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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19
VETERANS OF The WORLD.


Amaxons.
The inhabitants of Dahomey are Ger.
talnly unique enough in their manners
and customs to warrant the profound
interest OF the anthropologist, but the
chief interest the world takes in them
now is confined to the hope that they
Will not be allowed much longer to
practice the awful enormities for which
they have become famous. To kill and
torture is to them the keenest pleasure.
The office of executioner is a post of
honor to which only the richest in the
land dare aspire, and, as a matter of
course, the weather. the executioner
the better the opportunity for satisfy
ing his brutal instincts There
Is no doubt whatever that France
will crush the kingdom of Dahomey.
whether it be now or in the early fu-
ture, but the chances are that France
may yet have some very serious obsta-
cles to overcome. With all their brut.
ish instincts, the Dahomey negro is far
above the ordinary intelligence of the
common African black. He will fight
until he falls, and so will his sisters.
for the Amazons, or women warriors of
Dahomey, are world-famed.
Besides beng warriors, the inhabi-
tants of this kingdom are the best dis
clpiined OF the African tribes and
proudly proclaim themselves veterans
OF the WORLD" this, from having had
innumerable conflicts with France,
England and other nations. As
their king insists on success in
battle or death to the sur
vivors in case of defeat, the
Dahomey warriors never confess de-
feat, but fight while they have breath
left in them. Shortly before the COM
mencement of this war several French
civilians were captured by the Daho-
meyans. and, strange to relate, given
their liberty. These former captives
picked up a great deal of information
concerning the habits and customs of
this war-like tribe.
The most singular institution Of
Dahomey is the female army, or Anna
IONS, as they are called, 1t is some-
what uncertain when they were intro
duced as warriors, but it is thought
that the honor of having organized the
first band of these ferocious creatures
belongs to Agajah. the fourth king of
Dahomey. Under the present king
the Amazons have attained their
highest degree of efficiency in
discipline and numbers and in the
most cruel savageness. The MEM
beers of this unsexed army of viragos
are as conceitedly vain of their ability
to torture and cut the heads off their
victims as their more civilized, Strong
minded" sisters are of their ''manly"
qualities
The recruiting of the Amazonian
army is simple. The king issues decree
summoning every subject to present his
daughters, above a certain age, at
court upon an appointed day. Then
he selects the most promising of the
''best families and creates them Off
GERS, while the lower orders are made
soldiers The children of slave parents
become the slaves of the Amazons
within the palace, and the remainder
are returned to their parents. OF the
selected, many are given to deserving
soldiers as wives, and every three years
similar conscription of the daughters
of the land is made, while all the chill
dren of Amazonian women are Amazons
from birth.-Chicago Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19
PlTH AND POINT.


-A-ssWhy are they so slow ABBOTT
finishing your new house?n BE
cause they arc building it out of Phila-
delphi;. brick. suppose. r-Columbia
Spectator.
The wolf and the lamb lie down to-
gether: but it is always the wolf that
makes the proposition. and he is liable
to get hungry the moment he feels
wicked IN. @. Picayune-
Tommy Figg-ss Sisters bean kicked
my dog yesterday. but got even with
him, you bet" Johnny Briggs1..How?'
81 mixed quinine with her face pow
der. Journal
Yes" assented Mrs Smith, ssshe
has pretty face, but think that it
has rather hard expression. don't
your That's because her complexion
is enameled. "-Ruffalo Express.
~ am getting quite heavy" re-
marked the coal-dealcr. you don't
look it" rejoined the sarcastic person.
Haven't you been weighing yourself
on your own scales?'-Washing
Star.
You know that story told you
about Harry and myself in conf
dcncee'' Yes" ssWell, it's all over
town. 81 don't see how it ever got
ont. / only told ten or dozen peo-
ple.'-Harper's Bazaar.
The March of Intellect-Father
(rebukingly)-s was q little boy
/ never thought of asking such ques.
tons" Tommy (the youngest)-"Ah.
but papa, when you was a little boy /
Editor Outwest-"Have you seen
that the Merchant of Venice is adj
vertised all over the town." Bicycles
eyes. SIR" Editor Outwest-''Well,
why in thunder haven't you tried to
get him to advertise with us?'-Inter-
Ocean.
my boy studies very hard. Mr.
Carter, and vet his reports are most
discouraging" ''The trouble is, Mr..
James, that John always knows his
Greek in the Latin hour, and when the
Greek hour comes he is ready with his
mathematics '-Harper's Bazaar.
Not His IdeaL-Patent Medicine
Doctor-''Take some of my preparation
and you will be cured" Patient-''And
Their will look like those men whose
pictures appear in the papers?" Doc
tor -'Er-yes; presume So" Patient
Then don't want to be cured."-
Puck.
How He Returned.-sI remem Der as
well as if it only happened yesterday,
that in my younger days I once walked
twenty miles at a stretch for the pur-
pose Of thrashing a hated rival" 'sAnd
did you return on fot t?'' 'sNo. they
brought me back in an ambulance
La Epoca.
-Velox-'My dear, I read here that
man was fired at by a burglar last
night, and his life was saved by the
bullet striking against button of his
clothes Mrs. V. fsnappishly)-
''weu, what of that, pray?" Velox-
"Oh. nothing; except that the button
must have been on."-Drake's Maya
zine.
He Wasn't in It.-Seeker-''You
know Buggins, of course? Yes? Well,
did you know he had lately taken to
horseback riding as a pastime?" Sage
nan-"oh, yes; saw him in the act
this morning.. Seeker-"How does he
appear in the saddle?" Sageman-
Couldn't say. When he passed the
house he wasn't in the saddle enough
to give me a chance to boston
Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19
Not Fifty Dollars an Acre. but Fifty
Dollars a Square Foot.

The Post estate, sold to the CONT
mental Fire Insurance. Co. Nos A to -
Cedar street. plot containing about
6.100 square feet, together with the
three four-story old buildings thereon.
for $500, 600. The company will improve
the plot by the erection of modern
Office building. The figure paid by the
Continental, about $50 square foot on
Cedar street. Is considered q remarkably
good price.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19
ELABORATE FEASTS.

In Venice People Gilded Oysters, and In
England They Ate for Hours.
It was the vogue at one time in
Venice to glide the roles of bread and
the oysters on the supper table. The
candles were also coated with gold.
We read of dinners of state which
lasted four hours Something of their
nature may be discerned in the brill
liant pictures of Veronese. which, seen
in Venice, give Us so vivid an idea of
Venetian life three or four centuries
ago. There were. of course, also ban
quets of quite exceptional lavishness
in honor of the distinguished guests
who were constantly drawn into the
vortex of Venetian gayety.
In 1852 the Patriarch of Aquileia
feted Ranuecio Farnese, the pope's
nephew, in his palace on the Guidecca.
The rooms were decked with extraor-
binary sumptuousness, cloth of gold,
paintings, and Examinations adding to
the effect produced by the Patriarch's
coats Among the guests were twelve
gentlemen in fancy marine costume Of
green satin with red lining, wearing
caps of the same colors, and each ac-
companied by a lady dressed in white.
This repast also lasted four hours,
varied by music and the professional
entertainers of the day. 1t ended with
the cutting up of certain large pies,
from which live birds few out into the
room. The guests strove with each
other to catch those birds
But, perhaps. the most expensive
banquet ever given in Venice was that
~
toasted in the great hall of the Doge's
palace, and there were silver plates for
three thousand guests At another
time the same monarch was enter
tanned at a sugar banquet The nap
kins. plates. knives. forks, and even the
bread $50 called) were all of sugar.
The Venetians were nightly pleased
when Henry took his napkin in his
hand, and, to his surprise, found that
it broke to pieces At this feast one
thousand two hundred and sixty differ
emit dishes were served. and three hum
dred sugar effigies were distributed
among the ladies'
Whatever might have been said
against the Venetians. they were hos
pitable people-this, too. in small as
well as in great matters. When. for
for example. in 1476. an ambassador
from the khan of Tartary visited the
city, and it was known that the kahn
and his suite carried but one shirt
apiece in their bags, the senate form
ally voted twenty ducats that they
might be provided with additional
shirts, which were accordingly made "a
Ia tartarescha," and presented. We
can imagine how the good councillors
and citizens would enjoy this kindly
little iest-National Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19
The Result Of Taxing Mortgage.
lchicapo Tribune

tCnlc0gO Tf1DuneI
The last Michigan legislature devoted
what time it had left to doing some
thing which it believed would help
the men who borrow money on
mortgages It passed law similar to
the California one, providing that the
mortgage should pay q tax on the
property on which he held mortgage
proportionate to the extent of his inter-
est therein. The men with mortgages
on their farms were told that they had
been relieved of part of their taxes,
which had been shifted to the grasping
moncy-lender.
In a few months new assessment is
to be made under this law, and some
ugly questions are beginning to arise.
The act provides that if property is
mortgaged for half or a quarter of
its value, the mortgage must pay half
or quarter of the tax. and that il he
fails to do so. the mortgagor may pay
the amount and withhold it from the
interest But the existing mortgages
contain no clause permitting that to be
done. It is not in the contract. which
stipulates for the payment of q fixed
amount of interest at specified time&
So far as the old mortgages are con.
ccrned, the law is unconstitutional, and
the courts will so hold The Michigan
farmers are beginning to find ont that
they will do so. and they do not think as
highly Of their legislature as they did.
And those who thought that when
the law went into force they could
nave the use of another mans money at
the old rate while he paid the taxes on
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19
Everything !. Coming Our Way.

A large number Of people arc foun4
everywhere who are In favor Of Reforms
in taxation. Following are two ex-
tracts from Kansas political platforms
showing the drift
Exemption of all manufactures, me-
chanical. farming and other industries
from taxation.
Levying taxes upon the land by the
foot and acre, according to It's value,
and exempting the improvements there
on. IT any other tax is needed. make
it upon incomea
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19

Levant. We are going to help tho
Turks to turn Bonaparte out of Egypt
or to take him.
'Then there will be fghting?''
81 hope So"
"You hope so! Then you are glad
to go away, to lcave-us!'
mo, mademoiselle, God knows I am
not glad to leave you. But / am a
sailor, and Eaust obey orders; and as
for fighting, I shall not only be fight.
as well as mine, but Cor YOU"
"For me. How?" she stammcred.
Her emotion restored my courage, and
/ answered, boldly: '.Ycs, for you.
Fighting brings promotion; shall be
made post-cap.ain; and then, dear An
toinette-"
In her excitement she had pushed her
chair little backward; had edged
mine little forward; her face Yves
raised to mine with a look which made
me wild, and, quite forgetting that she
was jeune file, / put my arms
round her neck and kissed her passion
ately.
IN q moment she was on her feet.
You forget yourself, Mr.. Roy" she
exclaimed, Indignantly. go. please;
leave the room this instant"
1T is true, my love for you made me
forget myself. But don't be angry; it
will be no child's play out there, and 1
may never come back. If you don't
want me, / WON'T
The words were hardly spoken when
Antoinette turned deadly pale; her eyes
1n1 III oh haI 20
on the back of her chair for support.
They killed Henri; and if they kill
you. mon Dicu, what will become of
me?" she cried.
Then -entured to put my arms round
her a second time, and she laid her head
on my shoulder, murmuring: They
will kill you; they will kill YOU"
mo, they won't Now that know
that you love me, shall not let them.
Don't make yourself unhappy, darling.
/ am sure to come back safe and sound,
end then You will think ot me some
times when / am away?"
.Ho asks whether shat, think of
him! Always, always-and pray for
you. But bark, there is knock at the
front door. Mind, not a word Of this to
my mother-now. She would think me
q wicked girl for allowing There! Let
me go! You must"
Oac more embrace, and Antoinette re-
sumed her painting and my chair; and
when Nine. de Gex came in I was deep
IN book.
''Mr. Roy! You here!" she exclaimed.
In tone of not very pleased surprise.
HE is come pour prendre congo.
mother dear. He has just got his grade.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19

The scheme proposed In Alabama to
get rid of the Negro vote by remittinR
the taxes-to the amount Of Ave dollars
of any Negro who does not vote. will
not work. The same thing has been
tried in other states by the imposition
of poll tax of fifty cents or one dollar.
which had to be paid before the voter
could deposit his ballot In many cases
the parties seeking tho votes would pay
the voters poll tax. But to pay i've
dollars q head would be too severe . tan
on any party's treasury. and the schems
would fail even more quickly than those
based on poll tax did National Tri.
bune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19

CHAPTER X.-CoxrINuED.

CHAPTER X--CoxTINUED
was now 50 well known at Nine
lie Gex's lodgings that after letting me
IN the slavey generally left me to an
nounce myself It was so on the pres
emit occasion, and when / knocked at
the parlor door a voice which I recog-
nized as Antoinette's babe me enter.
As entered, the dear girl rose to greet
me, palette in hand, for I had been so
fortunate as to obtain for her several
good commissions, and she was fully
occupied.
saw at a glance that she was alone.
As had called only the day before, and
was not expected to call again before
the end of the week, Mime. de Gex had
given herself a short leave of absence.
1t was an opportunity for which 1 had
ardently longed; but now that it was
come seemed unable to profit by it.
Surprise-or something else-complete-
ly unnamed me. 1 could think of moth
ing better to say than "How do you do,
Miss de Gex?'' and even that said with
difficulty.
Antoinette also appeared surprised;
but she recovered her composure much
sooner than did.
my mother is out, Mr.. Roy" she OBJ
served, quietly; ''but she will be in
presently. Won't you sit DOWN."
I sat down, and Antoinette, turning
to her easel, went on with her painting
as unconcernedly as if 1 had not been
there. This made me feel worse than
ever, and for two or three minutes
watched her in silence, conscious that
was losing a golden opportunity, yet
utterly unable to say what was in my
mind-to say anything, in fact At last
Though my heart was fluttering like a
sail in dying wind) I spoke again:
''You did not expect to see me to-day,
Miss de Gex?"
mo. We did not expect to see you
before Saturday or Sunday. My mother
will be in presently" she answered,
without raising her eyes, and plying
her brush as if she were working for a
wager.
This was terribly discouraging. / felt
both vexed and disappointed, and began
to think that / had better wait for a
more convenient opportunity las If it
were possible to imagine a more con-
venient opportunity or abandon the
idea altogether. So I said, coldly and
rather CURLY:
Il hope you will pardon me for COM
ing again SO soon; but did not like
to go away without saying good-by."
Saying good-by! How? What?" she
exclaimed, raising her head.
Eyes. / leave London tomorrow
morning. / have just heard that am
appointed to the command of the gun
brig Kangaroo. 1 shall hoist rny PEN
naut on Thursday, and probably be at
sea before the end of the week"
Antoinctte now appeared to be inter
ested. She even laid down her brush.
You are going away tomorrow!
Whithcr?' she asked, turning pale.
Until get my sailing-orders 1 cam
not be quite sure; but have reason to
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19
Forgot to Mention Il Before.

Despondent Patient-The medicines
don't seem to have done me much good.
doctor.
Family Physician making ont .
large-sized bill)-It's very stubborn
disease, madan-very stubborn. Takes
time. My wife has been constant suf-
ferer from this same trouble, madam,
Tor nine years.-Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19
TAX REFORM DEPARTMENT.


e MI III Il UH Ii =
ssveho Pays Your Taxes.
There b no greater misapprehension
IN economics than the idea that taxsa
are paid by persons upon whom they
are directly assessed. Il i this mis-
taken idea which works confusion in
the farmers mind and causes him to
advocate tax upon money and mort
cages and other personal property. It
10 his belief that by more stringent
laws of assessment more inquisitorial
codes OF search, he can mako the
Weaitny men OF the cities pay their
proper proportion OF tax Upon this
basis Also the worhmen computes his
own escape from tax by advocating the
rigid assessment OF the great city store
ana warehouse
II we were TO suppose that the taxes
upon personal property were properly
assessed, that each merchant and man-
ufacturer actually paid taxes on true
valnatlon OF his goods such as the law
requires the operation OF the inexor.
able law OF Incidence would make it
just that much harder for the mechanic.
the small trader and the farmer. The
great business man would SIMPLY just
snr.t tnat Hlncn more 10 the consumer:
broadly. the matter may be stated
thus: Every tax which makes trade
and production difficult Is added to the
expense OF production and trade. and is
PAID N the end BY the consumer. and
consequently oy tho many Tor the few.
Inc farmer, by attempting to tax the
trade and manufacture OF tho city,
nnds himself paying the taxes in the
extra cost OF cloth, machinery, and other
arucies ne buys, or In q check to the
continual reductions OF prices OF goodA
The last consideration il most import
ant As production increases in effect
iyeness. prices OF manufactured articles
should fau In proportion. and wages
should rise. 1t Ii the power OF monopoly
wnicn comes IN to prevent both OF
these desired results. 1t may be stated
thus: Monopoly to-day pays the
minimum OF tax, while pro-
duction and labor Thy loss OF
wages) pays the maximum OF
tax, while the tax levied upon
production and trade falls finally upon
tne consumer All taxes oeaDg pald out
OF possible savings, 1T follows that the
man who consumes the major part OF
his income in living, pays the maximum
OF tax
In other words, all taxes levied upon
trace ana production are shifted from
shoulder to shoulder TIL they rest at
last on the man least able to bear them,
who has no special privileges and who
can not shift his taxes by arbitrarily in
creaslng the price OF the product OF his
nanos; that IS, the farmer and the
Ia oorer.
All direct taxation has this effect; and
'nat IS the central lesson OF the little book
edited by bolton Hall, and published
by Putnam, OF New York. The farmers
should read the chapter by Thomas q.
Sherman on the taxing OF personal
as set forth in the study OF
facts In OHIO. 1t IS complete IN Its
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19
THE CONFEDERATE FORCES.
at Variance - TO the Kxas,
Number. :

Historians at Variance - to the Exaaa
Number.
81 see that the old controversy 10
garding the numerical strength 81 tlho
confederate army has broken out afresh
in the magazines" said Col o. N. Doeisr.
guest of the Mindell. 1.-THE maear
zines have been sighting the war ovsR
very vigorously for some years past,
but do not believe that they have suo-
ceeded in adding much to our stock %
knowledge Of that unhappy AFFAIR Ii
the present instance. . party nsmo6
Casselman contends that the number %
confederates enrolled reached nearly
1,500, 900, while another party namod
Deary is quite sure that they did not
much exceed 500, 600. Now, a. n well
known the confederate records are %.
incomplete that it IL impossible to form
. close estimate of the number Of meu
who, at one time or another, were
sworn in as defenders Of tho star. and
bars Alex. Fl. Stevens. vice president
of the defunct confederacy, in his plea
for secession, which he called . history
of the United States, puts the numb6R
at 600, 900. remember Texas editos
who placed it at between 600, 600 and
zoe. 00O.' and was at once vigorously -
sailed on all sides by the ex-brigadier,
who, like Mark Twain's old captain, Cd
vised him to read history.
II have done q little figuring ON M
own account and, ~ am . 'blawstod
Britisher,' and had mo- interest in IL
controversy one way or another. No
conclusions. at least. have the merit a
Icing free from all sectional prejudSce.
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-Photographer-''Is there any par
-ticular way in which you'd like to be
,taken?" Mr.. Sambo Johnsing-"Yes,
;sah. II there's no detection, I'd like t<
he taken . light-cream color"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19

When . woman gives her husband
n good talking to he realizes what is
meant by presents Of mind.-Binsham-
stcn Leader.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19

believe that my destination will be the
Levant. We are going to help the
Turks to turn Bonaparte out of Egypt,
or to take hiI1."
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THE AMERICAN HOME.

There is Nothing Like 1t in any Other
Land or Cline.
There is nothing true American has
to be more genuinely grateful for than
the home, the memories of which 1inger
with us wherever We may go, and al
ways bear in their shadowy outlines q
color and light that stamps the home
life of no other nation.
Our home means the spot where q IA
Their dwelt, loved and respected by the
children growing up about him A IA
ther whose word governed the little
world inclosed between the four walls
of that inhabitation, either grand or
simple, that lives long in the heart and
mind when other memories have passed
away.
The typical American home is the
throne of the sweet-faced woman
whom children reverence as mother and
whom men fondly loves as wife. She,
as in no other land, rules with the
scepter of her womanly influence. She
teaches the children those abiding
principles of obedience to the law that
in after years make them honored and
respected citizens. Her counsels are
sought, her advice respected. She is
queen. loved, honored and obeyed. and
it is just in this sovereignty of woman
that there lies the difference between
the home life of our own and other ma
tions.
Men can not make a home. they may
pay for its furnishings, but the deft
feminine fingers know how to add
those touches that transform a howell
into Heavenly habitation. It is the
swish of a woman's gown. the graceful
pose as she pours the coffee, the fra
GRANGE of her own womanliness which
she sheds all abroad that makes her
abode the dwelling place of an angel,
whose gentle presence lends beauty
that marks its present hospitality, its
future greatness and its happy memo
ries with the distinctive qualities of the
American home.-Philadelphi Times.