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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10

Ye see amt nothin' to do an Jane she
| thinks its good fer me to be aout con-
sider'ble, an l guess tits, an gut Their
| old sleigh weth er back an er place for
comf'ters, an ye don't hev ter keep er
tucl1in' in an err tuckin' in, an then
l ken drive Their colt, but Jane she says
what'd old Dobbin think ter see We
drivin' off Their colt an leavin' him be-
hind, an l decIar' Dobbin is the hui
manist critter / ever see. But, as
wuz sayin', l sot Their by Their deepo.
| Eff I'm daown I most gently git ter Their
| deepo; it sorter advertiZes er place to
see er lot er kerriges er waitin' 'raound.
1 warn't er takin' no particular notice,
| but I bet the amt er pootier woman n
this state n got often them cars. She
| he'd her boy with her, an l knowed
twas hern coz it favored her huff to be
hern. She he'd er box N er bag, an she
talked err spell weth Their deepo master,
an then he came weth her aout to my
team an said she WOE er goin' ter the
Poore place, an he thought I'd take her
seems was goin' right by Their.
"Naow who'd ye s'pose that woman
wuz?" He waited a moment. and [
opened my eyes to look as surprised as
possible when he said: Harold Flint's
wife, an his boy, tew, an she'd gut er
big frosted cake in tibet box, an she
took off'n ther cov'r an it he'd er big red
sugar heart in Their middle an er little
heart in all them corners, an tibet boy
bought 'em weth his own pennies an
stuck 'em on himself fer Uncle Flint,
and she though: he'd like it coz prob'ly
I
he didn't hev no cake much wher' he
wuz livin', and then she 'nounced she'd
COM ter take him home weth her! Wal,
sir, it struck me all of er heap. I wuz
ser sick to my stomick l couldn't
breathe; them pox / s'pose. Harold
wuz dead, and she'd been er doin' dress
maxim an takin' keer of herself an
tibet boy, an she'd heard his uncle had
gone ter live on the poor farm an she
lowed Harry'd like ter hev her take
care of him an she wuZ able ter dew it.
an ter-morrer wuz Valentines day an
she thought they'd celebrate. Wal,
Jest couldn't say er word. Her she'd
COM ter TAX keer er the old man an
he with his thousands. Ye see she'd
made er mistake. The place wuz the old
Poore place, the Maj. Poore place; vas,
sir, an she'd gut it twas Their poor
farm, the taown farm. Wal, she KEEP
er talkin' on bout the nice room they'd
gut fixed fer him and we drove in, an
she said she thought 'twould be pooty
in summer, but 'twarn't like livin' weth
yer own folks an Uncle Flint hadn't
nobody ter TAX keer an Wal, carn't
tell ye nothin' how 1 felt, seems IS eff l
he'd Who'll streaks er shiv'rs daown my
~
she faound aout.
wal, gut her ter hold Their boss,
an 1 went 'raound ter Their side door,
an gut hole er Mis- Bean an jes laid
out all erbout it, and she cried. Women
alwuz cry, whether it's good news or
bad. They'd cry over er weddin' jes'
s quick ez err fun'al. Wal. Mis- Bean
she said she'd fix it up. an so she gut
'em in and they went ter bed pooty
soon, coz Their old man warn't wal an
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
ARE YOU TO LIVE IN ALAsKA9
SoRss Requirements That WfM No
Found IndispensabIe.


Found Indispensable.
The universal article of diet in that
country, depended uponand indispensa-
BILE, is bread or biscuit. And tomake the
bread and biscuit, either in the camp or
upon the trail. yeast cannot be used-it
must be baking powder; and the pow
der manufactured by the processes of
the Royal Baking Powder Company,
miners and prospectors have learned.
is the only one which win stand in that
peculiar climate of cold and dampnesz
and raise the bread and biscuit satisfac-
torily.
These facts are very important for
every one proposing to go to Alaska and
the Yukon country to know, for should
he be persuaded by some outfitter to
take one of the cheap brands of baking
powder, it will cost just as much to
transport it, and then when he opens it
for use, after all his labor in packing ID
over the long and difficult route, he will
find solid caked mass or lot of spoiled
powder, with no strength and useless.
Such a mistake might lead to the most
serious results. Alaska is no place in
which to experiment in food, or try to
economic with your stomach. For use
in such climate, and under the trying
and fatiguing conditions of life and
labor in that country, everything must
be the best and most useful, and above
all it is imperative that all food supplies
shall have perfect keeping qualities. 1t
is absurd to convey over such difficult
md article fhnt
will deteriorate in transit, or that will
be found when required for use to have
lost great part of its value.
There is no better guide to follow
in these matters than the advice of those
who have gone through similar expert
ence. Mr.. McQuesten, who is called "the
father of Alaska" after an experience
of years upon the trail, in the camp, and
in the use of every kind of supply, says:
''We find in Alaska that the Importance
of proper kind of baking powder can
not be overestimated. A miner with a
can of bad baking powder is almost
helpless in Alaska. We have tried all
sorts, and have been obliged to settle
down to use nothing but Royal. 1t
is stronger, and carries further, but,
above all things, it is the only powder
that will endure the severe climatic
changes of the Arctic region"
It is for the same reasons that the u.
S. Government in its relief expeditions,
and Peary, the famous Arctic traveller.
have carried the Royal Baking Powder
exclusively.
The Royal Baking Powder will not
cake nor lose its strength either on
board ship or in damp climates, and is
the most nightly concentrated and eff
ficient of leavening agents. Hence it is
indispensable to every Alaskan outfit.
1t can be had of any of the trading COM
panies in Alaska, but should the miner
procure his supplies before leaving, he
should resist every attempt of the out
filter to palm off upon him any of the
other brands of baking powder, for they
will spoil and prove the cause of great
disappointment and trouble.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10

would not even grieve her by telling of
the ill-luck which had pursued him; and
more than one letter he wrote dilating
upon the glorious chances which the
great west offered, chances which he led
her to infer he held in his grasp-when
he had to wait for days merely to COM
pass the purchase of a postage stamp to
send the letter. To her, if somewhat
vague as to his doings, he was always
gay and hopeful. When he went to
work as a harvest hand in the summer,
such work as blistered his untried
hands and brought strange aches to
every bone in his body, he only told her
that he had been invited to stay on
ranch for awhile, and amused her with
his droll accounts of the primitive ways
of living affected by the natives to no
manners born; and never was she al
lowed to know that he left the ranch
like a common tramp at last, having
been cheated out of every dollar of the
wages due him. He sent her u merry
description of strengthening, which he
tried later, as it would seem simply for
the fun of it; while few months after
that, when he had found Job shoveling
coal in one of the Denver smelters, re-
duced to such living as must have
wrung the mothers heart could she
have known, the gentle lady was moved
10 innocent remOnstrance for the wan
dering life he was leading. She feared
he was having too good n time, she
wrote, sugar-coating the pill of protest
with many tender phrase; she liked
to know that he was enjoying himself,
but, since his future depended so wholly
upon himself, his life could not we'll be
all holiday. Was it not true, she
gently asked, that he should put his
shoulder to the wheel and go to work in
earnest? His shoulder to the wheel!
Well that the good lady could never
know what tears blotted the admoni-
tions it had cost her such pains to
pen.
But he who labors as did Harvey Neil
at this time, unstintedly giving the best
that is in him 10 honest effort. though
seemingly but to poor ends, seldom fails
in achieving gain far beyond the insig-
nificant wage that slips through his
purse; and while he, writhing in the
rude environment, fancied himself
roughening and coarsening day by day,
sinking down to the spiritual level of
his always physical superior, the igno-
rant emigrant laborer by whose &ide he
toiled, the man in him was but devel-
oping to larger, grander lines. His
horizon had broadened; he had grown
stronger in mind as well as in body,
when finally promotion came and he be-
gan the upward climb of which each adj
vancing step seemed more favored of
fortune than the last. A chance en-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
BIRDS EAT 400 SHEEP.
The Feast Took place 100 Miles Fror

The Feast Took Place 100 Miles From
Dawson and Cost $2O,OOO.
Jack Collins, who started for Dawson
City with band of sheep last summer,
has been heard from. He sold part of
his flock for $4,000. The other and
biggest half of the flock fed the birds
of the arctic zone. This is how it hap
pened:
He drove the sheep in over the Dali
ton trail. Some time before Dawson
was reached cold weather came on, and
Collins decided to kill his sheep. He
killed and sold 500, and received nearly
$4,000 for them.
Then he concluded to hold the re-
mainder for a better market. He killed
the remaining 400 in sort of secluded
place off the line of travel and suspend
ed the carcasses on poles far enough
above the ground to be out of the reach
of bears, wolves or other wild animals.
He left two young men to watch the
mutton, and proceeded to look for a
mining section. Having found one, he
located claim and proceeded to test
it. After he had dug out few thou
sand dollars worth of gold he thought
he would, as the French say, return
10 MS muIIOnSs
His stay had been SO prolonged that
the young men had become weary of
holding a wake over the sheep, and,
imagining Dawson to be only a few
miles away, had started for that city
TO enjoy some of the pleasures met
ropolitan city can afford. 1t proved to
be about 100 miles to Dawson, so their
absence was more extended than they
had inended, and when Collins reached
the place where he had left the car
casses of 400 sheep he found only 400
bleaching skeletons.
The eagles, ravens, crows, kites,
hawks and other birds of prey which
inhabit that region had been feasting
on mutton. "Where the carcass is.
there will the eagles be gathered" is
proverb which applies to other birds
of prey. Collins had left so many car
cases that invitations had been sent
out and general roundup of all the
vultures and things in that region, from
Behring sea to the Mackenzie river, had
taken place. Whether the claim Col
Inns secured will make good the loss
of the mutton or not remains to be seen,
but when he drives in his next band of
sheep the birds of prey will not get
so large percentage of them.-Port-
land Oregonian.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10

interest that younger folks might be
likely to forget"
''Wal, I guess yer right, stranger.
Wal, 10 Flint he had er nephy, er smart
young man as you'd most ever see, an
of course 10 he'd likely Civ him all the
money, an he wuz poplar now I tell ye.
OF course believe in love an all tibet,
but faint er bad idee ter set yer fec
tions in er place where's the's er little
money. 1t CONS pooty handy, / tell
ye, an so all the gels wuz er lookin'
fer Harold Flint ter make up to 'em.
But he warn't er doin' no sech er thing,
an he went off daown ter Cassawaddy,
daown ter the south eend Their state,
an got 'ngaged ter er gel 'thout any
cash, an he COM an told his Uncle 10,
an 10 he told him eff he wuz er goin' ter
merry tibet way he needn't never bring
his wife ter see him, an they he'd an
awful spat an it eended weth 10 er
tellin' him he needn't COM himself, an
Harry he jest went off an merried the
gel an went daown ter live in tibet part
er the kentry. an ther' amt never been
up here sence. Leastways he didn't
never COM.
Eye see tibet great piece er medder
land an tibet low haouse out Their? Wal,
thet's wher' 10 Flint lived, an faint
better'p four year sence he moved onter
the hill place. Tn old man ike't ter
died, an the doctor he told him tibet
low land wuz rhumaticky an he'd bet
ter mozy out, an old Maj. Poore he wuz
livin' on Their hill and Providence killed
him jest in time ter let Flint hev his
place. 10 Flint he made er bargin ont,
an what dew ye think, I bet the amt
mother man in this taown 'twould err
done it. He moved in Their night; yas,
sir, in Their night. One day he wuz Their
an the next he want. He went in the
fall, an everybody gabbed bout it. but
the doctor he sot it right by tellin' It
he'd got ter move er die, but reckon't
majority ov 'pinion wuz't he'd better
died. Strange how little use some folks
ken be; yas, sir, amt it naow?"
I assured him it was, and he looked so
astonished that judged he was used to
talking and receiving no answer, even
though he did ask = question and SEEM
ingly expected an answer. mentally
agreed to keep still.
oval, long in FEBRUARY wuz daown.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
A PALPARLE HIT.
This Is the Kind of n Valentine She
LOnEed For.

This Is the Kind of n Valentine She
LOnEed For.
Dear wife," he wrote, est. Valen-
tines day is but week hence, and I
have been wondering what to send you.
l saw some beautiful hand-painted val
entines downtown to-day, but they
were very expensive, and did not buy
one. You remember, of course, what
we said about economy before you went
away. But am not altogether satisfied,
and write to ask what you would enjoy
receiving February IA. Would you like
one of those hand-painted valentines, or
would you prefer something from my
own pen? You know well what do
in this line, and with ST. Valentines day
and your own sweet self for inspiration
1 certainly ought to be able to make
hit, hit, most palpable hit, with you
on the 14th."
''Dear Hubby" she wrote in reply,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10

down, his eyes were caught by the SHIN
mer of free gold; and the Mascot mine,
as he chose to call it, was discovered.
Harvey Neil was a type of adventurer
by no means uncommon in the west.
His father had been a large wooden man
ufacturer in Connecticut, who had
failed in business and died of heart
failure-of broken heart, his widow
| always contended-just at the close of
the boys college course. It had always
been tacitly accepted in the family that
Harvey, the only son, should eventual
ly devote himself to the mills, as his
father and his grandfather had done
before him; but now, hampered by lack
of both capital and experience, this
course appeared scarcely practicable.
while his mother, moreover, evinced a
deep repugnance for the calling to which
she charged his fathers untimely death.
What with the mischievous tinkering
with the tariff which was forever a
menace to the business, and the labor
troubles to contribute endless turmoil,
she would have her son look to some
other field for the success which she
could not doubt must ultimately be his
whichever way he turned. And the lad,
full of youths longing for adventure,
was only too glad to leave the hackneyed
paths he had known all his life, electing
to go west and grow up with the coun-
try.
1t was something of a shock to him
TO find the country rather more grown
up, and the opportunities for profitable
adventure decidedly more meager, than
his dreams had pictured. He had chosen
Colorado as his field of operations, and
in his eagerness to attain riches he
turned naturally to mining, where in a
few brief months the little money he
had brought with him had gone in alIur-
ing ventures which returned him moth
ing beyond the experience he so surely
needed, but for which he was anything
but grateful. And now, wholly I'M
equipped by education or training for
any labor open to him here, knowing
no more than pampered child of any
principle of economy, Harvey Neil eX-
perienced a few years of very hard times
indeed. The insurance on his fathers
life had placed his mother in compare
tive comfort; but, after the luXuries by
which he had always seen her surround
ed, it seemed to the son so near to the
borderland of poverty that not for the
world would he allow her to con-
tribute another dollar to the undertake
ings in which he had come to feel him
self fairly predestined to failure. He
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
A Town Rides I'm This Elevator.

Probably the only elevator in the
world that is used to connect two parts
of a town is the one in Heligoland, the
little island just off the coast of and be-
longing to Germany. One portion of
the town is on cliff over 200 feet high.
The other is at the base of the cliff on
a fat stretch of land. There are no
paths up the cliff, and all communion
tons between the two portions of this
unique little place must be held by
means of the elevator-an elevator that
lifts an entire community to and from
the scene of its daily labors.-N. Y.
Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10

ST was delighted to hear that you medi-
tate remembering me on st. Valentines
day. have not forgotten what we said
about economy, and do hope you will
have the good sense to refrain from
buying one of those hand-painted valen-
tines. 1t would be of no possible use to
me, and would probably cost you five
or ten dollars. AS you have fondly an.
ticipated, would prefer something
from your own pen, and 1 hasten to as
sure you that you will make hit, a hit.
a most palpable hit, with that gifted
pen if you will only dash me off st.
Valentines check for $10O."-N. Y.
Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
Was Quite a EcIp.

Archbishop Tait's coachman was a
very original character. One day cler-
gyman who called at the palace asked
him whether he still had as much to do
as ever. The answer was sublime.
There's always a goodish bit doing,
sir; but it has been trife easier since
we took young Mr.. Parry into the bust
ness" Rt. Rev. Edward Parry had re-
Gently been appointed suffragan Of
Doyer@Chicago Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
A Distressing situation.

Big Sister-Dicl1, wish you would go
and get Mr.. Nicefellow glass of water.
Mr.. Nicefellow-Yes my boy, and
here's dime for you.
Little Brother-Thank you, Ill~go
pretty soon. Mamma said L shouldn't
leave the parlor until she came back
\. 7. Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
A Valentine from Her.

See yonder lad Affecting free,
How jocundly he HES!
The mornings tingling ecstacy
Is dancing in his eyes.
A howery way becomes his path,
The skies golden blur,
The earth a paradise-he hath
A valentine from her!
A sudden song escapes his lips,
A ioy-reverb'ran thing;
Through loves divine companionship
He feels himself king.
He dreams of no sad aftermath,
This buoyant W~rshiper,
And all, forsooth, because he hath
A valentine froI3 heri
Clinton Scotland, in Washington Home
Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
From the PnrIn HnInnnn..

The unclaimed jewels and curios. to
the value of s15o.OOo. which were found
in the ruins after the fire at the charity
bazar in Paris, have been sold at auc-
ton. The money realized is to remain
bonded for 30 years. after which all
the money unclaimed goes to the state.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
A Mean Remark.

EYES," said HomeIyman, "she is posi-.
lively the most disagreeable girl ever
met"
"Why do you say that?"
Because she told me yesterday that
she never believed a comic valentine
could corse true until she saw me. -
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
The Benencent Corset.

A paper read before the British asso-
citation at Bath in praise of corsets de-
clared that reasonably tight" lacing
increased mental and physical activity
by causing more liberal supply of
blood to the brain, muscles aud nerves.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
A Nfiatnken Youth.

He labored Ger It, line by line,
1t was for her. this valentine.
His prudent rival hired one writ
And he 1t was who made hit.
Washington ESax.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10

valentine.
She-I wish you were my valentine.
He-Darling!
She-Because could then send you
off to some one.-Philadelphia Press.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-01
CONGRESS AND CARTER CASE.
MIA. HULL CALLS FOR A CONGRESS
sIONAL INVESTIGATION.

MIR. Cox Objects so Any Action Being
Taken Until the Announcement or
the Finding of the Court Martial.
The Resolution Referred to the
Committee ON Military Affairs
? Mr.. Hull Expects to Bring Out Tes-
timOny Now Withheld.
Washington, Feb. 2S.-There is more
trouble in store for Capt. 0. NJ. Garter.
las soon as the court martial proceedings
are concluded, he will probably be sub
jected to a Congressional investigation.
Representative Hun of Iowa, chairman
of the military committee, to-day intro
duced in the House a resolution providing,
that a committee be appointed consist
ing of two senators and three members of
the House of Representatives to invesu-
gate the matter of the dis
bursement of money appropriate
cd for river and harbor I'M
provements at Savannah, Ca, to ascer-
tain whether any of such money has been
paid out, and to whom, and who were the
benehciaries
The investigating committee is author
lied to take testimony, administer oaths,
employ stenographer, messengers, and a
sergeant at arms 1t is also instructed tc
report it's findings to Congress. The com
mttee is not to interfere in any way with
any proceedings by any court martial that
may be or may have been instituted.
Mr. Cox, of Tennessee, objected to the
resolution, and 1t was reported back &c
the committee TO be reported in the usua
order.
MIR. Hull has evidently been heavily
charged with false information by the enc
mics Of Capt. Carter and he is disposed
to believe all the allegations that have
been made against that officer.
Mr.. Hun evidently realizes that the find
ings of the court martial may not sustain
the charges brought against Capt. Carter
and he intcndsl to further harrass Capt
Carter by putting him to the nconveni
ence, expense and modification of an in
vestgation by joint committee of Con
gress.
In support of his resolution, Mr. HUI
says that he expects TO force certain rcr
sons who are alleged to have benefited
financially by Capt. Carter's methods, e
come before the committee, open theI
books and give testimony which a militia
ry court could not exact from them II,
says he will not press his resolution unit
the decision of the court martial is an
nounced, and therefore, the objection [,
the passage of the resolution to-day II
Representative Cox of Tennessee, was fl
accordance with previous understanding
with the chairman of the military commit
tee.