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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-05
The iron Rinw Superstition,

A Broadway jeweier has a magnificent
solitaire diamond set into hoop, not of
gold, but of wrought iron, following ex-
actly the model of the usual gold band.
There is a superstition, he said re-
Gently, ,;that the wearing of an iron
ring in some way brings good fortune
and health to its possessor, and there
are more people than one might imagine
Yho wear a ring of this kind because OF
this little superstition. People like to
get the benefit even of superstitions
whim, which they know to be nothing
more than fancy. And superstitions
about jewels and ornaments are so
ancient that in many cases they seem
to have become an inherent property of
the jewel itself, like the fash of the
diamond and the dull CLEAN of color in
the opal. IN. Y. Evening Sun.
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A BOOK OF RARE MERIT

Stanley in the Wilds of Africa and how he
rescued Emin Pasha; con- aiming thrilling ac-
counts OF famous expeditions. miraculous es-
capes. marvellous discoveries, ETC., in the wilds
of Africa.
This superbly illustrated work contains in
one magnificent volume graphic account of
the travels, discoveries and brilliant achieve
ments of Stanley in the Dark Continent A
complete history of his last great expedition
for the relief of the celebrated Emin Pasha is
given from SANKEY'S own pen. In this volume
the great explorer relates his terrible suffer
ings and dangers. his long and wearisome Jour-
neys and conflicts in rescuing Emin Pasha and
his brave band.
The work is extremely fascinating The ex-
plorations of the greatest travellers, theirthril
ling adventures, terrible dangers and miracu-
wars, human sacrifices, rude forms of govern
ment of wild forms; the brilliant scenery,
beautiful birds, ferocious beasts and reptiles
of the tropics are all described in the most cap
tivating manner.
The reader is conducted through the thick
jungles, the cherries deserts and Iuxuriant
plains of Africa. He behOlds wonderful
country, famous Tor its fertile valleys, its vast
mines of untold wealth.
All the world-renowned explorers of the trop-
les are here brought together in brilliant gal
axy. The names of Livingstone, Baker, Spoke
DuChaillu, Baldwin and others are all celebra-
ted, but the most thrilling interest gathers
around the name of Stanley, the worlds grea-
test explorer. His perils, privations, and mag
nificent triumphs are protrayed with mastery
power in this new and very attractive work.
There Is more to be learned from such vol
ume as this, more to interest and fascinate the
reader, than can be found in dozens of trashy
books. Here the mOst wonderful discoveries
and adventures ever narrated charm the read
er. Stanlep's explorations and adventures
should be in every household in the land
1t contains over 500 large octave pages. and
more than 200 elegant engravings and colored
plates.
This superb work IS sold by subscription
only. and Mr. L. c. Williams, who is the autho-
rized agent for this section, Is now canvassing
for subscribers. 1t is issued by the Franklin
Publishing Co, or Richmond, Va. Address r.
G.. Williams, Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
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A STUBBORN PRISONER.
An Incident Showing What SplendiC
Thing Perseverance Is.

An Incident Showing What Splendid
Thing Perseverance Is.
Perseverance will accomplish any
thing" l had these words for writing
lesson once, and / shall never forget
them. 1t is great thing to have per-
severance. There was once a man who
was shut up in dungeon with walls
two hundred feet thick, made of the
hardest kind of stone. He had no tools
except pair of scissors his brother had
sent him in loaf of bread, but he re-
membered that drop of water will
wear away a stone if it falls on the
stone long enough, and that coral
worm, which is so small that you can
hardly see it, will eat up and destroy a
coral reef if you will only give it time
enough. So he said that he would per-
severe and dig hole through the wall
of the dungeon with the scissors and es-
cape if it took him hundred years.
He had been digging about a year
when the Governor pardoned him, and
the jailer brought him the joyful news.
But they couldn't get him to leave the
dungeon. He told the jailer that he
had undertaken to dig his way through
the wall and escape in that way. and
that he was going to stick to it no mat
ter how long it might take. The jailer
urged him to give it up and walk out of
the door, and even offered him ten dol
lars to give up his dungeon to new
ledger, but nothing could induce him to
change his mind. So he staid in the
dungeon and dug away at the wall for
fortyyseven years, and every six months
he had to pay big bill for damages to
the Jail, and he finally died when he
was half through the wall. This shows
what splendid thing perseverance is
and that we all ought to perseyere.-
w l. Alden
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BARBER COUNTY INDEX.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 5, 1880.
THAT BABY BOY OF MINE

Those days they seem as yesterday,
Those days OF long ago;
The winter OF mine age is here,
My hair is white as snow,
Yet through the mists Of lapsing year1
One bright face seems to shine,
And In my arms seem to hold
That baby boy of mine.
The memory OF his youth is as
"A story that is told;
Isee his little rosebud mouth,
His fair hair bright with gold,
Ayel how his winning little ways
Did round my heartstrings Irvine,
/ feel his arms about my neck,
That baby boy Of mine.
found some toys the other day,
KNEW them all, Of course,
A train OF cars, an old rag doll,
A little rubber horse.
A nameless feeling filled my heart,
That can scarce define,
They were my darlings treasures,
That baby boy Of mine.
mind how once the lad fell sick,
I'll ne'er forget the day,
thought the angels sure would come
To bear our BARN away,
And John, he whispered Mary, We
Must trust in the divine,
And God-He gave him back to US,
That baby boy OF mine.
It seems as yesterday, say,
So fast the days run by,
Irocked him in his cradle bed
And sang his lullaby,
And as the evening shadows fell,
The stars began to shine,
Iprayed to Him who rules the stars.
For that dear lad Of mine.
My good man has gone home to rest,
While 1 still linger here,
And something seems to tell me tina
My own hour draweth near.
"A manly form is by my side,
He lays his hand in mine,
And whispers: Mother, am still
That baby boy Of thine"
Good Housekeeping
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nn.r,ua xs a ravaI rover.


The advent of the Americans on the
high seas as the first naval power in the
world is as certain as the rising of the
sun, but hitherto the development of the
navy of the United States has been slow
The Secretary of the Navy at Washing
ton is, however, moving in the matter,
and his latest report recommends the
building of two fleets of battle-ships,
eight for the Pacific and twelve for the
Atlantic, twenty coast-defense ships
and five first-class torpedo boats. This
is Of course only fancy programme.
But it has substance enough in it to
give stimulus to the hope that before
long an Anglo-American flag may be I'M
furled which will represent the COM
bined naval forces of the English-speak-
ing world.-Pall Mall Gazette.
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AN HISTORICAL SHIP.

Remarkable Voyage of the ReSoluto In
the Arctic Seas.
The story of the old Arctic exploring
ship Resolute is remarkable one. The
vessel formed one of squadron of five
under command of Sir Ed ward Belcher,
which in April, 1852 set out to search
for Sir John Franklin. In May of the
following year the Resolute was caughtin
the ice off the shores of Melville Island
and had to be abandoned. Late in the year
1855 Captain Buddington, in the Amer
lean whaler, George Henry, was sailing
about in Davis strait, when about forty
miles from Cape Mercy, he saw ship of
unusual appearance. No attention was
paid to his signals, and he could see no
crew on the deck of the mysterious craft
as he approached. Boarding the vessel,
he soon discovered that it was the Reso-
Lutte come to life again, after having
been given up for lost. The good old
ship, without a soul on board, had
made voyage of more than one thou
sand miles in length, from Melville
Island, through Barrow straits, Lancas-
ter sound and Baffin's bay. The trip
had lasted four hundred and seventy
four days, and, though the ship had
sailed among fields of ice and lofty ice
bergs in all sorts of weather, not plank
had been damaged. Some of the per-
ishable articles OF the inside had been
spoiled, and a little water had got into
the hold, but that was all. The vessel
was brought to the United States and
the following year Congress passed
resolution that she be repaired and pre-
sented to the British Government This
was done, and the formal transfer of the
historical old ship was made December
80, 1856, with interesting ceremonies
| Captain Hartstein, who had brought the
Resolute from America to Portsmouth
Harbor, had the American flag hauled
down and the British substituted. Then,
addressing Captain Seymour, of the Vic
tory, he said: Sir, the closing scene of
my most pleasant and important mis-
sion has now to be performed. And per-
NIT me to hope that long after every
timber in her sturdy frame shall have
| persisted the remembrance of the old
Resolute will be cherished by the people
of the respective nations. 1 now, with
q pride totally at variance with our
professional ideas, strike my flag, and
to you, sir, give up the ship" Captain
Seymour replied, and the transfer was
complete.-Daily News
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Hadn't Done ANY Thing to It.

Jeweler examining it)-What on
earth have you been doing to this
watch?
Owner of Watch - Nothing, sir.
Nothing at all. Iwound it up awhile
ago good and tight, and it stopped.
shook it for half an hour and couldn't
start it, and then opened it and poked
the balance-wheel with toothpick, and
still it wouldn't go. / want to know
what's the matter with the blamed
thing?-Chicago Tribune.
One of the London brigades has been
making experiments in judging distance
by sound. 1t was first explained to the
men that sound travels at the rate of
1, 100 yards in three seconds, and on this
data they were told to estimate the dis
lance of certain scouts who were dis
charging their rifles in the darkness.
At first the answers were very cratic,
many of the men being fifty and some of
them $50 yards out of the way. Practice,
however, wrought great improvement,
and at the last trial majority of the
men were only yard or two out, while
some ElIessed the exact distance.
:. -sssssSS ~ Moves.
The latest continuance which is inter.
esting the ladies is a glove with pocket
in it. The pocket is tiny affair, fixed
In the palm of the leftglove, and is thus
silent testimony TO the fact that most
women are right-handed. 1t is for nick
els and dimes. On entering a car OIL
stage the fingers of the right hand deft.
ly open the little pocket and the neces.
sary change is easily secured. 1t is a
question whether the gloves will be.
come rage. Most women are mighty
particular about the fit of their gloves,
and whether or not the insertion of a
pocket, no matter how tiny, in the palm
of one Of them mars the symmetry OF
the pair is problem which experience
alone can solye.-N. Y. Mail and Elk
press,
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Too Much Stuck Hin.

Miss Upperten daughter of rich man
ufacturer)-Pardon me, miss, but have
not the honor of your acquaintance.
Miss Lowerten (who does not intend
to be put down in that style)-I thought
you had, at one time; but never mind.
Perhaps if my father owned big much
lage factory like your fathers, I'd be
stuck up, too.-N. Y, Weekly,
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The KANSAS CITY STAR
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CIRCULATION OVER 35,ooo.-

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TO place telephone wires under
ground and maintain the same efficiency
as in overhead lines, would require an
insulation on each wire OF over two feet
in thickness. Instead of getting fifty
pairs of wires into three-inch pipe, as
at present, tunnel occupying half the
street would be required for one cable
alone, -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-05
The largest farm in North Dakota
is almost as large IS the State of Rhode
Island

In one of his essays Mr.. Bagehot has
insisted very strangely that belief is an
affair OF the emotions rather than of the
intellect, thatconviction is passion rath-
er than judgment An enthusiastic girl
believes with an Intensity which care
full Weighing of evidence can not pro-
duce, and on no evidence at all, circum-
stantial narratives which tend to the
glorihcation of the hero of her worship
or to the discredit of the object of her
aversion She embraces an entire
scheme of theology of which she under
sands nothing with an arior that the
deePestdivine may envy. Saturday Re-
view,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-05

Mrs Fussy-"I wonder why DIR.
Fourthly always has his sermons type.
written" Mr.. Grump-"Out of pure
gratitude; you don't know how that in
vention has doomed the matrimonial
market Life.
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The Kentucky University, at Lex

ington, has just opened its doors to
women, owing to the efforts of tina Ken
lucky Equal Rights Association. It has
now twenty Young women enrolled.
Salaries of Our ministers.
Mr.. Frank G. Carpenter writes in the
New York World of the inadequate sal
aries paid to foreign Ministers as fol-
lows: .'Ministe ter Straus of Turkey spent
more than twice his salary received
from the Government for entertaining
at Constantinople, and his dinners and
receptions were among the finest of
those at the court of the Sultan. The
Consul.General of the United States at
Cairo can not well get along on less than
$4,000, and yet he receives but SIS, 200.
Our Consul-General at Calcutta, Mr..
Bonham, told me that his salary was by
no means adequate to his social neces-
sites. Calcutta has a court almost as
brilliant as that of London. The finest
of dinners are given, and the dresses of
the ladies are imported from Paris. /
attended a ball there which was quite
as swell as any ! have ever seen in
Washington, and the necessities of life
are such that no man of position can live
with less than from fifteen to twenty
servants. l doubt not that Senator
Palmer is spending at Madrid consider
ably more than he receives as Minister
to Spain, and Whitelaw Reid will never
get through with his social duties at
Paris on SIT 900 a year,
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address THE STAR. Kansas city. No.
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Two Months Record in Locating Industries in Tanopoosa


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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-24
CHURCHES:

CATHOLIC CHURCH, Arcadia College
and Pilot Knob. l.. c. WERNERT Rector.
High Mass and Sermon at Arcadia College
every Sunday at s O'Clock A. NJ. Nespers and
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament al 4
O'Clock z. VI. High Mass and Sermon and
B&ediction at Pilot Knob Catholic Church
atN0:30 O'Clock A. NJ. Sunday School for
children at 80 O'Clock P. NJ.
NJ. f. CHURCH, Cor. Reynolds and
Mountain Streets, ISAAC BORTs, Pastor. Res
idence: Irontou. Services every Sabbath
at ii A. NJ. and 7:45 p. NJ. Sunday School
$3.50 A. NJ. Glass Meeting sunday afternoon
at O'Clock Prayer Meeting Tuesday and
Thursday evenings. All are invited.
NJ. Z. CHURCH, SOUTH, Fort Hill,
between Ironton and Arcadia. Rev. A. T.
TIDwELL, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday,
morning and evening. Prayer meeting eve
~ Wednesday evening. Sabbath School at
9 80 A. NJ.
BAPTIST CHURCH, Madison street,
near Knob street, e. NJ. SHoUsH, Pastor.
Residence IrontOn. Preaching on every
Saturday before the first Sunday of each
month at $50 P. NJ. and on the first and third
Sundays at IL A. NJ. Sunday school every
Sunday at $50 A. NJ. and Prayer Meeting
every Tuesday evening Al .:30 2. NJ.
LUTHERAN CHURCH, Pilot Knob.
Rev. OTTO PFAFFE, Pastor.
A. NJ. +. CHURCH, Corner Shepherd
and Washington streets, Ironton. A. AB
ANATHY, pastor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-24

Annapolis Alliance, No. 154, meets Satur-
day, April 2Sth, 1888, and after that, every
second Saturday, at 1:3U T. VI.
J. NJ. BROWNE, Sec'y, Annapolis, Mo.
Arcadia Valley Alliance, No. 104, meets on
SATURDAY. evenings before the lst and Sd sun
davs of every month, n 80 z. NJ.
JOHN LoTZ. Sec'y. trenton, No.
EAGLE ALLIANCE. No. 1a2. meets on the
1st and Sd Saturdays OF each month. All
neighbors are invited.
FRANCIEs ALLIANCE meets at Hogan on
the 2d and 4th Tuesday of each month at 5
O'Clock p. NJ. b. ;. GREGORY, eecE.
MARBLE CREEK ALLIANCE, No. l02, meets
every months on Saturday evenings before
the second SUNDAY at Logtown, and Satur-
day evening before the fourth Sunday at the
Red Sehoolhouse on Marble Creek.
w. T. SUTTON, Sec'y, lronton, Mo.
ELM GROVE ALLIANCE No. 11a, meets
every other Saturday evening, At the Elm
Grove schooihouse. BeileView. at O'Clock z.
NJ J. W. LAsHLEY, President.
WI. RUSSELL, Secretary.
CEDAR GROVE ALLIANCE, No. 120, meets
a. the Cedar Grove schoolhouSe in Belleview,
the second and fourth Saturday at ] O'Clock
Pm. N, NJ ppoeh' L iesl''eii''
GARNITEvILLE ALLIANCE, No. 593, meets
q. Workmen's Hall. GranlteVille, on the I'd
and 4th Saturdays Of each month AZ s:3o P.
~ CHAs. ORRICN, Sec'y.
Carver Alliance, No. 59I, meets on the 2d
.rd 4tb SATURDAYS in each month at O'Clock
p NJ. 1T the Bollinger Schoolhouse.
j. e. HUFF, Sec'y.