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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-08-27

xsrecstnrIdge for ~Honeser Money.
Ex-Congre ssman Breckinridge plead
ing fc- political morality and the honor
OF the country is a sight for gods and
men.-St. Louis Republic
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-08-27

Halrs Catarrh Cure
Is Constitutional Cure. Price TIC
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-08-27

Too NAVY men praise their ssfves rnnEn
after they bury them.-Ram's Hoxn-
The Progress., 1896-09-19
Spanish FIuanCiering,

The jugglery of political finance as
fine art has reached it's zenith in
Spain. That country, having been
practically bankr,s't for some years,
is now face to face with the necessity
Of finding vast sums of ready money
with which to maintain some kind Of
a foothold in Cuba. There is in the
island an army of over 175,000 men,
which gets no supplies whatever from
the territory it occupies but gets every
thing at ruinous cost from home, and
1000 more troops are to be sent
out very soon. In addition to the
enormous outlay involved, which is
estimated at f16,OO0,OOO for the year,
the industrial and agricultural re-
sources of Cuba have been destroyed
and everything that is hereafter done
in the island must be paid for out of
the Spanish treasury. Yet the Spanish
minister of finance meets the cortes
with a budget for 1896 showing an es-
timated surplus of some f600, 0OO!-Sat-
urday Review.
The Progress., 1896-09-19
An Antldote for CerbolIc Acid.

1t is difficult for persons in good
health to conceive why suicides should
choose such a frightfully painful medi-
UNI for their purpose as carbolic acid.
It is not generally known that to this
vicious acid vinegar is an excellent an
tidote. When applied to cutaneous
or mucous surface which has been
burned by the acid, the characteristic
whitish appearance produced by the
caustic at once disappears, and shbse-
quent soaring is to great extent pre-
vented. Vinegar is an equally effica-
cious remedy when the acid has been
taken into the stomach, and it is re-
commended that the patient should,
as soon as possible, drink some vinegar
mixed with an equal part Of water,
after whick other msasYrNs ny b
taken to Eors fully eouatssast ~
DeiaoA
The Progress., 1896-09-19
How High Can Man Go?

Prof. Ugolino Mosso of Turin has
made some interesting experiments on
the effects experienced in ascending to
high attitudes. All climbers of lofty
mountains are aware that at great
heights, such as the summit of Mont
Blanc, respiration becomes more or less
troublesome, the heart beats rapidly
and sometimes irregularly, and feel
ing of exhaustion, often accompanied
bv nausea, is experienced. These ef-
fects arise largely from the rarity of the
air. and since the atmosphere becomes
less dense the higher one goes, it is evil
dent that limit must soon be reached
above which man cannot ascend. Pro-
lessor Mosso made his first experiments
on Monte Rosa, next to Mont Blanc,
the highest peak of the Alps. where he
ascended to an elevation exceeding 15,-
600 feet without serious inconvenience.
Returning to Turin he made his next
ascent. so to speak, without ascending
at all. In other words, he produced an
imitation of the rare atmosphere of a
very lofty mountain-top by partially
exhausting the air from large pneu-
matte chamber in which he had shut
himself. When the air in the chamber
corresponded in density with that
which would be found at height Of
24.272 feet above sea-level, he suffered
such i'll effects that he could not carry
the experiment further. The height to
which Professor Mosso thus simulated
an ascent is almost mile less than
that of Mount Everest, so that it seems
improbable that man will ever be able
to set his foot on the Hottest peak Of
the earth.
The Progress., 1896-09-19

ed forehead. The grandchildren Of that
woman who goes down the street with
a curse, stoned by the boys that fol-
low her, with the reiormers and phil
anthropists and the Christian men and
the honest merchants Of our cities.
amount to much! You toll on in YOUR
different spheres, sometimes with great
dsCouragement People have no faith,
and say: 1T does not amount to any
thing; you might as We'll quit that"
Why, when Moses $ etched his hand
over the Red Sea it did not seem to
mean anything espeC ally. People came
out | suppose, and said, "Aha!' Some
of them found out what he wanted 20
do. He wanted the sea parted. 1t did
not amount to anything this stretch
ing out Of his hand over the sea. But,
after awhile, the wind blew all night
from the east, and the waters were
gathered into a glittering palisade on
either side, and the pillows reared as
God pulled back on their crystal bits.
Wheel into line; O, Israel! march!
march. Pearls crashed under feet
Flying spray gathers into rainbow arch
OF victory for the cOnquerers to march
under. Shout of hosts on the beach
answering the shout of hosts amid sea.
And when the last line of 1sraelites
reach the beach, the cymbals clap, and
the shields clang, and the waters rush
over the pursuers, and the swift-tin-
gered winds on the white keys of the
foam play the grand march of Israel
delivered and the awful dirge of Egyp-
tan overthrow.
So you and l go forth, and all the
people of God 60 forth, and they stretch
forth their hand over the sea, the boil
ing sea of crime and sin, and wretch
edness. 1T don't amount to anything"
people say. Don't it? Gods winds Of
help will, after awhile, begin to blow.
A path will be cleared for the army Of
Christian philanthropists. The path
will be lined with the treasures of
Christian beneficence, and we shall be
greeted to the other beach by the clap
ping Of all heavens cymbals, while
those who pursued us, and derided us,
and tried to destroy us, will 60 down
under the sea, and all that will be left
of them will be cast high and dry upon
| the beach, the splintered wheel Of a
chariot, or thrust out from the .oam,
the breathless nostril of a riderless
charger.
The Progress., 1896-09-19
Artificial Animal Eyes.

Artificial eyes in imitation Of the
eyes of birds and animals are made in
great variety. They are used in
mounting birds for millinery trim
ming; animals eyes are used for the
heads in fur rugs, and both bird and
animal eyes are used for many other
purposes; for example, for eyes in cane
and umbrella heads made in imitation
of animals, for many kinds of toys, and
so on. Artificial eyes are also made
for some living animals; it is not un-
common for horses to have glass eyes,
and dogs are sometimes provided with
them; in at least one case calf has
been supplied with one, but most arti-
fetal eyes are for use in mounting nat
ural specimens, and in the manufac-
turing uses above referred to. The
eyes are made, of course. in imitation
of nature, and many Of them are beau
tiful. The stock that the manufacturer
or dealer keeps always on hand is Won
derful in it's variety. There is no eye
that could not be supplied. Here are
humming birds eyes, and alligators'
eyes, tigers eyes, and swans eyes, and
eyes for owls, and for eagles, and for
birds of all kinds and sizes; eyes for
mounted fishes, eyes for the bear, the
lion, the panther, the fox, the squirrel,
the dog, and the wolf, and for other
animals to be mounted, and eyes for
imitation pigs, and dogs, and sheep,
and cats, and so on. Artificial eyes for
birds and animals are sold chiefly to
taxidermists, to furriers, and to the
various manufacturers. They are sold
in pairs: the number sold in the ag-
gregate is very large. The busiest sea-
son is the fall and winter.-New York
Sim
The Progress., 1896-09-19
The Newest DcIiraCy.

Paris now recuperates on bone mar
row. After the failure of DR.. Brown
Sequard to rejuvenate the world, the
search for the spring of perpetual
youth has been taken up again with
undiminished ardor. The agent with
which the faded beauty now seeks to
bring back the roses to her cheeks and
the roundness to her form is bone
marrow. Bone marrow is the soft fat
ty appearing matter found inside the
hollow bones of animals. 1t has been
discovered that if bone marrow is not
the elixir Of youth, at least it is pow
crful tonic. Bone marrow is now
served in Paris restaurants, spread
raw upon thin slices of bread in dain-
ty manner, and it is said to be very
palatable morsel. Everyone eats it
who can afford to buy it, and butch
ers are furnished with a new branch
of industry. The long bones of the OK
are split open, the marrow extracted
and it is then eaten without further
preparation. DR.. Renault, of Paris,
prescribed bone marrow to an anaemic
patient as tonic with immediate and
gratifying results. The news of it's
wonderful effects spread rapidly and
at the present time marrow eating has
become fashionable fad. New York
is already in danger of becoming a VIC
tim of the marrow habit, and medical
men on this side Of the water are dis
cussing the subject with great interest.
Prof. Goldscherders, of Berlin, was the
first to use the extract of bone marrow,
with unfavorable results, however.
Nothing daunted, German and English
physicians followed suit, and many of
them reported brilliant successes.
American physicians are reporting
cures of nervous prostration and gen.
eral waste.-New York Herald.
The Progress., 1896-09-19
WON BY The FAT MAN.
viii Use Lo: Chain for Kis Wheel
Hereafter.

Hereafter.
When three of them had reached the
island on their wheels it was dark
and, Of course, they wanted to gec
some refreshments at the casino, says
the Detroit Free Press. "In just
chain the bikes together and fasten
them to The railing" said the escort.
Then they went in and five minutes
later red-faced man was making the
air blue outside while calling for a
policeman and chasing around TIC
building.
"Where's my wheel?" he shouted.
Il left it out here. Things have come
to petty pass if man has to lose
a bicycle every time he comes up mere
to get some fresh air. But | know the
number and | have private mark on
the machine. Somebody's going to go
to jail for this, no matter if it takes
have got to run this thing down.
Here it is now he whooped, as he
came upon the three wheels chained
together. Look at that. now. Ever
sec more brazen-face robbery?'
Then the redlaced man began to tug
and yank and call for a stone or a
hammer to break the chain with. He
wasn't going to stand by and see him
self robbed. even if he had to saw a
piece ont of the railing or pull half the
building down.
What are you doing there?' shout
ed the escort as the three emerged,
after having placed thmselves under
The influence of ice-cream and soda
water. Break away, there, or I'll have
you arrested"
whats that" reared the man with
a crimson cOuntenanCe. For half a
cent I'd kick you clear across the river.
Just hear the bluff he makes. Steals
my wheel. chains it up and then wants
tn have me arrested for claiming it..
Why, I'll thrash you if it's the last
act of my life
Just as they were about to mix up
one of the young ladies discovered that
there really had been a mistake in the
confusion and semi darkness. 1t took
some time to explain, but finally tic
rcdfaced man rode away grumbling
that he'd carry log-chain after this.
The Progress., 1896-09-19
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

A young colored woman has been
admitted to the bar in Chicago.
Thibet, though nearly half as large
as the United States, has only 1900, 600
inhabitants.
Every civilized nation of the world.
even China and Japan, now has a
weather bureau.
Every pint of port, sherry or Ma
deira has four ounces of alcohol: every
pint of champagne has three ounces.
1t is interesting to know that ten
per cent-2l out of 2l4-of the build
ings struck by lightning last year
were churches or chapels.
The deed for what is now Eastern
Pennsylvania, given by the duke OF
York to William Penn, is for the term
of 10000 years, at five shillings rent.
Bald headed men in the house OF
commons are many. OF GOO members
voting in a recent 3;vision, 100 were
wholly or partially bald at the crown
of the head.
A notice has been posted on the
doors OF one of the most fashionable
churches in the west end of London
to the effect that no more coppers will
be accepted in taking up the collec.
tions.
The German soldier is going to have
his buttons and the other metallic
parts of his uniform made of alumni
UNI. He will thus, by this reduction
in weight be able to carry 100 ad
dition..l rounds of ammunition.
The Italian consul at Bor leaux has
telephone connection with the opera
house at Bordeaux as well as with
that in Paris, and he says that he
hears the music from Paris (3,5 miles
as distinctly as that which comes t.
him distance of only few blocks.
The yards of manufacturing com
pany at Philadelphia are to be pavet
with new material. Hay is put
under heavy pressure, then cut into
paving blocks of convenient size
which are soaked in oil. 1t is claimed
that this process renders the block:
indestructible.
Delaware's ancient law requiring {
bridegroom to give the state an in
demnity bond never causes any serious
trouble, and if the penalty was ever
enforced it must have been a Ions
while ago. The man going on Tho
bridegroom's bond engages that thu
children that may come of the pros
pective union shall not become &
charge upon the state.
A sturgeon weighing 300 pound
and having leather belt attached t,
it's tail was caught off Wexford il
Narragansett bay one day lately.
That which is popularity known a.
the funny bone, at the point of thu
elbow, is in reality not bone at all
but nerve that lies near the surface
Two men in Buffalo got into figh
as to whether or not 'the sun draw
up the water that makes the rain.
One struck the other and broke hi
neck.
The members of the Woman's Chris
tan Temperance union of Brooklyn
N. Y, have resolved to buy their gro
ceries in future from dealers who d.
not sell liquor.
A traveller recently returned from
England says the girls there are al
indulging in the hair-dressing freak
known as bath. buns" He describe
them as hard, round knots of hair
generally covered with q net an
looking as their name implies exactl,
like bun-or like rubber ball tina
+ had been thrown and stuck agains
the back Of the head. But handsom
or hideous, the bath bun will driv
ont the graceful Psyche knot II Dam
] 1oehion 90 ordera
The Progress., 1896-09-19

IN that day OF which speak, do you
oelieve there will be any midnight
carousal? Will there be any kicking
on from the marble steps of shivering
mendicants? Will there be any I'M
washed, unfed. uncombed children?
Will there be any inebriates staggering
past? No. no wine stores. No lager
beer saloons. No distilleries, where
they make the three Ne. No bioodshot
eye. No bloated cheek. No Instruments
Of ruin and destruction. 10 hst-pound-
The Progress., 1896-09-19

Dress was not mans invention, but
Gods. It was not an accommodation
to the necessities Of climate as much
as to the necessities created by sin.
Whether in Africa OF America, the ex-
tent to which q person h covered 10
more matter Of morals than climate
--Rey. q. w. ChalfaaA
The Progress., 1896-09-19
TALMAGES SERMON.
THE CITIES SAVED,"LAST SUM
DAYS SUBJECT.
And the Streets cf the Cities Shall lie
Full OF Boys ard Girls Playing In
es, So.

LIMPSES OF Our
ledeomed!
Now, boys and girls
who play in the
streets run such
risk6 that multi
tudes Of them end
in ruin. But. in the
coming time spok-
en- Of. our cities vii
be so moral that
laIe and llSSrS
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-09

Hldreths velvet kisses, at SIMPSONS
the Corner Druggist.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-09
Mary Mnrrill

Mrs MARY C. Morrill, was born in
Dexter, Me. Aug }, 1916, and died in
skoNhegan, Jan 9th Her maiden
name was Copeland She was married to
Mr. Lewis b. morrill, Of Coriuna, in 1892.
Mr. Morrill, died in Pittsheld, July Is,
ls9l rhe children now living are, Mrs.
l. Il. Haskell OF Allston, Mass Mr.. A.
II Morrill, OF WAtertown, Mass, Mrs. j.
Q BslYeA OF So. Boston. and Mrs Frank
l.. uoxle Of Skowhegan
Mrs morrill, died Ia the faith She ex-
pressed desire to live only that she
might publicly confess her Saviour. The
funeral services took place at the home
Of NJ Frank Hoxie aud were conducted
eY Rev b. G.. Wentworth assisted by
Key / H. Copeland
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-09
Board Of Agriculture.

Tie annual meeting n The Maine
Beatd ~ Agriculture. ali be held 40 The
rooms IF She BOARD, state House, Wed.
oesday and Thursday. Jan 18Th, and
ION ls86 Oae fare the round trip 90
Asoe Central Ticket. sold the l4th,
10th aud 1871 good To return the lsth.
Headquarters Of the Boafd At the Cony
House. At reduced rates The order OF
exercises will be
Wednesday, Jan. 18th. Organization
AID election OF officers 3r.A., reports
u Secretary and Executive Committee
What Experiment stations are doing
for Agriculture by Prot " II. Jordan,
member from state College.
Thursday Jan 18th, A.. 81. discus
lions, opened by Geo. Flint, member
from Somerset onnly, ami +. +. Light,
member from Knox, business. , r. NJ,
unwilling picture Of Or Holmes, first
secretary OF the Board address by
Howard Owen Ave minute talks by
members each 90 suggest lines for lust-
tufe work tor lS46, business. 30,
lecture by Dr. A. " Harris, Pres.
Maiae state College, aud member OF the
Board music, winthrop Street Quar-
ts1s.
b WNNtB MekfE>, Secretary,
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-09

Atkin.ou heavy coated chocolates Al
sampson f. the uraef Druggist.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-09
80e-EO "a a PYRAMID.
Experience Of "a baltimore Man with the
Arabs Of Egypt.


Or james J Mills Of Baltimore made
visit 70 Europe and Egypt. He passed
through an experience that was as un-
pleasant as it was novel--that of being
held up and robbed within the gloomy
and musty walls Of the great pyramid
ef Cheops. by the Nile. Discussing the
trip DR. Mills said:
If | had to live in foreign city, it
would either be Paris or Cairo. Cairo
Is unlike any other city in the world
There is a strange mingling Of the white
faces Of the Greeks with the inky black
faces Of the Nubians and Sudanese
and the yellow skinned Arabs, who CON
stitute the bulk of the population, OF
course | wanted to visit the pyramids,
and | undertook to do it without being
accompanied by dragoman. Against
the advice of friends, | set ont on the
back Of donkey, with no attendant
save the donkey boy. As the boy could
speak no English and | could speak no
Arabian, we did not talk much.
We were follower ont of Cairo by a
swarm Of beggars. whose only cry was
Baeksheesh, backsheesh. When we
reached the vicinity of the pyramids, we
were met by horde of Arabs, who
could speak but few words of broken
English. They volunteered to take me
inside the pyramid With two of the
wild looking sons CT the desert we en-
tered the great pyramid of Cheops, de-
scending long, gloomy passages, passing
the brink of an enormous we'll travers-
ing footway which led along by the
tombs of numerous dead and up mar
row passageway with a floor as smooth
as glass.
Here the ascent was so steep that it
was necessary for one Arab to go in
front and pull me along, while the 9TH
er came behind and pushed. When we
reached the end of this passageway, we
sat down to rest The atmosphere was
sitting, while myriads of black bats
flew clumsily about and gave an un
canny appearance to the place. 1t was
then that my two Arab guides began to
think of 'backsheesh' and ask in Eng
lish, which l could understand painful
ly well, how much money | had. 1t was
no place to argue with them, for if they
had left me there | might have been
there yet
81 tried to make them think that |
did not understand, but the result of it
all was that they turned my pockets in
side out and took all the money had
Then they piloted me out in great glee
and told me that l was 'valy glud
man.. l got back to Cairo as soon as
could, and there my friends told me
might have we'll expected to have been
robbed. Baltimore American.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-09
THOUGHT THE KAISER STUPID.
A Coachman Told Him He Would Never
Set a River Afre.


An amusing little story about the pres
emit emperor of Germany, William II,
and Vienna cOachman was narrated at
banquet lately given at Vienna by
some diplomatists. the narrator being
himself a we'll known and prominent
member of the corps diplomatic.
In the year 1887 the present Emperor
William II of Germany, then Prince
William of Prussia, came to Vienna,
visiting his particular friend and ohum,
the late Crown Prince Rudolf Of Aus
tria Joined by the Prince Of Wales,
who was at that time also frequent
visitor to the Vienna court, the three
princes took fancy to mingle with the
commons of the Vienna population.
Dressed in ordinary clothes, they visited
places which are not in the least regard
ed as suitable for princely guests.
One day they entered hotel, but in
stead of going into the dining room they
walked into the "schwemme, place
which answers in some degree to the
barroom of an American hotel; in this
room coachmen and the servants of the
hotel guests take their meals
The three princes took seats at an
empty table, and listened, highly
amused, to fierce debate about politics
between several stout members Of that
class of fashionable Vienna coachmen
who are known all over Europe as
"fesche Wiener fiaker The distinc-
ton of those characters is a kind of
good natured boldness and droll famil-
iarity toward their customers as we'll as
to perfect strangers.
After listening awhile Prince William
put in a word, and soon was drawn into
the excited discussion Suddenly stout,
red faced coachman walked up to the
table where the three princes were seat
ed, and, tapping Prince William gently
on the shoulder, said, Now, if you
should ever have anything to say in
politics, you wouldn t set river on fire
I'm sure !"
As every public coachman in Vienna
wears a number, this coachman was
upon special requesd of Prince William
easily identified. The prince sent him
a'handsome scarfpn with his initials as
thanks for the amusement he had fur
nished, and thus the man learned in
amazement whose political abilities
they were that he had so belittled. -
Vienna Letter i'll New York Press
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-09
Mrs Harriet { Palmer

This venerable eomaa passed quietly
To her reward on sunday last, Jan s. At
her home on Madison street. just north
II Cold Brook a. she aas bearing the
elose Of the uiutey hrst year II her age
she had been la falling health for some
years but retained her faculties 90 An
unusual degree she AIS born in Read
field in 1905, and aas The daughter Of
William and MARY Fitzgerald Gray.
Some sixty seven years ago she WA
united 10 marriage 10 Joseph Palmer,
who died fifteen wears since. she spent
a short time iu " inlhrap. aud then lived
IN Fayette Tor thirty years. Twenty
nine years ago with her husband and
other members OF her family, she came
10 sko0hegsu, which remained Der hUme
until her death She was one IL the
typical Mothers Of Aaiue lndustri-
Gus. energetic, aud 6odfeariug, she
served her day and generation well, md
fell asleep beloved by All sho knew her
she became Christian al an early age,
aud united with tho BAPTIST church.
she leaves three sons. !. Franklin of
Lewiston. and James and George Ii q
This pacc. She also leaves one sister,
NJ. Jane Durham u ,@aeryille, who
il Over eighty years II ake fine muer
Al took place oo Ius-day afternoon, and
vas conducted hY her pastor. Rev g. y.
Hanson choice aoral aasfIug- bespoke
the thoughtful remembrance Ut frirpds.
lhe burial took place On the SINH -9e
She rrsts from her shefs and Hyr works
follow her
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-09
Patterns
Condition
Powders,

The best powder ever
offered to the people OF
this vicinity. We know
this and you will gladly
admit it after once using
them.
Use them under our
guarantee and if they
don't suit, your money is
waiting for you.
Twenty-Five cents a
full pound package,
PATTERNS
DRUG STORE.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-09
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