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, 1889-08-20

Maj. Watkins position finder" by
which the guns of a battery or ship of
war are concentrated by a single expert
upon a definite object with the touch of
n button in his remote place of observa-
ton, is making great progress. 1t will
abolish much, if not all, of the interest
in artillery practice. The gunners will
nave only to load, and then to take their
directions as to elevation and training
from a dial. They will generally be ig-
norant as to what they are firing at, and
will probably have no knowledge wheth-
er or not their firing is effective. All
their business will be to load, to watch
the dial and to fire. If there is much
smoke, so as to obscure their view, that
will be so much the better, for it will
conceal them from the enemy, while the
position finder directs them from his
place, which may be clear from such OBJ
scurity.-Exchange.
, 1889-08-20
OBSERVATIONS ON WHIST.
Deschspelles the Finest PlRyer-NIodern
Methods of Playing the Game.

D~eschapelles the Finest layer-NIodern
Methods of Playing the Game.
According to Clay, the finest player who
ever lived was a Frcnchman, Deschapelles.
He was born In 1850 and died In 1877. His
play at the Partisan clubs was by far the
most brilliant and original ever known The
fine "coups" were of his invention. In fact,
there can be no doubt that Clny's fine plays
can be traced to the influence OF Deschapelles.
The grand coup, the necessity for which may
not happen once in a thousand times, but
when 1t does happen and is played is consid-
cred one of the finest plays in the game, con-
sists of throwing away n useless trump to
gain a trick upon tho forced play OF right
hand opponent, and the so called Deschapelles
coup made by the lead of n high card at the
head Of many to be lost to the adversary that
the play may be forced up to the leaders
partner, are two of his most brilliant plays
Clay says of the grand coup; Every one
who has played whist much must have OBJ
served tho not infrequent occasions when a
player has found himself in the last three
cards OF the hand with n trump too many.
He has been obliged to trump his partners
trick, to take the lead himself and to lead
from his tenace instead Of being led to, by
which a trick is lost. The triumph OF the
great whist player is to foresee this position
and to take an opportunity OF getting rid OF
Ms tAAoik u uiAPs "hheh AhhJ bS hbAlt
either by undertrumping the adversary when
you cannot overtrump him or by trumping
your partners trick when you hold a losing
card, with which you know you can again
give him the lead II you wish to do 80. l
have known Deschnpelles, and not infre-
quently, to foresee this difficulty and to de-
fend himself against 1T many tricks before 1t
was established or at all apparent 10 any one
else.n
But the game we have to consider Is not
the game of England, but the game Of Amer
lea, or rather the game which is played by
the best players in America Tn game of
short whist which is so popular in England
is not played in America to any great extent.
The three games of whist which are in vogue
at present are short whist, five point whist
and long whist In the first, honors and
points go to make up the game, and the
game to make the rubber. The game is fin
lshed in short whist when seven tricks are
taken from start to finish by a player and
his partner. In five point whist, five points
by cards being made, the game is closed and
goes toward the rubber. In this game the
game is finished when eleven tricks are taken
from start to finish Tom LANSING.
, 1889-08-20

At an election in Poland the other day
q smart young candidate tried a ane
yer which almost deserved to succeed for
its ingenuity. Nearly all the peasants
were against him, and the problem was
how to prevent them from voting. The
interval is very short between the time
when they leave off work and the closing
of the polls, - that at the last half hour
a great crowd was waiting. Suddenly
there was a cry of Fire" and a rattling
of engines. But the ruse did no uc-
coed, the stolid countrymen first waiting
to record their vote, and then hurrying
off to discuss the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Globe.
, 1889-08-20

w f-tAHtlNo ~ hiohHs
across, and touching the body, to point in
front OF the left hip, the thumb and reel up
ward but inclining toward the body, and the
rod extending in the direction of tho line
A d, with the tip downward, as shown in
Fig. 3; he now turns his fnce In the direction
OF the objective point Y, lnclines his body
and advances his left foot In the direction Of
d, and makes a cast from left 10 right, from
below upward, and ends the cast with the
right arm and rod fully extended in the di-
rection OF the line A G, as shown IN Fig. 4,
while the minnow takes its flight coward 2.
This Is a back-handed cast, and Is some
what analogous TO the pitching OF a quot.
In making either cast the body should
swny slightly and simultaneously with the
rod arm In the direction OF the cast, to ndd
force and steadiness; but on Nc account must
the cast be- made by ''main strength" for II
requires but slight muscular eXertion to cast
forty yards; and on no account must the rod
be carried further toward the line Y z than
an angle of thirty degrees, otherwise the bait
will be thrown behind the angler. Particu-
lar care must be taken TO give the bait nm up
ward impulse as 1t leaves the rod.
At the beginning Of the cast the thumb
presses firmly upon the spoolo the reel, uSil
Just before the tip of the rod gains its great
est extent or elevation, when the pressure is
10 be slightly relieved, so as to permit the re-
lease of the line and allow the minnow TO be
projected in the direction of the cast.
The entire cast must be made so steadily
and so regularly, and the rod held so firmly
at tho end of the cast as to prevent entirely
any undue swaying or bending of the rod, in
order that the line may follow the direction
of tho minnow in its flight, unretarded by
any vibratory motions of the rod. This is
the most essential, and, at the same time, the
most difficult feature or portion of the cast
to explain or acquire.
, 1889-08-20
DIAGRAM.

not publish something in regard to bait cast
ing, the tackle to use, etc.i And what tackle
was used and the manner of casting at the
late New York tournamentF'
The reply is given here; The tackle used
In 'minnow casting for black bass at the
last tournament was as follows: Rod, eight
to nine feet long, about eight ounces in
weights reel, a free running multiplier; line
OF braided silk, size II; sinker, one-half
ounce. The method generally followed was
that described by DIR. Henshall, which we
give in full:
In rigging the cast for the minnow, the reel
must be placed underneath the rod, on n line
with the guides. The line Is rove through
the guides and n box swivel tied on the end
to the other end Of the swivel is Topped the
smell Of the hook. The hook Is then passed
through the lower lip Of a good sized min
now-from three to four inches long-and
out at the ~nostril; or II the minnow Is small
er, out at the socket Of the eye. II the min
now is carefully hooked, 1t viii live a cdJn-
parntively long time. II n sinker be required
In addition to the swivel, IL should be placed
n foot above it.
Now reel up the line until the sinker, or
swivel, rs the case may be, is at the tip OF the
rod, and we are ready to make n cast, which
] will now endeavor TO explain with the aid
OF the annexed diagram and cuts:
In the diagram, A represents the angler we
are looking down upon him from above, 50
that only his hat and rod are visible. He is
, 1889-08-20

Experiments first made in London
with carbo-dynamite, one of the latest
explosives, would seem to'show that it
possesses some important advantages
over ordinary dynamite, among others
that Of considerably .reater power, and
the generation of much less noxious va
por when exploded in confined places
1t is composed of nitro-glycerine absorb
ed by ten parts of n variety of carbon,
and is claimed to be entirely unaffected
by water.-New York Telegram.
, 1889-08-20

The village of North Waldoboro (Me.)
is so happy at getting rid of an afliction
that the village poet burst into song over
the event, in The Waldoboro News. The
afhiction is described as "the most ag-
%gravating dog that ever lived" and his
epitaph follows:
Old Prince" is dead, that horrid cur.
They shot the rascF' trough the fur,
And all who knew I canine bad
Can ne'er a feeling 70 that's sad.
We can't forget his naughty tricks,
Nor how he killed I hens and chicks
Ench cat he'd chase i kline and cub,
And hafhel in Cish ms watering tub
, 1889-08-20

Abner Powell Is sore because the New Or
leans club paid off all of its players but him,
letting him wait for the 500 due him. The
club officials say that the other players were
paid because they needed the money most,
and that Powell will be paid as soon as the
money can be raised. that his services for
New Orleans are appreciated and that ho
shall not lose anything.
, 1889-08-20

The best salve in the world Tor cuts,
bruises. sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter. ehapped hands, chilblains,
aorns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to i've perfect satisfaction OF
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by DR.. w. N. Hunt
, 1889-08-20

facing b. The angler now wishes to make a
cast TO the left, X being the objective point
to which he desires 10 cast the minnow, some
twenty yards distant.
He grasps the rod Immediately below the
roel with the right hand, with tho thumb
resting lightly but firmly upon the spool, to
control the rendering Of the line; the right
arm is EXTENDS downward, slightly bent,
with the elbow near the body, and with the
extreme butt OF the rod nearly touching the
, 1889-08-20
Dr.. Vagaeg&cu


We ofar oonoloa, ,or davot,r, nrcn tim.
and ATTENTION 10 fRis mnch neeiected class n:
diseased heIieving thai no condifinn or bnman.
ity h 700 vretched "a, merit the symnathv and
best services Of the profession To- which We he
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less a
thhan the surgeon o or phys fiePg,S who b y close los ga apr
PiletIIon eNcels IN any otner amen OF hlspro
ie es 5nSl mnu, ortunatSif % nunl,hIty, hneuay
condemned The victims OF folly or crime. Xix
, 1889-08-20

making a sweeping cast from right to left,
and from below upward, across the body
diagonally, until the rod hand in at the
height OF the left shoulder, and the arm and
rod extended in the direction Of A ID, with
the tip OF the rod isclining upward. as shown
in Fig. .
The movement of the right hand is almost
In n straight line from a point near the right
hip to a point near the left shoulder; the mo-
ton in casting is steady, increasing in swift
ness toward the end of the cast, and ending
with the pitching of the bait-instead of a
violent jerk.
In making the cast the right elbow should
touch the body, sweeping across it, and only
leave 1t at the end OF tho cast, making the
forearm do the work At the end of the cast
the reel and thumb are upward, and the rod
forms an angle Of thirty degrees with the
line Of the shoulders Y 2, and the minnow,
instead Of following the direction Of the rod
A d, as some might suppose, viii, from the
slight curve described by the rod during the
cast, diverge toward the left and drop at X,
when the thumb should Immediately stop the
reel by an increased pressure.
Casting to the right is just the reverse of
the above proceeding. Tho-angler being in
the same position, brings the right hand
a.
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, 1889-08-20
BAIT CASTING.
Some Directions for the Guild
ance of Enthusiastic Anglers.

HOW TO RIG UP THE TACKLE.
, 1889-08-20

Have you heard what Mr.. G. l.. Weast.
of Cambridge CITY. Ind, says of Cham
berlain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrh@a
Remedy2 II not, here it is: During last
summer [ was troubled very much with
severe pains in the stomach and bowels,
and was induced by a friend to try this
remedy. | took one dose, as per direc-
tons. and it gave me almost instant re.
lief" 25 and so cent bottles for sale by
b. Is. David, Druggist.
Job Printing at the Leader Office.
, 1889-08-20

All kinds of Job Printing neatly and
promptly executed at the ! eader office.
, 1889-08-20

right hip; the thumb and reel arc upward,
inclining slightly toward the left; the tip OF
the rod, or rather the minnow, just clears the
ground or surface Of the water; the position
Of the rod is now in the direction Of the line
c, inclining toward the ground or water,
making an angle OF about thirty degrees with
the line OF the shoulders Y 2 the inclination
of the rod is shown fully in Fig. y. This is
the situation at the beginning o, the cast.
, 1889-08-20

of Hyo. Archives & Histc
, 1889-08-20

How To Put the Bait on the Hook and
How to Handle 1t After This Has Been
Done-Cuts That Fully illustrate the
Text
A correspondent recently asked The Amer
lean Angler and Hook and Line; ''Win you
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-11-14
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The bottom principle of De-
mocracy is to give every man show
N. Y. Sun.
We refrain from expressing an
opinion of the Pan-Americans until it
is seen how they pan out.-Troy Press.
No Northern Republican need feel
aggrieved because the spurious Repub-
1icanism of Malone has been rejected at
the Virginia polls. Buffalo Express
(Rep.)
--Couldn't DR.. Harrison spare few
United States troops for the lawless Re
publican Counties of Kentucky? The
militia is weary.-Louisville Courier
Journal
Tanners idea, as reflected in his
annual report, is that the men who en-
listed in the army during the war made
themselves residuary legatees of the
Nations estate, and are now en-
titled to inherit all that is left Of it
n. Y World.
Congressman Morse calls for Re-
publican boycott on Harvard College.
We respectfully remind the rising son
of Canton that Harvard does not teach
what he calls '.free trade" because it is
Democratic, but because it is the truth.
Globe.
First the scholars who left the
Republican party were scoffed at; then
the clergymen who did likewise were
lampooned, and now the wealthy men
who have got sick of the old machine
are the subjects of sarcasm Well. we
guess they can all stand this longer
than the Republican party can.-Boston
Herald
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-11-14
PERSISTENT STRUGGLE.
1t Is Absolutely Necessary to Overcome
Weakness or a Fault.

1t Is Absolutely Necessary to Overcome a
Weakness or Fault.
Mark Boyd, in his autobiography tells
US that he once knew intimately man
named Christmas, one of the chief OFF,
Gals of the Bank of England, and, dur
ing an acquaintance of many years,
never saw him moved or excited in any
way. Boyd asked him one day how he
managed to preserve this impregnable
calm under great annoyances.
son the first day that entered bust
ness" replied Christmas, William Pitt
gave me a piece of advice. 1t was
Never to lose my temper while at my
desk l resolved to observe the rule.
For ten years, though naturally irrita-
BILE, 1 was always master of myself from
the hour of nine until three. After that
time 1 was able to retain the control of
myself throughout the whole day."
William Pitts own highest ambition
was probably to obtain complete mastery
over all his weaknesses. 1t is said that
he had nervous dislike to the touch of
a peach, and that he compelled himself
for an hour each day to rub the skin of
the fruit upon his hands. After some
weeks the dislike was completely over
come.
Nothing will increase the strength Of
character more than steady, persist
emit struggle to overcome a weakness or
fault.
Yet young people and their guardians
should remember that this very struggle
and victory require strong, deliberate
will, which quick-tempered, emotional
man may not possess. They should con-
slider, too, that the power to be angry or
to feel keenly is neither a weakness nor
fault.
The high-tempered man who holds his
passion with hard bit is likely to do
stronger work in the world than his
cold, apathetic neighbor, in whose nature
there are no strong impulses.
"a fire. said successful teacher
lately, sis power, if kept in the right
place. There are boys with tempera-
ments like boiling water. Very good
One does not confine the steam until it
expands to the bursting point. One gives
it work to do"
The nervous, sensitive boy or girl who
has plenty of hard, congenial work to do
will find it the surest escape-valve for
the excitement which else will find re-
lief in passionate outbursts of temper.
But the work must be congenial; one
which will naturally develop the char
acter, the taste and the faculty of the
child.
Gardeners know exactly what kind of
soil and exposure and food each of their
plants requires. When will teachers
learn what place and work in the world
will suit each scholar?-Youth's Com
panion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-11-14
REMARKABLE EATERS.

The Healthy Appetite of q Couple of Maine
Youngsters.
In Maine company recently the con-
versation turned to gastronomical feats
and achievements in the art Of stpffing.,
When the young LADY who had eaten stxz
Bananas at one sitting and the young
man who had boosted of having topped
off dinner with whole lnince pie had
told their stories, a demure maiden mod
estly related an incident in the history
of her family that completely discour-,
aged all her rivals. Z.
zone Fourth Of july said she, ssmy
brother and friend wished to make an
excursion up river, and as they proposed
to start very early in the morning and
be gone all day, my mother prepared q
large basket of food for them the
night before. In the bottom OF the
basket she placed thick stratum
Of delectable articles to represent
supper; on this she placed another LAYER
for their dinner, and at the top OF the
basket, where 1t would be first accessi-
BILE, she put hearty breakfast. Being
well acquainted with the capacity of the
boys, she made an unusually large al
lowance for each Of the three meals.
Dwell, the boys set out for their ex-
cursion at four o'clock in the morning.
Their boat had not gone far up the river
when the rain began to come down.
They went ashore to wait awhile and
ate their breakfast. The rain was still
falling when they had finished this
share of their supplies, and 50 they im-s
mediately ate the next layer their
dinner. Still they were hungry and
still it was raining. They had nothing
else to do but to devour the Remaining
contents of the basket, and so they
jumped in their boat and came batk
home-and took breakfast with the rest
of us. Lewiston (Me.) Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-11-14
The Turks and the Crescent.

The crescent was not originally an en-
blem of the Turk. 1t was first used by
the primitive Christians of Constanti-
nople and the Eastern provinces of the
old Roman empire as an emblem of the
growing influence of Christianity. 1t
was not until about the year 1453, after
the Turks had overrun Asia Minor and
parts of Southeastern Europe and had
captured Constantinople, that the Turks
adopted the crescent as their national
emblem. The Koran prohibits the use
of images and symbols in the religious
ceremonies of the strict Turk, or the in
ternal decorations of the temples and
mosques; the rule being so strict as not
to allow the martial or civic decoration
of their greatest General or Pashas, sue
,cessful commanders or other distin-
guished persons. The adoption of the
crescent by the Turk as a national en-
blem is an oddity which has, so far. re-
manned unexplained.-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-11-14

element, and made fortune In hurry,
after which they removed to New York and
Dolly Monteith set up for fashionabis
lady"
An uncomfortable s2ob. - exclaimed Mrs.
Hervey, Indignantly; $50 that Is the founda-
tio2 Of her extreme gentilitys''
Depend upon it. my snobb sh friend,
Your family thread you can't ascend
Without good reason to appreheEd
You may find it waxed Cor o Isdl at the farther
end
BY some plebeian vocation"
quoted Aunt Katy, smiling. ''Saxe could
not have described our American aristoc-
racy better and it looks to me extremely
silly, in a country where fortunes are
being made and lost every day, to in
dulge i'll such feelings of ultra gen.
tility. always read it as a positive
symptom that at some time the person who
has such a horror Of work or working
people has been one of the class himself"
sWhat dreadful thing it is to be born
without common sense" sighed Mrs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-11-14
a REPUBLICAN WATERLOO.
The stomach of the q. o. r. q Vow Full

The stomach of the g. o. r. q Now Full
OF Nauseous Crow.
There is wailing in the camp of mo-
nopoly and privilege. Monrnful epitaphs
have been hung. and all the rites per-
formed that appertain unto burial.
The Republican stomach is full of nause-
GUS crow. garnished with NORWOOD
and seasoned with the gall of bitter
ness. For many a day the organs will
feed their readers on explanations. They
will seek to cover with petty excuses
that which appears in appropriate naked
ness. There is but one thing upon
which the party of buster can brag
now-it can show more black eyes than
all the houris of the Mussulman heaven.
The Iowa Democrats have at last got
out of the wilderness of fanaticism and
free whisky, and their Moses will now
strike with his rod of right the rock OF
Justice, and bring forth pure stream
that will cleanse the State of Repub-
ican sewage. He has led his faithful
followers into the promised land of Dem
ocratic ascendancy.
The rebel Brigadier, Malone, is buried
for all time. The organs should not
complain of his destruction. Their meat
and drink is abuse of rebel Brigadiers,
and they should rejoice that one of them
the worst--has met his fate at the
hands of an honest man.
The forged-letter dodge did not save
the Fire-Alarm leader of the Ohio Re-
publicans. His sham pretense at espous-
ing the cause of Sunday saloon-closing
did not save him. The respectable ele-
ment in his own party refused to vote
for him, and he had nothing to expect
from the Democrats. He, too, is done
for.
The defeat of Foraker, Hutchinson and
Malone, the election of Campbell, Boies
and Mckinney, is singing rebuke to
theAdministration and to the whole Re.
publican party. Tuesdays votes show
that the election of Harrison was an &C
cident and mistake. More than that,
they show that the bow of promise for
the Democrats in 1892 is already being
set in the political heaven. They show,
too, that the tax-ridden, monopoly-op-
pressed people of this country are find.
ing out that they must look to the Dem
ocratic party for their .deliverance from
the chains of error, dishonesty and
fanaticism. The people have found that
| the Democratic party is their party, and
having learned this, they will stand by
the party and their rights.-ChicagS
Herald