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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-05-15
TO PREVENT CONSUMPTION.
The Importance of the Cultivation q
Vocal Music in Schools.

The Importance of the Cultivation OF
Vocal Music in Schools.
A means of preventing consumption
is the cultivation of vocal music in
schools, and is recognized as important.
AS DR.. Busey aptly says, if an hour a
day were devoted to it in our public
schools there would not be the sad spec
tacle o. the dropping, withered, hollow
chested, round-shouldered children.
Vocal music is gymnastic exercise of the
lungs by development of the lung tissue
itself. The lungs in improved breeds
of cattle, which naturally take little ex-
ercise and are housed much of the time,
are considerably reduced in size when
compared with those animals running
at liberty. And so it is with the human
race who lead inactive lives caused by
civiliza ton. Consumption generally
begins at the tops of the lungs, because
these parts are more inactive and be-
cause the bronchial tubes are so ar
ranged that they carry the inspired air
with greater facility to the bases than
at the tops. During inactivity a person
will ordinarily breathe about $50 cubic
inches of air per minute. If he will
walk at the rate of six miles an hour he
will breathe 3, 900 cubic inches. In
singing this increases more than in
walking, as to sing we'll requires all the
capacity of the lungs. Besides vocal
music exercise, there are wind instru-
ments which all with hollow chests can
use with infinite advantage. Give a
young person a dornet, clarionet, or
some such instrument, and by the time
he has learned to play upon it his de-
formity will long before have entirely
disappeared. (Eng.) Mercury.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-05-15
THE PENSION OFFICE.
According to MIR. Raum Public Office Is
Family Snap.

According to Mr.. Raum Public Office Is
Family Snap.
The pension agency conducted by
John Raum, son of Green b. Raum, the
Commissioner of Pensions, pursues ia
it's circulars the methods by which Pre-
torianiSm has been made a menace to
American institutions. 1t urges all
who can put in a claim for pensions to
do so sat once" and insists that those
who have been pensioned already should
apply for increase or rerating.
BY this method thousands of old SOL
diers who would have been content
otherwise to earn a living in independ-
ence, as Americans should, have been
debauched until they prefer dependence
On the public purse as outdoor paupers
to the work necessary to retain their
own self-respect and prevent them
selves from becoming an unWelcome
burden on the labor of the country.
Hundreds of thousands of circulars such
as the Raum agency is now sending out
have been distributed. The pension
agents OBJ the addresses of as many
veterans as possible and lombard
them with circulars, telling them how
easy it is to- get a pension, and insist
ing that it is almost if not quite crimi-
nal to neglect such opportunities.
Under such assaults the manliness of
the veteran too often yields. He argues
that he might as we'll take a pension as
the thousands of others who are doing
it, and he presently gets himself on the
roll of public dependents, where he re-
mains for life, an imposition ON over
burdened workers who. have constant
struggle to support their own families.
SO thousands have been induced to
become public dependents who are much
better able to live at their own expense
than majority OF those whose earnings
go to swell the fund from which over
500, 900, 900 year is expended for this
dependent class.
At the root of all of it is the pension
| sharks fee. This is the interest of
Raum's agency and of every other
pension agency in the veteran.
| The fact that such an agency is con-
| Quoted by the son of the Commissioner
of Pensions is National scandal Two
memb ers of the family, Green B. Raum.
senior and junior, hold the most import
ant offices in connection with the
| Bureau of Pensions. The father, as
| Commissioner, and one son, as chief Of
| division, attend to the inside work on
| claims, while the other son as chief of
the pension agency submits them to be
passed on. 1t is with the members of
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after 1t leaves the House and Senate.
Applause. do not expect to hinder
them from passing this bill, but l want
them to take the bill to the Northwest
and show it to the people whom they
were taxing unnecessarily. want them
to confront those people, and when they
have preached their sermons and told
the people how good the Republicans
have been, and how in the peoples
name they have cast out devils, the
people will say to them: Get thee be-
hind me, Satan" The Democrats will
not impede the passage of the bill, but
when the Republicans appear before the
great American people after passing
this measure, may the Lord have mcrcy
on their souls. Applause
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the family inside the bureau TO decides
what claims shall be expedited and
what pigeon-holed.
''Remem ber," says the Raum agency
circular, that under the law no fee is
payable until the claim is allowed and
paid" If the father allows and pays
the Raum agency claim, the son operat-
ing on the outside gets the fee at once.
How soon the son is to receive
his fees, or whether he is to receive
them at all or not, depends on the
fathers use or abuse of the authority of
his office
Nothing under the Harrison Admin
istration has been on its face more dis
graceful than is this method of making
a family affair of a public trust.-St
Louis Renublic.
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Dismissed the Indictment.

NEW YORK, May T.--On the recon-
mendation of District Attorney Fell
lows, Judge Cowing in General Ses-
sions yesterday dismissed the indict-
ment for bribery against ex-Alderman
James Pearson, of the Board of Alder
men for 1854
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-05-15

Reeds boom for President was
launched too soon. 1t will be rather
stale before '92 comes round. -Harris-
burg pa Patriot
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-05-15
Religion and the Eight-HOur Movement

New YORK, May AT the spring
meeting of the New York and Brooklyn
Association of Congregational Churches
yesterday, DR.. Lyman Abbott said: Il
am thorough believer in the eight
hour movement. Under the present
system man becomes a bit of machin-
cry. Eight hours is as long as any man
should be a drudge. Any system which
makes a man work twelve hours a day
is dishonest. because it is grinding a
mans body for his labor. That labor is
commodity and should be hired for
what you can get it for
Speaking of Socialism, the doctor said
the church has been Sinking its duty
in respect to this subject. 1t is a SUBJ
ject which has compelled the attention
of the Emperor of Germany and the
Pope of Rome; and it is one which can
not be passed by as outside the sphere o3
the ministry.
a resolution was passed requesting
the State Association of Congregational
Churches to appoint committee to
meet with the committee of synod of
the Presbyterian church to confer on
the question of the relation of religio us
teaching to our public-school system.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-05-15
THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY.
Another Princely Offer from the Million
aire Iron Man.

aire Iron Man.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 7.-Yesterday
afternoon the library committee of the
City Council called upon Andrew Carne-
gle. The matter of equalizing repre-
sensations on the library committee
was discussed and satisfac torily ad-
juSted. Mr.. Carnegie made an eloquent
address concerning his proposed library.
The site most favored for the main
building is Bedford-avenue water basin,
owned by the city, located on the bluff
in the rear of Union station. This
building will consist of a library and
music hall.
Mr.. Carnegie also said that if one Of
the branches Cf the main library build
ing should be located in the vicinity of
the new Schenley Park, he would add
to his original offer gallery of Amer
lean art, his idea being to erect an ele-
CANT hall of large dimensions to be used
entirely az gallery for art purely
American. To maintain this building
Mr.. Carnegie proposes to eXpend not
less than fifty thousand dollars annual
ly in the purchase of art works during
his lifetime and provide in his will for
an equal amount when he dies. This
institution Mr.. Carnegie desires to be a
perpetual monument to himself.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04

He did lucrative business shaving notes,
advancing money at ruinous rates to I'M
lucky farmers, and buying grain when 1T
was cheap to sell at a decided advance
when scarcity or bad country roads made
it dear. A loveless, sour-tempered old
bachelor they called him, and yet on this
particular evening the usurer seemed to
entertain the jolliest feelings in the
world, as if happy home and joyous
family were expecting him with well
come of royal November cheer.
On a stand beyond his desk stood a
decanter and two glasses, and Caleb fire.
quently walked toward it, picked up the
bottle, then a glass, and then a tiny
phial lying secreted beneath a salVer,
and a chuckle escaped his lips as he
glanced through the glass door leading
into an inner officer where George Worth
ingtOn, his clerk, sat porting over a
ledger.
A handsome, bright-faced young fell
low was this same George, but the usurer
scowled every time he glanced at him,
and this expression was only relieved by
a metallic glitter of hatred in the crafty
eyes and a gloating. revengeful curl of
the thin, cruel lips.
~rl clip your wings, my friendl"
muttered Caleb. "You little upstart;
you are too much in my way, and
I'll spring the trap. George!"
The young man arose with a rather
surprised look, and came into the main
Office at the call.
Thanksgiving eve!" smirked Caleb.
"Sit down. want to talk with you. You
have been a faithful servant for a year.
Tomorrow I raise your salary. No
thanks. Well drink our mutual health.
Ha, hal"
George Worthington was too much
surprised to speak. Liberality in old
Caleb Marsh was unusual, yet his honest
heart warmed as he thought how he had
misjudged his employer, and how happy
his affianced bride, pretty Eunice Bar
ton, would be at his new prospects of
success. He did not observe that sly old
Caleb poured half the contents of the
phial into a glass ere he brought the
salver to the desk. The next minute he
was bowling his thanks to the falsely
smiling face of Caleb, had drained the
drugged wine, and-life became a
dream and then blank.
"Goodl" chuckled the usurer, as he
saw his victim sink back in his chair in
sensible. $50 far, all is well. The drug
is potent and quick. A knock at the
doorl On time, Ell, Captain? Come in. "
Caleb locked the door as he admitted
a dark-featured, fierce-loOking man. The
latter glanced keenly at the limp figure
in the chair.
$50 that's him?" he asked.
ayes, Captain, " replied Caleb.
"He's drugged?"
"So that he won't wake up for twelve
hours"
thine enough for me, You must hell
| me get him out the back door unseen.
have a covered wagon, and one Of m,
crew as driver. We take him to tn
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ticipation or excitement made his eyes
sparkle glitteringly-
~It's all come right, he chuckled, as
he gloatingly rubbed his thin, nervous
hands together. @Just TO think of it,
Rid of George, and rid Of that bother
some Captain, too. The boat went down
in a storm in the Gulf of Mexico, and all
hands on board were lost The Captain
never cashed the five hundred dollar
check I gave him, and I'm so much
ahead. If my last scheme goes through
-ah, then good-by to Rockton, and
home in some new city, with a royal for
tune, charming bride, and no dread of
the past TO haunt me. Come I'M"
A tall, weazen-faced individual entered
the usurer's private Office. 1t was Caleb's
new clerk, and he looked worried and
trayel-worn-
~Back, eh?" uttered Caleb, anxiously.
~Been to the city and sold the bonds"
$40"
GNo!"
Caleb Marsh sprang to his feet with
look of disappointment at the word.
%No, there's something wrong. Some
one has found out that the stock was
watered, that the company was fraud,
and the bonds that stood at par yester-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04

The railroad man who wanted to waltz,
timidly requested the favor of one round
trip.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04
MUSICAL.

There seems to be little going on
in musical circles of late, but there
is much talk, among musical people,
of the marvellous cure of Miss B,
the high contralto singer, who has
long suffered from a severe throat
or bronchial affection, superinduced
by Catarrh in the Head, and who
has been perfectly cured by the
use of DR.: Sage's CatarEh Remedy,
coupled with the use of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. For
all bronchial, throat and lung affec-
tons, and lingering coughs, it is an
unequaled remedy. When compi-
Gated with Chronic Nasal Catarrh,
its use should be coupled with the
use of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Of all druggists.
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day were quoted at twenty to-day, with

day were quoted at twenty to-day, with
no one to buy at that"
Caleb Marsh turned CHASTITY; he waved
his subordinate from the Office, closed
and locked the door, and for over an
hour paced the floor, prey to emotions
that lent to him the appearance of a
man about to be apprehended for some
terrible crime.
ats desperatel" he muttered at last.
"I played a bold game and have lost
two-thirds of my entire fortune. 1 in
vested in the bubble of speculation,
manipulated the stock, and nOw-loss,
ruin, and perhaps the penitentiaryi No,
moi There is one hope-fightl I hold
the deeds for the Barton homestead, and
I shall dispose of them tonight. I have
a few thousands in the safe. will ar
range everything for flight. The we'd
ding shall take place at early dawn.
Then 1 will leave for some distant city
at once"
The wedding? Yes, the plots of the
schemer were we'll nigh to fruition.
Within q year he had caused Eunice
BartSn to believe her lover false or
Gead, and by threatening her old mother
with homelessness had gained heart
broken consent to the marriage.
Rockton little dreamed that it was
| the intention of it's chief magnate to
( bid it a long farewell that bright, CHEEKY
! Thanksgiving morning, as Caleb Marsh
| fastened down the street to the home Of
Eunice Barton.
In his pocket he had the results of the
sale of the Barton homestead, which he
had acquired through loaning money to
| Eunice's dead father. He knew that the
| clergyman had preceded him to the
| house. He would hasten the wedding,
and take Eunice and her mother away
on the first train, to evade the possibility
of arrest for his crooked dealings ia the
defeated stock scheme.
Ten minutes later, white as lily, he1
broken heart in her mournful eyes,
Eunice Barton was about to speak the
words that made her Caleb Marsh's wife,
startlingly, suddenly:
"HOld! / forbid this marriage!"
George Worthingtonl"
Her lOVer2 Yes. changed, pale, thin
ner than of yore, the alleged embeZZlel
had appeared in the doorway, and be
hind him was a dark, bronzed man
Captain Briggs.
At both of them the electrified Calet
stared. Then, as he saw the love-ligh1
in George Worthington's eyes, the re
turn glow of hope in the face of Eunict
= Barton, he shouted:
ARREST that mani Take him from ny
house to the jail!"-
@Your housed" interrupted George
: Worthington, with stern eyes. AN!
t housel 1 bought it from your rascally
1 accomplice last night. Eunice, m!
darling. my love, it is your house again
Caleb Marsh, it is not I who goes to jai
but you'll"
And then, in few rapid words to tho
= company assembled, George WOrthing
/ ton told the story of his prosecutions.
"a liel" raved the discounted Caleb.
! TRUTH" cried Captain Briggs. AN
use, governor; I won't go back on thu
4 man who saved my life, and that man i:
5 George WOrthington. 1 took him away
We were wrecked. and 1 was nearl,
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killed. He nursed me back to health
We struck an island-goldl We escaped
Your game is played. The police from
the city are outside waiting for you"
To jail they took Caleb Marsh that
day, but he bought his freedom and fed
the country
A joyous Thanksgiving was that at the
Barton home, and il ended in a wedding,
in which fond hearts w9-e united in love,
feality, and happiness.
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'sThe tree of deepest root is found, least
willing still to leave the ground and this
could once have been most truly said of
chronic pain of any sort. But after the lapse
of so many ages, a sovereign remedy has
been found in Salvation Oil, every proVident
householder should keep it.
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river. I've snug quarters in my boat
Now, then, as to business"
~He's never to return, mind you," in
terrupted Caleb, in an eager yet half
frightened tone of voice. II don't want
him kill-but only keep him away from
Rockton."
Captain Briggs, river pirate and slave
driver and smuggler, laughed bolster
ously.
~Come backl Don't fret A bar
gains a bargain. Where's the thousand
dollars? I'll do my share, never fear"
Between them the two schemers lifted
the unconscious George WOrthington
and carried him frosn the room. When
Caleb Marsh returned few minutes
later he was breathless and white-faced.
81 had to do it, he gasped. she was
my rival; he would have won the girl 1
covet, for whom would sacrifice every
dollar I possess. Yes, yes; he won't
be harmed, only kept away. 1 had to
do it! / love Eunice. I love her, love
her, love herl Now to make her hate
him, hate him hate him!"
With feverish excitement the Insurer
opened his safe. He tore up some pa
pers, he Uttered the floor with others,
and he placed some packages Of bank
notes in his pocket. Then he left the
Office.
Next morning all Rockton knew that
the trusted Office clerk of the wealthy
and influential Caleb Marsh had disap-
peared, and that ten thousand dollars
was missing from the usurer's safe.
A fair, gentle girl, living in a humble
cottage at the edge of the village with
her invalid mother, heard it, too, at
noon.
The blow nearly stunned her. Love,
faith, hope seemed stricken deadl
That was Eunice Barton's Thanks
giving Day.
Caleb Marsh sat in his den of an Office
just one year to the day after the perpe-
tration of the revengeful deed that had
robbed Eunice Barton of her lover and
of her faith in all humankind at the same
time.
He had grown no olders IN fact, in mis-
spruce new suit Of clothes, and with his
gray locks and beard trimmed In juve-
nile style, he seemed to be fully ten
years younger
Remorse evidently played no havoc
with his mental ease, and some deep an
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04

ToM-She likes to play ~Down upon
the Swanee River" Jack (who has
heard her play)-Does she? What
pity her desires can't be gratifed.
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TWO THANKSGIVINGS.
~ t. B. ANDERSON.
T was Thanksgiv-

7 was Thanksgiv-
ing eve, fresh, star
lit, crispy, and no
where brighter and
cheerier than in
the quaint, peace
full village of Rock
ton.
Caleb Marsh, re-
puted to be the
richest man in the
district, sat in his
den of an Office
late that evening.
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tits with infinite satisfaction that state
The fact that DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup has
been long used IN my family and always
with marked success R. F. Jarvis. Chief
Eng. Fire Dep, Petersburg, Va
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child. she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Cestoria,
When shs had Children, she gave them Castoria,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04

At 20 man thinks he knows it all; at 80
he merely thinks he could have known 1t all
If he had tried.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04

HErs. VVinsIow's Soothing Syrup for ChiI-
dren teething, softens the gums. reduces imam
ratioA- allays pain wind collie 25c bottle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04

Money is one of the things that seems most
valuable when we haven't got it.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-15
Word Prom Minneapolis.

MlNNEAPoLIs, July li.-It now appears
certain that l25 lives were lost i'm the dis
aster at Lake Pepin. About 20 bodies
have already been recovered and il is
thought at least 20 more are fast in the
wreck at the bottom Of the lake. The list
Of killed and injured at ST. Paul does not
so far differ materially from that already
sent out, viz: Five killed and dozen in-
jurcd.
Tonight Il is asccrtained that the
number of seriously injured in
the vicinity of Lake Geryaise Is ..
Of these six will die. The sights about
Lake Gervais are awful. The sites of the
Good and Scburmier cottages were
marked only by their foundations,
while the ground around for a
radius of am acre or more
is strewn with debris of all kinds, Near
the cellar Of the Schurmier house lies
drive well with ~ feet of castiron pipe
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-15
The FIRST DAYS RACES
But a Small Crowd on the HiSSouIa
Track.
There Was but Little Enthusiasm,
Nevertheless the Trials of Speed
We're Greatly Enjoyed
Names of Winners

MIssouLA, July 1.-THE opening day
of the Montana circuit was hot and tho
track in good condition. The crowd was
small. About si.O0 went through pool
box.
First racc-Running: One-half mile
dash: Purse $3.50. John. Dowd's Sunday
first. 5. Mulkey's Tim Murphy second.
NJ. Tuley's The Jew third, Brown & Blew
mss Olympia fourth. Time. :tsH.
Second race-Running, Missoula stakes
for 2-year-olds, six furlongs, $50 added:
Sy Mulkey's Sinfax first, Denver racing
stables Naomi second. W. ID. Thorn
toms Nanophon third, W. ID. Thornton's
Butte fourth. Time, l:l7H.
Third race-Trotting. Missoula county
horses, mile heats, best 3 in 5. purse SOD
II. Coomb's Skalkapo first. w. n. Ben
nett's Lans w. second, =. HameI's Black
hawk third, III. II. Hanson's Toronto
Patchen fourth. Time, first heat, 2:5sL;
second. 2:Et.; third heat. 2:i93I. Only
three heats trotted.
Fourth race-Trotting, 2:3D class, mile
heats, best 3 in 3. purse 500. George w.
Cooks Minnie Almont first, j. Il. Stone
roads Belle second, Denver Trotting
Stables Ben Davis third. Time, first
heat. 2::si; second heat, 2:3sii third heat
2:32h; fourth heat, 2:39; nth heat, 2:SiE.
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THE CYCLONES TRACK.
Faith of Death Traced From Its Beg ginning
by I've Mitues.,s

Faith of Death Traced From Its beginning
by Eye Witnesses.
ST. PAUL, July 1i.-According to the
testimony of those who Witnessed the
storm, il first gathered in the vicinity of
Mail Lake, several miles To the northwest
of Lake Gervaise and something like
eight miles from st. Paul. II proceeded
slowly in its general movement and first
began its work of destruction about three
miles from the Schurmier and Good Cot
tages 10y demolishing barn and several
windmills. After this il seemed to bound
into the air striking earth again near the
hamlet OF Little Canada. where
the first serious damage was done /;
again il skipped space Of about a
mile and once again lowered 10 the earth
aud resumed its work of destruction. it's
fury eliminating near the shore OF Lake
Gervaise, where five deaths were caused
Once again the storm seemed 10 rebound
into the air only 10 regain the earth a half
mile further on where the ruins OF Gaetzke
place and the bruised inmates were left To
bear witness To its relentless power. Here
it, force seemed to he spent and as il pro-
cceded eastward IL assumed simply the
nature OF high wind, accompanied by a
thunder storm. Hail as large as medium
sized olives was one Of the features at
White Bear.