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New-York tribune., 1899-06-04
ror r,RIy DAYS or LILAC ~ ENGLAND

From The Pail Mall Gazette
The lilac came into England in t the dayS g., o.
KING Harry In the inventory or NOhSu'n
,c. Gardens made by CrOmwell5 ordets W. mn
"six lillaches trees which nave no ltuI' w,
nleasante smelle" The lilac was known a. ,ne
pipe bush the pipe and Dlue-pPe IT. '"' '''-
nriyet as well as lillach and lllsche' M, ....,
Gerard's experience with the whlte mac ~
10 be nearly smothered in sweets. ne loI.i p -
''of a most pleasante and SWeete siHeiis' ~ y"
my Judgment too sweete troubling anu i''.''
inc tba head in very strange manner once
gathered the flowers and laid them IN my ln'I,
ber windowe, whiche smelled h'pre SrD,y
after they had been together II" uy",'S
with such a pinticke % and unaclualh''I
savour that they awaked me from seepe' -
that could not take any rest tll had -AS'
them out from my chamber
The lilac variety he also found of an x
ceeding sweete SAVIOUR and sent. but nor %
strong as the former. The flowers. he goes lh
"are OF an exceeding faire blewe colour. COM.
pacted Of many smalle ho"erS III the III -
a bunch Of grapes. ~
That the lilac came 80 late into England
explains it, absence from the garden of hnghsn
poetry Probably IL was long before u came
from being a denizen Of palace gardens 20
being the dear homey cottage lilac We hno"
to-day. -
II the old poets had known the lilac as we
kroH IT, they must surely have sometimes
given their mistresses lilac eyes But IN me
days when the garden vas made. the color
lilac had hardly emerged from the purple ana
it was left 10 the eighteenth century 20 sa'o
which must have wonderfully framed powdered
hair and brilliant cheeks
Burns is one OF the few Oards or the mac.
o were my Love yon lilac fair.
WI purple blossoms to the Spring:
An a bird TO shelter there
When wearied on my little wing
How | wad mourn when il was torn
BY Autumn wild and winter rude
But | wad sing on wanton wing
When youthful May its bloom renewed
An old name for the lilac was lily oak. mis-
pronunciation evidently. In Devonshire and
Cornwall il is known as May-nOwer. and has
been heard OF as May-liiy. In Cornwall the
white lilac is sometimes Princes Feather. and
in Somersetshire Soldiers Feather-an associa-
tCn with its somewhat plume-llke form i
shares with hawthorn the name OF May, and
eccentric titles for it are ducks bills ana oy
sters these corruptions no doubt, OF some sweet
title
The name ~ ppe-tree derives "becauss" his
stakes. when the pith is taken out thereot are
hollow like pipe "
In both England and Scotland II is thought
unuCky To bring the lilac. especially Nh.I'
lilac, into house. II presages death. and Is
often laid upon collins II lover should give
his lass lilac. it is OF bad omen FOR the engage
ment.
New-York tribune., 1899-06-04
now PAILLEROy COT IA BlIGNEUS8."
From The London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle.
Among the art treasures left behind ~ the
late dramatist. NJ. EdOgard Pailleron-and they
are many and valuablc-is SchOenewcrks famous
statuette Of La Baigneuse." PaillerOu became
possessed Of this treasure in rather an odd "IY
1t was offered as prize in a lottery By an aris-
tic society. when the sculptor was as yet ht'
known and was won 10y a cab driver who i'uni
himself rather perplexed by his good FORTUNE.
and finally set il up in his stable. PaiNrr1n
traced the man out. and asked him how ma
he wanted for it, Well" replied the cahnt.
they tell me she might bc worth tcn-pou"l
note" We'll" cried Pailleron. "Iil give N'I
800" Don't make fun Of 1 poor chap. AL
9Nered Jehu in plaintive tones. He soon found
however that the customer meant business. tut
Pailleron carried Off La Baigneuse' then Lut
there
New-York tribune., 1899-06-04
A REAL JACKS BEANSTALK
MAKING MOVING PICTURES OF GROWING
PLANTS.

DEVELOPMENT OF CORN PLANT THROUGH a
SEASON ExHIBITED TO AN AUDIENCE IN FIVE
MINUTES LIKEWISE THE TRANSFoRMA-
TioN or TADPoLB INTO A FROG.
OR OF A CATERPILLAR INTO
A MoTH-PIcTURISG THE
FLIGHT OF INSECTS.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
PlTH AND POINT.

-"Oh, pal" exclaimed little Johnny
the first time he saw trout, Its got
the measles, amt it it?''-Boston Tran.
script.
-Pianist-''What do you want here %
Burglar with great presence of mindJ
II just came to ask if you would
kindly play me your last composition
(Pianist plays, and invites burglar to
lunch) .-Westliche Blatter.
DO you believe that Adam gave a
name to all the animals?" Il do, and
/ respect him for his selections. He did
his work most creditably." 'Why?''
We'll, because there wasn't Il Rover Or
a Fido in the whole lot.'-Harpcr'
Bazar.
Mrs. Wallace-"That wood is ready
for you to saw as soon as you see fit
10 go about it," Perry Patettic-'Par-
don me, mum, but instead of sayin'
go about it, you should have said GO
around. will now go around it."-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
A Safe eMule.-'Rastus, you Internal
niger, you told me that mule was per-
fectly safe, and when I went into the
head off" Yes, sab; l said the mewl
WIZ safe, sab. But eff you kin recOilec',
l didn't say muffin about wedder it
wuz safe in his vicinity. y."-Indianapo-
lis Journal.
-Jarley-"Charlie Windig was mar
ried in the spring and his wife has left
MIN for the first time. For visit, you
know. His mother-in-law is keeping
house for him. Charlie says he never
tackled such a problem Bronson
What problem?" Jarley-'Why, he's
counting the minutes until his wife
returns, and the hours until his mother
in-law goes, and it's tangled him all
up."-Cleve1and Plain Dealer.
Equally Distrustful.-"Say whis-
pered the man in the brOad-brimmed
straw hat to the steamboat clerk, give
me some other stateroom, please. The
man you've put me in with is a manu-
facturer of pure ground spices" a few
minutes later the manufacturer of pure
ground spices sauntered upto the clerks
desk. Say" he whispered, cant you
let me have some other stateroom?
You've put a fellow in with me that
makes pure Vermont maple sugar
Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
THOMAS CARROLL BOONE DEAD
Victim of an Accident to the Military
Balloon Used at Santiago
de Cuba.

Boston. March 20.-Thumas Carroll
Boone, the telegraph operator in the
war balloon in the operations before
Santiago, died yesterday at the Massa-
chrsetts hospital, as the result of an
operation on wound received in the
fall of the balloon after it had been shot
to pieces. Boone, with Two govern
ment officers, performed heroic worn
in the great airship, which was a tar
get for tho Spanish gunneIs, until il
fell into the tree and threw all three
men out. Boone was caught in the
drag anchor, and was fearfully wound
ed. He never fully recovered, although
since last fall up to within two day:
of his death he continued his work d:
a telegrapher.
He was born in Annapolis, Md, il
1876, and went to the front as first
corporal of Co. X, Second Massachn
setts volunteers. Soon after the regi
ment reached Tampa he was detached
and made sergeant in the government
signal service. In the first days fiCl';
at Santiago. he went up in the balloon
and sent all the messages, and CON
tinued the work on the second day
during the battle of San Juan hill.
The body will be sent 10 Annapoi,:
for interment. Calamity has overtakCr
all three men who were in he balloon
One of the officers died as the resui;
of his injuries, while another is an in
mate Of an insane aSylum.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
A Brave Woman.

All the brave women did not die
with Joan of Arc, and the English peo
pie are grumbling because the home
secretary did not mention to the queen
the name of Miss Alfard for the Albert
medal, given for heroic conduct. 1t is
the universal opinion she deserved it
Miss Alfard is a nurse in Kimberley
South Africa, and was sent to attend q
case of pneumonia in Bechuanaland
When she arrived there she found her.
self in the midst of smallpox epi.
demic. She had no one to help her, but
was not dismayed. She immediately
started hospital on a rude plan and
nursed, unaided, 200 native and 20 white
patients, losing out of that large mum
ber only one woman and two children
a record of which many physicians, witt,
all modern conveniences and corps
of trained assistants, would be proud.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
Concentrating the Manure,

Very few farmers have enough stable
manure to fertiIize all their land as
they would like. The best thing for
such farmers to do is to apply this
stable manure mainly to the crops on
which they expect to put most of their
labor. 1t does not pay to plant, culti-
yate and hoe poor land. Every addi-
tion of manure makes the labor more
effective. and therefore more protita-
BILE. With mineral fertilizers it is diff
ferent. These are usually applied 10
grain. crops. for which dressings of $50
10 $50 pounds per acre are usually suf-
tiCient for the crop. besides leaving
some to he taken by the clover after it.
These mineral fertilizers so soon be-
come insoluble in the soil that it does
not pay to apply them in large amounts.
y small quantity each year. sufficient
to make the crop it is applied to. is
much better.-American Cultivator.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
The Wcaning of Colts.

\ spring colt ought to be weaned be-
fore the pastures become scanty OF
herbage. At the same time it should
lie used to taking a little grain twice
a day while it is still running at pas
ture. The oat is. of course. the best
grain for colts, as it is also for the
horse. 1t does not take much oats Or
meal to keep young colt thriftily
growing during its first winter. If oats
and corn are ground together. with
out the cob. and some wheat bran is
added. it will. in most cases. make u
better ration fed with cut hay than
could be got from feeding oats alone.
No corn and cob meal should be fed to
young colts, or. in fact, to any young
animal. The cob is extremely hard to
digest, and. at least for all young stock,
has not enough nutrition to compen-
safe for the danger from using it.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
RIGHTTo SLEEPING CAR SEATS.

There Is Unwritten Law Which Is
Tacitly Recognized by Travellers.
An amicable controversy between
some men who, being of amiable dispo-
sitiCn, have always managed to travel
about the country without getting into
| squabbles with fellow travellers, led to
inquiries by a reporter as to the rule
| of the seat in a sleeping car in the
| United States. Who has the right to
the rear seat in a sleeping car section =?
was the question asked 1t was as
serted, on the one hand, that by rule or
law the holder of the lower berth ticket
had the right to the seat that enabled
him to ride facing the engine. The
claim was put forward, on the other
hand, that he had no privileges in the
matter of seat before those of the up
per berth passengers.
There is no law to govern in the mat
ter and one sleeping car company has
rule covering the case and the other
hasn't. The Wagner company has a
rule by which the holder of the lower
berth ticket is entitled to the rear seat.
The Obvious reason is that commonly
the first arrivals at the ticket office 2sl<
for lower berths, and on the principle of
first come first served the first conner is
entitled to the choice of seats, which,
by common acceptation, would mean
the seat enabling him to ride forward
To that seat on the Wagner cars he is
entitled.
The Pullman company has no rule
in the matter. The tickets of neither
company call for particular seats with
in the specified sections. In ordinary
practice lower berth Pullman passen-
gers get the rear seats, just as on the
Wagner cars. The companies find that
the American public adjust their own
affairs pretty generally without pater-
nal oversight of the companies. An Of
ficer of one of the companies recalls
just one instance where passenger
raised Il row over the matter of a rear
seat; corresponding officer of The
other could not call to mind any in
stance.
On one railroad which operates its
own sleeping cars from New York it
is said that there is q rule giving the
lower berth passenger the rear seat.
In some cases the railroad systems rem
der a governing rule needless. For in
the Pennsylvania road may leave New
York facing the engine, but on leaving
Philadelphia will find himself looking
toward the rear of the train instead of
in the direction in which the train is
carrying him. On the New York Cen
tral road the same thing happens at
Buffalo. The train goes in on loop and
the engine is detached. An engine
couples to what has been the rear car
and takes the train on toward Cleve-
land. More than one person has gone
to sleep feet foremost in western
bound train going across central New
York in the evening and awoke to find
himself being carried head first into
Cleveland in the morning.
1t is interesting to note that an Off
GER of one of the sleeping car COM
panies is able to say that he never knew
of q woman obliged to travel backward
in sleeping car seat.-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
American Force Reor-aniz.d

Manila, March IS, 1920 a. m.-The
entire American force has been reo1,-
ganized, two divisions of three bri-
gades each being formed. Gen. Law
ton has assumed command of the first,
which consists of the Washington,
North Dakota and California yolun-
teers, under Gen. King; six troops of
the Fourth cavalry, the Fourteenth
regulars, and the Idaho volunteers,
and a battalion of the Iowa troops. I'M
der Gen. Oyenshine; the Third and
Twenty-second regular infantry, and
the Oregon infantry, under Gen.
Wheaton, and Byer's and Hawthorn's
light batteries.
Gen. NacArthur's Division.
Gen. MacArthur's division consists
Of two batteries of the Third artillery.
the Kansas and Montana volunteers,
under Gen. II. G. Otis; the Colorado,
Nebraska and South Dakota regiments
and six companies of the Pennsyl-
vanians under Gen. Hale; he Fourth
and Seventeenth regulars, the Mime
sofa and Wyoming volunteers, and the
Utah artillery.
y separate brigade will lie assigned
to provost guard duty, consisting of
the Twentieth and eight companies of
the Twenty-third regular infantry.
Gen. Anderson Coming Home.
Gen. Anderson. now in command of
the first division of the Eighth army
corps, will return to the United
States, in accordance with the order of
January 25.
An attack was made by the rebels
Friday, upon the battery at Iona
church, but We're repulsed by the
Pennsylvanians with heavy loss.
4 gunboat with company or the
Twenty-third regulars on board, is
now on the lake attacking the small
towns. She was last heard of off Mo-
rong and Santa Cruz.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
Training n Driving Horse.

Robert Hartman says: Pick out the
very best colts you have, put in your
time on these, teach them good man.
ners, and when a man comes to your
place to look at a horse he will buy
him. The more speed the better. but
let the man see that the horse is well
trained and you will find that you have
no drug on the market. There is just
a certain kind of horse now that
the market wants; it must be a useful
horse, one that can be used and that the
owner can do something with. When 4
buyer comes he will want the horse
hitched up so that he can see what he is
buying. | do not intend to tell a man
that Il horse can do this, that and the
other unless 1 can hitch that horse UP
and show the man that he is exactly
what | have said he was.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT

feet deep. for sows and pigs to go out
in nice weather. The outside doors
ID be fitted closely to keep out cold. y
small window should be set high in
each inside pen to admit light and sun
shine.
At one end of barn, the end the cold
wind comes from. I have Il cOrncrib, so
can pass out of passagewuy in barn
iuto crib to get corn for feeding. At
one end a hydrant with pipe laid from
elevated tank for watering, mixing
stop, cleaning floors. etc.
Above the square in the barn make
a small loft and store some straw, when
the straw is fresh and dry. to use for
bedding brood sows. 1 also have one
pen at one end made into a bin for
ground feed. to mix for sows with little
pigs. A movable chute placed at end
of passageway, and hogs. many or few.
can be let into the passageway and
loaded with ease.-National Rural.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
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HOG BARN AND PEN.
This Plan, Furnised by j. n. Hilton,
an Illinois Farmer, Recently
Won n Prize.

raise good many hogs. and I find
the most convenient plan to be as fol-
lows: Barn to be 16 feet wide and eight
feet high; length. as needed by the
builder. \ passageway 31s feet through
the middle of barn, between the pens.
Pens TO be six feet long by five feet in
width. Barn to be fioored throughout
Partitions between pens to be set in
grooves so they can be slipped out at
will when it is desired to have the pens
larger. or TO make floor large enough
TO feed bunch of hogs on, if desired.
i find it much more convenient to have
these partitions to slip out rather than
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT
Last Ride-Three Freight
Trains Wrecked.

Roanoke, Va. March 2O.-A fatai
wreck occurred on the Norfolk & West
srn railroad at Ada, yesterday morn
ing. killing Fireman Valandingham, o;
this city, and brakeman named +. n
Graham. 4 tramp was also killed.
Several trainmen were more CT less in
iured. Three freight trains were
wrecked. All were coming east. The
first train had stopped. The second
broke in two. and the sections in thvir
flight down the mountain side crashed
into the first train. They were sooh
followed by the third, which had no:
been tagged.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
A MODEL HOG BARN.

on hinges. as they can then be slipped
out, laid up overhead and you have a
good and convenient feeding floor.
Each of the pens should have a small
door to open into the inside passage
way for convenience in changing brood
sows or pigs from one pen to another,
as / find it more convenient to make
these changes on the inside than on
the outside, especially in bad weather;
also. the passageway is always ready
for use. and no time lost in climbing
around outside to open and shut doors.
Each pen should have small out
side door with an outside pen, same
width as inside pen. and about eight
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
Destroying Canada Thistles.

W. NJ. Duncan. student of the Az
ricuItural college. Pullman. Wash. has
been emple yed to follow up certain
railway lines in eastern Washington
for the purpose of destroying the Can
ada thistles. Where the patches are
small he hoes them out himself. and
where extensive plots of the weed are
found the proper officials of the rail
way company are informed and men
dispatched TO clear them out. This il
work in tne right direction
Iron County register., 1899-03-23

Washington, March 19.-The navy
department has been advised of the
arrival at Manila of the battleship Ore
gon.
The following is the cablegram re-
,eived from Admiral Dewey:
Manila, March 1S.-Secretarv of the
Navy, Washington: The Oregon and
the Iris arrived to-day. The Oregon
IS in fit condition for any duty.
DEWEY"
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ..

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. j. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the city of Toledo
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum ofrOne Hundred Dol
lars for each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh
Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. d.
1856. A. w. GLEASON,
[Seal1 Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system Send for testimonials,
free. F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, Zoe.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
a.t4erie. ordered 10 Manila.

Washington. March 1s.-The light
batteries which have been ordered to
Manila are: Battery E, First artillery,
now at jefferson, Barracks, Mo-; Bat
tery F, Fourth artillery, now at Fort
Adams, and Battery F, Fifth artillery,
now at Fort Hamilton.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23

No Reciprocity.-'I could tell you an
amusing incident about my visit to the Brit
ism museum said the friend who had
travelled, which you are welcome to publish
if you don't use my name" 'The British
museum" coldly replied the editor of the
Boomville Terror, has never sent me any
complimentaries, so far as I can remember,
and it isn't going to get any free advertis-
ing in this paper."-Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
PEACE TREATY WITH SPAIN
The state Department Formally Mo-
tilted of the Signing of treaty by
Queen Regent by vi. CANTON.

Washington, March I'm. Cambon>
the French ambassador, ca.icd at the
department of state and served formal
notice of the signature of the peace
treaty at Madrid. Secretary Hay has
indicated his preference that NJ Cam
bon shall act as agent for the Spanish
government in the final exchange OF
notifications. This should hasten the
.ast formalities.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
Crescent Hotel. Eureka Springs, Al


Opens February %. In the Ozark Noun
tains. Delightful climate. Beautiful scenery
Unequaled medicinal waters. Cheap eX
.ursion rates. Through sleepers via Frisco
Line. Address J. o. Plank, Manager, Room
H, Arcade, Century Building, or Frisco
Ticket Office, No. 10l n. Broadway, St.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23

Madrid, March 19.-The Pals ssys
1t believes it to be certain that ,he
duke OF Aricos, the former Spanish
minister to Mexico, will be appointed
minister of Spain at Washington.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23

coffee at night. 1t spoils their sleep. You
can drink Grain-O when you please and sleep
like top. For Grain-O does not >timulate;
it nourishes, cheers and feeds. let it looks
and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous
persons, young people and children Grain-O
is the perfect drink. Made from pure grains.
Get package from your grocer to-day. Try
it in place of coffee. ID and 25c.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
Railroad Across the English Channel.

The English Parliament is considering the
plan of connecting that country with France
by railway. Engineers say roadbed can be
laid on the bottom OF the English channel,
and by mounting trestlework on wheels, so
that it projects above the water, the railway
can be operated. This seems beyond belief,
but it is perhaps no more remarkable than
some of the cures accomplished by Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters in bad cases of dys-
pepsia, indigestion and constipation. This is
an aye of wonderful achievements.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23

Cuba seems to adopt our industries quite
readily"
Yes, I'm told Cuban tobacco is already
being produced in Cuba to some extent
Detroit journal.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
For N Culinary Reason,

.'Pa," said little Willie, why is bad
actor called ham"
Perhaps" his father replied, because
he's so often served with eggs. catholic
Standard and Times.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23

You Can Get AIIen's FOOt-EaSe FREE.
Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
N. Y, for FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to shake into your shoes. It
cures chilblains, sweating, damp, swollen,
aching feet. 1t makes tight shoes easy.
Cures Corns, Bunions and Ingrowing Nails.
Alldruggists and shoe stores selli it. p cents.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23

sTommy-"That church is over 200 years
old" Cissy-"My aunt says it's only l00."
Tommy-"Oh, well, 1 suppose that's as far
back as she can remember. STRAY Stories.
Iron County register., 1899-03-23
Was a Poker Term.

did your rich aunt leave you anything?"
mot cent"
"Well, we'll! So she wasn't even penny
auntie to you, h?"-Philadelphia North
American.