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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-12

what fippant and careless way IN
which he narrated it. Whatever pun
ishmcat was in store for him, felt
that he might expect no sympathy from
me- Sherlock Holmes and Jones sat
with their hands upon their knees.
deeply Interested in the story, but with
the same disgust written upon their
faces. He may have observed it, for
there was a touch of defiance in his
voice and manner as he proceeded.
1T was ali very bad. no doubt" said
he. Il should like TO know how many
fellows in my shoes would have re-
fused share OF this loot when they
knew that they would have their
threats cut for their pains. Besides, it
was my life or his when once he was in
the fort. Il he had got out. the whole
business would have como to light. and
| should have been court-Elartialed
and shot as likely as not; for people
We're not very lenient at a time like
that"
Go on with your story" said Holmes,
shortly.
well. we carried him in, Abdullah,
Alibar and l. \ fine weight he was,
too, for ell that he was so short. Ma
hornet Singh was left to guard the
door. We took him to place which
the Sikhs had already prepared. 1t was
some distance OF. where a winding pas
sage leads to a great empty hall. the
brick walls of which were all crumbling
to pieces. The earth floor had sunk in
at one place. making a natural grave,
so we lett Ach,net the merchant there,
vii I,
loose bricks. This done, we all went
back to the treasure.
1t lay where he had dropped it when
he was first attacked. Tie box was
the same which now lies open upon
your table. a key was hung by a
silhen cord to that carved handle upon
the top. We crercd 1t. and the light
OF the lantern CLEANED upon collec-
ton Of c-eI15 such as have read of and
thought about when was little lad
ct pcrshore. It was binding to look
upon them. When we had toasted our
eyes we took them al out and made a
lis: Of them. There were one hundred
and fortv-three diamonds Of the first
water, including one which has been
called. | believe. the Great Mogul,
and is said to be the second largest
stone in existence. Then there were
nincty-scvcn very Gre eneralds. and
one hundred! and seventy rubieS, some
OF which. however, were small. There
were forty carbulclcs, two hundred
and ten sapphires. s5iXty-orc aCctes and
4 great quantity Of bcryls. onyxcs, cats
| eyes, tUrquoiScs aud other stones, the
very names Of which did not know at
| th.. time. though | have become more
familiar with them since. Besides
this, there were nearly three hundred
very fine pearls, twelve of which were
set in gold coronet. BY the way,
| these last had been taken out of the
chest and were not there wher I re-
| covered it
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twinisling eyes. like mouse when be
ventures ont from his hole. I: gave
Ine the chills to think OF killing .lira
| but thought OF the treasure. and ,uy
| heart set as hard as flint within me-
: When be saw Eny white face he gave q
little chirrup of joy and came running
| up towards rae.
"'Your protection. sahib.' he painted
your protection for the unhappy
| merchant Achmet. / have Travelled
| across Rajpootana that | might sees
the shelter CT the fort at Agra. have
been robbed and beaten and abused
because I have been the friend of the
company. 1t is blessed night this
when am once more in safety and
my poor possessions
"What have you in the bundle?' !
asked.
IAN iron box he answered, which
contains one or two little family mat.
tiers which are of no value to others
but which | should be sorry to lose
Yet am not beGgar; and / shall re-
ward you, young sahib. and your gov.
ernor also, if he will give me the shell.
ter ask
=
|. The two Sikhs closed in upon him
on each side, and the giant walked be-
hind. while they marched in through
the dark gateway. Never was man
SO compasscd round with death. / re-
manned at the gateway with the Ian
tern.
Il could hear the measured tramp OF
their footsteps sounding through the
lonely corridors. Suddenly it ceased,
and heard voices. and a scuiiie. va h
the sound of blows. \ moment later
there came, to my horror. Z rash OF
footsteps coming in my direction,
with the loud breathing of a run
ing man. / turned M lantern down
the long. straight passage. and there
was the fat man. running like the wind,
with 4 smear of blood across his face,
and close at his heels. bounding like a
tiger. the great hlack-beardcd Sikh,
with knife flashing in his hand. /
have never seen man run so fast AS
that little merchant. He was gaining
on the Sikh. and ] could see that if he
cnce passed me and got 10 the open air
he would save himself yet My heart
softened to him. bat again the thought
bitter. / cast my Hreloc!z between his
legs as he raced past. and he rolled
twice over like a shot rabbit. Ere he
could stagger to his feet the Sikh was
upon him. and buried his knife twice
in his side. The man never uttered
moan nor moved muscle, but lay where
he had fallen. / think myself that he
may have broken his neck with the fall
You see. gentlemen. that / am keeping
my promise. / an telling you every
word of the business just exactly as it
happened, whether it IS in my favor or
not"
He stopped and held out his man
acled hands for the whisky and water
which Holmes had brewed for him.
For myself. confess that | had now
conceived the utmost horror of the
man, not only for this cold-blooded
business in which he had been con-
cerned. but even.rnOrc for the some
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-12
ALL ABOUT A FLY.
Tho Unsatisfactory Result Of . Neighborly
Action.

1nO On0oIl81oCt0ky Result OF - N0l8nO0rIY
Action.
It was on the west-bound express
over the Michigan Central the other
complaining of the heat. dust. rate of
progress and many other things finally
decided to take nap. Before getting
settled down and closing his eyes he
was seen by those nearest him to take
an artificial fly from his vest pocket
and place it on his nose, but it was q
quarter of an hour before it attracted
attention. Then a woman looked back
and noticed it and said to her hus-
band:
Samuel, do you see that? You had
better go and brush that fly OF that
poor mans nose. It's wonder he can
sleep with it, but I s'pose he's tired
out"
Eyes, guess I'll do that much for
him." replied the man. and he rose up
and went back. The fly was quiet, and
he advanced his thumb and finger and
carefully picked it off and dropped it
on the floor.
"Wha-what is it?" asked the bald
headed man, as he reused up.
"A fly on your nose, sir.
IA fly, eh! Where is it? All! see."
He picked it up and replaced it on
his nose and said:
"Sir, would thank you to mind
your own business! This is my fly.
bought him for ten cents. Attend to
your own fly and will to mine!"
He leaned back for another nap, and
after looking at him in bewildered
way for half minute the farmer re-
turned to his wife.
what is it, Samue.?' she asked.
'.Nuthin'-nuthin',' cept if had that
Teller down in our tamarack swamp
I'd maui him till he couldn't breathe
fur making a fool of mer'-Detroit
Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-12
PiTH AND POINT.

You were not angry with the match
You struck notwithstanding You had
somewhat against it--Young Mems
Era
So work the honey bees, creatures
that by rule in nature teach the act
of order to q peopled kingdom--Shake-
speare.
The Boys view.-Kitty-'I saw
Jack Hardin kissing your sister last
night" Small Boy-"Well, guess
can stand it If she can."-Detroit FREQ
Press.
-Piano-tuner-.'Goo day. madam
1 came to tune your piano" Pianiste
but did not send for you." Piano
tuner-"l know, but your next-door
neighbor did. "-Musical Weekly.
-Weston-'sDo you think young
man can safely marry on ten dollars .
week?" Easton-"Well. that depends
a good deal on how much the girls fa-
Their is worth. "-Somerville Journal
-Hobson-'I hear Cholly Sappy Is
out of his mind, poor fellow" Costique
II think he is rather to be congratu-
lated. He must have been frightfully
cramped in t"-Philadelphia Record
There was a man in our town.
And he was wondrous wise,
He never Dragged to his dear wife
About his mothers pies.
indianapolis Journal
-Gomez-'I say. was it You who
recommended that cook to my wife?"
Perez-'I believe So" Gomez-''Then
/ should like you to come and have
dinner with US Tonight Gaceta
de Malaga
Still Worse.-Bingo-"I want to
change the combination of that house
safe of mine" Safe Man-"What's
the matter? Servants found out the
old NUMBER" Bingo-''No. My wife
has. "-Brooklyn Life
Reasonable Expectatlon.-Mrs. Dix
II wonder what present my husband
will bring me to-night?" Mrs. Hicks
What makes you expect one? Is it
your birthday?" Mrs. Dix-"No-o; we
quarreled this morning. "-Tit-Bits.
-''She has learned all she knows"
said the mother of the musical infant
prodigy, ''in four lessons" YES" re-
piled the eminent musician: "but
think Of the hundreds. of lessons it
will take her to forget "-Washington
Star.
IlliC 0ouSOn- NudWIu6 Is ROluk
to have a lawn party next week. Have
you been invited yet?" Mrs. Won
Blumer-''Not yet, dear. What makes
you ask?" Willie-"She said the other
day she couldn't quite make up her
mind about it"LN. Y. Herald
The line of Sherman's march to
the sea is now marked by abandoned
forts, exploded shells, and half-filled
trenches. So the triumphant march
of thought is marked by abandoned
hypothesis, exploded theories and
empty conjectures.-N. Y. Independ-
ent
"A New Woman Episode.-'I need
recreation" said the new woman, AZ
she ordered her bicycle to the front
door, land so I think I'll look in ON
the legislature and kill few bills"
do you never think of your poor hus-
band?" piped q weak voice from = dim
corner. Often" said the new wom-
an. II thought of him to-day. when
purchased that new china set; and
yesterday, when he gave the baby
green apples; and Wednesday, when
he put sugar in the biscuits. Oh, I'm
always thinking of him. poor souli"-
Atlanta Constitution.
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Must Collide.

A southern exchange thinks that the
arguments of the gold standard editors
and speakers are very inconsistent
with each other. They are like trains
going in opposite directions, under full
head of steam. on the same track
Their arguments on one line answer
their arguments on another line.
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Then and Now.

Before 1878 both gold and silver could
be carried to the mint for coinage into
money. Now only gold enjoys this
privilege. Silver men demand that
silver be restored to the right to be
coined that it had before 1873, and on
the same terms-nothing more, moth
ing less. That is the financial question
now before the country. - Augusta
Chro,;oio
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-12
Briefly Stated.

The fall in prices of the products OF
labor double the amount of every debt
that you owe. 1t takes just twice as
many pounds of cotton to pay a debt
under the gold standard, as it did
VIXEN silver was being coined. Is any
more argument NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
ouph UIa1 Star
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-12
Economy IL Wealth.

Isaacstein-Repecca, you will ruin
NE NIT your extravaganza.
Rebecca-Vat's de matter, fader?
Isaacstein-vy, vat for you puy dot
French pred init so many holes in id,
ven YOU gets dot home mate pred ad
der same brice? Ply gracious. aind't
payin' good moneys for holes.-Brook'
iyn Life
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-12
When Prosperity win Come.

Prosperity for all the people Of our
country VIII come when The silver
mines are filled with busy miners, and
the mints opened to free coinage, says
IN exchange.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-12

Quite Ready.
He'd like a flower in my cost
when go.
She-.l'u put it in now.-Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-12

he surgeon, LII. oOiUeTlOu, was
fast, sporting young chap, and the
other young officers would meet in his
rooms of an evening and play cards.
The surgery, where l used to make up
my drugs, was next to his sitting-room,
with n small window between Us.
Often, il | felt Lonesome, 1 used to turn
out the lamp in the surgery. and then,
standing there, / could hear their talk
and watch their play. l am fond of a
hand ct cards myself, and it was al
most as good as having one to watch
the others. There was Maj. S.olto,
Capt. Mcrstan and Lieut.. Bromley
Brown. who were in commend of the
native troops. and there was the sur
geon himself. and two or three prison
officials, crafty old hands who played a
nice sly safe game. A very snug little
party they used to make.
We'll. there was one thing which
very soou struck ne, and that was
that soldiers used always to lose and
the civilians 10 win. Mind. l don't say
that there was anything unfair, but SO
it was. These prison chaps had done
they had been ut the Andanans, and
they knew each others game to a
point, while the others just played to
pass the tine and threw their cards
down anyhow. Night after night
the soldiers got up poorer men, and the
poorer they got the more keen they
were to play. Maj. Sholto was the
hardest hit. He used to pay in notes and
gold at iirst. but soon it came to notes
of hand and for big sums He some
times would win for a few deals, just
to give him heart, and then the luck
would set in against him worse than
ever All day he would wander abent
as black as thunder, aud he took to
drinking a deal more than was good
for him.
Tro BIZ cosr1NuEnl
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passing the original bill without any
amendments.
Senator Baldwin was not in favor
of acting hastily.
Minister Damon wanted the bill
tabled TO be considered at the next
session of the Legislature. Finally
the bill was referred to the following
committee: Senators Baldwin, Brown
and Wilcox.
The matter of compensation for the
members of the present Labor Com
mission was referred to the Finance
Committee for consideration and re-
port.
The Supplementary Appropriation
Bill came up for third reading.
Senator Lyman moved to insert an
between Puma and Hilo. On motion
this item was not inserted, but was
referred to the next Legislature.
The Military Bill was taken up and
discussed section by section. The
most important change decided on
will allow the commander-in-chie to
organize companies of sharpshoOters,
which shall not be considered a part
of the National Guard.
Another change of Importance was
an amendment to Section 3S. The
original section read: I'm time OF
war, general courts martial or mill
tary commissions may impose the
penalty of death, or fine not exceed
ing five hundred dollars and (or) i'm
prisonment at hard labor not exceed
ing five years"
At Senator McCandless' suggestion,
Minister Hatch made this change:
'In time of war, general courts mar
tial or military commissions may i'm
pose the penalty of death, and may
impose all penalties authorized by
law for offenses which may be tried
by such courts martial or military
commissions and may impose fine not
exceeding five hundred dollars and
(Or) imprisonment at hard labor not
exceeding five years in all cases not
otherwise provided"
At 2:35 o'clock the Senate adjourn
ed until Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
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presented which, the member said.
was satisfactory to Minister Damon.
Rep. Richards was in favor of max
ing any desirable change, but was
opposed to the amendment If no other
reason than tt was not satisfactory
to Minister Damon. Because it did
not suit the Minister of Finance was
no reason why it should not pass.
The mover was asked by Rep. Win
ston If the druggists had been con-
ferred with regarding the new section.
He was opposed to its passage.
Rep. Rycroft spoke against the
pass for several reasons. The drug
gists complained that the present
high duty on alcohol had been the
means of transferring all the cologne
trade from Honolulu merchants to
San Francisco. He had seen two Of
the largest firms and they said the
printed section was what was required.
This country needed all the encour-
agement possible in the way of manu-
features, and believing the printed
section was in line with good legisIa-
tion it would have his hearty support
Section passed as in the printed draft
The bill passed unanimously without
further amendments on call of ayes
and noes.
Act l5, relating to diseases among
animals, was, under suspension of the
rules, read by title and referred to
Sanitary Committee.
Act IL, to allow withdrawal from
the Custom House of kerosene oil in
certain cases, was taken up and con-
sidered section by section. The bill
passed without amendment or opposi-
ton, except change in title, making
If TnoA 90 N nj n aII
drawal from the Custom House of kerr
Osene oil for fuel in certain cases."
The bill was ordered engrossed and
read third time on Friday.
A communication from the Senate
announced the passage of Senate bill
No. 3, to establish electric light plant
in Hilo. The bill was considered for
first time by the House.
Section / was amended in the upper
house by striking out exclusive right
asked for, and changing length Of
franchise from fifteen to fifty years.
Rep. Rycroft insisted on rights
House. A request to this effect had
been ignored, an insult intended, to
which he was not accustomed.
Rep. McBryde said because the bill
came from the Senate they were not
compelled to pass il. Things were
going on with too much of rush, the
Senate engrossed copy being entirely
different from House bill. Rep. Bond
agreed with members RycrOft and
McBryde.
Section 2 was reconsidered and
passed without change.
Sections 5, 6, z, 8, 10 were stricken
out of the House bill. Bill passed
first reading and ordered for second
reading Friday.
At 3:15 House adjourned till 10
o'clock Friday morning.
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rup, McCandless, Baldwin, Lyman,
Wright, Hooking and President Will
| der. Noes-Senators Kauhane, Not
| ley, Brown, Rice, Waterhouse, Will
cox and Schmidt. The Presidents
| vote carried the motion.
Senator Brown contended that the
motion did not strike out the amount.
The President said it did. Mr.. Brown
| appealed, and by vote of s to the
| Chair was sustained.
Senator Baldwin then moved that
| the total amount of the bill be placed
at $54, 600, which was $1,000 less than
the original amount. Carried. The
bill passed its third reading.
Senator Warehouses; joint resolu-
tion on the liquor traffic came up for
discussion. Senator Brown believed
that the resolution was introduced in
good faith, with the end in view that
the country would be benefited by
prohibition law. The speaker did not
believe that if the commission did
furnish n favorable report the next
Legislature would take any action.
He believed it was a waste of time and
would not vote for it.
Senator WaterhOuse said he had no
idea of prohibition when he intro
duced the resolution. He said that
the liquor traffic was of vital interest
to the community, and something
should be done to check it.
Senator Baldwin was in favor of the
resolution, and it could not be voted
down consistently, as it was ia the
line of reform. he did not believe in
legislating ahead of public sentiment,
but the proposed commission could do
no harm and should be given a trial.
"Let the commission be appointed"
concluded the speaker.
The resolution was finally referred
to a committee.
Attorney General Smith read his
bill eXempting canaigre and other
fibrOus plants from taxation for a
period of ten years.
The financial condition OF the
country was treated by Min
lister Damon. He compared the
bonded and interest bearing debt
with one year ago and found that the
Government owed S5S 600 more in
small bills. He said that during the
first six months in 1894 bonds to the
amount of $145, 900 were sold. For the
same number of months in the pres
ent year S134 600 worth were sold-all
at par. The bonded indebte dness one
year ago was So, 526, coo; this year it is
50, 73S, 900.
The Minister said he saw a way out
Of the difficulty, and that was by ask
ing people to whom money was due to
have q little more patience, as the
Government will be able to meet all
OF its obligations. Mr.. Damon con-
cluded his remarks by saying that the
Government had passed the critical
point aud its credit was well estab-
Iished.
Senator Schmidt moved to amend
the bill by inserting 'silver deposits
may be replaced by gold coin, but not
gold by silver"
Senator WaterhOuse was in favor Of
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Monarch Bicycles.

According to statistics there are
two millions of bicycles used on
the Pacific Coast. Honolulu and
the islands contribute fair num-
Der to this amount. Manager
Hendry, of the Hawaiian Hard
ware Company, claims that Mon
arch wheels are vastly superior to
any other kind. The first consign-
ment of Monarchs sent to the ISL
ands, consisting of eleven wheels,
was sold by the Hawaiian Hard
ware Company in four days
through the hustling proclivities of
E. r. Hendry, who controls the
destinies of that concern. See
what is said about Monarch bicy-
cles in Timely Topics column this
morning.
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PARTNERS FOR LIFE.
Approaching Nuptials Of Miss Maud
Baldwin and Joseph Cooke.

The wedding of Joseph Cooke,
formerly of Oakland, Cal, and now
connected with the firm of Alexan-
der & Baldwin, of San Francisco,
and Miss Maud Baldwin will take
place on July 18th at the home of
the brides parents, in Haiku,
Maui The bride is a daughter of
Hon. II. p. Baldwin, one of the
wealthiest planters on the islands.
The groom is a graduate of Yale,
and in his youth attended the
high school in Oakland. He ar
rived from the Coast recently, ac-
companied by his mother, Mrs. Z.
Cooke; his sister, Miss Harriet E.
Cooke, and brothers, G. Montague
Cooke and Clarence Cooke. T. F.
Baldwin and William D. Baldwin,
brothers of the bride, came down
on the same steamer to be present
at the wedding.
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TWENTY THIRD DAY-JULY I1TH

TwENTY-THIRD DAY-JULY 1lTH.
The Secretary read a communica-
tion from the House stating that that
body had adopted the Senate joint res
olution regarding a new Pail route.
\ The first bill taken up was
No. 8, in which the item of
$4,000 for Kaiulani appears. After
the bill was read Senator Horner
moved that all permanent settle
ments and pensions be referred to the
next session.
Contrary to expectations there was
no discussion, and Senator Horner's
motion was carried by the following
vote: Ayes-Senators Horner, North
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Col. Spaldius's Gift.

Col. T. S. Spalding, prominent
Hawaiian planter, at present in
New York, wired We!ch & Co., San
Francisco, TO subscribe 800 on his
account for the benefit of the suf-
ferers of the recent fire in the Bay
City. A check for this amount
was delivered to the Examiner by
the above mentioned firm.
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CHANGE WROUGHT IN SENATE,
Kaiulani Appropriation Defeated in
the Upper House.
CoMMEs>InN oN LIQUOR TRAFFIC

Financial Standing of the Government.
Electric hallway Passed Third Read
ing in HOuse-3Iinister Damon Wanted
Alcohol Bill Changed-wOrIS in House