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did they have deadheads at the old
Grecian theatresT
II don't know. Why do you ask2
Il was just thinking of the pass of
Thermopyl@. Lawrence American.
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IALL & JOHNSON

Z. J. HALL +. III. JOHNSON.
physicians AND SURGEONS. Office
hours until A. NJ; from to 3 and to P.
NJ Office at DIR. Halls residence,
MORRISVILLE, Vt.
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~ NJ WAITE M D

Formerly of Stowe Vt; recently of New York
City regular graduated Physician and Surgeon.
Gives special attention to the treatment OF
chronic and nervous diseases; ten years eXpe-
rience in the regular practice of medicine and
surgery in the City of New York. also Hospital
and Dispensary Experience. Highest New York
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BUSINESS CARDS.
AUSTIN BELKNAP.
f. n. RAND & CO.,

DEALER IN Butter, Cheese, Beans and Pro-
IL visions. No. II Fulton Street, Boston.
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HOW SHE CAUGHT FISH.

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Iron County register., 1890-12-04
SOME QUEER COINS.
Interesting ny ';cason OF Thei- 4 re and
TO

for Other Causes.
Here is the Oldest coin ever made in
the world, = said a collector to a report
er for the Was hjngt0n Star one day last
week. 1T was mintcd about the year
700 Il. c., in Egina, and you viii OBJ
serve that the design III high relief rep
resents a tortoise crawling across the
Iace Q: the piece. YOU will not find any
date upon it. because no coins were dat
ed prior to 100 years ago. The most
beautiful coin ever made. in my Opin-
ion, Is this silver piece Of Macedonia,
which was current in Maceaon, now
COnStantinople, 800 years before Christ.
or 260 years earlier than the tinr of
Alexander the Great. Though its face
value /, only 5G cents, tho coin is worth
Il price to-day that would astonish you.
''Ierc is a specimen of the coin Of
smallest value ever ISSUED. 1t is the
nit so-calied, such as the widow Of
the Bible story dropped into the slot for
the poor, though it was her last one.
OI"-tiftieth of 4 cent 1t was worth, and
vou observe that its shape is hcxagOnal
Ciosc hy YOU will notice q piece of
money worth 500. It is simply a
rectangular piece OF gold stamped with
the characters Of China, from which
country it comes. Lumps of gold are
used in China for currency Of large
denominations.
''Thi, coin with the head of the beau
tiiul woman upon it, SO cxQuisitcly
designed, was minted in Egypt during
the reign Of Ptolemy Philadel phus,
2249 years be fore Christ. The lovely
head IS 4 likeness Of PtOlemy's wife and
Queen. ArsOnOe, who was grandmother
by six removes to the famous Cleopatra.
put it that way because there were in
reality several Clcopatras, though most
people imagine there was but one.
Hero is Il gold piece that was ISSUED
by Darius the Great before the Children
Of Israel returned from the captivity.
This IS something comparati vely mod
crn-the marriage piece OF Ferdinand
and isabella, issued TO celebrate the
union some time before Columbus dis
covered America. Here is the smallest
coin ever issued-the thirty-sccond of a
ducat minted in the year 1860. \. D.,
in the free City of Nuremburg. 1t was
worth IL cents. BY the way, the Swiss
it was. VINO first pat dates on their
coins.
"PerhaCS the funniest CONS IN the
world are these roundiSh Irregular
humps Of silver from Siam, running
down from the bignes5 of a walnut TO
the size of half buckshot. according to
value represented. You viii notice
from the display of United States coins
il this other cas> that during the first
year when We coined money in this
country. in 1872, we had nothing but
copper. In 1874 we obtained some sill
yer from Mexico and two kinds of silver
coins appear. Not till 1905 did we have
gold coins, consequent upon The dis
coyery of that precious metal in differ
ent parts of the United States"
Iron County register., 1890-12-04
NEW GAME OF CARDS.


It IS CIn.nlel That =. N-"lc"1E" VIII Sup
~ mt whist nud Po,lcr.
''WaIcaGi'' il tho name Of q new game
OF cards that has caused such q fluttcr
in society. From the furor that has
followed its Introduction into the
charmed circle, it would seem that
whist is to lie pushed into tho back
ground to give Place to the new game.
The fair votarics of fashion, usually
prone to shun card playing, have
yielded TO its destinations and wa
ieedj' has received boom that will
tend to mako it one OF the most popular
of card games.
At present, poker, eucher and whist
nave lost ground among the men ia
favor Of tho new game. In its terms
aud the names Of the points to be made,
wsleedi carries with it Bret Harte
suggestion. "reminiscences of mining
camps, wild, romantic scenery and of
the rush for wealth during the gold
fever fiis through the mind as vein, ="
pocket" and chimney" are called dur
ing the game. Waleedi itself is the
name of a mine in siivery Colorado, A
peculiar dispute in connection with this
mino led to its invention The mine
WAS owned by two men, one Of whom
wanted to work orc wherever it was rich
enough to pay, and the other to develop
a chimney" he was confident would he
found in tho ledge some considera BILE
distance on. A compromise was effected
by an agreement by which they were to
share expenses equally and to divide
receipts from the ore taken from the
tunnel The former was to have the
privilege to work all veins at his own
expense. and to have all receipts from
them, but in case chimney" was
struck he was to grant his partner the
privilege to work it and enjoy the
profits. BY playing the game it can
easily be seen which man made his fort
une first.
The game is played similarly to whist.
There are four players, those opposite
being partners. The entire deck is
dealt one card at a time, and the last
card turned up for tramp The ace is
the highest card of suit and every
player is compelled to follow suit if he
can. The terms used are as follows: A
game is called a fortune. a count is a
'atrille," large strike" small
strike" or ''struclI r." In counting up
one says ''strucll IS in veins" struck
50 in pocket" etc. The six, knave,
queen, king and ace are called waste
cards." the two, three. four and five
vein cards" and the seven, eight, nine
and ten pocket cards -Four pocket
cards" of ono suit makes a pocket A
pocket" of trumps is 'rich pocket"
Two pockets are called chimney.
When all the tricks are played the
strike" is made a. follows: The waste
cards" do not count; each vein card
strikes" as much rs its spots mum Der.
the four striking four, etc: pocket"
strikes fifty; Il rich pocket" seventy
five; chimney" ''fortune," which
is 800. In the rapid changes. victories
and defeats, waleedi is most exciting
game N Y Star
Iron County register., 1890-12-04

sccrcHnr, &Ea SATURDAY. seemed the hot
test OF AL; hut the churning and baking
had to he done. as we'll as the general
cleaning up and preparing for Sunday:
so it was not strange that the morning
Of the holy day dawncd upon Mrs. Dane
with 4 sick headache. 1t waS n new
thing, for ovcrtaxcd nature would take
revenge once IN awhile.
''GeOrgiana, called the deacon up
the stairway. about six o'clock that
warm molning, you will have to get
up and get breakfast. Your mother
has headache"
Like most damsels OF sweet sivtcen,"
Gcorg.ana hated to riso early, but any
ailment of her mother appealed to he-
at once, and she was soon downstairs,
skimming the milk, getting breakfast
and stealing now and then softly into the
darkened bedroom to change the wet
cloth on her mothers forehead. BY
nine o'clock the Sunday work was we'll
out Of the way, and GeCrgiana came into
the bedroom again.
Pm not going TO church to-day,
mother; I'll stay at homo and take care
of you."
oh. no. dear" said her mother; cit
won't be necessary my head is a great
deal better and all l need is quiet.
T Tommy can't go, anyway; his toe is 50
sore he can't wear his Shoe, and he can
wait on me all I need
"Thcn Darwin and l Will get ready
right away and go to choir rehearsal.
They want to practice some new an
theHS."
An hour later Darwin and GeOrgiana
had gone. when the deacon, washed
and shaved, came bustling into the bed
room.
'.Wherc's my mectin' suit?" he asked.
80, dear. l meant to have had Georg-
lana bring it out from the spare bed
room closet. You'll have to get it your
self"
Feeling much abused not to BE-
waited on as usual, the deacon de-
rartcd in pursuit of his Sunday clothes.
wife" he said, as he returned with
them. there's an awful smell about
that closet; must be a dead mouse in
there. You'll have to see to it as soon
as you're able
Il Will tomorrow" sighed the poor
woman, whose head throbbcd afresh
with every suggestion of work or
caro-. II was a relief to her when he
was at last dressed and had driven
away, leaving the house in quiet to her
and Tommy.
No memory of the rank smell in the
closet came TO Deacon Dane as he drove
TO church in the pleasant summer
breeze But he had not been five min
utcs scatcd in his church pew listening
to the choir and waiting for the services
Iron County register., 1890-12-04
PITH AND POINT.

SO many men confound a curiosity
o know about their neighbors with
thirst for now,edge.-Atchison Globe
Can you get the right pitch on this
cOrnet?" es; gimme it (pitches it out
of the window. There you are!''-
Puck.
1t takes three generations 10 make
gentleman, but he can't voteany har-
der than the other fellow Indian
apolis journal.
If the world tried one-half as hard
to be good as it does to seem good sin
ners would be as rare as saints now are.
-At:hieon Globe.
The man who worries most about
what people think of him is usually the
kind of man the people do not think
of at all.-Atchison Globe.
"A man NAV be sure that his friends
won't forget him as long as he has
money, especially if he has borrowed
it from them.-Elmira Gazette.
1t takes the average man long
time to unders tand why early rising
seems so hard in the morning when it
seemed so easy the night before.
No man need look through heav-
enly telescope to find the path of duty.
1t is right under his feet, and he can
keep in it if be has mimi to.-N. o.
Picayune.
Say. old man, why
don't you make q joke about the man
with his overcoat in soall::' Fanny
man with a shudder)-''lt's no Joke!
That's y.''-Boston Traveller.
A young woman in California was
arrested for disturbing the peace. 1t is
presumed that she had piano and
lived in boardi g-house, though the
per doesn't say so.-Ram's Horn.
Must Be Insane friend is a
kleptomaniac" ''How so!' He steals
my Jokes, and publishes them as his
own" Your jokes? Then poor Charlie
must be suffering from insanity and not
kleptomania Yankee Blade.
-Tomson-"Did you finally succeed
in bringing Smith around to your way
OF thinking in your argument last
night ?" Jackson-''Yes; but l expect,
almost any moment, to be arrested for
assault and battery" Brooklyn Life.
An Economy-'I hear the Brad
leys are going South this winter l
| thought they'd lost all their money %
They have. That's the reason they
are going. They can wear their sum-
mer clothes all winter, you know. IN.
y. Sun.
New Burglar-Alarm.- (sud-
| denly awakening)-''Ha 'Hark! Horrors.
What's the matter? Fido is way down
stairs, yelping as if he was hurt. What's
happened to the little dear?" Husband
II threw him at a burglar. IN. Y.
Weekly.
-McFingle-''IIow much is Brown
son worth 2" McFangle-"Nothing
''Why, 1 understand he had some very
valuable property" "Oh, yes; his
property is worth a good deal. But
Brownson himself is worthless. "-Bos-
ton Traveller.
Iron County register., 1890-12-04

This time it was Georgiana's clear
young voice that cleft the warm even
ing air. and the deacon twitched sharp
iy on the lines.
Whoa, there, Dolly! What dye
want?' looking back through the dusk
at the two figures on the porch.
Get yeast cake.' responded
Georgiana, in the same clear tones.
Her father nodded his head in token
that he heard the errand and clucked
sharply to Dolly, who started off again
briskly.
Strange why the women think so
much of them pesky little yeast cakes;
think they can't make bread without
'em," mused the deacon as he drove
along to the village. Com pressed
yeast! Ny mother nor grandmother
never heard of such thing, but l be-
lleye they made jest as good bread in
Did times as they do now"
Deacon Dane was not progressive
man, you see. What was good
enough a century ago is good enough
nOw," he thought Fleischman & Co.
and whole army of other inventors
had lived in vain, as far as he was con-
cerned. 1t would have been no un-
heard d-of thing if he had forgotten the
errand. nor would it have troubled him
greatly; but we are all quite sure to re-
member the things we would like to
forget, SO he bought the yeast-cal,e at
the store, along with the gallon of
kerosene and pound of saleratus, put
ting tho yeast in his coat-pocket.
At home his wife was meanwhile
busily At work mcnding his second
best coat, which he had accidentally
torn badly that day. She found the
garment otherwise in that dilapidated
condition characteristic of old coats,
forcibly reminding one of the classical
lone hoss shay" and Georgiana coming
out of the parlor, where She had been
playing gospel hymns on the organ,
found her mother still at the task.
Don't sew on that black work any
more tonight, mother" she said; ''it
tries your eyes too much"
II must, for father will want it to
wear Tomorrow; he always goes to
town Saturdays, you know. He had to
wear his meeting coat tonight, and |
hate to have him wear it so common
and get it full of dust. l didn't s'pose
it would take long to mend it, but l
find it out of fix everywhere"
LET me finish it. them" said
Georgiana; and she fairly took the old
coat away from her mother, who, re-
leased from that duty, went into the
kitchen and made ready for setting the
bread-sponge. The flour was siftCd, the
scalded and cooled milk all ready, and
only waited for the yeast when the
deacon should come home.
Did you get the yeast?" asked Mrs.
Dane when her husband came in, after
putting up the horse.
Yes, l got it," and he put his hand
in his pocket but failed to hnd the
yeast-cake. One pocket after another
Re fshed in till he had gone the rounds
of his coat, then his vest and thea his
trousers; then went the whole over
again-and a mans pockets are legion.
Its no use,'' he said, I've lost it
somehow; pulled it out with my hand
kerchief or something"
Are you sure you bought it?' asked
Georgiana.
'Sure? Don't l knO1-? I paid two
cents for the little thing, and might as
well have throwed my money away.
Iron County register., 1890-12-04
EURYlNG THE CHOLERA.
\ CHASTITY SwinHie Perprtrated on III
Iamnrd in faiicut.

\ CHASTITY Swin1ie Perp-trated on Mo
manned iu Caiicut.
\ grim story Of Il swindle comes from
Calicut, Wherc cholera has been raging
especially among the Meplahs, who
are MohammcdanS, and very fanatical.
The other day a young man appeared
and announced himself as an especially
holy priest, able to heal all sickness,
and capable even Of destroying the
cholera. People foclled to hear him
preach, and when he said that if j. 800
rupees could be collected for him he
would undertake to cleanse the city Of
its awful scourge, the poor wretches
gathered together all their small saw
in-s and laid them at his feet.
In a surprisingly short time the sum
was collected and then notice was
given that 4 procession was to be
formed the next day, when the cere-
mony of the election of the cholera
would be performed. The following
evening the streets along the beach
were thronged, and a most eXtraordi-
nary scene ensued, First came the
priest riding led horse. After him
followed strings OF nearly naked men.
with ashes on their heads, who worked
themselves into frenzy by dancing and
yelling.
Next came a palaquin, closely shut,
which was supposed to contain the
cholera. After this again. crowds and
crowds of Mohammedans, groaning and
ohrieking "Allah!' 1t was weird be-
yond description. They proceeded to a
distant part OF the shore, and then with
much ceremony the palaquin was
buried. Then the prophet addressed
the people.
"Go home" he said, shut yourselves
in your houses, and fast and pray for
three days" which they obediently did.
IN their weakened and excited state
this fasting of course resulted in fear
full increase of the disease. In every
house the dead lay. Fury filed the
hearts of the survivors. Where was the
false priest? They poured forth in hun
dreds hungry for vengeance.
Where was the priest? and alas,
alas! whore were their rupees?" Echo
answered, Where? During three days
fast, priest and rupees had alike disap-
peared and up to this time have been
no more heard of.-London Telegrap ph.
Iron County register., 1890-12-04
TO RE CONTINUED.
Durability Of Artificial Stone.

Compared with natural stone WE'LL
made artificial stone, composed of gran
ite, sand and hydraulic lime, Portland
cement or blue lias cement. mixed in
due proportion and formed into flag
stone, ashlar, steps. copings, window
sills, and, indeed, all forms for which
stone is used, nodded or plain, is, be-
yond all comparison, tie cheapest and
best. Contfasted with ordinary flag
stone, with its characteristic property
of separating naturally in flakes or lay
ers, artificial stone possesses the advant-
age of homogeneousness-t is, sub
stance all of one kind throughout. In
some well-known cases bridges in parks
have been constructed of Portland ce-
ment, beton coignet. the result proving
how lasting such material can be made
when proper care and knowledge are
used in proportioning and mixing the
materials. The fact is stated that, as
trial and test of comparative wear be-
tween natural Portland stone and arti-
fetal Portland cement stone, there wero
placed in a bank in London two floors.
one each of these two materials, and
the artificial stone floor wore out three
of the natural stone. Chicago News
Iron County register., 1890-12-04

OF the convention was surrounded by
large concourse of people, eager tc
know the resolves of their representa-
tiveS. Twenty resolutions were passed
the first of which virtually declared
the independence OF the colonies, and
the remainder provided for the govern
ment of affairs in Mecklenburg County.
The document which has been supnosed
to be an authentic copy of the resolu-
tions has now been discovered spurious
In 4 statement OF the evidence which
". L. Poole has presented to the Dial
it IS proved that, the original minutes
having been destroyed by fire the sec
retary seems to have composed the well
known set Of resolutions after Mr.
Jefrerson's Declaration had been
printed. Although the writer adopfcd
many OF the ideas and express
sions of the Declaration of Indc-
pendencc, there i no evidence of in
territorial fraud in the preparation of
the spurious Meclllenburg resolutions
The convention had adopted ordinary
patriotic resolutions, such as were
adopted in nearly all the colonies at the
time, and the secretary probably
wished to improve upon the original
when preparing a new set The dis
covery of the error, after SO many years
OF mystery, was accomplished by the
finding both here and in London copies
Of pa pers of the time containing resolu-
tions adopted at Charlotte, Mecklen-
burg County, with evidence that these
were the resolutions referred to in the
dispatches of colonial Governors, and
sent to the Congress at Philadelphia
1t is Il satisfaction to know that a long
disputed point in our history has been
Iron County register., 1890-12-04

Can't YOU make bread with milk emp
tins. or somethin'? My mother used
to-
Il shall have to, this time" said Mrs.
Dane. but the compressed yeast is so
handy, for l can set my bread over
night, and have it all baked before the
heat of the day comes on"
1T costs somethin' though" pursued
Deacon Dane. whose strong point was
economy. Twice 50 is 1o4, dollar and
four cents every year jest for yeast,
even if you only use one cake week!
And / tell you it takes a good many
hard knocks to earn dollar.
Mrs Dane made no reply; there il
such a thing as a waste of words When
Deacon Dane lectured on economy, she
wisely sealed her lips lie had an idea
that because he sold the produce and
took the money, he himself earned all
that came into the family, while the
fact was, his patient wife always worked
twice as hard, according to her strength,
as he did, and often twice as many
hours. His idea of economy was simply
not to spend money, but he did not be-
gin to take care of things and save them
from waste as did his careful, prudent
wife.
Mrs Dane made salt-rislng bread the
next day, process which kept her in
the heated kitchen most of the hot Sat
urday afternoon seeing to the rising
and baking. The next time bread was
required she managed to send for the
yeast by Darwin, the son next older
than Georgiana and no brought 1T homo
safely.
The next week proved the very hot
test one OF the season, - regular
Iron County register., 1890-12-04
THE DISMAL SWAMP.
4 Part OF Southw sstern Virginia That II
Libsled by Its Name.

4 Fart OF Southwestern Virginia That IL
Libeled by Its Name.
There is no greater misnomer in our
language than the name Dismal
Swamp, 1t is not swamp nor is it
dismal. 1t is not depressed below the
level of the surrounding country, but
from fifteen to twenty feet higher. be-
ing really vast peaty mass which col
lects the rains and pours them out in
five streams fed from this great res n
yoir, 1t IS not miasmatic, but, on the
contrary, one OF the healthiest places
on the continent The only trees
which grow in this district a"e
the juniper and the cypress,
and when they fall to the
ground their wood turns to peat.
There is no decomposing vegetation,
the air IS perfectly pure, and the water
which flows away from the peaty mass
is of a winecolOr from the resinous mat
ter it contains. SO healthy i il that in
former years vessels which were going
on a voyage often provided themselves
with it in preference to any other, since
it kept sweet and pure for years. Mi
aSma is never known in the Dismal
Swamp, nor is fever and ague common.
Before the war planters were anxious
to hire their slaves to work in the
swamp at shingle and clap-bOard maxi
ing on account of it's health-giving
properties. 1t is great peat bed in
course of formation, and not in any
sense of the word a swamp at all.-St
Louis Globe Democrat
Iron County register., 1890-12-04
SOLVED AT LAST.
The. Mystery Surrounding the Famous
Nrct>lcni urS trclarrtior.

The. Mystery Surrounding the Famous
Nncl<lcn'a urI: :'eclarPtion.
The unravelinr of the mystery Of tho
Mecklenburg Declaration of Indcpvnd-
ance is a promising indication OF the
better understanding of United States
history derived through the constant
research and investigation by American
historical scholars. Since its appear
ance in 1919, the so-called Mecklenburg
Declaration, which. from its strong re-
semblance to :he Declaration of Inde-
pendence brought upon jefferson the
charge of plagiarism, has been a puzzle
i'll American history. Its origin was
supposed to be in the convention which
was called by Thomas Polk, of Neck
enburg County \. c., and which
assembled in Charlotte on the 31st
t May. 1775. The Mecklenburg
,atriots were noted for their en-
.husiasm in regard to the cause of
liberty, and the courthouse on the day