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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-29
KITCHEN GARDEN PLANTING TABLE
Guide Obtain
Succe of
ExpEanatsos Of Signs Usaa
In the Table.


. To be Gown IN opsA
ground without Transplant
ing. Plants 70 be thiuned
out 20 proper distances apart.
1. Sow on ssed bed in gar
den and transplant into par
raansnt place
2 Make two sowinEs IA
opsa ground during the
month
g Make three soAtngs In
open ground during the
month
I. Start in greenhouse or
bottled. and plant out 60
soon a. the weather u favor.
able aud ground dry
S. SoS in open ground -
1909 a. IL can be worked.
g. To be grown only In bot
bed or gresnkoase.
Z. Sow in cold frame. Keep
plants there over wfosse with
protection Plant out As soon
as weather is fsvorAbla-
s To be grown In opea
ground Aad protected with
litter during wintsF.
Q Plant in frame, when
cold weather ssts 10. cover
with sash nats and shutters,
admit fresh air whenever
weather With psrmit.
10 Plant 81 oell&ra, oaTnX
or under grssnhouss benches
that are freq from draaghts,
with equsbls temperature
II Few may be started 10
pots for early aad trans
planted a. 5000 a. groURd u
warm.
70 Sow every seek 10
greenhouse or frame tor Coz
slant supply.
NOTES
Egg plant tomatoes, pep
peFs in early spring should
have suGcIent heat 70 grew
without check: and grown
separate from other Aad
harder vAristiss, a. eabb&gss
For last planting Of beaaS
sweet corn. peas, lsttu o
seIect sAriieat varieties as sos
nrst early plantings
Satisfy and parsrips may
remain undisturbed over win.
ter and will be In prime con-
dition. IL sufficient protection
of litter be given 20 faclli-
tate digging during severe
~eaLher.
=, =
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-29

From American Gardening.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
ALLIGATOR AND DOGS.
How tho saurian 10 said TO snap Up q Canine
Morsel from the Bank.

From the Florida Times. Union.
Tho big gator in tho waterworks lake hasn't
had a square meal since he killed Lee MacDon-
ellis Irish setter. The fact Is he found dog so
succulent that no now turns up his nose at
ordinary beef. Tho old chap now spends his
time scanning tho horizon for dogs.
One jumped the fence surrounding the lake
Yesterday and stood on the shore tapping his fill
of water. unsuspicious that danger lurked so
ncnr. The blinking eye of the crusty old saul
rian saw him, however, and saw him quickly.
The gator sunk so silently that no ripple was
disturbed, and mnde a bee line under tho water
for the canine: there was the flash of the gators
tail, a sheet of foam. a yawning mouth serrated
with sharp ivory, but he missed the dog. The
water was too shallow for him to draw near
enough to deliver tho coup dc grace. but a worse
frightened dog. one never saw. He gave, q
startled yelp. lenped the fence. ana crawled
shivcring from the spot, glancinR back now md
then with his big. scared, eyes to see II that nor
rible apparition were following
Just before the gator killed Lee MacDonell's
bbptEndie eur. and swan around the pool holding
him in his jaws for fvo or SIX hours; as u 70
show visitors his proves, FINALLY ne e eu GnS
| hoated to the surface. Fred Ellis sent Cass. ono
OF the workmer. to pull 1t ashore; lie got q
ashore and went to notify a crcmator cart driver
10 call for it, By the time the eart got there tho
with It for several hours. finally leaving 1t aiioat.
Cass was sont again to pull the carcass 9n,i
| the dog, and drew him in to the bank. The great
sluggish gator was reused to fury in n moment
and came with n rush through the water for mo
dog. and there no and Cass had u pitched baltic
for five minutes, the gator finally rctrcating
before tho numerous. ~spikings. he had received
with the raft polo. This time it was seen that
he had eaten of the dogs head.
Joo Frazee. called alligator joe because oil
his alligator farm and his chase OF tho reptiles.
out OF which he makes an excellent living, says
that when a gator sees It's prey upon ne bank II
snrin1s into a curve, tho tall striking the object
and sending II into the mouth, open and ex
%pectant, with almost unerring aim.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04

Rat PoSt6eo the headquarters q miners b the
thousand, and you WIN, hear tho drill and tho
blast on these quiet islands, while big steam
you ever dreamed Of. / tell you it's bound to
Capt. Deal " WAS eausily enthusiastic, but no
chafed at the delay in opening the romise
l lsoss . sS yss s S,SRlsiiH s t At t ietis party to quit q dist RGt
coverers at such times took him to some espe-
Sially rich;lcoking digging And, very likely
In tho mihe-to-be on that spot.
In the spring. Of 1889, when dull times had
c~essor;.to the imitation of the two or three years
preceding, Rat Portage, and tho Keewatin ter;
6 rite y came mn TT to The p front, f sSsqt 3 S shipment on tS Se
Lake of the Woods mine, the Chicago, sme 1lt,
returned a handsome brick Of gold. That
bank at Winnipeg, and the, gold fever broke
loose; Then n, the stock gamS,i1gg S9% IN nc nil.
was opened In Winnipeg. Shares were sold al,
most before the printers Ink on them was dry,,
mine for gold, IL gold there was in the country,
were wheedied, 'ieecod, and in many cases
American capital stood ready to invest freely
In the Lake Of the Woods mining properties.
q H %ealth w and 0r axperiSnee i at its Y head G.'' They 7hey
proposed to deal directly with such men as
t tho icC who had I brsEod dr th9 ba r9iFp nn,, OF 4 w tr,,Sra IN
and tirelessly canoed in the summer to open up
u now gold field. Encouraging messages went
over tho wires to tho miners ut Rat Portage.
A characteristic reply was ono received just as
the negotiations approached n head. IL was
from Capt. Dealy, and read:
Have located another vein on Hay. Island; Am OF.
fcred 500. 900 FOR onc-twelftl by Montreal parties.
Tell your New York friends I'll throw that claim In II
they'll come up and look US over.
But the Dominion Government, in the absence
of mining laws for tho territory in question,
had allowed tho transfers. Of timber land and
mineral land in such u fashion that when an in
| vestigation was madc many of the most prom
| Using claims on the Lake OF the Woods were
| found to have flaws of title. That settled for
the time tho intended Investment by American
| capitalists, and practically ruined the men
whose work shows now, however, In the solid
] growth of tho mining industry on the Lake OF
the Woods.
What the, Thousand Islands are to the East,
so is tho Lake Of the Woods to the great North
west. Heavily wooded islands by tho thou
sand, n charming Kaleidoscope variety. OF
scenery in every direction, the placid vast lake
on ono hand, the roaring, rushing falls Of the
trout streams, mountainsidc paths. and deli
ciously cool nights are enough to WOO the Wis!
tor to prolong his stay where once tho Indian
and the muskrat alone disturbed the quiet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
zHEI1EoFJoHN BRENNAN OF sLIGo
A Yarn About the City or Rome That Went
All the Way Around the Globe.

The arrival at this port Of the big Anchor limo
steamer City of Rome with n fire In her hold re-
calls one Of the fnest lies ever told-the famous
invention OF Sailorman John Brennan Of Sligo
six years ago. 1t was made out of whole cloth.
There wasn't the shadow of foundation for 1t.
But there was so much that might have been
true about 1t that it was cabled round the world
wherever men go down to the sea in ships. and
for several hours it kept hundreds Of people on
tho rack OF anxiety.
About 3 o'clock on the afternoon of Oct. IA,
1891. a bulletin was posted at the Maritime Ex-
change that the City of Rome had foundered Off
st. Shots. off the coast OF Newfoundland. About
the same time the newspaper offices got a de-
spatch from st. Johns. n. F.. saying that Sailor
man John Brennan of Sligo. Ireland. had got
into the little town OF Trepassey that morning
from Peters River, and had declared that he
| was probably the only survivor OF the City of
Rome. which had struck on tho rocks and gone
down. He was in such a condition of exhaus-
ton that nothing more could be got out of him
until he had had rest and nourishment.
That story was cabled and telegraphed every
where. and at once tho newspapers began to
strive for further details. The, tlrs. effort was
at once that the City of Rome had sailed
fr1m b Anew b serk near sa Ss sti saot tfsns wh .ns' Br sIe
nan said she was there. That looked like
conarmatior. The evening papers got out
piotares" Of the ship. and her history. The
offices OF the Anchor line agents were crowded
with persons eager for news. But there was no
news Friends OF the passengers focked about
the place. The Maritime and Lloyd registers
were searched for reports Of other ships with
names similar to that of the City OF Rome. An
Italian Citta di Roma was found. But when she
was tracked il was found that she was all right.
Then tho newspapers began to prepare to send
men to the scene o. the wreck. boston papers
got men off for Halifax. there to take ocean
tugs for st. Shots. All the time the telegraph
and cable were worked for further news from
Newfoundland. At last there came n despatch
from the cable station at Cape Race to the
Anchor line agents here:
Your City OF Rome passed here on Tuesday
All well, II said.
That was all. For the next twenty:four hour
tho truth hustled to overtake the lie. 1t sue
ceeded, but It was a hard chase. Brennan hat
absolutely nothing on which to go in making NJ
his story. He couldn't have known even tina
the City OF Rome was in New York or had sailed
He Just fired in the air, and rs may happen ono
in ten million times. he hit the mark.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
EXPERT SAFE OPENING.
A Proposal That Camo TO an Expert from
Burglars Through n Detective.

From the Chicago Post.
Opening refractory vaults. safes, and burglar
proof chests is a science in itself. and is sur
rounded by tho utmost secrecy by those who
mako q living out of 1t. In n talk a man who
has been In the business forty years said: "Tho
essential qualifications which n successful safe
opener must possess Is an intimate and instinct
i've knowledge of the mechanism and workings
of every variety OF combination lock. He must
be born to the profession and possess acute me-
"Nearly evory obstinate safe which ! am
called upon to open presents unique conditions
demanding new and individual treatment, The
nature of tho difficulty must 69 correctly dag
nosed in advance, or tho iock VIII remain ondu'
1.-THE biggest bait ever held out TO me came IN
the form of n proposal from a detective with
supposed that tho locks made by o certain firm
of safe manufacturers were proof against tho
manipulations Of burglars and experts. put a
few days before l was approached by the uetec-
tive I had been called upon TO open one OF these
safes and had succeeded. The incident gave rise
".,As / was sitting alone in my office the detec-
tive entered and asked me II l did not wish to
make some money; replied that was In tho
toned me closely as % my ability e open the
particular kind OF lock In question. When sat
ished ths Al I WA S easily yo S9 ssb 70 s a9 so Oh pc q samdrod
thousand dollars without the least trouble. The
boys know where there Is a safe OF this kind
Ee sssy f 10 set at s and ali y Z" have to DO is to
walk In, after they have opened the, way. unlock
the safe. take out 10000 ana leave thS TO,
mainder for them. lts tho easiest Aiha Oh
""By the boys, the detective meant a notori,
a series OF daring operations. / told the detec'
tive that had been much given TO card playing
IN my yoath; thus s ss9q ahat gtS q st pSsdil prsiere hSS
BECOME too firmly hxed 10 BIO changed. Ae toYi
tho hint and left my once as soon as possible"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
INDIAN LANG U4GES GOING.
Dimculty Already In FINDING Indians to speak
Them for Photographic Preservation.

1NA "
From the Washington Erenfn0 Star.
like tho buffalo. tho Indian language will
soon be lost forever" explained a gentleman
who, under the auspices OF the Smithsonian. has
devoted a number OF years to the study and pres
ervation OF the Indian language. 1T was
thought that the Indian Language could be pre-
served by the aid OF tho monograph and graphic
phone, and parties were sent out to many indian
tribes to have them talk into the apparatus and
thus secure n record Of the Indian tongue.
a. II WAS found, however, that but few Indians
of the present day. and they were the older ones,
could talk a pure tongue. Moro than one-halt
of the Indians now on the reservations: and this
is the case with all OF the younger Indians. con-
verse in English. 1t Is not good English. but 1t
Ia the kind they speak. n kind OF pigeon Eng
lish. lad tho work of securing some Cherokee
talk, and in doing so talked with a dozen or
more leading Cherokees.
'They admitted to me that they did not know
one Cherokee who could speak pure Cherokee.
They said IL was with the greatest difficulty
that they could get the boys and girls to speak
in their native tongue at all. or to learn even
tho commonest words or phrases. i arranged
with a half dozen Cherokees. however. and SO.
and have thus got some pretty good Cherokee.
but | know enough about the language myself
TO know that IL IL very imperfect Indian.
"a few of the Sioux Indians talk pretty we'll.
but Il is q mixture. In less than twenty years l
do not think there will DO an Indian In this
country who can talk his native tongue pure.
AS far as tho Indian children are concerned, they
use sir English words whore they use one Indian
word. The machines OF the day will record the
language II IL Is talked into them. hut this diff
| Guilty Is to get Indians who can talk with the
| necessary degree of accuracy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04


"a man would hardly imagine mat negroes
Church and sell watermelon on, Sunday, " said
II. i. Powell, the well;known banker yesterday.
He referred to Mulberry street Methodist
Church, ons OF the finest church buildings II
Macon. "But ~ a fact, y contlnued M: Powell.
crowd looked with admiration at his tall. erect
dRurel. but I can remember those scenes as well
as II they were yesterday.
at was before the war. when all the slave
owners allowed their Industrious slaves an acre
or Sc, Of land on which !S raiso wstermelons or
avery Saturday afternoon TO tend their patches,
and on Sundays were alio I'D 70 hitch 2 mule
produce around e churches. camp meetings. or
fling 10 see a man stop at a negro's watermelon
pile and select a melon. pay for and put, 1t into
bis bn1uy. and drive ON homo after church; and,
indeed.' children frequently elnbbed In and
during the time between Sunday school and
preaching.
the Industry, and enterprise OF their slaves, and
Ala ayerything they could to encourage them,
Nobody ever thought of objecting TO or inter
ferIng with the negroes In their Sunday traffic
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
JIM AND HIS CAYUsE.
Tho Horse m suicide When His Owner
Drank and Neglected Him.
the San Franoisco Enumintr.

RossLASD, B. c., June GA few days ago.
through grief and despair Mt tho absence OF his
master, a horse deliberately committed suicide
by drowning himself in three feet Of water. \
man who arrived from Grand Forks. about forty
miles west of here by tho Dewdney trail. tells
the story as follows:
"Jim Kelly, n wcll-known prospcctor, came to
Grand Forks after an absence in the mountains
of six weeks. during which time he had beon ac-
companicd by IA common cayusc. on which he
sometimes rode and sometimes packed his outfit
when the trails were steep and difficult. ,Natn-
rally they became attached to each other by
their close companionship and the little marks
OF kindness shown in their lonely camps, when
jim would pot the tired cnyn+,n ana perhaps give
him "A handful OF sugar before he fed him Tor tho
night. 1t was remarked by those who met them
that tho cayuse showed II remarkable attach
ment Tor jim.
and bctOok himself TO the Cosmos Hotel and pro-
ceoded to sample ali kinds OF liquor, prolonging
his spree until Sunday afternoon.
"All day Friday, during Friday night, and I'M
I'll late saturday afternoon tho Chyuse waited,
whinnying when any one approached. put VI
ciously resentins any attempt 10 reed MN.
About sunset saturday, his master not return.
ing, tho horse strained AT his picket rope I'll he
finally succeeded In pulling tho picket PIN ana
trailing the rope behind him he trotled up TO Tho
C tS,f Hs % keeping KIN s, up i" 10 pT ,he Sorrh % Mnd g:or ,ai
anxlously through the windows in search of ms
master, For tiftcon or twenty MINUTES he
though in pain. Then after ~ long look into tho
window he left the porch. and with head hang,
Ing near the ground he walked into a stream o.
side. and buried his head under the water.
"The act was witnessed BY me and by Z mum,
whihnying and strange conduct. We followed
him down TO the creek. There Is no doubt he
deliberately committed suicide; When Kelly
cayuse's death he secured assistance and buried
the faithful animal"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
.ura. Noonan,. Pet alligator stops the nA.hsTs
From tho copinoion Extra.

Tho lagoon alligator brought from Florida by
Mrs. Noonan, wife Of the manager. escsped on on
s M3h ! Il. and bathing in the lake has been tenn.
porariiy stopped The alligator y AZ ieet iohf
an one al Inc small islands, but before the work,
men reached the PLACE IL slid into the Ts! & Sn a
Yoward for the capture Of the creature. and 9 big
alligator hunt 10 now on
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04

and, aB business required.
practical Ssfk PT Siner " on he hh,sV srosnd.' lie Knew the
character of tho rock and tho kind of work re-
SSsm we'll i i sdaes sasp' tg 1Sa q sfG the s% sooS things RsST q
and as an organizer was looked up to by older
explorers. jack, as everybody, even INC Goo
was at tho time tho superintendent Of tho Lake
OF the Woods Mining Company. That con-,
pany, owned and was developing two "n properties pc lies
lake. and, AZ brown firmly believed, right on the
dip Of tho mineral belt on which traces Of gold
tween sl Lake s1 Winnipeg and j. lake Superior.
Jack had sunk two shafts. one about sixty
fret fret s and WI Witch SRn was s nssr t%Ss sherS q .he lake
he had drifted into tho side hin fully nifty feot.
s stur eh,s cornish miners Assays had shown as
high as 1920 to the ton In gold and silver: Bnt
iicultty in inducing capitalists to invest in the
necessary, machinery 70 develop the promising
s fapssts and he SfR Eante ID % a little ne e mi SsaHjff Sr u i%,
as soon as navigation opened. He saw the need
Of at least S a tTTent Sns mn mi %il1 for H sas5 I : iE
jim Keenan and Capt. D6ssly. twS explorers rs
a wider range Of information about the Wild
country between Thunder Bay and winnipeg
ir Ses sss 'i aisip. .G 81 t SssF' rs af aea ER5 S;$Is : m a%s
not p9 locste. lie was well along in years. He 6ad
In sight, as no fondly believed. millions OF dol
lars IN pay orc which needed only TO DO crushed
and smelted. .,
sbs SlS on fTf sy l hHnsdF . Ses R Rsif 81 "a All ms MY S eIai%s
that have kept me poor. TO any one who VII
men here to the Lake OF tho Woods. want Il
be INDICATED before / lie down forever"
: And later he said to the writer:
at may not BIO In my time, but as sure q
there Is water around these ton thousand Isl
mills all through this region. You VIII DO
The record-union., 1897-08-22
EXPLORER ANDREE.
kettle THINKS HE MAY HAVE
REACHED THE POLE.
Discredits the Story That the Aero
naut's Balloon Has Been Seen
in the White Sea.

TORONTO (Ont), Aug. 21.-J. Scott
Kettle, the President of the Royal Geo
graphical Society of Great Britain, is,
perhaps, the best authority on explora-
tion in the world, so that some impor-
tance viii naturally attach to an inter-
view with him as to the fate of Andree
and his balloon.
Kettle characterized as all rot the
statement that Andree's balloon has
been seen in the White Sea, because it
would not be likely to take that direc-
ton. As to the reports of Andree's
pigeons having been found, it was i'm
possible to say whether or not they
were Andree's. The Germans are fly
ing pigeons from the English coast to
their own country and the pigeons
found might have been German birds.
Andree had said before he started
that he might not be heard from for
two years. He was personally ac-
quainted with Andree and with Nam
sen. They We're two men very much
alike. Andree was a fine, intelligent
fellow of magnificent physique. He
was perfectly well aware of what he
was doing when he undertook the trip
to the North Pole, and if pluck, intelli-
gence and physique could help a man
Through such an undertaking ne would
get be heard from. 1t might be that
his balloon would come down on the
northern coast of Alaska, in which case
ii would take considerable time for him
to reach a telegraph station Then it
Knight descend in Siberia or Greenland
and some time must elapse in any case
before he would be heard from
4 Mr.. Kettle would not venture an
{ opinion as TO what effect very cold
atmosphere. such as would be encount-
cred in the polar regions, would have
on Andree's balloon. He appears to be
of the opinion that Andree has been
successful in crossing the North Pole.
and to believe that he win be heard
from soon.
CHRISTIANA, Aug. 21.-A dispatch
to the 'F'remkridt'' from Sandeo. one of
the Farce Islands, says a balloon was
seen on August 18th moving at a great
hight in a northwesterly direction.
From the balloon depended a tackle
which appeared to be bulky.
The record-union., 1897-08-22

the China was made in London In May
last. If the Government at Washing
ton will consider that the Hawaiian
Government is not breaking faith with
it, there is a probability that the per-
manent register will be granted.
Captain A. G. S. Halves, British Con-
sui to Hawaii, died at Hilo on the 9th,
aged 90 years. A carbuncle was the
cause Of DEATH His body was brought
to this city and buried with military
honorS.
Admiral Miller took command of the
Pacific squadron yesterday, relieving
Admiral Beardslee, who will depart for
Washington to act as President of the
Naval Examining Board
Lorrin A. Thurston, now in Washing
ton, will be appointed Secretary of the
Hawaiian Legation, in place of Frank
Hastings, deceased.
The British surveying ship Penguin
left for the south ON the 18th.
The record-union., 1897-08-22
COL. LOUIS M. HAMBURGER.
Appointed Assistant Commissioner
to the Paris Exposition.

CHICAGO, Aug. 21.-Major Moses P.
Handy, special Commissioner of the
United States to the Paris International
Exposition of 1900 has appointed Col
onel Louis M. Hamburger of Chicago
as his assistant. Colonel Hamburger
viii have his headquarters in New York
and will leave next Tuesday for that city
to enter Immediately on the work of
bringing before the people of the United
States the purpose of the Paris Expo
sition and creating an interest in it.
In the preliminary work of the Worlds
Fair Colonel Hamburger was honorary
Commissioner to Cuba, and afterward
did very efficient work in assisting the
representatives of foreign nations in
securing space in the various depart
ments of the Worlds Fair. At the close
of the Worlds Fair Colonel Hamburger
represented Russian exhibitors as their
Commissioner-Ge General to the MidWinter
Fair in San Francisco.