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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

THE Pennington Times denies the
assertion that Hon. NJ. Il. Smith. who
is candidate for the Judge of the
court of Appeals. lost his citizenship in
Missouri on his sojourn in Texas a
couple of years since. and says it can
be established beyond question that Mr..
Smith never had any intention of leav-
ing Missouri for good, but that he fully
expected to return To this State as soon
as he accomplished certain legal mat
tiers in the Lone Star state
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19
The Sedalia Convention.
IRONTON. No. Nav Nth. 1SG

IRONTON- MO-. May 14In. 1872
Ed. Registcr-Though not a delegate
nor an alternate. | concluded to run up
to Sedalia and see how the ..boys" did
their duty. was sorry for my folly,
for it was crowd, jOstle and jam from
start to finish. 1t was an animated and
enthusiastic meeting of Democrats, and
the general results-the work accom-
plished-was very satisfactory and will
meet the approval of the party in the
State, | am quite sure. OF course,
there will be a good many Democrats
like myself who will feel that the free
coinage plank in the platform is clumsy
and neither scientific, nor good politics,
nor good craftsmanship, but that may
be well overlooked as a minor issue,
especially as it is clearly right in in
sisting upon bi-metalism, or gold and
silver on a parity, as money and the
basis of all circulation.
On the subject of economy in public
expenditures and form of the tariff
the platform is especially strong and
emphatic. 1t avoids the impossible
nonsense Of free trade, but places it on
the basis of the revenue necessities of
me DoNtEuueuI- vi course every pFdC-
teal man knows that is the best that
can be done Reduce the expenditures
and reduce taxation accordingly.
Of course, everybody was for Cleve-
land. The enthusiasm for him was
unbounded.
The local feuds in St Louis were not
allowed to disturb the harmony of the
party in the State, and | trust will
never be allowed to do so. There is a
feeling gaining amongst country Dem
Ocrats that the NoOnan-Jones faction
in the city was inclined to try to boss
the party. and the stamp of disapprov-
al was promptly put on all personal
and factional quarrels. ignoring their
feuds and treating them all alike At
ter all had terminated so happily at the
convention. and Col. Jones had been so
well treated. the attack on Gov. Fran
els and his friends in Fridays Republic
in the staff correspondence from Sc
dalia-was generally severely regretted
by Democrats as totally unwarranted,
and bad policy and in bad taste. Har-
mony Is the thing good Democracy
will work for. j. ". E.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

teenth as the former chairman of the
Tenth would have such right In our
opinion the only thing for the COM
mitteemen from the several counties of
this district to do will be to agree on a
place OF meeting; reorganize the COM
mittee and then formulate a call for a
convention
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

Hon. j. NJ. SEIBERT has made a
faithful and competent auditor, and the
fact that he IS going to be re-nOminated
this year without opposition. is evil
dence that Missouri Democracy
appreciates Il good official.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

THE men opposed to the renomina-
ton of Benjamin Harrison are gradual
" giving up the fight, but they are not
submitting and they'll be found sulking
when November comes on apace.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

WHILE the other districts are in the
throes of bitter contests for the con-
gressional nominations, we haven't
even yet single candidate. Our fun
will come later on, though, perhaps.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

The selection OF Chas. C. Naffitt as
one of the delegates at large to Chic
ago, is an honor well-bestowed. Mr..
Mafiit has devoted time and money to
the party. and never asked for an Of
fee of any kind. In homo ing him
Democracy has honored herself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

I'VE 'depricate' the idea" says the
Centreville RTcrnler. The editors of
the R.toTnler have ways peculiarly their
own, and if they want to ..depricate, ;"
il is their privilege and no affair ofthe
worlds in general.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

The Southeast is standing manfully
by Judge Thomas. With the solid
front this section now promises to pre-
sent at the ST. Louis Convention his
nomination is almos: assured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

Hon. RICHARD DALTON is moving
forward to success in his candidacy for
Governor. He promises to go into the
convention with stronger following
than that of any other of the candidates.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

a LATE mass meeting in Washington
county instructed for Dining & Byrns:
for the former for Judge OF the Court
of Appeals: and for the latter for Con-
rrpSS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

DE OLE MAN FILLEY is playing
thunder with harmony in Republican
ranks this year. and when voting time
comes the Missouri = o. p will be slit,
split and busted. There Is going to be
no ten thousand Republican majority
in St. Louis this year: no, sir,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

W. S. ANTHONY of POtosi and F. NJ
Mansfield of Hartville are the delegates
from this Congressional District to the
Chicago Convention.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

THE platform adopted by the Demo-
Gratis at Sedalia last week is a most ex-
cellent one, and fairly enunciates the
principles upon whichDemocracy hopes
to win in the coming fight. The in
structions for Cleveland are proper.
too. for he is undoubtedly the choice of
Il large majority.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

WITH no one but Geo. +. Lee to OPP
pose him, Hon. ID. J. Allen will very
rightly have an easy race for the State
SenatOrship.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

SINCE Col. Jones was elected dele
gate at large to Chicago with so much
unanimity, isn't it about time the Re
public -.let up in its structures on other
good Democrats? That is not harmony,
Mr.. Jones.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

THE Republican Congressional Con-
ventiOn to nominate a candidate for
Congress meets in West Plains on July
9Th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

JNo. G.. WEAR and J. Perry Johnson,
of Butler. and J. l.. Fort, of StOddard.
are running for Judge in the circuit
below Us.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

THE Democrats in Congress are not
making the record the people had a
right to expect. Still they are doing
SO much better than the Republicans
did before them. that the comparison
is in every way favorable to Democracy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

WHOM do our Republican friends
propose nominating for Congress in
this district?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

On those wonderful arguments of the
protection orator and journals.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

TWILL be Harrison at Minneapolis
and Cleveland at Chicago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19
Scissors and Razors Ground, and
Umbrellas Repaired. Opp. Postoffice
TrHSfeesG sale

job Work done neatly and prompt
at this Office.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

One new cottage for rent for the
summer. J. W. EMERSON If
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-18
Block Island and 1t. peop,.

When it comes to walled-about ex-
clusivcness and bred -in-the-bone
aristocracy, consider that irregular
dot on the map of Narragansctt Bay
called Block Island, where people
grow up, marry and get put away in
their own sacred little family burial
ground without ever having touched
main land, less than twenty miles
away. No intercourse with outside
people is encouraged. save in summer,
when a few are tolerated for so much
IL week. AS marriage. in consequence,
is nearly altogether among them
selves, everybody most is related in nc
distant degree to everybody else on
the island of Block Island. Under
conditions like these, surnamcs must
be limited. Out of a population of
1,40O there are 433 voters, and of
these Al are named Mitchell, 80
Dodge, 81 Litchficld, 33 Ball, 33
Sprague, 81 Rose, 90 Mott, 16 Allen,
IA Willis-total, 264. These nine
families supply over three-fifths of
the voting strength of the Island.
Everything is SO truly ..all in the
family" could a more favorable spot
be found on earth for an experiment
with that centripetal idea that oul
friends the Nationalist have regard.
ing the government Of this merry-go-
round we call lifc?-Boston Tran.
! script.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-18
PERSONALS.

DAN RIcr, the veteran clown and
Snowman. is about to publish his recol-
l~ections Of the one-riny circus.
SEcRETA!:Y B.AI.rouit is u violinist and
IS said to be fond of all kinds OF music,
but be ccrta My has no liking for the
harp once heard through Tara's halls.
CHIEF JUSTICE FuL1.ER's daughter.
Miss Mary Fuller, will soon return to
Germany TO resume her musical studies.
She takes q younger sister with her,
Miss Fuller devotes six or sevcn hours o
day to her piano practice.
MELBOURNE the rainmakcr's secret
has been sold to a Kansas company,
which is Incorporated with Sl00, COZ
capital. 1t is understood that Kcely.
the motor man, is looking forward will,
much encourasemcnt to the new CON.
rany's operation.
Su CHM, tho Corean Prince, who
was recently killed in u railway accident
in Pennsylvania, loved the country So
we'll that he refused to return to Corea
and. lost his valuable estates in conse-
aucnce. He was a translator in the
Agricultural Department at Washington.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-18
Tho reop,. OF M"r.ccn.

DIR. LEM says that when he went
to Fee, IL of the capitals of Nor
Deco, he found IL most unlookcd-for
custom among the women. Mollam-
medans are not supposed to drink
spurious liquors. but DR.. LEM says
the women in Morocco are univer-
sally addicted to the practice. The
Jews make IL brandy for which their
customers are almost exclusively
Moorish women. While the men arc
strict prohibitionists. the women
drink brandy in large quantities.
Women who came to DIR. Lenz's hous e
to see his Moorish servants never
failed to ask him for a glass of wine
or cognac, and he was surprised to see
the quantities they could drink.
A recent traveller in Morocco saws
that for people who dress in white
and love to be very neat in their per.
sonal appearance the Moroccans are
Indifferent to the cleanliness of their
towns. Around the most beautifully
furnished houses are heaps of refuse
and the bodies of dead animals. All
the care of the people is centered upon
the interior of their houses. They
furnish them as extensively as their
means permit; but what is outside
their walls does not trouble them.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-18
An Eton Boys Rise.

Gallantry may be a lost art, but a
London contributor to the Boston
Herald believes that when it gets a
chance to chip in it makes Il shining
mark. A few years ago an Elton boy
by rare good luck. stood near his
sovcreign's carriage. when a lunatic
fired IL pistol shot at that royal lady
who sat within. This youth with
true English courage, and without
saying by your leave to the Queen,
sprang at the miscreant's throat and
before the Queens guard knew what
had happened, had very nearly shaken
the life out OF the mans body. For
this swift application of Elton rules,
young Gordon Chesney Wilson, the
son of a rich commoncr, received the
plaudits of a public which adores
pluck, and the hearty acknowl-
cdgcmcnts of the royal family,
including Victoria herself. His
path, which hcnceforth was strewn
with court favors, finally led
him to the altar the other day,
where he welded Il Dukes daughter
amid one of the grandcst scenes in
the annals of aristocratic alliances.
The nobility of England Is to be con.
graduated on attaining an Infusion of
new blood of this rich. red hue. 1t is
OF such stuff heroes are bora and bred.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-18
slip. Of the Tongue.

Few things are capable of afrording
more amusement than what are called
slips of the tongue, or the accidental
misuse of a word or phrase. Often
amusing themselves, they are fire.
qucntly rendered more amusing when
they occur at especially solemn oc-
casions, as for example, in church or
at a funeral. Every IL knows how
the ludicrous is frightened in effect
when tits impossible or injudicious to
give way to merrimcnt.
Few people would be able alto
gether to control their amusement au
such an instance of verbal confusion
as that which occurred on a certain
Sunday in a little parish church. Ac-
cording to a well-known newspaper,
the curate of the church in question
was directed by his rector to make
two announcements. one relating to a
forthcoming baptismal service, and
the other referring tosomc new hymn
books which were about to be used in
the services of the church. AT the
proper time the curate said. "For the
future 'lIymns Ancient and Modern
will be used in this church. There
will be a baptism of infants here next
Sunday. All parents wishing to have
their children baptised must send in
their names to the vicar before
Wednesday,"
The vicar, who was somewhat
deaf, noticed the curates voice cease,
but not observing that the order of
the notices had been reversed, gravely
added, "And l should like farther to
mention that those who wish to have
some Of the latter can on applying to
Nicaragc, obtain them for one shilling
each, or with extra strong backs for
is pence" This is probably as deli
cious an example O fc~onfusion as could
we'll be met with.
A %tolerably good story is told of a
minister who was about to christen
an infant. When asked the infants
name the father politely answered.
"Lucy, SIR" "Lucifer.." exclaimed
the astonished clergyman, ST shall
give him no such name. Call him
john" And John the poor little girl
was called. Ho.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-18
Ton r,.sn,nnA Non w.ntea.

Men who desire work can ger it in the Red
River Valley OF Minnesota and Dakotn IN
the early spring. During the yast scaso..
owing to the barge crops and scarcity o!
help. farmers wore unable to t!vresh their
wheat and do the regular fall plowing.
Tht|shins machines have been raining in
various parts of the valley all winter. and
hundreds OF acres OF grain still remaid UNI
tlrcshed.
To piow and seed the fields in the spring
of 1859 will require the labor OF ut least ten
thousand men in addition to present help.
The sons of farmers in the overcrowded
East hould consider this opportunity to get
work and pay their expenses while investi-
eating the chances in one of the finest agri-
cultural sections of America. Many of the
welt-to-do farmers of the valley began life
there as lal~'.erS or renters.
The lana rs piowed. seeded and harvested
by machinery. and the large are;. awaiting
cultivation requires an army OF men. The
soil Is easily worked, and farmers wish to
put in large crops.
Write to John B'rkholz. Grand Forks. n.
d.. Jacob Lowell, Fargo. n. d.. II. w. Dom
aldson. Noithco,e. Mum. Il. l. Whitney.
ST. Paul. Mimi, or w. Is. Member. General
Passenger Agent Sioux City s. Northern
Railroad. Sioux City. Iowa. for particulars.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-18
Zoe for summer Skating.

Skating on ice in midsummer is a
luxury promised for Chicago skaters.
A company is being organized to build
a rink similar to the Alhambra in
Paris. 1t is to be a circular
affair, something like the big
panorama buildings on Wabash
avenue. The capital stock of
the company will be $3.50. 900, and
the site will probably be near Jack.
son Park. The skating surface is
made by building a cement basis
about two feet in depth. Across
this on the bottom are laid a number
of pipes one-half an inch apart.
Water is then turned in, and by a
patented process is frozen by means
of some substance passing through
the network of pipes. The tempera.
ture of the room will be Kept at about
40 degrees in winter and summer
Chicago News.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-18
IMMENSE MUSTARD PLASTER.
I. was Intended for u queen of the E,o-
plant Tribe.

Queen Jumbo and Badly, the 'ele-
plants, attracted several thousand of
people, old and young. to the park
recently, says the San Francisco EX-
aminer.
The day was cold and lowering over
head, while the earth was damp, but
the children fondled their big friends
as enthusiastically as ever, and ex-
pended all the small change to be had
in corn and peanuts with as much
abandon as though the sun had been
shining.
Queen Jumbo had IL bad time with
the "thumps." When a child suffers
from chills and then becomes fevercd
and has lung trouble it is only pneu-
monia, but when an elephant suffers
in the same way the trouble is
s'thumps."
Queens huge bulk shivercd and
shook, and she whincd complainingly
until Keeper Petit began to give her
medicine. The first dose was two
gallons of whisky with five ounce of
quinine, and he had much trouble in
getting Queen to take it. The dose
did little good, the Queen grew worse
until ''thumps" were plainly to be
detected.
Then it was u case of life and death
and the keeper set to work in a hurry.
He built a big fire in the elephant
house and hung blankets close to it
until they were very hot, and then
wrapped them around Queen.
Another man put 100 pounds of
strong English mustard into Il barrel
and mixed it with water. like any
other mustard plaster. The mustard
was then smeared on cloth and the
monstrous plasters applied to Queens
sides.
Soon her ladyship showed signs of
uneasiness. She felt along her sides
with her trunk, stepped about con-
stantly and seemed to wonder what
was the matter. AS the mustard
took hold more severely Queen tried
to tear away the bandagcs, and when
jabbed by the Keepers hook she be-
gan screaming like a steam whistle.
The plasters were left in position
for three hours and then removed and
Queen again wrapped in hot blankets
and dosed with whisky and quininc.
After awhile she began to pcrspirc. as
elephants do, through the trunk and
her keeper knew that she was saved.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-18
Ants That Garry umbre,,n..

One of the oldest little creatures If
oil animated nature is the sleaf ant" on
Central America. Although dittereno
species of this oddity ara known to in
habit the American continent from Bra
I'll to Mexico. the real home of tho truo
leaf ant is in Nicaragua. To all APP
'pearances this little insect is q common
ant, but n of gigantic size, it must DO
admitted, when compared with the ants
of our temperate regions, being on an
average over an inch in length. The
habit for which these ants are so ccle-
bratcd, and one which VIC could hardly
believe were it not for the testimony of
reputable naturalists, is that of carrying
q leaf for u sunshadc, just as our women
and men Curry paraso!s and umbrellas
tor the same purpose. When at work
the leaf-carrying ants look like a little
army in which each individual member
is protected from the suns rays by IL lit
tie banner of green.
Another remarkable fact in conncc-
tion with tho icaf-carrier is that only
those ut work carry the leafy protection.
When along file of burden bearers have
deposited their budgets, they discard
their parasols, and return for q load
without the leaf which made them such
conspicuous objects when on the cup
trinO
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-18
supsr.tttlon of tho Dead Hand.

On Il recent visit South ! met some
friends who haye Il little child which
L had not seen for Il year or more.
AT that time the child had Il BIRTH
mark, almost Il perfect strawberry, on
Its neck, which interested me consid-
erably, and on the renewal of our ac-
quaintance / asked about the mark.
The child's mother informed me that
it had entirely disappeared, and upon
investigation l found that she was
quite correct i'm her statement. The
mark was gone, and naturally 1 asked
what had caused its disappearance.
At first she refused to tell me, but
finally, with apologies for her weak
ness. She confessed that an old darby
woman had told her if she took the
child to Il dead person and rubbed tho
dead hand on the mark it would go
away. She laughed about 1T incrcd-
uously, for she was not asupcrstitious
woman, but the suggestion remained
with her, and the more she thought
of it the more it grew. until one day,
a neighbor having died, she took the
child to the house and touched the
spot with the dead PERSONS hand.
No one knew of it cXceSt a woman
who went with her, for she was
ashamed to acknowledge her super
s%tition, but just the same in the
course ola few weeks the mark began
to fade away, and 1T continued to do
so until it had disappeared entirely.
Then she began to wonder at it and
to make inquiries, and she discovered
that similar lures or removals had
been effected, notably in one instance
where a red blotch which distigured
half the face of a young man had dis
appeared, or was at that time disap-
pearing, to be more correct, after the
dead hand treatment. l did not go
to see the young man whose face,
when | was there, was almost of the
natural color, but l have no reason to
doubt the lady's vcracity.
No explanation was or could be
given of the cure except a vague
allusion to the supposition that as the
body in the ground decayed the mark
on the living person disappeared.
the time required in the removal be-
ing confident, or supposed to be, with
that required in the decay and dis
solution of the body.-New York
SIM.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-18
Imported Sickness.

An American physician who recently
made a voyage from Europe to this
country in an immigrant ship, says that
out OF 15S of the steerage passengers
whom he examined not one-ha!f We're
found to be physically sound, though
the unsound passengers were not
afflicted with such diseases as would
prevent them from landing at any of our
ports. III this shipload is a fair sample,
the amount of disease annually i'm
ported into our country must be APP
Pulling.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-18

THE Baloness Won Zuyllan of Paris
has the finest stables in the world for
her magnificent horses. Even those of
the great car himself do not equal
them in magnificence. On Sunday
afternoons she takes her tea in the
stables, where, down the center of the
greet building, q thick pilc-carpet is
placed, leading up to the tca-room.
The horses come up to the table for
sugar from their mistress like pet dogs.
The buildings cover over three acres of
prOund.