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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11
A Place for Warner.

A rumor comes from Canton that
Maj. VIM. Warner, of Kansas City, will
be first assistant under the new secre.
tary of the interior.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11
New Packing Plant for St. Joseph.

1t is stated on what is considered
reliable authority that Cudahy & Nc
Shane, Omaha packers, viii open up a
plant in st Joseph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11
THE OLIVE BRANCH,
With Buds of Promise to the Amer
lean People,

That Spain Offers to the Cubans, Provided
They Lay Down Their Arms and again
Put Their Necks Under the Yoke az
TyrannIcal Government.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11
Resignation Of the Portuguese Ministry
Accepted by the King.


LISBON, Feb. 6. Premier Hintze
Boibera delivered to the king the
designations of the entire ministry, in
forming his majesty that the cabinet
had found themselves unable to grapple
with the present economic and finan-
cia1 situation, and had, therefore,
resolved to retire from Office. The
king accepted the designations. and
summoned the progressist leader, Sem
hor de Castro, 10 form a new cabinet
Senior Barros Domez, a member
of the council of state, will be APP
pointed minister of foreign affairs
suIcIded on the Grave of his Bstrorhed
ENGLISH, Ind, Feb. 5.-Just after
noon to-day Alexis Gasvan, young
man of Bremen, Germany, committed
suicide upon the grave of Miss Corinna
Peters, at White Sulphur. near here.
Gasvan arrived Thursday, expecting
to marry Miss Peters, and was told
that she had died of consumption
three weeks ago. He seemed stricken
with grief, and wandered gloomily
about, finally going to the cemetery
The weapon was found by his side al
he lay fall length upon the grave, iIi.
brains ooziBg out. His 1tiends ia Gsr.
many were notified
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11
Influential Cedar County Citizen.

Joseph Cline, aged 81. died at Edo
RADIO Springs He leaves quite an
estate. Mr.. Cline was one of the most
influential men of Cedar county.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11
Mexican War Veteran.

John 7. Rollins, aged 20, died at
Kearney, Clay county. He was Mex
lean war veteran, and went across the
plains to California in 40.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11

Mrs. b. w. Doty. aged 50, died at the
residence of Rev. A. j. Van Wagner,
near Carthage. She was for 40 years
a Congregationalist
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11
A DLsagreeabIe Time.

passenger train was derailed in
the tunnel under the st. Louis custom
house. The tunnel was filled with
smoke, and the passengers had a dis.
agreeable time before they were re.
TuOua6
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11
A Minister iu Politics.

Rev. DIR. Boyd, the head of the Civic
Federation in ST. Louis, says that some
OF the appointments made by the
mayor are the worst possible outside
OF hill" He also says that the mayor
is a man whom 1 love very much, and
who is a good man."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11
Father and Mother Badly Burned.

Mrs. William Owings, of Burton
township, Howard county, was proba-
bly, fatally burned by her clothing
catching fire. Mr.. Owings was so badly
burned in an effort to extinguish the
flames that he may die. They have
four small children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11

Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, aged so, was
burned to death in the fireplace of her
home near Bryant, Douglass county.
She accidentally fell head forward into
the fire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11

Mother and Child Buried Together.
There was a sad incident at SedaIia
the other day.
Brief funeral services were held over the re-
mains OF Goldie LETTER, daughter of Mrs
James LETTER. When the services were con-
cluded Mrs. LETTER requested that she be per-
mltted to kiss her child. She did So and in
side OF five minutes the mother was also a
corpse She died of grief. The funeral of the
little one was stopped, and the next day moth
er and child were buried together
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11
The Case of Arthur Duestrow.

The motion in the supreme court
for a rehearing in the case of Arthur
Duestrow, of st. Louis, who murdered
his wife and child, has been denied.
Duestrow is under sentence to hang.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25
For the Grecnbrier independent.
Mother Eve Would not be Ashamed of
w. VAS Woman.

Ihe pidri Cause, which is pub
lished in San Francisco, California,
was turned over to one hundred and
hfty-eight representative women of
the United States for New Years
Edition. That edition is now out i'm
an issue of 10000 copies and contains
the opinions of 1000 men and wo-
men Of this country lawyers, doe
tors, preachers, teachers, railroad
magnates, bankers, ETC., in a grand
symposium on physical education.
Only one person wrote from West
Virginia, Prof. Douthat of the Uni
versity. Here is what he says:
~ could select from these West
Virginia hills 10000 women, who,
in all the physical characteristics of
beauty, grace, strength and elasticity
have never been surpassed in the
history of our world,-lO,O 900 who,
if ofiicered and drilled and uniformed
would constitute the grandest pa
geant ever exhibited before the ewes
of man,--10,000 worthy Of the ge-
MUS and chisel of Phidas, or the
skill and brush of an Apelles, and
fitted by living form to represent
Hart's Perfect Woman.
But alas !! why are not all our wo-
men perfect? Simply because where
labour Is not necessary physical edu-
cation has been neglected, and the
powers and possibilities of the lives
of our girls have never been seri-
ously considered. We want music
and language and science and art to
be a part. and a large part of female
education, but we beg the fathers
and mothers not to overlook the
physical health and Development of
the girls.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25
POETRY.
THE BISYBODy.


She sits behind the curtains drawn.
Or else behind the shutters
She watches every coat and hat
And every dress that nutters
There 8 not 4 thing The neighbOrs do
Unless they seek to poster
BY shutting doors and windows. too
That doesn't interest her.
She knows what kind Of meat they buy
What kind Of servants buy it:
Who calls on who and when and why,
And no one can deny it.
She hears the door bells when they ring
And, though she may be sleeping,
Up from her slumbers she will spring
To do her little pecping.
It's really fun, so folks aver.
To see her daily dOdging
a matrimonial spat to her
Is food and drink and lodging.
And should some husband come home
late,
y 'erCOme with curious Capcrs,
lie might as well proclaim his state
In all the daily papers.
She II tell you what the lovers say
When on the steps they're spoOning,
And each piano, far away.
That stands in need of tuning.
a bout her knowledge or affairs
She oIten grows clatcd,
And seems to know most everything
Except just how she's hated.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25
Is New York Sinking

New York is sinking. a few CEN
turtles hence Manhattan Island will
DE submerged beneath the sea. This
IS no fancy, no weird and unpleasant
notion born in the added brain of a
crank. The expectation is a grim
reality. All the geologists admit it.
Not one of them dares to dispute
the accuracy of the dismal predic-
ton.
Not only is the isle of Manhattan
sinking, but it is going down at an
ascertained rate, which is steady and
uniform. This has been going on
for ages; for there was time when
all the land hereabouts was much
higher than it is now. The city of
New York is comparatively new,
and that iS why the movement in
question has not already excited
alarmed attention. 1t is sinking at
the rate of only two feet a century.
Two feet a century! That does
not seem much, but it counts up af-
ter a while. Reckon it for yourself.
II the geologists are not wholly mis-
taken, Battery Park will be over
noWed two centurys hence. In the
year 1896, when it happens to be
stormy, big waves from the bay will
roll up Broadway toward Trinity
Church, unless brcakwater is con
structed to keep them back. Only
some extraordinary engineering ar
tiiice can prevent the whole of the
lower end of the island from being
submerged by 1896 A. ID.
Barring the adoption of such arti-
fices, one should be able in the year
2S96 to paddle in a boat from Bat
terry Park to the front door of the
Harper's publishing establishment
in Franklin Square. When 1000
more years have elapsed, in 1896, a
similar voyage may be accomplished
up Broadway, into Madison Square,
and to the entrance of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. Again, suppose
1000 years to be gone by and navi-
cation might be continued as far as
fifty-ninth street. Breakwaters
cannot be applied with success in
definitely against the rising tide,
and so 1T is only question of time
when what is now the business part
of New York will be under the sea.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25
Bachelor Buttons.

A man never knows what he can
do till he doesn't get the chance.
Somehow the wittiest girl isn't
the one IA man picks out to marry.
Some women won't be happy in
heaven because they can't go to
church.
A man never knows surely that he
is in love till he thinks that she isn't.
The most honest man in the world
will lie about what he pays for his
cigars.
When a woman is said to be a
good hOusekeeper, it is meant that
she has place for everything except
her husband.
The older man gets the more use
he has for good piece of meat and
a canton flannel nightgown.
They are called intelligence bu-
reauS because man never has any
when he gets through with one.
AS soon as a man shows that he
knows much about women a girl be-
gins to think he has II past.
Some well meaning people 90
through life as badly misunderstood
as crOSS-eyed girl under miStletOe.
A girl is known by the company
she doesn't keep.
A wOman's story always contains
moral and pair of pants.
1t is curious that thing which
| will lose a man Woman's friend.
ship won't lose him her love.
When girl makes up her mind
that she wants man, she pretends
to be interested in his work.
One of the main advantages of go
ing to college is that you can go on
bat and have it called an escapade.
After girl has been married six
months she's good deal more likely
to talk about the weather than abou
communion of souls.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25
POETRY.
THE ANGEL OF EyENTIDE

1Tou VINO doSt cover all the land
?, LII sllence with thy soul of rest
liIshlng with soft and tender hand
D"rk swaylng pine and twitterin,
rom thy fair, placid, saffron skies
Nolhe gently down with healing flight
AnG m seal with sleep woes weary eves
Throughout the watches of the night
Ihou who, upon thy pinions fair
p. Dost bear the sounds of vesper bells
Ipon the holy twilight air, WIZ
Oer breezy downs and flowerv dolIs
amidst the loud-tongued. brazen psaIn
ANA sllvery songs that sweetlv roll
bring thou heavens healing. perfect
calm ''''''
10 every stricken, weary soul,
Thou who, upon the quiet graves.
Dost calmly spread thy mantle gray
hSGew the grass which o 'er them waves
When kith and kin are far away.
Mss those who, in the gloom of death
1hrough all nights dreary watches
weep!
And whisper, with thy healing breath,
lie glveth His beloved sleep :"
WV, iil lat-DdCh hebrew QayS
Diost smile on Bethlehem's s harvest
gold
When fair Ruth stood. with wistful gaze
Between the new life and the old
deep yearning for the nOhlcr part.
Beneath the holy, sapphire skies:
Smile chastely on each maiden's heart
And fix on Truth her eager ewes
Thou who, on star-crowned Oliyet
Dldst leave Him in the waning light
reluctant oft, His fair locks wet
with the cold dews of falling night .
VINO Oft didst light, with kindly skv,
his way to sacred Bethany
Have pity on the wearv's Sigh.
And lift each lone ones misery,
lhou who, with mystic, tender charm. l..
Dost bring all weary ones to rest
The folded lambs safe home from harm,
1he babe clasped to it's mother s
breast,
Ine swallows to the sheltering caves,
The lark down to his grassy sod
MAKE sweet our dreams which Fancy
weaves,
And leave us in the love of God!
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25
\ Blind Mans Duel.
ROMANTIC SCENE ON TIE DECK Oh
\ MISSISSIPPI STEAMER.

1T Is doubtful if any theatre eve,
oitered such volumes of romantic
incident as the deck of on old-time
mississippi steamer. In the old
days before railroads traversed the
| continent in every direction, and
the West was wilderness, New
Orleans was the Mecca of travellers,
and the fleet, wave borne palaces of
the inland sea carried thousands of
pl"aSure'seekers to tho South. II
was then that life was CarOusal,
ana men and women gave them
selves up to to the most lavish en-
IJoymcntS. Gaming was custom,
ana courage an instinct. Men were
as prone to brawls as the sparks to
fly upwards. Conspicuous among
the fierce and rollickiug habitucs of
the steamers was Captain West, a
noted duclist. One day he was en-
gagged in a controversy with a gen.
tleman whom he met on deck, whom
he accused of staring at him imper-
tinently.
Why do you look at me so in.
tently ," demanded the captain.
Z" was not looking at you"
calmly replied the stranger, his eyes
meanwhile fixed in a stony glare
upon the captains face.
But you are, sir ~
am not"
The captain turned away, but a
short time aftcrward he felt those
stony eyes were again upon him and
Following all his movements with
pitiless ferOcity. 1t became inex-
presSibly annoying, and the captain
Mt last determined to make an end of
IT. Stepping up to the stranger, he
inquired, with suppressed passion:
I" Can you fight as well as look ?"
Perhaps so. [ never tried it
Place me, however, in position, and
L will do my best"
The singular conduct of the stran-
ger had, by this time, attracted uni.
yersal attention, and whispered con-
terences regarding his remarkable
appearance agitated little groups of
persons all over the boat. In a short
time, however, the vessel rounded
to at landing for wood, and then
the parties to the impromptu duel
went ashore. The stranger was led
on by negro servant, who SEEM
lngly picked his way. Indeed, from
the intense interest he was manifest
Ing in the encounter, the colored SER
want was more deeply interested i'm
the affair than his master. But the
time allotted for preliminaries was
brief, and the men were speedily
put In position. and pistols placed i'm
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25

ON cold night a man was hasten
ing across Boston common with his
overcoat buttoned up to his neck
He was rather anxious to know what
time it WAS, but was too lazy to un-
button his coat in order to get at his
watch. Just then he saw man of
well-dressed appearance coming in
the distance, and remarked to him
self:
81 will ask yOn gentle stranger
what time ii is, and he will unbuttOn
his coat, pull out his watch and in
form me of the hour Of the night"
He perceived that the stranger was
buttoned up just as he was. When
he came up, the man who wanted to
know the time touched his hat po-
litely and said:
"Sir, do you know what time it
is?"
The stranger stopped, removed his
right glove, unbutt0ned his overcoat
from top to bottom, unDuttoned his
undercoat, and finally pulled out his
watch, while the cold wind beat
against his unprotected chest.
Holding up the watch so that the
light would shine on it, he scruti-
nized it an instant and said, &" Yes ~
And then he passed on without an
other word.
WIFE lat breakfast) - Oh, John
I'll bet know whom you gave your
seat to coming home in the car, last
night.
John (who had been out all night
having a quiet little game with the
boys)-Oh, don't be 80 foolish. How
could you ever guess? Are you Q
mind reader? don't believe gave
up my seat at all.
Wife-Yes, you did. You dear
old boy, you let poor old Irishmar
have it for heard you say in your
sleep, 'Oh, that's all right; III
stand Pat
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25

A NEW Oklahoma probate Judge
married his first couple as follows:
All right" said the Judge, :" ac-
cording to the power invested in me
by the statutes Of Oklahoma and the
ordinances of the city, / declare you
man and wife. My fees are two
dollars, and you stand convicted un-
til all costs are paid, hut in the
meantime join hands, and the groom
is hereby ordered to kiss the bride
before the judge of this court offers
his congratulations. The witnesses
in this case must claim their attend
ance or they will not receive any
fees. This court is adiourned for
dinnerD ~
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25
4 Lime Kiln Lecture,

Gem'len," began Brother Gard
ner, as the regular Saturday night
meeting Of the Lime Kiln Club was
called to order with two hundred
and thirteen members present, and
Elder Toots ready for two hours
nap, let your conversashun be
plain an to de pint. Say what you
mean, an mean what you say. |
has noticed II tendency on de part of
certain members OBJ dis club to atfec'
de Shakspearen style.
/ want it stopped. 1t doan sound
right in man applyin' whitewash
or stove-blackin'. How many MEM
bers of dis club know de meanin' OBJ
de term, Prognosticate towards the
individual'ty? am yit | hyar it ut
tered a dozen times day. What's
de use of cullud pusson airnin' ten
shIllin's Il day remarkin' dat he eX.
poets to condescend to de irresponsi-
bic endeavOr, when he kin just as
well observe dat blackberries am
down to fifteen cents quart? If
any oh you has an ideah dat de use
oh sich Wu'ds as bombastic, delirium
tremenS, Cicero, or inconsistency,
elevates you in de min oh yO' nay.
bor, you is greatly mistaken.
When man comes to me an
wants to borry two tablespoonsful
Of eighty.cent green tea, Kase dc
preacher am gwine to be at his house
ter supper, let him spit it right out
in plain lnglish langwidge. instead
of beatin' round de woods an lug
GIN in sich words as abdicate, reac
ton Cnsarism am cahoOts. If haC
a son twenty ye'rs ole, an he shoulC
cum wild his Whitewash brush on his
shoulder am inform me dat de graft
ticashun oh de incOntestable synta,
had withdrawn its bombardment oil
deplanetary desderashun, | shoult
riz up am put my No. ~ agin hin
wild sich auxiliary reprehensihilit,
dat he would feel lame fur 81,
weeks"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25

JUST HIS STYLE.-He was leaving
the crowd where the theater tickets
for a big engagement were being
sold. There was happy look on
his face which suddenly vanished
He put his hand to his temple and
said:
{" guess I'll hunt up some quiet
place and kick myself. That's what
I'll do"
What's the matter ?" asked the
friend who had overtaken him.
I" have been letting the calcium
light of mathematics into the opal
escent mist Of my enthusiasm, he
replied.
" What do you NEAR? ?"
"l'Ve just figured it out that I've
stood in the snow in line for five
hours to pay extra charges for q
theatre seat, rather than stand up
for three hours at the performance
where 1t is warm and comfortable. .'
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25

THAT the sun is slowly but surely
being consumed by its own fires
there is but little doubt. No one
can tell, however, to certainty
whether it is or not. Astronomers
say that it's diameter could be re-
duced two feet per day for 5000
years before the finest instruments
could detect the fact that any reduc-
ton had taken place.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25

SHE" you were to find that ]
lost my fortune every penny of it
would you hesitate to carry out
our engagement? p
He" would hesitate at moth
ing.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25

"CAN any of you tell me why
Lazarus was beggar ?" asked the
Sunday school teacher. Please,
ma'am," replied small boy, whose
father was a merchant, "because he
didn't advertise"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25

"NINEY."-," Why this look of
set despair which has set on your
brow for day or two?" said Til
linghaSt to Wincbiddle.
Miss Tcnspot won't marry me
after giving me what considered a
great deal of encouragement, and
making me imagine she cared for
me-"
" SO she said Mop did she ."
The rejected one shook his head
sadly as he made reply;
think | could have stood that.
but her reply wounded my sensibili-
ties to the quick"
She did not faunt you with your
poverty, surely?''
Not at all.
How did she wound your feel
ingS, then ."
Well, | asked her to marry me.
and she never said word about its
being sudden or asking time to con-
slider, or that sort of a thing, but
she replied"
What ?"
g NiXcy! ~
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25

GLADsTONE'S ADVICE TO YOUNG
MEN.-Be sure that every one of
you has his place and vocation on
this earth, and that it rests with
himself to find it. Do not believe
those who too lightly say, "Noth-
ing succeeds like success" Effort
honest, manful, humble effort-suc-
ceeds by its reflected action, espe-
cially in youth, better than success,
which, indeed, too easily and too
early gained, not seldom service,
like winning the throw of the dice,
to blind and stupefy. Get knowl-
edge, all you can. BE thorough in
all you do, and remember that tho
ignorance often may be innocent,
pretension is always despicable.-
But you. like men, be strong-be
strong and exercise your strength
Work onward and upward, and may
the blessing of the most-high God
soothe your cares, clear your vision,
and crown your labors with reward. ~
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25

A GOOD joke told on a school
ma'am comes from Cumberland Gap,
and is told by the Middlesborough
Ne'cs. A lady teacher told one Of
the boys to name all the Presidents,
and when he replied that he couldn't
the teacher said, " When / was your
age | could name all the Presidents
in their order" The boy replied
"There were only few Presidents
then -
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-02-25
- .. -

HONEY consists of the substances
gathered by the bee from flowers,
subjected to such notifications as
they may undergo in the insect lab
0ratory through which they pass
The saccharin cXudation of flowers
consists Of a mixture Of various su-
garS, containing, in the pollen. a
small quantity Of heterogeneous mat
ter. The exact number and kind of
sugars in the nectar of flowers has
never been determined. Wilson es-
tlnlated the reducing sugar and su-
crose in the nectar of certain flow
ers. All the sugars, however, re-
ducing copper were classcd as glu-
cose. In general, the total quanti-
ties Of such sugars were greater than
the sucrose present. In the flower
of the red clover the glucose was
three times as much as the sucrose.
Since in pure honey there is very
little sucrose, it follows that the
chief change which the nectar I'M
dergoes before it appears rs honey
is in the inversion of sucrose.-P Prof.
IL. ". UWey.