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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-11-16
Redeemed from Death.

This story is authentic. 1t is found
In the memories of Prussian officer of
distinction. who gives a simple, unaf-
fected narrative OF the scene and events
through which he passed. and who be-
trays nowhere the least disposition 10
exaggerate. The following remarkable
incident he gives rs il came under his
own observation. He was at the time
on the staff Of General Winterfield. one
of the most skilled and competent Cap
tains of the day, and Winterfeld was
the General in command at the time
spoken Of Two soldiers had been con-
demned to death. In drunken condi-
ton at night they had assaulted an
officer of the line. and one of them had
drawn knife upon him. but which one
could not be told. The officer had seen
the knife. but he could not positively
say which of the twain held it. And
the men themselves did not know
Neither of them remembered anything
about it. So both of them were con
demned to be shot. They were excel
lent soldiers. and only one had been
guilty of using weapon. The officers
of the division, including him who had
been assaulted, asked that they might
be pardoned. Atlength Winterfield said
he would pardon one of them. Only
one had held knife, and only that
one ought 10 die. He would
pardon one, and the men must
themselves decide which of them
should be shot How should the
decision be made? Let us shake the
dice" said one of the condemned And
the other agreed to it. And anon it was
agreed to by all interested. The two
men took their places by the side of a
big drum, and were to throw the dice
upon its head. Two dices were given
them and proper box for shaking. The
first man threw two skies. He groaned
in agony He felt that he had consigned
his comrade to death. But when the
second came to throw he also threw two
skies. Wonderful cried lockers on.
They were ordered to shake and throw
again. This time the second man threw
first-two aces .'Ho! Good, You will
live. Peter" But when Peter came to
throw, the dice presented the same two
aces. And now the beholders were
wonder stricken. indeed. Another
throw was ordered and Peter threw a
five and a deuce. The other threw five
deuce. After the excitement had
again subsidized the men shook once
more. The first threw two tours. ''Oh.
now, throw five and save yourself.
Peter" Peter threw-two fours. At
this point the Colonel ordered them to
stop. He went and reported the mar
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-11-16
A Homily ON Perseverance.

The great trouble with many Young
people, and, likewise, with some who
are M; young, and who are not going 10
be Young very soon. il they keep on. is.
that they lack perseverance. This crit
icism. of course, does not apply to all
Young people. There are quite num-
Der who are notable exceptions to the
rule. Our remark in regard to lack of
perseverance WAS not intended 10 wound
the feelings OF the worthy young man
who gives up the whole of his mind to
raising. with difficulty. and other artiti-
cial means, yonng musiarhe. There
may be lack cf hair. but there is no
Jack of perseverance. on his part. His
efforts TO induce the shy and downy
mustache 10 protrude from its hiding
place out into the bright daylight.
where ii can be seen and admired. are
unceasing. Ia fact, as too much kind
ness once killed a cat. We are afraid that
the extraordinary amount of fondling
the incipient mastache is subject to.
is perhaps one Of the reasons that the
crop yields so little 10 the area cult
N.tS1.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-11-16

But we will let up on the mustache,
as il is down already. The small boy
seeking to perpetrate an eclipse of a
pie, whose circumference, apparently.
exceeds that Of the boy, is another ex
ception to the rule of young people not
having sufficient perseverance, There
is, on such occasions. no such word as
fail with the small boy Of the large APP
petite.
The class of citizens to whom we refer
rs lacking in perseverance is composed
of those who start out with enthusiasm,
but either fly the track or allow them
selves to be distanced in the race BY en-
thusiasm. With these persons. if a cal
culated exertion fails, they Immediately
become discouraged, and follow suit by
making an assignment for the benefit of
their creditors. Success depends upon
perseverance, except where n party is
Vearning to achieve success as a lament
able failure, which is the only kind of
success that is ever captured by the man
who allows himself to be bluiied by ad
versity.
We do not desire to do any injustice
TO the gifted editors who run the party
press. but the greatest inventor of the
age is undoubtedly Edison. Undoubt-
edly Edison. or rather Tom Edison, is
a great inventor, and he, himself, says
that if ii were not for his perseverance
he would not amount to a row of pins.
Edison saws that when you start out TO
accomplish anything. you must concen-
trate yourself upon it. and not allow
anything to disturb you. If YOU allow
your attention 10 be diverted from your
work. YOU will be unable TO cover lost
ground. An intruder may offer you
unrivaled opportunities TO pay a bill
you have been owing for years. Heed
not his siren song. While you are thus
busy inventing, some other would-be
disturber may invite you out on the
sidewalk TO put a head on You. Do not
allow yourself 10 be disturbed. but per-
severe at your labors. and success will
crown your efforts. If you have cramp
collie and book agent whispering in
each ear, do not allow yourself TO be
Disconnected. We do not mean TO say
in the foregoing remark that the cramp
collie could whisper in your ear, but
only the book agents. Under no cir
cumstances allow yourself TO be put out.
If anybody is to be put out, put out the
bores.
What Edison SAYS applies not only
to the field of invention. but the same
principle holds good in any pursuit of
life. The statesman. the burglar, the
life insurance agent. the journalist, the
train robber. the hack driver-in fact,
success in any and all of the learned
professions depends mainly on perse.
verance. -1eras Siftings.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-11-16
-ZuluIand is not bad. Sir. Wilcox

-Zululand is not bad. Mr. Wilcox
of the American Board. writes from an
eminence in Natal: There are. per-
haps. one hundred square miles within
my gaze a thickly populated as any
country district in Ohio or New York.
and capable of producing everything
that man needs. There are, streams OF
pure wafer that would turn mill-stones
and factory wheels. There are fertile
plains where enough cotton and cane.
tea and coffee. maize and hemp, sweet
potatoes and tapioca can be grown to
make these people rich All OF which.
he thinks. viii be realized just as fast
as the gospel can do its work.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-11-16
ron 4 HARNING.

lean tell sust how it happened. though its
iifty year ago.
And ! sometimes think IS curious tina; can
remember SO:
For though things that lately happened slip
fiind. and fad awuY.
am thar shall never lose the memory
of that day.
job was coming to Thanksgiving-so he wrote
us in the Fall:
He WIS Ezras oldest brother, and his favorite
al them all
We'd been Keeping house since April, but
couldn't always tel
When my pie-orusi would be iiaky. or the poul-
try roasted well;
50 felt n little worried-if the truth must be
confessed
At The thought Of Ezra's brother coming a our
household guest.
Just week before Thanksgiving Ezra rode
one day a. town,
As / needed things for cooking-fiour and
sugar, white ard brown;
-, And I worked ike any beaver, ali the time he
was away,
Making minco and stcwing apples Tor the COM
ing holiday.
Twas hot. and tired. and nervous. when he gal
Hoped home st night
All that day my WORK had plagued me, nothing
seemed To go Just right
Here's the -four, Lncindy," said he: ats the
best there r. in town:
! forgot the other sugar, but I've brought
enough of brown.
you're a fool cried in fury, and the tears
began Ia fall:
ride ten miles To do an errand, and forget IL
after ALL!
Twas cross and clean discouraged, as i thought
he ought 10 know
But h. turned a. white as marble when he
heard me speaking 50.
Not word he said in answer. but he starte
for the door.
And in less than half minute gsiloped down
the road once more.
Then ] nearly cried my es-es out, what with
grief and fear ana shame:
He was good and kind and patient: ! was all
the one 10 blame
And the huurs wore on til midnight, and my
heaTt seemed turned T. stone,
As listened for his coming while sat II ere
all alone
@iih the daylight came a nciyhbor; ezra has
hren hurt" he said
Pound beside IN. read unconscious. taken
up at frs. for Il. .fi.
Just behind him came four others, with n bur
c.en slew ly brought:
As ist,od and ,iunbly watched them you can
guess Of all thought.
oh, the DAYS and nights that followed, Ezra
lived. but that WIS all:
And with fearless eyes | waited for the worst
that might hciall.
Wandering In Il wild delirium, broken phrases
now and then
Dropped from fevcrcd lips, and told me what
his painful thoughts had been.
So Thanksgiving dawned upon us. Job came
early. shocked TO meet
such II hrokrn-hearied woman for the bride he
hoped Ia greet
Not Il word we spoke together in that hushed
and Swallowed room.
Where waited for the twilight darkcning
down 10 deeper gloom:
For the doctor sail that morning: There is
nothing more Ia do:
II he lives till after sunset !. perhaps.csn pull
him through.
just as five O'Clock WAS striking Ezra woke
and feShiy stirred:
did Won get the sugar. darlingY were the
words family heard.
How cried. You can't imagine how felt 10
hear him speak.
Or 10 his look of wonder "a bent 10 kiss
his cheek.
Well, I've aid a long. long story-Ezras com
ing up the walk
But i've had parpose in il; wasn't just for
idle taia.
Don't you think, my dear. you'd better make
your quarrel UP with Grayf
IL may n woriC of trouble, and it's near
THANKSGIVING Day.-Christidn CIiion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-13
Z. G. so w. G.

Esteemed .Sir-Our first lesson closed
with the statement that Ireland had
received four installments of Roman
law. Three of them combined came
upon her through England, but the
, first, and most effective one, came to
her direct. At the beginning of the
Christian era the Irish were barbara
ans. The civilization of pagan Rome,
poor as it was, had never touched
them. About the beginning of the
fifth century, Celsstine, Bishop of
Rome, sent Palladius into ireland as a
missionary, but the mission was not q
Isuccess. The results realized bore poor
proportion to his laborious and pious
endeavors. After the death Of Palla-
dius, the same pontif sent in Succa-
thus, Scotchman, whose name he
changed to Patricius, which was soon
shortened into Patr!c. He entered
| ireland A. D. 432, and worked with
such patience, resolution, dexterity and
tact that in 472 the converts and
churches had multiplied to such an ex-
tent that he established the Arch hbish-
opric of Armagh. which remains to
this day the metropolitan see OF the
| Irish Church.
The Church of Rome has never for
| gotten the fact that she was the first
to redeem Ireland from barbarisn,, and
she takes good care that the Irish shall
not forget. The Pope of Rome has al
ways been troublesome factor In
European politics. In proof of this we
need only recall the names of Cardi-
nails Du Retz, Richelieu, Mazarin and |
Wolsey, and it is a well-known fact
that the late war between Germany
and France was instigated by the EN-
press Eugene, at the dictation OF her
spiritual advisers.
1t is generally supposed that the
Pope has ceased to be temporal
prince. There never was q greater
mistake. The rights of a temporal
sovereign do not depend on the extent
of his territory, but on the fact that
his rights of sovereignty are recog-
nized within certain territorial lines, /.
however limited in space. The Pope ,
IN the Vatican rules a few acres, but !,
help is rendered from all parts of the
civilized world to pile his kingdom full c
Of money. Ii
The close stuCent of European poll e
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-13
The Use of Advertising.

tits Q. mistak en- idea some people
have that q standing advertisement in
local paper does no good. In the
family circle of those who live in the
country the purchases to be made on
the next visit to town are thought
about and discussed much in the same
manner as the retail merchant studies
what to buy for his trade when he vis-
its the wholesale mart. The local pa
per goes into the family circle while
these questions are being thought of.
The name of merchant in the town
where trading IS done strikes the eye
of some one Of the family, who sug-
gests that there is the place to 60.
That gives rise to q general discussion
of the goods of the advertiser, while
no one of the family happens to think
of the merchant who does not adver-
tise. The result lie that an understand
ing is then and there reached that the
goods shall be purchased Of the mer-
chant suggested by the silent adver-
tisement in the county paper. We
have always found, during number
of years Of careful observation and
study of this subject, that the mer-
chant who advertises most does the
best business. Advertising of any
kind pays. If we were going to town
to buy something, without any partic-
ular place in view, and should see
line on a plank fence suggesting
place where such goods as we desired
were kept, 1t is very probable we
should go to the store suggested by it.
So would most of us. Human nature
is the same everywhere. But line in
the paper is worth q dozen on the
fence, because 1t goes into the family,
gets there before they start to town,
and, when they do start, that line has
"got in its work."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-13
from the Post Dispateh.l

From the Post-DlspaJcn.
"Does the Post Dispatch pretend to
say that the protection of American
laborers reduces wages ?" asks the
Inter Ocean of Chicago. The Post
Dispatch certainly does not pretend to
say that the protection of American
laborers reduces their wages. But it
does say that what the Inter Ocean
calls "the protection of American la
borers" is simply the protection of
manufacturing monopolies, and that,
instead of American labor being pro-
tected, it is heavily taxed by our So
called protective tariff to support these
monopolies. There IS no law to pre-
vent the monopollsts from importing
all the ''pauper labor from Europe"
they need to break down the market
for American lator and make living
more costly to the American working
man. So far as the labor market is
the protected monopolists
are the most radical free-traders we
know of. Protection gives them q mo-
nopoly of the home market, and en-
ables them to extort high prices for
their wares from q thousand laborers
where they afford employment for one. |
Instead of paying higher wages in
of the high prices which |
he tariff monopoly enables them to
'xtort from their customers, these pro-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-13
From Des Arc.

Since politics have gotten up, hav
been carefully looking over your pape
every week, expecting TO see some
thing from your correspondents dowI
this way, but for some reason, eithe
from pressure of business or otherwise
they are silent. Not willing that your
paper shall travel over it's widespread
circulation without your readers occa.
sionally hearing something from this
end of the county, concluded to give
you few notes myself.
Our farmers are all busy, and have
used much industry this spring and
summer. The scarcity of produce, ow-
ing to the severe drought last year,
has made the most of them u little
hard up, but they are making every
effort to regain their loss. There are
occasional showers and the appearance
of the present crops indicates good
yield
We have had several candidates
down this way, and all but Mr.. Foley
were on familiar ground and well ac-
quainted with our citizens, and, of
course, received more or less encour-
Hgement, and ev cry fellow thinks he is
Shead.
. favored the Hon. J. w. B. to rep
resent US again-a man who had all
the experience, etc.-but as he is not
before us, we will have to make an
other selection. Mr.. Foley is not very
well known personally to us, but I
learn he was reared in the northern
part of this county, is young man
possessing more than ordinary intelli-
gence, sand his personal introduction
has made very favorable impressions
on the minds of many of our citizens.
Some, however, are disposed to think
he is too young. but l cannot agree
with that opinion, tor, if we have to
send an inexperienced man to the Leg
islature, his being in the heyday of life
ought to be no objection.
1see there are three candidates out |
for Assessor, and cannot say who will
be the lucky one. I understand that
Uncle D. is in the northern part of the |
county. ] don't know what success he |
is having, but am disposed to give him
the BEST he has in the shop. Uncle d.
is splendid bareback rider, and gem
orally rides good travelling horse.
Our old friend, Tom Fitz, is now |
very sick, and we understand that DR.. |
Farrar came down to see him. Tom is |
3 good fellow; in fact, I don't know
how we could do without him. He
has our best wishes for All early recov-
cry. I. X. L.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-13

Handley's Temple of Mu
and Organs. C. w. Handleys
10th and Olive Sts., st. Loud
catalogues and terms. c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-13

I a combination Of Pro.
tocide Of IRON, Perass.soss
Bark and Phosphorus in
"a 7,0l0to5xe form. tho
only ypreparGtioss Of isoss
that sci{t not bE0ckc,s the
teeth, 80 ch0rocteristicof
other iToss preparations.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-13

ties to-day will discover that the Pop.
of Rome and the Sultan of Turkey
have pooled their interests; that is
they are using the same tactics to pro-
tect themselves by making their enc.
mics destroy each other. Both Rome
and Constantinople are availing them
selves OF the mutual fears and jealousies
of European rulers to play them against
each other.
Here, then, is tie bottom of the Irish
question. It is the hold by which it is
proposed to control Great Britain in
Europe, and the Indian question is to
control her in Asia. A little examine
ton will show that in this way the
Irish question becomes at once Euro
pean. without being International. I'm
der the manipulation of this power,
use can be, and is, made of the anin1os-
ity between Catholic and Protestant,
and of the feud between Saxon and
Celt; imaginary wrongs are paraded,
and the real wrongs inflicted by En-
gland, which are great, are magniffed
until every Irishman wishes we'll to
any nation that will attack England.
Study the condition of affairs in
Egypt, and it can be seen where the
Sultan is coming in on England. No
tice can also be taken of the fact that
Germany has recognized the Pope as a
temporal prince.
Thus it will be seen that into the |
Irish question great many interests
can be drawn, and each additional in
terest puts new side to the question. |
In the meantime, what are the Irish |
people to do? Get out of Ireland as |
fast as possible.
In our next. lesson we will discuss
the comparative anatomy of your BIZ
cycle, Land Reform. TIC.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-13
NUMBER 50

tected manufacturers pay only the
same average rate as the rest Of the
community for common or skilled la
Dor, and put the huge profits IN their
own pockets. The moment q short
crop increases the cost of living lit
tie, it Is discovered that their employees
cannot subsist on the wages allowed
them, and when they ask for more the
mills and factories are stopped and
they are turned out to starve, while
the farmers and other classes of con-
sumers, Who are taxed to pay the prot
Its OF the protected monopolists, have
to pay for the protected articles the
same old monopoly prices or higher
ones. This sort of protection, the sort
which the Inter- Ocean advocates, is
downright robbery of the great mass
OF American laborers-taxing them.
not to support the Government, not
for the benefit of the poor or the pub
lie, but to swell the income of the sur
plus capital of the rich. This fs the
worst sort Of communism, and the
craziest communist never proposed
anything that cannot be justified by
the same logic that justifies this. Cap
ltai can find plenty of employment
and legitimate profit in this country
unaided by any grant of monopoly
rights and powers. Our country'ss SUI
periority in all natural resources aud
productive capacities is protection
enough to keep the rate of interest al
ways higher here than in any other
commercial and manufacturing coun-
ry.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-13

l
Just think of it! Colorado was ad-
mitted into the Union as State when
the Union was 100 years old, and is
| therefore called the Centennial State.
Twenty-one years ago the city of Dem
yer existed only in Imagination now
its population exceeds 10000.
Twelve lines of railroads center i'm
Denver and cars are running on oil of
these roads. The population of Dem
yer is increasing by immigration at
rate exceeding 1000 per month. It is
the finest and most substantially built
city of its size and years there is to be-
found in the United States. The pop
ulation of Colorado entire Is now
little more than 100000. and is filing
| up at the rate OF about 100000 increase
per year. Men Of means, muscle and
disposition to industry are being di-
rected to Colorado because of the great
opportunity its mines offer Or the in
vestment of money, machinery and
time. Last year more than $25, 600 600
worth of gold, silver and copper was
taken out of the mines of Colorado at
a profit to the miners exceeding $15,-
100000. In no other part Of the coun-
try has such a small population sue
ceeded in producing 80 much wealth.
The mining enterprises of Colorado
are yet in their infancy. New mines
are being discovered every week and
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of the most improved machin-
cry is being put in place for the mining
and smelling of ores there this year.
From all parts of the country, espe-
cially FROM the North, earnest, active,
enterprising, determined men are max
ing their way to Colorado to engage in
the development Of her great industry,
the same beng the production Of min
eral or the taking it out from the great
mines.
Among those who have lately gone
to Colorado is Mark NJ, more widely
known as "Brlck" Pomeroy, who went
to Colorado about two years ago, and
who is now publishing his large eight
page paper, Pomaes,oy's Great Vest, in
Denver, which is sent out at So per
year, and contains vast amount Of
reliable information concerning mines
and mining enterprises of this young
but wonderfully vigorous and growing
State. Since going to Colorado Pome-
roy has become interested in some of
the most valuable mining properties
in the State, and from some Of them is
now taking out ore in large quantities,
SO that he Bids fair to become one of
the largest wealth-prsducers in the
West.
Persons wishing information con-
Colorado and her mining in
terests, or wishing to invest some
money in legitimate mining properties
md mining enterprises, will do well to
subscribe for Ponseroy's Great Vest,
n to send for sample copies of the pa
,er, or to write to the editor thereof,
whose address is Denver.
In this country are q great many
,ersons who DO not like ''Brickr POM
roy, but certainly his energy and i'm
ustry are commendable, and he is
ding SO much to help develop the re-
ources of this country it is presumed
hat he will III time be fully forgiven
,r having positive ideas and dr. III
on to explain them plainly
- 7is<~ a
Handley's Temple of Mss ~
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dialogues and terms. c.