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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-02-21

disposition flashed softly from her
laughing blue eyes, and the lingering
echoes of her low, sweet voice re-
sounded in his ears in pleasing melody
long after she had gone.
There was a marked stir in the So
cial circles of the garrison when an
official communication from the war
department to the commanding officer
advised him that Mr.. Alfred Talbot
Fandever, a recent graduate from West
Point, had been commissioned second
lieutenant and assigned to B troop,
Sixth cavalry, then stationed at Fort
Craig. Lieut.. Eandever was coming
under orders to report to Col. Sanford
for duty.
At border military post the officers
and their families live in little world
of their own. The social circle at one
of these remote garrisons may best be
described as a military family, the
members Of which are drawn into
close relationship by isolation from the
great busy world to the eastward
Within the limits of this circle the
strongest ties of friendship are formed,
and the frequent social parties which
serve as GASES to break the monotony
in the desert of garrison life seem more
as family gatherings than fashionable
affairs. A brotherly and sisterly, feel
ing exists among the officers and ladies
whose lot is cast so far away from the
borders of civilization, and when by
that immovable decree, a military
order, al officer is transferred to a dis
tant post the departure Of himself and
H. $oc
break in the family circle which is as
sincerely mourned as would be the de-
parturc for far distant point of a
member of home circle in private life.
The remaining members of military
family suffer sense of bereavement
which can scarcely be conceived by
those not familiar with garrison life,
and the departure of Il member is as
sincerely mourned as if bound to those
to whom he bids IN indefinite f2rewen
by ties of blood.
A prospective addition to the militia
~ family is always matter of much
comment. When the accession is to
be that of an officer of more or less
service in the field, his coming is
looked forward to with great pleasure,
for in almost. if not quite, every in
stance he will be known to sorie of
the officers at the post. In some Of the
labyrinthine movements of the great
army machine they have been thrown
together ct different posts, then sepa-
rated by the official order and sent,
unmurmuring, to meet the e2igcccies
of the service at widely separated
points. When it is anncun ced at a
post that Capt. and Mrs. Sinclair
are to be stationed there, those who
have never met the expected arrivals
ere enlightened rs to their personal
appearance, traits OF character AID So
cia1 attaiar1cats ~ those who have
been with them at other posts, and the
officer and his lady are received with as
warm recognition by those who have
never before seen them as by their
friends Of old.
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handing officer, Col. ElmOre Sanford,
was a dignified, gruff old veteran who
had grown gray in the service of his
country, q strict disciplinarian who ex-
acted with unflinching severity the
performance of every duty from Of
ficers and men alike with promptness
and precision. Every infraction of mill
itary rules met with swift punishment,
whether the offender wore the gold
laced uniform of the officer or the plain
garb of the private soldier. He pos
sessed 4 volcanic temper, at times,
when angered, storming and swearing
like 4 mailman, then as quickly subsid-
ing into his usual state of icy dignity.
Those most familiar with his moods
with no thought of resentment, for
they knew the old man never meant
the half he said, and that beneath his
forbidding exterior rested n soul that
was really warm and generous.
The light of the old commanders
military home was his daughter Alice.
his only child, who came as a ray of
sunshine into his life but week be-
fore the death of his beloved wife. At
the time our story opens Alice was 4
lovely, sunny-faced little fairy of
eighteen, full of life and spirit, as
beautiful in her blonde loneliness Is
the lily bursting from it's bud. She
was devotedly attached to her stern
old father, who. in her society, laid
aside his air of military dignity and al
lowed the reflection of his really kind
heart to play in genial smiles over his
soldierly face. He idolized the lovely
girl, the last priceless gift from his dy-
ing wife, and to contribute to her hap
piness and enjoyment seemed TO be the
one leading aim Of his life. The best
instructors which money could secure
had been brought from the far-away
east to look after her instruction, and
when she reached her eighteenth year
her education in all necessary branches
was complete, and she possessed as fine
accomplishments as she could have Sc
cured in any academy in the land. Born
liz border military fort and reared in
the gcrrisons of the far west. she became
iInbued with the spirit of adventure in
cidcnt to frontier life. and was never
so happy as when dashing over the cac-
tus studded plain or wooded river bot
tom on her strong-limbed pony or ex-
ploring the gulches and canyons cleft
in the breasts of the adjacent noun
taias.
The picture of this young border
princsss was indclibly stamped upon
the hearts of several OF the younger
officers of the garrison. yct Co->s CT
them were suitors for her hand. They
knew how her father idolized her and
held her as precious jewel set in his
crown of life for him alone, and each
one felt that it would be almost sacri-
lege to attempt to pluck the gem from
It's parent setting and transfer it to an
ether. She had, seemingly, no cspe-
cial favorite among the young men OF
the post. The same sweet smile which
would set tae heart of q young officer
throbbins with delight would illuIline
her pretty features while bending over
the cot Of . sick soldier in the hospital,
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the heart. Yes. that must be the cor
rect solution of the queer problem.
Some cruel fair one in the far-away
east, of which I have read but never
seen. has crushed his happiness and he
fled to the army ranks hoping to meet
death ct the hands of an Indian foe
man. How could c girl be so cruel to
so handsome a raoa, 1ad o-c so intelli-
gent and refined?''
Thus she unused until she reached
her home. Throwing the rein to the
orderly in waiting she softly entered
her fathers sitting-room and awolse
him from the half sleep into which he
had fallen in his easy chair by feath-
cry kiss on the cheek.
well, Sunshine, did you enjoy your
ride?" he asked, drawing her to seat
on his knee and more forcibly return
ing her kiss
20, very much, papa I rode clear
down to the Tafoya ranch six miles be-
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adobe houses of the Mexican ranch
eros, the great black powders and
monuments of lava rock across the
stream, set in beds of mesquite bushes
and cactus, far away to the eastward
the bold towering peaks of the San
Andreas and Oscura ranges. to the
southwark the Fra Cristobel and to the
westward the Magdalena and the San
Mateo ranges of mountains, all con-
tribute to picture SO fascinating in its
rugged grandeur and beauty that 1t
would seem as moclscry for the most
gifted artist to presume to transfer its
details to canvas.
All of the buildings Of this remote
border garrison We're built of aGobes,
or suD-dried bricks of Mexican manu-
facture. officers quarters. barracks for
the enlisted men, storehouses, stables,
etc, being but one story in height.
Around the post ran q line OF Garth
works thrown up during the civil war
when Indian and confederate foe alike
coveted its possession. The buildings
formed q hollow square around a level
parade ground some twenty acres in
extent. and in the center during the
occupancy of the fort stood tall flag
staff from the top of which, every day
in the year from sunrise 10 sunset gun.
the stars and stripes hoated proudly in
the semi-tropical breezes.
At the time of which l write the fort
was garrisoned by four troops of cav
airy, two companies of infantry and
battery of light artillery. The com
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The republicans and populists
have the senate now and they must
take the consequences.-Chica Her
aid.
Tom Reeds financial measure
looks like another one of those ''miser-
able makesh1fts" for which the repub-
iican party IS famous and Infamous
ST. Louis Republic.
There is no longer any question
of receiving help from congress The
administration is the only factor left in
the equation. Fortunately we are not
tortured by any doubt as to what the
president can and will do in such an
emergency. He has again made 1t I'M
mistakab bly, clear that he intends to
vindicatc the national credit at all
costs and by every means at his dis
posal. Post.
Criticism OF President Cleveland's
latest financial message and OF the
policy which it outlines and represents
Is easy enough to those who are bound
to find fault with everything the adj
ministration does, but the calm bust
ness mind does not discover how, in the
absence of legislative action. the pres
ident could do otherwise than he has
done ard is doing for the preservation
O: the nations credit = Washington
Star.
We protest against the disgrace
fui methods of the responsible.repub-
lican jibonainosies who seek at every
opportunity to serve their own party
by the most extravagant fabrication,
the most malignant misrepresentation
and the most hysterical fanfaronade,
by which they hope to submerge every
democratic man and democratic thing,
whether court, official, act or law, in
one foul pool of partisan filth and
fustian.-Louis-ri1le Courier-Journ
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They had mutual friends. and tina,
fact emboldened him to speak without
the ceremony of an introduction.
SLOPPY, isn't it?" he remarked, per-
suasively.
Rather" she replied.
\ freezing silence followed, but he
had no intention of letting the oppor-
tunity slip.
"You wear a vewy long hatpin, do
YOU know?" ne said. WEAKLY, the end
reaches out quite far
Eyes; it's quite protection"
''But it's all rusty"
THAT isn't rust"
mo? How vewy queer"
sit is the blood of chappies who have
spoken to me in the street car without
an introduction.
THAT fellow must have forgotten
something" said the conductor, as the
,chappie bounced from the car without
asking him to stop."-Detroit Free
Press.
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HYPocRITicAL REPUBLICANS.


Puerile Arguments Against the Presidents
Financial Policy.
The republican leaders pretend to be-
lieve that the cause of the present
treasury trouble lies in the deficiency
speech on the finance bill the other
day: IF the revenues equaled the ex-
penditures, whenever greenback was
redeemed it would remain in the treas
ury. It was the fact of the necessity
of its reissuance to meet current obli-
cations that caused the trouble"
If Mr.. Reed doesn't know better than
that he is not clear headed enough to
be president of the United States, or
even president of a crossroads grocery.
Whenever a greenback dollar is re-
deemed in gold a gold dollar is gone
out of the treasury. The greenback
comes in, the gold goes out. The
treasury has neither more nor less than
| it had before, except that in place of
| solid gold dollar it now has only its own
promise to pay a dollar. Since by Mr..
Reeds supposition the receipts and ex-
penditures are exactly equal the treas
| ury must now pay out the greenback
dollar to meet current obligations be-
| cause it has already paid out the gold
dollar.
If the greenback remains in the
treasury the current obligations must
be paid out of a reserve held in the
treasury, and it must be paid in some
| thing besides a greenback. There is
| no other way. But in case of a run the
| reserve may be exhausted, and then the
greenbacks redeemed in gold coin
| must be paid out to meet current obi
cations, as above stated, precisely as
| though there had been no reserve. In
the language of the street, the govern
ment must ''shin it," it can only pay
| the same amount.
ury, which is very likely to be the case
when there is a run on the treasury for
gold. that metal will soon disappear
from the treasury entirely, and the
| government must either go into the
market and borrow gold or suspend
payments.
| President Cleveland doesn't propose
to suspend if he can help it, nor does
he propose to wait till the last dollar
of gold is gone before borrowing. He
has asked congress for authority to
borrow on the most advantageous
terms, and such partisans as Reed re-
fuse to grant it. He asks such author
ity as will enable him to borrow at
three per cent or less. Their answer
is: mo; you shall not have it. You
must borrow on coin bonds and pay
three and a half per cent" And they
offer as an excuse their assumption
that the senate would not authorize a
gold bond if the house should. They
propose that the house shall offer bad
measure because they think the senate
will not concur in good one.
The case is plain one. Mr.. Reed
and other republican leaders want to
embarrass the administration to the
utmost, and yet they would like to
make it appear that they are willing to
relieve the treasury. Their inadequate
proposals and puerile arguments make
their hypocrisy apparent to every man
of fair intelligence. Now that they
have exposed themselves the president
will go on and protect the public credit
to the best of his ability in spite OF
their attempts to increase the difficult
ties with which he is beset.-Chicago
| Herald
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low, and o.. my way back [ youEd s1ch
a curiosity"
You are etcrnally picking up curios
What was it this time? \ moss agate,
a new species of cactus, a rare flower
that you never happened to come onto
before, or a magnifcently large horned
toad?"
20, no, papa, none Of those. could
never place this one with my collection.
1t is not of the geological, floral nor
reptile species, papa; but living, NOV
ing, breathing-humanb being"
"a Mexican freak, eh? And what
was it like"'
NO, nor was it a Mexican. You are
horribly poor guesser, papa. 1t was
soldier, a private soldier of the post. /
came upon him while he was sketching
the Fra Cristobel range, and when I
asked if might look at his sketch 1
really expected to see nothing but awk-
ward. ill-shaped work. You can i'm
agine my surprise when l observed
that he was an artist of no ordinary
skill. Oh! there must be such a rO-
nance connected with his life. Have
you ever discovered men of refined
tastes in the ranks, papa, driven there
by romantic causes?"
Yes, the romance of crime. The
service and an assumed name have
served as a barrier between many q
criminal and the outraged laws Who
is this fellow?"
30, am sure this man is not crimi-
nal, papa. You would share that be-
lief with me were you to see him. 1
1(-,% dc i'm, or16
did not ask his name. He wore the
cavalry uniform"
''Well, Sunshine, it IS not at all i'm
probable that if his past history were
laid before you, you would find 1t a
dark one. You must not allow your
romantic little brain to picture him a
prince in disguise. Come, dinner is
waiting. and am as hungry as troop
er after hard days scout. Attention,
squad! Right face! Forward, march,
Gayly t-illing the air of THE Girl I
Left Behind Me- she led the way with
military step to the dining-roon, the
old colonel marching after her with
the precision Of other days.
CHAPTER II.
The soldier artist resumed his seat as
Alice rode away, and sat and watched
her until bend in the trail hid her
from his eyes. He had often seen the
young girl at a distance and had adj
mired her graceful figure and light,
springy step. but had never before had
an opportunity to closely observe her
face. AS she sat on her pony bowed
over his sketch he had studied her
features. and he thought he had never
seen SO beautiful girl. Her sunny
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DEER ARE FOND OF TOBACCO.
Tho Only Bit Of Information Prof. Gil
more Got from Hawthorne.

Tho Only Bit Of Information Prof. Gil
more Got from Hawthorne.
Prof. J. n. Gilmore says: "It was
my privilege to meet Hawthorne at the
White mountains. He was there with
Pierce and Loring and Spofford, and I
saw considerable Of him. shall never
forget the whimsical appearance of the
man as Pierce was trying to get him
to go into the parlor of the hotel. He
was quite averse to it.
There were clever people there
from all over the United States who
had heard of him, and were proud of
him, but he did not want to mingle
with them at all. Pierce insisted upon
it, and he complied, and after five min
him out on the veranda smoking
make friends, apparently, but be
made an exception in my favor.
I had been spending several
summers there, and knew the wood
craft very thoroughly, and he found
out that he could get from me the in
formation he wanted.
HE would ask me question and my
reply would be followed by another
question:: 'Why?' For instance, he
asked me, Which way would you fish
a trout stream? 1 said: Down stream
Then he asked me why. 1 was COM
peeled to answer that trout when
wounded runs up the stream, and that
if were fishing down the stream he
would disturb the trout below. On
one occasion referred to the fact that
the grain of the wood Of certain tree
was twisted. At first he questioned the
fact and asked: What makes you think
SOP I said to him: If you will 60 with
me to the woodpile I will show that it
is so.' I thus satisfied him of the fact,
but, as to the reason for it,
could only give a theory that it was
caused by the winds. I think that
while he was there he found out all
knew, and found out very little from
him. There was one thing that he
knew that did find out.
Zone day we were looking at pet
fawn. He said: DO you know that
every animal of the deer kind is nat
urally fond of tobacco?' l was taken
all aback, because I had been taught
that only man and a certain loathsome
green worm, the vilest thing the Crea-
tor made, would touch tobacco. To
illustrate the matter to me he put his
hand into his pocket, for he not only
smoked, but chewed, took out a piece
of tobacco, and handed it to the fawn,
and she ate it as though she liked it,
and while was waiting to see her fall
down dead she was nosing around
Hawthornes pocket for some more to-
bacco. "-Chicago Times.
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One of the most conspicuous Land.
marks, or, rather, snowmarks, in the
whole of the arctic regions is the red
snowbanks discovered near Cape York,
Greenland, by Capt. John Ross in the
wear 1918. For miles and miles the
hills are covered with snow that is as
red as though it had been saturated
with blood. Lieut.. Greeley, who visit
ed that region while on his famous
arctic expedition, microscopically ex-
am;ned blood-stained cliffs and reports
the color due to a minute organism
(which he calls protococcus nivaliA
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PiTh AND POINT.

Modern education too often covers
the fingers with rings, and at the same
time cuts the sinews at the wrists
Sterling.
lis George getting on well with
his French?s Eyes. indeed. Why he
can translate the most difficult parts
of 'Trlbys'
-Figg-''Suffrage is the shield that
protects the American people" Fogg
Yes; but shield with too many
boasts Boston Transcript.
How could you .conscientiously
tell Miss Elder that she is the only
woman you ever loved?" cit is fact
Compared to her the others were mere
girls Boston Budget.
$50 Rusher has got q job at last,
eh? wonder If it is that one with the
sleeping-car company" II guess not.
At least he told me he'd struck a COM
Portable berth?"-Buffalo Courier.
Nervous Old Lady Ito deck-hand ON
steamboat-"Mr. Steamboat Man. is
there any fear of danger?" Deck
hand carelessly)-"Plenty of fear.
ma'am, but no danger. "-Demorest.
Mrs. Houser-"Have you any idea
what speaking terms means, Mr..
Houser?" Houser-'.Certainly,m madam.
Anywhere from fifty dollars to two
hundred dollars per night, according
to the prominence of the lecturer.
Buffalo Courier.
An Easy Way Out Of It-Father-
''He says that he loves you, but can he
support you in the style that you have
been accustomed to?" Daughter
even better, father. dear, if you will
furnish the money; that is all that dis
courages him."-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
II hope you don't find the amount
unreasonable" said the landlord. '.Oh
reasonable. What want to know is
how many months do you give me pay
it in: OF course, I want a reasonable
time to pay reasonable bill. Texas
Siftings.
Easily Remedied.-Hardy Upton
''Say, Mrs. Skinner, it's awful, these
cold nights. to lie on this mattress with
only sheet over one. Can't you ar
range it differently?" Mrs. Skinner
Certainly! Lie on the sheet and pull
the mattress over you."-Portland
Transcript.
Abraham. the wine merchant, called
at the advertising Office of leading
paper and inquired if the big adver-
tisement of Traubel, the liquor mer-
chant. which that day figured in the
columns of said paper, was going to
appear again. 'Oh, yes!" unthinking-
ly replied the clerk. SIT has to be
kept in for a month" SIN that case,"
said Abraham, Twill you please insert
Immediately below it the following an
nouncement: abraham Isaac Jacob,
wine and liquor merchant, supplies all
the wines named in the above adver-
tisement 10 per cent. cheaper
GauloiS.
Lord Aberdeen tells the following
story of himself: He left London at
midnight in a sleeping-car for the
north. In the morning when he was
awakened he saw a stranger opposite
him. Excuse me-" said the stranger,
"may I ask if you are rich?" Some
what surprised, his lordship replied
that he was tolerably well-to-do.
MAY l ask" continued the stranger,
show rich you are?" "Well, if it will
do you any good to KNOW" was the re-
ply, 81 suppose have several hundred
thousand pounds" "Well," went on
the stranger, ''if I were as rich as you
and snored as loudly as you I should
take whole car, SO as not to inter
| rupt the sleep of others"
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CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION.

Jh l. ChAlu, ]"
the territory OF
n e w Mexico,
stands upon a
high mesa, or
piece of BILE
land. overlook
ing the historic
valley Of t Il e
10 Ora n dc.
The view from
t he fort is
wildly pictur-
esque. The long
stretch of river.
grass carpeted
valley d o t t ed
with groves OF
cot t on W 90 q
trees, the low
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Chairman Wilson'S bill to repeai
the one-tenth of one cent pound diff
ferential duty on sugar imported from
Germany will force the republicans into
the open and maybe close scrutiny
will disclose the golden chain which
binds the leaders of that party to the
trusts--Kansas City Times
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ITO BE Continued

WHEN an alligator is about 60 attack
large animal, it swallows a heavy
stone. This is to enable it the moro
easily to drag its enemy under water.
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.'Well, old man, how is business?"
Blooming" said the manufactures of
sporting goods. 81 have just received
an order for four nillion pairs Of
sprinting shoes for the Chinese army.~
Indianapolis Journal.
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rrlfie Embarrassing.

Acquaintance-Mr. Bullion, let mo
introduce my friend Jones. I've just
been telling him how you made your
pile.
Mr.. Bullion Slightly deaD-Glad to
know you, Maj. Pyle.-Chicago Trib.
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LIVE fish have been safely trans
mitted by mail from India to London.