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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28
PiTH AND POINT.

1t doesn't take many pints of whisky
to make a peck of trouble.-Glens Falls
Republican.
You can't argue with bigot with
out agreeing with him in thinking that
you're a fool.-Elmira Gazette.
When a rich man gives his money
to public charity his poor relatives
never applaud. Globe.
No one can ever tell what a woman
will do next. If any one did tell, she
would be sure to go and do something
else.-Somerville Journal
There are two kinds of dogs, the
good kind which belongs to yourself
and the worthless cur that is kept by
your neigh bor.-Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Pester-''So you've been re-
furnishing your dining-room, ell, Mrs.
Mixum?" Mrs Mixum-"To a sutten
extent, yes. Keepin' up to the time.
you know; been putin some lambkins
on the mantel-piece and a druggist I'M
der the dining-table
One in a Million.--Trivvet-"
bumper is the most remarkable man I
ever knew" Dicer-''Why do You say
that?" Trivvet-'I had a very heavy
cold the other day, and l asked him
what would cure it. He said he was
blest if he knew. IN. Y. Sun.
-Editor-''What kind of an article is
this in the news department? I've read
it through three times and can make
neither head nor tail of it. 1t is posi-
lively meaningless" Managing Editor
Yes, know; that got into the news
columns by mistake. 1t was intended
for the editorial page"
-Passenger-''Look here, cabby,
can't you make your horse go faster?
must catch the $50 train Cabby-
"Yes, sir; my boss is an old race-hoss,
boss, and the best way to make him go
faster is for you to bet me dollar that
he won't catch the 2:3O train. Directly
he hears that I'll put him on his mettle,
and he'll go like creased lightnin'.'-
Comic.
-''She may be well educated, as you
say, but she uses very singular express
sions.'' ''She does?" Yes. Yester-
day, for instance, she spoke of a music.
al concerto" wasn't that correct?"
Certainly not 1t wasn't necessary to
say musical in speaking of a concert.
A concert must be musical" Must,
eh? Well, I've been at some that were
not."-N. Y. Press.
IF you think you are going to
have the grip, Maria" observed Mr..
Billus, peevishly, ''of course you will
have it. Any doctor will tell you that
a constant dread of any disease is likely
to make you catch it" Not always,
john" replied Mrs. Billus. You might
live for sixty years in constant dread
of brain disease and you'd never get
it, John. Chicago Tribune.
did 1 have a good time on my
vacation?" echoed Fogg. 'Of course l
did. To be sire, nearly starved to
death, tried to sleep in a bed which it
would be fiattery to call a rack; but
what of that? l got my name in the
paper. l won't deny that they spelled
my name wrong and gave me brand
new initials; but then, you can't expect
to have everything perfect in this
world"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28

came down the stairs, an exclamation
from Grace, standing in the open door
way, brought him to her side. Follow
ing the direction of her outstretched
hand, he looked across the bay to the
point of land where the old landmark,
the great oak. had stood SO long, but
where it was no more to be seen. For
moment Martin gazed motionless,
and then, followed by his sisters,
dashed off along the sandy beach, now
beaten hard and smooth as floor, to
where, driven by wind and wave, a
bruised and wrenched and shattered
ruin, the great tree lay. Not trace
of the nest was to be seen; the eyrie
had disappeared as though it had never
been, but on the sand. crushed by the
fall of the PROSTATE trunk, drenched
and dead, lay the puny body of the
third young eagle
Martin took it up and tenderly
smoothed the sodden feathers. II
don't care" he burst forth, his fears
of the night lessening with the bright
morning and the pulse beat of health
full exercise, and all the vigor of his
strong, young nature rising in passion
ate protest against malign fate, '1'm
awful sorry for what did, but don't
believe it had anything to do with the
storm. That was coming up anyway,
and would have blown the tree down
just the same, and if the old eagles had
stayed they might have been killed
too, SO after all maybe I saved their
lives"
But for all this reasoning, to which
Grace and Clara, with the guilty sense
of accessories, were only too glad to
agree, it was silent, sober little group
that made grave for the young eagle
in the sand. And long was it after
public Indignation and the displeasure
of his parents at his ill-considered and
dangerous act had passed away before
the memory of the despoiled eagles
nest and its attendant storm and ter
ror lost its vividness to Martins mind.
or that on the occasion of any accident
or misfortune the ill luck" of the old
tradition did not uncomfortably rise.
AS for the coveted eaglets one soon
died, the other grew to sturdy eagle
hood, but always showed malicious
enmity toward his captors, and with
his savage beak and claws proved q
most formidable pet, till one day,
breaking the chain that confined him,
he spread his great wings in all the
conscious pride of freedom, and, sweep
ing up in great circles. vanished over
the lake as his parent birds had done
before him.
The prediction, however. was but
partially fulfilled, for though the
eagles never returned to their dis
turbed nest, no other disaster followed
the tempest, and Martin Van Fleet
still lives, man prosperous and sue
cessful beyond the average.-Ela
Thomas, in Christian at Work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28
NO TRUST.
He Was a Scion of Nobility, But Had to |
Paw Cash.

He Was Scion of Nobility, But Had to
Paw Cash.
A tall, young man pushed through
the swinging doors of the hotel and
walked breezily up to the desk. Ray
mond Hapsburg Worrall Blakslee. the
name he signed to the register in big,
flowing characters, took up all the line
allotted for name and residence, and
on the line below. 81 would like nice
ROOM" he said in accents not overbur-
dened with aspirates, land not too far
up. 1 am rather timid about fires; not
comfortable to jump from four stories
in ones pajamas." If R. H. w. Blakslee
feared flames he certainly did not fear
frost, for he was guililess of an over
coat and his cutaway and trousers were
not Of the heaviest make; in fact, they
showed signs of wear.
Glow would a two-dollar- and-a-haH
room suit, Mr.. Blakslee?" said Mr..
Dodge, the clerk on watch.
"Oh. very well, thanks; am not IA
miliar with American money, but l
suppose it's all right
"Oh, yes" said Dodge, Its all
right. VIII you go up to your room
now? Where shall we send for your
baggage?" 49,.
"Oh, you needn't bother. I'll attend
to that tomorrow. Some sort of bother
about customs to-day. Got to go to
dock tomorrow and get my traps"
''All right" said Dodge; two and
half, please"
Il beg pardon" said the London gem
tleman.
1.-Two and half" And then Dodge
murmured refectively: "All the way
from London without an overcoat, or
hatbox or handbag"
Mr.. Blackslee hardly waited for the
last word, but walked out as briskly as
he entered. And then Mr.. Dodge said
to the reporter: :" Good old fake that,
but I have met Mr.. B. before. ". Y.
Adye rtiSer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28

wind filed the forests, ana lust before
their little skiff reached the shore a
strong gust struck, and but FOR the
shallow water would have over
turned it.
But not till the night and darkness
were closely gathered did the storm
break In its full fury. Then the great
waves came laundering in to break far
up on the beach beyond the remem-
brance of the oldest settler; the rain
beat in swirling, binding sheets, and
the gale swept with terrific force over
the whitened, water-leveling fences.
unroofing buildings and swapping
strong trees as though they had been
but saplings. From old Mackworth
the news of the spelling of the eyrie
had rapidly spread through the neigh
borhood, with general indigna-
ton at the act, arising even
to threats of violence; and dur
ing the hours of the brief but
awful tempest wherein they that slept
| were few indeed, the thoughts of more
than one turned to the disasters pre-
| dicted to follow the touch of hands on
the old eagles nest. While at the
same time, under a quivering roof in
full hearing of the surges, a white
faced boy lay with his face buried in
his pillow, his heart heavy with re-
morse for his afternoons work, and
the shuddering fear lest he had indeed
broken a mystic spell and brought
upon himself the threatened i'll, that
the Indian superstition" he had so
scoffed might after all prove dreadful
reality.
Morning dawned with skies as clear,
sunshine as bright, and air as calm as
though the elements had known no
rage. But traces of its wreck were
not so quickly vanished. AS Martin
Van Fleet, heavy-eyed and pallid,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28

There is no end of new shades, or it
might be nearer the truth to say of
new names for shades OF one of the
the latest we find this anecdote told,
but not youched for, by London It'd
Bits
Have you any buff trimmings to go
with this stuff" asked a flashily-
dressed woman of an assistant in a
diapers establishment
Il think so, MISS" answered the po-
lite young man, taking down piece of
goods and spreading it on the counter
Buff. Do you call that buff?" ex-
claimed the woman. That's too dark
for buff"
but miss, that is
Its too dark. l can see it is"
why, of course it's dark. madam"
persisted the man. Its blind-man's
buff-the new shade, you see"
He sold the goods. Compan-
ion
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28

her wide wings, the powerful bird flew
rapidly away again. 1t was but a lit
tie while till she returned with her
mate. when both, with loud calls,
swept round and round searching for
for their little ones; while Martin, be-
ginning to realize as he had not at first
the seriousness of his act, crouched be-
side his sisters under the bushes, with
the eaglets held close to his breast,
lest by a sound they betray them.
Finally. with last cry. the old birds
turned and flew away over the lake,
their dark forms growing more and
more indistiuct against the darkness
of a swift-rising stormcloud, till final
ly they were lost to sight, just as a
flash of vivid lightning zigzagged
across the ominous-looking sky.
20 Martin, what have you done?'
sobbed Clara, breaking the almost
spellbound silence that had held them.
THE old eagles will never come back,
and what will become of that poor,
little bird in the nest?"
81 can't help it if they don't" re-
piled Martin. doggedly. though his face
wore troubled, anxious look: I'm
sure l didn't mean TO brighten them
away; maybe they will come back yet,
and if they don't l can get the other
little eagle tomorrow. But we must
hurry home before that storm comes
on"
There was no citation now over their
trophies Fold on fold the black
clouds were rising in the north; an out
ward expression it seemed to Martin
of his own overcast spirit Already
lines of foam could be seen Ticking the
surface of the lake; the close brooding
stiffness was broken by the mutter OF
distant thunder; the rush of the rising
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28
The Single Tax Looms Up in Rhode
Island.

Under the leadership of State Sena-
tor Lucius F. C. Garvin, the single tax
men of Rhode Island are concentrating
their efforts upon the town of Cumber-
land for thorough single tax cam
paign. It is proposed, if possible, to
secure petition of a majority of the
voters of Cum berland to the legislature
asking for power to exempt both per-
sonal property and land improvements
in that town from all taxation. AS To-
cal option is customary in Rhode Island,
it is believed that the power will be
granted if a majority of the voters in
the town ask for it. Senator Garvin is
positive that if the question should be
submitted. not to the Taxpayers" So
called. but to the whole electorate,
majority vote would be cast in Cum ber-
land for the single tax. His confidence
is well founded, as the following from
the Providence Sunday Journal of Dec.
6 shows:
The single tax has to all appearances
got complete hold of Cum berland, and
from Valley Falls to Cum berland Hill
it is the sole topic of conversation, and
from present appearances the town
would vote affirmatively on the subject
if the legislature will only give them a
chance.
The Pawtucket Evening Times of De-
cember gives expression to the same
local feeling: 1t says:
Petitions are now in circulation from
one end of the town (Cum berland) to
the other, in which the state legislature
is requested to permit the town of Cum
berland to adopt the single tax system
in place of the method of taxation now
in use. These petitions are receiving a
host of signatures, and there is some
reason to believe that DIR. Darwin and
his friends will succeed in their pur-
pose.
This is to procure the majority of the
signatures of the voters of the town to
the petition, then to present the case to
the legislature, stating that the major
ity of the voters are in favor OF the
change. This, it is believed, will be
done, for every one in the town is talk
lug single tax, and many of those who
do not claim to know anything about
the question are willing to admit that
they should like to see the system given
fair trial.
Such sentiments as these show the
trend of popular opinion. and as one
prominent professional man in town
said yesterday, if the interest in the
question continues as strong as 1t Is TO-
day. and the subject is left to the vote
OF the people in the town, they Will be
sure to pass it.
It NAV, therefore, be regarded as
within the bounds of possibility that
the town of Cum berland will be the
first to make the trial of the single tax
system. :,
Senator Garvin, William Barker. Levi
n. Turner, Of Boston; T. J. Smith, M.
D.; William "A. Mcleod, Esq, of Bos-
ton; j. S. Wild and others are speak
ing and working to promote the sue
cess of the undertaking, A general
meeting of the single tax men OF the
state, for the purpose of obtaining adj
vice, assistance and funds. is in con-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28
mplation, and help from other states,

temptation, and help from other statesi
is solicited
Senator Garvin, writing on the SUBJ
ject from Lonsdale, says:
Perhaps in no part of the United.
States is the single tax so live an issue
as in the town of Cum berland, where II
reside. Tonight December 11} the
sixth of a series of public meetings is
to be held to consider the ACCESSIBILITY
of this towns exempting from taxation
personal property and improvements.
Twenty five petitions are in circulation
asking the general assembly. which
meets in January, to permit the cleo
tors of the town to vote this spring for
and against the single tax. Since local
option is exercised on many questions
in this state, it is believed that II .
large proportion of the voters sign
these petitions their request will be
granted. The signatures already run
into the hundreds. and represent all
parties and all classes. The total vote
of the town last April for state senator
was 1. OSO, the number of qualified cleo
tors being about 1, 400.
The present taxation is nine dollars
on each 81, 900 of ratable estate. To de-
rive the same revenue by tax upon
land values the rate would need to be-
increased to thirty-five dollars per
$1,000. The population of the town is
employed chiefly In cotton factories and
a rolling mill The single tax has been
under discussion here for several years
About two-thirds of the land, reckoned
according to its value, is owned by nom
raSi6anfS Enr. fhaSa there &c
no doubt that, if the question be sub
mitted to vote of the whole electo-
rate, a majority will favor the single
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28

A New York chemist was boasting,
in company of friends, of his well-as-
sorted stock in trade There isn't a
drug missing" he said, mot even one
of the most uncommon sort" ''Come,
now said one of the bystanders, by
way of a joke. Il bet that you don't
keep any spirit of contradiction, we'll
stocked as you pretend to be- ''Why
not?" replied the chemist, not in the
least embarrassed at the unexpected
sally. You shall see for yourself"
So saying he left the group and returned
in few minutes leading by the hand
his wife--The Comic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28
1T WAS ALL RIGHT.

The Bank Examiner Saw Where the
Money Was.
Bank examiner and bank president
looking up at bank from sidewalk:
President-Yes. that's the bank vault
in there. Two millions in that.
Examiner-Two millions? Wait a
minute. puts it down on the proper
blank.) Go on.
you can just get a glimpse of a
canvas bag behind the paying teller
There's sixty thousand dollars in that
Eyes, yes, go on"
''And in that japanned box by the
assistant cashier are two hundred thou.
sand in silver certificates"
go on; I've got it down"
well. locked up in two or three
more boxes, which you can't see, are
'steen hundred thousand securities of
various kinds. And-and, that's all. :"
Excellent, sir. excellent Your bank
makes a SPLENDID showing Every
thing counted and found exactly
right
Here's your fee Won't you come in
and have cigar?"
mo, thanks; I want to examine
twentythree more banks this after
noon. Good-day."-Texas Siftings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28

The National Guard" was first or.
eanized in Paris in 1889 by the revolu-
tionary committee of safety. There
was AS, 900 in Paris, 500, 900 in France.
ana the whole were under Lafayette
and carried the tri-color flag. In 1745
they were defeated and broken up ay
Napoleon. were reorganized by him in
1914, dissolved by Charles Y. in 1927.
again reorganized in 1880 and again in
1881 They fell away from Louis
Philippe in 1s4s, were remodeled in
1852. served against the Germans in the
war of 1901, and in the latter year a
part of them took share in the COM
munist struggle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28
A missionary who has Just returned

"A missionary who has just returned
to England from Central Africa says
English ladies have gone to TanganyilSa
with the most inadequate notions of
the sort of existence they must lead
there. He says they are fairly dis
MAYED when the truth at last dawns
upon them that they must do without
afternoon teas, that they can not amuse
themselves in society, and that they
must eat their breakfast without the
morning newspaper. Some American
missionaries have gone to Africa with
out the slightest notion apparently
that a good deal of that land is not re-
garded as very salubrious.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28

"A horse jockey in Aroostock county.
Me-, repented his sharp practices, joined
the church, and announced that If he
had taken unfair advantage of any one
in horse trade he would be glad to
square things by paying the difference
in cash. 1t was scarcely daylight the
next morning when a neighbor, who
considered that he had been roasted
in a swap with the newly-converted
jockey, made his appearance at the lat
ters door, remarking that he had
come early to avoid the rush. The
jockey promptly settled the case
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28

And the Lynching Proceeded
Stranger-''What's the trouble here?"
Native-'"There's been shootin'
match; and now there's goin' to be a
lynchin'." Stranger-"Did he kill any
one?" Native-"Who?" Stranger
''rhe man they are going to lynch"
Native-''Naw. That's jist the trou-
BILE. He missed him; and he ought to
have known better: he's disgrace to
the town, an we're goin' to get rid OF
him"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28
Its very happy yez look this morn

Its very happy yez look this morn
in, Mr. O'Hoolihan. An why be the
cause av it?" Its another bye; an
the neighbors do be tellin' me the child
is the very image av his father"
well, Oh wouldn't be afther moindin'
little thing like that What's the
harum in his resemblin' av yez if the
cnoild's only healthy?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28

Mr. Neer-"What ought we to do.
doctor, as a community. in order to
er-meet the grip" Dr. Blunt-"Don't
meet it, my dear sir. Avoid it"-Chi-
cage Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28

WE have no hesitation in declaring
our belief that the ideal taxation lies in
the single land tax, laid exclusively on
the rental value of land. independent
of improvements IN. Y. Times Jan. 10
1891.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-28

THE Bee does not say that it will new
or be full-fedged single tax advocate.
1t believes in it in theory now; it pauses
only on the threshold of doubt as to the
the expediency under existing circum-
stances Sacramento Gal Bee.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-09-16
Pet. Of English Regiments.

1t may not be generally known that
there is a special reason why the Royal
Welsh Fusiliers should have goat.
They are very ancient corps, and at an
early period of their existence it was the
custom to have goat with shield and
garland on its horns to march at the
head of the drums. Every LIST of March
being the anniversary of their tutelary
saint, David, the officers used to give an
entertainment, and after the cloth was
taken away bumper was filed around
to the Prince of Wales, and the goat,
richly caparisoned for the occasion, was
led thrice around the table in procession
by the drum major.
In 1884 the then regimental goat of
the Welsh Fusiliers died and her maj
esty presented the regiment with two of
the finest goats from a fiock-the gift Of
the shah of Persian Windsor park,
and since that date the queen has con-
tinued to supply the Welsh Fusiliers
with goats as occasion required. The
pet of the Second battalion Derbyshire
regiment used to be q ram; that Of the
Eighth Kings Royal Irish light dra-
goons. now hussars, Q horse; the Royal
Warwickshire had an antelope, the Ros-
shire Bluffs a deer and the Fifteenth
lancers a tiger.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-09-16

An English traveller in Persia had ar
rived at Abadeh, where European tele-
graph official, Mr.. G., welcomed him
hospitality and invited him to remain
for the night. He says:
An hour later was comfortably set
tied upon the sofa when my rest was
suddenly disturbed by loud bang at
the sitting room door, which, flying
open, admitted two enormous animals.
which at first took for dogs.
Both of them made at once for my
sofa, and while the larger one curled
comfortably around my feet and COM
posed itself to sleep, the smaller one
evidently of more affectionate DISPOSE
tion, seated itself on the floor and COM
menced licking my face and hands, an
operation which, had dared, should
strongly have resented.
But the white, cleaning teeth an0
cruel looking green eyes inspired me
with respect, to use no stronger term;
for had by this time discovered that
these domestic pets were panthersl To
my great relief, Mr.. G. entered at
this juncture.
Making friends with the panthers, l
see," he remarked pleasantly. "They
are nice, companionable beasts"
That may have been true at the time.
The fact remains, however, that three
months afterward the "affectionate
one' half devoured native childl The
neighborhood of Abadeh, Mr.. c. in
formed me, swarms with these animals.