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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17
Vest 400 Years Old.

Il. Rowley Ford. the well know en-
gineer, has in his possession vest
which belonged to his ancestors in
England, in King Georges time some
200 years ago. 1t has twenty buttons
on It, made of pearl, inlaid with gold;
it mas ten pockets, richly embroidered
with silver lace. While on vacation
to the old homestead in the suburbs of
Bytie!d he discovered this ancient yes.
in an unused attic. 1t is changeable
in its color HAVING at night the APP
pearance of Il night blooming cereus.
---Newburyport Standard.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17

We are foremost In inventive con.
structive and mechanical industries.
In the finer departments Of design and
decoration We are far behind the ma
lions in Europe that have manual COM
bined with literary instruction in their
popular schools; and In the higher
grades Of all our industries demand
ing trained hands and knowledge Of
design we were in the beginning. and
to a considerable degree still ara de-
pendent on European races for think
ers and executants. Had manual
training been q regular part OF the
common school instruction OF the
country the last fifty years the position
of our arts and crafts would be far
more advanced and native designers
and skilled artisans would have taken
and handed down to their children the
high and profitable places 90 long held
by foreigners
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17
DEAD TO THE WORLO.
The Horror, of Iep"osy Fo"n Il" '"'
United = .a'es.

The Horror, of Iep-osy Foun 1" IN.
United s .a'es.
II dare say that not one person IN
a hundred who read Robert LOUIS
Stevensor's descriptions OF the horrors
of leprosy in the South Pacific Islands
is aware that there is leprosy colony
/ in the United States, said r. W. NC
N,mara. of St Paul, who was at the
| Palmer House. to a reporter Tor the
Inter Ocean. Mr.. Mcnamara was Tor
mer,y on the staff OF the Cook County
Hospital in this city.
Even in New Orleans" he contin-
ued lit is not generally known that
about 100 miles southwest of the city,
in the Plaouemine district OF St. Mary $
Parish. there is colony of lepers.
have Just returned from visit to the
colony. where made thorough study
of leprosy from scientific standpoint.
The colony was established many
wears ago, and twenty seven victims
of the terrible disease are there now.
OF these only two are females. Twen-
ty-five of the lepers are French Area,
dams and the remaining two are ne
groes. They are as completely iso-
lated from the world as though they
were in the midst OF the desert of Sa-
hara They live in rude huts on lit
tie bay of the Gulf of Mexico. Their
only food is the fish they catch and the
Wild berries which they can gather in
certain seasons. The colony is twelve
miles from any human habitation, the
nearest house being that OF sugar
planter named John Diamond. and the
spot whereon the lepers' huts are built
is barren waste.
The wretchedness of their con-
dition is appalling. Their clothing
is rotten with age. and some OF the
men covered their nakedness with fish
nets. 1t would require the pencil OF q
Dore to portray the horrible aspec,
which the disease has given its vic.
tins. l saw three men with their
faces half eaten up and their eyes
gone. The flesh on the face of one o.
the negroes was sloughed away unit
/ bis jawbone and teeth were exposed.
Others had been deprived OF parts O
their feet and hands.
las a result of my study OF the dis.
ease l am positive that it is not con
tagious The forms OF the disease
were tubercular and anisthetic. Or
some OF the men and one of the wo
men there were warty execresences u.
large as cauliAowcr head.
The lepers are far from ignorant
Their conversation among themselve
is carried on in a mixture of French
and English. All OF them are patientl,
awaiting death. Near the spot wher'
their huts are built is the colony
burying ground, in which there ar
now over Is graves. When one 0
the lepers dies the body is hastil,
thrust into the earth without an,
ceremony whatever.
The ages OF the lepers range fron
40 to 20. one of the men being tire
score and ten. The French Arcadia
members Of the colony came origin
ally from Nova Scotia. where lepros
was prevalent as far back as 100 year
ago, and where there is IL leper colon
at the present time"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17

IT is comforting to know upon the
authority OF Sir Joseph Fayrer the
eminent English physician and scion
list that preventative medicine has
made great progress in this century
and promises. II it cannot exterminate
zymotic disease it can make the soil
upon which its seed Is sowu so inhos-
pitable a. to render it sterile. Roughly
speaking, 1t has been ascertained that
OF all the mortality in civilized CON-
munities within the temperate zone q
quarter is caused by preventable dis.
ease.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17
The 9th er End.

He was little fellow. evidently H.; H.
in from the country, and was s. .'.s,ri
down West street with pi'on .'d,r
carelessly thrown over ms sa =. s.y
and with an air that seemed ~ 80,
"Who caresP" When near Hlsh ~" = !.
a big bulldog came running GU. r ii
yard, and. without any preIilnin"s,tbs
began sampling the ANATOMY y mo.
young farmer. who. without s.s on
ment's hesitation. impaled the uv Used
the pitchfork. The act was VIM" o,ue
by the owner Of the dog wno VIVA;
running out, white with rage. .osred.
did you kill that dog forP ne s t' calm
"'Cause he bit me, was 'n'
reply. .,,srs suy
We'll, it doesn't help matters
TO kill the dog" ..but u
Mop" admitted the boy
satisfies me. Texas Sill lnsa
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17
Size Of the United states Soldier.

Statistics gathered by the uni'ea
States government in the latter psf'
OF 1890 show that the enlisted soio'a's
OF the United States army vary ~
heighth from a minimum OF 1 ieee =
in inches to a maximum oil 1ees =
inches The giant of the army =
serving in the department OF Arlzona :,
and the dwarf in the department y !:
the Missouri. In weight the range :
even greater than it is in heignt Wv
minimum being 81 pounds ana Nv
maximum $50; the average tnrousn
out the army being 1881, and the nv a.
erage height 5 ieet Z inches ~ ~
youngest soldier enlisted is 10 years.
age; the oldest &c, the average osi's
about 80 years. ~,
During the war with Mexico "eu
eral Taylor's command boosted u :. VI
der of I feet II inches in he,gh. Do D..
one of "A years of age.-st Loo's -
public.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17

IT is regretted that many judges are
not OF the same sterling quality, to
deny the ignorant and base the sacred
franchise of citizenship. The amend
ment OF the naturalization laws, to re-
quire the alien applicant to satisfy the
court that he understands the consti-
tuition and knows to what he makes
OATH and to make this obligatory on
the part OF the court is the much
needed, essential want in protection to
citizens.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17

A LOVE Of good may be cultivated t.
almost any extent whore the original
foundation OF an unselfish nature ex-
lists. A passionate ideal OF excellence
can SO fill the mind that no pleasure is
felt in anything but in strong persist
ent efforts to realize it.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17

1t is said to be whole days task
for two men to fell . mahogany tree.
On account OF the spurs which prolec.
from the base Of the trunk. a scaffoie
has to be erected and the tree Gu, N
above the spurs. leaving thus STUMP
OF the very hest wood from ten to d,
teen feet high.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17

mine was open for an area OF ten acres
or more up TO the surface every l0os
Of ground having been taken OIL Inc
debris around these old mines couia
he worked over at II profit were lhey
in America. but in Portugal 1t woulo
cost TOO much for the transportation
of machinery.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17
Proof Positive.

The teacher wanted to box my ears
this morning" remarked Johnny Fiz-
zletop.
How do you know that he wanted
to box your ears?" asked his mother,
If he hadn't wanted to box nv
ears he wouldn't have done it. would
he. ehp"-Texas Siftings.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17

The real result OF general muster.
ing out Of the armies OF Europe would
be that some OF them would cause an
additional production in agriculture,
which would be the purchasing power
OF an additional consumption for the
products OF mines. mills and textile
factories; others would 60 into mining.
and with the increased production Of
that industry purchase more OF the
products Of agriculture mills and tex.
tile factories; and 30 on through the
whole round Of industries The result,
must under normal conditions be in.
creased production. with equally In.
creased consumption, in addition to the
relief Of the people from al immense
load Of taxation.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17

An English syndicate recently senf
An expert mining engineer to look up
the old gold mines in Portugal. He
struck one of the old Roman mines
worked In the days Of Caesar Augustus
In those days they cut down to the
vein. and this vein was 500 feet deep
before pay rock was reached. The
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17

The contemporary mind may in
rare cases be taken by storm. but pos.
terity never. The tribunal of the
present is accessible to influence; that
of the future is incorrupt.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17

Mr.. BEEcHER used to say that whom
ono thinks enough OF you to write a
letter asking for your autograph and
to enclose stamp for reply the least
you can do is to crafty him. That
was well enough when there were per-
haps hundred autograph collectors
in the country. Now it IL different.
Autograph hunting breaks out" in q
school like measles. All the boys and
girls are attacked with it all at once.
but the health board never closes th<
school on that account and 90 the in.
lection spreads without restraint.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17

THERE is nothing which this age
from whatever standpoint. we survey
il needs more, physically, intellectu-
ally and morally. than thorough ven-
tiiafion
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-17

IMAGINATION. whatever may DO said
to the contrary, will always hold a
place in history. as truth does in ro-
nance Has not romance been penned
with history in viewp
Iron County register., 1891-01-15
Old Times.

Ed. Register-Now, that the Holi-
days are among the things of the past,
let us sit down and go over all the
pleasant scenes that we had during the
past Holidays.
What splendid SHOWS we are having
and how the boys and girls have been
enjoying the time. AS / stood with
my arms resting on the window on one
of these clear moonlight nights during
Christmas week, and saw such a crowd
of boys and girls coasting down the hill
in the grove ard way across the bOtt' N
field, how it carried me way back down
the road of life 10 the days of my child
hood, to the old home in New Eng
land! How fresh it all come TO me!
The old home with its big garret and
wide stairs. The big hollow logs set
up on end filled with beans, buck
wheat, dried apples. and all the odds
and ends that had been stored away
for years. Old spinninC-wheels, swifts,
rods, old chairs and way up in the high
chest. where all the cartridges of faith
er's company were kept, and the old
family bread trough that they used to
mix the bread dough for the Saturdays
baking in those old brick-ovens beside
the kitchen fire. place. and, after | had
gone to sleep, in my dreams saw my
self, with my brothers, riding down
those wide stairs, in that same old
bread trough. Oh, what jolly times
we children used to have on stormy
days when we couldn't go out doors to
play. How many rides | have taken
down those old stairs on just such a
day as to-day, and then my thoughts
went rowing over to tie old red school
house, with the steep hills on each side.
With all the boys with their sleds,
each boy with girl before him on his
sled-how swiftly we flew way down
across the village green, and then.
hand in hand, we walked up the hill
aysin, with such joyous laughter, and,
in nv dreams. l saw each person and
could call each name, as fresh as II
Yesterday. When I awoke in the MORN
ing I said to myself, II am going to be
a boy again." So. after breakfast,
made me a good hand sled, large
enough for two to sit on. Just as had
finished it. two little tots of girls came
to warm. 7 asked them if they didn't
want to ride on my new sled. And
did you ever know girl to refuse
good sled ride? I fixed them on the
Iron County register., 1891-01-15
CHURCHES

CATHOLIC CHURCH, Arcadia College
and Pilot Knob. l.. c. WERNERT Rector.
High Mass and Sermon at Arcadia College
every Sunday at O'Clock A. NJ. Vespers and
BenedictiOn of the Blessed Sacrament at
O'Clock p. NJ. High Mass and Sermon and
Benediction ut Pilot Knob Catholic Church
at 1880 O'Clock a. N. Sunday School for
children at 1:30 O'Clock P. NJ.
NJ. E. CHURCH, Cor. Reynolds and
Mountain Streets, ISAAC BORTS, Pastor. Res
ldence: 1rOntOn. Services every Sabbath
at IL A. NJ. and 40 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. +. CHURCH, SOUTH, Fort Hill,
between IrOnton and Arcadia. Rev. \. T..
TIDwELL, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday,
morning and evening. Prayer meeting eve
ry Wednesday evening. Sabbath School at
9 80 A. NJ.
BAPTIST CHURCH, Madison street,
near Knob street, e. NJ. SHOUSH, Pastor.
Residence 1rOntOn. Preaching on every
Saturday before the first Sunday of each
month at 2:30 z. NJ. and on the first and third
Sundays ut II A. NJ. Sunday School every
Sunday at $3.50 A. NJ. and Prayer Meeting
every Tuesday evening at 80 p. NJ.
LUTHERAN CHURCH, Pilot Knob.
Rev. OTTO PFAFFE, Pastor.
a. M. E. CHURCH, Corner Shepherd
and Washington streets, IrontOn. A. AB
ANATHY, pastor.
Iron County register., 1891-01-15
The Latest Indian Fight.

The only comfort that can be derived
from a fight with Indians like that re-
ported from the Pine Ridge Agency Is
that each such occurrence brings Us "a
little nearer the inevitable end. Some
dav our little army will not have to
fight the Indians any more, because
there will be no Indians left to fight.
Till that time comes the same old, sad
story will be repeated that has been
told over and over from the first COM
ing of the white man to America.
That the Indians are doomed to eX-
tinction as inevita bly, as the races that
their progentors drove before them;
that they must disappear as the buffa-
loes have disappeared before advancing
civilization, till all that shall be left of
them will be few little communities
sea ttered here and there, as feeble as
the groups of buffalnes preserved in the
public parks, cannot be doubted by
any one who knows the history of the
world. The Iudian himself under
stands this. He has been fighting for
his existence from the very first and
the path Of advancing civilization from
the A tlantic to the Pacific is marked
by the blood of the pioneers and SOL
diers W hom he has slain In his futile ef-
fort tn reverse the decrees Of history.
The only place where the truth has
not been recognized is in official deal
ings of the civil government with the
Indians. We have acknowledged "a
sort of humane sponsibility for these
fortunates; We have adopted them "a :,
''wards ofth nation,n and have unders
taken to feed and clothe and arm them
Iron County register., 1891-01-15
Southern Progress.
I 2. R.

Some extremely interesting facts con-
cerning the growth and prosperity of
the southern states during the last ten
years have been compiled from the ceu-
sus returns by the Chattanooga Traales-
man.
The population of those states has
increased, according to the Porter CEN
sus, 1919 per cent during the decade,
and undoubtedly in fact much more
than that. The whites have gained
E6 2 per cent, while the blacks have in
creased only 10 per cent. This single
fact should quiet the appreheDsions
which so excited a large number of ex-
cellent people in the north while ago,
ago, that negroes, by virtue of their
rapid natural increase, Were destined
to overwh helm md AfricaniZe the south
first and the continent later. Their
increase is less than half as rapid as
that of the whites, and there is an end
of that danger.
The number of persons of northern
birth in the south has increased 81
per cent. and yet they now number
only 475 $50 in total white population
of IL ,36; 1876.
The state debts have decreased 1S.4
per cent, and the total public indebt-
edness has fallen off 8 per cent while
the total state revenues have increased
100 per cent. TIE railroad milea ge
shows au increase of ll0,J per cent;
the number of factories, 64-2 per cent;
manufacturing capital, 1852 per cent;
value OF product, 1855 per cent.
This is substantially the story told in
every part of the account. The south
Iron County register., 1891-01-15

NUMBER %.

ern states are gaining In every indus
trial way with a rapidity hardly parsl-
elled aud that fair part of our country
has awakened to an energy creditalle
to American manhood.
The mora' of this splendid progress
at the south under restored home
rule is apparently lost upon the. pur-
blind partisans at Washington. team
be summed up in two words: Hands
City Tribune.
Iron County register., 1891-01-15
The SOckless, Socrates of Medicine
Lodge.

From the ~ilds of Bleeding Kansas, witt
hayseed in his locks,
With a heart devoid of fear and with fee
devoid of socks,
Comes the champion of the Grangers, o
Hawbuck and of Hodge,
The daunt'ess Jerry Simpson, the pride o.
Medicine Lodge.
| You may call the roll of statesmen, the liv.
ine and the dead,
You may reckon up the deeds they did, tho
mighty words they SAID,
But there never was a man of them who
really could compete
With sockless Jerry Simpson when he stands
upon his feet.
o, how our Jerry thundered against the Nc
Kinley bill,
And what an avalanche of words his massive
mouth would fill,
As he fell upon that infamy and gave it kicks
and knocks,
And for his peroration showed his feet bereft
Of socks
You may talk about your orators, the famous
men of old,
Demosthenes and Cicero, and John, called
Mouth of Gold,
The elder Pitt and Charlie Fox and Monsieur
Mirabeau,
But along with Jerry Simpson they wouldn't
have a show.
There's other speakers have more style and
fire off bigger words.
There's sorghum-lippedf fine orators as sweet
as cream and curds,
But in the race with Jerry they wouldn't get
heat,
show his sockless feet.
I've seen the ballet in New York and ankles
neat and trim,
Where nymphs have skipped and fairies
danced all liberal IN limb;
Why, they'd bring down a house composed
of stones and sticks and stocks,
But they wouldn't move a Kansas crowd like
Jerry's want of socks.
Though Kansas zephyrs howl and bite, he
doesn't care a darn;
Until the duty's taken off he scorns the aid
of yarn;
ne ItChs uOl VI tut DliLLalus, uc ICShS isoI
snow and sleet,
He walks the soil of Kansas with free, un
stockinged feet.
Pye heard at the Alliance of some Roman
son of gun
Who was doing his spring ploughing wnen
he was asked to run
For President: he said he would when he
had sown his wheat:
And, just like Jerry Simpson, he'd no socks
upon his feet.
But prouder than a Roman he'll tread the
marble hall
And put his feet upon his desk where they'll
be seen by ali;
And the people in the galleries they'll Won
der and they') stare
At the man who thinks protected socks won't
do for him to wear.
And if the Alliance puts man in Mister In
gall's seat,
l hope that Jerry Simpson will get there
with both feet:
For pluck and lively hustllng nowhere can
he be beat,
There are no flies on Jerry more than socks
upon his feet.
-Ne1r YORK SIM
Iron County register., 1891-01-15
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY IRON COUNTY.
COURTS:

CIRCUIT COURT is held on the
Fourth Monday in April and October.
COUNTY COURT convenes on the
First Monday of March, June, September
and December.
PROBATE COURT is held on the First
Monday in February, May, August and No.
Tember.
OFFICERS:
y. w. HoLLOMAN, Presiding Judge Coun.
ty Court.
JOS. q. CLARKsoN, County Judge, South
,rn District.
!. E. Low, County Judge, Western Dis
trict.
j. ;. JORDAN, Prosecuting Attorney.
:. T.. BUFORD, Collector.
W. y. FLETCHER, County Clerk.
JOS. HUFF, Circuit Clerk.
FRANZ DINGER, Probate Judge.
ID. f. REESE, Treasurer.
W. III. FISHER, Sheriff.
5. u. REYBURN, Assessor.
q. w. HULL, Coroner.
j. /. AXE, Public Admir-, IrOnton.
y. W. HOLLoMAN, Surveyor.
y. +. VANCE, School Commissioner.
Iron County register., 1891-01-15

and at the same time we have persist.
Ell In the ridiculous inconsistency or
dealing with them as independent ma.
tiops, hostile sovereignties, with whom
We make treaties or go to war. And
when the civilians whose business il ia
TO take care of these wards" blunder
and fail, and tie savage spirit of the
Indians reasserts itself, then we send
our soldiers to brave their rifles and
tomahawks and finally to shoot them
down.
There is nothing else to be done in
such situation as was presented to
Coionei Forsythe on the Porcupine.
ana 1t is cause for congratuIation that
almost for the first time our tro ,py
were in position to do effective work
against the Indians at once. without
dIsproportionate suffering i'm the first
engagement. This was evidently due
10 Forsyths's vigilance and probably
also IN part to the Hotchkiss guns,
which were brought into full play
with terrific results, though not till
more tnan fifty officers aud men had
iallen. Among the dead is at least
one officer of very high repute. Captain
Wallace, of the Seventh Cavalry. and
a Roman Catholic missionary is also
reported killed. The soldier and the
priest alike are fallen, mart yrs to duty.
IL Is impossible to predict the imme-
oiate effect of this engagement, wheth-
or the punishment Inflicted will be
warning TO the other disaffected bands
or whether it will inflame them to fresh
hostlllties. The ultimate result must
be In any case the same. We shall
lose larger or smaller number of
soldiers, but the greater the resistance
of the Indians the more thorough their
1efeat at last, and so these Indian bat
les, one by one, bring on the inevit-
aole dispersion of the tribes and the
absorption of the remnant by the adj
vancIng waves of the white mans civ
llzation.-Phitadeiphia Times.
Iron County register., 1891-01-15
Two Papers Week for Dollar Year

The st. Louis Republic is sending
two papers every week, of not less
than six pages each, to the subscribers
to its weekly edition. AS the SUBJ
scription price remains one dollar
year, The Republic is enjoying an un-
precedented circulation boom. The
cheapest semi-weekly anywhere else
costs double The price. Readers of
The Republic get the news of the day
half week earlier than any weekly
could bring it to them, and yet the
price is as low as that of the cheapest
weekly. Missouri readers get spec
al Missouri edition, with one page set
aside for Missouri news in each issue.
Remember the price is only 81 year.
Sample copies or a premium catalogue
of as pages sent free on application.
Address, The Republic, st. Louis, Mo
Iron County register., 1891-01-15
Official Directory.
MEMBER OF CONGRESS.

MEMBER OF CONGRESS:
Hon. WM. N. KISsEY, Tenth District,
s.. Louis, No.
I. :. LAND OFFICE j. c. NoELL,
Re-ister; NM. Il. NEWMAN, Receiver =
Ironton, No.
john l.. THOMAS, Judge Twenty Sixth
.ircylit, De Soto, MO.