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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-07
THE NATIONAL GAME.

What Shakespeare Says About 1t i'll His
Grammatical Works.
The game of base ball is generally
supposed to be modern pastime, but
a look through Shakespeare will con-
vince one that the game is of remote
origin.
Your base QooD ball players
King Lear"
Why these balls bound. - Merry
Wives
Now, let's have a catch. -''Twelfth
Night"
l will run no base Merry
Wives
And so 1 shall catch the Henry
""
Let me be umpire in this. - Henry
VI"
A hit, palpable hit -''Hamlet.
Hector shall have a great catch. -
"Troilus and Cressida."
More like to run the county base
''Cymbeiine.
AS swift in motion as ball
Romeo and Juliet"
He'll leave striking in the field
Calls Well"
After the score.-''Othello."
Ajax goes up and down the field
"Troilus and Cressida."
Have you scored me?-''Winter's
Tale"
And the third ne.-''Coriolanus. -
He proves the best man in the field.
Henry w."
The word is pitch and pay.-''King
John"
However men do catch. Tempest. "
What foul play had we.-'sTitus An
dronicus.n
Unprovided of a pair of bases. -
Henry ~"
His COMPOUNDED Henry W
No other book but the score
Henry ""
1 will fear to catch. ''Timon of
Athens
Where go you with bats?-"Corio-
lanus."
Let us see you in the field. -''Troilus
and Cressida."
Thrice again to make up nine
Macbeth. "
Judgment. Hamlet.
N. Y. Graphic.
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BUSINESS AHEAD.

Other Diplomatic 0nestionsWhich Threat
en- More Serious Consequences Than the
samoan ImbrogliO.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The WaShingtO q
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, Sec
rotary Bayard's organ, sends the follow
ing dispatch to his paper:
There are other diplomatic Questions which
threaten more serious consequences than the
Samoan imbroglio in the near future, thanks to
the acton of the Senate in rejecting the Fish
cries treaty and of the two houses of Congress
in passing the Chinese Exclusion act. Secre-
tary Bayard stated to n representative of the
Sun that he has been informed by our consuls
in Canada that the Canadian Government in
tends to issue no more licenses under the modus
vivendi and will fall back up,n its narrow in
depreciation of the treaty OF 1915 thus re-
opening the old quarrel between the two coun-
tries which the rejected treaty would have per-
manently settled. The Chinese are beginning
to grow FESTIVE about the Exclusion act. They
are VIGOROUSLY slow and circnitous in diplo-
matte measures but they have at last awak-
ened to the fact that their treaty rights are
violated by the exclusion bill. The Chinese
Minister accepted from Secretary Bayard the
indemnity for the Chinese outrases in the West
in graceful and amlcabie spirit, but he asked:
What about our treaty rights?' It is not at
all likely that Mr.. Bayard was able to give him
much Information on the subject.
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cases is very valuable. The social
position of ladies employed is often of
a superior order, while their general
knowledge is very advanced. The
diplomatic corps of some continental
nations engage ladies as detectives out
of their own country. It is stated that
few of the fair sex are employed in
London on behalf of the French and
German embassies, and render very
efficient help to those to whom they
are responsible for such.
Now for private detective work in
England-as that required in divorce
cases, tracing missing friends, and
other secret inquiries-a great number
of women are employed, and their
number and services have immensely
increased during the last ten years or
Whereabouts, when female detectivism
as system is said to have commenced
by firms of private inquiry agents in
the metropolis. The writer has been
informed by the principals of two i'm
portant private inquiry Offices in Lon
don-in each of which large staff of
women is employed-that the latter
are far more efficient for their duties
than men would be. Great care is TAX
en- in their selection, and they are bet
ter paid for their services than woman
who are temporarily employed in po-
lice forces in proportion to the time
they are respectively engaged in their
work News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-07
THE ARKANSAS TRAGEDY.

The Assassination of Hon. John NJ. Cha yton
at Plummerville, Ark. - The Affair
Wrapped in Mystery.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Jan. 30.-The Ca
zette's Plummerville special, received at
1910 to-day, gives the following details
of the killing of John NJ. Clayton:
Hon. John NJ. Clayton was shot in
his room at Mrs. Craven's house at
nine O'Clock last night. d. II. Womack,
of Benton, Ark. a travelling man, who was
in the room with Clayton, his friend, Mr..
Alnutt, and your correspondent were oc-
.cupying the same room. Clayton had
been nervous all evening, and was pacing
the floor with his hands in his pockets.
He walked towards the window, over
which the blind was partially drawn, and
was in the act of sitting down when shot
was fired through the window, making a
very loud report and putting out the
light We could hear the blood running
from Clayton's wound. Your correspond
emit exclaimed: 1.-THE lamp has exploded
and killed him."
ssNo," said Alnutt, che has been shot"
When a light was brought it was found
that load of buckshot had been fired
through the window, taking effect in the
right side of Clayton's neck, breaking 1t,
one bullet passing clear through He fell
back in his chair and then over on the
floor.
Womack's story is straight. There is
no clew to the perpetrator of the outrage,
but pistol was found underneath the
window this morning, which may proba-
bly, lead to the discovery of the assassin.
No one has advanced any theory yet. A
great number of people, principally ne
groes, are in the little village, but every
thing is orderly and quiet.
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WOMAN DETECTIVES.
Some Cases in Which They Can Do Bett
Work Than Men.

Work Than Men.
Although for a long time detectives
of the fair sex--and some of them of
good social status-have been employed
for the discovery of crime and grave
political offenses, and also for making
private inquiries where delicacy and
tact is requisite, female detectivism
has but occasionally been employed in
the United Kingdom for public pur-
poses, and even then with merely in
significant results. In a recent gov
eminent report upon the Scotch police
by Captain Munro, Her Majesty's In
spector for Constabulary of Scotland,
he says that the employment of a few
women on the detective staff in large
and populous places might possibly be
of valuable service. Owing to this
statement, and the important fact that
the employment of women as pri-
vate detectives in London has
made great progress, writer in
the London Queen has carefully in
vestigated the subject of this article,
on which he has received some appre-
ciable informationfrom those who are
the most competent to speak with au-
thority on the question.
AS regards the engagement of women
for the detection of crime in this coun-
try it is not only very limited, but mere
ly extends to few offenses, the most
important of which appear to be shop
lifting and pocket picking cases and
other thefts. In these and other in
stances they generally act under the
guidance and close supervision of reg
ular members of the detective staff.
Some years ago large firm of omnibus
proprietors always engaged women to
find out the dishonesty of the conduct
ors of these vehicles in rObbing their
masters of a portion of their fares, and
it is stated that women are even now
employed for this purpose.
As competent and trustworthy wom-
en- are difficult to secure for secret
service in police forces, and as no
| efficient means exist for training them
| for this delicate duty, and as they are
indifferently paid for their work, there
| is a general feeling among policemen
| of all ranks that under present regula-
| tons it would be unwise to permanent
ly employ women on detective stalls,
or as agents or assistants to the MEM
bers of such in connection with Grim
inal and political Investigations. On
the other hand, in Paris, Berlin,
Vienna. st. Petersburg and other
large centers of population on the
| continent the detective service rem
dered by women to the police in these
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-07
ECCENTRIC BOYS.

Youngsters That Stand in Need Of En-
couragement Rather Than Reprook
81 wish knew what to do with my
BOY Dan," said Mr.. Brown, with q
worried look on his face.
what is the matter with him?"
asked his friend, Mr.. Jones. 'Is he q
scamp"
''Well, no." was the slow reply, 81
can't say that he is disobedient, saucy
or mischievous, but he don't act like
other boys. somehow"
Elm what way?"
''Well, he don't take much to books,
although he keeps up in his class
pretty well; but he don't banker after
book-learning. He's the greatest boy
to prowl around the woods, bringing
home bugs and roots and rocks. Then
he has a whole lot of gimcracks in his
room, and he's always peeking through
microscopes, fooling with chemicals
and making experiments with one
thing and another. I declare l don't
know what's going to become of him,
and l hate to punish him, because I
know he don't mean any thing wrong.
It's just Dams eccentricity, I suppose. :"
Mr.. Jones laid his hand kindly on
his neighbours arm.
Il don't know what you will do" he
said, gravely, "but l know what I
would do if l had such boy. I'd buy
him a fine microscope, all the chemic-
ais he could use, and all the books on
natural history he could read.
wouldn't mind if he was the tail end of
his class if he was a genius"
"a genius, Mr.. Jones!"
Eyes, sir. You never saw an eccen-
trio boy in your life who didn't devel-
OPP into something out of the ordinary,
unless his parents crushed his boyish
aspirations, and made him believe that
there was nothing to be learned out
side of books"
Mr.. Brown was only half convinced,
yet Mr.. Jones was right.
The mere idler of a boy may grow
up a shiftless man, but the eccentric
boy, who studies nature and seeks for
knowledge outside of the school-room,
has in him the making of an inventor,
naturalist, geologist or learned man.
Such boys stand in need of encour-
agement, rather than reproof. Golden
DAYS.
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FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
WHAT IS BETTER.

I'd like to be tiny bird, tiny bird a tiny bird
With wings of red, or wings Of blue, flying
about from tree to tree;
I'd sing the very sweetest songs was ever heard
was ever heard.
And all the other birds should come to learn
that song of me.
Or else I'd like to be a f1ow'r, pretty f1ow'r q
pretty f1ow'r.
A cunning pansy pink, a wild rose or q
daisy white;
I'd swing and dance with every shown, with ev-
cry shown, with every shown
That brought me sparkling drops of rain to
make me sweet and bright.
Or would be merry brook, merry brook, a
merry brook,
Running through meadows green with skies
rs blue as violets overhead,
And grasses tall that bent to look, that bent to
look, that bent to look
At me- and wondered greatly when they saw
themselves instead.
Outlet me think-would I? No, no, wouldn't
be, wouldn't be
A tiny bird or brook, or fow'r; for can sing
and can play,
And can swing, and dance and see and dance
and see. and dance and see
The grass the sky, the field and all around as
well as they.
And they have no mamma to kiss, mamma to
kiss, mamma to kiss
And no papa to love. nor yet aunt to call
them pet and soy;
And SO It's better far, think, to stay like this,
to stay like this
And be happy little child-a curly-headed
boy.
Margaret Eytinge, in Wide Awake.
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GERMANS IN CONTROL.

The Germans Take Hold of Things at Apia
asst They Owned the Place and Search
Incoming Vessels for Contra band Goods.
LONDON, Jan. 81. - Dispatches ron
Auckland regarding affairs at the Samoa
Islands state that the German naval o fiji
cials have been notified to search all yes
self in Samoan waters for contraband
articles. The Germans have suppressed
the Samoan Times, paper published in
the English language at Apia. British
subject who visited Mataafa was ar
rested, but was released in compliance
with the demand of the British Consul.
The police of Apia have been placed under
German control, and the town is at the
mercy of the latter. Six thousand OF
Mataafa's followers have intrenched
themselves strongly, and are ready to
give battle to the Germans. The Samoans
are rapidly joining the forces of Mataata.
When the steamer Richmond arrived at
Apia she was boarded and searched by
the Germans.
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a YANKEE SKIPPER.

The Commander of the United States
steamer Adams Relates q Bit of Expert
ence with tho Germans In Samoan Wa
tiers She Prepared to Throw Few
Shells Himself, but the Necessity was
Withdrawn.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. LIN an interview
yesterday, Commander Seavey. of the
United States steamer Adams, said:
''There was a great deal of commotion
when was at Apia. I went down there
with all kinds of orders suited to a time
of peace, but when war broke out threw
the orders to the wind. They would do in
time of peace, but were not applicable to
the condition of affairs that existed at that
time. When l saw Brandeis, the German
Consul, leading five hundred natives in
support at Tamasese, wrote him a letter,
asking him to desist. l said: Il am here
to protect American citizens and Ameri-
can property, and will not wait idly by
and see you plunging the country into
trouble when their lives and property
may be destroyed. If you do not desist, I
snail take such measures to protect them
as L deem circumstances demand
He sent back word that no American
nor American property would be molest-
ed. In little while, though, much the
same tactics were repeated. There was a
meeting of Consuls on board the German
war-ship Adler, and at the meeting
said to the Germans:
''Now just let the natives fight it out
among themselves
"Oh no; they could not do that They
said they had proclaimed Tamasese King,
and they could not leave him now to fight
alone.
''Then 1 said, Il will take a hand. IF
you persist in aiding Tamasese and fight
ing for him, will participated
''And pulled the Adams IN ahead of the
Adler and would have done my part in
the fray if the Germans had decided they
must have it. 1 had made up my mind
that the Adams could throw some shells,
too.
''At this they eased down, and promised
that it should be hands off,
"Next there were notices posted by the
Germans, stating that the bridge over the
river at Apia and separating all the back
country where the natives were, would
be taken up. l tore those notices
off. 1 said there should be
no demolition of bridges. Then I ordered
my carpenters up the next morning, and
meantime, word having got out all
around, scores of natives came to aid in
repairing and maintaining the bridge. I
also threw some marines ashore to pro-
tect it. 1t is not necessary to say that the
bridge was not destroyed. The Adams
left Samoa December and was not pres
ent during the recent battle between the
Germans and Mataafa's forces"
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within and caprice. fails to keep the law
of kindness, so behaves as to ALLEVIATE
instead of attract, and to be q kill-joy
everywhere. She is difficult to get on
with; young people dread and old peo-
pie avoid her, and the angels probably
behold her with pity. From difficult
people we humbly pray: Good Lord,
deliver u.s."
But the good Lord intends that we
shall deliver ourselves from preventi-
BILE evils, and on our own consciences
lies the blame, if we do not cultivate
the temper from which the fruits OF
the spirit may spring. Margaret +.
Sangster, in Interior.
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ETHICS OF SUCCESS.

Conditions Under Which Mans E1eva-
ton Makes Him Enemies.
It is common remark that success
makes enemies. This is one of those
superficial truths that seen, in their
completeness, are not true at all.
There are aspects of success that pro-
duce this effect. A man suddenly be-
comes rich, and proceeds to costume his
life in all the scenery of wealth. He
builds a fine mansion which is finished
and furnished with every conceivable
luxury; his family bear the personal
advertisement of his business success in
their appearance, their equipage, their
entertainments. They hold all this &C.
cession of power and freedom as some.
thing for personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
They become more or less devoted to
personal pleasures, and less thoughtful
for others, less accessible to those
salt and SAVIOR; less interested in gen.
eraI process. And so there rise up
enemies, and often unjust and unfair
things are said of their life, which may
be, and probably is, only negatively
good, not positively bad. And so it is
said that success begets enemies. A
man rises from obscurity and struggles
to commanding place in his chosen
profession. He has climbed, but when
on the loftier rounds of the ladder he
becomes cold and unsympathetic to
those less fortunate, and thus is dis
liked, and he complacently tells him.
self that his success has excited zeal.
ously and made enemies of those who
have attained less. But this is a fall
lacy. Let us examine it little nearer
and we shall see that it is not success,
in its best sense, that makes enemies.
but the want Of that complete and noble
success which is one of character rs
well as of competence. The prosperous
man who does not feel that every stroke
of good fortune, or achievement, in
finance or in fame, does not deepen his
responsibilities to humanity. has not
attained complete and a permanent.
but only a partial and a temporary sue
cess. If a mans elevation in material
ways makes him enemies, he NAV de-
pend upon it that the fault is his own:
that he has failed in the great essentials
of life that imply the fine consideration.
the delicate sympathy, the noble gen.
crosby and the inspiring faith that
make up life's best gift. And let him
look to it that he redeem mere pros
perity by correcting it's possible false
ideals by higher nobleness of character.
Boston Traveller.
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PLAYING HORSE.

True Story About MY Dog and Myself
The story I am going to tell you Is
really true one, about my dog and
me.
/ am six years old, but / think my
dog must be near fifty, because have
had him ever since / could remember.
Chum is his name, and he knows 1t too,
just as we'll as you boys and girls know
your names. When / ask him If he
wants his breakfast, his tail wags yes;
but never no, to question like that l
think his tail could wag no if it want
ed to, as my dog can do most any
thing.
OF all the things that we do for play,
taking turns being a horse is most fun
NEST. My brother made a nice har-
ness-not for me to wear, but for Chum
He likes it as we'll as l do, l believe,
for when get on the sled he is fasten-
ed to. and say: '.Now, go it Chumie!"
that's what 1 sometimes call him
how he does skip along! Don't the
wind just whistle through my ears. and
the snow fly in my face! And all shout
and wave their hats when they see us
60 down the street, past the slow old
horses, just as easy.
Sometimes the farmers going into
the city will race with us; but when
Chumie hears me say: Hi there!
Stur boy!" he just runs away from
those old horses as if they were stand
ing still. Then the men and boys
scream, and throw their hats in the air,
and the butcher gives Chumie a piece
of meat. Every one pats him on the
head, and calls him good fellow, and
sometimes l have candy given me be-
cause l own such a fine dog.
Then it is my turn to be the horse.
Chum gets on the sled, and / put my
little whip in his collar, which / carry
when l ride just to be like real man;
but l never touch it to Chum. He goes
fast enough, and it would make him
sorry, and then / should be sorry; and
that s why 1 don't use it.
Chum is such a heavy dog that l can't
go very fast, and all the teams pass me
trotting along the road. / say to the
men l have raced with: ''Wait until
Chum is a horse again, and l will 60
by you" If we can't travel as fast, 1
am very proud to see the people all
stop and look, and hear them laugh
and say: What wonderful dog to
sit so still, and hold the reins in his
mouth as well as a boy could in his
hands"-A. S. Cox, in Our Little Ones.
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The First News of the CLIMAX in Samoa

The First News of the Climax in Samoa.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The first news of
the climax reached in Samoa was con-
veyed to the Senators, then engaged in
discussing the Samoan question. by the
United Press. A cable message from
London received over the United Press
wires was sent to Senator Cockrell, who
was presiding. He called Senator Sh err
man to read it and then Senator Gray.
Senator Gray took the message down to
Senator Reagan, and it was on the repre-
sensations contained in it that the Texas
Senator withdrew his amendment to the
Samoan clause in the Consular and Dip
lomatic bill. If this had not been done,
the bill would likely not have been dis
posed OF yesterday.
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At a recent meeting Of the share

At recent meeting of the share
holders of the opal mines of Queens
land, Australia, it appeared by the
speech of the chairman that the COM
pany had sold opals to the value of
81, $40 during the year, and that these
had Melted profit of f4,664 rs 4d to
the shareholders. The chairman also
alluded to the difficulties in the way of
selling opals, one of them being the
fast-waning prejudice against the opal
as an ''unluchy'' stone, and another
that hitherto the business in opals has
been confined to certain channels. out
of which it has been difficult to
draw it.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30.-Sharon's heirs
defeated Sarah Althea Terry yesterday
by securing from Circuit Judge Sawyer
an injunction forbidding her to apply tc
Judge Sullivan for q receiver for the
Sharon estate. Sarah Althea refused to
receive the service of the injunction, and
a deputy marshal had quite a tussle with
the angry woman before he succeeded in
tucking the document under her arm She
protested Loudly, and declared she would
have revenge for this assault upon her.
When her attorneys were discussing the
Injunction she jumped up and cried
ssI,ye been insulted long enough, and }
won't stand it," The judge ordered hel
to be seated.
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U'Brien's Lively Reception at CIonmel
Ystf

DUBLIN, Jan. 31.-Mr. William O'Brien
was taken to Clonmel Jail this morning to
serve the sentence imposed upon him for
offences under the Cri mes act. The pris-
oner refused to undress and don
the prison costumes, cons equently
the wardens stripped him and shaved
off his beard by force. Mr.. O'Brien
made a desperate resistance to the war
dens, but he soon became exhausted,
and was Frustrated by weakness. His
condition grew so bad that priest was
sent for, his jailors evidently fearing that
their prisoner would die from the effects
of the rough treatment given him