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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22
Mahogany Packing-Cases.

There are few instruments or pieces
of apparatus more delicate and fragile
than many of the costly and intricate
productions of mechanical skill in gem
eral use to-day by electrical companies
for the purposes of refined electrical
measurement, and it can easily be I'M
derstood that the difficulty of shipping
these expensive and easily deranged in
struments from place to place without
risk of damage from careless handling
in transit is a perplexing question both
to manufacturers and users A famous
English electrician says that he early
adopted a plan which proved so success
full that he has adhered to it ever since.
Finding that careful packing and con-
spicuous labels stating the contents to
be glass, with great care" were not
always sufficient to prevent breakage
and damage to delicate parts, he hit on
the idea of sAnding out all his instru-
ments in beautifully polished mahogany
cases, with brass handles and mount
ings. The exquisite appearance of the
cases appealed successfully even to the
callous natures of porters and dock
hands; they positively had not the heart
to scratch the immaculate polish by
rough handling, and the freedom of the
instruments from damage amply repaid
the extra cost of the luxurious cases.
Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22
CAMPAIGN THUNDER,
How a Candidate was Crushed by a Pei
ny-a-Liuer.

How a Candidate was Crushed by a PEN
ny-a-Lfner.
AS about eight out of ten men one
meets nowadays are up for the Legisla-
ture, county sheriff or some thing, it is
not surprising that large proportion
of these politicians are of the self-made
variety that could not deliver an intel
ligible speech if they were to be hanged.
The result is that the hard-up penny-a-
liners are turning an honest penny by
supplying these tongue-ticd statesmen
with ready-made campaign thunder
The other night there was a most en-
thusiastic primary meeting at Petaluma,
during which an aspirant for county
clerk was introduced.
The gentleman laid voluminously-
written speech on the desk and started
in. He had only got as far as ''Fellow
citizens" when a hungry-looking party
in a week-before-last shirt, and whose
whole appearance denoted restitution,
stood up in the front row and whis-
pered:
GLOW about that little amount?"
The orator coughed, colored, looked
hxedly at the gallery, and strove to con-
tinue.
81 say" continued the interrupter,
more loudly, you know what l told
you-cash down or no SALE"
'I'1l-I'n see you in the morning"
gasped the mortified politician.
Morning don't 60" replied the cred
itor, doggedly. you can't play the
morning dodge on me; I'm dead on to
you fellows, l am. You've got to put
up or shut up. Pungle out that S12
rig hit here, or nary an crate"
81 haven't got that amount with me-"
the distinguished speaker,
fumbling in his clothes ''Just-just
sit down, and I'll see you later
Later be bowed" growled the
pencil parer, and reaching up he trans
ferred the manuscript to his coat-tail
pocket and walked out. The crushed
nominee took a back seat on the plat
form and wept like child, while the
band filled in it's time by Listen to the
M ocking Bird" with variations.-Sap
Francisco Newsletter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22
PlTH AND POINT,

Driven Out by Rudeness.-ssWhy
did the soprano leave?" ''She said the
preaching interrupted her conversation
with the tenor.-'N. Y. Sun.
| -Dick-''What on earth have you
been doing, Understanding coal!''
Jack-''No, I've been taking notes with
fountain pen.'-Harvard Lampoon.
Judging from Results.-"Does your
daughter play on the piano." "Waal,
she says she does; but 1 kinder thinks
she works on it."-Fort Worth Gazette.
Have you ever observed that when
| woman is buying a cheap quality of
any thing, or small quantity of it, she
| generally ''buyes it for friend?"-
Boston Traveller.
well, goodbye, dear nephew. If
you should happen to be in want of
money you can write to me-" Here is
the letter now, uncle, if you will be so
kind. "-Fliegende Batter.
You say dealer in amateur pho
tographers' goods has failed. 1 don't
believe it. The profits are immense.
How did it happen?" 'He was an
amateur photographer himself. Chi
! cago Tribune.
You say that all dreams are due to
something influencing the sleeper at
that particular moment. How do you
account for my dreaming the other
night that l was dead? Probably the
room was too hot. "-Indianapolis Jour-
nal
-"Have you noticed what a vast
quantity of information old Simple has
acquired during the last several days?'
&c
ffteen-year-old son returned from
boarding school last week for short
visit. Herald.
Times Changes.-Brown-"S you
could never understand woman?"
Cobwigger-"No. Before marriage I
occupied my time in alzing myself out
worse than l was; now it takes me
every minute of my time to make my
self out better than am. Epoch.
--Ethel-'I am so anxious about my
new dress! I shall insist on having my
dress-maker make it fit me. 1t will then
be sure to look we'll" Maud-''Yes;
but wouldn't it look better if you in
sisted on having the dress-maker make
you fit it instead?"-Harper's Bazaar.
Medical science threatens to circum-
vent all the ills that flesh is heir to, and
as in time there will be no such thing
as death the earth will soon become
crowded. Therefore hold on to your
real estate. 1t can not help going up
several hundred per cent.-Boston
Transcript.
-Finnegan listening to the clock as
it stril1es) = "What's that? Eliven,
twelve, thirtane, fourt-Bad cess t it!
Bye CORA, the divil's in it! TEX that,
me foine timepiece, an thatr' Mrs.
Finnegan - ''Wusha, hivin save us,
Phelim, fwhat did yez smash the clock
fur? It's tn ownly wan we hav!'
Finnegan-'Oi don't give contynintal.
The clock sthruck furrst!" - Boston
Traveller.
By Proxy.-"John," said Rev. Mr.
Goodman to the hired man, ''are you
a Christian?" "Why-er-no, SIR" re-
piled John. 'Do you ever swear?"
''I-I'm sometimes little keerless like
in my talk" 81 am sorry, john" re-
joined Mr.. Goodman. 'But we will
about this some other time.
l wish you would take this money and
settle this bill of "a for thawing out a
and talk to the man in a
careless kind of way as if it were your
own bill. Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22

awhile, but he expected to be in Chica.
go inside of ten days"
This information woke up the mill
ionaire and he said: ''Then time is
precious. Are you willing to go with
me to San Paola tomorrow, Percy?''
''Well," said Lowell, ''the question is
rather sudden. Mr.. Wilcox, and l might
lose my place if 1 go without Mr.. Gram
dall's permission"
Curse your positionv' calculated
Wilcox. ''Come with me and help to
run that villain to earth and I'll see
that you have position as long as I
live"
THAT settles it," said Percy. I've
been drifting all over for the last seven
years and l may as we'll keep it up"
The next day the millionaire and his
newfound friend, the poor English
clerk. started off to San Paola together
and forged links of friendship that were
only snapped by death, while Crandall
lost good clerk who was too honest for
his questionable service.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22

THE truth is, and from this truth there
can be no escape, that there is and can
be no just title to an exclusive posses
sion of the soil, and that private prop
erty in land, is bold, bare, enormous
wrong, like that of chattel slavery.
The majority of men in civilized COM
munities do not recognize this, simply
because the majority of men do not
think. With them whatever is, is right,
until it's wrongfulness has been frequent
ly pointed out, and in general they are
ready to cruelty whoever first attempts
this.-Progress and Poverty.
WHAT has destroyed every previous
civilization has been the tendency to
the unequal distribution of wealth and
power. This same tendency, operating
with increasing force, is observable in
our civilization to-day, showing itself
in every progressive community, and
with greater intensity the more pro-
gressive the community. Wages and
interest tend constantly to fall, rent to
rise. the rich to become very much rich
err, the poor to become more helpless
and hopeless, and the middle class to be
swept away.-Progress and Proverty.
THE fundamental principle to which
ali others are secondary, is the placing
of all taxation upon land values Land
and labor are co-relative, each being
useless to civil1zat ton thout the other.
This fundamental change in our political
system will comprehend all minor re-
forms -Middletown, n. Y, Advance.
OUR primary social adjustment is a
denial of justice. In allowing one man
to own the land on which and from
which other men must live, we have
made them his bondsmen in a degree
which increases as material progress
goes on.-Progress and Poverty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22
CHAPTER ".

Vial w.
While Anton lay in Jail wearil.
awaiting his trial, Velasquez arrived
at the conclusion that about the hes
valley.
| So the lawyers were consulted in re
gard to Delaro's estate, and after sever
al disputes a settlement was agreed
upon.
Delaro's sorrowing wife, finding that
the horrible associations of the district
would be too much for her, resolved tc
| sell every thing and movo to Santa
| Rosa where her friends and parents had
| long resided.
In all her negotiations and other
business matters, she was ably
| assisted and indeed guided by
Joel Wilcox, and this proved a
fortunate arrangement for her. For
| woman with no more knowledge OF
law and business than Mrs. Delaro
would have been pliable tool in the
hands of SO unprincipled and crafty a
man as Velasquez.
The estate, including the wine cell
lars and every thing else connected
with it, was sold, and, after all the
final details were settled, Velasquez re-
ceived check for very nearly the same
amount he had agreed upon with Mario
Delaro on the night of the murder.
He lost no time in bidding Good
bye to the Valley, bending his steps
toward his old haunts in Frisco.
His stay there was not of long dura-
ton. for he became fearful that Anton
Reyman might be acquitted of the
charge of murder, following which
event the impetuous Joel Wilcox would.
undoubtedly, make matters rather I'M
pleasant for him, if his whereabouts
were known.
So he realised on all valuable papers
in his possession and started East
Nearly month elapsed between the
enactment of the vineyard tragedy and
the time of Leon Velasquezs final dis
appearance from the Sonoma valley.
With the assistance and advice Of Joel
Wilcox, Mrs. Delaro was preparing to
dispose of her house and leave the dis
trict Thanks to the old Yankees bust
ness tact, she found that she had suf-
ficient money left from the proceeds of
the sale to keep her in comfort for a
number of years. Still she was anxious
to be rid of the house also.
In any case she would have been COM
PEELED to sell it shortly afterwards, for on
the twentieth of the month, thirty days
after Delaro's death, a notice was served
on the executors of the estate to the effect
that note for (S50,O0O) fifty-thousand
dollars drawn in favor of Leon Velas-
quez and discounted by him in San
Francisco, was due and must be paid in
three days.
This threw a new light on affairs, and
Mrs. Delaro was amazed. Why had her
husband given Velasquez note at
thirty days for such an amount of
She was utterly unable to
solve the riddle, and at once sought her !
old friend for aid.
This is what old Joel Wilcox, the |
said about it: You kin |
depend upon it, Mrs. Delaro, that there |
Is more in this than you or l know at |
present This note that's lynn in
the bank for you to meet was drawn on
the night that my friend Mario was
murdered, and I'm as sure that it's got
'umthin' to do with that dirty work as
am that Anton Reyman is innocent of
Z all The note'u hev to be met but
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22
ITO BE CONTINUED. |

Ten years ago good buffalo head sold
from SIS to $40. The price now ranges
from S75 to $500. Rocky Mountain sheep
are not very numerous. and the hand
some head of that animal brings from
S35 to 500. Mountain sheep are sold in
pairs, when the taxidermist has saved
the whole animal, and they sell for $3.50
pair. Elk heads sell from S35 to $500
each. Grizzly bear rugs bring from sss
to $500 each, black bear as high as S75.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22

lie cares not to know who wrote "Beauti
full SNOW"
Nor what may have caused him to do ir;
With his ear in sling, he desires but one
thing
The name of the rascal who threw it.
Washington Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22

10 the early ages of Christianity we can
but rarely quote instances of fire light
ed up for other purposes in public form
than for the ceremonies of religion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22
AVENGED AT LAST:
Or, a Worldwide Chase.
A STORY OF RETRIBUTION.
BY " WABASH"
lCoPYRIGHT, 1901
CHAPTER III.-CONTISUED

| Sh<aI EN- 111-IONIINIED.
He knew everybody for miles around
and hob-nobbed with rich and poor.
great and small. All met him on equal
terms and he had good word or a
hearty laugh for everybody.
| His dress was untidy and ill-fitting,
| owing to the fact that he paid very lit
tie attention to outward appearances.
| He liked a man of his own ilk, but he
| hated, as he said, them as put on airs
bekas they'd med bit o money"
Accompanying him was Velasquez, the
| man whom Wilcox despised above all the
many despicable people he had met in
the course of long lifetime.
Hello" said Wilcox, in his free and
easy manner, to the justice, whats
up?"
He had like every one else heard all
about the tragedy, but felt bound to
give vent to the stereotyped inquiry.
The old gentleman walked across to
the justice and sat down beside him
while the administrator of law and or
der related to him the more recent de-
velopments of the case.
When Wilcox heard that Anton Rey-
man was charged with the murder he
excitedly jumped from his seat and
shouted:
why you thunderin' blockheads, you
are not going to commit an honest
man like Reyman for the murder of
Mario DelarO, just because he had few
angry words with him and happened to
be the first man to foller him out of the
cellars last night?"
There seems to be no alternative"
said the justice, ''but you may rest as
sured he will have fair trial"
''Ah, by God, that he SHALL" said the
bluff Yankee 'if it takes every cent of
money I've got to secure it. Dammit,
he's no more guilty of that crime than
his poor little baby is
As he spoke these wordS-whether in
tentionally or MOTHS glance wandered
towards Nelasquez, who was in the
room, and it struck him that Velasquez
WINGED.
Then he crossed over to Anton and
said: Cheer up old boy and keep good
heart. If there's any justice in these
parts at all you shall get it,
Then turning to EelaSquez, he said:
'And as for you, suppose now that
Delaro is out of the way you are pleased
at the bottom of your hard heart.
You'll be trying next to turn the widow
out of her house and homo in order to
get money to throw across the tables up
to Frisco. l know more than you think
l do about your goings on, and you can
make your mind up right here that
you're not going to have it all your own
way. If Mrs. Delaro ever wants protec-
ton from such Infamous bloOd-suckerS
as you she knows where to find one"
Velasquez listened apparently quietly,
but inwardly full of interest, and said
as politely as he could: Il fail to COM
prehend what have ever done to merit
this abuse, Mr.. Wilcox"
Then you can know now that I've
got mighty good reason for my words
and you'd better be careful"
With this they both walked away.
That night Anton spent behind the |
bars, charged with the dreadful crime |
Of murder.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22

Roswell told Johnson that s;3ch a
thing as Il bcggar starving to death in
the streets of Scotch city was I'M
heard of. Johnson replied: This
does not arise from the want of beg
gars, but the impossibility of starving
Scotchman."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-19
said GOOd-Bye.

A farewell party was given in honor
of Miss Dora Moore, at the residence
of Mrs. Stone, l40S Olive street, last
night. The following are the names
of the guests: Misses Dora Moore.
Hattie Stone, Emma Heiligmann
Sadie NerlOd, Laura Kendall, Ada
Stone and Miss Ludris; Mesdames
Stone, Kendall and Thorn uson:
Messrs. II. ]. Hanley, II. Stone, G.
Staudt, It. Callaghs an, J. Callaghan,
J: Stahl, G.. Crevestine, c., Hahn, f.
Miller, NJ. Williams, w. Green, c.
Morris, q. Stone, T. White, J. Jelett,
G. Reicks aid J. l.. Iffney.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-19
Burke the Winner.

The wrestling match which took
place at the Fashion theatre last
night for q purse of 500 and IS per
cent of the gate receipts, was won by
Jack Burke. Howard won the first
fall 10 minutes, 80 seconds. The
second fall was won by Burke, in
3 minutes. He threw Howard with
"strsngler." Burke also won the
last fall the time being 4 minutes, 80
seconds. The match was for the
lightweight championship of the
sout west.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-19

Shirts, shirts, shirts-Gen tlemen
you will save money by attending the
great closing out sale of shirts at L..
Woltson's for next three days. S:lS 2t
g. M. Lowry, in the county Jail
on two charges of forgery, gave bond
in the sum of $500 in each case this
morning.
--Seventy-five cents will buy shirts
at Woltson's for next three days that
ordinarily sell for 81 .25 and ST. so. This
beats auction sales all hollow. S:1S2 I
"A meeting of italian citizens will
be hold tomorrow night, to arrange for
Columbus Day.
The Ladies of st. Luke's Eplsco-
pal Mission will give moonlight pic
mic to West End Lake Thursday eve
ming from TO II o'clock, p. m. Re-
freshments at the Pavilion. Boating
on the lake, etc. Round trip tickets
for sale at Messrs. Moss & Reams, 24C
West Commerce street; Kypfer &
| Seng, 1923 East Houston street; Will
son & Rote, corner Houston and Sole
dad streets. S-l9.2t
If the electric cars Ito the ball
park could be run at intervals of 10
minutes, during the hours of 4 to 6
O'Clock on days when there are games,
it would draw greater crowds and be
money in the pockets of the car com.
pany and the ball managers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-19
Writ en- for the LIGHT
NATATORIAH.

BY SHARPEYE.
Outside the city'S din and heat,
In tissue pants he lately went,
And climbed upon tall mesquite
And famed his forehead with cent.
The sun-fsh. too, invoked the shade,
The rodent sought his darkSome hole,
A jassack in the distance brayed:
And in the effort threw his soul.
The painting kline reviewed their cuds,
The town-goat chewed high tariff tin,
Mosquitoes tapped inflated bloodS,
And rattlerS dropped redundant skin.
The San Antoine meandered by,
And vagranU flies attacked his nose.
And only owls presumed TO eye
The fewneSS of his summer clothes.
He viewed the scene from lofty heights
And Sorrowed when his sight grew
dim.
For "out of sight in modern tights
Were several damselS lin the swim. "
Sneaking he frowned upon
A vacant bottle marked 'ClOwd on"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-19
How He was struck.

The man, Fred Nichol, who was
found with his head broken
on Bielstein's camp yard yes
Jerday, has not regained con-
seriousness and can not yet
tell mis- story. He will very likely
die. Examination of the camp YARD
leads to the superstition that he
had climbed on his wagon, while
drunk, to get his wagon sheet
TO lie upon, and in falling
off, struck his head very forcibly
on the edge of the tire of new wagon
standing closely by. The marks of
blood on the wagon tire corroborate
this.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-19
Personal Mention.
Mr.. John B. Walter is ill.

Mr.. John B. Walter is i'll.
r. L. Smith is guest at the Maverick
He is resident of Ell Paso.
John Jackson is in the city from Gal
weston. He is stopping at the Maverick.
Sheriff +. M. Moore is registered at the
Mahncke, from Kerrville.
J. S. Sheppard is at the Menger from
Cuero.
J. Price is staying at the Maverick. His
home Is in Chicago.
n. S. Towns. resident of Uvalde, is a
guest of the Maverick.
G. d. Anderson is registered from Kerr
vile at the st. Leonard. ~. -.
Judge E. r. Kone, from San Marcos, is
now at the Mahncke.
Maj. c. Burnett, prominent ranchman
of Gonzales, is staying at the Mahncke.
Prof. w. w. Gatewood, of Bracket, is
now at the st. Leonard.
J. w. Stearns, postmaster OF Bandera,
is guest of the st. Leonard.
T. F. McCandles is at the Menger from
Houston.
G. w. Brooks, of Luling, Texas, is stay
ing at the Menger.
G: c Ludlow, of New York, is guest
of the Menger.
Mr.. Herman Dreiss has returned from
RockpOrt.
MeSsrs. L. L. Marks and c. j. Lukin
leave for visit to Rockport this after
noon.
L. G. Townsend. the safe and lock man
from Houston, is again in the city. He is
registered at the Maverick.
Judge w. Kelso and wife passed through
here yesterday from Eagle Pass, enroute
for Austin.
Mr.. A. Wolff, of the firm of Wolff &
Marx, is expected to arrive in New York
today on his way home from Europe.
C. j. Campbell and j. A. Martin, two
prominent stockmen, of Lennedy, are now
at the st. Leonard.
Sam Stephens, county collector of Ban.
dera county, is here from Bandera, and is
at the Mahncke.
J. f. Biddle and wife are visiting the
city, from Little Rock, Ark. They are
guests of the Mahncke.
Geo. Mccarthy leaves the city for Aus.
tin tonight.
Mr.. C. Shacklet has returned from q
weeks visit to the celebrated Wooten
Wells.
Lionel Goldfrank has returned from
New York, where he has been for the past
three months recuperating.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-19
MERIT WINS,

We desire to say to our citizens. that for
years We have been selling DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, DIR.
Kings New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have
never handled remedies that sell as well,
or that have given such universal salts
faction. We do not hesitate TO guarantee
them every time, and we stand ready to
refund the purchase price, if satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great popularity
purely on their merits. DreisS, ThOmp-
son q Co. druggists. s-12-lm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-19
EnCamped.

The cOlored militia encampment
was opened this morning and every
thing is working smoothly. At the
last moment it was decided to absn-
don the street parade. The following
state and federal officers are in at
tendance at the encampment:
General w. II. Mabry, adjutant
general of the state.
Colonel R. HI. Bruce, assistant in
spector general.
Captain Eskridge, U. 5. A detailed
by the War department as inspector
of all militia during the year.
Captain L. P. SEEKER, qusrtermaster
of Frontier Battalion and state quar-
termaster.