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Holly Oak journal. (Holly Oak, Del.) 1889-1???, 1889-02-01
The Senatorship.

After hot fight among the various
factions of the Republican party, Delaware
has at last elected Republican United
States Senator; and in Anthony Higgins,
not only the Republican party, but the State
at large, will have an able, energetic
champion, who is amply able to look after
our interests.
Come, brother Anthony, now that you are
In position of influence politically, can you
not secure a little stare legislation, calculated
to remedy the old laws made several genera
tons past; as an example let US suggest the
one which makes a judgement lien forever,
and which is already causing untold trouble,
especially in real estate transfers, where for
instance a judgement for COW sold in f847
still stands as lien, long after both plaintiff
and defendant have been laid to rest, and
where even when the present owners are
ready to settle the claim, no one can be
found to whom payment can be made.
Holly Oak journal. (Holly Oak, Del.) 1889-1???, 1889-02-01
A WelI.knoWn Judge.

One of the judges of the Supreme Court
of Texas happened to be travelling in
England. While in London he made the
acquaintance of ore Of the most intelligent
and prominent members of the English bar.
After the man from Texas had answered
several questions the Englishman asked:
"Where do you reside?"
SIN Texas"
"And what is your occupations"
81 am one of the judges of the Supreme
Court of that State"
"Ah, yes, I've read great deal ha'bous
you in the papers. Your name is Lynch, is
it note Apply to meet you in your nom
h'oficial capacity -TSxas SI1ingS.
Holly Oak journal. (Holly Oak, Del.) 1889-1???, 1889-02-01
A Tricky CoIored Man.

A colored man, who is well known in
Austin as Jake, was very late few days ago,
in getting down to the store where he is
employed as porter. His employer, Col.
Yerger, used some pretty severe language In
rebuking him for his slowness. He said
'Jake, don't let this happen again.
want you to understand for once and all that
this triAing will not do. If you can't get
down to your work in time, I'll hire some
body who can"
"Boss, don't be hard on me dis time. Use
had 'strordinary provercashun ter be late, I"
replied the negro, his eyes filling with tears
as his Adlm's apple moved up and down
with suppressed emotion.
"Why, what's the matter with you !?
Anybody sick at your house 7"
"Sick don't know which am gwinser
die first, my wife or my old mudder."
81 am sorry spoke SO harshly," replied
Col. Yerger very much moved; 81 didn't
know that you we're undergoing such dread
full domestic affliction. reckon we can get
along without you to-day"
"Thank you, boss; thank you, kindly"
and off he went.
Next morning when Jake came to the
store, Col. Yerger looked at him with an
expression that would have done credit to a
Bengal tiger.
"Jake, hear you were out on Onion
Creek yesterday, fishing"
eyes, sab, had the biggest kind of luck.
caught fine string of catfish and suckers,
but mostly suckers, sah-"
"Scoundrell You told me your wife and
mother were dying"
"Dyin'?" exclaimed Jake, opening his
mouth so wide as to hide most of his face.
"Dyin'?
eyes, dying. You said that they were
dying, and half an hour after you left your
wife came here to see if you had drawn last
weeks salary"
"Why Kurnel Yerger, you 'sprises me,
indeed you does. nebber said dey was
dyin'. Eff you could see de way dey open
dar moufs and takes in chunks of bacon you
would nebber suspect dem OBJ dyin."
perhaps you remember what you did
say1" replied the Colonel, placing consider
able restraint upon himself.
81 nebber said dey was dyin'. b'lleve l
l did say didn't know which of 'em, my
wife or my mudder, was gwinter die fust.
Dey bofe of EN- has good appertites. OBJ
course, knows one OBJ EN- has got ter die
fust, but"
Just at this crisis Col. Yerger interrupted
the orators flow of eloquence with an axe
helve, and Jake has since severed his con-
nection with the 6rm.-zSxas Si,fises
Holly Oak journal. (Holly Oak, Del.) 1889-1???, 1889-02-01

ga stitch in time saves nine" choose your
lot at once; the best lots are being taken.
JOHN H. LoNGsTREET.
Holly Oak journal. (Holly Oak, Del.) 1889-1???, 1889-02-01

The way to get capital is to save it. Do
this by placing your earnings in Holly Oak
lots. John H. LoNGsrEET.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28

generous tide of compassion for the suffer
ing South into torrent of yengeful rage,
which would have overwhelmed thousands
of innocent lives.
Harry Winthrop and his troopers were
sent in hot haste to scour the purlieus of
Richmond, for the murderer had fed, and
it was at first thought he had taken refuge
with sympathlzers in the ex-capital of the
Confederacy. 1t was a police duty, for
which neither men nor officers had fancy,
but it had to be done
He was sitting one day at his quarters
examining an array of papers which had
been Just handed to him for inspection by
one of his Lieutenants. The documents
were prescriptions of persons suspected of
harboring Booth, and were under the es-
pecial charge of the young officer. Harry
glanced through them with istless air,
when suddenly one arrested his attention.
"Ah, Garston,' he said, eagerly. "What
does this mean"
As he spoke he handed his subaltern a
memorandum he had taken from the pile
of papers, marked: ''Lionel Frobisham,
served in Moseby's irregulars; Walter
Frobsham, Lieutenant in Confederate cav
airy, son of above; Kate Frobisham, daugh-
ter of Lionel. All reside at l North Cres-
cent. Bad case"
"Why, sir, have not yet had time to in
ouire into the particulars of it, save so far
as the evidence of the informer goes, but, if
he is to be relied on, these Frobishams seem
to be e pretty tough lot"
"Who was the lnformer."
ga fellow who came into the provost
marshaps office while was there-quite a
decent sort of chap, well-dressed and
gentlemanlv in appearance, but exceeding
ly flushed and excited"
"He gave his name, of coursea"
Eyes, have it here, for took the pre-
caution of making him sign the notes had
taken of his revelations. Here it is, sir;
and there's the fellows autograph in full
Alphonse Lecroix."
Harry was COO dumfounded to speak. He
took the paper from the Lieutenant's hand,
and read it through in silence.
1t was a wild, rambling charge Of treason
against the persons implicated, decaarine
that of his own personal knowledge the
Frobisharns, and especially the girl Kate,
had been in communication with Booth fox
many weeks. and that he could prove thai
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28
PiOUS TELEGRAPHERS.
Night Operators Conduct Sunday -Schoo
Service by Wire.

Night Operators Conduct Sunday School
Service by Wire.
The latest fad, and one much more
likely to be productive of good than
the majority of these outgrowths of
our rapid civilization, has recently de-
veloped among the night operators on
railroad, between Nashville & Chat
tanooga, and a widespread popularity
for it would be the means of much
good. They have organized Sunday
school, which meets, Or rather assem-
bles, at different points along the wire
every Sabbath morning at two o'clock.
This novel association is opened with
prayer by the superintendent, j. B.
Blamblet, night operator at Martrace,
Tenn, followed by the reading of
Scripture lesson and the regular inter-
national Sunday-school lesson. Glasses
are organized and the pupil with the
quickest mind and nimblest fingers
captures the circuit, and his generosity
will have to be relied upon to prevent a
corner on answers and give all a fair
showing. Of course singing is impOssi-
BILE. No amen corner can be estab-
lished; and no flirting with the pretty
girls in the choir will ever break up
the organization and throw the differ
ent communities into uproars. No
jealousies of organist and chief singer;
only the soft clicking of the machines
and the murmur of the wires in the
clear night air, carrying the message
which was first chanted by angels on
another starry night nineteen centuries
gone by. The first regular session after
the organization was completed was
on last Sabbath morning. The theme
was the cleansing of the leper, the old
pathetic story of his faith and healing,
as told by Saint Mark in the first chap
ter of his epistle. Reverent fingers
sent the words over the magic wires:
eff Thou whist Thou canst make me
clean" Then from another sleeping
town came the murmur as if in answer
to the prayer of each soul so mysteri-
ously in communication with other
souls by this God-given mystery of
electricity: Il will; be thou clean"
Some one along the line thinking more
of markets, stocks and trusts than of
devotion, sent clicking along the wires:
''And he straightway charged, cab
bage, fifteen cents; potatoes, Irish,
fifteen and twenty cents, land forth
with sent him away"-with market
closing dull on wheat. I'VE have al
ways had feeling of pity for these
boys of the wires who, through the
night long must do nothing but listen
during each ghostly hour to the mo-
notonous tick, tick of the instruments,
and have greatly desired to paint some
soft tinges on the hard tragedy of their
every-night life. But down here in
the sleepy Southland these electric
knights have solved the difficulty for
themselves. What an era of religious
activity we may expect when this be-
comes universal, and instead of begin
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28
CONCERNING CATS.

A Journalists Friday Afternoon Compo-
sition ON Tabby.
The cat has ever been regarded as
mysterious creature, and has OF q
consequence been Stunned, as amateur
swimmers avoid deep holes, by the
youth of our land in their literary ef-
forts. The dog and the horse are mo-
toriously what are termed ''old stand
bys" as subjects for compositions, but
it is noteworthy that the cat, though
even more familiar to all than either
of the aforementioned animals, is neg
lected in all Friday afternoon litera-
ture The kitten is much beloved by
reason of its frivolous and gay nature.
Its propensity to amuse itself with any
light object or, in default of other
movables, its own fleeting tail endears
it to all young persons, but there Is an
unnatural gravity and air of absorp-
ton in deep philosophical matters
about the mature cat which is forbid
ding, not to say awe-inspiring.
1t may be that it's uncanny nature
has caused it to be associated with
witches. Certainly its habit of
being out at all hours of the night
gives color to the suspicion that it is a
baleful beast. A cat acts as If it knew
that the disclosure of it's secrets would
result in death to all its kind at the
hands of an enraged humanity. Now
there is something frank and open
hearted about dog. He may bite an
enemy, but a cat will scratch its dear
est friend. A dog can not keep Sc
cret. A cat never tells one. The nor
NAL dog is undoubtedly sane Great
ure, and this is proved by the fact
that now and then one goes mad. They
have to go mad, don't you seep Now,
reasoning on that basis, a cat must be
normally insane, If a paradox be per-
mitted. A dog growls when he is an
CRY and wags his tail when he is
pleased. A cat, on the contrary,
growls when she is pleased and wags
her tail in anger. Others have noted
this fact before, but the great mass of
mankind have ignored it, absorbed in
the strife for existence. 1t behooves
us to inquire If it be safe to allow ex-
istence to creatures whose simplest
acts are done in such way as to
arouse suspicion of their sanity. Chi.
capo Mail
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28

ming religious services after the old
fasbion-Sunday-sc at $50 a. m.
we read: ''All along the line there
will be Sunday-school services, begin
ming promptly at 2 a. m. and continu-
ing one hour" The only trouble we
can foresee growing out of this new
departure in electric science is that
some politicians may object on the
ground of union of church and State.
For instance, in the heat of campaign
some patriot. intent on saving his coun-
try, should choose the hour of a. M
to send along the wire message to
bring confusion in the camp of the
enemy, Il bit of intrigue, any thing to
beat the other fellow, and it should be-
come mixed with the exercises of our
Sunday-school boys. who are just at
that moment repeating the golden text
by wire: I'm honor preferring one an
other" We await with much curiosity
the outcome of the Sunday-school under
the stars.-Chattanooga CTenn.) Let
ter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28
P,TH AND POINT.

Marriage would be more frequent-
~ success if fewer men and women
were failures.
"A man never knows what no can
do until he tries; and then, afterward.
he is often very sorry that he found
out.
He is happy whose circumstances
suit his temper; but he is more excel
emit who can suit his temper to any
circumstances.
One of the mistakes in the con-
duct of human life is to suppose that
other mems opinions will make US
happy.
To an honest mind the best per-
quisites of place are the advantages
it gives a man of doing good-Addi-
son.
AS charity requires forgetfulness
of evil deeds, so patience requires
forgetfulness of evil accidents
Bishop Hail.
Youth is the time of hope. When
man gets little older he stops hop
ing and begins reaching out for what
ever he can get. Journal.
Trying to reform man by reform
ing his surroundings, is like tying
SICKLE pears or rambo apples to the
rough twigs of crab-tree. interior
Every man is the architect of his
own fortune. And it's lucky for most
of us that there's no building inspector
around.-Puck.
Don't tell what you could have
done under favorable circumstances.
What the world is interested in hear
ing is what you have accomplished
under unfavOrable circumstances.-At-
Gibson Globe.
1t is saying worthy of an accep-
tation that 'in all parts OF the world
the refinement, innocence and happt-
ness of the people may be measured
by the flowers they cultivate"
The only way to shine, even in
this false world. is to be modest and
unassuming. Falsehood may be q
thick crust, but in the course of time
truth will find place to break through.
Bryant.
Our lives are like some compli-
Gated machine, working on one side Of
wall, and delivering the finished
fabric on the other. We can not cross
the barrier and see the end. The work
is in our hands-the completion is not
Pain and pleasure are so intimate
ly interviewer in our human life that
either alone seems to be incomplete.
1t is for us to accept them both; not
for their own sakes, but for something
higher than either, that we have at
heart, and that will make all sacrifice
easy and all burdens light.-N. Y.
Ledger.
When we look back upon our lives.
especially if we begin to feel that they
are pretty far spent, how we amuse
ourselves with thoughts of what we
might have made out of them other
than they are But it is an amuse-
ment that may as well be sparingly in
| dulged in. Our better employment is
| to make as much as possible OF what
ia left l1s-JJnited Presbvterian
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28
Wonders Of the Deep Sea.

The sea occupies three-ffths OF the
earth's surface.
A mile down the water has press
ure of ton to the square inch.
1t has been proven that at the depth
of $500 feet the waves are not felt
At some places the force OF the sea
dashing against the rocks on the shore
is said to be seventeen tons to the
square yard.
The temperature is the same, vary
ing only trife from the ice OF the
pole to the burning sun OF the equator.
The water is colder at the bottom
than at the surface. In the many bays
ON the coast Of Norway the water
otter freezes at the bottom before 1t
does above.
II box six feet deep were filled
with sea water. and the water allowed
to eyaporate in the sun. there would
be two inches of salt left at the bot
tom. Taking the average depth Of
the ocean to be three miles, there
would be layer OF pure salt $50 feet
thick on the Atlantic. indianapolis
Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28
a HAPPY MARRIAGE.
The Only Way in Which an Ideal Union
Becomes Possible.

The Only Way in Which an Ideal Union
Becomes Possible.
Two people may be of suitable age,
temper, tastes and inclinations, but if
they have not minds sufficiently orig
inal or well stored to offer to each other
fresh attractions they quickly find
themselves at the melancholy stage of
coming twice-told tales, and however
comfortable their life together may be,
their union can not be ideally happy.
Only the man or woman who can offer
to wife or husband or friend continual
novelty, continual freshness, can hope
to keep alive an affection of quick fer
vor. The individuality of the race is
far too highly developed for us to fol-
low the fashion of our ancestors of
taking friendship as contract almost
Loyalty binding. People fortunately do
not demand great deal in this line.
A very little freshness, new thought
now and then, slight growth, small
attainment in untried fields, suffices;
but this is imperative to vitality of in
terest. Unless husband and wife fall
in love with each other anew every
day, their marriage has failed of it's
ideal possibilities.
And from what has been said it is
easy to perceive what nonsense is the
talk about affinities which used to be
called into account for the failure of a
marriage. While some people are
fitted to live together and others are
not, the paucity of thought, of imagina-
ton, of originality, of ordinary people
makes it impossible for them to realize
the highest conditions of love or of
friendship; and since the fault is in
herently their own no affinity could
remedy the effect.
The moral, if one wishes to draw a
moral, is sufficiently obvious. The only
way in which an ideal marriage be-
comes possible is by the cultivation OF
the imagination and the creative
powers. This may not secure the de-
sired blessing. but without it an ideal
marriage is impossible.-Boston Cour
Ter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28
FLUTES FOR LADIES.
Delicate Vibrations of the Strings Super
seeded by Distended Cheeks.

Delicate vibrations OF the Strings SUPER
seeded by Distended Cheeks.
Queer things are happening now-a-
days. Verify, this is the age of nov
city! 1t is true music is always in
fashion, but certain musical instru-
ments come into fashion for time and
are then superseded by others when
they are no longer a novelty. The
young women of the present genera
ton have toughened their pretty
fingers on the rollicking banjo, and
tinkled on the sentimental guitar;
they have flirted with the tortoise
shell plectrum of their mandolins,
coquetted with the either, and flour
ished the violin bow with the grace
that only Venus possesses, very few of
them venturing to wrestle with the
harp. But of all the stringed instru-
ments the harp shows to advantage
more than any other the beauty of the
arm and figure of a woman.
Strings are going out. Their deli
cate vibrations and quiverings must
give place to new sounds; they have a
rival 1t is the flute! | could not be-
lieve it when l first heard it. but it is a
fact. The flute is to be the popular
musical instrument among ladies, and
they will now be bruising their
rosy lips upon inanimate pieces
of wood and metal in order to bring
fourth sounds that will ravish the ears
of men. Already one young lady is 80
proficient that she is in great demand
for all amateur musical performances;
and at all private entertainments to
which she is invited she is requested
to bring her flute. l wonder if it is a
pretty sight to see a pretty woman
play upon wind instrument? Was it
not Alcibiades which laughed the flute
out of fashion by ridicullng the APP
pearance of the performer, whose dis
tended cheeks were rapidly becoming
red and uncomfortable looking?
Ladies, will it be the cornet next?-
N. Y. Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28

they were the very center Of . conspiracy
to destroy the Government. Nay, he even
confessed that he had taken part IN their
malicious designs, though, of course, only
with the intention of frustrating them.
"Have you conferred with any one con-
corning this matter!' Harry asked.
"No, sir. I am just fresh from the inter-
view, and was about to consult you"
"Then keep your OWE counsel and say
nothing to any one. / will myself take
charge OF this case" Harry said, as he dis
missed his subordinate.
He was sorely perplexed. OF course he
knew that the charge of the treacherous
scoundrel was false, but In these excited
times the veriest whisper Of suspicion, no
matter from what source. might entail end
less misery on the innocent victims. AL
phonse Lecroix must be crushed once and
for all.
And why had the villain so suddenly
turned to rend the Frobishams. Pondering
over these matters, he called his orderly
and started at once for the Frobishams.
Hardly had he gone couple Of blocks
than he saw Walter Frobisham hurryirg
along the sidewalk; so, refining in his horse,
he beckoned the young man to his side.
"You don't let the grass grow under your
feet, Walter" he said, reprovingly. "Why,
I believe you were going to pass without
recognizing me-"
Forgive me, Harry" was the response.
"but am in trouble. To tell you the truth.
I am hunting all over the city after Al
phonse Lecroix."
Ali Could it be possible that there
was something in the Frenchman's 1nco-
herent accusations after all. The young
mans manner was certainly very sus-
picious.
eyes, may as well make clean breast
of it. We have had the devil to pay at our
house; for, when I carried Kate thB news
of my interview with you and your atTange
revelations, she set the old folks at defiance
and cut Lecroix dead"
"Brave grip
ayes, dare say she is; but NOT very
polite Her treatment drove the French
man to distraction, for he is man Of Srtrong
passions, and, what with whisky an6 what
with disappointment, he is now little better
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28

"wHY, SURELY THIS Is WALTER FhobishA"'
but simply citizens, and Northerner ana
Southerner fraternized and conversed In
words of sympathy and respect.
"Why, surely this is Walter FRO
bisham p' Harry cried, grasping the hand OF
q pale, emaciated young fellow, who STOOD
disconsolately leaning against fence ana
whom he at once recognized as the hero OF
the jackson dispatch episode.
"And you are Harry Winthropr was the
cordial response. s.Ah, this is glorious
surprise, for we all thought you were
dead"
ssYou thought me deadp'
Indeed we did. Your friend, Lecroix,
thought the nevs 70 our place last fall. He
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28
CHAPTER XIV.

And five days afterwards news was
flashed through the country that Abraham
Lincoln was assassinated by a crazy actor,
whose mad deed branded his name with in
fanny, and nearly succeeded in turning the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28
LOYAL AT LAST.
a Tale Of Love and Adventure in
the Late Civil War.

BY BERNARD BIGSDY,
AUTHOR OF "ELLEN's SECRET" "FALLFN
AMONG THIEVES " any LADY FANrAs-
IIcAI," AND OTHER STORIES,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28
CHAPTER XIII.

aeopr10h1ed, 1855, by the A. " kellogg Neus.
paper Conapdny.1
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28

Conscience lays on heavy tasks,
but gives high pay.