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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-18
SIGHTS OF A PACIFIC VOYAGE.
One of tho StranGest Is tho Sharks Conn
paEton, the Pilot Fish.

One of tho StranEest Is the Sharks Conn
paEton, the Pilot Fish.
Many of the sailing vessels which
come into Portland, Ore, bring one or
two passene ers, occasionally compan-
ions of the captain, but often cour-
ageous travellers who brave the dangers
of an ocean voyage for the sake of its
strange experiences. Many find the
passage drear~ in the extreme, but an
observant MAY will derive both instruc-
ton and pleasure from the voyage. On
recently-arrjved vessel, the bark
Pactolus, were two passengers, w. F.
Gray, of Rochest ter, and Hugh P. Black
inton, of Hoosan Falls, New York. Mr..
Blackinton had much to say regarding
the fishes and BIRDS of the sea and life
aboard clipper freight vessel, such as
the Pactolus is. He said to Morning
Oregonian reporter:
eve made tn. trip purely for pleas
ure, and we were well rewarded. When
we were weary If reading or watching
the sailors we devoted our time to fish
ing, and it was simply glorious. We
perched ourselves in the martingales on
the clippers side in the tropics, during
the prevalence Of the trade winds, and
caught bonitos and albercores weigh
ing twenty pounds each. Then far at
sea were cape hens, cape pigeons, PEN
gums, California pilots and innumerable
birds of other kinds. We watched the
thrashers attack the whales, and in
hundred ways Studied the sea for one
hundred and ff,y-one days. One of
the strangest thirgs to us was discov-
cry we made. TIE thrasher cannot see
to go anywhere. sJut is piloted about by
the queer pilot FISH, which fa.stens itself
just above the held of the thrasher and
thus leads him to the great whale he is
to attack. We saw this on many diff
ferent occasions. An observation of re-
cent naturalists also, regarding fish
parasite on the Shark, we fully verified.
"One day our sailors hauled a shark
on board. As it thrashed around
small black fsrs about a foot long fell
from him on tie deck. It was queer
fish with thousand minute tentacles,
scarcely visible to the eye, which en-
abled it to cling to the side of the fish,
where, like ieech, it sucked the blood
Of the shark.
when we went to pick it up we
could not move it, it had such powers
of sticking to the board, and we had to
run a long, fiat knife under it to loosen
it. Life aboard clipper ship has many
interesting things in it. Every man
should take such . trip once ia lis life
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-18
Not Afraid OF Wilson.

Neither the panic nor the fear of q
reduction of the tariff has had much
effect on the cotton mills of the coun-
try. Some of those in the east were
stopped few days for repairs, but they
were all running soon after and there
isn't cotton mill in the United States
that didn't earn at least 6 per cent.
during the year on the capital invested.
The cotton mills of the south have for
the most part done considerably better
than that According to the Chronicle,
OF Augusta, Ga, the six mills in that
city and vicinity have paid or will pay
from to 10 per cent in dividends on
their capital, amounting to $4,000
and it must be remembered that tho
companies are capitalized for consider
ably more than is actually invested in
the works. One of them increased its
capital so per cent. and will pay per
cent semi-annual dividend.-St Louis
Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-18

HANDS. SHE SANK UPON HER KNEES.
front of the battle. But the council
meets in ten minutes. 1 must CO.;
I'll come this evening, when your pa
tient-iS cure1.''
His blue eyes We're verify dancing a
reel as the commander of all the cav
airy OF the army of northern Virginia
Lees strong right hand" F'os Reguns
Arthurus-ran down the stairs as light
ly as a boy. And, bound to solemn
council with .he president and corps
commanders as he was, his mellow bar
itone voice tro:led out, not softly:
"If you want to Lave a good tine join the cav
alry!''
With slow, quiet step Carolyn Clay
moved to the bedside once more, look
ing down long md earnestly upon the
face of the sleeper, now flushed with
healthier glow. Then, hiding her own
in clasped haIias, she sank upon her
knees.
Presently the sun, peering through
the western window, FURNISHED the
girls hair to ruddiest gold, thence
touching softly the sick mans eyes.
Slowly they Enclosed, resting long
upon her, with equal doubt and yearn-
ing in them.
what day is it?" he asked, feebly.
''New Year day" She rose, speaking
very low.
New Year! Twelve months ago
you"
''Hush!" she whispered. "You mast
not taL:.''
You gave your pledge" he went on,
feebly, "a pledge to trust me unto
DEATH"
81 remember it, She turned away
her face, her voice very tremulous, but
very sweet. 'Spite of my will-spite of
conscience-':f everything, I kept that
pledge"
, Weakly his hand crept towards hers,
resting there. ''And this New Year
you will give me-?''
Her grave, glorified face, softly glow
ing, was TUNED bravely to his:
Il will give you-myself!"
Gently, loyalty, Carolyn Clay bent
down, and her lips touched softly the
scar upon lis forehead.
And the sun of the New Year made
her hair t,alo over it.
1.-THE END
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-18
it to calm at it's close, and she gasped:
ssRut-all this for-0 sDu?"

it to calm at its close, and she gasped:
''But-all this for-a spy?"
'Yes-for mine!" Stuart's eyes, CLINT
ing as he recounted the fray, softened
to tenderness, as did his tone. "Peyton
Fitzhugh, my lifelong friend, was sent
abroad at my request on a delicate mis-
sion. He could not stay. Service here
secret as desperate in peril-was
needed; and that grand fellow yonder
risked a halter hourly-bore obloquy
and insult from both sides-to serve the
cause"
''But your order? That scar?'
Secrecy made the order imperative.
Thrice begged him to return, explain
and accept a troop. He refused, until
found better man to replace him
there. That scar was made by my
him on lonely night
ride, when deemed far away"
''And Capt. Charlton's story"
''Was one of the strange ones he tells
after country parties, Miss Clay"
Stuart's eyes were dancing in their
deep-blue depths again. But his gall
liant fight redeemed his gasconade, when
l acted Joab to him and put him in tbs
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told eager-watching crowds the names
of killed and wounded. Then dingy
ambulance trains rumbled in, bearing
the bandaged, writhing forms of the
worse wounded to the hospitals. And
finally Carolyn Clay, sitting by the bed
of her convalescent darling, was sur
prised by a visit from Lieut.. Fauntlc-
roy, brilliant in new braiding, but sad
beyond his wont.
He was bearer of dispatches from
Gen. Stuart, and of brief note to Miss
Clay, telling her that he sent a badly
wounded man for her especial care. He
was ut Mrs. Clements, near by, the boy
said
"Who is he. Evan?" she asked, prompt
ly taking her wraps. ''Of course l will
do all can for the poor fellow; but do
| know him.
II cannot say" replied the new lieu
tenant, with serious face. The general
only babe me see you at once and ask
you to nurse him-if he live long
enough"
To the comfortable bed in the old
fashioned home Carolyn Clay softly
stole, as the surgeons, grave-faced,
turned away from probing the wound.
1t was a serious one through the breast:
and the patient had tainted from ex-
haustion.
Gently, with the calm swiftness of ex-
perience in scenes of suffering, the girl
wet cloth with powerful restorative,
and moved to lay it on the sick mans
brow.
Then her own face grew pale as his,
and sudden dizziness mounted to her
brain; for there, white and calm as
marble beneath her hand-and full as
eold-were the chiseled features Of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-18
P.TH AND POINT.

Mrs. Houser (envious)-sI wonder
why it was called Paradise?" Houser
(emphatic)-'tBeca there was only
one woman in it, of course. buffalo
Courier.
Yankee Shrewdness.- Goodun-
''You should try to improve your NOR
ais" Badun-sI would if thought I
could get patent on the improve
ment. Truth.
Political Information. - Papa,
what is an oil inspector?" "An oil in
spector, my son, is an official who
draws mighty little oil and mighty big
pay."-Chicafo Tribune.
II understand you are engaged to
be married to Miss Fussanfeather?"
He-"Yes; she makes perfect fiancee."
''She ought to! Practice makes perfect,
you know."-Yonkers Statesman.
Els Tompxins henpecked?' lis
hep" exclaimed Potts. 81 should say
he is. He doesn't even dare to claim q
full proprietary interest in his own
-Mingle-'Is Knarrowsole liberal
MANI" Mingle - ''On the contrary;
were he to hear that coffins had fallen
off five per cent in price, he would'die
within an hour. boston Transcript
-Brown-"Jones is an odd stick.
His wife gave him letter to mail the
other day, and what do you suppose he
did with it?" Smith, can't imag-
ine." Brown-'Why. mailed it, of
course. brooklyn Life.
You are not like ghost, are You,
Mr.. Lingerlong?" she said, as she
yawned behind her fan at the parlor
seance. ''Why am not like a ghost?''
he asked, bravely. because a ghost
vanishes at the approach of morning"
Detroit Free Press.
-'I saw in the paper the other
day." remarked Van Braam, ''that a
red rat with blue tail had been seen
at Cincinnati" '"They have some very
strong liquor in Cincinnati" was Dim
widdle's comment.-Pittsburg Chroni-
cle-Telegraph.
-Shaved.-The victim of the bar
ber's chair, after a terrific experience,
at last got out and got his coat on
"You don't look like the same man,
SIR" said the barber, surveying him
proudly. ''By thunder" he exclaimed.
rubbing his face painfully, 81 don't
feel like the same one either. Detroit
Free Press
-Sayso-"Those who love books al
most invariably love.dogs. That is a
rule with, think, few exceptions"
Nowitt-'T am one of the exceptions"
Sayso-"You love books and hate
dogs?" Nowitt-"Exactly." Sayso-
''That is strange" Nowitt-"Not in
the least-I am a book agent."-P. s.
S. S. S. Co. Bulletin.
-"Sa-a-ay!'' exclaimed Wandering
Mike, wasn't tibet egg-nog they give
us at the last house great?' EYES," re-
piled Flooding Pete; "only 1 never
drink that stuff without wishin' they'd
give it another name" "Why?"
''Then folks wouldn't feel obliged ter
damage the flavor by putin egg inter
it. "-Washington Star.
-Hicks-"I sent my office boy for
tickets. and he got them to the same
play we saw a week ago." Mrs. Hicks
-"Shall we go?" Hicks-'I guess we'd
better. We got there too late for the
first act, waiting for you to get your
hat on straight" Mrs. Hicks-''And
you came in after the second act with
such head that you couldn't get your
hat on at all. "-Kate Fields Washing.
ton
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-18
AGE AND MARRIAGE.
a Woman Tells Why Her Sex Weds Lat,
in Life Than Formerly.

a Woman Tells Why Her Sex weds Later
In Life Than Formerly.
The observant mortal must certainly
have noticed among ether things that
the marrying woman of to-day defers
her wedding until a much more adj
vanced season in life than did her
grandmother or even the girls of a dec
-ade ago. The question arises. what
is the cause of this putting off of that
time that SO many declare is the end
and object of all women's existence?
Perhaps mothers are more sensible
in these days and the young daughter
is not thrown upon the world either in
a social or more .work-a-day fashion
until she has had thorough school
ing. which means, in these days of
long terms, a communion with books
nIntil she is over twenty-one. The girl
herself may be wiser in her day and
generation and realize that gayeties
and the happy-go-lucky existence be-
fore marriage must of necessity come
to an end when she is led to the altar.
Then, again, this is an age of indie
pendent womea. They enter the field
of labor with men and find in such oc
cupation less time for sentiment than
was allowed the lackadaisical girl of
the past. 1t is our earnest conviction
that many girls have been led into the
error of u foolish marriage through
lack of occupation. Busy, active, in
telligent women have no time and less
inclination for the making of ro-
mances They are absorbed in art, in
music or in more humdrum occupa-
tions that return an excellent re-
Enumeration and which they are too
wise to give up until they are certain
that the man who asks them is able to
compensate for all that they put away
for his sake.
MANY woman defers marriage be-
cause she feels that her duty lies at
home in the care of an aged father or
an invalid mother or helpless brothers
and sisters who depend upon her alone
for support. Perhaps some one argues
that all this tends to the establishment
of n vast spinsterhood, but let us whis-
Der that after all when the right man
comes along, when real love creeps into
the heart and willy Cupid makes his
presence felt. then it matters not what
specious argument may have been add
vanced heretofore, engagement and
marriage appear to be the truest art
and the noblest duty, for after all we
are but women and are governed more
by the heart than by the brain. indie
pendent and self-reliant though we
think ourselves--Philade Times
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-18
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

EVERY manufacturer who is en-
gagged in threatening the ways and
means committee is also interested in
keeping up prices to the consumers OF
the country.-N. Y. World.
Republican newspapers are howl.
ing upon one page for a settlement Of
jubilant over the efforts Of repu blican
congressman who are hlibustering to
prevent the bill being brought before
that body.-Burlingto Gazette.
Andrew Carnegie, after making
a protest against the Wilson bill as be-
ing un-American, has gone back to his
castle in Scotland. Mr.. Carnegie's in
tense Americanism brings him to this
country occasionally to warn us
against the foreigners st. Louis Re-
public.
Gov. Mckinley advises the Ohio
legislature that it would be well to get
along with very little legislation just
now. If he had understood and acted
on this in the Fifty-frst congress the
country would not now be suffering
from the ills of his tariff legislati
Louisville Courier-Journal.
--Mchluley OuAO hulLtluB Is Keep
ing him very busy at this time. He
has landed the state up to its neck In
debt; his party is fighting tooth and
nail over the flesh pots; there is lot
of official crookcdness to be Strengthened
out, and the little major is not much
of business man at best-Detroit
Free Press.
A reduction is never in itself
feared by the American people as q
whole, but only by the very limited
number of manufacturers who are in
trusts for holding up prices. Doubtless
they can stand radical change in the
tariff much better now than they could
when they were running under full
Roadway. To the great army of con.
sumers reduction in the tariff is al
ways welcome.-St. Louis Republic.
The republicans have tinkered
the tariff upward twenty times in thir-
ty years. This period was marked by
some of the worst panics and the long
est-continued business depression In
our history-by strikes, lockou is, labor
riots and bankruptcies unprecedented.
And yet with McKinleyism in full
operation the republican organs al
tribute the present disturbance to the
prospect of one tinker downward
N. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-18
DOROTHY LEE

Sweet Dorothy Lee"
Every bird light end tree
Keeps singing to me,
As 1t flies to its n.st,
In the tall maple tree.
Don't you hear its soft notef
Don't you see as It floats,
II is saying To me:
"She loves you. she loves you,
Sweet Dorothy Lee"
And the clovsr bells say,
Swinging over by way,
Nodding down their pink crowns,
To the brown bumblebee:
They know is right we'll,
They've a secret for me:
"She loves you, she loves you.
Sweet Dorothy Lee"
And the pines overhead,
With their century tread,
Sounding low through the leaves,
AS they toss in the breeze,
From the blue dimpled sea,
/ am as sure IS can be
That they whisper to me:
"Shc loves you, she loves you.
Sweet Dorothy Lee"
And rapture IS stirred
AT the song Of the bird,
And the whispering tree,
As my heart AID my brain
CatDh the rapturouS strain
They are singing TO me:
"She loves you, she loves you.
Sweet Dorothy Lee"
And roam through q dream
OF gClden-wrcught sheen;
A soft web OF delight,
For my heart is so light;
Every flower on the lea,
Every wave of the sea,
Has tsis message for me:
She loves you, she loves you,
Sweet Dorothy Lee"
And ! fancy tonight
/ will ask her outright
If it's true what they say
The clover and tree,
And the brown bumblebee,
And the par.eying breeze
That comes up from the sea:
They have all said to me,
AS plain as could be:
'She loves you, she loves you 4.
Sweet Dorothy Lee"
Inter Ocean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-18
The speech with which Repre-.

- IHc SPtoCH "1tH WHICH, AepTe-
sentative Wilson. chairman of the ways
and means committee. opened the tariff
debate in the house is mastery expo
sition of the democratic position on
the tariff His calculation of the prin-
ciples of tariff reform was clear and
convincing; his condemnation of Nc
Kinleyism sweeping and complete
Chicago Times
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-18
An Active Mind.

Fond Mother-My boy has a very ac-
tive mind, don't you think?
Enthusiastically. wish You
could hear the dear little fellow talk
when he gets caught at something, and
tries to make me believe that he didn't
do it.-Good News
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-18
Insufficient Assets.

Matrimonial Agent-This lady I
spoke to you about has IS, 900 in cash.
Mr.. Fortune Hunter-That's not
enough. After I'd paid of my pressing
debts l wouldn't have anything left but
her.-Texas Siftinga,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-18

-''Well, I'd call the house haunted"
Landlord-"Have you ever seen any
unusual sight?" "Yes; the janitor is
polite and accommodatin'. Inter
Ocean
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-18
BY T. G.. DE LEON.
CHAPTER NV.-CoSTISUED.

Copyright 1901 bv P Lnpincort Co. nnd Published
by Speci3l Arrangement
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-04-21
FEMALE THR0ATS CUT.
Outrages Upon Native Pris.
oners in East Africa.
WAR on KING KABBA RRGAS.

Noted slsve-Aaker and Trsder 10 KIsG
Of Usyors. sad Has DevsstsssA Vast
Tracts Of Ceuntry-Hs IL Defeated b.
the British Fsrcss.
LONDON. - Advices received from
Uganda under date Of December say
that the British East Africa Company's
forces met those of Kabba Regas, the
most powerful chief Of the district, and
defeated them. The fight lasted three
hours, after which the enemy fed. leav-
ing fifty dead on the field. The British
forces in Uganda recently declared war
against Kabba Regas, King Of Unyoso.
King Kabha Regas Was considered . vas
sal OF King Mwanga of Uganda. He re-
fused to acknowledge this or pay tribute.
The power Of King Regas 1t one time
WAS great, but tyranny and cruelty have
weakened his hold on the natives. He
is a noted slave dealer. His native bands.
equipped with firearms obtained from
the Arabs. have devastated vast tracts
OF country, driving the peaceful people
into the mountains and forests and kill
ing and making slaves Of them. Al
kabba Regas is said to have masy ma
tives in slavery, . march into his terri
tory by British forces would seem to be
one Of the probabilities OF the near fu-
ture, the plea being apparently that
kabba Regas' capital lie q place where
the Arab slavers find An asylum and
headquarters. Thus it lie apparently
safe TO presume that the kingdom of Tn
yoro ruled by kabba Regas will soon
form part Of the territory Of Uganda,
over which the British government is a.
Stunning . protectorate.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-04-21
MINERAL LAND QUESTION.
supreme Court New Nearing Arg ens
In TIT. Important Case.

supreme Court New Hearing Arg Ussens
In This Important Case.
wAsniNaroS Crrr.-The full bench Of
the Supreme Court has been engaged in
hearing the arguments in the case OF
Barden vs.. the Northern Pacific Rail.
road Company, which comes TO this court
on appeal from the Circuit Court Of the
district OF Montana. The question is
whether the lands ascertained to he min
eral lands alter the grant to the railroad
company are 10 he considered the prop
crty Of the company, Congress having
excluded mineral lands from the opera
ton OF the grant. The company insists
that only mineral lands are excluded
~ were known TO I've mineral lands
al the time OF the grant, while counsel
for Barien asserts the mineral lands AZ
excluded up TO the time that the paten'
Was issued. The government is uphold
ing the case Of BArien, who was repre-
sented by Solicitor-General Maxwell and
W. W. Dixon, James Mcknight and ].
J. Carter appearing for the railroad CON-
pany. The principle laid down by the
court in its decision Of this case will have
an important bearing on other mineral
land contests In Montana, and the inter
Gets at stake are very large. Most Of the
mineral lands along the Northern Pacific
In Montana, Idaho and Washington will
be affected by this case.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-04-21

state Fish CssasI.sien-r Tr,iag to Get
Eastern Oyst~rs Co Plant.

state Ftsh CsmmI..ion-r Tr,inx q. Get
Eastern Oysters To Plant.
wAsBisoros CIry.-James Crawford.
washington's State Fish Commissioner.
is endearoring TO get a supply Of East
ern oysters To plant in the waters OF his
State. and has just written again ON the
subject 10 the United States Fish Com
missioner. When Colonel Mcdonald,
the United States Fish Commissioner,
WAS ON . visit TO the Pacific Coast last
wear lac made an examination of Willapa
Iinbor with view 10 establishing an
experimental station there Ia determine
shcthcf The Eastern oyster would prop.
'sai" in those waters. The information
which he obtained concerning the saline
character oi the water. the native food
and other advantages were osnsid-
cr~d satisfactory. and he then decided TO
srnd . sufficient supply 10 make q teri
OF transplaniing and propagation. Fish
Commissioner Crawford now asks that
the PROMISED supply be doubled; that
when the shipment 10 made 20 Wiliapa
liar.or ~ many more may he sent to
Olympia 60 Lee placed in Oyster BAY. Mr.
Crawford promises to sce that competent
men take charge OF them. and that all
suggestions and directions which Colonel
Mcdonald may make relative TO their
proper treatment are carefully carried
out. Mr.. Crawford has also written 10
Senator Squire and enlisted his aid in
the matter. The Senator believes both
shipments can he obtained witbou, much
trouble. Commissioner Crawford has
also made application for loan 10 the
State Of Washington of one Of the large
government aquariums at the Midwin-
tar Fair
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-04-21

AspHt,.--f. ]. Parke. a special agent
Of the Interior department, 10 in the
city. With the object. /, IL understood, 81
investigating the alleged timber land
steals in this county. The manner In
which the Montana syndi,ate. formerly
rpr-scn,ci by N. ". kc,ehnm, acquired
possession Of their large holding. IN the
S-halcm Valley will lie particularly in
qnircd into. Few Of the many quarter
sections OF timber land purchased by
ketchum for Montana people cost more
than 81 800 or u 600 zach. while some
were sccur~a nj a much lower figure, and
IL 10 hinic-l that . number OF parties
wcrc paid by kc,chum to file on timber
land with the express understanding
that the Montana people should have
the privilege Of buying the land at =
specified agur.