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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
THE BOAST OF HEALTH.

Fancied Improvement Often Immediately
Precedes Death.
All doctors know that just before
death the patient often experiences
what is called rally" nature making
apparently her last stand against the
symptom which we call death; and it
is quite likely that the feeling which
induces men to boast of health is of
the same kind-an effort of nature to
protect us against the coming sickness
which the body has recognized, though
the mind has not. The phenomenon
occurs every day in the cases of con-
sumptive patients, who brighten up
and grow hopeful just when the dis
ease is about to strike its hardest
blows, and it is quite possible that it
is more frequent than has yet been rec
example, is signaled by an unusual con-
seriousness of health.
81 have never felt so we'll in my life"
says the patients, who, twenty-fou1
hours after, is lying PROSTATE, and
whose friends quote his statements as
illustrating once more the ancient and
depressing belief.
The boast had nothing to do with the
illness. but 1t preceded 1t, and men, at
tracted by the violent contract, almost
instinctively link the two together as
in some way and to some extent cause
and effect. Next time those who heard
it, if they feel that rush of health in
their veins, will avoid boasting of it;
and the relation of the two will escape
attention. Moreover, it must not be
forgotten that boasting is of itself
sign of weakness. either temporary or
permanent. and that, consequently,
failure follows boasting more frequent
1y than it follows silence. The perfect
driver says he is perfect just when he
is most careless, and the resulting spill
is remembered when the thousand and
one escapes due to the same drivers
skill and hardihood are clean forgot.
ten London Spectator
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06

fall into the sewer. They talk about
the hundreds of divorces coming up In
the courts every term. The only Won
der is that there are not thousands
and tens of thousands-that there is a
husband left in the land who can pat
up with these things
'All / said was that it was Corea and
not Cyprus" quietly observed Mrs.
Bowser.
But I say it was Cyprus" shouted
Mr.. Bowser. Don't l know! Isn't it
my business to know. Would / be
idiot enough to say Cyprus if it wasn't
Cyprus! Can any human being on the
face of this earth imagine a wife
knowing more than her husband
about any subject more serious than
whooping and nursing bottles.
Mrs. Bowser. you h rave brought it on
your own head! You have finally
loaded the last hair on the camels
back. Our lawyers will get together
tomorrow and arrange matters, and
if you don't want to go to Texas you
can go to Corea. I'm going to bed. II
our child wakes up kiss him for me
and tell him his father will always
love and cherish him. but that he had
dignity to maintain and was driven
to maintain it at the sacrifice of his
home and happiness!'- Free
Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
RESIGNED FROM The CABINET.


High State ORcials Who Have Tired q
Their Honors.
From the beginning of the govern
nent until 1876 there had been 207
cabinet officers appointed by the presi-
dents of the United States. and of
these II had resigned their Offices
Eight of the 81 secretaries of state had
retired from Office prematurely, IL OF
the 81 secretaries of the treasury, II
of the 40 secretaries OF war. Is OF the
SO secretaries of the navy. IL OF the %
postmasters-general, Is of the 50 at
torneys-general, 6 of the Il secretaries
of the interior. There was no secre-
tary Of agriculture before 1886, but
that Office would not enter into con-
sideration anyway, for no one yet has
resigned it.
OF the postmasters general, re-
signed because of the death of presi-
dent Whenever the vice-president OF
the United States has succeeded to the
presidency by the presidents death.
the members of the cabinet have ten
dered their designations to give him
an opportunity to select his own adj
visers. In rare cases the new presi-
dent has asked some of the old cabinet
officers to remain. As a rule, he has
chosen his heads of departments from
his own political friends and advisers.
Montgomery Blair resigned the post
master-generalshipin Lincoln's cabinet
because he was not entirely in accord
with the presidents policy. William
Dennison, an appointee of Lincoln, re-
signed because he did not get on with
Lincoln's successor. Marshall Jewell
went out with Secretary Bristow,
whom he had supported vigorously in
his attack on the whisky ring. R. ].
Meigs, Jr.. resigned because of failing
health, after service of nine years.
Samuel Osgood gave up Office because
the seat of federal government was
moved from New York city.
Men soon tired, as rule. of the
labor demanded by the government,
with its accompaniment of nervous
anxiety over the distribution of Offices
and the question of party policy in
little things and great. Dissatisfaction
with the drudgery of the Office and its
meager rewards has led many men to
retire from cabinet positions.-Har.
per's Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
ABOUT POTATOES.
Some Peculiarities of Growth in til
Tuber.

Some Peculiarities of Growth in tho
Tuber.
In a western grange there was re-
Gently an animated discussion on the
asserted fact that there are but few
potato blossoms compared with the
number seen half q score of years ago.
Many of those that open almost i'm
mediately fall off. and in some 1ocali-
ties such thing as potato seed Is a
rarity.
1t has been questioned whether the
potato bug is responsible for this state
of things, a number of farmers argu-
ing that this insect adsexercised some
deleterious effect on the plant and in
terfered with it's blessing capabilities.
White it is barely possible that the po-
tato beetle may have had a certain
amount of influence in the matter. it is
unquestionably the fact that potato
blossoms are growing fewer every
year. and are liable to cease almost al
together. and that for very good and
purely scientific reasons.
It is an axiom of nature that what
ever is not required is gradually elm
mated. Having apparently no use
whatever for seed and having no at
tention paid to it. the potato has evil
IDENTIFY become of the opinion that it is
not worth while to waste any strength
in producing it. The entire attention
of the farmer is concentrated on the
tuber and for this reason nature is
turning all her forces toward the
roots In many localities potato tops
are not nearly as strong and rank
growing as they formerly were. The
whole trend of nature is usually in
one direction, and. failing to have
seed product appreciated in the po-
tato, she bends her energies toward
the development and increase of the
roots.
This is a much more plausible and
satisfactory way to account for the
disappearance of potato-blossoms, and
is. in addition, purely scientific one
IN. Y. Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
IN COOLING JELLY.
Always Cover It to Keep Out Malignant
Germs.


my husband" said a physicians
wife not long ago, ''chanced too see
one day, standing on a shelf outside
our kitchen window. some moulds of
jelly cooling for the nights dinner.
They were uncovered, as they were
out of reach of cats, and in full view
of cooks watcbful eye; but he ques-
toned me about them, and asked if it
was our usual custom to leave jelly
thus unprotected. 1 was obliged to
reply that, so far as I knew, it was.
Then he said, don't you know that
when we medical men want to Sc
cure minute organisms for inves-
tigation. we expose gelatine to
the air or in places where
we have confined malignant germs?
The gelatine speedily attracts and
holds them. I'm afraid your favored
gelatine does the same. Cool the jelly
if you must, but cover it with piece
of close muslin And we have always
done that since then"
It is to be feared that kitchen
processes are sources of illness more
often then is imagined. In many city
houses the little kitchen annex where
stands the refrigerator. and where
various eatables are kept, is directly
against a drain. Yet here stand daily
uncovered milk, butter, often custards
and buildings, and various other alb
sorbents- The average cook is abso-
1utely ignorant of sanitary cause and
effect. and the eternal vigilance of the
house mother is the family's chief
safeguard Journal of Com.
MERGE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
MASCULINE VANITY.


why the Young Men Keep Their Hats In
Their Hands.
They were lunching at an ice cream
parlor, and the girl in blue said to the
girl in gray:
Have you noticed that when the
young men meet us nowadays they not
only lift their hats on their heads, but
hold them in their hands while pass
ing"
Eyes; isn't it dear OF them. Shows
such fine manners, don't you Think
s.Wait a bit You imagine, as did,
that they went through all that per-
formance out of Difference to our SUI
perior attractions. My dear. / have
found it Quit is themselves they wor-
ship
what do you mean?"
''They carry small mirrors in tho
crowns of their hats, and every time .
girl bows to them they take the oppor.
tuuity to see their own faultless feat-
urea."
''Tne swee. thingsi" calculated the
girl in gray, and yet they accuse NJ
Of being vain "-Osveiand Plain
Doaleg.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
FLOWERS IN VASES.

DtR.r..t A-...-..e. A~v.-v,.~,v ~.
fecsivs.
There is q choice in vases. All low
ers look better in vases of clear crystal
or pressed class than in those of china.
however rare the ware or artistic its
decoration. Porcelain WAGES Of 0r.ce-
full form and colorino are really com
pleted ornaments in Themselves. and
they detract from the beauty of flow
ers, while their own conventional dain-
other reason for choosing clear-glass
vases and jars is that through them
we can catch glimpse of stems, and
this gives the flowers . more graceful,
finished appearance. When opaque
vases are used, those In one plain, dun
color, which pottery dealers call mono
tone, are the prettiest. . contrasting
tint to the main color of the blossoms
being selected. Imagine q dull-blue
vase filed with the black-eyed Susans
of the roadside, and you have the
idea
There is, too. q choice In placing the
vase. Large flowers OF vivid tlnts can
be put further away from the locker
on, and yet lose none OF their ehec-
tiveness or be unseen But in fine
flowers. like the forget-me-not or
cluster of heliotrope, would be lost on
a mantel or high shelf. Put the deli
cate blossoms where their dainty color,
form, or perfume can appeal to every
one, while the massed and gaudy splen-
dor OF larger flowers may serve to deck
q dull corner or a shady, somber room.
A pretty conceit is to put in each
ones own room bouquets of the How
ers best loved. This is q small matter,
but in discovering these favorite bios
SONS the home decorator will grow at
tentive and considerable, and perhaps
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
QuAoRuPEp HEROES.

Dogs Of France that Have Had Military
Funerals.
A Paris paper tells the story of sew
eral dogs who have received in France,
or in the French colonies, the honors
Of military funeral. It is customary
with many companies in French regi-
ments, and especially with those sta
toned in Algeria, to have . company
pet, and this pet is oftener dog than
anything else.
These dogs supplement in Africa,
very usefully, the work of the sentinels
at night. They not only give warming
of the coming of q human enemy, but
and other beasts OF prey.
One of these company dogs. Dellya
by name, warned the detachment to
which he belonged of an ambuscade
while on the march in hostile coun-
try. The soldiers themselves were ig-
norant of the Arab trap, and would
have fallen into it il the dog. marching
in advance, had not flown yelping at
the rocks behind which the savages
were concealed.
In reward for this service Dellys was
formally made q sergeant, and wore
proudly on all dress occasions the
gallons, or insignia Of his rank. When
he died he was buried with military
honors
A military picture by q noted artist,
preserved in Paris, commentaries an
other such funeral-the burial Of q dog
named Moustache. This animal was
also a company pet" in Algeria He
went into an engagement with his
company, and received wound which
necessitated the amputation Of one Of
his forelegs-
In due time Moustache's comrades
presented him with q wooden leg; and
instead of retiring to live ut the I'm
valides," or soldiers home, for the rest
of his life. as human veteran with .
wooden leg would have done. he con-
tinued to stump around with his COM
pany until he had filed out the meas
ure of his days.
Then he was given 3 military funer
nj; and the artist who witnessed it per-
petuated the fame of it on canvas
Youths COMPANION.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06

can't help what is in the paper!
That's the way with you and all other
wives Let husband admit that you
know tenth of what he does and you
try to make him out numbskull. 1t
was Cyprus. of course. The idea OF
your standing up and making me out
an idiotr'
You know where Corca is, OF
course?" queried Mrs. Bowser, after a
long silence, during which Mr.. Bowser's
face took on deeper red and his
breathing became more labored
Are you talking to me?" he demand
ed as he stood up and extended his arm,
and pointed his finger full at her. do
know where my own house is? Have 1
got brains enough TO drop off a street
car? Have ever been sent to an idiot
asylum?'
Mrs Bowser made no reply. She
realized her great mistake and regret
ted it. but it was too late.
When a wife thinks she knows as
much as her husband-when she even
thinks she knows more things are
getting ready for a calamity. She
should know her place, and her hus-
band should see that she keeps it.
The next thing you'll be getting up
and talking about your legal rights
''You-you said you were proud and
pleased at my knowledge of things"
put in Mrs Bowser, as he stamped
around the room
And because l admitted that you
might possibly have the horse sense to
know that both ends of street car
stopped at the same time you presume
to correct me about the Island of Cy-
prus! Didn't say that was the way
of all wives? I can see now what sort
of a life poor Pitkins must have led,
and what glad relief it was when he
found she had run away. Look
around you, Mrs. Bowser, and see
what sort of house this is. If you'd
pay some attention to our home instead
of having your nose stuck into news
paper we might take some little COM
fort"
I'D like to see one kept in better
order!" returned Mrs. Bowser, with a
show of spirit.
But don't sass me back. When a
wife begins to sass back her husband
should get his eyes open. I did intend
to hand you out ten-dollar bill this
evening and tell you to go down and
use it as you liked. but now 1 shan't
do it. 1t would simply be throwing
money away. came home this even.
ing prepared to sit down and enjoy my
fireside, and you see now / have been
disappointed. 1t was with the kindest
feelings that I frankly admitted that
you might possibly know corn-stalks
from cabbages, and you repaid me by
trying to make out that ought to be
led around by guardian for fear I'd
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
THE POET AND The uuMos,sr

Inc flowers on the prairie are BLOOMING.
Inc woodlands with melody ring:
oas the Poet Is slow in recording
Inc advent Of beautiful spring.
MS mise Is asleep and his verses
INFORMED for he knows they would be
Inc butt Of the funny mans satire.
AND rfdfculed mercilessly
Know not why humorous writer's
should deem them legitimate prev.
fot naught OF magazine pages
IAN De more inspiring than they.
VINO sings Of the beauties of nature
BY riverside. valley and fell.
AND praises those wondrous creations
Vnus lauds their Creator as well
They soothe us in anguish Of spirit.
Our troubles arise and depart:
ana they voice In their smooth flowing O.
dencs
The noblest impulse Of our heart
But the funny mans jokelets are bitter,
Inc charm OF his wit they destroy;
For his penal In pointed with venom,
HIS pen dipped in gall TO annoy.
Tnen rouse from thy lethargfc slumber,
Thou poet OF nature. awake;
And tell us o? beauties Astounding
By mountain and woodland and lake
Sing on. for thy sweet. tuneful measures
WIN live in the ages to come,
when the funny mans jokes are forgotten
And the voice of the scorner Is dumb
Peter Grant in Chicago Record
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
NOTES AND COMMENTS,

There begins to be a suspicion
that the Mckinley and Harrison booms
are trying to pass on the same track
n. Y. World.
Ohio is said to favor Mckinley
for president Evidently a case of any
thing to get rid of him and get man
in as governor who will attend to his
d1ties--Albany Argus
If the republicans who are howl
ing for stronger display of American
ism were sincere and not acting for
political effect. they would be doing
their best to nominate Frye for the
presidency and Boutelie for the Vice
presidency. If these gentlemen could
be elected the scream of the eagle
would be unceasing for at least four
straight years.-Detroit Free Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
A GLAD RECOVERY.
Calamity HowIers Beginning to Get Their
Eyes Open.

N0A0InlCy xHO"lcT9 E1eS ~ 0cL AhCSk
Eyes Open
Is business prosperity something to
rejoice over? And is it really caused
by politics? The Tribune pretends to
think so, though it is rather difficult to
keep up with it's lightning changes"
on this subject
Last year our versatile contemporary
attributed the small foreign trade and
depressed domestic industries to the
democratic tariff. This tariff hap
pened to be, ON the imports of last
year, the highest ever known in this
or any other country. But that did
not matter with the Tribune. 1t in
Weighed just as loudly against the
free trade" tariff as though the aver
age duty had been only 80 per cent, as
it was under the original Morrill, tariff,
instead of 5O.O6 per cent. as it was last
year. And, of course. the slack trade
was a Calamity with big {.
This spring trade began to revive.
Importa ton increased. The people
gave evidence of ability and confidence
to clothe themselves more comfort
ably. Again the cry of distress went
forth from the once tall tower. Our
markets were being flooded with for
eign goods. Reviving commerce was
as much of a calamity as dropping
commerce had been. And the dreadful
democrats were to blame either way
and in both cases.
But yesterday the organ opened an
other stop. 1t sounded the trumpet
note of THE Glad Recovery" 1t pro-
claimed that hearty congratulations
are in order for the substantial i'm
provement in business which has
already appeared" - and which, it
might have added, it is impossible for
Mckinley newspapers longer to ignore.
But-and here the funny man again
gets in his work-all this glad recov-
cry" is due to the fact that the repub-
licans carried the last elections. Con-
sidering that there is a democratic
president in Office, and will be for al
most two years more. and that in the
senate of the next congress the popu-
lists will hold the balance of power,
this wonderful long-range effect of
republican victory becomes little short
of miraculous. Captious critics might
ask why it has taken six months for
politics to revive business. but conun-
drums like this would upset the equa-
nimity OF even partisan soothsayer.
The main thing is that there is a glad
recovery" and that the Tribune no
longer looks upon commerce as ca
lamity, nor regards industrial prosper
itv and advancing wages with a hostile
even. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
FEAR IN CHILDREN.
It II Caused by Unexpected and Myster
Gus Movements

It II Caused by Unexpected and Mysteri.
Gus Movements
AS with animals, so with children,
any seemingly uncaused movement is
apt to excite feeling of alarm. Just as
a dog will run away from leaf whirled
about by the wind. so children are apt
to be terrified by the strange and quite
irregular behavior of a feather as it
glides along the floor or lifts itself into
the air.
In these cases we may suppose that
we have to do with a germ of super
stitious fear which seems commonly
to have its starting point in the APP
pearance of something exceptional and
uncanny that is unintelligible, and sc
smacking of the supernatural. The
fear of feathers as uncanny objects
plays. 1 am told. a considerable part in
the superstitions of folklore. Such APP
parently self-caused movement. SO sug-
gestive of life, might easily give rise tc
d vague sense of mysterious presence
or power possessing the object, and SO
lead to a crude form of belief in su-
pernatural agents.
In other cases Of unexpected and
mysterious movement the fear Is
slightly different. A little boy, when
a year and eleven months, was fright
ened when visiting lady's house by a
toy elephant which shook its head.
The same child. writes his mother, lat
one year and seven months was very
much scared by a toy cow which
mooed realistically when its head was
moved. This cow was subsequently
given to him at about two years and
three months. He was then still afraid
of it. but became reconciled soon after,
first allowing others to make it moo If
he was at safe distance. and at last
making it moo himself. james
Sully, in Popular Science Monthly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06

"THANK HEAv1N AM NOT OF THAT
SORT"
wrong want to be set right What
was it?''
You said the war was caused by q
dispute over the Island of Cyprus"
.sYes. and / didn't say it without
knowing what was talking about"
THE trouble arose over Corea, my
dear The Island of Cyprus is in the
Mediterranean sea, thousands OF miles
away, while Corea is"
s.Mrs Bowser, do you suppose I've
lived forty mine years without knowing
where the Island of Cyprus is"' inter
rupted Mr.. Bowser, as he flushed up.
lyon know, of course. and it was
probably a slip of the tongue when
you said that the japanese and Chinese
got into a dispute over it.
Never, There was no slip about it.
am not in the habit of making slips
when talking history. The dispute
began over the Island of Cyprus"
Don't you remember when Turkey
-ceded that island to England"
mo, una'am, don't; nor does anyone
else! The dispute began over Cyprus,
and Corea had nothing to do with it.
The idea of your trying to post me on
current events strikes me as rather
cheeky"
..But right here in the paper, Mr..
Bowser, is news from Cores in connee-
-tion with the war;"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06

There are a good many interesting
things about the demand for fish" said
the old dealer. People and races diff
fer very widely. New Englanders lead
in the use of halibut and Holsters. New
York contains a great many New En-
CHAMBERS and Philadelphia and Balti-
more few. In the latter two cities very
few Holsters and halibut are used. The
Irish take to herring and the Italians
to sardines. Jews are very fond of fish,
and use fresh-water mainly. New York
and Boston use saltwater fish, while
the Philadelphia market demands fresh.
water."-N. Y. Press.