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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24
HOMEMADE COMPASS.

How q Very Good One May BE Con-
structed Without Much Trouble.
Get from a druggist a common PASTE
board pill-box of about one and three
fourths inches in diameter. Cut in the
lid round hole au inch in diameter.
Cover the hole on the inside with a
piece of window-glass. which can be
held in place by bits of sealing-wax at
the corners.
Break off about three-eighths of an
inch from the point of a sewing-needle
and affix it point upward by means of
sealing-wax to the center of the bottom
of the box. This is to be the pivot up
ON which the magnetic needle is TO
swing.
For needle. use the permanent
magnet made Of a darning needle.
To adjust this to the pivot. saw
out piece of ivory or bone-the
handle of an old toothbrush is
good material-a quarter OF an
inch square by tenth of an inch
thick. In the center of the square
side bore hole by means OF knife
blade or the handle end of file, near
ly through the piece.
The inner extremity of the hole
must be smooth, with no small crevices
or sharp edges. TO the opposite sur
face attach, by sealing-wax the needle.
and after placing it upon the pivot.
put the cover on the box. II the hole
in the ivory be we'll made. one end Of
the neeele will point to the north.
Place the compass near any large
mass of iron, as, for example, the
kitchen stove. and see where it will
point then.-Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24
Jocunp JoTrlNcs.

In good speech there are two important
things. One is the beginning and the other
is the end. The nearer the beginning is to
the end, as a general thing, the better and
more satisfactory the speech.
.'SAY, mister, is there circus here to-
days" mo, what made you think sol"
Saint them clowns comm up the streetf'
.'rhoses. Why, they arethe students in lawn
tennis suits"
not only scared every crow that saw it, but
one crow was SO frightened that he brought
back the corn he had carried to his nest
three days before.
FIRST BosToN GIKL-"iot any pickles in
your pockets' Second Boston Girl-ssYes,
and some gum" First Boston Girl-ssThat's
all right. I've got some cold beans and two
slatepencils. Let's lunch.''
WHEN dog gets after rabbit he makes
the hare fly. Sometimes, when a woman
gets after her derelict husband she, too,
makes the hair fly. And when mother
finds her only son at the jam she also
makes the heir fly.
CONDUCTOR - Here, my good fellowi
Don't you know that If you pull that strap
in the middle you will ring both bells"
Mike-"Faith, an OF know that as well
as yerself But it's both ends of the car
want ter stop"
THEY say the patient waiter is no loser
That depends on whether he has any thing
in his applicant to lose or gain. or whether
he wears white apron I'm restaurant. It
also depends on whether it is sit-down or
stand-up waiting.
WIFE OF AUTHoR-0Don't disturb my
husband. He is in the midst of critical
scene" Visitor-"Is he at work on crit
zeal scene in his new cornedya" 'tNo; it's
worse than that His landlord is talking to
him about the back rent"
CITY MANI should think that you would
find life here very dreary." Villager-
"Here? I can assure you this is pretty
lively place for its size" 81 should not
suppose from the looks of things any thing
ever happened here" ''That's where you're
mistaken. Why, it amt two weeks since
we had an eclipse of the MOON"
''MY wife is the most ingenious woman
who ever lived" said Jones. 81 believe
you," returned Smith, politely. 'But you
don't know why you believe me" intimated
&ones. "To tell the truth, DON'T" replied
Smith, looking bored. NV ell, I'll tell you.
We've been married twelve years, and
lived in the same house all the time; and
this morning she found a new place to hide
nv slippers"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24
A New Alimentary Plant.

Another new vegetable has been in
troduced into France by NJ. Paileux,
the indefatigable collector of new ali
mentary plants. The plant has been
received through the aid of NJ. Bouley,
head gardener to the Maha Rajah OF
Cashmere. 1t is called the congalou.
The vegetable is a sort of turnip with
the skin of an attractive bright red
color. The flavor is nearly that of an
ordinary turnip, but very much
stronger, the consistency of the root is
such that it does not soften in cooking.
1t appears that in the Himalayan re-
gions the congalou is eaten as a salad,
sliced in very thin rounds and highly
seasoned. Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24
WHERE wAsAsH LEADS.

Ana slow.Coach Railroads. Bring Up the
Rear OF tho Procession.
From the Globe-Democrat:
The announcement of one OF the East
ern roads that it had finally decided to
follow in part the excellent example set
SO many years ago by the Wabash. and
embellish one OF Its passenger trains Win
q real dining car. has developed some
rather favorable com0ents among rail-
road aud travelling mon. This statems Mt
however, that the new line would be
THE Only Dining Car Line Between Sc:
Louis and New York; has caused great
Unknown fact that the Wabash has been
operating its superb Dining Car Service
in connection with its New York. Boston
and Chicago through trains for more tn1H
mine years and has no idea OF discontinue
ing this popular feature OF its equipment.
The truth Of the matter is, that the
Wabash is still the only Dining-Ca line
from St Louis to the East, as dining -cars
are attached to all its through trains,
serving all meals, and it does not FEED
trains go hungry. The services on the
Wabash, as most st. Louisans know.
is uns urpassed. and unsurpassable. and
the cars are mods sis Of elegance, neatness
and com fort
at seems strange" said atravelling
man yesterday, shat the other St Louis
roads have invariably permitted the
Wabash to be the pioneer line in int ro:
ducing new features for the COM ors Q.
passengers. Now I had three splendid
meals in dining cars on the Wabas while
on my way back to New York to vote
during the Garfield Hancock camp align OF
1880, and have enjoyed hundreds OF square
meals since on the same line. and these
other Eastern lines are just beginning to
talk about dining cars. They make me
tired"
"Yes," chimed in a by-stander. land
the Wabash was the first line to give st.
Louis a solid vestibuled train service"
land the first line to put on reclining
chair cars to Eastern Cities" said an
other.
"And the first line to adopt the bHffet
compartment sleepe RS with private state.
rooms, the finest thing on wheels" said
q third.
"And it max es better time, and has a
smoother track than any Of them. and
gets there all the time" added a fourth.
II always take the Wabash when posi-
ble."
And they all agreed with him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24
Edison on Electricity.

You ask me about the future of cleo
tricity. 1t is the coming motive
power. 1t will be used on all railroads
some day, but the point is to get an
economical engine. My theory is to
have immense dynamos located all
along the line of the road and have
the electricity conveyed from these
stationary engines to the locomotives
by wires through the rails. For ex-
ample, I would put two big engines
between New York and Philadelphia
and enough power could be furnished
to whisk the limited at the rate OF one
hundred miles per hour Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24
Mrs Emma p Ew

Mrs. Emma p. Ewing. lecturer
ON household economy, declares that
over five million dollars is spent use
lessly for bluing in this country every
year. and that a million families throw
away from twenty-five to one hundred
dollars apiece in SOAP grease in the
same period.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

Who is Dr. A. T. Shallenberger? He is a
prominent physician of Rochester, Penna.,
who graduated at Jefferson Medical Col
lege in 1916. In 1847 he announced the the
DRY that all Malarial disease was caused by
living germs in the blood and demonstrated
its correctness by his Antidote for Malaria,
which cured when all else failed. The
microscope now reveals these germs, and
Physicians accept the fact. II you have
Malaria in your system, get the medicine
and he well
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24
"A childless old lady of ST

"A childless old lady of Stoddards-
vile. Pa. years ago set apart small
room for spiders to make their webs
in, and no broom has ever disturbed it
The spiders dwell together in harmony
as a rule, although the lady says they
sometimes have regular cat-and-dog
fights.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24
And thew all agreed with him.

A CHURCH wedding, where the groom was
eighty and the bride thirty-five years old,
astonished quiet Connecticut village re-
cently
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

Oregon, tho Paradise Of Farmers.
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Full Information free. Address
Oregon immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24
LISTEN-a song of rejoicing.
Hearts that were heavy are glad.
Women, look up and be hopeful.

Take courage, o weak ones respondent.
And drive back the foe that you fear
With the weapon that never will fail you.
o, be Of good cheer,
for when you suffer from any of the weak
nesses, irregularities" and functional
arrangements" peculiar to your sex, by
the use of DIR. Plerce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton you can put the enemy of ill-health and
happiness to rout. It is the only medicine
for women, sold by druggists, under a pos
or money refunded. See bottIe-wrapper.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

How MY THROAT Hurts! Why don't you
use Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tars
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

COLONEL JOHN CocKRR1LL is paid 1000 a
year by the New York World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

IT IS said that the great Oil fields Of New
York and Pennsylvania are rapidly becom-
ing exhausted. The supply has fallen from
10000 to 43, 600 barrels per day. Search is
being made for new fields.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

For all arrangements of the liver, stom.
ach and bowels take DR.. Pierce's Pellets.
One dose
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

THERE is nothing (unless it be the sewing
machine) that has lightened woman's labor
as much as Dobbins' Electric Soap, con-
stan1y sold since 1854 All grocers have it.
Have you made its acquaintance? Try it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

BE moderate in your pleasures, that your
indulge our appetites is to extinguish them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

THE late E. P. Roe found no difficulty in
writing $50, 900 worth year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

A CANAL two hundred and fifty miles long
is to be built for navigating purposes in
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

For any case Of nervousness, sleepless-
ness, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia,
relief is sure in Carter's Little Liver Pills.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

Gun cHEwERs' paralysis is the latest form
Of professional neurosis recorded in medl-
calliterature
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

FIGHT vice before it gets within your
trenches by avoiding thoughts leading to
it, and your victory will then be compara-
tively easy
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

IT is death to any person in Siam to men
ton the Kings name. This Is custom
that MANY other tribes rigidly adhere to.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

No Opium il. Piso's Cure for Consumption
Cures where other remedies fail. Csc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

Miss MURrREE's Charles Egbert Grad
dock's) novels yield her about 5000 q
wear.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

WHY don't you try Carter's Little Liver
Pills? They are a positive cure for sick
headache, and all the ills produced by dis
ordered liver. Only one pill dose.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

MANY initiate sTansilps Punch' SC Cigar.
MAYO W. HAZELTINE receives $l15 q week
from the New York Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-10-24

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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-12-12
Hard at Work.

Nearly one hundred eminent persons
are now engaged in preparing valuable
and important contributions to The
Youths Companion for 1890.
Mr.. Gladstone is getting together his
"reminiscences of Motley, the Historian;
Justin Mccarthy is writing all his per-
sonal recollections of great Prime Min
listers; Sir Morell Mackenzie is thinking
of what he shall say to The Companion
readers Oh the training of their voices
in youth; Captain Kennedy is recalling
the exciting episodes of his five hun
dred different trips across the Atlantic,
and making notes for his articles; 2. T.
Barnum is preparing the account of
how he secured his White Elephant;
General Wolseley is arranging to tell
the boys how they can endure hardships:
Carroll ID. Wright is securing statistics
about the boy and girl laborers of Amer
lea, what they do and what they earn;
Hon. James &. Blaine is writing a pa
per for our young politicians; popular
authors are at work on serial stories:
the Presidents of three leading Ameri-
can colleges will give advice to boys on
their future; Tyndall and Shaler are to
talk about the wonders of nature;
Marion Harland promises to entertain
the girls, while Lieutenant Schwatka
will take the boys in Imagination to the
loneliest place in the United States.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-12-12
| left the balance of
my Stock at the store
Of A. II. Roberts. Go
and see before buying.

The public schools close next Friday
the 10Th, for the holiday vacation Of
two weeks.
Toys for boys and cards for girls at
Roberts.
The 2lst, District Lodge of Good
Templars has been in session in this
city. We were promised report of its
proceedings, but it has not yet been fur
Eished.
The knights OF Pythias party at their
castle hail last evening was most
pleasant social event. The proceedings
were varied by the presentation of the
drama "Ncyada" in Russell's Opera
house, after which the company sat
down to a sunlptuOus banquet. 1t was
thoroughly enjoyed by all present, and
will make even more popular with the
members the series Of parties which
the lodge has maugurated for the win
ter.
Mr.. David Nichols, living in Cameron
township, raised 800 bushels of corn on
two acres of ground this year The
only secret as to the course of this pro.
digiOus yield is simply that it was well
cultivated. David did not cOncede to
any weed the right to grow on that
land, but gave the entire strength of
the land to the corn. The result shows
conclusively the capability of our soil
T. II. Beason, 215 miles east of Audi
bon, will sell the following property at
public sale on Thursday, Dec. 18th, com
mrncing at 70 a. M: 81 head of cattle
60 head of Poland China hogs, five head
of horses. Mccormick binder, mower
wagons and other implements. Free
lunch Ca sums over 81 ten months
credit, without interest II paid when
| due. 10 per cent per mnum off fol
cash. Il. y. Carper, auctioneer,
Daniel Corbin, living at Cameron Cen
ter, 3 miles north of Ross, will sell al
public sale Tuesday, Dec. "A, 1889, at II
a. H., : horses, span Ofyearling mules
30 head OF cattle, 10 hogs, j tons hay
| Free lunch. On sums over $40 4 credit
of one year without interest if paid
when nue.. 10 per cent off for cash, r
! y. Carper, auctlOneer.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-12-12
A arist from Greeley.

A literary society was organized at
No. last Friday evening. Discussion
for next Friday evening is on the reso.
luton that the prohibition law is not a
failure in Iowa.
Samuel Hayes has gone to look over
his new farm in Greene county. If
next season is wet Sam says he will
raise frogs and fish.
Mrs. Will Slater is very sick with
pluerisy.
Cattle are dying. Mr.. Jarman lost
seven head last week.
Melville township is contributing
hundreds of bushels of grain to Greeley
hail storm sufferers. We expect it is
not a gift, but loan, payable when
they need it as badly as we.
Mrs. George Phelps, who left her hus
band is not in Wyoming, but in Iowa
She did not fly with handsomer man.
but rumOr says she will get one. After
living with George % years being a
good wife, mother and grandmother
then leaving is something of proof
that marriage is failure.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-12-12
THE FIGURE " o."

The figure - IN our dates IS with us anu has
come to stay. No man or woman now living VIM
ever date document without using figure 9. 1t
now stands on the extreme right-lS89. Next
,c. "il be- in the third place, where 1t will re-
main ten ycsAs. II VIII tltOn IaqIe up ~ the sec
ond place-l0OD- and there it will rest one hund.
red years.
There is another " . which has come also tome
to stay; it is called the No o." 1t Is not like
III" figure SO" in our dates in the respect that II
VIII have 70 wal Un.H upGt year for third place,
or ten years for second place. as IL has tins yeaI
stood in first place, and it Will not move from
there; it is the new " No. 0 High Arm Wheeler
& Wilson Sewing Machine.
rla !, - 9" !. not an old stve Of machine
ASKING some slight change made IN u and then
r..led - new improved" but il Is entirely new
machine. u was invented b. the best mechani-
cal experts Of the age. What better pJocf Is
wanted Of that fact than the following cablegram
Girccl from the Paris Exposition, which was pub
lished tn al the Chicago newspapers of October
lnGy
EXPOSITION UNIyERsELLE, PARIS, Oct. H.
Especial. The highest possible premium aud
the only grand prize for sewing machines was
awarded the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing
Company.
The ;" No. " has taken the first premium this
y ~ n the state fairs Of Iowa, Minnesota and
Wisconsin, and the Brsf preuluIr at 9yerg caIil-
Iy fair where Il has been exhlbltcl.
M Wamap, il she desires to be happy, should
be without q Il ~. ~ E9 man should be happy
until lac has purchased the lightest running Ilck
stitch machine IA the world the No. o." for his
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-12-12

CONGRESS is getting right down to
the discussion of thieving trusts, and
the country may hope for some potent
legislation on this evil. The country is
provoked to spirit that would enforce
such law rigidiy, but however much
legislation may be desired and however
much may be enacted, the remedy will
he difficult to enforce for the reason that
the banded cOnspiratOrs move careful
~, Erarding closely their secrets and
will be found difficult to discover. The
beef trust, now under investigation by
senate committee is fair sample of
its kind. the plumber is so great that
a law without vigorous backing will
not effect the remedy,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-12-12

JEFFERSON DAVIS died at his late
home In New Orleans, early last Friday
morning aged eighty-one years. He
was graduate of West Point and scrv-
ed with distinction in the Mexican war,
sat in the national legislative halls and
was the secretary of war under Presi-
dent Pierce, in whose cabinet he was a
dominant figure. Later he rebelled
against the government in whose ser
vice he was, and became the leader and
pre-. .ieuI % the southern COnfederacy
In that position his pride of power and
domineering propensitieS were often
the cause of weakness in their organ
iZatiOn. OF its management he was
the responsible head But the cause
which he led was lost and its mistakes
and atrocities have been forgiven by a
paternal government. For his great
crime he suffered only two years of con-
finement in Fortress Monroe, which he
has been pleased to parade before the
nation as vicariouS punishment. No
other nation on the globe, sparing his
life, would have hesitated to Danish
him from its domain forever and a day
For nearly quarter of 4 century, de-
prived only Of the right of suffrage, he
has basked in the sunlight of a great
nations unparalleled magnanimity
Had Davis equaled his contemporaries
none could have been more potent in
binding up the nations wounds
by the simple exercise of that fra
ternity which warmed clasped hands
stretched across the bloody chasm be-
tween the sections reunited at AppOm-
atOX. But prejudice and pride, diSap-
pointed ambitions, jealousy of victOrS,
made Mr.. Davis unforgiving, and he
only emerged from his retirement to
reiterate his belief in the justice of his
cause and to denounce the conquerors
dying as lie had lived true to the lost
cause.-the tlickering light of what once
was the llaming torch of the rebellion
Jefferson Davis is mOurned today by q
large circle of personal friends, many
South, a few North and many whose
fortunes went down and whose family
ties were rended with the lost cause
In history his name will survive as no
tOriOus but not famous.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-12-12
Extra Notes,


In 1874 corn was selling in these parts
at eight and nine cents per bushel. The
farmers howl is greater now than then,
so we are told.
Mrs. Mhite, OF Los Angeles, Galifor-
MIA, a daughter of Rev Bott, a former
Extra minister, is visiting for few
weeks in Extra and Audubon. She in
tends to winter in Iowa.
Station Ageat Chas, RelliEs is snil,
ing over his mothers good luck. she
resides at AvOca, and last week Uncle
Sam granted her pension of 800 per
month and back pay amounting to
5000.
John b. COnnrardy and Sam1 Dutlor
have sold their claim in tue bank OF
Extra assignment matter to Chas. Van
Gorder and A. &. Smith, consequently
these gentlemen now own all the assets
of said bank. The matter is now prac.
tically out of the courts,
About thirty paTishioners of the Con
gregatidnal church caught their pastor
off his guard on Friday evening, the
2iith, with what they called q pound So
ciable. a most 'pleasant surprise TO
the pastor and his wife who extend
their thanks for the many pounds, but
ship, '''' ~ . - '''+''''
Peter Petersen is the name of O
smooth faced, smooth tongued Danish
farmer who has titled the soil in Oak
field township the past few years, but
who is now hiding in some remote spot
Of the far west, his departure dating
from THANKSGIVING day Ha puI tbn