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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-28

"She rested purity well last night. re-
piled the girl.
FED the stock YETI"
NO; was just goin' out"
That's just like the Bebees-allus
an hour behind time! When yer ia
Their died and his funeral was sot fur
two o'clock it didn't come off till three.
I'll do the chores fur We this mornin' !.
and you see if the wilder and the IA
therless kin find anything in that
basket to tempt their appetites."
Half an hour later Uncle Ben reen-
tered the kitchen and marched through
to the sitting-room bedroom to see the
unfortunate widow.
''Say, Nancy, I'm dog gone sorry fur
vel" he said, as he wiggled out of his
overcoat and flung his cap on the floor.
Here 1t is Thanksgiving day and
everybody gittin' ready to canter
round and stuff their stomachs, and
you a-lyin' here with q broken leg!
say it's tarnal shame!"
Its an unfortunate thing, Uncle Ben, -
the widow replied, ''but I am going to
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-28
PEARY.s ESKIMO DOGS.

Ono of Then. Snow Cap. Has . xraess
History.
Five fierce. wolf Hooking visitors late
IL arrived at the Central park menag.
erie. They are Eskimo dogs which
were brought back with the Peary re-
Lief expedition. and which have been
placed on view at the park by the
Natural History museum authorities.
20 whom they were consigned
One OF the numoer Is Dog
whose career certainty entities him TO
mucn considerat,on- he Is distinctly
the worst-looklng beast OF the lot and
he displayed miserably cowardly
spirit when his companions, in their
rough-and-tumbse night over bones
which Keeper snyder led 70 them. trod
upon and DIT MS ears
he just rolled over and howled
wo1fish note, long drawn out, which
caused the lioness next door TO pace
excitedly up and down her cage.
Snow Cap-that is his name. proba-
bly, because there Is nothing white
about him, not even a single halr-was
one OF an uncommonly pack OF picked
sledge dogs, forty-one in number. with
which Lieut. Peary set OF on his Arc
tic quest
The dog is to the snow fields what
the camel is to the desert He Is the
Arctic explorers only hope OF getting
there, and when he ceases to be OF use
as a locomotive power. he becomes
food for the expedition. both for man
and the other dogs who have more stay
ing power.
Snow Cap proved the best out OF
forty, and is the only uneaten dog of
that yelpinp, snarling, bowling pack.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-28
KLEPToMAN,A DYING OUT.

Fad That Ran Swift Course Seldom
Found Now by Big Storekeepers.
There is growing evidence that
kleptomania was fad. The attempt
to classify it somewhere among the
psychological mysteries will not hold
in the face of the experience of State
street merchant, who knows how to
observe and has plenty of opportunity
to indulge his knowledge. He said:
Its a funny thing to me. but it is
certainly true, there has been mark
ed falling off in kleptomania in the
last year. noticed it in my store, and
for a time thought little of it One
day another merchant on the street
said he had found the same thing, and
then I began to inquire. ALI had the
same story to tell, kleptomania was be-
coming extinct
This doesn't mean" he continued,
'that people are becoming any better
Or that they are stealing less, for. as
to that, the returns are about the
same. year in ard year out. What I
refer to is the petty thievery by peo-
pie who do not need what they steal
and in many instances do not know
what to do with the things after they
get them. For time, a couple of
years go, there was such a food of
that sort of robbery in the stores that
the proprietors were about driven to
despair You can imagine the pre-
dicament of being confronted by
woman whom you know to be wealthy
and of good social standing and yet
know she has secreted in her muff or
fabric from a counter. When you
meet an indignant denial it is hard to
60 on and force a search. That thing
grew to be SO common that in most of
the big stores one woman was kept
fairly busy searching the kleptoma-
MACS who were brought back to her"
did you arrest them?"
NO, except in rare cases. We en-
ployed detectives of both sexes to
watch for them. When a woman was
seen taking anything from counter
the detective would approach her and
ask her to step to the rear of the store,
as the proprietor wished to see her.
The request was made with such po-
likeness that the woman would not be
sure it was for the theft, and in nearly
every instance would comply at once.
Then it was simple matter; the ar
ticle stolen would be found. the wom-
an would resort to tears. explain she
did not take it, had acted on impulse,
and all that sort Of thing, and offer
to pay for it, and generally
show al abundance of money
We would seldom press the case
any farther. Some OF these
Il L. e.
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GIVE THANKS.

Thank God for the glorious gift Of life,
And this beautiful world Of ours,
With its shimmering seas, and wavini
trees,
Its frost, and dew and flowers;
For radiant moons and tranquil Junes,
For sunshine and for rain;
For pearly dawns and crystal morns,
For mountain. mead and plain
Thank God for treasures that He gives
From earth and tree and vine;
For golden yields from fertile fields,
For fax and wool and wine:
For healthful roots: for rudy fruits;
For Plenty's laden horn:
For flocks and herds. for bees and birds.
Give thanks this festive morn.
Give thanks for reunited bands,
Fer hearth and home and health:
For faith and love, so sure to prove
Sweeter than fame or wealth:
For hopes that bless, for lips caress.
For counsel and for cheer,
Give thanks upon this morn that brings
The feast Of al the year.
Good Housekeeping.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-28
DECORATING The HOUSE.


Wherein Young Ladies Who Paint Can BE
Useful
A room freshly decorated in the an.
tumn should be made cheerful for the
dark. wintry days that are to follow.
Apple blossoms, hand-painted, and
scattered here and there along the
frieze over q wall of dull. yellow
green. would be pleasant reminders OF
the season beyond that of storms and
cold. They would be far more eff.
fective decorations and more economical
as we'll than some of the expensive
gilt papers SO much affected by lovers
of finery.
At this age so many young women arc
learning to draw and paint that much
home decoration is possible. Suppose
one of them takes strip of paper long
enough to go from corner to corner OF
the reception-room, and boldly. broad
" sketches in boughs and sprays Of
the apple tree. Studies from nature
she can purchase from any art store.
and to enlarge and ring changes upon
them would be her pleasure. Perhaps
she has her own reminder of these
miracles of beau,y-a beauty so much
more picturesque than that of the
orange.
The ground should be lighter than
the wall and more creamy-hued.
Struggling apple sprays are best.
Some may show only the upper tips
from the lower portion, with the upper
hidden. Breadth of water color paint
ing is required. Anything fine or
carefully finished will spoil the atmos-
pheric effect and lower its decorative
value. One might as well have care
fully-finished picture hung just below
the ceiling, or purchase mechanical
ly-made paper frieze, just like that
hanging ON the walls of Smith. Brown
and Jones.
A refined taste will desire aerial
effects 1t will leave something to the
imagination. There will be soft, ILL
defined shadows, leaflets half indicat-
ed, light, glancing over and through
the leaves, ha1f-open buds and full
tledged blossoms. Between them
should be spaces, SO as to prevent that
feeling of crowding that would spoil
everything. In the corners there
should be many shadows, with only
faint suggestions of blossoms. In
one or two it may be half
hidden robins nest, seen in the
crotch of a bough. Perhaps a
simulacrum of the bird itself may be
fitting near it. There should be leaf
lets more than buds, and buds moro
than blossoms Nothing in the spring
is tenderer than the purply-pink,
streaised. unopened flowers, growing
in clusters. that expand almost while
you look at them.
Perhaps these all too heeting clns-
ters are chosen for young girls
chamber, for which they are most ap-
propriate. Almost any delicate color
will do for the walls. 1t would then
be beautiful to have dim cloud effects
floating over a ceiling. first painted a
light. Gull blue. Then after the in
grain, apple painted paper is attached
to the wall, an occasional spray may
be painted on that and the ceiling
growing from the frieze. It is as if
one looked through an apple at dis
lance, and saw it's misty effect against
the feecy cloudlets of a May morning.
Anything like precision and detinite'
ness would mar the whole Yet the
touch must be certain, and not betray
the indecision of ignorance in the
handling. News
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-28

And make the place nea,
Put some cakes for travelling
Beneath the wagon seat:
Give an extra mess of oats
To good old Jim and Gray
We're going home to fathers house
For Thanksgiving day.
30 oft we've lived the journey Ger
With the welcome at the end.
Sweet mothers kisses on our cheek,
And the hand-clasp Of each friend;
And many a time the little ones
Have Travelled In their play
''An the way to grandpa's house
FOR Thanksgiving day."
The dear home fields have yielded up
Their grasses and their grain;
The bins and barns are running DER
From orchard and from plain:
And with the rich years discipline.
Its hours of work and play.
Some fairer things are harvested
For Thanksgiving day.
Our arms, so full of blessedness
The years have helped US win,
Have opened wide enough to let
a little stranger In.
For the first time two little feet.
From angel-land astray,
VIII toddle into grandpa's house
For Thanksgiving day.
We know the place is all astir
With plans Of goodly fare,
And mothers look and mothers voice
Are present everywhere;
And to a neighbor dropping in
She pauses just to say:
sThe children are all coming home
For Thanksgiving day.
Mary F. Butts. in Harper's Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-28

| hours to think of 1t and let her del
Hang it, do We want to break my back! f"
| you'll soon be a pirate if you keep
on cussin'," said Hannah, as she pulled
the chest away and helped him up.
I'm pirate now, and dog-gone me
If don't cuss all the rest of the day!"
shouted Uncle Ben. THAR, durn We,
take that-and that! Why, I'll bust
We all to smash and throw the pieces
into the fire!"
1t is needless to explain that he
kicked the chest instead OF Hannah,
and that the busting and smashing
also referred to the ancient-looking re-
| ceptacle. The bottom was turned to-
| ward him, and the third kick from his
heavy cow-hide portion Of it gave way
| and Hannah uttered q shrek Of sur
| prise.
"Lemme ut It'll Lemme bust It all
| to kndlin's," shouted Uncle Ben, as no
danced around.
Look, Uncle Ben-see there!"
"Money-gold and silver-dog-gon
my steers!"
Yes, it was money-gold and silver
coins of Holland and Germany. There
was false bottom to the chest, and
| they had been hidden under it for q
dozen years or more. It was the chest
OF Holland immigrant, but how it
had gone astray and finally been sold
| as unclaimed no one could have found
out, had they wanted to. There was
just seven hundred and fifty dollars in
the find" and Uncle Ben carried 1t
downstairs in his old fur cap and
poured it out on the bed before the eyes
of the wondering and astcnished Grip
pie, and said:
"Nancy Black, it's all yours-every
dollar of it, and thar's huff to pay the
mortgage and the doctor and leave ye
sumthin' to boot"
"And you found 1t In the old chest q
That's whar' it was, but If the
blamed thing hadn't fell on me nobody
would hev knowed about it. Nancy,
I'm doggoned glad!"
''Oh, Uncle Ben, the Lord has not de-
serted me, after ALI" she sobbed.
NO. guess not, but if hadn't got
MAJ and cussed and kicked you'd never
hev got it The Lord sorter helped,
l s'pose, but cussin' did the most OF it,
and from this time on Martha may
blow all she's mind to, but I'm goin'
to say. all the gosh-all-fsh-hooks I
wanter."-Detroit Free Press.
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CRIME AND SCIENCE.
Proof of Dark Deeds Established by
Scientific Means.


Photomicrographical pictures 81
mans beard, hair, tip of woman's
hair, tip of mans hair, root of woman's
hair, root of mans hair" have also
played decisive part in murder trial.
Two men have been arrested for the
murder of certain person. On the
garments of one, which were saturated
with blood. woman's hair had been
found, that is, its indemnity as such
was established only after 1t had been
photographed under microscope and
shown. exhibiting tips and roots Of
woman's hair.
Upon the person of the second pris-
oner was also quantity Of human
hair found. The microscopical camera
showed that it was mans hair, partly
from the head and partly from the
beard.
The person murdered was a woman,
the wife of the first prisoner, and the
hair on his clothes was identical with
that on the dead woman's head. This
settled his connection with the case.
The prosecution maintained that
more than one person had been con-
cerned in the murder. The second
prisoner. however. claimed an a1ibi,
which could not be disputed by direct
evidence, as it turned out Finally
the judicial expert hit upon the plan
to compare the hair found on the
clothes of the second prisoner with
those of the first prisoner. Specimens
of the latter kind were procured, but
ocular comparison failed to establish
their similarity. Then photomicro-
Rraphy was tried, and by those means
it was proved beyond doubt that the
hair came from the same head and
beard.
No expert is needed to distinguish
between the hair roots. Those of the
female are lank and thin; those from .
mans head are club-shaped. The tips
of woman's hair show that they have
not been cut for a great many years,
while those of the mans head clearly
exhibit the marks of the scissors, where
the tips have been cut from the shaft.
All this and more testimony. that, in
spite of its technical character, APP
pealed directly to the understanding
of every body concerned, was brought
ont at the trial mentioned. and it was
finally found that the second prisoner
stood guard at the house while the
murder was committed. and that after
the deed the murderer, in At of emo
ton, threw himself on his friends neck
and cried then and there. leaving the
telltale hair from his head and beard
upon the mans shOulders.-Pittsbur
Dispatch.
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plTn AND POINT.

mo man can AFFORD toeat and dzlnli
10 please otherA This Il particularly
true when . man wants you to take =
drink, or eat q late supper. -A tchisOni
Globe.
Henry said Mrs Peck. ssI am.
going to get . bicycle Dear me. =
said Mr.. Peck, mildly, s.isn't one man
enough for you TO run over2"- Indian.
apolis Journal !,
-tsAh," he sighed a his wife wenH
TO CONFER with tho delegation of her
constituents. .sthis b no such CAM
paign as mother used TO make.
troit Tribune.
Old Greybeard-'.It's pity TO
keep such . pretty bird In cage
Mrs. De Style-ssIsn't It shamet How
perfectly exquisitely lovely Il would
look on . hat t"-Tit-Bits
lit was great horse on them
French. said Beefly. when I was
TO Paris they thought was English. =
'sThey couldn't have heard you speak,
said Wilkins. -Harper's Bazaar.
Spencer sDidn't Blowitin run fog.
sheriff last election?" Ferguson
Eyes; and he spent 80 much money
trying to get elected that the sheriff
now running for him.n-N. Y. Her
aid
-Sunday-School Teacher
can you tell me case In which you
think it is more blessed to give than
to receiver" Georgie-"Yes; when I
give Tommy Jones whack in tho
eye."-Harper's Bazaar.
-visitor-"Yes, it's very pleasant
fat. But aren't the rooms just . trifle
small?" Mr.. Flat-Dweller-'.So You
notice it, too, do you? Well, they were
all right till last week, but the walls
were painted on Monday. "-Somervill
Journal.
Lady Customer-"My little boy
wishes for q Noah's ark. Have you
one?'' Toyman-"No, mum. mo- We've
given up keeping Noah's harks since
considered too denominational, mum"
London Punch.
,-''Bunkins, I guess, Il about the
smartest man Of his years in this COM
munity," said the citizen who observes.
'sKnows q great deal? should say sol
Why, sir, that man knows almost a.
much as his nineteen-year-oldd augh.
ter. who is in.the high. school WASH
ington Star.
old Lady (who had been buying
eggs)-" Deed, Mr.. McTreacle, BUTCH
er's meats sac dear nowadays ah'm
no able to buy 'tr' Grocer-"You
should turn q vegetarian" Old Lady
"a vegetarian Ma, ma All was born
an brocht up + the Free Kirk. an am
no gaun ia change ma releegion i M
auld days!'
"A Bohemian. In very low water.
on returning home one evening came
upon burglar in the act of explor-
ing his cupboard. which he had broken
open. The thief was struck dumb ut
the unexpected apparition Of the oc-f
cupier of the premises, but the latter
pacified him with gesture. and said;
"You may go on. my man; take your
time and good luck to You. II you
find anything, well-go halvesl"-Gil
Bias. =
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showed pack from the breakfast table
On Thanksgiving morning and wiped
his mouth on the nearest piece of table.
cloth he could get hold of. this is reg.
lar old-tashioned Th4nksgivin' wealth
er"
YES" replied Aunt Martha. as she
scraped the butter off her plate back on
the butter dish.
six inches of Snow and cold huff to
freeze a dog"
YES"
II hain't got much to do this mornin'
and l guess I'll run down to Widder
Hacks and see what | can do for 'eIn
It's tarnal shame. the luck that WON
an has had"
Some of us git along and Some of us
rut the meat scraps on plate for the
dog.
burned if we don't!"
"Benjanin. don't cuss. A cussin'
nan'H never come to any good"
who's a-cussin'? l said it was q
tarnal shame. and SO it is. Jim Black
was a-gittin' along as well as any of us
when that well caved in on him and
made his wife wilder. 1t wasn't huff
that she was hard-workin' an econo-
Min, but she must go n fall down
and break her leg. and her baby hain't
over year old. Who's takin' keer of
her?'
Hammer Bebee. meant to hev gone
down Yesterday, but them pigs feet had
to be taken keer of. guess I'll make
up a basket of stuff to send along Han-
Ecr Bebee is purity good gal on pork
and beans and SIGH, but she amt no
hand TO git up dainties. You give her
my luv and tell her she's got to be right
up and down with Hammer to git full
days work out O. her"
When Uncle Ben set out he carried a
basket which contained jelly cake, tea,
o pumpkin pie and other articles. and as
he pursued his way along the frozen
road he drew his old fur cap down over
mis- ears and soliloquized:
"Yaas. darn my buttons, but I'm sor-
~ fur Nancy Black. On top of all the
other hard luck comes that four-hun-
dred-dollar mortgage on the farm, and
it's my solemn opinion she'll never be
able to raise it. If was able I'd buy
and hold it, but hain't. I've got to
sss Squar' Potter. the old skinfiint, and
tell him he must give the widder and
the fatherless q show. The tarnal old
critter is probably countin' the days till
he kin turn 'em outdoors. but If he ever
tries it he'll hear what the folks around
here thinks Of him. see that Hammer
has got q purity good fire in the kitchen.
hut don't believe she's fed the stock.
Az Aunt Martha says: Hammer In ono of
them sort o. gals who can't work With
out boss.
Uncle Ben turned into the gate. passed
around the house and entered the kitch-
em without knocking. to ind Hannah
doing mp the breakfast diaheA
~Nornin,. Hannah. Howl the ND
AnF aad tAo fn4hog3o0T
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-28
No One want. Social Inequality.

I doubt, in fine, if anybody really
wants inequality. None but the supe-
riors ever pretend to want it; the in
feriors openly or secretly detest It.
doubt whether the superiors have any
comfort in it: the body of man. espe-
cially the face of man, with his more
or less squirming. Is not an agreeable
footing, and think no one truly en-
joys the bad eminence it gives him.
w. d. Howells, in Century.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-28

The grocer sold ten barrels of sugar
to his bookkeeper on tick. The sugar
was rolling across to the other side of
the store, and the grocer told all his
friends and acquaintances that he had
sold ten barrels OF sugar, and he fat
tered himself that it was q pretty fair
days work. Next day the bookkeeper
sold the sugar back to his employer at
the same price that he bought it. and
the barrels were returned to their for
mer place. It is. perhaps, unnecessary
to say that the grocer formerly pub
lished q newspaper that boosted of an
immense circulation-Boston Tran
script
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-28

Thankfulness has it's expression to-
wards God, but not less towards our fell
lowmen. The heart is lifted up to God
for His mercies, the hand In extended
towards the suffering that It may dis
tribute the blessings He has given and
share the Joy we feel.-United Presby-
terrain.
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No Use of Trying.

No Use OF Trying.
ssThere Is no use in trying to please
.everyb body" remarked the congress
IMAM.
.sYou seem pessimistic."
mo; Pm merely resigned. I don't
expect any applause, and so won't be
disappointed when don't get it
When, you do nothing the public
wants TO know why you don't do
something. and when you do some
thing they rise up in q chorus of In
-dirnation and want to know what in
7laxes made YOU Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-28
rhe Lion.s Proxider

In hunters lore there is an idea that
the jackal b the lions provider; that
he locates the game and takes the lion
to it This superstition has no more
than Is found In the fact that
after . lion has slain his quarry the
fjaclxsl always attend and wait the con-
-cIusion Of the repast In order to pick
mp the leavingA Boston Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-28
WANTED HIS BREAKFAST.

Tramp Nearly Succeeds IN Bunkolnr =
Bowery Rcaesurant.
A blear-eyed tramp entered . Bow.
cry restaurant at daybreak YESTERDAY
and In husky voice addressed the
cashier: -
&C..
free c;mr,. . r,,ttor .ho., .osr.,a
800 liz -s.sL.s - s..,:sS
tsto.s ,-hest go RI Lii. aotes.
~. - -a.ns 49, A..
iii -. as..s.s - - -. 49, -" ~.
...a,. :, soHr 1 o ~. s 49, ss nsS 80
.r:.r. oe e1 oAo
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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-11-23
A usefur Invention.

The latest medical invention is h
small but intricate machine not more
than an inch and half wide and or
the same height for the purpose Of
registering the pllsations Of the heart
The inventor Of the new register.
which is looked upon by medical men
who have examined 1t and seen II
work as marvellous, IL d German clock !.
maker residing In the upper portion
Of the city. The pulsations are regis.
tered on small slip Of paper which
moves through two wheels in Il man.
ner similar to that Of Typewriter
as the blood flows from the heart a
dehcate metallic pen, very sharp and
filled with ink, makes nm inward
stroke the throb, accompanied by the
flow Of blood towards the heart, cans
Ing the needle TO make downward
stroke. Philadelphia Call.