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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-10-23
Novelties in Blouse Waists.

The useful and comfortable blouse
waist and its kindred jersey bodice are
such useful articles of wear that their
reign is likely to be prolonged indeti
nitely. Season after season we see new
improvements made in both of these
waists. Among the autumn novelties
are silk blouses made in tartan or
Persian stripes. Blouses of this kind
worn above black skirts of silk or wool
make bright and pretty house toilets
for these dull days. The blouses are
rather full. but do not spread like the
old variety, and fringed ruche car
ried around the collar and down the
front makes becoming finish. The
new silk blouse, unlike its cambria
colnpeer, is not to be tucked inside the
skirs-band. The straight belt-band Sc
cured by a buckle is brought to point,
and fastened there some inches below
the waist A popular silk plaid for
blouse shows mixture of black and
green in shaded tones, with a line of
gold or red betwcen.-N. Y. Evening
Post.
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TO BE CONTINUED.
JOHN BULL PARATUS.


But Didn't Conquer.
He walked down the gang-plank OF
| the steamer with the air of a cong ueror.
He looked around him very suspiciously,
| though, whenever he thought that nc
one was watching him. He was attired
! in modest suit of Tweed checks, which
! looked like view of the National
| Academy of Design, and he had on q hat
with q capability of perching on top OF
| his head without falling off that was a
source of wonder to the timid Ameri-
cans who silently observed his advent.
In one hand he clutched a cane, and
! in the other he carried half dozen
books, bound together by shawl strap.
! AS he slowly moved down the gang
plank, he suddenly turned around, and
| thereby brought himself into collision
with the man Immediately behind him
what the deuce are you trying to
do?' that person demanded savagely.
''Oh-ah, l beg yaw pahdon!' said Mr
John Bull Paratus, but l was just on
the lookout for some of those blahsted
pickpockets- DIR. Henwy Doosah, of
London. in his admiwable volume on
Amewica, warns foweignahs to beware
of pickpockets on landing. DIR. Doosah
wrote a vewy fine book. 1 have it heah
in nay bundle. He was in Amewica
thwee months, ye know"
The gentleman who had been the
victim of Mr.. Paratus' keenness said
nothing. Mr.. Paratus proceeded calmly
on his way, and succeeded in reaching
the Inspectors desk, and having man
detailed to examine his luggage. He
showed the uniformed official to his
boxes, and having opened them, leaned
over the man and whispered confiden-
TALLY:
You'll find it under the silk hand
kerchief in the cornah."
Find what?" inquired the officer.
You know, deah boy, the usual
thing
The officer lifted up the handker-
chief. and found ten-dollar bill.
What's this for?" he asked.
For you, don't We know? Now shut
the boxes
And not examine them-eh?'
The next thing Mr.. Paratus knew he
was on his way to appear before
United States commissioner on charge
of trying to bride a customs official. His
explanation to the commissioner was
that he had followed the suggestions
laid down in DR.. Henry Dooser's admir-
able book on the United States.
We'll, SIR" said the commissioner,
take my advice and don't follow any
more of DR.. Dooser's suggestions, or
you'll get yourself into trouble. Is
there any thing dutiable in your
trunks?"
No. sir; certainly not
, ''Then you may 60"
And as Mr.. Paratus descended the
stairs he. pulled DR.. Dooser's admirable
book out of his bundle, and threw it out
of the window--Puck.
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G7ANDMOTHER.S SHAKER BON.


Dear grandmothcrs wcll-vorn shaker,
We found II one dark. rainy day,
Down under the garnet rafters,
In an Old bandbCx put away.
with childish giee VIC brought it out
And. standing by her old arm chair,
We told her how we pitied girls
Who had such horrid things to wear.
But grandmother looked grave and said:
II wore that shaker years ago,
When 1 was but little girl,
And used to go to school you know.
It brings to mind now, many things
About the days when l was young,
When in the entry. on the peg.
Right next to Mary Whites it hung.
.She was nv dearest school girl friend,
Together days and days VIC played,
By Deacon Palmer's old rail-fence
At noontime. We our playhouse made.
From acorn cups we drank our tea,
From bits of broken china ate
Our dolls were made of hollyhockS-
Such things know, are out of date.
Bat we had fun; sometimes think
More than girls now. with all their store
or costly dolls in fine array,
And pretty tea-sets by the score
Those olden days were happy ones,
But they are gone, and Mary White
Has been in Heaven forty years.
Strange, / should dream of her last night
WAS there boy in school liked
A little better than the rest.
You ask. o yes, twas Daniel Barnes;
OF all the girls he liked m best.
We used to walk two miles to school.
He'd come across the lots and wait,
TILL mother put my luncheon up.
Swinging on fathers farm-yard gate.
where is he now? can not tell;
His folks moved off to Illinois.
wish knew how he turned out;
He used to be q likely boy.
Now children, put the shaker back,
I've kept it years and years, you see
1t brings to mind. though now I'm ola,
The little girl used TO be-
Susan TeGll Perry, in Interior.
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used. would pay revenue In precise pro-
portion to the advantage derived from
holding and using it. Moreover, 10
would be the form Of taxation that
would interfere least with the processes
Of production and of trade, and there-
fore be the least of burden upon the
community. We do not think it would
accomplish all that has been claimed
for it in affording opportunities for la
Dor and relief from poverty, which has
many causes, but it would afford the very
largest measure of industrial and com.
mercial freedom and facilitate more
equal distribution of opportunities and
of the results of production and ex'
change. 1t would bring about free
trade which would be absolute in its ex'
emption from burden, restriction and
perversion by public authority.
AS an ideal system it is we'll that this
form of taxation should have its earnest
and persistent advocates, that it should
be the subject of agitation and discus
sion, that organizations should be form.
ed and conferences held to promote it.
1t has sort of analogy to the old free
soil and anti-slavery idea without IT.
sectional aspect; but there is vast deal
of this process of revolutionizing public
sentiment to be done before it can be.
come practical question in politics and
legislation. But all tax reform mus.
move in this general direction-in the
direction of removing burdens and re.
strictions from industry and trade, and
in the direction of simplicity and GER
tainty. We have long advocated deriv
ing all taxes for State and local pur
poses-excepting such special expedi
ents as obtaining revenue from corpora
tions that hold public franchises-from
real estate as distinguished from per
sonal property, and reducing the ma.
tional system of taxing trade to purely
revenue basis with as much simplicity
and effectiveness and as little interior
ence with the natural laws of trade as
possible. These would be long steps in
the direction of the single tax move
ment, and they are steps that may be
taken as soon as the people can be con-
WINGED of their advantage. They are
steps that must be taken before there
can be any Roadway beyond them. They
are within the range of practical discus
sion and feasible legislation. The single
tax is a remote ideal, and the conference
of this week will serve to make it better
understood and will stimulate the work.
ing of the leaven.
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A Strong ASS Between TWO Burdens.

THE American farmer, like Issachar,
is strong ass; but to-day he is crouch
ing with almost broken back between
two burdens-the burden of land specu-
lation, which makes him pay for land he
ought to get for nothing, and the burden
of taxation, which, wherever else 1t
may not stay put, does stay put when it
reaches him. Henry George, in July
Century.
True, o Prophet of San Francisco!
Two useless burdens; for the bag over
his back pulls down with stone at one
end, and it's not grain that pulls down
the other end-it's that other big stone
you speak of. But this css that has
bowed his shoulder 20 bear and be-
come servant to tribute" begins tc
''bung OUT his eyes and lay back his
long ears. lie may take pretty sud-
den notion to kick. If he does he'll
beat the best ''dam'uel'' you ever saw.
for there's net another ass in the broad
land that can kick a monopoly ass driv.
er higher and sitter than be can.
A @ B.
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SINGLE TAX DEPARTMENT.
WELCOME TO HENRY GEORGE
Dem Read at Cooper Union, September i, 1884
70 Henry George

MISUNDERSTANDING. 1890.
From heart to heart, the tidings sped;
Front lip to lip the message rang;
Oh, never Hope. since time began,
sweeter, gladder pseon sang.
Earth smiled upon her Prophets way:
The skies Of winter softer shone;
And balmy were the ocean gales
That gently urged his fleet barque on.
The Istning air hushed silence kept,
Then thrilled with answering bugles cleal
While DER the swelling Austral seas
We heard our brothers welcoming cheeri
Oh, soul to soul, we felt your JOY,
Dear brothers! whom we may not see.
And hand to hand with you we pledge
Our lives in sacred fealty.
Beneath the glow of Egypt's skies.
The fellah toiis-a hopeless slave;
And fettered earth rewards wthholds,
That once with lavish hand she gave.
Dread empire of the ages gonei
We trembfe in thy Swallowed air:
Death-shrouded city, sterile plain,
The Irrevocable doom declare.
Gray desert reaches-silent vast.
Iho1 to the spirits ear, canst tell
Or power. that awe nor pity know;
or pride, that deep as hades fell
o Seer of the elder time
VINO led thy captive people forth,
we TOO, have heard our Prophets voice.
And message of grander worth.
Did we not follow where he passed,
With spirit vision undenied
Did not our hearts within us burn.
Even as we felt him by our side.
Aye 10 the nations wrapped in death,
Now. as Of old. the light hath shone!
And stirred with vague unrest their dark
To blaze with noontdes fire. anon
Peter! thy dome attesting stands
The glory and the shame of faith,
And Memory fits from shrine to shrina
A pallid, self-accusing wrath
Italia-wake! the hour is here.
A greater than thy poets dreamed,
Thy land, expectant waits to be
From ashes of the grave redeemed
Hast thou not welcome, sunny Francce
The immortal Past invokes thee nowi
1mperishable glory CLEANS,
To crown the Citys jeweled brow.
BY historys page has record bright,
America can ne'er. forget:
Her Prophet bears thee gift divine
A gift to cancel all the debt!
From Scotland's glen, and England's mart
And Ireland S green, forsaken vale,
They gather-truSted heart and true
To bid, God-speed his homcward sail.
Dear mother isle! full oft. of old,
Thy sons, nndaunted, bled for thee;
And sons as low name thee now
The Islands of the Blest to be.
o country nearest to his heart
Proud star OF empires western bound!
Thy glory trembles to eclipse;
Is there no balm to heal thy wound!
Mans fairest heritage of earth!
From thy free soil shall justice spring;
And once again, with purer tone,
Thy Bell of Liberty shall ring!
A thousand thousand welcomes homei
orr Prophet friend from journeyings far.
From thy imperial city's gates,
TO San Francisco's harbor bar.
The throbbing heart-tides swell and meet
A tidal wave of Joy and love;
Leaders of souls. to thy high call,
Not all unworthy would prove
Frances M. Milne.
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partition was which he mad dimly seen in
the canoe. After much cropping in the
dark he stumbled over blanlleted form
reclining on q bank, apparently asleep.
He returned to Marden and led him to
the spot, but the figure remained mo-
tionlesS and speechiess. Marden com-
municated the fact to Mile. Dcstain.
1T must he Stella" she said. Il mean
that Indian woman who was my taller
l could not pronounce her name and so
asked her to let me call her Stella, be-
cause her eyes are 50 bright
But how came she to desert her
friends tofollOw you?" asked Mardcn.
Ninon reflected for Il moment. 81
tried TO gain her friendship" She said,
and must have succeeded unconscious
ly, for she made no sign. But now | see
that l could not have escaped without
her aid. for She gave no alarm and
was at my side in the flight to the
shore"
1T is quite plain, now" said Marden,
land she followed you because she dared
not remain behind" Ariel listened and
was satisfied.
Leaving Ninon to repOse as best She
could. Marden and the boy sought the
nearest point to the uamp of the enemy,
in pursuance of d plan conceived by the
former to prevent pursuit by combining
them on their island % in a prison. The
barge which brought Lemourier, to-
gether with the canoes of the first party,
lay upon the beach, which was steep
enough to render approach possible I'M
der it's cover. \ sentinel paced half
way between the campfire and the
shore. The others slept, for there was
nothing to fear.
Marden, having impaired his scheme
to Ariel, they padded their canoe to
the spot which had been its former hid
ng-placc, where they left it, and crept
along under cover of the bank, carefully
watching the sentinel. 1t took some
time to work their way to the barge, and
the danger of discovery was extreme;
but the audacity of the enterprise aided
it's success. Lemouricr was not to be
seen: he was lying on the bear skin
lately occupied by his captive, his head
aching from the effects of the blow
and the fall, while the negro, anxious
to atone for former carelessness,
stalked restlessly about the island.
The adventurers had barely time to
creep under the side of the barge and
place it between them and the freight,
than they heard his step approaching
slowly. Having satisfied himself that
nc enemy was in sight, he sat down on
the thwarts of the barge as if he intend
cd TO keep guard over it and the canoes
which lay within its shadow. The
night was warm. and the gurgie of the
current among the rocks lulled him to
oblivion. lie breathcd heavily. Would
he sleep till daylight? Marden
made careful survey of the man and
his position. He must be disposed of.
The young man dropped into his for
mer position, set his shoulder against
the side of the barge and tipped it over
SO suddenly that the negro Shot from
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A TarrihIe Revenge.

Lionei-Deah boy, did old Hodges
WEAKLY forbid you the house?
Archy-Yes, sir. And when | called
again, don't you know, he had me ar
rested at the door.
Liorol-Great heavens, you know
aw,
Archy-But, by Jawve, I've terwib-
bic wevenge for him, y llnaw.
Lionel--Aw- what-aw?
Arch-Why, you see, deah boy, don't
YOU know, he has putt in me power-aw
-to-aw- iilt his dauhgter-aw!-Ha
per'S Bazaar.
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j singular and almost fatal accident

a singular and almost fatal accident
occurred at Snohomish the other day,
saws tho Portland Oregonian. Arth Ut
c. Knight and Giles Hoyle went to the
sIaurhter-house to butcher steer.
HOWE raised his riffs and fired at the
animal. The bali glanced from the
skull. and. striking a knot in beam
above. again glanced. going through the
rim of Knights hat over the left eye
and ripped up two inches of his scalp.
Had he stood an inch farther forward 1t
would have killed him.
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-He-"Do you think you love me
well enough to be my wife?" She
.sYes, George" He-"Well, L only asked
to ascertain how you felt on the subject.
so in case / ever should want to marry
would know where to come The
Epocb
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his perch head first and rolled to the
| brink of the river, from which he
scrambled in sorry plight, his face
bleeding from contact with the sharp
rocks, his clothes torn and his boots full
of water. The sentinel attracted by
the noise fastened to the spot and aided
him to reach the tcpee, on the way to
which he east many wrathful chances
behind him at the cause of his mis-
fortune; for he never doubted that the
barge turned over with his weight,
| while the sentinel enjoyed the joke at
his expense too much 20 inquire closely
into the cause. 1t even afforded him
| amusement for some time after he re-
turned to his post, to judge by his con-
tortionS.
Emboldcned by success, the adventur-
erS proceeded to sink one of the canoes,
retaining the other to aid them TO eS-
cape; but it required their united efforts
to move the barge. Waiting till the
sentinels back was turned, they grasped
the gunwalc, and aided by the steepness
of the bank, sent it crashing over the
gravel into the water. The startled
sentinel saw it floating past in the fire
light, and instinctively fired at it. In
Sta1tly the camp was aroused and men
rasl about in confusion, not comprehend
inr what had occurred. No sooner had
the barge touched the wa-er than its
ca2tors sprang into the canoe and glided
down the river under cover of its bulk,
which completely hid them from view
until the interval of light was passed,
when they left it to secure the bark
which they had concealed.
When they returned to the spot wl.ere
they left Mile. Dcstain. they found her
locked in the deep slumber consequent
on release from long and painful anx-
iety. Leaving her undisturbcd, they
gained the point whore they had a dis
tant Wow of the scene of their late OPP
erations.
Once more the fire was burning
brightly, and figures which rcsembled
demons in its rcd glare were running
about without apparent object. Some
thing like n grunt attracted MaYrion'S
attention. and in the semi-da-kness he
made out the figure of Stella. tho
sQuaw, regarding the scene with serene
satisfaction.
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An rxpenslve Omissio,

Maddox-What's that. A gas bill for
SD -?
Collector-Ies, sir.
But the house has been shut up ano
nv family has been away all summer.
You neglected to inform the meter,
probably. That's your lookout. Mum
sy's Weekly.
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Mr.. Ghum-'I really believe your
nose turns up. / never noticed 1T be-
fore" Mrs. Glum-'i presume 1t mas
got to turning up since l married you.
N. Y. Weekly.
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CHAPTER WI.
A long CHASE

Yes, the wind is dying away, but
there is a fog rising" said Ephrairl.
whose practiced eye discovered the in
dications CT one of those phenomena
which frequently wrap portions of the
great lakes in an impenetrable vail Of
mist.
Nov the first thing to do is to take
in the sails, for it won't do to have them
Tapping like that and giving notice to
the redskins where to find US. But hold
on! They've lost the wind too, haven t
they?" They're long way astern,
replied Jabe, land they've lowered
their blankets; but their paddles will
bring them on fast enough"
I'm five minutes they won't be able
to see US at ALL" said Eph. but there's
little island on our starboard bow.
Dye make it out?''
Jabe said he did.
"Well, Well get the boat out and tow
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-10-23

EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS is the sum
at which Mr.. Bernard Quaritch values
the lately discovered Spanish edition of
the letter in which Columbus announced
the discovery Of America
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An average reader gets through 10
words atminute.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-10-22
xtiralnia free 2ress.
W. ". B. GALLAHER, Editor.
October ~. 1890.
Depe,r's Tribute to cleveland.

At the dinner given by John Russell
Young, at the Aster House, New York, last
Thursday, in honor Of Gen. Roger A. Pryor,
Chauncey NJ. Depew paid high compli-
ment to ex President Cleveland, who was
one of the guests. After speaking about
the distinguished men about the board, he
said: "If l were asked to name the most
forceful character in American life, the man
who best represents the energy, the unswery-
ing determination and the courage ofthe true
American, the man who knows duty, and 1t
alone when public service commands it, the
man who wars in war, and is for peace in
peace, | would name General w. I. Sher-
man. But if | am to name the typical
American, the man who loves and believes
in his country beyond everything else, the
man who, determining once in what direc-
ton bis duty leads, cannot be swerved from
the path, the man who is doggedly persist
ent in what he believes to be right, the man
who thinks not of SELF but of his country
and its needs, would name Grover Cleve-
land. What he has accomplished Is the
very highest tribute to the possibilities OF
American citizenship. A country lawyer
in the city of Buffalo, he shed lustre upon
the high profession which he has chosen
As the mayor of his native city he presented
rs his record clean and economical admin
istraton Coming into the highest position
in the land without previous experience and
with scarcely precedent to guide him IN
the conditions which surrounded him, he
won the affection of his party and command
ed the respect and admiration of his oppo'
nents. find myself in oneOf the proudest
positions of my life in being permitted tC
present to you Grover Cleveland as the typ
ical American"
Mr. Cleveland sat next to Mr.. Depew
and when he arose he bowed first to that
gentleman, and said feelingly: "If what ha:
been said of me is true | occupy proudel
position than I ever dreamed of doing
He then quickly dropped the subject of him
self. and without the slightest reference tC
politics or public affairs ike simply as
member of the bar He presented the ap
pearance of a man in the perfection of phys
ical yigor 1t was interesting to study The
conflicting emotions expressed in the faces
of those who earnestly watched and listened
to him. Murat Hastead, for instance, one
of his most biting critics in the public press
viewed him at first distrustfully, but before ht
had been speaking long the Field Marshal''
hands were the most vigorous in their ap
plause. and il was curious to notice how mer
turned to their neghbors and muttered
"There is no doubt that Cleveland is grea
man" Heimpressed every one with the fac
that he was not an orator oran after-dinne
talker, but that he was a thinker, and tina
he felt earnestly everything that he said
Nec York Correpondeacsof tie Philadelphia
] Times.
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Days Serene.

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