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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-08

his pipe, he commenced to regale them
with stories of 1.-The sixties, when
Quartz hill was a honeycomb of mines"
Breaking off suddenly in the midst of
one of his favorite exploits. he smiled
broadly and exclaimed: ''There he
comes now" indicating, pipe in hand,
with an oracular wave, a sturdy-look-
ing young man coming down the trail
that led from Humbug City to the
mine.
''You all thought he'd been budgin'
over to Humbug, cause l coined in late
this morning; but hadn't I'd jest been
attendin' little before-breakfast mat
inee in which tibet young Teller there
played a solo part way up-er down.
Youse know him mostly-he's the ex-
press agent what hangs out at Win
ming Card. Well, where dye spose 1
found him this morning."
"You shut up, Dan. Here is the
quart 1 promised you," said the subject
OF Dams remarks, coming up and hand
ing out a bottle marked Egyptian
Cough Mixture, S. T., 1860, "" which
Dan promptly appropriated and fondly
applied to his lips, mis- movements fol-
lowed by six pairs of envious eyes.
"You can't keep it so 1 might as well
tell the straight of it myself" contin-
ued the young man, balancing himself
precariouslv upon an overturned wheel
barrow. II guess you will laugh-Dan
did; but l amt seen where the laugh
comes in yet. 1 may when my hair
gets to laying fat enough for me to
comb, which it amt as yet.
''You see, it was like this 1 had
been over. at Humbug. calling on a
female friend of mine at the Gold Dust
hotel, and the time slipped by SO pleas
antly that when looked at my watch
/ found had less than an hour to get
over to Winning Card to get the bullion
out of the safe for the Silver City stage.
which passes about eleven o'clock.
You know how the road winds around
Quartz hill from Humbug to the Card?
its a good five mile, mostly uphill.
Well, knew that / couldn't make it
that way, and as it was such 4 bright,
moonlight night thought that ] would
chance Old Ashby's trail over the hill,
which isn't over two mile. You know
Ashby's trail, Dan? That's the one
him and Dick Dunn fought about, and
he had to kill Dick"
yep" replied Dan, his eyes twink
ling with amusement Il coined over
it break o day this mornin', an"
Never mind broke in Hastings. ~
thought could see well enough to
keep out of the holes and make pretty
good time, but that old hills got an
abandoned mine every fifty foot, and
they run from ten to five hundred feet
deep. don't believe there is curb or
board over the whole blessed lot.
Well, was making good time enough
until came along to where judged
tie Robtail extension was-a good six
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against piece of scantling-the only
thing left of a floor that had once COW
cred the shaft-with a suddenness that
took away my breath / hung onto
that scantling like grim death, for I
knew it was the only thing between
me and the hereafter: but I was limp
and nerveless from the shaking-up I
had received
AFTER awhile, though. I put out one
/ foot and felt for the left wall-couldn't
reach it! Tried little harder, and got
SO interested in the operation that /
slipped my hold on the board, and
barely caught with my hands! l tell
You. my heart come up into my mouth.
and / could feel the cold sweat drop
ping from under my cap and rum
ming down my back. But / had
touched the side, and in doing SO
knocked off piece of wall-rock. which
1 heard go chinkety-chink. chinkety-
chink, until counted thirteen, then a
faint splash in the bottom.
Il was SO weak by this time that 1
could not wiggle one hand over the
other and make the side that way. All
l could do was to hang on and yell
And didn't L yell, though. But nobody
heard me except a lonesome old coyote.
who came up and had yell with me.
After awhile 1 made up my mind that
I'd got to go, and then began to think
OF every mean thing 1 ever did in my
life, from drowning kittens lowell,
no matter what to-and the few good
things; they didn't take me long. You
can laugh, if you want to; but amt
going to drink any more; can tell you
that, now!
II thought of myself lying in that
black pit O. hell, starving and mangled.
wishing for death that came SO slow.
Somehow, that seemed all right
could stand that; but when I thought
of the five hundred dollars, Stage COM
pany money, in my pocket. and they
advertising me as an absconding thief
it was worse than horrible!
ut was about that time that began
to feel around for the end of prayer
or two that used to know when l was
a kid, and as l repeated the familiar
Now lay me down to sleep could
see my old gray-haired mother away
down east on the old home farm in
Vermont could see her sitting il the
little low rocl1ing-c chair at the west
window. where she wrote me she would
always sit as the sun went down in the
west, and give him message for her
dear boy, to deliver when he smiled
upon him after she had gone TO bed.
l could see father come in and hand her
the paper-the one I subscribed to
for her when 1 first came here.
l could see her dear old face flush
with pleasure at the thought that she
was soon to read personal about
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DISTANT THINGS.

y white Is the sail In the faraway
Ana dirty the sail at the dock;
ana iair are the ellis across the bay,
AND black is the nearby rock
Enough glitters the snow on the peaks MAR
AT our feet it is only white;
ana bright Is the CLEAN Of the distant star
TnouRh lamp were twice as bright,
The rose that mods beyond our reach
u redder than rose OF ours;
VI thought that turns our tongue to speech
Our fellows have greater dowers
The waters that flow from the hidden springs
Are sweeter than those by our side
50 We strive through life for the distant things
And never are satisfied.
80 We strive through life for these distant
things,
But ever they hold their place:
ILu beats life's drum and death doth come
And We look in his mocking face
ana the distant things crowd near and close,
And faith, they are dingy and gray
For the charm is lost when the line is crossed
Twixt here and farnway.
For the charm Is lost when the line is crossed
And We see all things they are;
And know that as clean is the sail at the dock
As the sail On the sea afar:
As bright the rays of the nearby lamp
As the CLEAN OF the distant star
-Elwyn Hoffman. in Pittsburgh Dispatch
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-08

The mill-owners do not wish to COM
pete with the American farmer-at
present They have a bonanza in the
home market. gold mine they are sat
istied to work. If they can get rid of
the farm competition-how they do not
care-and supply the people at their
own trust prices, they can make enor-
nous fortunes when times are good"
to quote Senator Plumb. But no trust,
no selling agreement, no combination
of any kind is possible among the mill
owners while the farmers are free to
produce surplus of cotton OR wheat,
export it, trade it for mill goods, bring
il, back, and dispose of it in competition.
II they can drive one-fourth the farm
ers out of business or prevent them
from exchanging their surplus, then
they have the people by the throat
n. Y. World.
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that happens after every panic It has
not bsen so great as was the fall after
the panic of 1873. when there was no
tariff reduction in sight
And this is the more remarkable from
the fact, already stated. that the bene-
fciaries of protection have taken the
utmost advantage of the depression and
exaggerated the after effects OF the
panic as much as possible for their own
selfish purposes
The fall In wages which has occurred
has been confined almost entirely TO
those industries which have been most
highly favored by tariff legislation.
In the building trades and other un.
protected industries there has been lit
tie or no fall It now costs about ten
per cent less to build business struc-
ture in Chicago than it did to build
like structure before the panic. But
the difference is in the cost of
materials, especially those materials.
such as iron, which are the products of
highly protected industries The cost
of labor employed in the work OF con-
struction is not less. Any good archi-
tect in the city will confirm this state
ment.
The assertions of the wage-panic
breeders are therefore mostly false in
fact. and they are wholly and mali
ciously false in the differences they are
intended to suggest
By their own admissions, made not
many months ago, the panic and the
industrial depression necessarily fol-
lowing were due entirely to the mis-
chievous protective silver legisla ton,
and not 1T all to the prospect of relief
from tariff burdens and extortions.
Restriction of production. discharge OF
workmen and more or less reduction
of wages necessarily followed the panic.
What is to be thought of manufacture
ers and editors who for selfish or parti-
san reasons strive to make the situation
as bad as possible, instead of seeking
to mitigate its necessary hardships?
Workingmen in the protected indus
tries may answer that question for
themselves If they are not prepared
to formulate their answer now they
will be by next Novem ber.-Chicago
Herald
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SUSPECTED a TRAGEDY.

A Meddlesome Ne1ghbor Caused LOto *
Useless Trouble.
Its the simplest thing in the world, /"
said the friend of the family; As.just
chloroform her"
..But will chloroform kill her?'
Certainly. and without suffering"
Have you ever tried it?"
s'No. But have heard of its being
successfully being done"
"How much chiororform win II
take ?"
81 haven't an idea"
tsWill she suffer long?"
Fudge! You are too tender-heart-
ed. I'd cut her head of il I was in
your place, and make quick work Of
it, too"
An excited individual who overheard
this dialogue from the landing outside
of the half-closed door, made . rush for
the nearest drug store.s
Don't, don't sell anybody any chic
reform If it is called for unless you
want to be accessory to murder! I'm
going to the police station to make .
complaint" and he darted out Of ono
door of the drug-shop as q pleasant-ap-
pearing young man appeared at the
other.
'.How much chloroform does it take
to kill q cat?"
mo, you DON'T" said the druggist:
where's your prescriptions"
Prescription? Didn't tell Joa 1t was
. cate"
'.Shoot the cat"
Isl haven't any gun. Besides"
''Noprescription. no chloroform." and
the druggist closed the discussion.
The owner of the cat went TO other
drug stores in the immediate neighbos-
hood, but he seemed to be suspected.
and they all had the same objection,
refusing to sell him any chloroform,
and regarding him with distrust.
When he reached his fat, the patrol
wagon stood at the door.
Anybody sick here?" asked tho o1i-
Ger in charge.
'.Not in my part of the house" Was
the ready answer.
..Who are You going to chloroform?''
inquired the officer.
s.Oh, ha. ha. How did you know that
I was going to chloroform anybody.
Have you seen my chum?"
''Seen nothing. But you've been
complained Of, and you'll have to come
to headquarters to explain"
''Much obliged, I'm sure. If you'll
come, I'll show you the innocent vic
tim. She's one of the family, too"
He led the way to a rear room in the
building, where q barrel stood in q
corner.
There she is" he said, giving the
barrel tilt, ''she's been ailing for
year, and concluded it would be
kindness to have her mercifully re-
moved. Poor kitty! Whew!"
The officer stopped and looked into
the barrel. There was nothing there.
The cat had escaped. Like the neigh
Dor who had complained, she may have
overheard the dialogue. But it cost .
week of investigation on the part of
the law, and the settlement for case
of assault and battery with the over.
officious neighbor. And the cat neves
came back. "-Detroit Free Press
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infamous things, which, that you1

infamous things. which, that youa
majesty may receive no further pain,
we refrain from describing"
The description Of the projecting nm
der jaw agrees with the portraits OF
Pizarro still preserved at Lima The
peculiar chin indicates . determined
mantle man who, ~ lieutenant Of
Nunex de Balboa, distinguished HIM
self by cruelties to the poor Indians
who seized the immortal discoverer OF
the Pacific, his own benefact0r. and
who, as leader Of the famous thir-
teen," SO heroically maintained himself
in the midst Of disasters on the island
of Gallo-N Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-08
SHORT BUT ELOQUENT.

If You are not made better by Civ
ing, double your gift.
A MAN is never eloquent when people
do not believe in him.
SOME can ride hobby with as much
cruelty of spirit as others mount war
horse.
No FIELD Of wheat ever ripens that
does not have good deal of straw and
husk in it.
IF all the words wasted on the
weather were planis every cabin in
the world could be weather-boarded.-
Rams Horn.
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hundred feet deep. if it's foot-when
] noticed that the sky was clouding up.
In about FIVE minutes / felt chilly
gust of wind, and then it suddenly got
blacker than stack of black cats.
Knowing where 1 was, and the danger
of stepping into the Bobtail, made the
cold chills play tag up and down my
spinal column slowed up. and for
awhile showed one foot ahead of the
other until / begun to get careless,
thinking that knew the lay OF the
land well enough to know that was
mast the worst of it. Suddenly. just as
& started to sing the first verse of The
DAYS of 49, stepped on nothing but
.oxvren-and 1 knew to dead GER
tainy that was falling into the Bob
tail!
IF I live to be thousand years old,
/ win never forget the feeling OF hor-
-ror that took possession of me. As
plunged forward. instinctiveiy threw
ont my arms, and fetched, breast up
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-08

L was noon at
the Blue ay
mine, and the
men had come
out of the tun-
mel to eat the
not over-dainty
luncheon pre-
pared for them
by French Pete,
the Blue Jay
c b e f. d a n
Glass, boss of
the lower work
ings, was the
first to finish.
and, ligh t ng
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SISTERS OF NAPOLEON.
Faulty Of tho wife OF Murat and HI
Gross 1ngratitude.

Faulty Of tho wife OF NGurat and Her
Gross lngratitude.
OF the three sisters Of Napoleon, says
Pasquier in the recently published first
volume Of his "Memoirs," the eldest
almost reigned in Tuscany under the
title of grand duchess She made her,
self beloved there and this fortunate
province owed to her . gentle treat
ment denied all other countries then
united with France. She has left .
pleasant memory behind her, in spite
of the Irregularities of her private life.
VIII ch she did not take sufficient care
to conceal.
The Princess Pauline, wife Of Prince
Borghese, was perhaps the most beau
tiful woman of her time and she
hardly dreamed of giving promi.
nence to any other advantage than
this one. She had been to Santo Do
mingo with her first husband. Gen. Lee
clerc. The sun Of the tropics had, they
do say, been astonished at the ardor OF
her dissipation. The fatigue conse.
quent upon such an existence shattered
her health. and for . long time she was
carried about in litter. In spite OF
her poor health, she was none the less
beautiful
1t remains for me to speak of Caro-
line, the wife of Murat and queen OF
Naples. who bore a great resemblance
to the emperor. Less beautiful than
Pauline, although endowed with mora
seductive charms. she possessed the
art, without being any more scrupuloua
than her sisters, of showing greater
respect for the proprieties; besides,
oil her tastes vanished in the
presence of her ambition. She had
found the Naples crown somewhat
too small for her head and greatly
coveted the Spanish one. but in the
end she became resigned to her fate
and wore with good grace the one
which had fallen to hcr lot; it may
even be said that she did 80 with NO lit
tie Of dignity.
She was insane enough to believe
that her fortune could Withstand the
catastrophe which swept away that Of
Napoleon. In that extraordinary race
the most sacred engagements, the deep
est affections, went for nothing as soon
as political combinations seemed to adj
wise it Nevertheless each one Of its
members possessed to the highest de-
gree the family spirit Caroline took .
| hand in bringing about the DOWNFALL OF
her brother, to whom she owned all
| her grandeur. It is perhaps she who
dealt him the final blow. -Chicago
News
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II shall be glad when l get big
enough to wash my own face mutt
tered little Johnny after his mamma
had got through with him; then I
won't wash it-"-BosIon Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-08

Providence, r. L, is one of the
chief cities in the world for the manu-
facturs of jewelry and silver goodA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-08

Miss Ballet-'~Is this one Of the
machines that tells your ago when you
drop . nickel in the slot?" 'sYes,
sometimes. Miss Ballet--'sIs IL ont Of
order now?" mo, but Il only regis
ters NJ to xixty."-Intsr-Ocean.
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NED HASTINGS FALL,
BIZ FRED J. COWLES.

Copyright, 1894, by the Author.l
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-08

One of three copies of the report
made by the committee was inclosed in
a gilded tin tube, sealed with red wax
and was placed within the large white
marble case. Thus lies Pizarro. The
committee considered that the identity
of the body was absolutely established
by the examination.
As to the traces Of the wound in the
neck, it is known that Pizarro was
struck in the breast with sort of ar
row very sharply pointed, which was
hurled by an assassin. OF this injury
there is evidence in the cadaver, the
upper part of the left chest having su.-
fered from decay. The corpse was left
where it fell while matters of state
called the chief conspirators to the CITY,
At this time it was profaned by shock
ing mntilation.
Pizarro was very severe in military
discipline, and there were many who
would have been only too glad to wreak
vengeance upon his remains. The lat
ter were finally carried off at night by
friends and were placed in vault be-
meath q church. He was ::ssassinated
on June IS, 1871.
It is not known what became of the
hands, which, as the condition of the
body shows. were cut of at : period
long subsequent. According to public
rumcr .ney were taken and carried on!
OF the country not many years ago. In
letter addressed to the then emperor
ofSran in 1913, describing the assas
I sination, the corporation Of the city o.
Cuzco states that after tho death of the
conqueror, lin order to 6lishonor and
ridicule him, the mrrderers committed
upon the person many irhuman and
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-08

1t Will doubtless be OF interest TO
all lovers of manly outdoor sports
to learn that arrangements have been
made for two International cricket
matches to be played by Lord Hawkes.
Eleven vs.. Gentlemen OF Philadelphia.
The first match will take place Sep.
TENDER 81, q, and "a, beginning at
HOO A. Nj. and continuing until $50
7. NJ, on the new grounds of the
Merton Cricket Club at Haverford
Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Pennsylvania railroad will
place excursion tickets on sale at
Philadelphia on the days OF the match.
ut rate OF so cents each, including cou.
pom OF admission.
Special trains between Philadelphia
and Haverford will be run on the days
of the match.
This occasion will prove very en-.
ioyable one to large number of PEG.
pie, especially as the transportation
facilities offered by tie Pennsylvania
Railroad to and from the grounds,
which are situated directly at the
station, will be all that can be desired.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-08
JndiciaI Authorities Difrar.

PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. SIN the Oregon
Railway and Navigation wage schedule,
in the United States court, Judge Bell
niger rendered an important decision on
a question in point, the exact reverse of a
decision rendered by Judge Caldwell in
the Union Pacific wage schedule in the
United States court at Omaha. In the
Union Pacific case schedule Judge Cald-
we'll decided that the receivers had no
power to change the schedule and rules,
but should petition the court to make the
change, Judge Bellinger decides that
the court cannot be expected to stand
over the receiver and follow him through
the minute details of his work. The
question in this case was whether the re-
eeiver could make the reductions In the
wages of employees without the consent
of the court.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-08
NJ orlcR : REpunLIcAN PRIMARY

III Office : REPUBLICAN, PRIMARY
IN ELECTION.
On Saturday, September s. be tween the
hour OF and uicloeiS p. M, there Will
Re held M election to nominate cundf-
sembly to represent Wilmington hun
dred, and assessurs for the First, Second
ard Third districts as follows
First ward, Northeast corner Fifth AMI
Orange streets.
Second ward, FELTON, House. Second and
walnut streets,
fcurth ward, southtQst corner Fourth
and Walnut streets
sixth wari, Ninth and King streets
Seventh ward. No. 1901 Orange street
Malone and Logan ilouse.
Eighth ward. Eleventh and Lombard
and Eighth aad Bennett,
Niath ward. No. sIs5 MARKET street, Eae.
yenih aud BfhndywIne, southwest corner
Twenty-n nth mud West streets,
Above polls will be open from to
O'CLOCK p. IN.
the following wards viii hold ward
meetings AT 6.a5 p. III.
Firth, tenth and Twulf h ut Republican
headquarters,
Third at No 500 jefferson street.
Eleventh at No. sOt Maryland avenue.
The election will he held by tho inshec-
Tors ana ludRtA apFointe by the ward
cemm.ttoeS, who Will make returns OF
game Q the secret airy { [ the First DIS lei
Committee at headquarters. Northwest
corner seventh and Market stl eets.
FREDERICK L. BACH,
..,.......- .....5...zE. Chairman.
s7-2t Secretary.