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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-13
WHAT HAVE I DONE?"

along. No man shall dictate to me
whether I work or lie idle"
So George Harland went to his doom
The day passed YEARLY for the
| women. Night came on, and with
heart-beating anxiety they waited the
coming OF the breadwinner. George
is late" Nell said, nervously; Il dc
wish he would come"
''Oh, he will be here before long,
Alice replied, with assumed cheerful
ness.
''Hark!" the young wife screamed as
she flew to the door: "What is that
noise in the street,"
Grey, attracted by the tunult, flew
downstairs and joined the trembling
women.
What sight met their gaze! Their
George-the idol of this humble home
with blood-stained face and torn clothes
swinging his AK over his head and
battling for his life against hundred
fierce aSSailants. In vain dozen po-
Ecemen rally round him. They are
beaten down like grain before the
sickle; and the mob, hoarse and furi-
Gus, rushed over their bodies on to the
X
his despair;ng efforts, as, like a gladi-
ator, he faced his enemies.
Down with the scab! Kill him!
kill him. shrek score of angry
voices.
All, surely it is all over.
Felled to the earth by crushing
blow on the back of the head, he drops
at the feet of his prosecutors.
Hang him! Hang him." yell the in
furiated mob.
But over his PROSTATE body stands
Frank Grey, unarmed-pouring forth
an imprisoned appeal to the frenzied
men to spare their victim. Impotent,
but heroic effort. Men had lost their
reason and become tigerlike in blind
ferocity. An instant and he would
have lain beside his senseless friend,
when the kissing pings of rifle bullets
spread terror among the crowd. THE
Pin1ertons! The Pinkertons!" is the
cry, and as the name of that dreaded
police agency is heard, the mob sways
backwards and forwards for moment,
then breaks like an ocean wave spent
by its own fury. All fly but one. He
bends low over the fallen figure and
lifts the nerveless arm which hides the
battered face.
George Harland!" he shrieks. ''My
God, what have 1 done?"
He helps Grey bear the lifeless bur
den to the house, he hears little Will
lies piteous cry, as they lay it on the
bed, he fingers for one moment at the
door and tries to utter a few words of
sympathy, which his parched lips re-
fuse to form, he looks in mute appeal
to Alice. he sees her pointing to the
door, and hears her scornful ''Go!" with
q groan, as he sinks into the deserted
street, straight on his way to give him
self up at the nearest police station.
For days George Harland's spirit
lowered between life and death-and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-13
A UNIQUE ovERcOAT.
It Is Made OF the Skins of Unborn Mus

It Is Made OF the Skins of Unborn Musk
S. n. Malterner, of Spokane, wears
on overcoat that is bound to attract at
tention, no matter where it is seen.
The coat is made out of fur of the un-
born musk OK, and, while not only very
rare, is exceedingly pretty. The coat
is light in weight and were it not for the
weight of the lining would seem as
though made of the softest down. The
color is a light silver gray when the
light is upon it from one direction and
as soon as the light is shifted it turns
to clear gray. When seen under u
light not very bright it has the appear
unce of jet black. Mr.. Malterner says
that it has attracted so much atten-
ton in the eastern cities that he had
to lay it aside to keep from being both
cred answering questions as to what it
was and where he got it.
THE fur of the unborn musk OK"
said he, sis very rare. In fact, it cannot
be had for money. The way I got the
fur to make this one was peculiar. Two
years ago I made a trip to the Great
Slave lake, and in fitting out at Atha
basca Landing bought a canoe, pay
ing 500 for it. It was along toward
fall when 1 got back to the landing,
and there met an old trapper, who
had been hunting and trapping along
the lakes and rivers for a number of
years. He seemed to take quite fancy
to my canoe, although he did not say
anything, but was looking it over care
fully and noting its good points, as a
horse fancier would blooded horse.
Finally he stepped up to me and said:
Say, mister, what are you going to do
with that boat?'
"At that time had no expectations
of ever going up in that part of the coun-
try again and, as the boat could be of
little value to me, / answered.: Just to
show you that the Yankees are ali right
I'll give you that boat He was greatly
pleased and. after looking it over again,
he said: We'll, I'll just show you that
the old trapper is all right, too and,
taking me over to his warehouse, he
got number of these furs and gave
them to ME. At a cash value they would
be worth many times the canoe, and
they were his accumulation for a num-
Der of years.
"After making the coat, found that
only lacked two of having enough to
make q jacket for my sister, and when
went on my trip down the Mackenzie
this year met the trapper again AMI
told him that I should like to get three
more. He loaned me the canoe that
had given him the year before, and
when I returned to the landing in the
fall he had three furs for me."-Spokane
Spokesman
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-13
cold WEATHER PROJECTION.

woman ingenious Device for DrauShty
Windows.
1t is The exceptional house in these
days of hastily built dwellings whore
one can sit close TO the windows in
cold weather without feeling chilled
very quickly. In particular is this trne
OF suburban detached houses. A writer
describes device of Canadian woman
which might be adopted with mod;fi.
cations by more than one housekeeper
south OF the Dominion border line:
Ihe room we were sitting in had a
very large bow window, a place ALWAYS
"rold unless lined with steam pipes. bnt
TINS one was as comfortable as any
- other portion of the apartment. From
the windowsills to the floor were what
appeared like short curtains attached
TO tapes and fastened to the castings
just above the silis. When these cur
talns were drawn aside I discovered
padding at least 1 " inches thick. This
was made of cloth of all sorts and tied
like the ordinary comfortable.
Il used all my old CLOTH said nv
friend, to make these pads. They are
filled with autumn leaves that the chill
~dVen gathered when they were dry.
These leaves are laid upon a piece of
cloth made ready for the purpose. An
Other piece is laid over it. Then they
are tackled through like comfortable.
as you see. In this one window. which
measures about Is feet of half circle.
there are more than a dozen pads.
They overlap each other, and are fas-
tened to the floor by small tacks and
strips of carpet binding. You will see
that the floor is also padded. This
cushion is made of ticking on the lower
side and whatever pieces of cloth I
happened to have on hand for the upper
portion. 1t fits the window snugIy,
like mat in Il japanese room. This
IS about 2k inches wide. You notice
that the wall pads come up to the level
4 Of the sill, ana the curtains are an inch
s,r SO above them. This turns any
sdraught of air that may creep through
the double windows upward, and we
never have any difficulty in sitting
IN this window in the coolest weather
in winter. The walls of some of the
rooms upstairs are protected with pads
Ii the same way, especially the nursery.
where the children spend most of the
daytime. We try to keep the rooms
warm, but children are extremely fond
of being near windows, and without
some such protection I found that they
We're liable to colds and frequently
complained of chilliness. Since adopt
ing this plan 1 have had no trouble.
The little ones are rarely sick. There
is an abundance of fresh air, but it is
warm air, and comes from clean place
out of doors. That is one thing 1 am
very particular about.
Every spring the stitches in these
pads are cut-the basting threads at
the edges, for they are only basted to-
Sether with ordinary wrapping Irvine
and the leaves are thrown out. The
ticks and cloths are washed, dried and
put away in the attic, where they re-
main until wanted again. I never use
the pads the second time without max
ing over. And, although it involves
quite little work, it pays better than
almost anything we can do in the
warmth of the apartments and the
health of the family IN. Y. Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-13

For many years vain attempts have
beer made to get at great deposit
of sulphur lying 400 feet underground
at Calcasieu. La. The difficulty arose
from the fact that above the sulphur
lies a quicksand 100 feet deep. A few
years ago the plan was tried of freez-
ing the quicksand by means of refrig-
Grating apparatus, and then boring
through it, but the undertaking failed.
Recently it was decided to try melting
the sulphur and pumping it up, and
this method has proved successful. SUI
perheated water is forced down ten
inch pipe leading through the quick
sand into the sulphur. The melted
sulphur mingled with water is then
pumped up through another pipe, and
exposed to the air until the water
evaporates, leaving the sulphur in a
nearly pure form.-Youth'sC Companion
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-13
The Armenian Question.

Not even the Armenian question is
new. Apparently Edward III. had TO
deal with it, though in the greatly mod
flied form of three monks. In the year
1860 these refugees came to the king at
Reading, and made complaint that the
Mussulmans were trying to extermi-
nate their people. Hence they had
fled. and now asked leave to live in Eng
LAND and collect subscriptions for their
fellow-sufferers. The king granted
this petition and took the Armenians
under his protection, but only as long
as the protected should DO nothing in
curious to the king and realm and
should .bear themselves in true faith
and honesty" The incident is very
curious. From that time to this-635
years-the persecution of the Arme-
mans has seldom ceased. Yet the Ar
menians have survived and kept their
faith. Surely there must be good
deal in a people with such history as
this.-London Spectator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-13
HINTS FOR THE HOSTESS.
Poster Menu Card Is Feature of the
Dinner Party.

Poster Menu Card Is Feature of the
Dinner Party.
There is an addition to the ice cream
course. Very thin slices of graham
bread lightly spread with butter are
served in place of fancy cakes. The
bread is frequently cut in odd shapes.
The menu card of the moment is :.
miniature poster. 1t made its first APP
~pearance in Paris. The favored few
have the poster menus painted by art
lists of fame. but the young hostess
who cannot afford this extravaganza
has to be content with those having the
grotcsque figures simply Autographed
in gay colors. The menu cards are
made of cardboard and are about four
inches by six inches in size. The menu
is printed on the back.
The woman who does not own candel.
abra will do well to invest in some
,daintily-colored candles in cream-white
.German-ware candlesticks. With these
= she can effectively light her table. Let
the candles match in color the flower
in her centerpiece. Buy or make dainty
crepe paper shades in the same color
as the candles. Altogether each candle
stick will cost but little, and they may
be used in many effective ways. One
candlestick placed at each corner OF
the table will look well, or they may
.encircle the jardinieres, adding much
to the beauty of the centeFpiece. The
candlesticks will answer for many dim
-ners, the candles and shades changing
with the flowers used.
The delft plate-rick is a charming
addition to any dining-room. 1t is
bracket of wood enameled white and
painted in delft designs. There are two
narrow shelves for holding plates. The
plates show to the best advantage
standing on edge in narrow grooves.
A genuine Dutch windmill in blue is
the chief design of the bracket.-Chi.
-caon Tribune
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-13
PiTH AND POINT.

The New Girl Johanna don't for.
get to dust the bric-arbrac.'' NO
ma'am. Were do you keep the dust q
Detroit Free Press.
He significantly - am my 70
| theirs only child, you know. Miss Blood
6he-"Well. you can't blame HIM, Mr..
Sappy."- Life.
II wonder said the younger one
eff I shall lose my looks, TOO, when /
get to your age?" you would be lucky
il you did" replied the elder one.-Tit-
Bits.
-Whyso-"This physiogaolnist says
that aggressive, impulsive people gen.
+ orally have black eyes," Knowso-'f
not at first, they get them later
Truth.
NO." said Mr.. Wheeler, 81 have my
doubts about my bicycle being able to
displace the horse. The time tried it,
the horse and buggy came out OF the
collision without u scratch. Indian
spolis Journal.
Dear me, Adelbert," said the POI
cts wife, 'ttnis stuff don't rake sense"
81 know that as well as you do" said
the poet. lit isn't intended to make
sense. It is to make dollars. Itwas or
dered by magazine" - Washington
Star.
THAT was q very fine speech you
made the other night" said one Pitts
Durgher to another. ST didn't make it
the other night" replied the latter. 81
delivered it the other night, but it took
me a month to make it."-Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
-Bostonian-"It is fortunate thing
for the English language that these
distressing accidents on the trolley
roads occur IN Brooklyn and fhiladel-
phia, wher- the reporters have ample
time to write, instead of in your city"
New Yorker = ''Why?" Bostonian-
Because your reporters would refer to
the victims as having been trolley
cuted."-Harper's Bazaar.
When the lecturer inquired dra-
matically: ''Cananyone in tie room tell
me of perfect MANI" there was dead
silence. "Eas anyone" h. continued,
"heard of perfect woman" Then a
patient-loolslng little woman in black
dress rose up in the back of the audi
torium and answered.: 'There was
one. I've often heard of her, bat she's
dead now. She was my husbands first
wife, -Alassachusetts Ploughman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-13
How to Keen swine Healtbv.

A Country Gentleman correspondents
Says: According ito our experience,
both Poland-Chinas and Berkshires
have proved healthy and thrifty; both
take wide range If permitted and
are busy foragers. We have had no
Trouble with our hogs since adopting
the plan of keeping them altogether
within our own lines. It seemed pity
that they oould not get the benehA
of the mast in our own unfenced wood
land, but our neighbors' half-wfld and
woefully neglected swine also ran there.
and would now and then share with
ours some dangerous disease.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-13
The Guest Chamber.

The japanese believe in banishina
from the bedroom everything which IS
rot really necessary to that departing Mt.
All things useful they make as deco
rative as possible; but for mere orEa-
ment's sake little or nothing is sa6ed.
Unless it be vase containing flowers
arranged in their own inimitable way,
or something equally simple. Their
custom will bear consideration by the
housewives of our western world, for
by this Japanese method the utmost
Eeatness. simplicity and repose Is pos
sible. Add beauty and daintiness, a.ld
little else is left to be desired. Bed
rooms SO appointed may be easily kept
In order and free from dnst-taat Toe
IN comfort and heslth-Womankind.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-13
The shipbuilders, DRIVEN to exaspera- I

| The shipbuilders, driven to exaspera-
ton by the unreasonable demands of
the union on Moore s. Marston. had
voted general lockout" and two
| thousand heads of families in the city
OF Chicago We're out of employment.
Men gathered at the street corners.
crowded the great labor halls, paraded
| with bands and flags, or cheered in
mass meetings Schlossinger's fierce de-
| nunciatioas of the bloated bond
| holders.
Meanwhile supplies from the labor
ularity, and all felt that right must
triumph over might.
Two months passed, and the subsidies
from the central committee became
less frequent. Still the masters stood
firm; the men solid. Then went the
startling whisper abroad that one hun
dred French Canadian skilled mechan-
les had been hired in the place of the
strikers, and that work would be re-
sumed, under protection of big patrols
of police, at Moore & Marston's yard
on the following Monday.
Meanwhile how Jared it with the
Harlands? But badly. The insurance
policy has lapsed, the upholsterer has
taken away the parlor furniture, though
it was nearly paid for, the sewing ma
chine has been replevied, and Nellie's
pretty volumes have been seized under
''cutthroat contract" by the book agent.
It is not a question of 1uxuries with
them, but of bare subsistence.
An empty cupboard! It is difficult
for one living in this land of plenty
to realize what that means-what it
means to see ones loved ones in want
and lack the means of relieving them.
In vain Alice Palmer humbly APP
pealed to Cohen for unemployment; the
strike had hurt business, she was told,
and she was not wanted.
Grey meanwhile was busy. He had
spoken at one or two meetings and per-
haps had done more harm to the cause
of order than Schlossinger could &C
complish in his widest flights of bla-
tant fury, for this young enthusiast
brought forward batteries of strong ar
gument that appealed to the reason
rather than the emotion of men and
made him converts of the cooler,
steadier.hands, who had but laughed at
their comrades frenzies. Grey was in
tense, earnest, ready to lay down his
life for the cause.
Now, when the Monday morning
came on which it was announced that
Moore Sc Marston's yard would be in
full blast" again, George Harland,
who had all along declared that no
union in a free country should stop him
from working when work was to be
got, started from his home with his
dinner pail in his hand.
do not be fool; you are risking
your life" had been Grey's advice, net
tied at the obstinacy of the man who
would not acknowledge that the few
must suffer for the benefit of the many.
do not go!" Alice cried, clinging
tearfully on his arm.
'Pshaw. girl!' he replied roughly.
81 never drew a cent of the unions
money, and I've always declared that I
would take the first job that came
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-13
MOUTH or THE COLORADO.
Millions of Birds for Hunters in the Gul
of California.

| Millions of Birds for Hunters in the Gull
| of California.
At the head of the gulf the quantity oil
| birds is something that can now be seen
| in few places in America. The sheets
| of ducks that stream along the water 81
| darken acres of it's blue, or are strung in
| long chains along the sky above, remind
| one of the palmy days of the Illinois
| river before the market shooter had
made any impression on it. The shore
at ebb tide is lined with an assortment
of bay birds such as can be seen no.
where in the United States to-day. The
brown curlew. with his sickle bill, turns
the other way, and whose white body
ind black wings shine afar over the
waters. Dowitchers and sanderlinGs
willet and palaropes, plover ard sand
pipers, a motley host, little and big,
gray, white, brown, pepper and salt,
and all sorts of combinations al
most every foot of the shore COR mile
after mile, league after league. Here
they run in little troops, anG. there
trot about singly and in pair; hero
them skim the bars with restless wing.
and there wade about in the ebbing tide.
Cine prepared for it. and who under
stands it, can have the finest OF shoot
ing; but enc needs a shotgun, with wad-
ing boots as we'll as elsewhere, ard must
learn the ground. One must remember
that ducks are no longer pulled down
anywhere with garden rake, and that
even for geese the rake now needs an
extra long handle.
Fish and green turtles abound in the
gulf, but, as in California waters, mid
winter is not the season for the best
fishing. The head of the gulf is shall
low for long distance, and quite free
from danger of heavy waves, and early
spring would doubtless yield fine and
curious fishing there. Several varieties
of fish are found in the river, but it's
waters are so turbid, though the fish are
fairly good, the fishing cannot DC called
attractive.
The weather is lovely except when
Heavy storms on the Pacific side reach
over the high mountains. But such
Gays must be the rare exception, and
the winter climate about the mouth of
the Colorado is probably about rs near
perfect as can be found. The trip is
surprise as well as a pleasure even to
those familiar with California, Arizona
end Mexico, and longer stay by parties
better fixed for exploration than the
last would doubtless discover many new
POINTS of interest, as the country is
cutie unknown to the white man. The
Indians are all friendly and accommo-
dating. and there is nothing in the idea
that the Cocopahs are urcivilized and
dangerously. Y. Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-13
all the tine the wolf was at the door.

all the tine the wolf was at the door.
and the poor. stricken wo.nei, knew
| not where to turn for help, too proud
| even to let their ledger know they
were lacking the bare necessities of
| life.
Allie" said the sorrowful wife one
day, when George was convaleseing,
s'will you take care of Willie? am go
ing down town."
Eyes; but where are you going,
Nell?"
ITO the pawnbroker's," was the sad
reply.
'soh, Nell!''
Those who live in less prosperous coun-
tries could hardly understand the tone OF
anguish in the girls tones. where none
is so poor he would not blush to own
he had fed to that last refuge OF the
destitute.
''And I must bear my share of the
sacrifice. Oh, do let me, Nel1," and
Aloe ran to fetch the pretty trinkets
and boet dress it had cost her so much
pinching to earn.
In rapid succession all other super
fuitles followed-then the necessities,
the spare sheets and blankets, Georges
best clothes, and one sorrowful day
saw the young, sobbing wife draw her
wedding ring from her finger and pass
down the street to the house with the
three golden balls.
How vain had been George Harland's
boast of his superb strength, mechan-
zeal skill, temperate habits, and profta-
BILE employment. He, who had defied
sickness and laughed at misfortune,
now lay a physical wreck in a gaunt
home blighted by the curse of walk.
ing delegate.