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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-08
Passion Flowers.

PASSION flowers crushed and broken;
In their royal dress of blue,
Tells of hearts in truth united,
Tells of hearts that's broken too.
They have lain their fatal beauty,
Oer the throbbing hearts of youth;
They have learned the sweet, sweet story
Of the strength of love and truth.
When they lay in dying beauty,
With their perfume on the air;
They had learned the sad true story,
or a maiden tall and fair.
And to you will relate it,
AS the flower told it me,
When it lay where it had fallen,
At the close of one sad day.
In her youth and pride he won her,
Wreathed the orange bloom in her hair
Breathed sweet words of love undying,
10 the maiden tall and fair.
When he left her in her fairness,
10 sail to countries O'er the sea;
Left her with the hope of meeting,
And the words, "I'll come back to thee ~
Words are often vainly spoken,
BY the thoughtless and the glee;
For the young wife waited, waited,
For her loved one o'er the sea.
Far across the stormy waters,
She would watch at sunset eve;
Heard the waters gently murmur:
"Wife, pll come back to thee!"
Months had passed, alone she waited,
Till at length the sunset eye,
Brought to her the sad, sad tidings,
OF her husbands death at sea.
Years had passed away in sorrow,
IT'LL the maid had Older grown,
To a woman tall and stately,
Fairer than in days agone.
Then there came another lover,
Wooed and won her in the gloom;
Only this time, Passion flowers,
Took the pla ;e of Orange bloom.
In her shining veil and satin,
Passions smiling in her hair,
At the gate they stood together,
lie so young aud she so fair.
When along the woodland pathway,
Coming up with manly stride;
They both looked, behold, what saw they
Heavy clouds hung o'er the bride.
After years he stood before her,
With his arms outstretched again,
Whispering softly, 'wife I've come back,
Say l have welcoming"
welcoming! oh, GOD! my husband!
Save Inc, save, from myself!
Many years | watched and waited, !
But no answer came but deatn!o |
In his blue eyes shone the tear drops;
In her eye the maniacs glare, |
Screams Of the widest saddest passion,
Filled the soft evening air.
At his feet in silks and satins,
Fell she in human strife;
Then be stopped and gently held her,
But she showed no signs of life.
So you see that passion flowers,
With their purple tinted hue;
Tells of hearts in truth united,
Tells of hearts that's broken too!
Heather.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-08
Central Illinois Once More.

In this part, as the surface of the
| country becomes more open and bare
| by cultivation, gentle spring seems tc
get more and more into habit of ling.
ering in the lap of winter, and our farm
work comes more and more in pile
every year. The spring was unusual.
ly dry until the middle of May when
almost continuous rains set in; but cul-
tivation has made the country so much
like ducks back thst ten days of fair
weather put US in need OF rain again.
Crops are generally good; pastures and
meadows exceptionally so; but prices
are lower than ever for all sorts of farm
truck, and the agricultural tenant and
serf, constantly increasing class here,
are doomed to harder work, po ,rer fare
and less pay. All this in the first y ear
of the reign Of grandson Harrison
heaven pity the poor devils in the last
year.
Yesterday your writer went into his
old county, Scott, and paid visit to
the county seat, Winchester. Consid-
erable interest was taken in the cita.
ton of eigh teen substantial citizens for
making f. lse returns of their property.
They were good bible readers, no doubt.
aud knowing that it was as "possible
for a camel to go through the eye Of a
kingdom of God" and having before
their minds the picture of Lazarus
snugIy tucked in Abraham's bosom,
while Dives swelters in st. Nicholas
superheated hotel, where the ice-water
has given out, and the customary bill
of fare is redhot crOwbars and melted
lead, they humbled themselves be-
fore the assessor and induced that
public functionary to believe that
they were much poorer men than they
really were. The powers that be W ere
going through the customary farce of
recussing these fat pursed but lean
moralled gents, and of making the
county records look like the map of
Africa, or Lovengood's billed shirt after
Sut had placed himself upon it.
One citizen, lately deceased, and
who was considered q scrupulously
honest and conscientious man appeared
on his last return as being worth S:2.-
600, but the appraisers report in the
probate court showed him to be worth
S36, 900. A citizen of this, Morgan,
county lately died whom, it is report
ed, paid last year only $125 taxes, yet
his estate is now reckoned at over
$6O, 900 of taxable property. If, how
ever, any one will take the trouble to
look over and compare such records in
any county of the United States he will
find lots and gobs of real nice respect
able folks have gone to hell who were
supposed to be boarding with st. Peter
that is, of course, if orthodoxy is true
and eternal damnation is the punish
ment for perjury.
1t is easy, however, TO poke fun at
the poor devils caught at such tricks.
yet, after all, it is hard to expect men
to violate the first and strongest of
natural laws and tamely submit to
system of taxation based upon an idea
of communistic levelling and live un.
der conditions in which the possession
of money determines whether man
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-08

they have no voice in fixing the price
OF what they sell or purchase. The
! price of grain and live stock is not
| fixed by farmers. They must take
| whatever is offered them. Men who
never raised steer or planted an acre
of grain have control of the market.
The farmer Is not To blame for this
condition of affairs. He works longer
and harder now than he did before
the war. He stints himself IN order
to make both ends meet, and is very
fortunate indeed if at the end of the
year he is not in debt.
We naturally look for the cause of
this change, and We find many results
which contribute to it. Perhaps the
prime cause is Capitalization of
wealth and its harmonious operation.
Milliopaires rarely ever compete with
each other, and hence competition is
destroyed. This is what enables few
men to control the market. Another
cause is excessive taxation. Every
thing the farmer purchases is taxed.
lie is forced to pay the highest price
for the necessaries Of life aud sell the
products of his toll at the lowest price
possible. He is between two fires
constantly, and robbed going and COM
ing.
IL Is no wonder that farmers sons
seek the cities. There is nothing at
tractive or profitable about farm life
any more. It's work from morning
till night, live poor and die poor.
The same amount of ecoaomy and
industry in any other occupation will
bring prosperity and comfort, but for
the farmer there is neither. Year in
and year out he tolls and plans to bet
ter his condition and when his tired
hands are folded in death nine times
out of ten his life's work has been in
vain, so far as bettering his condition
is concerned.
1t is certain that such state Of af-
fairs cannot exist mnch longer. United.
the farmers have the power to throw
of the burden of unnecessary taxa
lion. The question is, will they do
80? Is it not common sense propo-
,ition that the farmers are carrying an
Unjust and unnecessary load. and one
which they cannot throw off without
injury to the country? If the farmers
ire as wise as they are industrious,
he government tax upon the neces-
aries of life will very soon be remov-
d.-Jeferson City Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-08
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY IRON COUNTY
COURTS.

CIRCUIT COURT is held on the
Fourth Monday in April and October.
COUNTY COURT cOnvenes on the
First Monday of March, June, Septembel
and December.
PROBATE COURT is held on the Firs
Monday in February, May, August and No
Cember.
OFFICERS:
a. w. HOLLOMAN, Presiding Judge Coun'
ty Court.
Jos. G. CLAIKsON, County Judge, South
ern District.
II. J. HILL, County Judge, Western Dis
trict.
j. 5. JORDAN, Prosecuting Attorney.
;. T.. BUFoRD, Collector.
w. y. FLETCHER, County Clerk.
JOS. HUFF, Circuit Clerk.
FRANZ DINGER, Probate Judge.
JAS. III. CLARK, Treasurer.
i. w. WHITwORTH, Sheriff.
:. i. REYBURN, Assessor.
w. n GREGORY, Coroner.
JAS. NJ. LOGAN, Public Admir-, Bellevue.
4. w. HOLLOMAN, Surveyor.
J. Il. SCOTT, School Commissioner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-08
The Farmers Condition.

A great deal is said from time to
time about the independence Of farm
ers. Before the war there was some
truth in such statements, but now the
farmers are the most dependent class
of men in the country. Although
they practically support the nation,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-08

20 to Payton Martins Livery for Stable
Buggies, Hacks, and for accommodations
for Picnic excursions. New rigs and goo
horses.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-08
Official Directory.
MEMBER OF CONGRESS.

MEMBER UF CUNGRESS:
HOS. WM. VI. KINsEY, Tenth District,
St. Louis, Mo.
u. :. LAND OFFICE JACOB r. AXE,
Register; VIM. Il. EDGAR, Receiver-Iron-
ton, Mo.
JOHN l.. THOMAS, Judge Twenty Sixth
;.ircuit, DE Soto, Mo.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20
P.in,InR .ad earderl ny.

The following, which we find in the
Enterprise, refers to former White
Pine lady, who is sister of p. e. and
John Weber, and was raised from
childhood in Cherry Creek;
Mrs. Amelia 0Brien. wife Of Mr.. AZ
o'Brien, who resides north Of the school
house in Gold Hill, has just completed two
large oil paintings representing mountain Jake
and cascade scenery In Switzerland. Tho
pictures are companions and about four feet
by three In size. Art is revealed in every trace.
In looking over the lake the dragged out
lines are faithfully refracted from the water
and one seems to iose sight Of art and almost
realizes that he is looking upon nature. Mrs.
o'Brien worked nineteen mon tbs on tho hrst
and thirteen on tho second. but during this
timo her brush was also busy on great deal
Of other work.
Her garden in front of the house also at
tracted the delicate taste which prompted her
work on the canvass, and tho result is rare
and beautiful towering shrubs and plants In
plenty.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20
Railroad Consolidation.

The most important recent event in
railroad circles, says the Enterprise
of the 18th, is the consolidation of the
five lines running out of Salt Lake
City, which went into effect Thurs
dsy. Much to the disgust of the Og-
den citizens. the Union Pacific decided
To consolidate the Oregon Short Line,
Utah Northern, Utah Central, Salt
Lake and Western and the Utah and
Nevada under one management, with
headquarters at Salt Lake City.
S. w. Commings, now Assistant
General Manager of the Union Pa
ciic, has been appointed General Man.
ager of the new concern, with head
quarters at the Mormon capital.
Among the probable extensions 10 be
made by the consolidated company
will he the extension of the Utah Cen
trail from Frisco, it's southern ter
minus, down to Los Angeles, through
the extensive coal pits owned by the
Union Pacific. The Oregon Short
Line will also probably be extended
from Helena. Montana, tn Missoula.
to meet the branch now being built
from Washington Territory through
the Ceur d'Alene gold district to
Mnllsn, in Montana. The executive
officers ef the Union Pacific will man.
age the new company.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20

Joshua E. Clayton, the we'll known
mining engineer and geolegist, died
at Warner Junction, Oregon, las;
week. from injuries received by the
upsetting Of n stage coach June 10Th
He was native of Georgia, aud after
much experience as a miIlwright in
mines in that State and South Caro-
lima, came to California in 1850 and
bnilt one of the first gold mills in
that State. He has been connected
with many of the principal mines in
Montana, Utah, and C9ur d'Alene,
and was and authority frequently re-
ferred to in Court proceedings. We
met the Professor at Cherry Creek
several years ago. Ae was a nice
gentleman.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20
q. Sorry"

II is seldom we find so much scorch-
ing truth in so few words as is con-
tanned in the following short para
graph from the pen of Mr.. Cassidy:
For the destruction Of property and
the throwing ont Of employment of
the men, we are very sorry about the
Eureka Con. fire. On no other ground
is the destruction an injury to the
town. Better have no furnaces here
than thieving trust. The Richmond
has run the Consolidated for two years.
Almost from its Inception the Rich
mond Company has been robbed by
is officers aud understrappers, aud in
turn they have robbed the miners and
tic community. Several people we'll
known here have stolen themselves
rich off the Richmond Company
Everybody knews and coppers"
them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20

The miners of Wood River, Idaho,
have been successful in their fxht
against a reduction of from % so to
90 day.
Frank Baker, the battery man At
the Western Union Telegraph Office 90
Reno, has been missing for over .
week. There are fears Of his safety.
Mrs. Dormer, wife of the Secretary
of State, was badly bruised at Bishop
Creek last week by having her dress
caught in the steps of her buggy.
A Chinese wood-chopper was at
tackled by a California lion near Gill
roy last week, but was driven of be-
fore killing his victim. Nothing bat
lis quilted coat saved him from being
clawed to pieces.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20
La cks Evidence.

No one but a Reno editoT-and the
Gazette's at that--could be 80 heartless
ss to pen this: IA man in Carson has
been hngging women on the streets
after dark, aud they say no is crazy
but there would seem to method IN
in his madness. No sane man would
hug the average Carson woman IN the
day time, aud, and if he is really suf-
fering for a hug, the most sensible
thing he could do would be to take
advantage of the shades OF night. The
evidence of the mans insanity Is not
sufficient
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20
wsIls-Fargo Robbed at Terraces.

The Ogden Standard says: The rail-
road boys report that u thief had sue
ceedcd in getting into and stealing
from Wells-Fargo safe at the Terrace
station house 81 900 in spot cash. On
Friday last Agent Mcclellan noticed
that the money was IN the safe o. K.
On Monday it was found it was N.E.,
which stands for non est. Further
developments, through the working
up of the case by the 8. F. detectives
will be watched with interest. One
thousand nine hundred dollars was q
bigh haul for somebody
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20

The State will be compelled to pay
all the expenses Of the special election
in February, which is just and proper
--Elko Independent Yes and our
"hig-headed" State Controller will be
given TO understand that he is not
running every department of the State
Government. He may stamp around
his office like an enraged bull. but
he'll have to draw those warrants all
the same Pity be cannot he made
personally liable for the casts in those
suits Hallock overestimsted his
great ability, when he ran counter to the
press of Nevada. The Reno Gazette
got in the first Touchdown on him,
Judge Rising having rendered judg-
ment for $6l6 in it's favor. Other
suits are now pending which will ne
doubt terminate the same way
Strange AS it may appear, the Courts
are better judges of law and justice
than J. F. Halock.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20

Every shipper in Prescott, Arizona,
with two or three exceptions, have
signed bonds in the sum of $1,000 to
ship no goods by freight over the
Prescott and Arizona Central Railroad
for period of six month from July
23d. This is done to force the road
to give lower rates. Freight teams
will be rut on the road to Ash Fork %
the Atlantic & Pacific.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20
The Game Law.

An Act Of the Legislature. approved
March 8. 1889, makes it unlawful to
catch, kill or destroy any sage Geek.
hen or chicken between the first DAY
of April and the first day of Septsm.
Der following. The penalty for q vio-
lation of this law is a fine of not less
than twenty-five dollars.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20
Locating Lands.

General R. p. Heating and Capt. P.
j. Dunno, of Virginia City, have To-
Gated about 1000 acres of land 10 the
vicinity of Bishop Creek, rnyo county,
California, on the line of the Carson
& Colorado Railroad, east of the ST.
era Nevada.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20
Coed Reports frem the Carson.

The Genoa Courier says: Colonel
Bridges has found several places on
the head waters of the Carson river
where storage reservoirs can be con-
structed, and says that the valley of
the Carson has the foundation for an
empire of $4,000 people.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20
A m. 600 Rlaxe.

Last Monday, says the Silver State,
a fire broke out at Col. Hsrdin's home
ranch in Quinn River Valley, six
miles from Willow Creek, Humboldt
county, and burned large barn and
corrals, about 90 tons of hay and sew
eral sets Of harness. The loss is about
$4,000 and no insurance.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20

For the week ending July 18th,
seven application for State land were
flied. embracing 9.559.57 acres. Tho
cash receipts werv:
Payments on application .-.........s 6ese 81
Payne Is on contracts ........... 3R IS
Interest payments .................i LOLA es
Total. =. .......... $1,000 O.
Ninety township plats were com.
plsted and forwarded, viz. To Elxo
county ~, to Lincoln county. 81.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20
ANNUAL RAINFALL.
Record Of the wisnsnusca station
for Twelve Years.

The WinncmHeca Silver State is in
dtbted to Observer C.. d Boucher of
tho Signal Office at thai place for the
following tabula,ed statement of tho
annual rainfall since the office was
established there in 1887:
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20

The Truckeo river at Reno is nearly
dry and the stencil arising from the
vicinity of the bridge, where the sew
ers empty, is becoming q nuisance.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20

The Senatorial Committee on In
dian Affairs left Port Townsend last
Sunday for Alaska.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-07-20

Inches
From July /. 1877, to Juno 30, 1873 49,. $3.50
From July /. 1875, 10 June 80, 1879. 49,. 7.9s
From July |. 1879. to June 30. 1880 ...... %
From July l, 1902 to June 30. 1881. ...... s.3i
From July l. 1891. TO June 80. 1882 ......io 09
From July /. 1882, to May 81. 1888. e. =. $50
From Dec l, 1884, TO June 30. 1885. 10. 10
Prom July l. 1885,. to June 80. 1886. ...... e.i7
From July |. 1886. to June 30. 1887 :. 9.sj
From July |. 1887. to June 80, 1898 ..... 5 80
From July |, 1888. TO Juno 30. 1885, ...... 3.3e
dec. 1880 no record
No record from June l. 1888. to November
80, 1884.
II will nc observed that there WAS n
very dry season in 1878, the rainfall
being about the same as for the year
ending June 80. 1883, but the dryest
year of which there is any record is
that which ended June Both last, the
rainfall having been but 81 inches.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-27
Asphyxiarion py Gas.

The American Gaslight association of To-
ronto furnishes the following rules to be OBJ
served when men are overcome by gas:
!. Take the man at once into fresh air.
Don't crowd around him. 2. Keep him on
his back. Don't raise his head nor
turn him on his side. 8. Loosen his cloth
ing and his neck and waist. 1. Give little
brandy and water-not more than four table
spoonfuls of brandy in all. Give the ammo
mia mixture lone part aromatic ammonia to
sixteen parts water) in small quantities, at
short intervals-a teaspoonful every two or
three minutes. s. Slap the face and chest
with the wet end of towel. g. Apply
warmth and friction il the body and limbs
are cold 7. II the breathing is feeble or
irregular, artificial respiration should be
used and kept up until there is no doubt that
it can no longer be of use S, Administer
oxygen.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-27
Fearful and Wonderful,

The Bible says "man is fearfully and
wonderfully made" But psychologists all
concede that the most wonderful portion
of man is the nervous system. In 1t are
located the seats of life and mind, and the
control of all the bodily organs. When the
nerves are destroyed, the part is paralyzed.
The flesh, blood and bones are as nothing
to It, Derangement of the brain or nerves
are causes Of headache, fts, dizzin: 50, tlut.
tering of the heart, sexual weakness. sleep
lessness, neuralgia, cold hands and feet. A
free trial bottle of DR.. Miles Nervine-
the latest and most successful cure for all
these diseases maybe had at E. Y.Griggs'
drug store.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-27

A novel piece Of work is being done by q
house mover at Elgin. The council of that
city recently ordered the taking down Of a
lee #. electric light tower to be replaced at
another point. But Mr.. Topper, the house.
mover, did not think it necessary to take it
down, and is now moving 1t as he would a
house. The tower is held in its upright po-
sition while being moved, by guy ropes, at
tached near the top of the tower, and held
by large gangs Of men. 1t is novel piece
of work and is being handled with consider.
able skill
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-27

times the business Of the postofiice and ex-
press companies. Its advantages are not
alone in its speed, but in the economy and
frequency with which trains can be dis
patched.
SIN addition to all these things it will save
interest on remittances at long distances, will
bring the people closer together, and will
create new enterprises. Doubtless, as in the
case of the telegraph, its important uses can
not DO anticipated in advance CT its going
into active operation Its development will
create new fields of usefulness not now
thought of"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-27

When your tongue 10 coated, your eyes
dull, you feel languid and have no appetite
your head aches, and your blood is slug,
gish and out of order, use DR.. Jones' Red
Clover Tonic. Buy SOC bottle of E. Y
Griggs. This popular and pleasant rem
edy promptly cures dyspepsia, bad breath
piles, pimples, scrofula, boils letter and all
manifestations of bad blood. Clover Tonic
cures rheumatism by striking at the seat of
the disease, viz Bad blood, liver and
kidneys