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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
GUNS OF THE vEsuuus.

An1 pneumatic Cruiser and Her For.
midAhle Engines of War.
Inc most recent applications of the
Diowplpe principle are the three air.
guns OF the Uniled States sstorpedo
cruiser Tor, as as she is also called. the
pneumatic cruiser'0 'svesuvius." This
vessel OF war is 251 feet and o inches
long, 50 feet and inches wide. draws9
rect OF water, and has displacement
OF rs tons; she is of 3,T94 horsepower.
ana she darts over the waves at a speed
o. % miles per hour. She is too ,beau-
tliul and fast a craft to be called a
oiowplpe gunboat;" but that is exact
~ what she is, because of the blow
guns which stick up through the deck
at the bow. Most of these guns lie at an
angie sianting back and downward to
"nere the air-compreSsers lie to the
heel.
Into somewhat bottle-shaped steel
masks, air has been forced until it is
compressed under a strain of two thou
sand pouads to the square inch,
by engines especially constructed
Tor that purpose. The shells, or
bombs, or darts fired from the
guns are made partly of iron, of brass.
and OF copper. They are ten feet long.
nfteen inches wide, and while some are
OF uniform width, others give up half
their length to a thin spindle or tail
having metal fans at the end. and look.
ing somewhat like a huge, clumsy ar.
row. These darts are kept in three
barrel-llke ''revolvers," and as there
are hive darts in each, the Vesuvius can
throw fifteen projectiles in rapid sue
,cession.
When gun is to be loaded, about
twenty feet of its lower end drops
down by means of a hinge, and from
the revolver directly in front of it one
OF the bombs is pushed back into the
lowered end, which is then pulled up
again in line with the rest of the tube.
When all is ready, a lever in the con-
ming tower is moved, enough air is adj
United from one of the reservoirs. and
away goes the dart flying through the
air to distance of a mile and a half
The operation, which seems so simple,
does not look very formidable as a
method of warfare; but that dart
whirled away by the blow-pipe is in
reality the most deadly weapon known
to war. atloat or ashore, for in the head
of the missile is stored five hundred
pounds of guncotton, than which no
more terrible explosive is known that
can be SO used. The name guncotton
sounds innocent enough, and the mate
rial is nothing more than the cotton
waste, with which you have often seen
engineers cleaning their engines,
soaked in nitric and sulphuric acids,
and washed clean again. A pound of
this will burn quickly, but when it is
stuck or ''detonated," it explodes with
force sufficient to blow up a good
sized house. If upon an anvil is laid a
piece of paper with one or more letters
cut out, and pound of guncotton is
exploded on it,the letters or figures cut
in the paper will be stamped into the
metal one-quarter of an inch deep.
Just think of such force, and then
imagine five hundred pounds of gun
cotton exploding on ship or fort.-J.
o. Davidson. in st. Nicholas
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
plTn AND POINT.

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b Ave 10 90 far To find it.-Ram's Horn
-rcc many .hr;rht vounx mon try to
m.,ra .the;r conversation spicy with
clovne -f,.lve.tor News.
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
TAvERNS IN OLD VIRGINIA.

-Ante-Bellum Hostelries Where Man and
Beast Found Entertainment.
Here in Virginia we have had some
famous hostelries. The old Raleigh
tavern at Williamsburg lives in romance
and history. 1t must have been well
kept, for contemporaneous writers
speak of it very respectfully. They
seould not have written of it as they did
had the proprietor furnished them with
tough beefsteaks or bad bread, or sent
them to shabby chambers, or hired
man with n kohinoor in his frilled
shirt-bosom to give them short answers
to civil questions. But even in those
halcyon days it had become a proverb
that it was work and worry reckleSSly
wasted to reckon without ones host.
And so it is even unto this day, espe-
cially in foreign lands, where you arc
charged with tallow candles, letter pa
per. service. etc. The tavern was once
the great name here. The Bell tavern,
which preceded the present ST. Charles,
was a famous place of resort when
Byrd's tobacco warehouse stood on the
opposite sideof Main street. and it had a
worthy contemporary in the Washing
ton tavern, which is now the st. Claire.
The Eagle tavern was of later date, and
was a grander house than the other
two. In it Lafayette was enter
tanned in 1924. The Eagle stood
on the south side of Main street,
between Twelfth and Thirteenth, and
had an archway-the porte cochere of
the present day-into which the stage
coaches drove and landed their passen-
gers. Fire destroyed it early in the
'4Os. and from the city's need for an
other good hotel the Exchange arose.
The Exchange, the Ballard house, the
Columbia hotel, the Powhatan (Ford's)
hotel. the Monumental (St. Claire) and
the st. Charles and the Spotswood were
all in operation here at one time. The
Columbian, which stood near where
Crenshaws warehouse Ton Shockoe slip)
now is, went down in the evacuation
fire; the Spotswood was destroyed by
fire five years later. All the rest sur
vive and prosper, and some new ones
have been added to the 1ist.-Richmond
Dispatch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
Better Than photography.

The old man had given his son a very
fair education and after graduating he
took him into his store. The Young
fellow was over-nice about great
many things, but the father made no
comment One day an order came ip
from a customer.
Il wish to goodness" exclaimed the
son. ''that Jones would learn to spell '"
whats the matter with it?'' ;a-
quired the father cheertully.
''Why he spells coffee with e."
mo, does he? 1 never noticed it."
stOf course you never did" said the
thing like that"
Perhaps not, my son." replied tho
old man, gently; ''but there Is one thing
do notice, which you viii learn by
and by, and that is that Jones nays
cash detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

Now, this Gate, no doubt, is accurate.
Do you recollect when you received the
letter?n
''oh! very distinctly. We had re-
turned from Europe the previous week,
and had written her Immediately up
on our arrival in u"
''Yes. Now I will read aloud her re-
ply. The first sentence is immaterial.
Next: I am sorry to hear of your diff
culties, but am in no position to adj
wise YOU If you recollect, what was
the nature of those difficulties, Mrs.
Maynard? Were they not, as I infer
from the context, of peculiar
mean"
Not entirely, but principally" in
terposed Mrs. Maynard, with a reflective
air, connected with money matters"
North slowly read on:
".Mr MAYNARD used his discretion in
the matter, and his right to do so no
one can dispute. That you are disap-
pointed is, of course, natural; but why
you should feel so respondent in regard
to your own future I cannot under
stand To what, if may inquire, do
these two sentences refer?',
'Why, to Mr.. Maynard's will"
tsAh-to Mr.. Maynard's will, :" repeat
ed North. absently, while he was think
ing: ''NNhat about the majors will? L
must try to ascertain"
II told her about it in my letter." re-
sumed Mrs. Maynard, land, believe,
complained rather bitterly of it as I'M
just to me and not at all what had a
right to expect"
Had you then discovered for the first
time that he had made this will?"
''Oh. no! 1 knew his intention in re-
gard to the matter long before this.
Mr.. Maynard told me plainly what he
intended to do, and 1 was present when
the will was drawn. There was no Sc
cret made of it, assure you. The ma
jor was only too anxious for me to know
what had been determined upon, that
he might triumph in my discontinue"
Her dark eyes flashed as she spoke,
and tiny spot of scarlet gloved in her
checks; but her tones did not vary for
an instant from their cool sweetness
nor her manner from its gracious re-
pose.
Danger signals-the domestic skele-
ton at hand!" thought North, ruefully;
nevertheless he did not swerve one de-
gree from his perilous Investigations.
''lt may not be considered important,
or directly bearing on our case" he OBJ
served in 4 meditative way as he glanced
up at Mrs. Maynard over his notes,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
PARAGRAPHlC POINTERS.

AS the republicans will s'stand
by their record" the campaign badge
will perhaps be a clothespln, worn on
the nose.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The republicans now claim that the
tariff lowers prices. Is that why they
want farm products protected" by the
tariff?-St. Louis Republic.
1t is said Mr.. Harrison is laying
plans for the presidency in 1896. He
laid few plans in 1892, but up to date
City Times.
The republican critics of the DEM
ocratic administration are emulating
the example of the individuals who set
fire to q building and then boot the
firemen.-N. Y. World.
The great trouble in respect of
reforming the pension Office is that hon
est and patriotic soldiers are unwilling
to believe that any man who fought for
the union can be such rascal as Raum
was. But they will know the truth
soon, and then there will be music in
the camp of the grand army.-N. Y.
World.
Mckinley cannot win this year,
nor at any time in the future, with his
face to the past. He must turn right
about and get abreast of the times
The republican party of to-day needs
earnest, intelligent, aggressive and
courageous leadership. Itcannot afford
to sit around the idols of former days,
mumbling the shibboleth of departed
leaders.-Philadelp Telegraph Rep.)
Mckinley talked finance, though
he did not know enough about the SUBJ
ject to keep fortune when he had one,
and the only other man prominently
considered for the governorship, before
the convention acted, was ex-Secretary
Foster, who made a mess of his duties
at Washington and signally failed in
the management of his own affairs.
Ohio is a great state.-Detroit Free
Press.
Lets see, wasn't it Gov. McKin-
ley who two or three weeks ago strong
~ rebuked those people who sought to
make political capital out of the exist
ing financial situation? And wasn't it
this same Gov. Mckinley who on his
denomination last week devoted about
half of his speech to an attempt to
make political capital out of the exist
ing financial situation?- Louisville
COurier-Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
Weekly
A New Scandal

The old lady was reading her news
paper when she looked up inquiringly
at her daughter.
..well?'' said the young woman.
sI've Just been reading here about
the patent Office scandal at Washing
tom
ssWhat of it?"
.sNothing. suppose. only" and the
old lady looked troubled-'.it seems to
me there are enough Office scandals
already without getting up patent
ones, and she continued her reading
Detroit Free Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
A Goddess Of Liberty.

Ambitious Girl am not satisfied
to be dependent on my father for every
cent need. 1 wish to be independent.
Mother-Should you go to earning
your own living, you would have to be
the obedient servant of any employer
You might have, always at his beck
and call, always ready to do the bid
ding of your superiors, and having not
an hour you could call your own.
THAT would be horrid. l want to
be independent of pa. but I'll call no
man master, and 1 shall want my own
way in everything"
That's easy. Get married. N. Y.
Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
Tbe Georr.nf,x C1a...

''Now, Jack, " said the teacher. ''whese
Is Hong Kong?'
81 don't know, sir. It was in China
last time heard, said Jack-HarpaA
YOung People
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
M'kINLEY'S POOR MEMORY.
An Erroneous Statement Concerning tn
Gold Reserve.

An Erroneous Statement Concerning the
Gold Reserve.
Mckinley touched high-water mark
for combined ignorance and effrontery
when he said in his speech at Columbus
that ''Mr. Cleveland in his first admin
istration set apart as a sacred fund to
redeem the greenbacks the one hundred
million dollar gold reserve" He
varied the phrase several times, saying
that ''Mr. Cleveland fixed that sum"
''he himself established the hundred
million line" etc. The simple truth
is that the secretary of the treasury
began the practice of maintaining at
least one hundred million dollars, IRE
served for the redemption of United
States notes. under the act of July IL,
1882. 1t was \ republican congress
that passed it, and the particular Sec
ton creating the gold reserve was the
subject of special debate when it came
back to the house from the senate.
Messrs. Randall, Holman, Buckner and
other democrats objected to it, but the
republicans generally sustained it, and
among those who voted for it was Nc
Kinley himself Congressional Record,
Forty-seventh congress. first session,
volume 5, page $3.50. We therefore
trust that the governor will not again
attempt to make this little addition to
his dear old speech which every man,
woman and child in Ohio now knows
BY hearth. Y. Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

Family Friend-I congratulate you.
my dear sir, on the marriage Of your
daughter. see you are gradually get
ting all the girls OF your hands
Old Goldbranch-O6 my hands--yess
but the worst of it is, / have to keep all
their husbands on their feet.--Pucl-n
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
Ammunitaon.

Mrs. Riter-What kind O6 ammuni-
ton do they use IN these magazane
gums?
Mr.. R.-Poetry, guesA Al nina
has been fred. --DetEoit Frso RreaA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

-Ex-Czar Reed is enjoying the
somewhat doubtful honor of being
mentioned" for the next presidential
nomination of his party. Thomas. how
ever, knows enough to keep from get
ting wet during shower if shelter is
at hand, and, like b'rer rabbit, he ssain't
a-sayin' nothin'.'-Chicago Herald
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29

-Construing Candidate McklnIey's
position at the present time by Con-
gresham McKinley's declaration two
years ago as given above. and interpret
ing the republican state platform by
the same declaration of the republican
candidate. we are forced to the conclu-
sion that both party and platform are
in favor of the free coinage of both sill
yer and gold, the dollar of either metal,
under a free coinage law, always
measuring up full one hundred cents
in value" Is that where they are
at?''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-29
CHAPTER x11-cosr1s,,En

Nopyr1Rnted. 1891, by s S. Morton, and pub
Hshed by special arrangement
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-29
He Caught Her on the Fly.

A few evenings ago a gentleman
stepped from train at one of the
London stations, when a young lad '
skipped up TO him, threw her arm
rapturously about his neck and kissed
him many times, saying:
"Oh, papa, Pm SO glad you have
come!"
The old gentlemen threw both erms
around her and held her firmly to his
breast. Soon she looked up into his
face, and horror stood in her eyes.
"Oh, my you are not my papal"
the said trying TO free herself from
his embrace.
"Yes I am" insisted she old gen.
tleman, holding her tightly: you
are my long lost daughter, and I'm
going to keep you in my arms till I
get a policeman"
When the officer came he found
the old geptleman,e diamond pin in
the girls hand.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-29
MistOOk His Language.

He had been worshiping her for
months, but he had never told her.
He had come often aud staid late
He was going away the next day on
his summer vacation, and he thought
the last night was the time to spring
the momentous question. He kept it
to himself, however, until the last
thing. 1t was 1880 by the clock.
"Miss Mollie," he said tremulously,
Il am going away tomorrow. "Are
your" she said with the thoughtless-
ness Of girlhoo3, as she gazed visit
fully at the clock. "Yes," he replied;
fare you sorry2" ayes, very sorry"
she murmured. 81 thought you might
go away this evening."-Detroit Free
Press.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-29
- .'N'ir'N g'--'s = 49, So 49, 49,. =,
Chicago Wants silver Paid Out.

/, III j were President for thirty
days" said Carter II. Harrison, Mayor
OF Chicago II would put the I43, OoO,-
600 OF silver dollars now lying
useless in the Treasury vaults in cir
culation. ="
"What is the trouble nowP Search
ty OF 7hrrency, and ye. the Govern
ment keeps ON issuing treasury notes
that can be locked up in safety de-
post vaults by timid. people. I
would not issue single notes, but I
would pay all national debts in sill
yer. Silver cannot be boarded. It
is loo bulky. Gold and notes can,
and if S143,OOO.OOO. in silver were
TUNED into the markets money
would soon be plentiful.
"fhey talk Of silver being an un-
desirable money yet who to-day will
refuse to take silver dollars? Let the
national Government pay all it's debts
IN silver now stored away. A man
who received $50 'cartwheel coins
would not put them in a safety vault,
and he would not lug them about on
his person. He would pay his detbs
and bank the rest. The banker.
having currency, would accommo.
date his customers, and then the
wheels of commerce would reyolve
again
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-29
Lawn Party,

t The Ladies' of the Guild will give
Lawn Party at the residence Of Mr..
S. M. Henley next Thursday evening,
the 3lst instant. Refreshments, con
sisting of Ice cream, cake, coffee and
ten, will be served on the lawn, and
every pains will be taken to make all
enjoy themselves. A cordial invita-
tion is extended to all to come and
spend a pleasant evening with the
Ladies Of the Guild.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-29
Will Keep His Pledges,

Senator Daniels, of Virginia, in a
speech to the Democratic State Con-
Ventien last week, attributed the H.
nancial situation to the Mckinley
bill, and declared that he stood on the
Chicago platform, silver and all, and
added: II intend 70 keep the pledges
/ made to you, and IL do not my res
ignation 10 at your service.'' -
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-29

NDBk AND BY VIRTUE OF AN
" ordfr oil Sale and Decree of Foreclosure
Issued out of the District Court of the State
OF NeVaGa, III and for the County of Elko, on
inc 18th day of August, 1899, in the above er-.
titled action wherein the Henderson Banking
company, the above named plaintiH, oh.
alhed judgment md decree against Chcsley
woodward and Mary j. Woodward, the above
named defendants, Oh the 22nd day of July,
1885, which decree was duly recorded fn tho
records OF said Court, I am commanded 10
sell:-Ali those certain lots, pieces and par
GELS OF land situate in the County of EIko.
State ofNevada, and described rs follows, to-
wit: Thesorth half of the southeast QUAR-
Ter section 10; the north west quarter of the
southwest quarter Of section IL; the north
east quarter of section Is. and the east hall OF
the northwest quarter of section Is; and the
northeast quarter Of section 81; all in town.
ship al, north of range 81 east NJ d and Nj,
also the southwest quarter of the south.
east quarter of section % and the south-eust
quarter OF the southwest quarter of sec
ZION ~; the south half of the northeast quar-
ter OF section 49, and the southeast Quarter
OF section %; all OF section p, excepting the
northwest quart r Of the northwest quarter
OF said section; the northeast quarter of ser-
ton 25 the east half of the north. west quar-
ter OF section rs, the southeast quarter OF The
southwest quarter Of section Is and the north.
west quarter Of the south west quarter of
section 70; the east half OF section 90 and tho
cast half Of tho south west quarter Of section
70; the west half Of the northeast quarter of
section ~, the northwest quarter of section
u, The south. least quarter of tho southeast
quarter Of section q, the east half OF the
southwest quarter of section 81 and tho cast
half OF the north west quarter Of section n;
the northwest quarter of the southwest
quarter OF section "a and the east half OF the
northwest quarter OF section 81; the west
mol OF the northeast quarter Of section 30,
tho north half Of the southwest uuarter of
section 30, the south half of the north. west
quarter, and the north east quarter Of the
north west quarter OF section 35, topethCr with
all aud singular the tcncnents, heredita
ments and nppurtcDaUces thereto belonging
and tho rents, issues and profits thereof.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN
That on the 10th day Of September, 1908, nj
one O'Clock of that day, in from. of the County
Courthouse in tile Town Of Elko, said statc.
VIII, In obedience to said order of sale ard
decree OF foreclosure, sell the above described
property, or so much thereof us may be nee
cssary TO satisfy plaintiffs Judgment with
interest thereon and costs to the highest and
best bidder for cash, in lawful money of the
United States.
i. o. HENDERSON,
Sheriff.
By J. M. MATTER,
Deputy Sheriff.