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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18

mule and beckoned the man to her
He came promptly, and stood with his
hand upon the mules back while pass
ing the compliments of the day.
How you do, Mis- PeDnin 'ton?" sait
be- 81 ain sec you in a long time"
Use toIer'ble," was the reply. You.
alls well?"
'Toler'ble. Gwine ter town dis
mawning, Mis- Pennin'ton?7
"Yes, sab l hab some butter tel
fetch in, and some groceries ter fescn
out. Pears lack dey-alls at home keeps
me toler'ble busy EVvine in town fur
groceries; but Jake and de chillen an
hearty, and so am 1; so we ought ter
be thankful fur that, tell EN-"
"Yessum. dat you ought. Plenty hat
got de health and de appetite what
amt got de groceries, | tell yer, Mis-
rennin'ton. Dat dey is"
Dat am a fac" said, Aunt June, Civ
ing the big basket a turn. Pears lack
you-alls toler'ble busy ter-day."
"Yessum: ives trying ter finish dis
here bridge ter-day, bekase we don't
work ter-morrer. Hits George Wash
in'ton's bufday."
Aunt June Strengthened herself wit h
a jerk:
what dat you say? Hits whose buff
day."
Instantly the negro assumed the
grandeur of enlightener. "IIit am dc
bufday OBJ George Washin'ton; de"
"What dat you saying?" demanded
Aunt June, uncertain whether to take
Ivr nd IN.
whether TO laugh ut him for joker.
The man grinned and pdtte,i the
white mules back. "Yessum, hit am
George Washin'ton's bufday. He
Muz-
..Shet up! You reckin 1 don't know
what he wuz? Yer think I amt got
scrop of sense. Telling me bout George
Washin'ton's bufday? l say it,
II heerd it ober in town." said the
negro.
"Des listen at dat, will somebody ~
cried Aunt June. What town got ter
do wild George Washin'ton, I'D lack ter
know? Talking bout de town saving
hit 'uz George Washin'ton's bufdayI"
The negro broke into a laugh.
We'll" said he, lit am de sho' fac. Dey
say"
:'Shet yo' mouf. / don want hear
none yo' big talk. Iwonder eff yer takes
me fur fool. or what? Letting on
dom know when's George WasGin'-
toms bufday, Hit ain ter-morrer. / tel;
yer. Ter-morrer ain no mo- his buff
tlav dan ITS mine. | reckon | ought
ter know when George Washin'ton wuz
baxn. / reckin l wuz dar at de bawn-
ing"
The negro broke into laugh so loud
that his felloN-workmen looked from
their work to smile encouragingly, and
wonder what had tickled him so. He
stumbled back to them bent almost dou-
bic, ana holding ms sides with both
hands. laughing until the tears chased
each other down his dark. furrowed
cheeks.
To him 1t was great joke. He sup
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of the street, and at this point mag
nificent passenger station is to be built.
extending from One Hundred and
Twenty-fifth to One Hundred and
Twenty-sixth street, under the four
track viaduct.
This improvement will be of immense
value to the entire state-in fact, to the
whole country-as the bridge, being so
high above the water, will never have to
be opened except when large steamers
or vessels with masts are to pass
through; all tugs, canal boats. barges.
ETC., will have ample room to go under
the bridge while it is closed.
The Harlem river, having been de-
clared by congress ship canal. the sec
rotary of war has issued orders that all
tugs and barges shall joint their smoke
stacks and 1ag-poIes, to enable them
10 pass under the bridge while it is
closed. He has also ordered that the
bridge shall not be opened between the
hours of seven and ten o'clock in the
morning, and four and seven in the
afternoon, except for police, fire or gov
eminent vessels, the hours named COW
ering the great business traffic in and
ont of the city, the important through
trains as well as the principal suburban
trains arriving and departing during
those hours. This will avoid delays,
which have been, at times, very annoy
ing, and permit of much faster service
than could have been maintained under
the old arrangements; and, as speed is
one OF the principal factors in travel in
this age, this feature viii prove an inn
portant one.
Quite a number of the great improve
ments which hive recently been made
in the northern part of the city can be
seen from the trains as they pass over
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The great inventor was buried in
thought or something that was very
close imitation of it.
1.-THE trouble with u.s. he said, as he
pushed back few layers of thought
and poked his head out, ''is that we are
handicapped"
How is that?" asked the man who
always wants to know.
''Why, we can't keep up with the SEN
sational press" explained the inventor.
''lyo matter where we go-in the air or
under the seattle sensational newspa-
per has told all about it long before
anyone knew anything about it. and it's
considered a chestnut when first it's
possible Do make my meaning clear ?a
The man who always wants to know
hesitated, but finally got round it by
saying his meaning was as clear as most
Of his inventions. and then succeeded in
escaping while the inventor was trying
20 make up his mind whether or not IL
was an insult.-Chicago Post.
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SfV Il Nv VIII!
Aunt June stood in the cabin door
way calling, shrilly and sharply, to a
boy at that moment reluctantly making
lis way to the cabin from the direction
of the "spring branch" that skirted the
field in the low ground.
Come long here, sab! Don you see
Use waiting?"
George Washington obeyed reluctant
ly, however; for it was the season of the
year when trout were biting. The
small rod and bucket that he carried
told, silently, the story of an inter
rupted minnow excursion, preparatory
&c days fishing in Duck river.
His mother wore her best dress, a
bright magenta skirt and a brown
worsted waist; a bonnet of curious
shape and colors, and a pair of very
white, home-knit gloves. A long,
brown barege veil fiOated majestically
from the bows and blossoms of her bon
net.
A large market-basket and tin
bucket covered with clean white cloth
stood on the doorstep; crazy little
cart with Il white mule nodding between
the shafts waited at the gate. In lieu
CT leather reins a white cotton rope
passed from tbs SJ:51e sit to .ke seat
upon which Aunt June was preparing
to mount.
lis yer goin' ter town, mammyP''
said George Washington, with n rue
full glance in the direction of the wait.
ing wagon. His black face expressed
better than words his hearts disap-
pointment at the unexpected disarrang-
ing of his plans.
"Co'se Use gwine ter town! How's
de butter gyvine git dar eff ain fetch it
Huccome yer reckin hits gwine walk
dis day, stidder waiting fur me ter
fetch it same's udder days? You's ter
stay right in here wild de baby till / git
back. Does yer hear? IF de baby
cries glib her de biscuit on de shelf; and
don let her fall in de fab. Does yer
hear me? Why'n yer answer me. George
Nashin'ton?"
"Yessum," said the boy. 81 hears yer,
and with glance at the little black
bundle squatted upon the floor Wash,
as he was called on ordinary occasions,
began to whimper.
Since the baby was born he had been
its nurse; not willing one always, but
always a faithful one. To-day, for the
first time, the rebellion took fearful
turn.
"Shet up, tell yer, and ten ter dat
chile. Po' little sister; ain yer shame
yerse'f?"
Won't yer fetch me stick of striped
caudy?" sobbsd Wash, seeking to make
the best of an unpleasant duty.
..E Tor Gfrigap rRT hack
e hear anuddcr word FUN yer; see ef
= don't. Shet Up. ] tell yer"
IL the rebellion was bitter, il was
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18

short-iived. Before the crazy little
wagon had creaked out of sight Wash
was scuatted beside his sister. indus
trlousiy stuffing her with the big BIS
cunt that had been provided for her re
treshment.
Aunt June. sailing into the county
town in all the grandeur of her own
! turnout, soon forgot all about the chlI-
cFen IN the cabin at home. George
Washington was to be relied upon, she
knew, and so she gave herself no further
uneasiness on the subject.
Aunt June always went to town in
style. The big basket went along for
style, too, for Aunt June was not neg
iectfuI of her reputation, which was
large among her acquaintance. The
curious old bonnet bobbed many a mild
good morning." as the old mule logged
along the lanes or the white turnpike.
AS she neared the town, however, the
bows became less cordial and trifIe-
just trife-condescending. The rea-
son was soon made known to the white
mule.
Desc trifiing town niggersl" she
muttered. "Dey-all 'ud ruther Law about
town in rags, and go ha'f-starved, ez
ter go ter the country, whar dey's plen-
~ ter eat and drink, too. De lazy lot
OBJ EN-! Jest look at 'em-eight ercIock
IN de mawning, and not Dressed thing
ter dol"
Aunt June was thrifty soul, as was
Uncle Jake, her "ole man." There were
seven pounds of fresh, yellow butter in
the tin pail at her feet, in exchange for
which she would bring many comfort
to the cabin that she and Jake had
bought with their own savings; the
deed of 1T was safely registered in the
clerks Office in town.
Aunt June scowled, grunted, and then
sighed for the less fortunate ones of
Ter race; but as she said, the town negro
had no love for the quiet country life
that had been her prosperity.
The wagon had passed through the
last tollgate when Aunt June spied an
acquaintance among some workmen
who were repairing bridge over which
her team must pass. She pulled up the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
washington a Harvard Ii D.

Washington received from Harvard
college the honorary degree of doctor
of laws. The distinction was voted by
he president and fellows of the college
at the meeting at WATERFOWL, April 3,
1776. las an expression of the gratitude
Of this college for his eminent services
in the cause of his country and TO their
society" The signers were President
Samuel Langdon, Nathaniel Appleton.
John Winthrop, Andrew Eliot, Samuel
cooper and John Boston
Traveller.
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washinston,s Great Courage.

The pretty schoolma'am had been re-
Iatin0 to her flock some of the incidents
i'm the life of Washington. and endeav-
cring to instiiI in their young minds an
appreciation e the virtues of the Father
Of His Country, including his truthful
hess as boy. Then she said:
.'WilI some pupil give me an instance
of Washington's courage?"
Several hands went up.
Sammy Snaggs. you may answer"
please, ma am, he married a widow
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18

Nor ice. nor storm. nor cruel blast
Can hold these heroes back:
They have resolved. the die IS cast
For freedoms cause! A track
OF blood upon the snow they've left
From shoeless feet and bare:
OF all life's comforts they're bereft,
Beside the Delaware.
But Onward! Onwardp' is the word
Their brave commander speaks
When thro' the storm lis voice Is heard
Each son of freedom seeks
To do his bidding; put aside
Is every woe and care
There's vict'ry DER the icy tide,
Across the Delaware.
On through the gloomy, stormy night
With hardships dire they cope
''For God, and native land, and right?'
Their watchword and their hope;
Until at last, all cold and dark,
They greet the morning glare;
Safe thro' the tide they've reached the
Across the. Delaware.
And then, nine miles beyond they go,
With steady, solemn tread,
To where the hated Hessian foe
Sleep in their drunken bed.
Aroused from dissipation's doze
In wild surprise they stare,
And conquered, give their swords to
those
Who crossed the Delaware.
, This. children. is the story true
: OF noble, fearless men;
And may its lesson be to you
A guide and solace when
Storms hover near. my brave grandson,
And you, granddaughter fair
Press onward, till the vict'ry's won
Across LIES Delaware.
George V. Hobart, in n. Y. Herald.
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Truthful George.

love that dear old story,
The hatchet and the tree.
The boy who couldn't tell lie
Is always new to me.
love to read 1t often.
Since IL has coEae to pass
That In this realistic ags
Tney sneer at t'-alaS!
on George. George Washington.
You might be brave and true.
F7,gt II Won lived on earth to-day
II would be dull for you.
Mrs. II. l. Ryan, IN -. 7. TPu4A
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18

"what doctors treating you.
Grumpy2"
Treating me? Three of them come
here regularly and loot my sideboard
every visit. I'm doing all tina treaa~
in1."--Detroit Free PreaR
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
when Hand. AZ. Floou.n,.

do you believe that hands tell any
thing?" asked the girl who was inter-
ested in palmistry.
Certainly" said the practical young
man. 'sWhen they belong 20 deaf
mutes. ~. Y. journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18

DAUGHTERS OF PRESIDENTS.

Oldest President at the White House
Over Half Century Ago.
There are eight surviving daughters
of presidents of the United States, in
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18
AncIents Didn't Adulterate Food.

the white house.-Ladies' Home jour
nal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18

More than one-third of the people
in this country live in cities, and more
than half the doctors are there. too
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18

TONI You George
Washin ton. you!
Eff you don come
long here when l
call yer I'll take a
bresh broom ter
yer, sab, dat [
Wilt"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-28

A CoLoRED BARN DANcE-A dis
patch from Lexington, KY, says
Upon completion of her new barn
next Saturday night, Mrs. w. E. D.
Stokes, the millionaire horsewomaD, OF
New York, intends to give swell col
ored dance. to which she has invited a
large number of her eastern friends.
Five hundred of Lexington's most
prominent oolored people have been
invited, and prizes have been offered
for several contests which will incite
strong competition. One hundred dol
lars will be given to tie best cake-walk
couple, 500 for the best buck dancer
and $50 for the best dressed colored
person. The new barn, which is built
IN place of the one in which champion
mare Josie B and 20 other highly bred
animals were burned, is one OF the
handsomest in the State and has been
erected at great cost. Mrs. Stokes has
been in Kentucky about three weeks,
but arrangements for her barn dance
have been guarded with the utmost
secrecy, and it just leaked out last
oight, when the invitations were sent
out.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-28

To PROTECT COUNTRY WOMEN
The Georgia Planter Gays: Farming
must go on. All the people can't live
in town. There are already too many
people in the cities and towns and lots
of them don't get half enough to eat.
How to protect the female portion, OF
the people from assaults by 6endish
blacks in che rural section is question
that should command the immediate
attention of our legislators. The State
of Texas has Stale police called the
rangers, mostly farmers, who have
police powers, The republic of Mexico
has national organization called ru'
rails. They are farmers and ranchmen'
except in small towns they are mer'
chants, doctors and other citizens.
Georgia needs just such system to
protect the country women. 1t is al
most impossible to induce the ladies to
leave town for the country, and We
don't blame them"
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Encourage Home Enterprise.
letter. salt.Rheum and Eczema.

letter, Salt-Rhcum and Eczema.
The intense itching and smarting, Incl
dentto these diseases, isinstantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain s Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. 1t
is equally efficient for itching piles and
fayorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box.
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Alexaaaria a' @azettf,
TERMS

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Gazette Building. 8lO Il s12 Prince st
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MEDICINAL.

u-sen a Young couple runs away to get
VI "a balf the world says: Glow
H1.,o-t;cl'' H--,s. the other half says: How
,I..i1 NT,.I But you can't tell either way
'n} '.,;i the honeymoon is over. When
.h;. G,;,', youpg couple get settled down to the
aa,,Isr la9 b1m-dflim of life, they'll manage
aIS n r;git I and find solid happiness In any
s..a T., s'S + they have good hearts and sound
tssi,h All depends on that.
N'i,., wonderful how much health has to
dowith married happiness. Sickness af-
s.cts the temper. You can't be happy
ro. .,[T make others happy if you're ailing.
Wben NJ, , YOU find yourself irritable, easily
,o-r;ed beginning to rundown" it's
Sscanse %y,,' your blood is getting poor. You
.e.d richer blood and more of it. Your
Matchmaking organs need to be vitalized
Sy Dr. Picrce's Golden Medical Discov-
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a. abundance of the healthy, red corpus
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nYre @ rich blood. It's blood-creator
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~ in poor, rundown condition. It
o-eyents the germs Of disease from get
ing a hold on your system. Even after
disease IS settled on you. it is driven out
bv the blood-creating properties of the
discovery" It is a perfect cure for
general and nervous debility, catarrh,
malaria, eczema, erysipelas, scrofula and
.yery form Of blood disease. 1t isn't
called consumption-cure but even con-
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blood-is driven out by the Golden
Medical Discovery If taken In time.
The Discovery" is the prescription
Of one OF the most eminent physicians
and medical writer's in this country.
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PARTHENoN DOOMED.

The Parthenon is doomed. Such is
the conclusion of correspondent OF
the London Times, who has had an ex.
ceptional opportunity for studying this
historic building dear to every lover OF
Grecian culture. To view it from a
distance the visitor would suppose that
the Patthenon would last for ages, bu,
the earthquakes of several years ago so
weakened the structure that repaire
have been found necessary to save it
rom immediate ruin. Last spring an
immense scaffolding was erected about
The western facade which served two
told purpose; it enabled architects to
replace certain rotten and broken arch
itrave blocks with fresh pieces of mar
BILE, and it prevented the collapse of
the building in case of another earth
quake. This scafold the Times cor
respondent was permitted to mount,
and he comments upon what ne saw as
follows: 81 was dismsyed. The in
side and interior stones of the
1ntablature are rotten through
out. In many cases these rotten
stones were broken by the recent
earthquakes into many pieces, though
by the veriest miracle these pieces still
cling together. AS is we'll known, the
apistyle consists OF three hugh blocks
bat stand on their narrow edges side
py side and span the intercolumniations.
OF these three blocks the outside ones
alone are comparatively sound, while
the interior and inside blocks are in
most ruinous condition. All of these
inside blocks are to be replaced by new
ones that are now lying on the ground
below ready to be hoisted into position
as soon as the mighty derrick that is to
lift them on high shall have arrived
from Europe. The thought of new epis
{, le blocks in the Psrthenon is shock
ing most souls, and yet it is choice
between that and immediate ruin. The
new blocks will be colored with oil and
wax in order to rob them of their glar
ing whiteness and newuess. But even
more sorrowful is the fact that, though
this ruin may be stayed for Que or two
centuries yet to come, still in the end
the Parthenon must collapse unless vir-
tually the whole entablature be re-
placed by new and sound stones"
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CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS, &c.
TIME TO
CHANGE.

And we are ready and anxious to assist
you With stock of CLOTHING for
Men, Boys and CLild:en ttas will
trantf rm a too frequently d. eaded
task into decided pleasure casual
glance into our store filled to overflow
ing with MEMS SUITS AND OVER
COATS, BOYS SUITS aHd CHILD
REN'S SUITS (and here we challenge
comparison with the largest city store),
single PANTALOONS to fit and suit
the most fasti1ious, and GENTS UN-
DERWEAR of all grades will con-
vince you that we do not exsgerate.
Also BEAUTIFUL line of SAMPL ES
for MADE-TO.MEAsURE SUITS.
Fit guaranteed. Our goods were all
bought before the advance in prices
and are plainly marked at the LOW
EST PRICE.
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al transient advertisements muut be paid for
in advance.
Contract advertisers will not be allowed to e1-
ceed their space unless the excess is paid for
at transient rates, and under no circum
stances will they be allowed to advertise
other than their legitimate business in the
space contracted for.
Marriage and death notices must be paid for
in advance.
Resolutions in memoriam, of thanks, tributes
Of respect, resolutions adopted by societies
or persons, unlesa Of public concern, will
only be printed ia this paper a. advertise.
ments.
Entered at the Postofice Alexandris, Virgin.
la. as second-clAss matter.
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Eor o1er Einx Years

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RUcKLTN,s ARNIoA sALvE.

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Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
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DR.. Cady's Condition Powders, are
Just what horse needs when in bad
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yermitnge. They are not food but
MEDICINE and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 25
cents per package.
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NJ &. Johnson, Newark, O., says, "Ope Min.
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A CASE OF SEAMLESS HALF-HosE
"A splendid value, 4 pairs for 25c, just To-
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DoGER & GALLET's, E. Pineaud's, Cou
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Powders, Triple Extracts, Cosmetiaues, Toilet
Waters, ETC., for sale by
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A NICE TOOTH BRUSH with box of
"A Myrtle Tooth Soap fos 25c, snd tooth
brush with every box Antiseptic Tooth Pow
der, at e. 8. LEADBEATER & SONS.