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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-18

He was father to his helpless brothers
and sisters
Not only did William Stone rear this
family of six. he gave them all liberal
education and now they are all making
a success of life
One of the children thus cared for, the
oldest of the two sisters, is married hap
PLY and lives in Chicago. brother is
making his own way well in the same
city, another is in business in Los An
geles, Cal, third is secretary of a
thriving publishing company in Waco,
Tex. John Stone, a sober young man
with an eye for business, is manager OF
the ex-congressman's farm near Neva.
da. The youngest sister is still . stu.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-18

but it is about twelve now. The owner
calculates the distance from the recOl-
lectiOns of the time when he began to
buy the place; then he was accustomed
to ride out from Nevada right straight
across an unfenced prairie. It was
eight miles then. Now one has to fol-
low road laid out along section and
township lines in legal and duly formal
manner. So it is quite twelve miles to
the Stone farm.
1t makes pleasant drive from Nevada
to the Stone country place. The road
is level and well graded, albeit just now
a trifie dusty. 1t leads out to the south
east from the town through as pretty d
section of beautiful Missouri as man
could wish to see. The country is open
prairie of fruitful, sandy soil It is OF
the kind they call rolling prairie. The
low, smooth ridges stretch away as far
as eye can reach in almost impercepti-
BILE slopes. From the round submits Of
these one looks away for miles and
miles across the country. There are
dense green bands of timber about all
the little streams. To the right and
left are great fields of lusty corn. grow
ing at magic rate. and stretches of
brown wheat and oats now in shock
and ready for the thresher. And there
are fields of fax and castor beans, and
about all the shady farm houses garden
patches and fine orchards.
The most of the road to the farm lies
along the high way to Montevallo,
which is well kept and well bridged.
About midway an ancient German with
chin whiskers has set up a soda pop
stand with a white awning over it, just
like one finds mixed up with the side
shows about circus tent It is quite a
shock to find such thing so far out in
the country. The spires and smelter
smoke of Nevada are just barely visib bile
from it. l had thought that the old fell
low had set up this place to accommodate
prospective hordes of pilgrims to the
Stone farm. He said that wasn't it
though; he had lust took notion" to
open the place and did a thriving trade.
His pop and tartaric acid lemonade
were agreea bly, cold.
The Stone farm house might easily
be passed without notice; it is quite
completely hidden in a thick, cool grove.
The big farm lies along one of the
gently rising prairie ridges and slopes
down from either side of this. It is a
splendid farm. The farm house is on
the summit of the ridge and a private
road, passing from the highway under
rows of peach trees, backed on the
one side by tasseling corn and on the
other by orderlywheat Shocks leads to it
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-18
The Cottage and the Mansion.

Suppose have 81 900 house along
side Mayor Pingree's 5000 mansion"
says Inquirer, would it be right to tax
me as much as him?'
The answer is, yes, if the lots occu-
pied by the 81 900 and the $50, 900 houses
are equally valuable. And for these
reasons:
l. The value of the lots was made by
the community; therefore, to tax them
to their full value will deprive neither
Inquirer nor Mayor Pingree of any
wealth their exertions have produced.
The improvements on the lots are
due solely to the exercise of human ex-
ertion of some kind. In one case it
may be limb labor; in another case it
may be mind labor; in third case it
may be a combination of limb and
mind labor. In all cases, whatever is
produced is due to work-industry-
and whatever is saved is due to prud.
ence and economy. The evil of the
present system of taxation is that it
taxes industry, and, therefore, discour-
ages it. Now, to take the tax off in
dustry will enable Inquirer to build q
better house on the valuable lot he oc-
cupies. 1t will do this in several ways;
by relieving him of other taxes, and,
therefore, while increasing his taxes on
his lot, abolishing It on his house, on
his plant, if he is a small manufacturer;
on his purchases, and, therefore, re-
ducing their price. and at the same
time increasing the value of his labor
through the larger market and steadier
work that would follow the freeing Of
industry from all burdens.
If the proprietor of the house assessed
at 81, 900 alongside of the house assessed
at $50, 900 would look at it in another
way he would cease to repine. Suppose
that the adjoining lot to himself which
is of the same value as his own, has on it
still poorer house than his. The house
owned by the poorest man of the two
is small dilapidated shanty, which is
assessed at 800. The poorest man also
don't see the justice of having his home
taxed the same as tho $1,000 and $50, 600
house. Suppose, too, that the lot adj
joining the poorest mans lot is vacant.
The owner, of course, will object to
being taxed the same as the man who
owns homes assessed at 500, 81 900 and
$50, 900 respectively, while his ground
is innocent of human habitation. 1t is
this short-sighted idea of paying taxes
on all property, whether made by ma
ture or by human labor, tina: has OPP
pressed mankind through all ages, and
has caused a large portion II the misery
of the world. 1t is policy which, moro
than any other, builds palaces for the
few and condemns the many to lifelong
poyertv-Detroit News
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-18

expects to live goes out of school with
an acquaintance OF bright young men
all over the state; he is in touch with
his surroundings
The two girls, Mabel and Mildred.
have their mothers dark hair and eyes,
Miss Mable. a modest and handso me
girl. is student of Christian college at
Columbia and is quite as well advanced
for her age as her brother. She is now
at home for the vacation and will re-
sumo her studies in the fall Mildred,
the baby of the family is beautiful
.hild She is in the grammer school at
home These two dainty misses have
developed of late vast interest in poll
ticA The day before William Stone
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-18
WILLIAM J. STONE.

cal fights and he wants to see himself
that this perfection is reached. His de-
claration: Organization wins all bat
ties is the keynote of his political
methods.
1T is just this way with Stone" says
one of his chiefest lieutenants- Zone
of his men comes to him and says: L
guess this county is all right; it'll go
for Stone
mo, no. says Stone, that won't do
at all. You go there and make sure it's
all right See the men; know certainly
just how they stand
And that is the way the battles of
Stone have been fought and won. He
went into the state convention abso-
lutely certain of the strength behind
him; he knew it would not fail: he re-
jected all fictitious strength.
What sort of amusement does Mr..
Stone take >" | asked one of his
intimates-
''Well. now, I'll tell YOU replied he.
Il don't suppose Bill Stone takes any
pleasure in anything except his family
and politics. He don't seem to care for
anything else" Mr.. Stones devotion
to his family is strong and tender: his
fondness COR things political is quite
manifest: however. he has one or two
other things in which he takes pleas
ure. He likes good cigar, prime
domestic cigar: he likes to talk, too.
while he smokes and he very frequent
ly grows so interested in talk that he
lets his cigar go out, which is had
sign for smoker.
He likes days outing once year or
so. too. He will go out to some of the
lakes about Nevada once in a while and
take day at fishing and shooting, not
so much for either the fishing or shoot
ing as just to be in the woods for day
However, Stone is a man of few pleas
ures: he is too busy. Politics keeps
him busy, so does his farm, his law
practice and his other business inter-
estS
OF late he has been a BILE to give little
attention to the details in law
practice. He has still limited partner
ship of the law firm of Stone, Hoss Il
King. but the most of the firms bust
ness is done by Judge George T. Hoss
and Mr. G. S. King. very bright young
attorney. Mr.. Stone, though. assists in
all important cases, though he is able
to spend little time now in the well
fitted offices of the firm in the Citizen
bank building
Mr.. stone at His Home.
Mr. Stones home life is so quiet and
simple that not many even of his closest
friends know much of it HE lives
right out on Cherry street." said Dick
Speed of the Southwest Nail, in Z
green house-a story and half house.
1t is just a plain house, no fancy work
about it: it was painted green when it
was built Col Stone has had it paint
ed three times since then; every time
he has had it painted green"
Mr.. Stone came along just before
noon, bundled US into a hack and TOOK
US out to this green house 1t was NO
such barren place as the democratic
Speed had led us to expect Indeed.
there is no prettier homelike home in
Nevada It was a story and half
house and it was painted green. but a
very delicate olive green. The house is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-18

departed for the jefferson City conyen-
lion they worked long and earnestly on
the lawn. hunting four 1eaved clover
for their father to bear away with him
some emblem of victory. They ceased
finally In genuine distress at being un-
abled to find any and Mr. Stone had to
go into the fight without mascot.
1t shortly developed that he had no
need for a mascot
There is no happier family. no more
charming wife and mother in wide Mis-
souri, than that of William Stone.
Out at the StOae Farm.
The Stone farm did not cut much of .
figure during the campaign. but Stone
farm there is, and first rate one, too.
Mr.. Stone says his farm is eight miles
from Nevada It used to be eight miles,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27
Plants Without Roots.

On first thought one would say that
it was as much of an impossibilily for
plant of any kind TO grow without
roots as it would be for any tree, vine
OF plant to bear fruit without first hav-
ing blossoms. There are, nevertheless,
several well-kuown exceptions to the
general rule in this rs we'll as in other
matters. The largest species of root
less plants are the ''sea weeds" of the
Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.
In plants of the sea weed kind the
structure varies considerably, some
being merely microscopic vcsicles,
while others have vines and stems as
large as the average forest trees.
Some writer's even claim that Macri-
cystis, a sea weed of the South
Pacific, often grows to be 20 10 so
feet in diameter and 1900 to 2000 feet
in length. In no case do any of these
have roots, in the p roper sense, their
mourishment being absorbed from the
water by all parts alike.
Other smaller but perhaps better
known species of rootcss plants are
SIENNA or duck meat, water house
leek, a Georgia plant resembling
garden lettuce, and the common fus-
Gus of the Gulf of Mexico. The
witch plant, which is the astonishment
of the native Australians as well as
the foreigners, resembles our COM
mon plantain in the matter of leaf.
Six or eight of these leaves, some
times an inch and ihree-quarlers
broad and five inches long, often
spring from a single STOOL" which
sits on fiat bare spot without the
least sign of rootl Several well at
tested maryels of plant life could be
mentioned, but tfeir addition would
make this article too long for this de-
partment. -[st. Louis Republic.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27
Africa's Greatest Pest.

All white men who visit regions in
Africa infested by the tsetsc fly have
much to say about it, There is now
evidence that the tsetso is moving
gradually to more northern regions,
aud the cause is supposed to be that
South Africa is depleted of its large
game, much of which is moving
northward to get away from hunters,
and the tsetse fly goes with it.
The insect is only little larger
than the ordinary house fly, and it re-
sembcs the honey-bcc. It's sting is
hardly so annoying as that of a mos
quito, but near the base Of its pro-
boscis is little bag which contains its
poison 1t lives on the blood of ami
mails, aud only few species are fa-
tally affected by It's bite. Cattle,
horses and dogs, however, cannot live
when bitten with the tsctse fly. Ma
tives who herd cattle and travellers
who deneFd on horses or oxen must
avoid the fly regions or lose their
stock. For human beings its bite has
no serious consequences.
Mr.. Swan. missionary in Katanga.
near the western head waters of the
Congo, says that recently the butfaloes
of South Africa, which differ from
those of the Congo, have been moving
northward into the Katanga country.
Ii is to the buffalo that the English
missionary attributes the prevalence
of the tsetse III Katanga. When
Lieut.. Lo Marinel went to Katanga,
more than year ago, he took dozen
head of cattle, intending TO leave
them at the station there and raise a
large herd. The tsetsc was too much
for them, however, and i'll short
time only two of the cattle remained.
Sometimes the poison kills the vic
tim in week or ten days. At other
times the animal fingers along for
several months. The symptoms are
those of blood poisoning. White men
in Africa express the opinion that
with the gradual disappearance of
large game tie tsetse will vanish. If
it does not, it will be impossible to
carry on many enterprises that would
certainly thrive in some regions now
infested by The fly New York Sun.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27
The Innkeeper and His Theory.

At political meeting in Kansas
CITY the other day Ex-Governor Crit
tenden told story of an old tavern
keeper whose fond theory it was that
every 1000 years came the exact rcpe-
ttion cf events that had occurred on
the same date 1000 years before.
Two graceess scamps, filled with the
hosts good cheer, sought TO weaken
his dependence on this theory by say
ing that they would pay their bill on
that day 1000 years. "No, You don't"
he said; "you're the same fellows
that we're here 1000 years ago and
promised the same thing."-[Kansas
City Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27

secretly burned them in tho saneium
fire. AS it was, it was too late for
any such sly system of double deal
ing.
Blanche was at home, sitting ahong
the splendor that was to be hers so
brief a time now, aad her bright, up
ward look, as he entered, went to his
very heart.
81 feel like Crookback Richard" he
thought, 'going 10 murder the inno-
cent little princes in the Tower"
And when he told her, as gently as
hc could, that tho stories and poetry
would not pass muster, she burst into
tears.
Mr.. Rubcns could not endure those
bright sparkling drops.
"BlanchcI" he faltcrcd, "don't cry.
Dear Blanche, it is not worth i'll"
Aud before they parted that even
ing, Blanche Ainslic had half prom
ised TO consider the possibility of
accepting the editors love, since the
editor could not accept her contribu-
tions.
"Thc idea of supporting yourself is
very ridiculous" said Karl. "Its a
great deal better to let mo support
YOU"
And so Blanche Ainslio became an
editors wife and the happicst of little
matrons, and to this day Karl keeps
the little packet that was respectfully
declined. 1.-THE Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27
Cause of yarnegatlOn of Leaves.

The varicga.cd color Of leaves, al In
some kinds of geraniums and tie
coleus, is believed to DO due to some
kind of disease Or defective growth.
This variegalion is called spoiaine,
and is not propagaicd by seeds, but
only by cuttings of tho plant. In tho
case mentioned, in which a variegatcd
gcranium, Gut back TO tho ground.
throws up ! number of new stems. of
which soihebcar green leaves aud the
others white ones, tho sporting takes
another form, and as these stems all
proceed from buds in the main stem
some Of the buds arc evidently stronger
than thc others, but why.ihey should
exactly alternate it is difficult even 10
suggest. II may be possible, however.
that dhe plant SO severely cutback has
male anaiural effort TO survive the
injary aud has produced more Wig
.orous gr@wth from some of the buds,
aud these more vigorous stems bear
tho green leaves. There are often
cases analogous 10 this which 60 to
show that plants possess the same
power as animals to make an unusual
effort to exist under unfavor-
able circumstances, and this seems to
be an instance Of this class. The green
stems are the larger because they are
the strongest aud this is also the reason
why they arc green. A curious case
ALI ID to this occurred in the writer's
experiences lately. A potato which had
pretty purple striped blossom, but
which had never been known TO bear
q seed ball, had a boom cut for a
bouquet and aflerward was set in the
ground in the garden. 1t took root
and made seed ball and a small po-
tato at the ROOT. Here was a case of
natures effort to survive aud pcrpetu-
ale the plant under unusually depress-
ing circumstances. At least we look
at it in that way. And as the tuber
was a very weak one, the small plant
produced seed ball with seed.
York Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27
Trust should BE Mutual.

"Boss, said an aged colored man to
a former employer CT his, Jefferson
avenue merchant, Saturday, Il wish
you'd lend me fo' dollars. We hain't
got no coal nor uuffin' to eat.
why should | lend you s4?" was
the reply; "how do l know you will
ever pay it?"
"I'll pay it suah, boss, jest as suah
as yer bawn, when ! gets it,"
But how do | know you'll ever get
it, Sam?" said the merchant: Il don't
believe | ought to trust you"
Hadn't ought to trus me, boss. >
said the old negro, reproachfully.
"why, boss, if | had a thousand dol
lars I'd tru5 you wid every cent Of
it.
The argument was irresistible and
brought the so dollars. Detroit
Free Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27
Housekeeping in London.

An American taking house in Lon
don will learn that she will have to keep
more servants in tho old ccuntry than IN
the new. These servants are trained,
and one who is willing 10 engage TO DO
many things is usually willing to take
such a position because she is iEcomPe-
tent in everything.
A small family there would keep
cook ctsmbcrmaid and waitress.
The washing would be put out, and
charwoman would be called in once o
week to help with he cleaning and clear
ing up. A very good cook can be had
for 800 year. IA chnmbernaid tor sou,
and smart waitress for $50.
The charwoman will be paid two shil-
lings, or fifty cents day, and given her
beer and food. The washing for such a
family will cost from $3 TO 81 week.
In America such family would have
two ON ,n-one cook who would also
wash an il on, and ano;h as chamber
maid an | waitress
The servants we have here do more,
but they do it more roughly, and are
totally deficient in shat silent subservience
which makes the framed English domes-
tic perform tie usual household duties
with automatic celebrity Generally you
have a goater number of servants thero
than here.
There the servants do not expect TO
eat just what is provided for tie family
Not at all When the marketing -
done, special thugs are bought for the
servants, and they have table for theiS
own, the meals being served at differ
ent hour, and the quality of the fool very
much less in cost They eat very little
meat, most of it salt; the cheapest kind
Of fish, and then they have potatoes and
greens and puddings with treacle, and
they are pro o5ided with beer, unless in
engaging servants it is stipulated that
the engh ghgement is without beer.
%Good housekeeping
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Theory and PRACTICE.

He was reading aloud in the family
circle and laid down the paper to
emphasize what he had just read.
q believe with the writer of that
sentiment that singing should be
taught to a child as soon as it can
speak-Good heavens! What is that
awful noise in the next room?"
"That is the baby singing said
his wife And he went to the club to
finish the article he was reading. Il
Detroit Free Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27
PORT TOBACCO, MARYLAND. MAY 27, 1892.
SsIaugh n Little Bit"

Here 81 a motto just your fit:
"L7ush little Bit"
When you think you re trouble hit,
"Laugh little Bit"
Look Misfortune in the face,
Brave the beldam's rude grimacc;
Ten to one I viii yield its place
II you have the grit aud wit
just to laugh little Bit.
Keep your face with sunshine ht,--
Laugh little bit"
Gloomy shadows of will fit
II you have wit and grit
just to laugh little bit.
Cherish this rs sacred writ
Laugh a little bit"
Keep it with you, sample it,
Laugh a little b t."
Little ills will sure betdc you,
Fortune may not sit beside you,
Men may mock aud Fame deride you,
But you II mind them not whit
II you laugh lite bit.
ID Edmund V. Cook, in st. Nicholas.
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YouYs very truly,
A/z<al4 IA1I

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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27
A Lazy Waiter.

An English fellow-traveler, with
whom / was returning from Dublin to
Bradford. said to me:
"Really those fellows are a queer
lot. In Morrison's Hotel, where ! was
staying, there was poor waiter, SO ill
that he could hardly crawl about, and
| said of him Gas he stood on the steps
TO see me off to the carman: That
poor fellow looks shockingly ilin Inl
Sure he's been dead these two months,
only he's too lazy TO close his eyes! .
New York Mercury.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27

A stone comparatively little known
by tie general public, but made very
popular through the reptile craze, is
the olivines, also known as green gar
net. 1t belongs to the chrysolile
family, and in tho smaller sizes they
are found in better colors than the
emerald, and hence are more in de-
mand. They show to particular adj
vantage in the bullfrogs, which are
literally covered with them. the only
exception being diamond eyes, and on
somo of them gold feet. i New York
Recorder.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-27
How TO Get Fat.


Are you painfully thin? Do you
ever stand before your mirror and
heave sigh of regret at your lack of
roundness of face an form which is
so apparentg If you do so you may
find consolation at hearing of system
of '.agtting sn nesh' as employed
witA% results by number
of people. EAffiy You 60 TO bed and
allow yourself to be fed up. In TWEEN
ty-four hours you have eight glasses
of milk with cream and three hugo
meals. That the fattening effect of all
this food may not be allowed TO be
worked off you are allowed to make
no excrtion. Everything short of the
process Of mastica ion is done for you
You don't even wash yourself. Be-
sides being washed You are massagcd
and rubbed with oil.
The last operation is an ineligible
part of the process of putting on fat,
but not quite 50 clear as the electric
ily. This sort of thing is done con,
tinuously for three months, and the
woman who has gone through the
operation that she may make more
presentable Ggure gets mp with light
cr heart and body perhaps two stone
heavier. Some women go through
this process for the cnrc of nervout
complaints. Do you think you would
be willing TO submit TO this treatment
for the sake of acquiring plumpncss
which YOU do not now posscss?- De-
troit Free Press.