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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-24

Nellie got down on her knees and be-
gan scraping away the leaves with her
| fingers, and the other children followed
her example. 7,..
The old lady sat watching them with
the tears trickling down her cheeks.
Saturday morning I'll bring over
| the rake, and these rose bushes need
trimming" Fred said. with a business
like air.
Mo;lie slipped her hand into the old
! lady's as she rose to her feet
DO you like pinks?' she whispered.
''I'll bring a root over and plant on his
grave"
They were his favorite flower" the
old lady said, with little choke in her
voice.
There now" said Nellie, 1--WE made
| a nice place for the flowers OF course
you'll want to put them on his grave
your own self"
As she knelt over the grave with the
| flowers Nellie whispered to the others:
. Don't you think we ought to go and
leave her alone with him?"
And even Fred nodded Yes"
She seemed to have forgotten all
about them until Nellie whispered:
We're going now, ma'am Good-by!
And we'll bring some water for the
flowers tomorrow and Fred will fix the
lot all up"
The old lady clasped her hands Us if
she were praying:
'Good-by, childrenI God bless you!
I shall never forget all your kindnessi"
'Good-byi" and they stole softly and
reverently back through the fence.
Have to leave 'em out till to-mor-
row." Fred said, looking at the pickets.
They talked it over and over on the
way home, and they made . plan, but
thew didn't tell q soul about it until
Decoration day. 30 I'm not going to,
either.
They met on Saturday and rehearsed
Tor the celebration and Fred didn't
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-24

orator-oh! wonderful man!-to come
and make the speech And the Cranes
Corners band and the bano from
East Milbank met twice q week In the
old brick Westinghouse and practiced
till their lips were sore and their
arms ached. And now the school
trustees had decided that after the
bands and the orator and the few old
veterana and the citizens who would
ioin in the parade, the children should
march In line. The girls were all to be
dressed in white with blue sashes, and
to carry bouquets, and the boys were
70 carry flags for the soldiers graves
The graves were all to be marked be-
forehand, and after the orator had
spoxen the band was to strike up some
real stirring war tame and the children
were to march up the narrow, grassy
walks and on each soldiers grave the
GIRLS were to leave bouquet and the
boys to plant flag
After school was out they all walked
together as far as the corner. and the
teacher told them they would meet
and 10 over it all together Saturday
afternoon. for Decoration day was only
next Tuesday and It would be awful
not to have everything go just right
Then she went into the house where
She boarded. and the most of the chill
-dren said goodnight and turned down
the west road toward home There
were lust Mollie and Nellie Dent and
Lulu and Fred Ashley who kept on
straight mp the road Say, Lulu
said, when they were By themselves,
at wouldn't be but q little ont OF the
way to go round by the cemetery.
Let's 60"
..AL right" the other girls said. and
Fred said he'd just a. soon- So they
went on, the longest way round, till
Ahev came to the dear old-fashioned
cemetery. II was surrounded by .
thieh board fence. painted whitAb Ike
.1hs tombstonss peeping over it Xoa
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-24

thought twas some old man. But here
rurgot I'd been away ten yearl
mad to come, Joe. Had to come
Fur one more Thirtfeth O. Nav.
TO see the boys nd help 'em some
In keepin' Decoration day.
But whar ye bound fur this time. Joe,
10 set the hagsi Wen both on's go
No mark the end o. the march that's done
No call the roll o. the boys that's gone
Say, Joe. you n me have come SO near
The still place where
They're camped. that we can almost hear
En- answer their names from Over There:
Tneres lest ten graves Ir'member m all
Zen men that's answered detail call,
rive nags fur me, md Eve fur you
WHAT'S all the rest fur: Tenu do.
va whar's the rest Of the boys today
Tnere should be twelve on's coun,in' you
nope they amt took to stayin' away?
That amt the way they ulster do,
Tain't right! They all had orter come
10 mark the graves fur Mort al day,
NO matter 4 work 70 pushin' somel
Why joel You're cryin'l What ais We, Joe,
Hhdfs hdfF Good LordI That can't be so,
All dead but US? Why, Joe-but thar,
Tnat co uldn't be, outside o. war.
Did fall in battlei Yes-you,re right
we've all been in q long. hard fight
Iney Tell in battle. Yes, that's sol
Nd that's the way toe're got to GO
An Joe, I'll bet
Not one o them boys everlet
The colors outen is sight
Wen Joe, we've got these flags to set
Here's ten fur me md ten you keep.
Theirs two o US Is walkin' yet
To stan guard over them that sleep!
But which OF ia two, Joe. dye s'pose
VIII set the flag fur the next that goes?
James c. Purdy. in Kate Fields Washington.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-24
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
SENSIBLE FARM BARN.

Arranged So as to Save the Full Value of
Manure.
One of the chief secrets of good
farming is the providing of plenty Of
plant food for the land at a minimum
of cost. Different farmers have differ
emit ways of doing this-each one vary
ing his methods to suit his individual
circumstances. 1t is also true, unfor-
tunately, that there is much larger
class of farmers who may be said to
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-24

school around by the cemetery that
night The teacher had been telling
them that afternoon that all the ar
rangements were made to have a
big celebration Decoration day. 1t
never had been celebrated at Cranes
Corners before, but when the Cranes
Corners folks undertook to do a
thing they did it ''up brown" Es-
quire Tonnley and Deacon Miles had
been up to the city and engaged great
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-24
Western American SCENERY,

The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul R'y
has now ready for distribution sixteen page
portfolio of scenes along it's line, half tones,
of the size of the Worlds Fair portfolios
lately issued. They are only ten cents each
and can be obtained without delay by
renting the amount to GEO. II. HEAFFORD,
General Pass. Agent Chicago, Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-24
when travelling

Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take
on every trip bottle of Syrup of Figs, as
it acts most pleasantly and effectively on the
kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers.
sale in SO cents and 81 bottles by all leading
druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-24

SHE-"You profess to think great deal
Of me. That is all right SO long as every
thing is going pleasantly But would you
make any great sacrifice for my sakean Ho
-tsYou know would. Haven't offered to
marry you2"-Boston Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-24

FRESHNESS and purity are impaired to the
complexion by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, SOC.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-24

ToMMY-ePaw, what does vice versa
means' Mr.. gg-s'Why-er-horse and
horse."- Indianapolis journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-24

MosT remedies for prejudice seem to be-
fatal.-Galveston News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-24
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Puck. .
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-24

CADDY-"Say. Bronson, I have an idea.''
Bronson-s'You'd better get it insured"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
How Bertha Did It.

give lovely white Kittens and
mamma says they must all be
drowned" Bertha cried about it,
The twins, Cora and Clarence, cried
too Walter looked gloomy, and little
jamie wiped his eyes on his pinafore,
why? Why? Why?" walled the cho-
rus. Because, said mamma, firmly,
ut is the most merciful thing to do.
We can't keep five cats; and Pm sure
you don't wish to give up old Tabby
even for one Of her kittens. 1t is
better to drown them while they are
little than to send them away to be
starved or neglected. "Wait till
they get just little bigger, and let
me try to find homes for them, !"
begged Bertha, well, you may try
It,, said mamma
So, after few weeks, Bertha wrote
five little notes, This is what each
one said; 81 am a poor, little, home
less kitten, Please give me morsel
Of milk and corner of the hearth
to sleep" One note was signed
"Snow," one Snowflake" one "Snow
White" one "Snowdrop" and one
SNOWFALL" "People will know that's
each ones name" said BERTHA.
Then she tied the note around
each Kittens neck with pretty rib
bon, One day Bertha took a walk,
with five kittens in a basket; and
when she came back the basket was
empty, II left Snow at old Mrs.
Gray's," she said, Old Mr.. and Mrs.
Gray have nothing to amuse them,
so guess they will keep Snow. 1
took Snowflake to Mrs, Kings door.
Jimmy King is lame and Pm sure he
will be glad to see Snowflake. 1 put
Snowdrop into Miss Spinster's win
dow 1t was open. There isn't a
soul in the house besides her, and
Snowdrop'll be splendid company. I
left SNOWFALL in the yard of the
house where the two pairs of twins
live at the end Of the road II they
only won't pull her tail! Then l
stopped at Aunt Susie's for a drink
of water And l told her all about
it; and she laughed, and said she'd
keep Snow White herself. Snow
Whites the prettiest. And strange
to say, the kittens did really find a
welcome and good home just where
Bertha's loving hands had left them,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
Eccentric Ahner Kirby.

The late Abner Kirby, Of Milwau-
kee, was a man Of many eccentricities
Of character. AS landlord he puz-
zled his guests by naming his rooms
instead Of numbering Them and a
newcomer was frequently startled at
the order given the bell-boy to SHOW
the gentleman up to Gehenna.
Though fond of ardent spirits, he
swore In 1876 that he would not take
another drink until Tllden was elect
ed, and he did not During the six
ties he lost $500, 900 in wheat and
later made $l50,000 in thirty days in
the same kind Of speculation. One
afternoon soon after this he tossed
$780, 900 in bills in his wife's lap, as
she sat In the hotel parlor, and said:
"Here, nanny go and pay Off the
mortgage. His clothing was invari-
ably made of imported Scotch goods,
and as he always wore his clothes
until they had become threadbare,
they were in strange contrast with
the big diamond in his necktie.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
The nusIne.s Was stonned.

Catherine had been indulging in a
drink Of milk during the night for
so long, that, when about three years
of age and visiting friends, her par
ents decided that her crying and per-
sistence in wanting the milk, which
was then so inconvenient to procure,
had become decidedly nuisance. A
few days later she was left with her
grandparents, while her father and
mother went to New York. Some
plan had been decided upon between
her mamma and grandmamma, by
which the little lady's proclivity for
night imbibing should be abolished.
AS soon as her mamma was gone, her
grandmamma said snow, Gather
inc, we are going to stop this milk
business and this night business"
and added few more words EN-
phasizing the proposed amendment.
All passed serenely, and in about
ten days her mamma returned She
found her little daughter, with a
small tin cup of water and a tiny
rag, busily occupied in attempts to
wash porch some thirty feet long by
twelve or fifteen feet wide. On hear.
ing her mothers voice, she merely
raised her head from the spot she
was so busily securing, and exclaimed
in the most cheerful manner: ooh,
mammal We've sthoped thith milk
bithness, and thith night buslnessI"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
A Troubled Conscience.

The boy was in bed, but not asleep.
He tossed about and sighed. Present.
ly he sat up and listened to the mu-
sic from the room below. His mother
had a party, and his sister had been
allowed to sit up, though he had been
sent to bed at the usual hour. But
that was not the cause Of the boys
trouble. "Mudder must have forgot
ten," he said, presently. He sat
thinking for some time; then he rose
and scrambled out of bed. He tried
to put on his clothes, but his nurse
had always dressed him, and he could
not manage the fastenings. He did
not like to appear in public without
an extra garment; so he put on his
overcoat, and, grasplng the tail of
his long night dress with one hand,
and holding his coat closed with the
other, he made his way down stairs
to the drawing-room.
His mother was singing, "The
Lover and the Bird" but at the
sound of partly suppressed exclama-
tions from the guests she turned
round on the piano stool and beheld
her son. "Mudder," said the boy, has
tening to her side; "mudder, my cd.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
HOW MICE MAKE wAR.
They Face Each Other Standing ON Thel
Hind Legs.

They Face Each othor Standing ON ThelA
Hind Legs.
Before we had much observed mice,
the use Of their long tails was a cues
tion that had puzzled us. We do not
know Of what service they are to the
females, but to the bucks they are,
we see, of use In their combats; for
when they fight they very often face
one another standing on their hind
legs, the tails then making, as with
kangaroos, the third feature Of d
tripod, Their appearance, when they
thus stand facing one another with
their heads thrown back and their
paws in front OF their faces is, on &C.
count perhaps Of the resemblance II
bears to the posture OF prlze.nghters,
extremely comic, says a writer in the
Northwest
Small mice, also, when attacked by
their bigger congeners, raise Their
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
SWALLOWED AN UMBRELLA.
And Then IL Opened and Made Valuable
Cow Mighty Sick.

And Then IL Opened and Made Valuable
Cow Mighty Sick.
Thomas Jennings of the West side
possesses COW that discounts all
the billygoats in the city on taste
for old rubbish, but she hasn't good
digestive organs, says New Castle
Pa, correspondent of the Plttsburg
Dispatch, She is blooded cow and
has not been used to q diet Of UNI
brellas and old cans. Bnt during
the late storm while hay was scarce
she ate an umbrella. Yesterday she
was taken ILL., 1t Is supposed that
the umbrella opened after the cow
had swallowed 1t. At all events, one
side of the bovine became much en-
larged and the owner called In DIR.
Coleman, veterinary surgeon, to
diagnose the case.
This morning he paid his patient a
visit and found an abscess in the
right side of the animal near the
shoulder. He was convinced that
something had entered the abscess,
aud by the use of his pinchers he
succeeded in catching hold of and
pulling out one Of the ribs of the
umbrella. 1t was twenty-four inches
in length and attached to it was the
brace eighteen inches in length.
Another examination followed and
another rib was taken out Again
inserting his probe, the doctor came
upon soft substance which he felt
certain was the lining Of the lung Of
the COW. He gave pull and was
awarded In bringing out the covering
Of the umbrella, 24x22 inches An.
other rib was also secured.
The animal is still living and will
doubtless recover, although the doc
tor is Of the opinion that there are
still other ribs under the skin.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

paws before their faces, the attitude
in that case strangely suggesting one
Of depreciation.
What occurs when belligerent
bucks actually engage only instanta-
neous photography could record, so
rapid are their movements. Pre-
sumably, they try to bite, but must
consider defense the letter part of
vaior, for they never appear to get
hurt much, and between the rounds
will nibble away at the crust which
brought them into the vlcinage, only
showing their excitement by rattllng
their tails against the ground, Occa-
sionally a tail seized by the teeth
leads to one mouse having to drag
his enemy over the floor till the lat
ter lets go.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
ComparativelY Now.

Recent discoveries in Egypt and
Chaldea indicate that, although the
monuments there carry us back about
5000 years before the Christian era,
they do not constitute the limit
OF sources Of history. They indicate
the origin Of these people to have
been in western Persia. Kurdistan
and Lurlstan show more ancient re-
mains than have been studied in any
part Of the world. The old Babylon
ion civilization and Chinese civillza.
ton both came probably from this re-
glon and it may yet yield us knOwl-
edge Of times far earlier than any
that we know Of.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
Not a Lost Art.

Archaologlsts and antiquarlans in
their writing frequently refer to the
manufacture of flint arrow heads,
etc, as "lost art; that is a great
mistake. The art is probably lost to
the Indians because they have no use
for it, The stone implements have
given place to those of iron and steel,
and the rife and revolver have sup
planted the flint AK and arrowhead.
The art Of making them is not lost,
however. There are many collectors
of relics Of the aboriglnes who have
studied the art Of working in flint
and have become adopts. In Chat
tanooga a gentleman has become so
proficient in the art that he has not
only manufactured magnificent specl-
mems of arrow-heads from flint, but
also from the far more brittle obsld-
ian, and even from ordinary glass.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

Hh' VA ~ hoJs
There was never Il smile In n weary while.
And never gleam OF JOY,
TIL his Dyes OF light made tho whole
world bright
A little bit OF boyl
He came one day when the world was May
And thrilling with life and Joys
And with all the roses he seemed TO play
A little bit of a boy
But he played his part with human heart,
Aud time can never destroy
The memory sweet OF the FACTORING feet
or that little bit OF boy
We had wondered how he could play all
day
With never n dream OF rest;
But once he crept in the dark and slopt
stu on his mothers breastl
There was never smile in weary while,
And never CLEAN OF Joy;
But the world seems dim since wo dreamed
Of him
A little bit Of a boy!
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
New storY of Washington.

Here is new story of the Father of
his Country. Washingtons head
gardener was man from some Euro
pean kingdom, where he had worked
in the royal grounds, But coming to
America he left his wife behind.
Homesickness for his guide" woman's
face soon began to prey on him, and
Washington noticed the anxious eve
and dropping spirits of his servant.
Finally the man went down to the
river and declared his intention of
shipping to the old country, when who
should come up and lean over the side
of newly-arrived vessel but his wife.
The kind-hearted general had secretly
sent for the woman, and she fortunately
surprised her loving husband in one Of
his fits of dependency Philadelphia
Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

MARY v, PROCTOR state. Her parents
took her when q child to Greene
County, Ohio, Here she was edu-
Gated in the common schools and
graduated from the Xenla Female
College, For a time she taught
school In the country and closed her
career as Il teacher after a service OF
five years at the Ohio Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans Home at Xenia, 1t
was while in this school that she
met her husband, Thomas M. Proc
tor, then managing the paper pub
lished by the pupils Of that lnstitu-
ton They were married In 1879,
and few months later he founded
the Clinton County Democrat at viii
mlngton, Ohio, still prosperous pa
per, The Patriot was bought in 1883,
and was at once improved in way
betltting the wealth and intelligence
Of the county, which Is one of the
oldest and richest In Ohio Mr..
Proctor died In July, 1891, At tlrst
Mrs. Proctor was inclined to sell the
Patriot but found she could do 80
only at loss. AS 1t was on a paying
basis, she determined to continue in
full charge, and within the first year
of her absolute control she increased
the circulation and took well-earned
place among the editors Of the State.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
NIaklng Rngs bY Hand.

The Turkish and Persian rugs which
are sold at fancy prices by the carpet
men are all made by hand, not even a
loom being employed. The work re-
quires great skill and infinite patience,
so that the prices for genuine goods
are by no means too large. Some of
them require the labor OF one man for
six months or year before they are
completed and put on the market,
while the highest-priced rugs, have
often been toiled at, day after day, for
three or four years before they are
finished
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

der clothes is not on because dose but.
tons don't fit, But truly | did have
to come down, mudder for you said,
you said, you would spank me at bed
time, and-and, don't want my own
mudder to say flb. But, mudder, l
coined down and toled you, and-and
don't you fink you better spank
qOftpp
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
Could Throw stones.

The Acarnanlans were considered
the most skillful singers Of Greece.
These weapons we're used not only TO
throw stones, but balls Of lead, and
In some localities, especially In the
Plain Of Marathon, many of these
metal projectiles have been found.
The relics are interesting from the In
scriptlons and devices cut upon
them, which consist Of the names OF
persons and appropriate eplthets, the
legend In many cases meaning, when
fully translated, "Look out"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

Hesing is A years old and a native OF
Cincinnati, He has lived in Chicago
since he was and was graduated
from Yale College in 1870 with the
title Of B. A. He has been manager
of the Staats-Zeitung for many years
and Yields great influence among the
Germans, He served several years
on the city and county boards Of edu-
cation and was a candidate for the
Mayoralty nomination when Carter
Harrison ran the last time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
The Rock of Refuge.

In Hawaii, one of the Sandwich
islands, there is spot called the Rock
of Refuge. If criminal reaches this
rock before capture he is safe, so long
as he remains there. Usually his fam
lily supply him with food until he is
able to make his escape, but he is never
allowed to return to his own tribe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
THE Emperor Francis Josenh Ia

THE Emperor Francis Joseph has
made over the house and grounds at
Meyerling, which belonged to his
son, the unfortunate Grown Prince
Rudolph, to the Sisters of the Third
Order OF st. Francis Of Asslssium.
1t is estimated to be worth 1000, 900
forms. A sum Of 100000 forms is
put at the disposal of the nuns on
condition that they will keep up an
almonry cor twelve men beyond
work.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
A Good Rnzor strnn.

There are few better razor strops
than can be made from a remnant of
old leather betting that has revolved
long beneath the dripping Of oil from
machinery. A razor first stropped on
such strip of leather and then upon
a piece of calfskin is easily kept in
good order.