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A IRON COUNTY NEWS B. iriAKSBrt, rnblUhcr. CEDAR CITY, : s UTAH Tun United StAte has referred thlrty-thrco International dUputos to nrbltrntlon during tho prcsonlcontury, but thoro In :.o tnd'.cntion that tho scaling dispute will bo nmlucnbly nd justod In Hint manner. An ostrich bides Its hand in the dirt, trcmblos with terror und takes no note o( tho onomy, Capital Is llko tho rstrlch. It doos tho most foolish thine possible As tho hunters innko un easy capture of tho ostrich, so In tlmo labor and enterprise will punish capi tal for its folly. The Now York papors toll of a rich Fifth avonuo woman who lias a brass bedstead inlaid with pearls. Across tho top runs a brass rail on which tho j; ownor's namo is wrought In poarls. Cj. . Sho undoubtedly has tho nlghtmaro HUtt just tho same as though sho was sleep- H. Ing on a pile of rails and a bunch of MW- Tub Daltlmoro medical studonU H y who drovo a patient In a hospital H Insano by dally fooling of him to soo I if ho was fat onough to cut up woro porhnps pursuing a sclontldo study of H tho effect of tho imagination. Hut If H tho record of tholr achlovomont fol- lows thorn Into practlco thoy will not H mnko tholr fortunes at the dlvlno art fl of healing. I' Nkwahk, Now Jorsoy, hus an "Eu- fl ropoan olub," tho mombon of which I .lmy into a common fund $2 n month fl each, and draw lots to docldo which fl of thorn shall ttttco u procodonco in fl using tho second-class cabins that aro fl bought with tho monoy, Noarlyovery- fl thing nowadays, oxcopt paying tho H dobt ofi nature, unii bo done on tho in- fl stulimcut plan. TilK following wrltton definition of fl tho word "hjcliolor" was handod in fl by a fifth grudo boy: "A bachelor Is a fl mnn who bus no wfo, nor wants no fl wife, nor can't got no wlfo." Massa- H chusutts has an overplus of old routds, H whom tho bright boy mantloncd nbovo H might doscrlbo ns womun who lmvo no H . husbands, though thoy want hulbunds kt but ''can't got no husbands."1' A si'KAKKit nt nn untl-lolmcco moot- HkJUJ ,- ''I- ,n Vnshln;ton M HP saving life. This flKsat consturnnlton in tho HP!T until was u Kiati oxplulnod hot roinurlc by say PflAVflr that cannibals under no HVHflcutnstuncos. a missionary who fltr Fa tobacco T WiliM' It Is olaimod that Prof. Kooh UMT is making splendid strides in tho UMw tlioory and pl-actlco of medicine, par- UMy tlculsrly tho practice, It mult not bo H forgotton that tho Hclonco of surgory UK. has also been ranking rapid anvniico- Hr innnt. What was looked upon a half K century ngo by tho most ndvuncad UMf Mirgcons as Impossible) Is now sue- UT cussfully nccompllnhed by tho veriest B tyros in tho profession. K Monkv. so long ns It Is In tho pos- H sosslon of any one, produces absolutory Ht nothing out of which u tux ran bo P paid. It Is as utterly barran nB u last B year's corn stalk. It Is only whon in T tho act of passing from ono hand to J another that it can bo said to prodpeo BBB) unything at all; and when It Is in that BBV net It Is as oluslvo us Paddy's lion. BBBm Hut u lnortgnso is always known nnd BBBBBi run bo found by tho trucks that it HBfc Kraporqr Wllllnra hus ovtdently kUMmill respoot tho do Viot Ills own press ox- W'opted, uowspupors have not boon V backward In expressing their opinion Hr of William when occasions seohiod to flsy call for commont, nnd tho comments T' woro Boraollmes notuuch m would full fl pleasantly upon tha oxpanslvo nnd T tender oar of a klndorga'rton c-mporor. HH Tho press can watt for its rqvongo ' upon Wllilrtm, for It will Ilvo long H uttur tho King has run his race. H 'I'm: oastoru portion of the Indian tofrltory truvorsod by tho Missouri H: Pu'olflo bouthward to Tort Gibson and K eastward to Fort Smith may bo tulfon H us tho host posslblo Illustration of k t a what tho civilized Indluu can do with HfL a country, with reasonable ndvunlngcs in tho way of soil nnd cllm.ito. Tho country bolongs to tho Chorokcos, bo- & Hevod to bo tho head of ull thu B Indian tribes in tho neeoptuueo of tho B "whlto man's way?." arid said to huvo HH iinblbod moro common, civilized senso HHL t,mn unv other Indians through tholr MttVHB mixture with tho hurd-houdod Scotoh flBH of western North Uarcllna, with whom One would tlitnk to reaj the papers dlicours- Ing en the 0'i rho ground! for Ills creation lad tboyntloui reaiona whr. Test the undcrljlog motive, tbo real objcctlre plail. Was to set another wlmok it Tho bsld-hoadcd man. Now Iho fljrl no rcipcctorof persons or of piteat lie lights wherever finer or the icent of gnmodlcuu-si ; Ills object 1 to tuck up all the juices that bo CHII, Kth he la no Notneala of The bild-licudoJ man. The fir bna been created for a a dentine uit, Aud iliere la no mo of hunting up a thinly olnd cxruao: Ho naa tnado to giro report era over atnoo tho world began Another ibanco to ridicule Tbo bald-bcadod man. Tou may talk of sticky paper and lay trains of drnainlte, II unto fly will Ilvo and flourish, as ho always Imt, In plti'. And tho parHgraphlng; punatcra from Her- aheba to Dim Will keep up their reraeciitlon of The bnld'headed mun. Outlet them all remember there waa onco a prophet old, ' rowliom theaportlrourchlns, In wlckcdncaa, made bold. Remarked, "On up, thou bald-bead I" when out tho big bear ran And awillowed up tho acoOr of Iho buld-hcadod ulan. Judge. COSTLY HOSPJTALlTr. " ' ' THE MAN WHO WAS .ENTERTAINED FREE OF CHARCE. (ha I'oor rllow Kail to Dlir I'utittoea anil Accept tbo Attention of tho lloat'a Uaugbter. I had been sent out as n newspaper oiTga pontic nt and was riding a loan PHHBHMBBkCy, when one IHHiuiii WflfiJPPkJpispMiliai seonifil' to cllnTwIth a sort of too-null hold to Iho stcxp sldo ot n hill. Almost a day bad passed slnco I had seen a human habitation. The country had the op pearanco of dangerous vrlldncss, and as i fearful ulgut threatened to cotno up put of tho dismal valley far below I de rided to plead for tho prlvilcgo of help ing tbo old house cling to tho hillside. Approaching nearer aud coming to a imall, Ulnty Inclosuro where a number it hogs, so pour that they appeared to jxlst only iu outlines, nero prcicntlug t squealing petition for something to eat, I saw u tall, gaunt aud grizzly bearded man standlug with bis bare arms resting on tbo top rail of the fence. "How aro you?'' I atked. "Wall," he answered, Biirvovlng me i moment and then scratching liis chin. "I wuzwuzz oil Jest after I had been make bit limn 1 mn now; an' agin I wuz bottcr oil just after shootlu' a feller that trilled with tho nffectlons of ray family lhau I am at present writlu'. How Is it wllhyourse'fT" I replied that my health was excel lent, but that I was unfortunate In bstng compelled to travel during such weather; nnd, I added, "you can do mo n grent favor by letting me stay over night at your house." "Wall, It hain't my habit to tako In straugora but If you will protnlac mo ono thing you may light an put your nag In tho stable." "All right, name tho promise." "Oh, wall, It's Jest this: You must not ask me how much I charge an you mustn't offer mo no psy." "Your conditlous arc not only eaay but generous,' said I dismounting "and I shall bo grateful for your kindness." 'That's all rlghl.fur I'm a man among men. Jest lead yo' boss crouud thlaer way, pleaso." When the horse bad been cared for we went Into the bouse, a tumblo.down, affair, and sat down to await tbo com lug, as my host expressed It, of "Mur anil 8!s." 1 took uo particular notice of Slur when sho and bis came. It was 61s that took my eye. Blio mint hnvo beeu six feet tall. Tbo smoke from the chimney bad mads her eyes bleary, and the long green tobacco that sho constant ly chowed had drawn her mouth to ono sldo, She woro an old boot and abrogau shoe, also a sort of blouto made of cot ton bagging. When wo cheerfully sot down to sup per, or rather when ws had gathered about n board on which there wero placed corn bread and a dish pan hold ing a mlnlaturo sea of grcmo which floated a fleet of bacon barges, the host said: (f'SIs Is the greatest gal lu all this country, ain't you, 81st' ".Now, pap, whut do you wantcr talk luster way, fur? sbt replied, sticking a a creat finger In her crooked mouth, "You know I ain't never did nutbln'." "Ob, yes you have, 61s. Didn't you lHsH p vSJHaa Vetch Lem SswyeV by the back of "tho neck and the looiencss of tbo britches an' fling blm through the wlnder.thart" "I done t)iat,pap,but that wan't much to do.' -."Wa. I calls It a good deal fur a, younc an' delicate crittor. 'W'y 1 know wlmmln that couldn't hold a cat. Look at her tlmr, stranger. Look at her p'lnts. Don't you think she's Immense, as the feller 'lowed?" I certainly thought she was Immense and I told my host that I heartily agreed with blm, at which he appeared to ba delighted. A heavy rain fell during tbo nlirht and the next morning my bust Informed mo that tbo creek down in the valloy bad been swolled to such an extent that to cross It would bo impossible. "You must stay right hero with us. It ain't costlu you a conl, you understand." I decided to remain until tbo creek should run lower. Shortly after break fast the "landlord" came to ma and said: "Now, as yo' board ain't cost In' you nutbln' an' as you peer to bo a commcrdatln' feller, would you mind goln' right up thar on the hill with Sis an helpln' her dig tho potatoes? I am i monstrous anxious to git 'cm dug to day." As ho bad been so kind as bo had glvon mo shelter without chareo I could not refuse, so accompanying Sis I went up Iho hillside. "I bet I kin dig faster than you," she iald,ns she stuck her ten-pound hoe Into the ground. "I shouldn't be surprised. I am not tnticn ot a aigger. Sho kept cioio beside mo and talked :oiselcssly of love. "Kf the right sort ot a man wuz to love right hard do you want to know whut Id do?"' sho tsked. "What would you do?' "I'd call blm lnsics all tbo time. Wouldn't that bo sweet? "Yes, rather." "Whut would you do cf a woman loved you right hnrd?' "I (fon't know." "You'd call her Mosses, wouldn't you?" "I might." "Wall, Is I 'lasses?1 i'l suppose so,' I answerod with a do lire to pay her a compliment. SUo smiled "" LV,AN!.S-(I OVKIV THK KENCR "upon mc, nnd then hastily stepping to 3no side she seized a bog that had got Into the potato patch aud tossed him over the feuce. Just then tho dinner horu blow. 1 bad no appetite. Tbo girl after stripping the ment off tho wish-bone of a "b'iled rooster," held up the horse-sboo-looUIng thing and told mo to pull. I pulled and Sis jumped up and left tho lablo, but soon returned and took her plnco beside mo. After dinner my host old that as tho creek had notgone down I would greatly obllgo him by continuing to help Sis dig potntoca. "I would cotno up an' dig too, ho added, "but I bav a power of llddlln' about to do." I wanted to risk tbo creek and told him so. but ho would not hear to it. "W'y bless yo' life, you'd git drowndod sho. To-morror morula" will bo time euougb. au' in thu mcnntlme you will be dolu' of mo a great favor by bolpln Kit the potatoes In. Itlcollock that I Jon't charge, you nothln' fur stayin' bore, an beln n upright man vou 3u;h,ter return ono favor fur another." I was asleop by tbo lime I touched the bed that night, nnd having heon too tired to think Just before lying down, I dreamed of what a fool I had been In accoptinif any terms offered by the old man. On tho following day I an nounced my flrmly-flxed intantlon of leaving; The old man professed great astonishment. "What, trifle with tho affections of my family an' then leave us lu the lurch.'1 - ' I could only gnsp in astonishment. "W'y, you promised to marry Sis," said he. This stoRucrpd rac. "Promised to oiarry her I" 1 exclaimed. ""icB, fur light out thnr In tho tater satch you 'lowed that you wanted her." map:? invs t," hi ",w "I did not. sir,' I yelled. "Didn't you? Wnll.I reckon you did. You 'lowed iho wuz 'lutses, an' ef tlml ain't axln' In this country nobody don't kuow whut Is; an' ngalu ou pulled with her tho other day pulled the wish-bone of tho old toosicr Hint you mom at one time hcaru cough a half a mile Au' don't you rlcoileck when she got ur frum the table? Wall, she put her piece of the bone up in tho fork of a saplln an' you walked under it an that put the law on you. Don't caper now, son, fui I don't want to hurt vou. An' anothei thing, my son, don't try to run awav an' leavo ua'atlcr trlflln' with our af fections. I've got a wholo host ot kin foils nigh here an' they will be mlght'ly pleasod to kuow that Sis.lhar.ls goln' to marry a feller that Is slch a hand to dig taters. I rcrkon you bottcr work along with mo to-day. I want to mark somr AFTER SUITER ClIATl bogs an then 1 want to dig stumps outeu the now ground. Let's cat a snack now an' go ahead fur I want to bump our selves to-day.' I saw Mm tuck a pistol Into his leans trousers boforo wo went to work. I saw moro than that. I saw that I should havo to run for my life. I know that argument would be without avail, so with shrewd strategy, I pretended to bo reconciled. What an awful day's work! I was almost dead when night came. I went to bed early and when the moon had risen I slipped downstairs. The old man wns snoring. I would soon bo free. The stable was not far away; I would soon bo on my horse. Shortly afterwards I stood in a cold perspira tion. Tho horso was gone. A dog bnrked. I ran down tho hill towards tho valloy through which flowed the creek that had caused all my trouble. Thq valley was there, but whero was tho creek? Tho old fellow had lied to mc. I (ravelled all ulght und until noon tbo next day before coming to a house. What a thrill I experienced when a rail way station arose Into view. Whllo walking up aud down tho plat form expecting overy moment to sco my host and his many klusnicn, I saw a man sitting on tho end ot a cross-tic. llo got up on seeing me, and advancing said: "lbet I'vo bad the boss experience of any fellow you over saw. I came round hero several days ago to sell fruit trees, but If I ever gef out allva I'll Join a church and devote the reiwof 'my life to charity. Tbo other day I stopped at a hillside housa way over yander, and the fellow wouldn't charge mo anything, but ho pretended that I couldn't get across tho creek and ho mndo mo work forhlra, and tho flrst thing I know ho aaid that I called his girl 'lasses and had to marry her. IIo got thrco days of mighty hard work out of mo but I reckon I better bo shoving en Into tho woods. I nm afraid he'll fJud mo here.' Oplt P. Head. THE "WRITING ROCK." ' A Curloua Rttinr, Muppoaeil tn llnvn Heart Wrlttmi ou llefara Columbua' lllrlli. A STOItV 1VIIITTKH OS 8T0.NB. On tho Taunton Itlvcr, near DIghton, Mass., there Is a curious rock which for antlquariaus possesses great Interest. Tho "Writing Itock" (so It is called) is of granite, about eleven feet long and flvo fcot high, and Its smooth surface Is covered with many strange hieroglyphics which havo never been satisfactorily deciphered. It Is claimed, however, that they were placed thero some 600 years before the birth of Columbus. At high tide tho rock Is covered with water. It is proposed to removo It ito some museum. JV. J". Mail and Jiiprus, Nail Thcao ApliorlsniH to tho Door. "Who enters hero leaves plpo be hind." . l Tho horso will be nil tho better for working his way through the winter. Thu man that knows tho right use of n horso blanket Is n llrst-cluss horse man. Too many horses cat up during tho winter till they hnvo earned during tho Mimmor. Tho horso blanket saves feed and flesh less substance is used to ninko a n I mul hu.it. Keeping mutchos in nny otlior re ceptacle than nn iron or tin box ''Is tempting Providence. So in o people think n farm nnlm.il is like a postugo stninii no good'uutn licked, Thoy tiro sadly mistaken. Tho farm horse, haviug only llghl labor, and not much of that, .during (he winter, should have less grain and tuoro roughness than dutlug tho sum mer. Tho man that puts iron bits in his horses' mouths in very cold weather without first warming tha bits has al together too much of tho savugo in his composition. American Agriculturist, The Alhtmtum has this advertise ment: "Writers of fiction (IhiIIps os peclolly limy bo supplied with now materials of un exciting and wiuulU1 character." r f1 i K HINT FOR NORTHERN TRAVELERS. I "Lapping;" Ilnnkt No I.oner t"y ou ft- Nuulliarn llillrouil Tralm. "We don't lap nny more bunk.' I said a chipper newsboy at the Ontrali T depot hist night. "Truth !i we lot so- I munv that way till wo just can't 'ford 1 It. 1 don't know for curtain who Hist M itnrtod such doings, but .imiio of ihc I bora siv it wai Hill Mi-Afeo on tho J II lllchmo'nd and D.tiiVllte ro.ul. Hound I fur Hilly; he's nlwnjs starting some- i K thing h'n tlou't know nothing about. Old lillly is a lender for all that. Thu K war that fcanip can persuade tho 1 women Into buying bjink ls.'n nln and H a sliaine. Ain't' no tuo Id bilking: ho , H can Just do it; that's all. I heard otnu H of the bovs lolling how .about H!ll's lapping of booJB,wnfkod thu lirst day , JJj he fell on to thu scheme. Peoplo looked , i' wild when thoy s.iw tho 'hulch' tliiuw- . jl Ing nil sorts of bonks .Into Jhelr laps m without asking a cent for- 'cm. Thus ' all IJIlly couliFdo to hold, In when tin women would look up and smile and Ay say 'tlmnkoe.1 Hut thoy changed their i tuno when ho pasiell through the ear rf if to collect -fares' oh 'oin. Everybody J Ml wns so Interested redding tho books tyfK that they wouldn't stop, aud tl.cy ,'jfijj Hung out tho Utile tttcnty.-live and n fifties llko shot out of a shovel. Sniw ft of tho women didn't havo tho chaiig". j ; Jl and thoy wus pvlghty sorry tlu-i-M i A started to read tiio books. Thc'l I g blush and look llko thuy wanted to- . I borrow tho funds. J f "Lapping worked splendid them ' times, but she's changed now. Peoplo ' aro In tho habit of getting otr with the- f books. Wo lost nay thing that wnr f ; No, slrcc. Many is the ono th.U's got . off with my books, but I mndo It up on I M tho next man. "J'wou't do (o get h'ft. ik Talking about rondlng people, I've- .W always boon mighty successful at it- C i can toll a preacher or a lawyer 'every lire.' Oh, yes, I always havo bound I books for their sort, I slipped otur ,f I time, though. It wns tbN way: Tho Xi m compnuv had pui chased n,lot of cheap ' 1 books, -Ilow to Cu'ro DLimos of llu ; Mind nnd Body,' and as tlioy wns a hard stock we'bpya wa-ulIoweiLdotiblo s 'cgmmish' on 'em. I hatbouo loft, and -e was mighty anxious to dHposo1 of her. Shu was clean and neat, but hIio just wouldn't go. One 4lny coming-' out of Mneon, I espied a llttlo'dilcd un mnn, ' with shnggy hnlr lind W(;jk-!ookliig , ' eyes. IIo had tho littlest (uhils I ever :' i seen, und legs nnd fcot nt'Cordiiigly. E jj set him down for a countryman. I ;M made bold to tuc'klo him. 'Hutu's tho IE lust ono I hnvo lu stock,' 1 s.iid to him. v Cij rUettor tnko it if you uccd nuyLhing or " jU thu kind,' I argued; 'this is tha only' , ono in print. Country peoplo don t ; havo to sand for a doctor whon thuy , huvo this work.' Thu little mnn looked fl up at mo sorter tired and said mildly: I M 'You little rasc.il I 'If you don't go ( tl away from mo I'll throv?-yod out that jl window.' I turned liiriny lip at tho fl llttlo old cOuntrymna'tiiViI wnlkod out. J M When wo reached 'Atla;til thu depot D wns crowded wIlhr'i)ubtAo, jind they -.BB ltept np sueh yhoopln an hollerlii' " when tho tr.lln stopped, I poked my f . head out to sco whut was tlio nutter. L Would you believe It,' thoy bad this f llttlo countryman by thu hands, and I looked llko they'd go pltpii cra.y about him. I got sorter uneasy, nnd I eased I up to tho conductor and iiskcd him who j, tho coiintryman'wns mul ho said: 'Look 1 heah, boy, don't you khow Gov.- Alex. jl SlcpheusP' " Atlanta Journal. ' DRIDCET'S DEAFNESS. ' Tha Mlatreaa of the Klioheii Too Mils' J for h Ceniu Mnn.' j "There are nono so' deaf ns those that won't he.tr," nnd sp holiovcs il census enumerator, tho sqeno of wlioso joys and sorrows w'as .West, Qhestcr ' street, says tho Philadelphia Jlccord. Tho cook in a certain rosWonce.llrldget by name, was returned Ju tho form that was loft to be tilled out ns ilea'. 8. aud uo further thought was given to If", tho matter. Aa Somctlmo afterward, however, tho BKk euumccator called ht tho house to sua R Bridget, -who was just at tho tlmo HP watcliing a pot which' sho dld'not want- '1 to boll over. Tho following couvurst- Kf tlon onsticd: V1 "Is your namo Bridget"'' jK "Siit-o, nnd X am in d fldgot," said tho cook, anxiously gazing pit the pot. tjm "No, Bridget, " shoutodi the census V ofllcor. h V I J "Ah, faith, and I'm Urtdget." IB "Aro you deaff" s IB "Arru'hf now, thcro's boon ilo death M in lift family." W "Not death, but deaf; you can't Hi hear"? ''.. H "Yes, it'ri very ticar, -and if It boils it ) spoils." ! "Was your mother L deaf, or- jour K" uiotllor's ihotherP" ' HI 'Smothor is It you mano? ., Suro ami HI ye can't smother a boiling pot." t Hj "Whs your grandmother deaf?" fair- U ly yollcd tho frantic-enumerator.- "Ooh, and niy grrtudmothor Isn't in m, it. up," replied tho anxious Bridget. "It' mother's1 milk- and mifsift boll." V1 "Wcru any of y6nr httcostoM deaf?" Wb shriokcd tbo olllciul. "Fultli, nnd I h.iVcn't ji"uy Isters. fl, Oh, wirra, wlrra. It's f)vpr. Get out, yo spalpeen; I hayeh't any sistots or S brothers, but ray milk hus boiled ovor." flf The milk boiled ovqr,and sp did tho 2 onunierator. Ho garo up his Inquiries W about Bridget's Infirmity and was out of ho way, The problem remains to fl, bo answered what huslness is it of Sn- Mi perintqtidont Porter's employes If fho fl members of Bridget's family are deaf fl or nou Y A New York cdutractor"iay that m1 city KQO.000 a year fdr the .purpose of Hj ,plcl.lug ovr.,,tbe- city's. Musy, , and WM ujaUs.buddsoiuq.frofl v. D