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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-20

By virtue and authority of special ex-
ecution issued from the office of the clerk
OF the circuit court Of Iron county. Mis-
souri,, and to me. the undersigned sheriff,
directed, in favor of the slate of Missouri,
at the relation and TO the use of p. w.
Whitworth, collector of the revenue for
Iron county. Missouri. plaintiff. and against
w. L. Hill and j. S. Jordan
and all unknown interested parties,
defendants, bearing date October 4thH
1892, and returnable to the October
term, 1892, thereof, | have levied upon
and seized the following described real
estate and property, lying and being in
Iron county, Missouri. as the property of
said defendants. described as follows, to
wit:
The southwest quarter of the southeast
quarter of section Is. township "a, range 2
east;
And will, on
Wednesday, October %, 1892,
at the east front door OF the courthouse in
the city of Ironton. Iron county. Missouri.
between the hours of o'clock ia the fore
noon and O'Clock in the afternoon of
that day, and during the session of the
circuit court, sell, at public yendue, all
the right. title, claim, estate and prop
erty of the said defendants, of, in and to
the above described real estate and prop
erty, for cash in hand, to the highest
bidder, to satisfy said execution and
costs-or so much thereof as may be nee
essary to satisfy the same.
WALTER II. FISHER, Sheriff.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-20

Auditorium ,50xS7 feet. stage, 22x37 feet,
with opening or proscenium 16 :6x12. Two
dressing-rooms, one on either side of stage,
and alarge room underneath. Four Scenes
Street, Wood Kitchen and Parlor-in grooves
Fitted with all ordinary appurtenances. Hal
seated with chairs, and gallery with benches
Seating capacity about 500.
The towns of Ironton, Pilot Knob and
Arcadia, with a population of 200. are
the centre.
Forterms. etc. ,applvto
w. T. GAY, Superintendent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-20

The system of education pursued In this
institution is designed to develop the moral
intellectual and physical powers of the ut
pills; to make them refined, accomplished
and useful members of society.
Pupils Of sill denominations are equally re-
ed-allinterference with their convictioEs
being carefully avoided.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-20
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, COrns, and all Skin Eruptions:
and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction, or money refunded
-Rrice Is cents per qox. For sale byP.
P. Crisp.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-15

an eight He whistled and passed his fin
gers through his hair.
He weakened his hand" said he.
What was the meaning of that?"
The meaning is that he was trying to
lose. Dad"
Upon my word. sir, now that come to
think of 1t am convinced that Miss Low
ell is perfectly correct" said Captain Aus
ten. That would explain why he sug-
gested high points, why he played such
vile game, and why, when he found he had
such good cards in his hand that he could
not help winning, he thought himself
justified in getting rid of some of them
For some reason or other he was trying to
lose.'
Good Lord" groaned the colonel.
what can say to put matters straight"
and he made tor the door.
And so our little card scandal in the
Carabiniers was brought to an honorable
surmlsed. Ever since the colonels
financial nisfortunes his comrades
one thought had been TO convey
help to him, but finding 1t
absolutely impossible to do it directly he
had tried 1t by means of the card table.
Finding his efforts continually foiled by
the run of good cards in his hands he had
broken our usual calm by his clumsey at
tempts to weaken himself However,
American railway bonds are up to 81 now,
owing to the providental death of the
American millionaire. and the colonel is
no longer IN need of any mans help. The
major soon torgave him for his mistake
and for time we hoped that Violet would
have been the pledge of reconciliation
and no match would have been more pop
ular in the regiment-but she DESTROYED the
symmetry Of things by marrying young
Madras staff Corps man, home on leave, so
our senior major is still a bachelor and
likely 10 remain so. CONAN DOYLE.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-15
MATERIALS OF A STORY.

met friend Of mine the other day
Upon the platform OF a West End car;
We shook hands, and my friend began to say
Quickly, as If he were not going far,
last summer something rather IN your way
Came to my knowledge. ! was asked to see
A young man who had come to talk with me
Because was clergyman. and he
Told me at once that be had served his time
In the states prison for heinous crime,
And was Just out. lie had no friends, or none
To speak of: and he seemed far gone
With bad cough. He said he had not done
The thing. They ali say that You cannot tell.
He might not have been guilty OF IT. Wei,
What lie now wanted was some place 70 stay,
And work that he could do. i managed II
With no great trouble. And then, there began
The straDgest thing ever knew. The man
Who showed no other signs OF g weak wit
Was hardly settled in his place a week
When he came around to see me, and to speak
About his lodging. What the matter was
lie could not say, or would not tell the cause,
But he must leave that place; he could not bear
To stay. found another room, but there
After another week no could not stay.
Again placed him, aud he came 70 say
At the weeks end that he must go away.
SO II went on, week after week, aud then
At last made him tell me. Ii appears
That bis imprisonment of fifteen years
Had worn so deep into the wretchs brain
That any place he happened 70 remain
Longer than one day in began 20 seem
His prison and all over again 70 him.
And when the thing had got into this shape,
He was quite frantic till ne could escape.
Curious, not it, Aad tragical-"
...Iragica!? believe you'll Was that all?
What has become Of him." "Oh be is dead.
] told some people of him, and We made
4 decent funeral for him. At the end
II came out that his mother was alive
An outcast-and she asked our leave to attend
The ceremony. and then asked US to give
The silver coffin plate, carved with his name,
And the flowers, to her" THAT was touching.
She
Had that much good left her in her .nfsmy."
"Why, I don't knowl / think she sold the
things,
".
That ne had left, aud drank But as to
blame.
Good-day to your My friend stepped down
" D. HolpeiLs.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-15

ruptcy would be the old mans death blow;
but he was fonder still of the chiefs
daughter-none of Us ever knew how
much so. for ne VAS shy, silent man,
and, in his English fashion, he hid away
his emotions as though they were shame
ful vices. Yet. with all his care we got
a little peep at his heart, if only through
his gray eyes when he looked at her.
and we knew that he was very fond of
our Violet
The chief used to go TO his own room
after mess, and whoever wished was well
come TO follow him there. Major Erring-
ton always went, and the two would play
ecarte by the hour, while we others either
made a four of whist or smoked and looked
on. 1t was worth looking at. too. The
chief was q very fine ecarte player, and
they were doing all they knew, for they
had taken to playing high points. OF
course, the chief, bankruptcy or no. was
always ready TO plank down whatever he
had in his pocket upon the turn of n card.
But it was something new in Errington.
There had been a time when he had re-
fused 10 play for money at all. Now
ne closed at once with every chai-
lenge, and even seemed to goad his op-
ponent on to higher stakes still. And he
played with the air of a man who was
anxious about the game-too anxious to be
quite good form, considering that there
was money upon the table. lie was Hut
tered and unlike himself. and more than
once he misplaced the cards completely:
but still luck was absolutely in his favor
and he won. IL went against us TO see the
old man, who had been so hard hit, losing
money which he needed badly to the rich
est man in the regiment; but still the
major was the soul OF honor and II he did
it there must be some very good reason
behind it all.
But there was one Of our subalterns who
was not so sure about that. Second Lieu
tenant Peterkin was young and small and
newly Joined, but ne was as keen as razor
edge, with the wits of a racing tout of fifty
orammed into boys body. He had made
a book himself at p, ridden winner at 10
and owned one at l3, so that by the time
he came our way he was as blase and
shrewd and knowing as any man in the
corps. But he had pluck and he was good
humored. so We all got along with him
pretty well until he had breathed the first
word of suspicion against our major.
1t was in the billiard room one morning,
and there were six of us there, all subal-
terms except Austen, who was the Junior
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-15

screen his hands from rs. Austen gave
his neighbor a nudge and We all craned
our necks hand whisked over the pack
and Peterkin smiled.
The chief played a knave and the major
took it with queen. As he put forward
his hard TO pick up the trick the colonel
sprang suddenly out of his chair with an
OATH
Lift up your sleeve, sir" he cried; "by
God, YOU have card under ii y
The major had sprung up also, and his
chair toppled backward on the floor. We
were all on our feet, but neither OF the
men had q thought for US. The colonel
leaned forward with his thick, red finger
upon card which lay face downward upon
the table. The major stood perfectly COM
posed, but tribe paler than usual.
Il observe that there was card there,
SIR said he, but surely you do not mean
to insinuate that"
The colonel threw his hand down upon
the table
Its not the first time" said he
DO you imagine that would take an
unfair advantage of you?"
why, | saw you slip the card from the
pack-saw 1t with my own eyes"
" You should have known me better
after said Major rh Erriagton
known me better and that You should
have been less ready TO come to such
conclusion. | have the honor to wish you
good evening. SIR" He bowed very gravely
and coldly and walked from the room.
But he had hardly closed the door when
the curtains at the other end, which
separated the card room from the little
recess where Miss Lowell was pouring out
our coffee, were opened. and she stepped
through. She had not thought for any
of us, but walked straight un to her father.
Il couldn't help hearing you, Dad"
said she, Il am sure that you have done
him cruel injustice"
II have done him no injustice. Captain
Austen, you were watching. You will bear
me out"
Yes, sir, saw the whole affair. I not
only saw the card taken. but saw which
it was that he discarded from his hand
1t was this one" He leaned forward and
turned up the top card.
That oner' shouted the chief; "why,
that is the king of trumps.'
$50 1t is"
''But who in his senses would discard the
king OF trumps; what did he exchanged
He turned up the card on the table. 1t was
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-15
Chronic Diseases SkIlfuIly Treated.

Chronic Diseases Skilfully Treated.
DR.. L. G. Johnson has returned from
New York city with special facilities fos
the treatment of all classes of Chronia
Maladies
While there he procured the most mod
ern electrical appliances, including the
HotfmanVan Houton Electro Therapeu.
tic Cabinet Bath" a valuable adjunct IN
the treatment of Chronic Ailments; alsos
Pneumatic Cabinet" the latest and moss
successful method of treatment for Dis
eases of the Lungs.
These cabinets. the only two in ths
state, used as accessories to the best
methods of treatment given at the Post.
Graduate and other leading New York
hospitals and clinics, enable Dr. Johnssn
to treat, with the best results obtainable,
all the Chronic. Nervous and Special Dig
eases, including all Diseases of the Lungs
all Kidney Diseases. Diseases of the Liver.
Dyspepsia, all Skin and Blood Diseases
rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, all
forms OF Female Diseases, Rectal Diseases
Genito-urinary Diseases. Nervous DEBILITY
and ali ailments arising from a Weakened
Nervous System.
ONCE, rooms 5, 8 and 7, Scheuermaa
block. northwest corner Front and CherT
streets, Seattle. Wash.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-15
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the Innui.ition.

as lie lay stretched upon the rack Yet reople
whose hearts are neither as hard a. the netacr
u.l!stone. nor whose fnrtlIuae IS excessive
often have 10 pity on themselves voluntarily
incur lifelong torJure by neglect Rheumatism
t3t Aost sc r z!pg and obstIaate ol complaints
= perhaps more frequently neglected in IL IN.
c!tltGeS IMAM any Other. the preliminary
twlHces being SCI down to the credit Of 81. Geld
II '-e Bones which viii pass away @. Itself.
S.AS1iSs 5atuitF-I4tal deIuziou Hosjetsers
Stomach hltsers e = potent safeGlsrd against
The terrible auFoais OF this iusldious and danger
o-s mas k--iaEgerot;s because OF - proGeaess
L. atIAck me heart, she seat of liza Neuralgia
i al" caectGai,y couateFactei and relieved. hv
tae biti@Es Malaria. kidney complaints De
b,I'y -DlSe>slon billion sDess, Ia grippe, loss %
appetite ana TIRE Inability Ia sleep are among the
compls!2ts sTad.cao.s with this genial cor
ESNfYe.
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THE LIVING DYNAMO.
addressed to Edward Everett Hale on his 10Th
r,bH

lauulesseu 10 EdWard Everett Hale on his 10Th
birthday
Night after night the incandescent are
Has fought it's dazzling battle with the dark
our doubtful paths with purest ray illumed
Untired. undlmrled, answering, uuconsumed,
slender wire the living light conveys
That sta-tles midnight with its MONDAY blaze
Through that same channel streams the giant
force
That wnlrls the wheels along their cIanking
course.
When, ike a mail clad monster. DER the plain.
With clash and clamor sweeps the broomstick
train.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-15
WE LEAD

The Chicago. Union Pacific & Northwestern
l.ae 4eAis ai com petition. short lines quickes.
tine. union cepots. solid vextibaied trains 20
Shleago, no Se2stloGs js.sys OF changes at the
Missouri. river.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-15


Its double heritage OF light and power?
AK OF the motoFman-he ought to know
And he Will tell you. From the dynamo"
And what again, the dynamo insp ires'
"A mighty engine, urged by ouickeuiug fires"
hen behold that large. untlr!ng brain,
hicb seventy winters have asssied IN vain
Ioulng. still toiijng at It's endless task
With patience such Is SisypAUs might ask
! o Hood the paths OF ignorance with light,
/ speed me progress OF the struggling right,
It, burning pulses borrowed from q heart
1 haE claims IN every grief a brothers. part,
Ny lips repeat with reverence, Even So
This is IN truth living Dynamo!"
BE ours 70 heed is lessons while we nav.
look tp Tor Light 10 guide our devious way
LOOK forward ocavely, look not weakly back
l he past - done vita, mind the coming track:
Look n with searching eye ana courage stout.
bat " hen temptation comes. look out look ont,
Heaven grant all blessings time and earth can
give
To him = hose life has taught Us how 70 live.
Ilsl on the golden diaI OF tha spheres
The twentieth century counts lis gathering
years.
While many birthday tells its cheerful tale.
And the round hundFelsh s1nus Al halt All
aal4. -~tslrfr Htadfit H1iwfs
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-15

J. Wells, one of .our negroes who killed n
NJ. Justice, white man, for fancied grievance
on Tuesday night, at Goodwill Nd, was lynched
by mob on Wednesday
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-15

Many a life has been lost
because of the taste of cod.
liver oil.
If SCOTS Emulsion did
nothing more than take that
taste away, it would save the
lives of SOME at least Of those
that put off too long the
means of recovery.
1t does more. 1t is half.
digested already. 1t slips
through the stomach as if by
stealth. 1t goes to make
strength when cod-liver oil
would be a burden.
SCOTT & BowSs. Chemists. I3a South sth Avenue,
New York.
Your drugg,s, keeps Scott. Emulsion Of eod-l,vse
eil-all druggists everywhere DO. u.
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CLEANSE THE BLOOD

as Swih's Specific. 1t heirs nature to relieS
the body, and at the same time tone it NJ.
Mr.. RALPH ELKINS lives at MarionsviD.
Mo-, and is successful farmer. He saws
that he has been great sufferer from impui.
ties Of the blood, which made his limbs sin
and gave him pain in the lungs, but that lss
took Swift's Specific and it soon relieved
entirely.
Treatise on blood and skin diseases maild {
free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-15
In THE SPRING.

In the vegetable kingdom, the sap or vial
fluid rises from the roots to the trunk and
branches, producing leaf and flower. Sojn
the human family, the change is as great, sr
the blood, if not in good condition, ms.
throw off its Impurities. In this it is necs,
sary to assist nature, and nothing is so roodn
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-15

They are the ONLY RELIABLE VEGE.
TABLE LIVER PILL SOLD They are
PERFECTLY HARMLESS; They are
RIIEEI.N &c ri IRX THifNI
Mower County transcript., 1892-01-20
Tho Cl,,,go Free state.

July 30, 1890, u treaty was signed 1t
Brussels by seventeen powers, including
the United States, FOR the suppression Of
the African slave trade. The means
depended on for suppressing the slave
hunting horrors were strongly fortified
stations placed at suitable distances
apart in the interior Of Africa. The sta
tions were to be apportioned among the
powers rs they agreed, and the powers
were further to aid in the construction
Of railways, the establishment Of steam
boat lines, telegraphs and other improve
ments Of civilization. Cannibalism was
also to be suppressed, and the natives
were to be instructed in agriculture and
taught civilization as far as possible.
The treaty likewise contained prohibi-
tions in regard to Intoxicating drinks
and firearms.
It can be seen with half an eye that
this treaty meant nothing less than the
ultimate parceling out and possession of
Africa among the powers The question
was whether it was better to civilize
Africa in this way and gain for the
powers the benefit Of the vast and rich
resources of the great continent, or to
let it alone as it was, savage wilder
ness tenanted by cannibals and slave
hunters. The powers decided to try the
civilizing scheme. 1t was the parceling
out Of Africa among European powers
that made the United States senate hesi.
tate from July, 1890, to the present time
in the matter Of ratifying the treaty.
Finally, however, it has been agreed to,
with an amending statement in tho rati.
flying act to the effect that in approving
the treaty the senate did not thereby ap.
prove the wisdom. expediency or lawful.
ness of establishing protectorates in Afri
ca. The treaty was ratified, however
and we were the last OF the seventeen
powers to do it, We are now bound tc
help root out the African slave trade.
At the same time the senate ratified
the agreement with the sixteen powers
it also ratified IA treaty Of commerce with
the Congo Free State, whose flag the
United States recognized as far back a:
1884. Our bread. meats and machinery
can now go into the Congo Free State on
the most favored nation basis. If we can
not hold our own against the European
powers we ought to be shut out forever
from this free negro state.
Mower County transcript., 1892-01-20
10 Reporters.

You are Turning quite too much into
this businesa Of fakes. You write and
publish rs actual local occurrences
things that you evolve altogether out Of
your own imagination. Then when
charitable people or curious people 60 to
the house You Indicate in your story
they will find likely us not there is no
such house there. aud il there was such
. house the people you tell about
wouldn't be living in it. Over and again
this happens. probably a Thousand times
q week in our republic. Then the peo-
pie who have been fooled vow they will
never read copy Of that lying old
Wriggler again. And very often they
never do.
The city editor winks at this bust
ness when the fake is good one, and
pays the writer Often he knows it
Is not true, not a word Of it, but it is
good story, and he sacrifices the truth
to we'll told lie. For it is lie, a thun-
dering great lie and nothing else, when
you print rs actual occurrences local
stories that you have made every word
of out Of your own head. Some day an
indignant citizen will come in and hurl
anathenas Of wrath at the head of the
city editor for one Of these bogus locals,
and bring Il lawsuit besides. Then you
will be fired in flash from your place
and cannot get one on any other paper
because you are such notorious liar.
II yon are correspondent at Wash
mgton,s Or some city where there is
large number of celebrities. and find
yourself in want of Il bit of personal
gossip about any of them, don't hesitate
moment for a small thing like that.
Make one; make it up whole, and the
uglier, more i'll natured and shadier it
is the better. Send it to your paper as
great piece of news. All the world will
read it, and you will pocket your money
for it before the celebrity has time to
correct it. and your money is all you
care for. But one of these days the
bottom will drop out altogether, and
nobody will believe anything that you,
your paper or any other newspaper or
correspondent says about anything or
anybody. Enterprising journalism will
be hurled at one fell swoop into region
where paper burns very quickly.
Aren't you ashamed of yourselves?
Mower County transcript., 1892-01-20
Will This Great Invention Go?

Albert Edelmann. by birth Pole, by
profession mechanical engineer. is
patenting II process that he claims will
revclutionize the worlds fuel. His
claims have already been favorably con-
sidereA in the Washington patent Office.
Mr.. Ede!lnann observed long time ago
the great quantities of Ignite On the
earth's surface. Lignite is an inferior
kind Of coal which nobody wants and
which lies around in the way. Lignite
is believed to be coal formed at later
period than the other coal on the earth
A ripening process, something like that
which ripens apples in the sun, must
take place in the Ignite coal before it
will be fit for fuel, and centuries must
pass before the operation is completed.
Edelmann racked his brain and
searched the earth for chemicals which
could do quickly what earth and air re-
quire ages to complete. Then he could
in few hours or days turn Ignite into
first class fuel. He observed, he said,
that the soil possessed magnetic power
which drew heat If he could get to-
gether plants that contained in great
degree the elements of heat, gas and fire,
dry and reduce them to powder, mix
them with the powdered Ignite and
then under tremendous pressure force
the whole mass into brick shaped solids,
he would have magnificent fuel that
could be produced at a cost Of one dollar
a ton. This Mr.. Edelmann declares he
has done and that his new fuel burns
without smoke. Let us all hope this
good story is true.