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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11

eSs was to present her two daughters.
Lady NuTiel and Lady Constance VIII
low beIgh- Great things Were whispered
and expected of the two debutantes.
the fame of whose beauty and dots for
the duke Is one of the richest peers in
the kingdoIn1 had travelled far and wide
and created a futter in ''hig lif' rather
similar to that occasioned by the COM
ing-out of the two Moncrieffe girls
some thirty years ago. who afterward
became respectively the countess of
Dudley and the notorious but IN
fortunate Lady Mordaunt-
In short, the presentation was to be
an event in society. Naturally the
duchess. who is still handsome woman
and was q belle not so very long ago
herself, wished to appear in all her
war-paint, and. TO that end. had had
prepared magnificent new court dress
and determined TO wear all the family
diamonds, or, al any rate. as many of
them as she could conveniently. re-
specially and decently get on her per
son. for the Willovbeigh diamonds are
not only world-famous for their purity.
size and great value. but for their i'm
mense number. When not in use-and
the more magnificent gems see the
light only on state or very particular
occasions-they are kept in a specially
designed and extra strong safe at CouttS
& Co. $ bank. The Haodus operGHdi of
getting them from the bank is as fol-
lows: The duke himself drives in his
brougham to the bank. accompanied by
his private secretary Hon Augustus
Fitzhardinge. son of the earl of East
leigh and detective from Scotland
Yard The three, with the assistance
OF one of the bank officials. unlock the
family safe. select such jewels as they
desire, carry them to the carriage in
waiting. and pile up the boxes on one
of the back seats The duke then seats
himself beside them. the private secre-
tary and detective take their places be-
side each other on the front seat OF the
brougham. and so they drive home 10
Belgrave square. The course usually
followed upon arriving at the house
was to place the diamonds Immediately
in the family plate-safe. kept in the
dukes own dressing room.
On the present occasion. the dia-
monds were got from the bank the
afternoon before the drawing-room
day, but. on arriving at home, they
could not get the safe open
No use fetching EN- back to Coutts'.
now" said the duke shaking his head:
the bank is shut. And | dare not
have a locksmith in without letting the
servants know. for. supposing the lock
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11
THE SCIENCE OF PALMISTRY.
4 Science That Has Its Foundation Rath-
er in Id.alisnn Than in Eact.

Palmistry is founded on belief that
least. indicated by the lines and forma-
ton OF the hand The thumb is sup
posed to indicate the will and intel
lectual power. the first finger to show
the higher mbitions. the second the
darker passions. the third the artistic
temperament and the fourth the bust
ness qualifications The base of the
thumb is called the mount OF Venus:
the base of the first finger the mount
of Jupiter: the mount of Saturn IS at
base of the second finger: that Of Apol-
10 al the third, and that of Mercury at
the fourth The elevation at the base
of the hand and next the wrist Is the
mount of the Moon. and midway be-
tween that and the noun. of Mercury
is the mountain of Mars. The palm Is
divided by lines. which are also fanci-
fully designated. That round the base
OF the thumb IS the life line: that which
crosses the hand from the base of
thumb TO the mountain OF Mars is the
intellect line: that which runs from
the base of the first finger 10 the mount
of Mercury Is the impulse or heart
line Indications are drawn from the
mounts according TO their prominence
and position, and from the lines &C
cording to their clearness. length and
freedom from splits or breaks The
entire science. if II be worthy the
name. is N the highest degree fanciful,
and has its foundation rather in ideal
ism than in fact.->t- Louis Globe-Dem-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11

There are mines of cinnabar in Da-
guestan. in the district of Kyreen. but
no effort and no artifce of the Russian
authorities can as vet avail to ferret
out their exact locality The natives
know that the government viii take
possession OF the mines as soon as il
knows where they are located, and
therefore keep their knowledge secret
They use the mineral as a medicine. and
sometimes they carry il in bags to sell
in the neighboring towns. If a native
Is caught with bag or basket Of Gin
nabar and asked whence he had taken
II he viii tell twenty lies to account for
his possession, and neither by brides
nor by threats can the truth be got out
of hiIn.-ChicaCo News
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11

All Indians greatly dislike what they
call the white man -mell. and can de-
tect II with perfect ease. Il have,
says western man. entered tepees of
the Utes filed with Indians who had
not bathed for year. and whose aroma
rose to Heaven. and every one Of them
would complain of the oder that /
brought in with me. The same feeling
is manifested By the Chinese, who
themselves have a very marked odor
that Is intensely disagreeable to whites
As matter of fact, each race has its
peculiar odor. which is not perceptible
By people Of similar origin, but which
is plainly noticea bic by those of differ
eut blood. N. y. Tribune
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11
Good Walters.

In 1910 the inspector on large estate
in the neighboThood of Prussia 5 capital
became engaged TO the daughter Of a
prominent official OF the metropolis.
The girls father. however, quarreled
with the young man and broke the en-
gagement- The inspector came to
America amassed fortune and re-
turned TO Berlin at the age Of seventy
a few months since. There. at the house
of one Of the professors of the univer-
sity. he met his former inamorita- The
meeting was an affecting one. They
had remained faithful 10 one another
for half century and determined at
once to end their days together.-N- \.
Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11

couldn't be opened. they would know
the diamonds were here and nowhere
to put EN-.
Il quite agree with You" said the
duchess: 1t would never do to let any
body even dream they were not locked
up- Now. have an idea Do nothing
70 draw attention to them Put the
diamonds IN the cabinet in the draw
inr-room. lock IL with the ordinary
key. treat them as If they We're old
suuTfboxes. or miniatures. or bits of
china and forget all about them We
can fetch them down presently when
there are none of the servants about
well. it's certainly 'Hobson's choice
as ii stands" said the duke: i suppose
there is nothing else to do
Well. the boxes were brought down
BY the duke and duchess, while the
servants went down in the servants
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11
The FATHERS PRAYER.

Lord though his sins were scarlet
And he went far astray,
These long years have D-ared Thea
show him the narrow way.
Enough with the swine he feasre1
o bring him back 70 Thee:
NY youngest born o, save him.
Wherever he Day be.
The only prayer now left ne
Is, Lord that Thou wouldst tura
MS heart 20 Thee IN sorrow.
Thus Lord, that ne might learn.
Ihough sin may not come nigh Thee.
ne sinner may ind grace;
Ehe repenTs hI-a truly.
Thou wilt not hide Thy face.
For years, Lord has he WANDERED
Let him arise and say:
against Thee hare s51oed,
No longer here l stay:
u VIII return unto Thee.
And al Thy feet viii pray.
That like the p-odigal Of old
be not turned away
II may be, Lord that never
He VIII come home 70 ne:
! dare not pray for that. Lord,
While he : far from Thee.
Yet, Lord, all things are possible,
And mighty Is Thy grace;
II may be the day cometh
That I shah see his face.
The face Of him who left me,
My youngest born ny pride:
There came a day deem :.
Far better he had died
But now my prayer Is OILY.
Q Lord, Thy VIII De done:
II may be IN Thy mercy
Thou wilt bring home my son.
The Academy
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11
ANCIENT RECIPES.
Birds and Snails Employed in the Cor
position of Medicine.

Birds and SnailS Employed in the Com
position of Medicine.
To Anoint the Ricketed Child's
Limbs, and to recover II in a short
time. though the Child be 50 lame as to
go upon CrutcheS.-Take a peck of
garden snails and bruise them. put
them in coarse canvas bag. and hang
il I'D. and set a dish under il TO receive
the liquor that droppeth from them,
Herewith anoint the Child in every
ioynt which you perceive to be weak.
before the fire every morning and
evening. This I have known to make
a Child that was eStream weak TO go
alone. using il only a weeks time"
By the many recipe given for curl
Gus oyls, plaisters. ovntments, and
salves. one judges that the efficacy of
outward applications was seldom
called in question.
''Oyl Of Swallows attracts ones at
tention; II would very hard to make
What kind of swallows? where c0rld
one find them. and how catch them
Take swallows As many as you can
get. ten or twelve at least and put
them quick into a mortar" Alive or
dead? feathers and all? we query.
Unto these pounded" swallows are
added MANY herbs and spices. Meats
foot Oyl or May butter. much wax
and 4 pint Of Sellet Oyl." tie whole
mess strained through canvas cloth.
Truly fine oil for divers complaints.
Elizabeth Robinson. in Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11
Canadian Single Takers Going Into
Politics.

Kingston single takers may put a
Henry George candidate in the field at
the next Dominion election. They
have called a meeting to consider the
propriety of doing SO.
The single tax may be robbery or
confiscation or anything else its oppo-
nents may call it, but the question has
come to stay and public educators can
no longer afford to ignore it. Not only
so, they will have to study it, and that
is just what the majority of its detract-
ors has not done. The man who pre-
sumes to publicly discuss the question
without first reading Progress and
Poverty" will not add to his reputation
for Naturalization. Ont, Times
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11
Hands Off

Well may the community leave to the
individual producer all that prompts
him to exertion; well may it let the la
borer have the full reward of his labor,
and the capitalist the full return of his
capital For the more that labor and
capital produce, the greater grows tho
common wealth in which all may share.
And in the value or rent of land is this
general gain expressed in definite and
concrete form. Here is fund which
the state may take while leaving to Ia
Dor and capital their full reward. With
increased activity of production this
would commensurately increase.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11

Mr.. Meeke-The paper says fhe judge
reserved his decision. ! don't see why
it is that Judges invariably pat of de-
Gliding point until the next day
Mrs M.-Huh. Judges have sense
enough to want TO consult their wives.
N. \. Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11

a sort Of tower built up of pies on a
table Exhibitor, restaurant-keeper
Portly gentleman addresses him.
Mr.. Trouble ber-And what. pray. nv
dear sir, may that represent?
Exhibitor-That is the leaning tower
of pies, sir-Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11
A CLEVER ROBBERY.
How the Duchess Of Lincolnshire
Lost Her Diamonds.

NE or two days
before the last
drawing-r o o IN
at buckingham
p a ! a &c the
duke and OUCH
esS OF Lincoln
shire came Il p
I D town from
I h e ir place.
Croppl to n
Stoke. in Dorset
shire The Ouch
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11

THE Greymouth, New Zealand, Week.
ly Argus is printing Progress and
Poverty in installments. The Argus
is large, prosperous-looking paper,
more like daily than weekly in its
newsy character and appearance. In .
recent editorial it says: q new land
policy must be the leading star in any
liberal ministry. because the people
have at last awakened to the true inn
portance of the land question in rear
ranging the incidence of taxation"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11
ence MONTH.

From the Instruction Hour.-OR-
cer-''Tell me some occasion when a
soldier. even in time of peace. NAV
have need of courage" Recruit
when ne has a complaint TO make. -
Fliegende Blaetter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11

ALL we need do to secure a just dis
tribution Of wealth, is to do that which
all theories agree TO be the primary
function of gosernment-to secure to
each the free use of his own powers,
limited only by the equal freedom of all
others; to secure to each the full enjoy
ment of his own earnings, limited only
by such contributions as he may be
fairly called upon to make for purposes
of common benefit When we have
done this we shall have done all that
we can do to make social institutions
conform to the sense of justice and to
the natural order.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11
Taxation in Turkey.
XII
laws.

| Few people will wonder at the degra-
| dation and poverty of the Turkish peo-
| pie. and the provinces under Turkish
| rule when they understand the manner
n which the government and the sultan
| derive their revenues. In an article en-
titled. THE Druse War" in the Even
| ing Post of February IS. which describ-
ed the revolt of people in Palestine,
known by the name of Druse, against
the attempted Turkish domination. the
writer gives a description of the fiscal
policy of the sultan's government, that
is worth reading. The Druse, who
have so far managed to prevent the
Turks from subjecting them to their
expressions, are certainly to be con-
graduated. The writer says:
So far as l know, everything in Tur-
key is taxed as much as it will bear,
and most things have been taxed out of
existence. The land tax on public land
is 80 per cent of the crops raised. on
land held under private title 10 per cent,
and, / believe, in certain cases or GER
tain regions 20 per cent There is tax
on every sheep, goat, camel, and, / be-
lieve, on every domestic animal So
high are these taxes that / have known
the price paid for a sleeps wool in
some regions to be less than the annual
tax chargeable on each sheep. There is
tax on each palm tree, and, l believe,
on other productive trees There is
heavy tax on each fish caught There
is duty on all goods brought into any
city. There is duty of per cent on
all goods carried by water from one city
in the Turkish empire to another.
There is a uniform export duty on all
goods of any sort sent out of the coun-
try, increased at some If not all ports
BY arbitrary generalization, against
which there is no redress There is a
uniform import duty Of 8 per cent on
all goods There is heavy road tax in
the form of toll on all of the few miser-
able roads existing in the empire. and
in many cities a further tax on each
beast of burden arriving at that city.
Boats, houses. almost all objects of any
commercial value, also pay taxes. Min
ing. including salt fields. has been taxed
and bought into the hands of the privy
purse and the government. Tobacco is
a monopoly, paying a large revenue to
the government, for which the people
receive very poor and dear cigarettes
and cigarette tobacco. Speaking gen.
orally. II NAV be said that in Turkey
you must for all things and all occa-
SONS pay taxes or give 5acksheesh, and
generally Won Ynusf do both
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11

A HOUSE and the lot on which IL
stands are alike property, as being tho
subject of ownership. and are alike
classed by the lawyers as real estate
Yet in nature and relations they diner
widely. The one is produced by hui
man labor, and belongs to the class In
political economy styled wealth Ihs
other is a part of nature, and belong
to the class in political economy style
Iand.-Progress and Poverty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11
SOLVING a MYSTERY.
The Usual Result of the Mischievous Boys
Inquisitiveness.

L
Inquisitiveness.
A woman boarded Crawford street
car the other day with a basket which
had an old check apron tied over the
top. She sat down near a boy with a
bundle. and he no sooner saw the basket
than he concluded there was mystery
concealed therein. For the first five
minutes the woman watched so closely
that he could do nothing, but the car
finally came along to where d street
band was playing, and she half rose up
TO see the crowd. AS she did so the boy
united the string and raised the cloth.
Land o massv. but what's that?''
shouted man next to him, as he jumped
up.
Look OUT
Let her go. Gallagher"
Stop this car
1t was a humping big cat The
cloth was no sooner raised than out he
popped. ran over the mans knees, and
during the next half minute he Jumped
all over everybody in the car. He final
" came to the rear door, uttered a
''spish!'' at the conductor and made
long Jump into the street and ran up
telegraph pole. Every body looked at
the woman and her basket. and she ran
out and got of without stopping the
car Then every body looked at the
boy. and feeling that a speech of some
sort was demanded by the occasion, he
said:
Who'd a thought Of cats? l s'posed
it was new maple sugar Or popcorn
Detroit Free Press
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-12
The End of the Blair Episode.

The resignation OF the Hon. HENRY W.
BLA1n Of New Hampshire as Envoy E1-
traordinary and Minister Plentpotentiary
to China has just been accepted by Presi-
dent HARRISON. with appropriate express
sions Of regret and esteem.
Mr.. BLA1R was appointed and confirmed
in February last. For reasons well known
to everybody. it has been his fortune to
exercise the functions Of his Office at Wash
ington rather than ut Pekin. For nearly
eight months he has been. Us Minister.
decidedly more Extraordinary than Plcni-
potentiary His functions have been con-
fined to drawing his salary and signing the
receipts for the some.
There has been an attempt on the part
OF some Of Mr.. BLAIR's friends to give the
impression that no has conscientiously re-
fused to receive $1,000 a month from the
Government as pay for work which Minis
ter DENLY was performing. In the alb
sence Of conclusive evidence We cannot
credit this report. II Mr.. BLAIR has not had
the salary In view. why has he remained in
oflce for eight months? Certainly not from
public spirit or for glory.
At all events, the Hon. HENRY w. BLAIR.
released at last from official cares. is at
liberty to turn his attention to the suppress
sion Of tho rum traffic OH the high seas and
may good luck attend him!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-12
Something New.

IIpon the announcement OF tho specific
result OF recent interesting event. the
leading CLEVELAND organs. which Tor
long time had been nourishing their
fanaticism in the hopo Of certain
different dispensation OF Providence.
apparently resigned it in despair. The
most rabid OF all. the 81. Louis Republic.
framed its lamentation in the utterance.
ut ought to have been q boy!" Five mil
lion Democrats. continued tho Republic. will
be disappointed that it is not Al boy! Since
then our depressed contemporary has again
plucked up its heart for Mugwumpcry, and.
seeing nothing to engage its labors in tho
Democracy. it has resolved to go 1t again
on the old track. Thus it starts:
without absolutely retractine anything. we wish to
modify some what the opinions expressed h these col.
umns within last two days concerning the relative
merits Of girl boy babies with special reference to
the case OF Miss FRANCES FOLSOM CLsvELASp.'
Arguments follow this extraordinary OK
ordium to show that the actual baby is still
good enough for political purposes.
But the movement abandoned only to DO
resumed is not to be undertaken alone by
tho Republic Not to risk the loss OF prom
inence in the great free trade effort, the
C5uricr-Jo,irndl the organ Of tho Hon.
HENRY WATTERsoN, calamity accepts the
revision OF the issue. and puts 1t thus
1T 10 for the State of New York to whether tho
little brunette who has just arrived is to play with her
dolly in the White House."
The reformed lines OF Clevelandism stand
for proper and legitimate development.
Besides tho marked element OF petticoats
which conferred SO singular variation upon
tho campaign OF 1888. bibs are to be added.
The CLEVELAND press is going to give
US a baby canvass.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-12
SOUND DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE
No Civil Pension List.
From The Cmrier..Iournai.

From The tfrfrier- Journal.
appears that the movement in favor OF pensions
postal clerks ia not confined to the clerks
1t is given out that the Superintendent of the Railway
Mai! Service is about to recommend pensions to rail-
way postal clerks especially to those VIII disabled
in the service.
The suggestion to clerks disabled in the service
excellent one to entering wedge To the
superficial thinker the analogy between u soldier dis
abed in the service Of his country and postal clerk
disabled in the line Of duty may appear complete. The
capital distinction which must not he overlooked is
that military service is compulsory, while service
postal clerk IL voluntary 1t Is true TINT the army Is
largely made up Of volunteers in time Of
everybody understands that failing n sufficient num-
her Of volunteers. draft will he ordered and this
knowledge forms great inducement to volunteering.
We have seen in the past fifteen years how dema
gogaes have run up pensions to ex.solders to out
ragcous figure simply because the soldier vote"
large enough to constitute the balance OF power be-
tween the parties We do not desire to repetition
of this in the matter Of civil pensions. The public ser.
vice is already attractive enough to citizens There
is why further steps should be taken to
render ocehoders privileged class to be envied by
all the rest of the people Let wait till obliged
occasionally to draft into the civil service before
We begin paying them pensions.