventeen men and
women are huddled in a small room.
There is a roaring fire for the irons.
The room rocks with heat and the
stcaming odors from the workers.
These, on account of the heat, are
scarcely decently clad. The oppor-
tunities for breeding diseases and in
fecting the garments are limitless. 1t
is not only the cheap shops which en-
danger the public health. ia
A woman, for making a pair OF
cheap trousers, receives nine cents
apiece, the usual price. BY working
all day and into the night she can
make twopairs. On the eighteen cents
q day she earns she supports herself
and four little children, for she is a
widow. .. ~
| Fully one-third of the working
women of this city are out ofempfoy-
ment. From day to day they watch
and follow the weary trail of the I'D
vertisements in the newspapers. Such
are the changing conditions Of labor
that women who used to earn from
SIS to $18 week as feather cutters
can now make but from $40 to $12
a week. The same rate of decreaseis
seen in other trades.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14
A Queer Family.
From the Van Vert News. Z

From the Van Vert News.
There is no more peculiar family
than the eileen, two sisters and
brother, who live in Urbana
Ohio. All are unmarried, and John,
the brother is study. There were
once three boys. The father were
odd. He would never go in debt.
Once he went to buy the boys a cont
each, but his money gave out and he
only got two. He told John the cir
cunlstances and said he would get
him one next time. John got mad,
said he need never buy him one, and
that he would never wear one as long
as his father lived, Going to his
room, John remained fourteen years
without coat, and no one ever saw
him out of that room. His meals
were sent to him and he. sat there
and read and thought.
When the father died John Came
out, put on coat and went to the
funeral. The Glenns are Scotch Irish.
The coat-of-arms ornaments the sill
yer, china and front door. The old
man had money and bought largely
OF land, and the estate is one of the
most valuable in Campaign County.
After the father died, tho children,
none OF whom ever married, although
all had been carefally educated, de-
cided to have the house frescoed.
For ten months an artist worked at
the house, and the walls and ceilings
are covered with grotesqpe figures,
serpents and animals. =.
The large sitting room represents
vforest, and about. tie wells climb
vines. From holesfn the treesuaas
peep owls and SQUIRRELS, antfbirdsarels
hid in the branches. Dogs owned by[
prominent citizens are trescoed about
the house. At the head OF the, broad
stairway is a life-sized mastiff owned
by the family. Besides these queer
paintings there are panels inlaid
with expensive woods, and altogeth-
er as elaborate as possible.
John got mad once about these
decorations and shut himself I'M his
room for four years, coming OUT to
attend the funeral of the brother, who
had provoked him.. Mary; the
youngest sister, has charge Of the
finances now. John is 65 years old,
and bleached white by confinement.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14


get rid of the accompanying mui q
This was the grand march 81 ~
opera ofs'Aladdin, |" which was pels.
formed by the orchestra with more
superb and imposing effect, and With
greater loudness, than 4 had ever
The Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal lately described q .case- due
simply to marked constipation Of
long standing. At first the voices
were heard at night. They seemed
to be thevoices Of three persons, who
persisted in tormenting the patient
with offensive talk.
At length they annoyed her BY. day
as well as night. They would Hsing,
yell and quarrel among themselves,
and at times command her to do
things that ahrighted her. Sleep was
impossible day or night. She was
wholly relieved by a few days of care
full treatment, which regulated the
bowels and secured sound Sleep
Youths Companion.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14
ON wastage Of ammonia in their

o "astage or ammonia in their
Heavier carcasses and these forced,
into prime condition ut the earliest
possible age, and covered with more
pounds of wool, will prove a surer
road out ofpresent depressions than
will be found in convention resolu-
tions, be they ever so pertinent, or
deiences against foreign competition,
even though placed at figures dctat.
ed by the most sanguine advocates
of high tariff. -
+ Calves are good mixers for them
sevles, but they do not milk for the
good OF the COW. Askilful n. ilker aft
or the calf has doneits best get a lit
tie. This is the stripping" and the
richest milk the COW secretes. Leave
this in the bag, and the COW begins
to dry off. The first milk of a new
milch cow is good for nothing except
to feed the calf. Yet few calves need
what a good, well-fed COW will secrete
Yet all this should be milked ont
clean.
Mr.: Douglas, inventor of the Doug
las mixture, gives in Poultry Yard
the following formula, which he con-
siders improvement upon the fa-
nous mixture: Two ounces sulphate
of iron, half ounce diluted sulphuric
acid, put in a jug, stirred with piece
of wood, after which hot water is
added to dissolve, the whole being
stirred until dissolved; when cold put
into q quart bottle or jug and fill up
with water. Dose, teaspoonful to
q quart of water.
There is more or less dust in all
hay, and this if taken into the lungs
is very injurious to horses fed on it.
Clover hay and that Of timothy cut
in the bloom are especially liable to
be dusty, and often give horses the
heaves when fed on either of these.
Slightly wetting the hay will prevent
this injury. The better way is to cut
the hay, slightly moisten it, and
throw on it q. little corn and oats
ground together, taking care not to
give more than will be eaten clean at
each feed. Between meals the rack
may be filled with fresh straw, which
the horse will Pick over, and which
may then be used for bedding.
There can be no sort of question
that much of the attainable profits
from sheep husbandry in the United
States have been relegated through
neglect If the mutton possibilities
within reach Of a majority of flock.
owners. Remotsness from markets,
with few exceptions, can no longer be
urged for exclusive attention to
WOOL.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14
Agricultural Notes,

Culbroot in cabbages is prevented
oy making the seed bed on new
ground or ground not used for cab
bage for several years.
All breeding and young growing
stock should be fed very sparingly on
corn; a mixed variety of feed for them
is much the best.
Cows at pasture after the first
severe frost want something more
than damaged grass. Grain will
come in play as well as in Midwinter.
The sheep shed should be open up
on the south side to admit the sun
light and to allow of the escape of
the effuvia from the: manure under
them, but it should be protected by
q board fence high enough to shelter
them from the wind when lying down.
Many breeders ore engaged on the
problem of creating a new sheep,
says a writer in the New York Trib-
une, and it will be satisfactorily
elucidated in due time. Breeding for
wool and mutton can be combined
as we'll as breeding fowls for weight
and quality of carcass and quantity
of eggs, which have been SO much
improved in the last few years.
The old-fashioned practice OF win
tering calves at thestraw stack, with
only an occasional feed of cornstalks
or hay, is wasteful. Young stock,
well fed, will show more gain for their
feed than when older. We do not be-
lieve in feeding straw mainly for any
stock. If it must he fed, however.
let something that has it's full growth
be put on such fare as subjects it's
owner to least loss.
Horse manure heats rapidly, and
even in the very coldest weather the
heap outside the stable door will be
found warm enough to melt the snow
that falls on it. 1t is rich in ammo
MIA, especially if the horse has been
fed grain. If the manure is left in
the stable, and the latter is unventi-
lated, there is not only waste of am
monia hut the horses health is in
iured. Many horses are made blind
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14
About Pigs.

Our improved modern pigs are the
result of the infusion of Chinese and
Siamese blood with the pigs of En-
gland and Ireland of 100 years
ago. The Chester Whites and Po-
land Chinas of this country are not
thoroughbred in the strict sense of
the term, that is they do not always
reproduce their ancestors. The Po-
land China breed is the best one for
the practical farmer. In my expert
ence in breeding swine I find it best
to select good, clean-cut sows, with
plenty of bone and constitution, bet
ter q little coarse in bone than too
fine bred, and breed them to finely
bred Berkshire, Essex or Yorkshire
boars. The pigs will combine the
fineness of the boar with the consti-
tuition of the sows.. The farmer can
not afford to breed thoroughbreds
for pork. The pigs bring most net
profit when sold at eight or ten
months old.
1t is q great mistake to assume
that pigs do not require good treat
ment. They. as well repay warm and
clean quarters, with pure water to
drink, us any other animal. 1 teach
my pigs to drink when two or three
weeks old. 1t is very important to
warm the milk up to the temperature
of $50 to 1902, and to feed at least
three times day. If the iced is given
but once q day the pigs are so hun
CRY that they drink too fast, and in
digestion results. 1t is best to feed
four or five times q day.
/ have largely substituted crushed
oats and oilcake for bran. I COM
mence to feed clover as soon as the
pigs are weaned. 1t is important
not to confine young pigs too closely
but let them run sufficient for exercise.
Many of the diseases of swine result
from too close confinement, too
much filth and improper food. I can
tell by the looks Of the meat when
the hog has been properly fed.
Quality. depends largely upon feed.
Our finest bred hogs, with improper
food, would soon degenerate to the
condition of scrubs.-Edward Bur-
nett, before New York Institute.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14

brlGadier general OF volunteers for meritorious
service at the battle of Salkehatchte Mr Ruek
was elected bank controller OF Wisconsin in
1856. which post he held till 1870. in which
year he was elected member of congress by tho
Republicans. He served three terms, and as
chairman OF pensions performed important serv-
ices IN readjusting the pension rates. President
GaTneid offered him the post of charge daffaires
III Paraguay and Uragu1y. also chief of the bu-
teau OF engraving and printing, both of VIII .ch
offers he declined. In 1882 he was elect ed gov.
ernor OF Wisconsin and served three terms.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14
Really Dangerous

A. Philadelphia physician warns
people against examining the naked
arc ofthe electric light with the max
ed eye lest they be attacked s.by
blepharospasm, central scptpmata,
or chromatopsia, ETC., accompanied
by intense photohobia, latryHiation,
and conjunctfval congestionsSaT Thsre
is also risk that their eyea' 'nla eaf.
fected.-Boston Transcript! /,
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14
THE 5. .F|'A'!|I;Rtf /
Observe tAe Csalltfsa q Calves.

Feed the calves carefully, says
Orange Judd Farmer. With cheap
corn ths young things stand a good
chance to be Crowded" this winter.
"Black leg" is claiming victims al
ready, to our knowledge, right in
mid-winter, strange as it may seem.
1t is always safe to give the calves ac-
cess to sulphur and saltpetre at all
seasons of the year, if they are fed
well, and no other plan pays. Better
lose a light percentage Of good ones
BY disease than to; lose heavily on all
by neglect in their growth. The
farmer who studies the details of his
business, however, will have very
slight losses from the disease sug-
gested, if he makes use Of the knowl-
edge accessible to him.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-14

by Thomas Lyons, = brother of Lord Lyons, and
was graduated from that institution in 1S47.
While teaching in military school in Blue Lick
= Springs, Ky. which was his first venture after
graduating from college, Mr.. Blaine met Miss
Harriet Stanwood Of Maine. and after q brief
courtshtp they were married. Blaine soon re.
interest in the Kennebec Journal and be
the political arena dates back to
1855. when he was chosen . delegate
to the first Republican convention, which nomt-
mated Gen. Fremont for the pres dency. Poll
tics suited Mr.. Blatnes tastes even better than
journalism. and after a short experience as
editor Of the Portland Advertiser he bade good
by to the editorial sanctum and launched into
his parliamentary career. In 1858 he was
elected member OF the legislature and served
three terms of two years each, and the last two
terms az speaker. In 1862 Mr.. Blaine took his
seat in congress, where he served for eighteen
years. In the brief months of Mr.. Gartield's
presidency Blaine was secretary Of state. His
memorable fight for supremacy as leader Of
Conkling ia alao too we'll known TO need rehesrs-
ing. So. too, Is his defeat when he ran for the
presidency against Grover Cleveland. After
this Mr. Blaine turned his attention towards
completing his book recounting his experience
while in congress-.
SECRETARY OF TIN TREASURY.
William Window was born in Be mont county,
Ohio. May 10. 1927 After graduating at an
acsdemy he studied law at Mount Vernon, Ohio.
and was admitted to the bar in 1850 Being of
. genial disposition and possessing some legal
ability, he was made prosecuting attorney for
Knox county In 1852 He held the position