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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
EIGHT THOUSAND TONS.
Bids Invited for NickeI-SteeI Armor Plate
Bolts, Forgings. Etc.

Bids Invited for Nickel-Steei Armor rate
Bolts, FOrgiugs, Etc.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Secretary
Long has issued the advertisement for
1000 tons of nickel-steel Harveyized
arrnor for the battleships Alabama,
Illinois and Wisconsin. together with
the necessary bolts and various hollow
forgings, ammunition hoists, etc The
time of commencing deliveries of armoi
and the rate at which they viii be con-
tinued must be stated il the bids. and
in awarding the contracts due weight
will &c given to government needs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

I do not like a man who, without
reason for it, rises at seven o'clock. If
there is any just reason for it rise at
any o'clock. If there is not sleep as
long as you want to sleep.-Rev. NJ.
W. Reed. Independent. Denver Col.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
GOOD BUTTER CARRIER.

just the Thing for Dairymen Who
Have Private Customers.
Many dairymen either put up their
pound prints in the form of bricks
wrapped in parchment paper, or in a
broader, fiatter, rectangular form, with
quarter-pound divisions marked off in
it. These are difficult to lift out of
box when once packed snugly in it. A
handy plan Is shown in the sketch. The
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

Slumleigh-'I don't see why you care so
little for me-" Miss Gyer-"Have you ever
taken a good look at yourself?"
Topics.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DIR. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
zoe BIS. oaTs. Us BIS. RARLEY.

NJ. NJ. Luther, East Troy, Pa, grew
209 bushels Salzer's Silver Mine Oats.
and John BREEDER, Mishicott, Wis, 173
bushels Silver King Barley per acre.
Don't you believe it? Write themi
Fodder plants as rape, teosinte.
vetch, spurry, clovers, grasses. ETC.. in
endless varieties, potatoes at $3.50 bar
rel. Salzer's seeds are bred to big
yields. Americas greatest seed cata-
logue and - farm seed samples are sent
you by John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse.
Wis, upon receipt of 10 cents. and this
notice, worth SO, to get a start. III
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

He Was Stayer.-He-"I'mg going to kiss
you when l CO." She-''Do it now while I'm
still young. Gown Topics.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

George describes the girl he is engaged
to as perfect vision" Eyes And his sister
says she is a sight. "-Indianapolis Joarnal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

When the Lord hands out woman her
harp, she will not feel as proud as when the
minister asked for a second piece of her pie
at a church dinner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

She-''Do you understand those French
jokes" Helm afraid I do" She
Then wish you'd translate them."-Pick.
Me-Up.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

It is brave to overcome, it is sanity to en-
dure.-Chicago Standard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

We think Piso's Cure for Consumption
is the only medicine for Cough.-Jennie
Pinckard, Springfield, Ills, Oct. l, 1894.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

Time counts, health gains. A quick, SUR
cure-St. Jacobs Oil for sprains.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

Our idea of hopeless fool is man who
has a stiff neck from looking up for air
ships.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

Don't snap in two. Timber up. st. ia
cobs Oil will cure lumbago sure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
"Star Tobacco

The word entertained" is overworzed
worse than the mother of half dozen chill
dren.-Atchison Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

There are almost as many crises in the
average love affairs as there have been in
the rule of the sultan of Turkey.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. 1t is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

The man who minds his own business al
ways has something to do.-Ram's Horn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

GLORY" is grace" perfected-and grac
In ours on earth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

When bilious or costive eat a Cascaret,
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed. l0c, 25c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

Sudden weather changes bring rheuma
tism. st. Jacobs Oil makes prompt cure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

Just try Zoe box Of Cascarets candy ca
thartic, finest liver and bowel regulator made.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

Put pain to sleep? St. Jacobs Oil does
this with sciatica. Torment cured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

The more grateful we are for our bless
ings, the smaller our trials will look.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
A Matter of life and Death.

Asbury Park Drug Clerk-We'll let
you have this whisky, as you say it's q
matter of life and death. but NUNS
the word. BY the way, what's tie
case?
Departing Messenger = There's a
<ake ut Alderman Flyn's-N. Y. Tines
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

Let the good book you read have an ap-
pendix in your life
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

It will be heaven to the women because
the angels don't wear corsets or tight
Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

Feeble nerves-severe weather-neural
gia. Soothing cure-St. Jacobs Oil.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe, I0c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

Blacker the spot, surer the cure. Use st.
Jacobs Oil for bruises.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

Borrowed trouble demands large interest.
Chicago Standard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
Explained.

Hewitt-This is an imported cigar.
Jewett-I don't wonder they couldnt
sell il on the other side.-N.Y. Truth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18
THE MARKETS.

Disappointment are wings that bear the
soul skyward.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-18

A woman's idea of a man good and true
Is one who, on Sunday afternoon, reads to
his child the little paper it received at Sun
day school that day-Atchison Globe.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-27
x-Rays and the Heart.

Professor Benedict, of Vienna,
states that the most important result
of the employment of the X-rays in
internal diseases has been the ascer.
tanning of the strength and extent OF
the hearts movement under healthy
and unhealthy conditions. They have
shown that the work performed by
sound heart has been greatly overesti-
mated, and thus the vibrations OF q
diseased heart have been rendered
easier of understanding. Doctors are
now in position to learn the size and
position of the vital organ in cases
where the former methods of ausculta-
ton and percussion would afford them
no help. By the X-rays it is possible
to observe deterioration of the valves
at much earlier stage than formerly,
and to gain exact information as to the
relations between the heart and the
diaphragm, as we'll as to observe the
movements of the membrane. In the
early diagnosis, especially of disease
of the lungs, stomach and kidneys, the
rays are now of the greatest service to
practitioners, and it will in future be
possible to gain knowledge OF such
diseases at stage which they have
previously entirely escaped detection
Ohio State journal.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-27
A "salted~ Gold Min. Is BONANZA.


Now that the discovery Of gold in
the Klondike region has attracted uni
versal attention, the story of the "salt.
ing" of gold mine in the Transvaal
some years ago is 81 interest. Three
men were concerned in the swindle,
and they made Klerksdorp, some two
hundred miles north of Kimberley,
the scene of the Sailing"
By "salting" is meant that the per-
petrators load shotgun with gold dust
and blow the charge into the rock.
Specimens are then submitted to the
prospective victims, and as they seem
to be filed with gold, he buys.
The would-be swindlers in South
Africa discovered bit of veldt near
Klerksdorp. OF gold there was abso-
lutely no trace. They blew the rock
full Of gold and then sold the property
to a Gay" for $25, The "jay'
floated a company for four times thai
much money and the company SAM
shafts in all directions.
In the last five years the compan.
has taken nearly million dollars
worth of gold out of the ''salted" MINI
and the would-be swindlers are cha
grined, to say the least. The onl,
moral that can be drawn from thu
story is that it does not always pay t
| be dishonest.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-27
Old Railroad.

The Oldest railroad west of the ALE.
ghany Mountains is that running be.
tween Lexington and Louisville, KY,
known as the Lexington Division OF
the Louisville aud Nashville system.
The Legislature of Kentucky granted
it's charter January 81, 1880, under
the name of the Lexington and Ohio
Railroad Company, and the most
prominent men of the Blue Grass State,
including Henry Clay, were among its
incorporators. In few months $780,.
900 of stock was subscribed, and the
directors engaged Professor Matthews
at So day to survey the line. Mat
thews was granted an assistant at 81
day aud an attendant at $12 month.
The route was from Lexington to
Portland, a village on the Ohio River,
now part of Louisville. The roads
first President was Elisha l. Winter,
who was sent to England to study the
building of the Great Western Rail
road, then in process of construction.
On his return his salary was fixed al
$4,000 year, and an engineer was en-
ployed at $3.50 day. With this
economical staff construction was
commenced.
The cornerstone was laid at the cor
ner of Upper and Water streets, Lex
ington, with elaborate ceremonies, al
which Governor Metcalfe presided, on
October %, 1881.
The road was built on a stone foun
dation, on which stone sills were laid
To these were spiked the rails, which
were straps of iron. On August IA
1882, it was formally opened for about
two miles. 1t was at first operated
with horses, the first locomotive being
unsuccessful. In 1851 the entire lin.
was completed. In 1881 the Louis
vile and Nashville purchased it,
New York World.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-27
GEESE TO MARKET
Method that Allows Them to Enjoy
the ecenery While En- Route.

There are several ways of carrying
geese to market. The most popular way
OF course is in coops, or under the arm
depending on how many geese yosI
have to market. But when large num-
Der of geese are to be carried, and one
has no coops, ingenuity is taxed.
One morning last week, says a Will
,amsport, Pa. paper, farm wagon
towled merrily along South Troost ays
enue marketward to the cackling OF a
number of geese AS the wagon drew
ND alongside crowded car the passen-
GERS looked out with interest. Arising
from the wagon were two dozen long,
white necks that wove and twisted, and
two dozen red bills opened to cackie'
but not the body of a goose was to bs
seen.
Stretched across the wagon and tack
ed to each side were a number of bur-
lap bags. Holes had been cut in the
bags, and through each neck OF 4
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-27
THE BUTTERFLIES.

o butterflies abo7e the meadow grasses,
Above the daisies with their golden eyes,
The shadow OF cloud that lonely passes;
/ walk with you, o wandering butterflies.
The freckled wings that flaunt and fall SO
gently,
That cross before me dappling to the skies,
The wings with fairy jewels marked SO
quantity,
Are you my childhood's happy butterflies?
Dear butterflies that rest on the clover,
And joyous then In winged lightness rise,
You know one pathway would faln dis
cover,
All, lead me home, free wandering but
terflies!
Show me what way you passed from my old
My childhood summers, undor far-off
skies;
Familiar wings, you pilgrims, you light
Home to old meadows, happy butterflies
On one green kill with grassy chamber hol-
low,
The old, old home, the long-lost garden
lies;
Fit not so high, too spcnt am to follow;
Yet soon I'll come, my laughing butter
flies.
And Earth will place her ancient palm SC
tender
A little while upon these darkened eyes
Then soft I'll wake, the early morning splen
dor
To climb with you, my old, sweet butter
flies!
Irene Putnam, in the Independent.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-27

An immense block of granite, hay
ing a given weight of notices. than 1917
tons, was recently put in place at st.
Petersburg as the pedestal for the new
statue of Peter the Great, the block
having been transported four miles by
land over railway and thirteen miles
in a caisson by water. The railway
consisted of two lines of timber fur
n;shed with hard metal grooves, be-
tween which grooves we're placed
spheres of hard brass about six inches
in diameter; on these spheres the
frame with its load was easily moved
by a force of sixty men working at the
capstans with treble-purchase blocks.
Another large block, measuring thirty
five by sixteen by fourteen feet, is re-
ported to have been taken out few
months since from the Craigneth quar-
lies. near Dalheattie, Scotland, thu
block weighing $50 tons,--New Yors
Sun.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-27
The London Stone.

The London stone, the most famous
relic now preserved in the British
metropolis, has most interesting his.
tory. Tradition says that the stone
was originally taken from the ruins OF
ancient Troy and brought to England
by Brutus, who with his own hand
laid it as the first block in the founda.
ton of the city now known to the
world as London. More than thou.
sand years ago it was taken from its
original bed in the first wall and taken
up on Cannon street, where it was set
deep in the earth at a place said to be
the highest spot of ground in London.
According to Camden, it was not orig
inally set as stone in a wall, as
claimed by those who say that it was
brought from Troy by Brutus, as re-
lated above, but was stone specially
made and set in place as a millarium,
or milestone, similar to that In the
forum at Rome, while London was
under Roman rule. Camden considers
it as being the stone which marked
the point from which all British high
WAYS were to radiate from the capital,
and from which all distances were to
be measured.
After the great fire of 1866 Sir
Christopher Wren changed the city s
grade and the stone was taken up.
That which is now reserved by the
CITY as a relic of its very earliest days
is said to be but mere fragment o.
the original stone. 1t is not more
than foot square at the present time
and it is built into niche in the out
side of the Church of SIS. Swithin ant
Mary Bothan. ON Cannon street. Geo
logically speaking, the stone IS o
porphyry, and it may still be seen
covered by dust and dirt, by any ON
who cares to go up Cannon street t
the church mentioned and peep througl
the iron grating which covers the cir
cular opening in which the relic lles.@-
Atlanta Constitution.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-27

But she was just as satisfied with See
the Conquering Hero Comes so it
doesn't matter"
Male admirer, suddenly becoming
serious and drawing his chair nearer:
"This has been delightful evening,
for me at least" drops his voice.. 81
won't allow myself to think of to-mor-
row."
pretty A. G.) "Do you have to de.
sert our party so soon?" turns her
profile to him, and watches the colored
lanterns twinkling into being about
the grounds.) He studies the profile
o moment before answering.
''Have to? Yes. That's the worst
of a business cablegram, and l had
hoped" he stops. People rise from
tables next to them and go away. J
''To try and make you like me little
better"
pretty A. g. "Why, we are not
strangers, you know =" (hesitates.
81 hope we are very good friends
male admirer.) Friends! Is thai
all, Kate? 1 can't be satisfied with
that" (Silence) and they watch the
ever-shifting scene before them
The tables are gradually de.
serted and the throng Trims out.
The band plays a last selection
from ParsifaL A young moon shows
in the sky.
lie, under his breath.) "Kate,
don't torture me this way, I've stood
it so long. Must I tell you again tha
L love you, that I can't live withou
you" (She, rising hastily.) mo
you mustn't. Not now. There COM
Tom and Lucy to look for us"
| HE, desperately "But l leave OF
the early express. You must give mt
an answer now, (passionately,) onl.
one word, darling, one little word, ye
or no."
(She, with catch in her voice, an
sweeping him forward with an impul
sive gesture) "Well, if you insist
mol I mean yesl No, don't. On
dearI What am saying. Yes, yes
I've loved youAall the time" (Fina
flourish of band. The terrace Is de
serted. The Iroquois Magazine.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-27
The Anti.Breakfast Crusade

1t is not safe to say positively that
IL is best for everyone to go without
eating enough at the other
meals to make up any deficiency
caused by it, but many of those who
have experimental on this line have
found that for them it has proved a
blessing. The corpulent, the dyspep-
tic, the over-eater, and sedentary per-
sons are almost always benefited, and
the nom breakfast diet has more adher-
ents than many suspect. The theory
on which these two-meals-a-day folk
base their conduct is that, no work be-
ing done after the late and hearty din
ner, and little tissue waste following
during the hours Of sleep, the body
has sufficient energy stored from the
evening meals to meet the demands OF
the next forenoon's work. To take a
hearty breakfast, they claim, is simply
to provide surplus of supply, and by
lust that much overtaxing the system.
The elimination, therefore, of one
third of meals a year means conserv-
ing of energy, which, in the aggregate,
can be used for other purposes. They
say that after the first week or two il
requires no effort to begin the day
without food, and even the aromatic
Mocha, steaming through the house,
produces no effect upon their resolu
tons. Many years ago there was a
similar practice advocated, but it was
to 60 without the third meal instead
of the first one. Those who advocated
| it also claimed to be much benefited.
There are still people who omit this
third meal, but the latter-day practice
of emitting the breakfast instead OF
the third meal is considered to have
hygienic advantages. Only expert.
ence can decide the matter. 1t would
be great saving In household labor,
and women who have so many little
cares would certainly be benefited.
Those who try it should not content
themselves with few days trial.
nothing less than month, or even
more should be thought of, and Ger.
tainly no harm could come from it
One great benefit is in the splendid
appetite guaranteed and for bralr
workers the clearness of the brain dur
ing the forenoon when no energy II
drawn off to digest the food.-Journa
| of Hyuiene
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-27

Some idea of what 1t costs Great
Britain to keep up some of its colonies
may be had from the report on Bermu-
da. Bermuda contains only about TO-
600 acres, and but one-quarter OF this
is under cultivation. 1t is used princi-
pally as a coaling and naval station. 1t
has a public debt Of $230,000. Its rev.
enue was in 1896 but $3.50, 900 and the
expenses exceeded this by several thou
Island dollars. This was not counting
The naval appropriation, amounting to
100000. This is paying pretty dear
for the honor of ruling the wave
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-27
Reminded of the Debt.

Bishop John P. Newman tMethodist)
visited South Onondaga, N. Y, on .
recent Sunday, in which town he was
pastor of his first church fifty years
ago. He made an address, in which
he told how he was obliged to walk q
nine-mile circuit and speak at four
services every Sunday. until member
of the congregation took pity on him
and raised enough money to buy him
: horse. .sThe horse had short legs, .
said the Bishop, ''and I had long legs;
consequently 1 could by turns either
walk or ride without dismounting.
The salary for years service was
slO0, and, said the Bishop, you owt
me IS Of that money yet.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-27
EAST CARROLL PARISH La SATURDAY, NOVEMBER p. 1897

plan is carried out, and the national
government ought to pay it or ship
them away. The north first brought
them over here from Africa and IN
Course of time sold them to us and then
set them free and refused to pay the
money back, dogon 'em! confound emil
But we are getting along fairly well
Notwithstanding our troubles. Wewere
administrator, out my latin weakened
when / read that Mckinley was boo
hooing over John Browns grave and
said the very place was an Inspiration.
Yes, sympathizing with that old crazy
fanatic who seized the arsenal OF the
United States at Harper's Ferry to get
arms to murder Virginians, and he Is
looked upon as a saint and his grave
an inspiration. I wonder if he didn't
take the shoes from off his feet. But
1 must have some fresh air before ]
quit 1 can't do justice to the subject,
and must wait until ! peruse the die
tionary and find some more fitting
language wherewith to vent my indig-
nation. AS it is, am just voicing the
sentiments of our people-our whole
people. Any negro who seeks and
accepts postoffice place in the south
is a fool-hardy fool, for there are
some lawless, desperate men in
every community north and south.
If Lincoln had Booth and
Garfield Guiteau, how can q
defiant negro politician expect to
escape when the entire community is
against him? What would become OF
him in Versailles? What good will
his arms do him even though furnished
by the government? Now look at the
folly of these Negro politicians. There
is Dent, the superintendent of the ne.
gro schools in Rome. He has good
place and good salary, but wants the
Rome postoffice. Well, Of course, he
will be turned out of the school and
he will be miserable in the postoffice
H he gets it, and every white man, wo-
man and child in Rome will hate Nc.
Kinley for it. It seems to me that ]
would rather have the love and respect
Of the people than their hatred and
contempt. BILL ARP, in Atlanta Con.
stitution. ~
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-11-27

Charles Darwin's statue IN bronze
aas been set up IN his native town,
shrewsbury, Englsnd,