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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-10-21

life and family history, and Bessie Hill
was convinced that she had made no
mistake. But Harvey was beginner.
He could not understand that a social
triumph and a love affair were one and
the same thing, and that at best should
last only so long as people talk about
them. Like foolish freshman that he
was, he allowed his head to be turned.
He underwent a change. The wine at
the midnight revelries grew insipid;
the songs, however spicy, lost their
charm. There would come stealing into
bis mind now and then fancy that he
should study. But whoever heard of
Greek and love uniting in the same
character.
philosophy be hangedl" he used to
say. Il viii win the girl love; viii
be man of business; let other fresh
men wreck their bodies, sell their eyes
and lose their souls trying for degree.
will marry the woman 1 love-"
Harvey spent the major portion of his
time in Bessie's company. They read
together, compared notes and spent
their time as all lovers do in that de-
licious pleasure of doing nothing.
Harvey came home one night on a
car from Boston. He rushed violently
into my room; his face was flushed;
hewas somewhat wrought up; thought
he had been drinking. Congratulate me,
old fellow" he exclaimed, 81 have won
her, but keep it still. The wedding is
to be in June. know father will con-
sent. Wen have the affair in Boston,
so all the fellows can be there. Well
go to Europe for the summer, and 1 will
go into business with father when we
return. / came to Harvard to scale
Pernassus, but find myself worshipping
at the shrine of Diana. Blast it, old
man, brace up and congratulate me,
and let's have a bottle" If had only
stopped with one bottle probably
would have done better in my philos-
ophy examination next day. 1 only eel
ebrated occasionally in college, and this
was one of the occasions. Oh, what a
night!
AS it neared the first of June Harvey
was almost constantly in Boston. He
and his bride-to-be were ever together.
The fellows all wondered what the
freshman was going to do when exam
ination day came round. Harvey, how
ever, was preparing a surprise for them,
but, alas, for the poor old chap, there
was in store for him the greatest of all
surprises. He came into my room one
night; 1 shall never forget the look
upon his face. have seen men die in
the throes of mortal agony, but pain
was never pictured more wildly on any
face than it was upon that of poor Har-
vey that night.
He held in his trembling hand tele-
gram; knew some terrible calamity
had happened. His father-his old and
respected father-was a bankrupt and
defaulter. 1t is too painful even at
this time to go into details of that sad
night.
How all the fellows looked and acted.
None could say a word. Harvey, poor
Harvey, cried like child. And when
I saw him who yesterday was the man
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-10-21
KIondike cold.

Gold Is a cheap commodity at the
Klondike mines. II takes $3.50 worth OF
it to buy dinner of pork and beans,
rs cents for drink of whisky or SIS
worth of it to pay a days labor. II we
could cheaper il throughout the coun-
try by adding the whole amount of our
silver production to the standard
money of the country the price of prod
ucts and wages would rise and we would
enter upon an era of unexampIed pros.
perity.--Western Rural.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-10-21
Grent DISCRIMINATION.

She was from Canada and had held
the place of maid in one family two
years, so she was well up in her bust
ness. But one day she asked her mis-
tress if she might have an afternoon
off. She had already had one afternoon
that week, and the mistress thought it
well to ask one or two questions.
well. you see, ma'am, read in the
paper this morning about that man who
was killed by the cars yesterday, and
who is at the morgue, and would like
to see him."
why, Mary, you"
Eyes, ma'am. You see, I haven't seen
q corpse since left Canada. Buffalo
Express.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-10-21
Forcing the Gold standard.

II the money lenders Of the world
persist in their efforts TO force the gold
standard upon the country they may
prove more than they desire to. If half
the metallic basis for our paper circula-
ton can be dispensed with many will
argue that the whole can be dispensed
with Cincinnati EnQuirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-10-21
TfferIY Indifferent,

Hicks from quiet country village,
watching the orchestral Those must
clans don't care anything about tho
conductor.
Mrs. Hicks-How do you know?
ssWhy, because the more he shakes
that stick at 'em the harder they fiddle. "
-Tit-Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-10-21
nanls Note Over EIghty Years on,

Bank Note Over Eighty Years Old.
After over so years from its issue
a one pound sterling note of Fector's
Dover bank, in England, bearing date
1916, has just been presented in Dover
for payment. The bank was taken over
bv the National Provincial some so
wears ago. The note was found in a
book, the property of an old lady who
died recently in South Wales 1t has
been secured by the Dover coroner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-10-21
Her Game.

Bella-Did Mrs. HUFF ever do any
hunting?
Bertha-She must have; she's got .
husband.-Whim Whams.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-10-21
whnIea 400 Years o

The Greenland whale, it is said, some
times attains the age of 400 years.
The herald., 1897-02-14
FREEDOM OF The INDIVIDUAL
Progress as It IL Viewed by Herbert Spencer
Philosophy

Herbert Spencer may now be ranked with
encyclopaedia men, like Hegel and Leib-
nitz and Aristotle himself, who have tried
to compass the whole range of human
knowledge under the dominance of some
great idea. For, SO far as Mr.. Spencer is
concerned, the whole Of his philosophic
program is Intended as an exhibition OF one
vast neutrality-suspicious. truly inter-
pretative formula sometimes mere fet-
ish-the scientific idea of evolution. The
law of progress Is one and the same In all
never dies. Throughout all the different
spheres of It's activity 1t accommodates
itself to the great formula that Prog
ress consists in the passage from the homo
geneous to the heterogeneous" or, in other
words, that evolution is always the change
of the simple into the complex. Whether 1t
is possible to bring mental and moral sci
ence under this all-inclusive law is mat
ter on which many minds disagree, and 1t
must often have occurred to philosophical
critics that the word evolution itself is In
rather than to explain the connecting links
Nevertheless, here is q man who has been
able, in his fashion, to survey the whole
panorama and bring 1t under the sover-
should be inconsistencies In different parts
of his scheme is not surprising, but. If
nothing else Is to be said of his final VOL
ume, 1t at least proves the enormous in
dustry of the author, and. better still. his
fearless vindication of the principle of in
dividual liberty In an age in which CEN
tralization is becoming more and more pro-
nounced in our social life, when larger
amount of industrial and social activities
are to be regulated by an autocratic en-
tity called 1.-The government" or the
state" it is interesting to find Mr.. Herbert
Spencer still faithful to what is called in
dvidualism, and faithful to it because it
represents the only proper and fruitful is
| sue of evolution. Our English philosopher
still believes that the future will secure the
true freedom of the individual worker. the
right to order his life as he pleases, to
think as he pleases. to work as he pleases,
unhampered by rigid rules of trade union
ism, and with the largest latitude left for
the formation of his own contracts. Prog
| and the essential inequality Of mankind is
| the fundamental principle of social evolu-
| tion.-W. l.. Courtney in the London Tele-
graph,
The herald., 1897-02-14

politicians use to establish their au-
thority. The passage of private legis-
lation renders a lobby almost necessary
to a legitimate business. This is great
danger.
What can be done? In the first place.
something can be done to restrict tne
legislative power. and in this the judi
ciary is most efficacious and can be re-
lied on.
In the second place: Give the execu-
tive relatively more authority ana the
legislative relatively less. In munlclpa'
matters we find the greatest competi-.
tion where the system of government
is the most intricate and where respon-
sibility is separated from authority To
great extent by boards, bipartisan
commissions and the like.
(3) We can sharpen the distinction
between national and local govern
ment. In this we have made begin
ming already in the breaking up OF party
lines in local affairs. But more than
anything else we must seek to educate
the people go that they will have higher
ideals Of what success consists in. You
can't prevent the professional politician
from having an advantage over you, but
you can perhaps educate the people to
a higher ideal of success than the pres
ent perverted one, and the true hope
of the country is that higher kind OF
success which can only be obtained by
serving the people and preserving the
spirit of freedom and the constitutions
Prof. Hadley of Yale.
The herald., 1897-02-14
Professor. 1ndeedf

The train was about leaving the sta
tion and a young man leaned over the
seat, shook hands with the middle aged
gentleman and said:
"Goodby, professor"
A man with wide stripes IN his shirt
bosom looked at him narrowly and, af-
ter the train started, said:
kin ye do any tricks with cards?"
mo; I never touched a card"
"Mebbe We play the pianny?"
I know nothing Of music, excepting as
a mathe ematical science"
"Well, ye amt no boxer, I kin see by
yer build. Mebbe ye play pool?"
mo"
"Er shufflebord?"
IT never heard Of the game before"
"Well. say, I've guessed it this time.
It's funny I didn't think Of it before.
You're a mesmerist"
"Im nothing of the kind"
"Well, I'll give up. What Is yer line? ?
I know ye're in the biz, cause I heerd
that young feller call we professor.
I'm an instructor in Greek, rhetoric
and ancient history"
"An' yer can't do no tricks ner play
music, ner hypnotize?"
"Of course not"
The man turned and gaZed out OF the
window on the opposite side of the car.
AN he calls hissef a perfesser," he
said to himself lf-Philadelphia Record.
The herald., 1897-02-14
Ieu;slafive USurpation

In our system an act OF executive
usurpation is quickly righted, but it
takes a long time to counteract legis-
lative usurpation of authority, and 1t is
sometimes years before it is finally de-
cided by the courts. The danger to our
institutions comes i'll tV ways, first, in
the greater or less number of bad bills,
and, second, in the activity of legislative
Interference. so as to deprive the indi-
vidual of power. But you say, why let
bad men get into the legislature? the
answer to this would be that it would
take all the time Of the good citizen 10
keep them out The professional poll
tician is at an enormous advantage over
the amateur. Just as in olden times a
class Of soldiers were gradually differen-
tiated from the class of laborers, so now
we have differentiated a class of pro-
fessional politicians from common cit
liens \ man who devotes all his time
to politics has more influence in the
election of a legislator than ten other
citizens, ard he generally elects his can
didate. Mir. Platt controls New York
politics, ard he does it because he un :
derstands better than others how to
do it.
How is this to be stopped? The op-
pcrtunity is given to the legislators Of
making new laws. The legislature uses
this power of framing acts, and this
| power to legislate the lower class Of
The herald., 1897-02-14
TURNVEREIN MASQUERADE
Many Original Costumes at the German
Gathering
A cieveriy Contrived Reproduction Of Group
of fRandsburg Miners-Other Cap
itsI Characters

The Turnverein Germania gave their
annua. masquerade ball at Turner's hall
last evening. The masquerade was
largely attended, and in all respects was
one of the best ever given in the city.
whe hall was decorated with bunting.
flags OF the United States, Germany and
the Turnverein. The reception commit
tee were as follows: J. Bickel, ]. c..
Dotter, H. Glass, DR.. H. Newland, F.
Rettowsky, NJ. Erichorn, c. Gutsch, L.
RAIDER, l.. w. Winter. Floor manager,
w. ]. Bliesner; aids, j. C. Koef, Theo.
Friese. Music was furnished by Schon-
neman & Blanchard's orchestra.
The groupings in costume were all
worthy of mention. First came scene
en- the stage representing a Rands-
burg mining camp The outfit was
fully represented, including the mine.
workers at the windlass, quartz stamp
mill and dry washer in operation. gold
bricks, campfire, tent placarded 'StarVa-
ton Camp" the typical burro. The min
ers were ]. +. Maier, jr ]. c. Hartnock,
L. Breer. jr.. Henry Breer, G. W. Lich-
tenberger Aug. Hartnock and r. Deak-
ers. They were awarded the first prize
of $40 cash for the best costumed group
The S. prize for the second best group
was awarded to the Rose Queen and her
retinue. Miss Anna Stronm as queen,
occupied chariot embowered in roses,
with little cupid butterfly in front per-
sonated by Marguerite Rudolph. The
chariot was drawn by typical brown
les and followed by four little girls.
Clarence Strohm, as herold, and Miss
Rosie Kubach, escort, preceded the
chariot.
Other groupings worthy Of especial
mention were the four statues, represent
ing Liberty, Justice, Prosperity and Pur-
ity, by Mrs. M. krempel, Mrs. F. Det-
mers, Miss D. Breer and Miss Emily
Gollmer. The Esquimaux group, or viii
lage was original and unique. The huts,
dogs and sleds and costumes were typi-
cal of our frigid brethren in the moi tn.
Those representing were Fred Walter,
Rudolph Kiesling, Louis Wagner, John
Schloss. Mrs. Katie Heimiller, Miss
Lucy Heimiller, Miss Louise Halder,
Miss Emma Walter.
The third prize of $3.50 for the best
gentleman character costume was
awarded Herman Sturm as the monkey.
The fourth prize of $3.50 for the best
lady character costume was given Mrs.
Christ Krempel as the stork.
The fifth prize, SIS. for finest gentle
mans costume was taken by Mervin
Tomlinson, as a Spanish knight.
The SlXth prlZe,So LOT pest single lauy 5
costume was given Mrs. Matilda Volk,
who personated a Swiss peasant girl
Other costumes worthy of mention
were the group of clowns, Eugene Mol
lac, H. Hintzman, Charles Lehn, Miss
Lucy Lehn. Miss Emma Lehn. Mrs. E.
Nollac. Single costumes, Mrs. Carl En-
temann. Turolean peasant girl; Miss
Russ, sailor girl; Mrs. Carl Wagner, It
allan girl; Miss Gussie Mellus. The Her.
oil Crhrnador domino. Miss Mary
Halder, dusting girl; Miss c. Morlock,
flower girl; Miss Emma Nesse, negro
daisy; Mrs. F. Steinike, clown; Miss
Mary Rooster chrysanthemum girl: Miss
Maggie Smith, horseshoe girl; Miss An
ME Rooster, fancy paper costume.
The herald., 1897-02-14
SENTIMENT BY SYMBOLS
The New Idea In This Years Valentines.
Bicycle Designs

The most original departure made IN val.
entines this year is in the substitution OF
material objects for the words In the SEN
timents expressed. In this way any num-
her of objects have been glued to tine cards
Thus hairpin, tack, a crumb OF breao.
feather, and numerous otner ooJeG.s
have been used. In one stationers WIN
dow a valentine contains lump OF sugar.
a candy heart. and a date. The sentiment
reads as follows, the objects mentioned
taking the place Of the words: ,o>
You are my (sugar lump,
Not to be ate,
TIL be your (sweetheart
If you'll fix the (date).
The grammar may be wretched, but what
does Cupid care for grammar! Another
valentine reads thus:
You are the (fiower) of my heart
The (pink) of perfection.
The bracketed words are represented oy
a pinch of flour and carnation Another
sentimental trifle reads thus: your matcn.
less beauty will bring you many a beau.
In this instance match and RIBBON DOW
are supposed TO convey the hieahins u
One will naturally wonder how such
small objects as hook and eye. tnreao.
a crumb, etc., have been utilized In the
valentine sentiments. The first comes IN
SAY the word and hang me on the mar.
riage (hook and eye) will love you truly"
my (heart) is as light as a (feather,
A needle does duty for the word in the
following: '1t is (needle)ss to say love
YOU" and a hairpin in this one: viii you
be mine and secure my happiness?'
Water colors have in some instances been
used instead of the object itself. For In
stance, a painted knife does duty in the
old-time ditty
If you love me as I love you
No knife can cut our love in two.
The bicycle cuts no little figure In the
up-to-date valentines. One of the best
Of these bicycle valentines is that OF
pretty girl mounted on tandem. The
rear seat of the tandem is vacant and
this is the sentiment that accompanies the
little missive:
I'll never tire of loving thee
Come wheel or woe: thy love I'll be
In heart and bike, as you can see
There is vacant place for thee.
The illustration is a water color OF mucn
artistic taste. -
There is another novelty on the market.
and that is a little rap of wire. Above
the little trap Is the bait, heart, and this
idea has been used in variety OF combina-
tions. In one case wealthy bachelor pre-.
sunably has been caught in the trap, and
in the most forelorn and detected sort OF
way he squints and says: II wish to be re-
leased from my present situation"
Calendar valentines are numerous, but
they will hardly be as popular as the cards
described above. The satin, oi-painted
valentines are rarer this year then ever
before.-Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1897-02-14
Leadership. Political and Military

The banquet given to Th&nas c. Platt
at Albany recently was a notable occa-
sion. Sixteen years ago he was first
elected to the senate and after serving
about that number Of days he resigned,
doing so under circumstances which the
general public certainly thought unjus-
tifiable. When he passed into retire.
ment no one could have foreseen the ca
reer which finally opened before him.
His ability was not held in very high
esteem at the time. He developed re-
markable and surprising aptitude for
political leadership.
Meissonier's masterpiece, 1906" now
on free exhibition in this city, represents
Napoleon at Jena The battle is raging
in all it's fury in what may be called the
near distance, but the great commander
and his white horse, the centaur and
center, both present perfect picture of
calmness While Napoleon himself
could survey the whole field and was
out in the open, no eyes, apparently.
were upon him, unless it be the aids at
his side. The mighty armies seem
wholly unconscious of him. The COM
mander-in-ch chief, in politics as in war, is
in the background, not the thick of bat
tie. And, it may be added, the chief in
the background is necessary in politics
as in war. The Prussian soldiers of
three generations ago were as brave as
the French soldiers. Jena was really
won by the superior generalship of Ma
poleon, Meissonier's calm man on horse
back. In his eye may be seen the steady
glow of the fire Of genius, and even his
horse, albeit not a muscle stirs, seems
instinct with intelligent appreciation OF
the occasion. The leadership of Thomas
C. Platt is not political accident, but
rather the result of that aptitude for
political management which approaches
positive genius.
Mr.. Platt did not ask to be returned to
the senate. He may have aspired to it
and had that goal in mind, but he had
the patience that waits until the fruit
is ripe before plucking 1T. sixteen years
aro he had the long pole which brought
down the big red apple on the top limb.
but this time that apple hung there until
it dropped at his feet OF its own accord.
Chicago InterOcean.
The herald., 1897-02-14
Havana Cigars That Cost So Apiec.

1t may interest that who are bewailing
the forthcoming scarcity of fine Havana
cigars to know that one retail dealer
in New York now sells and has sold for
years cigars of certain brand at 81
each. He sells on an average about four
of that kind every yNek. An old Span:
ish friend of mine, who for twenty years
was in the cigar business here, assures
me that they cost the dealer about $1.45
each when put in his showcase, so that
50 is not too much to charge for them.
The main points of their cost are the
large wages paid to the expert workmen
" ho make them, the very large leaves
used for the wrappers" and the duty
New York E,Vening News.
The herald., 1897-02-14
To Stretch a Glove

How very provoking when glove hts
perfectly save in one place, where 1t is
too tight. A remedy lies in simple plan
used by French women, who nearly al
ways buy their gloves number smaller
than they wear and stretch them to a
perfect fit. Wiring out towel or hand
kerchief, fresh from it's. drawer, in clean
water. Lay the glove Between the folds
of linen until the skin in thoroughly
damp through-then stretch on glove
stretcher. If the whole glove Is too
small all of 1t should be wet, but If it is
only tight in certain places, say the wrist
or the fingers, then the wrist or fingers
only should be dampened, the rest of the
skin left dry. This process will not in
lure the most delicate shade of color in
kid or suede gloves. The only precau-
ton needed is to be sure the hands of the
operator and the water used are abso-
lutely clean, then lavender gray, cream,
and even white gloves may be treated
with neutrality-suspicious. Public
Ledger.
The herald., 1897-02-14
She Selected Gage

Lyman j. Gage, gentleman, philan-
thropist, who is to he the next secretary
# the treasury, has stamped indelibly
on his features the benevolence which
is d prominent trait in his character.
Ever since Mr.. Gage was in financial
position where he could give. and give
generously, the recording angel has been
kept busy recording the good deeds of
which even those nearest and dearest to
him often know nothing. "A little anec-
dote will serve as illustration of how
his character has marked his face One
evening during the year previous to the
worlds fair, of which Mr.. Gage was
first president and always director,
a social party was assembled at the
The herald., 1897-02-14
Copper Stolen BY the Ton

A systematic scheme for stealing val
liable bars of copper has been discovered
by the agents of the Siemens G. Haiske
company, and David Rosenbaum, a ped
dler, was arrested uSnday. The copper.
use dto make armatures, was stored in
the locomtive department of the Grant
locomotive works. Since last month
5000 pounds of the stuff, worth 13 cents
pound, has been carried away and sold
to Rosenbaum, who in, turn disposed
Of it to a wholesale house. Most of it
was found in Crane Bros factory, it
having been bought in good faith from
the wholesale concern.-Chicago Times
Herald.
The herald., 1897-02-14

home of minor official OF the fair For
the entertainment of the guests the din
ing room table was turned into pho
tograph gallery on which were displayed
thirty or forty pictures of prominent
men connected with the different depart
ments. woman from the east who
was present and was familiar with only
few of the faces, was asked to select
the photograph which she thought rep
resented the noblest and truest character
among them. She chose that of Lyman
j. Gage.-New York Mail and Express.
The herald., 1897-02-14

going fast. The car shot across the
curb and broke in the side and door Of
H. D. Meyers house.
There were few passengers on the car.
Lingi Sturi, 40 years old, Of Brooklyn
was thrown against a car window and
his left hand went through the window
glass and was cut. No one else was hurt.
The motorman and conductor refused
to give their names. The car was not
much damaged beyond the smashing Of
the fender and the breaking of windows.
Mr.. Meyer claims 5000 damages to his
house-New York World.