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The morning call., 1890-08-10

The following table will assist 10 making plain
the "want OF jurisdiction OF the Assessor In the
matter OF placing large" or any other sum, at
the disposal Of the County Treasury. To some
of the dollar Limit' here, but l do not share
this Impression. My reason for presenting this
subject In this, my annual report, Is because
there Is moral obligation resting upon officials
Occupying public station to never allow public
error OF u certain class to--uncontradicted-ob
is performing high duly, beneficial 10 tile cili-
zen taxpayer as well, IN setting the citizen
right, in restoring his selfrespecting apprecia-
tarlly misunderstood, whilst honestly lab0rng
for the welfare OF The Interests held In official
irust by him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-17

II is being observed with great salts
faction by philanthropists that there is
a very marked falling off in the prison
population of this country during the
past decade. Out of 113 prisons no
fewer than 81 have been altogether
closed. Male prisoners are fewer by 2S
per cent; females by some As per cent.
A noticeable decrease has taken place
also in the number of children under
10 years of age committed to Jail. The
Importance of this last fact is only real
lied by those who remember that it is
an ascertained fact that there is scarce
Iy an habitual criminal in the country
who has not been imprisoned as child.
Many of those who make up the prison
statistics are persons of drunken and
disorderly habits. one of whom recently
said: I'D sooner be in prison than out
side it: the food is better and the work
nothing like so hard. London Daily
News
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DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-Buttercup Sponge Cream: Dissolve
one-third of a cupful of crystal gelatine
in two cupfuls of cold milk, and let it
heat to the boiling point, then pour it
slowly over the beaten yellSs of two eggs
to which two tablespoonful of sugar
have been added. When the custard
thickens add the beaten whites of the
eggs and one tablespoonful of lemon ex-
tract, then pour it into mold This
may be served with any crimson jelly
Orange Judd Farmer.
|. "A new form of fancy work now en-
gaging the attention of amateu is sill
yer wire filigree. Flowers and orna-
ments are made of the ductile material.
The material consists of plain and
twisted silver of plated wire, in two
sizes, and small beads of various shapes.
The work is done after drawn design
by means of strong pincers with broad
points, a puncheon. thick and thin
knitting pin or needle. The thick wire
is used for the framework, and the sHen-
der wire for securing the beads, making
spirals and tendrils. Ladies' combs are
very tastefully ornamented in this way.
Yankee Blade.
"A bOOu Il dfIUa Hall d
pint sweet milk, little salt, one tea
spoonful of butter. When boiling add
three tablespoonful of farina. Let it
cook until stiff, and then add sugar and
/ vanilla flavoring to taste, stir in the
beaten yelks of four eggs and, lastly,
the whites beaten to stiff froth. Pour
in mold previously buttered, and
spread with cracker or bread crumbs.
Steam three-quarters of an hour. Serve
cold or hot. If cold with cream and
sugar, if hot, with sauce.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
Watermelon Molasses: Express the
juice by hand, by putting the core of
the melon into a coarse sack. Then
strain it and boil it down to the proper
consistency in a copper of iron kettle.
1t is pleasant to the taste and keeps
fruit we'll when used to preserve them.
1t Will not make good sugar, from the
waxy properties of the strip, when boiled
to that consistency. One acre will yield
twenty barrels of molasses and is a
fine substitute for sugar cane. 1t would
be economy to use them in this way
late in the season, when you have moro
melons than you can dispose of.-Obio
Farmer.
Bell Fritters: Put one quart of flour
in bowl with level teaspoonful of
salt, and mix it to a thick batter. Have
ready pint and a half of water boiling
in a large saucepan. Pour in the bat
ter, slowly stirring very hard all of the
time. Break and stir in, one at time,
twelve eggs. The stirring must be con-
tinuous and hard, SO that the mass may
be perfectly smooth and the eggs we'll
mixed in. Have ready kettle of boil
ing lard. Remove the batter from the
fire and drop it, one spoonful at time,
in the lard. In moment it will be a
delicious crisp bubble shaped some-
thing like bell. To be eaten with a
rich sauce.
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chain. I had remembered these hand
cuffs, and a little while before l had
found chance to snatch the key off the
chain without being observed, and /
still held it in my hand.
''Ah," said Carter, as he found the
handouts, I'VE can do you up with your
own bracelets and not waste any of our
rope on you," and stepping behind me
ne clasped the cuffs over my wrists.
Tying a rope to them he fastened me
to tree, and both he and the Mexican
commenced taking an inventory of my
saddle-bags. My pistol lay within few
feet of me and L was anxious to possess
it. Twisting my hand around l I'M
locked the handouts and softly showed
them off. AS they fell and clinked on
the rock | Jumped forward, and picking
up my pistol aimed it at Carriers head
yelling:
Throw up your hands, you thieving
devils; it is my turn to handle the guns
now"
The Mexican, who was born coward,
threw up his hands in abject terror, but
Carter. who was desperate, picked up
his rifle and would have fired had not
been beforehand with him and fired
first. sending a A bullet crashing
through his brain. He fell without a
groan. l then secured the Mexican
with the handouts and rope and re-
turned to search Carter's body. l found
on his person over eight thousand dol
lars in bills, which were afterwards
proved by their numbers to be the ones
taken from the banker in New York.
Mounting the Mexican on one of the
horses / took the end of the rope and
we started out. We travelled thus all
the afternoon and by night reached the
mining camp. | turned the Mexican
over to the authorities there, where he
was badly wanted for horse stealing,
and sent a party of men back after
Carriers body. Next morning. having
finished my job, l left p to return
home and have never been back. OF
the Mexican l never heard any thing
more, but as the prejudice against him
was very great it is more than probable
that he made the acquaintance of Judge
Lynch.-R. Dudley Johnson, in Old
Homestead
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-17
BOUNDARY MARKS,
The Exact Line Which Separates GU
Country from British North America

The Exact Line Which Separates Our
Country from British North America.
Formerly great difficulties were ex-
perienced in locating the exact line
(which separates our country from that
belonging to the kingdom of Her Mai
eSty, Victoria l.: now all that has been
overcome. According to the treaty of
Client, the British were allowed all the
land lying north of point 4,7O0 feet
south of the forty-ninth parallel, thence
running west to the Pacific ocean In
April, 1870, surveyors at work establish
ing an Indian reservation discovered
the fact that a great error had been
made in the calculations of the commits
sioners who had established the line
4, roo feet south of the forty-ninth
parallel, which, if followed west as laid
out, would take in the British fort.at
Pembina. The surveyors communicat-
ed this startling fact to the general
government, and the Secretary of State
informed the British Minister, where
upon a new boundary commission
was formed forthwith. Few of the 10,
600, 900 of people in the United States
at that time knew that our country was
without northern boundary for two
years following April, 1870, but such
was the case. During the summer of
the year last named Congress- by joint
resolution, appropriated $4,000 for
carrying on the work of establishing the
true boundary.
BY the end of 1872 the boundary COM
mission had done its work; stone cairns,
earth mounds and wooden and iron pill
low haH hanr at int 1s of
from one to eight miles apart from the
Lake of the Woods to the Pacific Ocean.
There are exactly 3S2 of these land
marks between the Lake of the Woods
and the base of the Rocky mountains.
The Red River Valley is marked only
with iron posts, which are set at the
exact distance of one mile apart. All
the iron-pillars used in the consumma-
ton of this great work were cast at
Detroit, Mich. They are s feet
high, inches across at the base
and inches across at the top, cast hol-
low. They were made hollow so that
they could be set permanently by driv-
ing cedar posts through the hollows.
Each post is inscribed with this legend:
"CONvENTIoN OF LONDON, OCTOBER 20,
1S1S''
When stone cairns were used they
were made feet high, 7 feet square at
the bottom, tapering to SO feet at the
top. The mounds of earth used as
marks were made IA feet square and Z
feet high. How many of the mounds
cairns were built between the Rocky
mountains and the Pacific ocean, only
the commissioners know; suffice to say
that as long as stone, earth and iron
will last, the question of our northern
boundary is settled.-St. Louis Re-
hljc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-17
MANUFACTURED GEMS.
Sapphires and Rubies Not Distinguishable
from Real Stones.

SapphlreS ana Rub1eS Not D1StlnSuIShaDle
from Real Stones.
In the long gallery on the top floor of
the museum at Sevres is modest-look-
ing glass case about two feet square,
divided into compartments, each con-
tanning a chemical. There is blue sub
stance, red substance and some dirty
white crystals. In the last two COM
partmentS are two saucerS containing
small colored stones.
These stones are genuine sapphires
and rubies undistinguishable FROM the
real stones by any chemical test,
and only differing from them in the
fact that they have been manufact-
ured not found; or, to use a
technical expression, they have been
produced alphabetically. The other con-
tents of the case are the substances
used in making these precious stones.
The rubies, of which there are about a
dozen, are small, certainly not larger
than grain of wheat, and very uniform
in size. They are in the shape of regu-
lar rhomboid crystals, that's, four sided
but not RECTANGULAR, and apparently
flawless; but as they are rough and I'M
cut it is not easy to detect flaws. The
coloring, as is the case with all uncut
stones, is somewhat dull, and might be
described as slaty lake.
The sapphires are much larger and
vary in size, the smallest being about
as large as pea and the largest rather
bigger than hazel nut, but in crystal
ization they are very inferior to the
rubies. They approach, it is true, tie
rhomboid form, but very roughly and
with pronounced Irregularities. One
stone, for instance, has a body almost
square with spur projecting from it,
the whole being almost like saucepan
in shape.
All the larger stones show distinct
lines of beverage, so that they would
lose large part of their weight in cut
ting The sapphires are not of the dark
blue type, but have a tendency to pur-
pie, being almost exactly the shade of
Ceylon stones. The color would per-
haps be best described as blue with a
reddish sheen. There is strong fam
lily likeness between the two classes of
stone, and one could almost guess from
their mere appearance that they had
been produced by similar processes. In
fact, the base of both rubies and sap
phires is the same, and they differ only
in coloring matter.
The base is silicate of alumina, or in
common language, a combination of
aluminium and flint. In order to pro-
duce rubies the silicate is mixed with
bichromate of potash, and the whole is
kept at certain temperature for several
hours until the fusion is complete. For
saDnhireS. cupric Sulphate or SulDhate
of copper is substituted for the bich-
romate, but otherwise the process of
manufacture is the same. The great diff
Guilty is to obtain regularity of crystali-
cation.
The rubies tend to break up into too
small pieces, while the sSpphires are
rough and full of flaws. Apart from this
the stones are not limitations, but re-
products ons of the natural jewels. In
France it is Illegal to sell them as
rubies and sapphires without stating
that they are artificial But even if the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-17

as passed the place 1 involuntarily
ciapped my hand to the butt of large
Observation-Disclosures army pistol
which carried in my belt. Hardly had
L done so, however, when | was startled
by cry of throw up your hands, (which
came from a deep voice in the thick
ct My hands went up and at the same
time my head went round to see what
was up. As l looked round I saw two
rifle barrels pointed out of the thicket at
my head. Presently both men came out
of the thicket and advanced toward me-
The first, whom / recognized as Carter,
Stlll held his rifle aimed at nv head;
the second, the Mexican, was leading
two horses.
Now, Mister Detective said Carter,
L caught on to your lay while you were
beatin' round in Laramie and l Jest
thought I'd show you a Yankee trick
and git you out O the way jest fer fun
I've done part of it, and 1 guess you see
that the other part won't be hard to do.
No, no, We wouldn't shoot you, but you
see that rope there? We are going to
do you up in legal style and pitch you
over there in that brush and nobody will
ever be the WISER
| saw plainly the force of his argu-
ment. but knowing that it would be use
less to entreat l kept my mouth still.
Now" said Carter, will you please
be so kind as to throw that pistol out
there in the road and climb off your
horse?"
l obeyed without word.
Now bring that short rope here,
Tony" he called out to the Mexican.
The rope being brought they tied my
hands behind me hard and fast and
tied one end of the rope to little tree.
NOW, Tony" said he, Jest you hold
that rifle at his head while go through
| his pockets"
He started his search and one of the
first things he found was pair of hand.
cuffs which l always carried with me.
These would fasten on with spring,
| but had to be unlocked with key, and
this key L always carried on my watch
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-17
How the Farmer Gets Left.

All that remains to be done to open
the Sioux Indian reservation to settle-
ment is the proclamation OF the Presi.
dent, which he seems to be slow in issu.
ing. Meantime the opinion Is spread.
ing that, when the reservation is open.
ed, the actual settlers are going to be,
to a large extent, left" New York;
land companies even now have agents
lowering on the lines. ready to grab
slices when the time comes; three rail.
road companies are waiting to plaster
the reservation with unplaced land
grants, thousands of boomers and spec
ulators are waiting the signal. All
these people are we'll supplied with food
and money, and can wait But to the
actual settlers-those who want to So.
cure homes on this tract--each day OF
delay is great hardship. II Mr.. Har-
rison delays his proclamation long
enough they will be starved out, and
the ground will BIO left clear for the
others
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horse ] started on the same track that
Carter had taken earlier in the morn
ing Crossing the river several miles
from Laramie l struck into what was
then known as Hawkes. pass, so called
because a miner of that name had been
waylaid and killed there several years
before; and indeed it was Aft place
for such deed. The dark cliffs rose
almost perpendicularly to height OF
several hundred feet and wherever
there was a break in this wall of stone
it was filled in with the thickest of
underground. l was just coming to
one of these breaks, the largest which
/ had seen. 1t was filled with the
dark underground, and TO me it seemed
the very ideal of a place for an am
bush.
So strong was this feeling in me that
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sale we're illegal it is not likely that they
would come into the market in sufficient
quantities to depreciate the natural
stones, owing to the difficulties in
production yet to be overcome.-Jewel-
ers E'sekly
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rights!" exclai me,

-"Woman's rights" exclai med GER
tain man, when the subject was
preached. What more rights do they
want? My wife bosses me, our daugh-
tiers boss us both, and the servant girl
bosses the whole family. It's time the
men were allowed some rights. Photo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-17
Best to Destroy 1t.

Visitor.--What are you doing with
that old Bible, Miss Yellowleaf?
Miss Yeilowleaf.-Well, the fact is,
I'm going to tear out the leaf that has
the record of my birth. 1t doesn't quite
agree with what told the census man,
and I'm afraid some one might see it
Light.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-17
Love Is Blind.

Mr.. Infrit-Miss Chanse, 1 love you!
Will you be my wife?
Miss Chanse-I am sorry, Mr.. lnfrit;
but-but-I am somewhat fastidious in
my choice.
Mr.. Infrit-Oh! but am not-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-17
She Expected a Package from Europe.

Mrs. Jones-Why are you so anxious
about the arrival of the steamer from
Europe, Phyllis, dear?
Phyllis-Oh, nothing much; only papa
ordered Count from Germany for me.
and it's about time he was here.-TeXas
SiftingS.
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The Longfellow Family.

The most interesting spot in Cam
bridge is the old Longfellow house.
where Miss Longfellow. the eldest
daughter, and Rev. Samuel Longfellow,
the brother of the poet, now live. The
house looks exactly as it did in the old
days when the great poet received his
friends with sweet and gentle courtesy.
His spirit seems to haunt the rooms and
halls and will be ever present to those
who had the privilege of his friendship.
The two younger daughters, Mrs. Rich
ard III. Dane and Mrs Joseph 6. Thorpe,
Jr., have built houses adjoining the old
estate, so that the Longfellow sisters
live side by side, in the order of primo
geniture. Across Brattle street is the
little park named in honor of the dead
poet. It was an appropriate idea that
the vacant land over which Longfel-
low $ eyes so often wandered as he
looked from his windows should re-
main free to the inha itants of Cam
bridge as memorial to him--Boston
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-17
ALMOST A PRINCESS.
Startling Eccentr1city of a Wealthy Er
glish Widow Living in Paris.

Startling Eccentr1city of Wealthy En-
glish Widow Living in Paris.
Here is an illustration of this state
of affairs matrimonial. Any one who
goes often to drive in the Bots de
Boulogne may have noted among the
habitues of the place tall, raw boned
Englishwoman, with hard, red, I'M
prepossessing face, who is known as
Lady p. She was an English demi
mondaine, who was married by her
lover, wealthy manufa cturer, on his
death bed, so that she might inherit his
title, together with the large fortune
that he had bequeathed to her by will.
She has lived in Paris for years, and is
noted for coming to the Bots from time
to time in state of uproarious intoxica-
ton, when she will shrek and screech
and shake her fist out of her carriage
window an any body and every body
whose looks or equipage may chance to
displease her.
She was at one time forbidden all &C
cess to the Bots for some months, be-
cause during one of these attacks she
INDUCED in threatening bowls and gest-
ures toward the Prince of Wales, she
having gone to call on the Princess and
having been refused admission. In
spite of her character and her pecul-
iarities, this improper and eccentric
dame was sought in marriage by the
chief of one of the great princely
houses of Europe. noble whose proud
pedigree and lofty title figure among
the principal ornaments of the Alma
mach de Gotha outside the records of
royalty. The lady accepted, the pre-
liminaries of the marriage were dis
cussed and arranged, and the date of
the wedding definitely settled But
at an evil hour Lady Y decided
upon giving grand dinner party
to celebrate her betrothal to Prince
L. 1t was very superb affair, and
the Prince was intailed in the post of
honor as host. Toward the close of the
dinner the fine wines that had been
freely supplied during the banquet quite
got the better of the hostess discretion.
She suddenly hurled a tumbler at the
stentorian tones to her valet to put
that man out of the house; he had come
there to steal the spoons" That little
scene was more than even a penniless
Prince could stand, and so Lady y
lost all chance of becoming the Princess
L Yet she might have managed it,
l think, in spite of that little scene, had
she only doubled the income she agreed
to settle on her aristocratic suitor.-
Paris Letter
The LongfelIow Family.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-17
TRAILING A ROBBER.
low L Outwitted Two Desperate
Men and Escaped.

HIS story dates back
as far as 1871. / was
at that time in the
employ of the
detective agency of
New York, and my
S pc cial business
was tracing up pri-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-11
OUR SHORT STORIES.
HIS RABy FRIENDS.

Every day as 1 come down town." said q
Bachelor Club man, There is certain door
yard look into, or rather l used to, don't
now. The two prettiest children I ever saw In
my life, / think, lived there. Little things
they were. George was about years old
fat. pudgy little rascal he was Margery was
just step higher than he. 1t was funny to
see the motherly ways she had. I used to see
them playing keep house, and it was always
Margery who would p'tend' she was the
mamma. Well, sir, it used to do nv bachelor
heart good to see them. I remember how 1
learned their names 1t was just as was pass
,ng by when the front door opened and a sweet
faced woman called out: George! Margeryl
come in now and let me fix you up, and We'll
go visit grandma
"ln a minute. Dis as soon's we dit iss pie
fxed.'
"Well. 1t got so that they came to know me,
and they used to strike me for cigarette pict-
ures regularly. used to look forward to meet
ing them every day. Maybe You know how
hungry man gets for a little of the simplicity
of child-life now and again. 1t was just about
the latter part of April was called away to be
gone about two weeks. If you remember, d!ph-
liberia was raging then, and many little Wnlte
hearse went glimmering by
1.-THE first day after 1 returned you may be
sure looked at the cottage where L had SO
often seen the little children playing. 1t was
silent now. The blinds were closed. There
was none of the ringing laughter and nobody
shouting: Dit off, de tars is topped My baby
friends were gone"
"Dead?" asked somebody breaking the hush.
mo; moved away"