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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-07-05

-Heaven-born. the soul a heaven
ward course must hold The wise
man, affirm, can find no rest in that
which perishes; nor will he lend his
heart to aught which doth on time de-
oeud.-Wordswo ORTIZ
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-07-05
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
sELF-cLos,N0 GATES.

Two Devices Whose Advantages Are APP
parent Mt q Single Glance.
The advantages of self-closing gates
have been recognized for many years,
the most common device for this pur-
pose being a chain bearing heavy
weight attached to the gate and to a
post within the inclosure. This is any,
thing but elegant; the post is fire.
quently in the way, and, no matter
how firmly planted, it will be drawn
toward the gate by the continual
strain upon it. Another form of the
same, which is more neat, but other
wise is subject to the same objections
as the first. has a cord running over q
pulley in the top of a post aud bearing
q weight at the end.
Figs and 2 represent devices of my
own invention, whose advantages have
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-07-05
Book of Books for q Stamps.

A copy of the ssILLUsTRATED CATALOGUE
of the 1sFour-Track'' Series, New York Gem
trail Books and Etchings, the only book of
it's kind ever published, will be sent free,
by GEORGE H. DANIELS, General Passenger
Agent, Grand Central Station, New York.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-07-05

BEAUTY married by bad complexion may
be restored by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, 50 cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-07-05

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-07-05

1T never cools a man off when the street
sprinkler throws water on him.-Atchisop
Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-07-05

They live most who love most.-Ram'&
Horn.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-04
Go Be Continually
SEVEN FEET OF WHISPERS.
nearas Compared to which Peter
ls Little more Than q stabble.

Dearas Compared to Which Peters
Is Little More Than "a stabbIe.
There are Mt least two men Giving ut
the present time who have boards over,
seven feet in length. says the London
Million. One is an Engllshnan, Rich
ard Latter of London, who has beard
ten feet in length. and the other is
Lagrand Larow of Missouri, whose
beard IL upward Of seven feet long. I.
II his strength was in proportion to-
the length Of his hair, LarOw would be
an exceptionally strong man. He Id;
however, unlike Samson in this respect.
He IL six feet high, 175 pounds in
weight and enjoys average health aud
strength. He has not shaved his face
for sixteen years. Some years ago Il
Jewish tradesman Mt Odessa 'boasted
of u beard eight feet in length. Strange
to say, his extraordinary be,lrd caused
him on one occasion to he thrown Into
prison. At an official supper. In st.
Petersburg French Indy told Of her
amazement ut seeing a Polish dew with
n beard five feet long An ex-governor
who was present declared there was Il
Jew in Odessa who had a beard eight
feet long. Genc.al inoredulfty was ex-
pressed, whereuf,on the ex-governor Mt
once wrote to his successor request,
and got 1t Endorsed by high officials; to
send the Jew ut once to the capital.
The governor, constituting this as an
official order, had the Jew clnpped into
irons and sent him to the central prison
for detained suspects" As no papers
specifying his Crime" came with the
prison put him In detention AZ a secret
police suspect, and, us the rules re:
quired, he was shaved clean. The lady
had meanwhile left the city,. the cx-
governor had no interest in a shorn
Jew, and Mt the end Of a year, ino.con-
plaint having been filed, the prisoner
was released. with II warning to be
have himself better In the future.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-04
"A. Queer D.rslat rlap.

'"1 went one night said the retired
burglar, "into the room of q. man who
had his clothes stacked up on O chair
alongside the bed, with tho trousers
thrown on top in q. careless sort of
way, as though he had been too tired or
100 lazy to straighten 'em out. The
elght-h;lhd pocket looked inviting, and
reached ihtOsft. There was q pocket
book there, but when I tried to pull it
out my hand was held on the sharp
points Of q dozen wires.
You have seen: those mouse traps
with little cone=slnped- wire tunnels
Tor the mouse to run his head into?
tie can get his head in easily enough,
Dut When he wants to pull it out the
ends Of the wires STICK into his head
and neck and. ilbad him: Well, this
man had fixed up: c0ntrifance ike
that IN his pocket: ], Could have freed
myself by'taking.a little time and using
little more patience, but'sI said. to
myself. "Why. not carry the trousers
OF and take my time about it?" 1
gathered them up and started. 1t was
q mistake. iindn't got six feet be-
fore i felt a tug, a9d the points were
pulled into my hand deeper than ever.
Of course knew ut once what It all
, meant; there was a cord attached to
one of the trousers legs and the other
end of it. was tied to the mans hand;
and that was what I had brought up
| against. :. -
He was out Of bed In a minute. 1
made bluff at him, but, hampered rs
I was with practically only one hand,
I really wasn't in 1t ut NIL, and in less
than two minutes he had me tied un
waiting for the police.-New York Sun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-04

800 sAss o., ana 0as sAss oa.Ss
Accompany Of idlers on . hotel piana,
says the San Francisco Call, were tell
ing such yarns a. are commonly spun
in such places, when one Of them Of
fered to wager TINT he had done some
thing, ~ boy In Tennessee, that no
other member Of the party had ever
done OF heard Of.
what waS 1t, colonies" asked one OF
the crew.
II wore out my first pair of shoes
without. ever having them both on at
once"
explain"
"Well, you sec, It was this way. The
shoemaker was slow. and was 10 q
hurry. A boy who has never had q
pair Of shoes finds It hard to walt.
Come Saturday night the man had ono
Of them done. but told me 1 should
have to wait week for the other.
"'Well give me TINT one, anyhow
said I, and I carried 1t home. wore
1t MI that week. and all the next, for
the fellow didn't keep his word any
more than shocmakcrs generally do;
and by tho time the second one was
done the first one needed repairing.
"And so the thing went on. That
shoemaker was 80 slow and the leather
was SO poor and ran about so much
that somehow never once had both
shoes on together, and by and by they
were gone entirely"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-04
y
hl---gy
M. a, s T

In his chair with u careless air. ana
gazing listlessly ut the diamond buckles
In his shoes.
Sir Basil started up in his scat. PUT
, down 10000, Pelham, and Ill risk
lsavcnsmarsh against the sum" he
said, pouring out a bumper Of old bur
gundy, and then swallowing the same.
NO, Basil, not IT. returned the lat
ter, vesy slowly. Forty thousand
mounds! Cad o. mercy! am not quite
derangcl enough to venture SO large an
amount us that on q single throw OF
the dice. l thought, Basil. you would
like to get chance Of Kidding yourself
Of the old place, tlm?" he added, sig
nificantly.
Sir Basil's featured quivered spas
medically; Il hand, cold and hard as
steel, seemed to b. graphing ut his
heart.
Stretching his arm across the table
he seized hold Of the dice-box, and
ratified Its contents.
Those sounds were music to the crc-
oles ears.
Sir Basil Dovetrce's hands were
trembling, and chilly as Ice.
Il am ready, Pelham" he said
hOarscly. "ltavensmarsh against your
f2O.OOO!"
The guests gathered around the table,
ut which the young barOnet was seated,
curiosity and aln;lZeMent depicted on
the features Of all.
The creOle's face wore its usual OK
pression-it betrayed neither cagerncss
nor fear; it wis placid us the bosom of
lake In summer time.
All were looking OH.
"NOw!" cried Sir Basil, suddenly
throwing the dice.
''rwelve!" he added, in an cxulting
voice.
Pelham took up the other dicc-box,
which was to oil outward appearance,
precisely the same as the first, and ran
his finger rapidly round its edge; as he
did SO his cOuntenance fell, Sir Basil
had used the loaded dice. which the
creole had secretly placed in the box.
Pelham Warrington was caught In his
own snare, and the hlrOnct had, by ac-
iilent, won E2O,OOO.
"BravOr' exclaimed the victor. Ira
vcnslnarxh Is still Miner
"Ay, for the time being" Warrington
muttcrel between his set teeth, conceal
ing as best lie could the disappoint-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-04
NEW HOME FOR THE CAR.

80
1t May BE Established mt Kien I'm
the Interest Of the AutOcrnt's
Health. .,..
Discussing the report that the car,
upon medical advice, has determined to
make his permanent home in Kicff, a
writer in the London Spectator says:
''The population of Russia, for nearly
a generation, has been slipping SOUTH
ward in search Of culturablc soil, and
the living forces Of the empire are now
far nearer .Kieff and the Dnicper' than
to the Ncva and st. Petersburg. IF to
these reasons the argument 0f health
Is added, we Gun well believe that the
car has decided on Il. permanent
change Of residence, and IL he has he
must also have decided OH u permanent
change Of capital. He cannot live
twenty years away from the admins
trative center. The foreign ambnssa-
doris, the great departments, the men
who govern Russia, must attend: the
sovereign; and IL they attend him, they
must, for convenience sake, as well as
for the sake of their own dignity, be-
gin to build. There IL ample room on
the Dniepcr for IL great city, plenty of
stone procurable. as the ancient nlonu-
ments attest, and a. supply of labor ut
least rs abundant US that which MAIN
tains st. Petersburg. There is no his
tOric prejudice to be offended, for Kieff
Is fur more nearly connected with Rus:
sian history than st. Petersburg; and
no religious opposition to be feared, for
Russian religious feeling. no far as It
has center, turns toward Constantine
pie rather than toward st. Petersburg,
which is, indeed, far too: mOilern for
any sentiment of the kind. 1t is quite
possible, therefore, IL the car lives and
finds that Kieff suits his constitution
and his children's, that the old city on
the Dnicper may develop into a stately
capital, the seat of government and the
focus Of the railway system Of the
empire" =. =
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-04
Not Intoxicated.

How good generals. are sometimes
misjudscd is well shown by IN anec-
dote related by the author of "Shcr-
mans March Through the South. 1t
was on the morning Of the day when
the battle of Rcs;lca was fought. Gen.
Sherman had been occupied the night
before maturing his plans, and now.
had thrown himself down under Il. tree
by the wayside and fallen asleep. He
had only u single orderly with him,
and a few Of the men. us they marched
by, knew that the sleeper was Sher
Ma;.
as that general!" asked a soldier
of the orderly.
YES" said the orderly. a.:
"a pretty way We are commanded,
when our generals are lying drunk be-
side the road" exclaimed the soldier,
walking away in disgust.
"StOp, my man." cried Sherman,
jumping up; for he always seemed
to sleep with one ear open. "Stop, my
man! AIN not drunk. While you
were sleeping last night, 1 was PLAN
ming for you, sir; and now was taking
nap. Gen. Sherman never gets drunk,
SIR"
The sollicr skunk away, ashamed.
But IL Gen. Sherman had slept il little
more sOun,lly the man would have be-
lievetl, and probably said THAT lie
passed a Union general drunk by the
road.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-04
Inhalinx Mint in Con.umptio..

Carasso director of the military hos.
pital ut Gcnoa, reports n number Of
successful cases in the treatment of
pulmonary tuberculosis by inhalations
Of mint essence. The results were good,
not only in the early stages, but even
after large cavities had formed and
when the sputa were loaded with
bacilli. Fever, when present, disap-
peared In n few days, the cough and
cXpcctOratiOn were notably diminished,
the night swcats ceased and the bodily
weight increased. The bacilli disap-
pearcd entirely from the sputum III
periods varying in the different cases
from two weeks to two months. The
physical signs in the lungs also i'm
proved AMI became perfectly normal
in several instances, In which no de-
struction Of tissue had taken place.
just how much of this amelioration
should be attributed to the inhalations
Of mint IL, however, uncertain, for the
patients We're subjected to a system
Of forced feeding and to the internal
administration Of creosote.-AIedica
Record
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-04
PARNASSiAN FLIGHT IN Me-
BRASkA.
The woeful ballad Of Corn He'll
and Her Eaithless Indian Lord.

The woeful ballad of Corn Delle
and Her Faithless Indian Lord.
When Cora Belle Fellows was we'd
dcd to Chaska and came with her
dusky licgc lord to Nebraska the skies
seemed betlccked with a constant auro-
rt and the little log hut seemed Il
palace to Cora. Months passed nd
II clcul grew upon the horizon IN the
form Of s.luaw, and those WON III are
''piZen." Her eyes We're as dark ~ the
dismal hereafter and her hair WIS as
straight as n two by six "after. The
stout heart of Chaska succumb I'll to
her grlccs, for an Indian knows what
IN elegant face IL; and they met when
the moon the calm atmosphere mel
lows, nor cared for tn. heartacle Of
Cora Belle Fellows. One night when
the storm king tho coal scuttlc lott
al this Chaska put ON his red blanket
and scooted away to the north with
this maiden. nor tarried until he and
fair Minnekadinctum were married
And Cora she waited and bore his
abuses and hoped he'd return to his
wife and paplOOses, but weeks rolled
by till the looks Of her cupboard re-
minded her sorely of Old Mother Hub
bard. Then Cora. disheartencd. dis
gustal and gauntetl. deserted the home
that her Chaska once haunted, and
mingled once more with her friends,
broken hearted, and Cora and Cllaska
forever are parted.
A moral this tale bears to girls who,
through folly or strange love of ro-
nance, imagine 1t jolly to cast their
sad lot with the sons If the wildwood
and seek n divorce from the friends
Of their childhood. The romance is
short, as In this case related, for Cora
now knows she was sadly mismated
and has, with the rest. the unhappy re-
Election Of duty to half-breeds that need
her protection. The question of III
dian civilization involves not the hor-
rOrs of mixed procreatiOn. An Indian
has to be dead TO be decent, which fact
las been known long timeis not
recent-:nd history shows, from the
best observations. that hall. brcctls are
worse than their tribal relations. I
weep for poor Cora and both ncr pap
pcos,s: l shudder to think what a
gosling n goose is: l feel Indignation
that Chaska should leave her ind skin
with another and bascly deceive her,
and think that the law should receive
u few patches to shut off these semi
barbarian Inatcllcs.-Nebrlska State
Journal,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-04
Fan. Of the orient.

In no other part of the world Is thu
fan an article of SO great importance
as In the East; this is not alone due
to the climate, which makes it neces
slty for cooling the air." hut to the
special significance attached to it as q
symbol of authority, and In some cases
MS an emblem of royalty.
+ The origin Of the open fan, which
the Japanese call uchiwa and the Chi
nese shan ,is lost in the mists Of an
tiquity. The Chinese claim that 1t
was brought into use in the Celestial
empire by ruler who came to the
Dragon Throne b. G. 2697. Where II
came from they do not state, but we
find it mentioned In the literature Of
the ancient Assyrians and Egyptians,
and specimens have been exhumed
from their buried city. The early
Greeks must have been accustomed to
Its use, as we find various representa-
tons Of 1t on vases and other articles
of decorations belonging to them. His.
tOrians disagree as to Its origin, rs
well as to the date thereof. Some claim
that the wings and tails of birds made
the first fans, others that the leaves of
trees formed the original cooling ap-
phratus. Feather fans are certainly OF
pncient date. but 1t Is not ut all I'M
probable that Eve, whose inventive
genius fashioned gowns Of fig leaves,
made Use of the broad leaf Of the palm
for moving the air aud cooling her.
Magazine.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-04
Heavy.

There are ways and ways of est.
mating literature, and perhaps in the
days Of the regulation tllree-volume
novel the following method was as
good as any. Harper's Drawer con.
tatns the following illustration of crit
lcal rule not usually applied:
DIR. $. was passing q small grocery
shop when he saw some ripe peaches,
and stepped in to buy. The proprietor
answered him In a very preoccupied
manner, for he was looking ut some
books when his customer entered.
I've. been buying some books" he
/ suddenly announced.
|. Have your
Eyes; I've bought all of Duemasses."
dumas, you mean!'
"Well, any way viii do. Did you
ever read any Of them? Are they
good?"
Eyes. Some Of them are little
heavy, though"
Heavy" retorted the grocer. II
don't know about that" he added,
placing the complete writings Of Dumas
on the grocery scales and weighing
them. '"rhey tip the scales at twenty
two pounds. At any rate, / don't think
paid very high for them. They only
cost me S12. That's less than 90 cents
o pound"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-04
BLACK she.t..

The fad Of a few years ago for silk
sheets, pillow slips. nightgowns aud
body garments was short lived. Black
sheets gave Il few New York women
dubious newspaper fame. Dealers who
ordered supplies lost on the sales and
after Il years trial silk robes were pro-
nounccd uns liable. Now, saleswomen
declare that the best people will have
nothing to do with silk underwear
that is. in piece goods. excepting two
garments. petticoats and corsets Linen
sheets and percale, nainsook, batiste
or linen lawn underwear are preferred,
The demand for pure silk, spun silk,
camcl's hair and silk and wool woven
garments is. however, steadily increas
ing.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-04
Air Your Clothing.

Everyday garments, particularly
those which are not Numbered, should
be disinfected. Brushing is not SUI
ficient, as it does not remove The. ,ln-
pleasant olors which come from long
usage. Some women sprinkle their
waists and dresses with icent, md us4.
sachet powders to perfume their bon
nets and wraps. All this would be aid
mirable II it were nvailing. Sccnt
needs to BIZ overpowering to conceal
the unfragrlnt emanations from an old
garment. Then the bouquet Is fulsOme
and vulgar.
Better than scent-bag and potpourrl
is a clothes-polc and an open window.
Turn the garments wrong side out, apd
let the air and sunshine disihfect and
deodorize them. All.night airing is
good, but day Of blowing winds ana
purifying sunlight Is bettcr.-Ncw York
Commercial Advertiser.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-04
ROMANCE OF A MEXICAN
COURT.

ledical Experts Called Upon to De-
eide q Strange Question of Mn.
teFnity.
A queer case has just been decided
BY Second Criminal Judge Manuel H.
de Las Hose of the City Of Mexico,
says writer in the st. Louis Globe
I. Democrat. March 23 of last year, Mi
guel Navarro, u wealthy MEXICAN, and
4. his wife went out walking, leaving in
their house Il twO-montlls' boy In
care of the nurse, one Matilde Murillo.
When they returned the woman and
child had disappeared. The woman
Murillo was found and arrested April
"a. At the police station She made the
declaration that the child was her own,
horn Feb. "a. and that Its father was
her lover, Jose Ramos. who has since
disappeared. She stated on cross-cX-
animation that one day coming out Of
the founding hospital. where she had
given birth 10 the baby, she met SEN
era Navarro, who said to her that she
was In great trouble. Size had Just
been taken ILL., a.ld she feared that her
husband would kill her, as lie had
threatened to do. il she did not bear
him son. She accordingly prOpl sed
to the Murillo woman that the latter
should bring her baby to Senior N.lvar-
rc's house. and that when he returned,
H. being at the time absent from the
city, they would tell him that 1t lad
just been born to his wife and tlrlt
Matilde had been called In us nurse.
The latter, being in need, accepted the
offer. Afterward. seeing that the rc-
puted Parents loved the child us dearly
us II 1t were their own. her mothers
instincts We're aroused anu she repentc,l
the rclc she had taken. She therefore
told SenOra Navarro that she could
Lot carry OH the fraud any longer. and
the latter. Knowing her determination,
arranged with her the abduction dc
l0ratiOn before the police court. So
nor Navarro had not the slightest .ls-
piciOn Of the facts. Sonora Navarro,
on her part, strenuously protested be-
fore the court that she was the rpal
mother Of the child and that the nurse
bad become 80 jealous of her by the
love she had formed for the child that
she was trying to take it away. The
court puzzled over the matter for many
days, and finally, being mt Il loss to
come to Il decision, called in medical
experts After close examination
these came TO the decision that the
nurse is the mother. and the decision
was rendered accordingly.