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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
NoBLEMAN AND FRoNTIERsMAN
The Greatest Hunting Expedition ON
Record.

The Greatest Hunting Expedition ON
Record.
Sir George Gore, a wealthy Irish
sportsman, began in 1855 hunting ex-
petition among the Rocky mountains
which occupied two years and exceeded
anything of the kind ever seen on this
continent. The outfit consisted of so
persons, including secretaries, stew
ard, cooks, fymakers, dog tenders, serv-
ants, train of 30 wagons and numer-
GUS saddle horses and dogs.
"Old Jim Bridger" was Sir Georges
guide and interpreter, and no man ON
the frontier knew the glens and passes
of the mountains so accurately as he
did. Though illiterate and as uncon-
ventional as an Indian, Bridger was
honest, kind, generous and shrewd--
just the man to attract the Irish sports
man.
In his "Old Santa Fe Trail" Col. In
man describes the companionship of
the two men-one a rich, educated,
whole-souled Irish nobleman, the other
a man who from boyhood had lived on
the plains, depending on his tact and
rife for food and life.
Sir George would lie in bed until ten
o'clock in the morning; then he took
a bath, ate his breakfast and set out
generally alone for the days hunt. It
was not unusual for him to remain out
until ten at night, and he seldom re-
turned without "meat." His dinner was
then served, to which he extended an
invitation to Bridger.
After the meal was over Sir George
was in the habit of reading from some
book and drawing out from Bridger his
ideas about the author.
The Irishman usually read from
Shakespeare, which Bridger "reckin'd
was too highfalutin" for him.
''Thet thar big Dutchman, Mr.. Full
stuff" he commented, twas a Ieetle too
fond of lager beer"
Sir George read the Adventures of
Baron Munchausen" to Bridger, who re-
marked that ''he be dog-goned ef he
swallowed everything that thar baron
said" He thought he was "a liar" yet
acknowledged that some of his own adj
ventures among the Blackfeet would
be equally wonderful eff writ down in
a book"
Bridger thought Sir George success
full hunter, an opinion justified by the
records of the two-years' hunt - 40
grizzly bears, $500 buffalo, numerous
antelope and other small game
Youths Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
CHAPTER VII.

y little way beyond the hotel at the
west, Windy Gulch appeared to come to
an abrupt end, its one street dividing
into a couple of no less dusty though
somewhat narrower roads, of which the
one at the right climbed away over the
hills to meet the Old Silver trail and
other remote by-ways, while the other
turned down among the shadows of
the cottonwoods by the creek, keeping
to it's wavering company for mile
or more before it was forced to higher
levels on it's way to the mining camp
CT Tomtown. This little cottonwood
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24
Too Nuch Power

By vesting the control of the volume
of currency wholly in the associated
national banks, it would confer on them
the power to raise or lower prices, to
create an unhealthy activity or dead
" lethargy in business at any time
n. 7, Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-08-04

lemonade stands aud snlde games
of chance, and everything of that
sort. built there purposely to give
the soldier boys a chance to blow
themselves, and they do 1t to per-
lection. The quartermaster's dep
artment is the largest and most
important portion of the whole
army arrangements. | will not at
tempt to describe to you the mag
nltude of this branch of the gov
eminent operations here. | will
simply say to you that there is
about So, 200 soldiers in the park
to supply from this one department
and you will have to draw your
own conclusions. There is fresh
bread and meat issued to the sold
iers every morning, There is a
government bakery here which is II
mamoth affair. This bakery turns
out daily from $4,000 to TO- 00
loaves of bread. When | say loaf
of bread | do not mean the ordinary
loaf you get out of the bake shop,
but n any how three times as
large. One of those loaves of bread
lasts a mai all day; for three meals.
all of the government teams are
either four or six mule teams.
Our regiment has thirty wagons,
four mules to each wagon. These
thirty wagons are kept busy the
whole of the day, drawing supplies
policing the camp and drawing
water. We have to draw all Of our
drinking and cooking water. One
of the strictest regulations of army
life is cleanliness. Our camp
streets are as bare and clean as
muscle and brooms can make them.
All of the refuse matter is hauled
away on the surrounding farms,
and is bought by the farmers at 25,
cents . load. All the animal mat
ter is thrown in big trenches and
buried beneath six feet of fresh
earth. These sanitary precautions
are an absolute necessity in a place
of this kind, and their rigid en-
forcement reflects great credit up
on the commanding officer of camp
Thomas.
Well, Will, | would like to dos
cribe to you u camp ground, but
/ do not feel that | can do it justice.
| will simply say that u camp is
in the midst of a forest of large,
beautiful trees. All the underbrush
and misshapen trees have been re-
moved. There are well kept roads
running here and there all through
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-08-04

surroundings. DR.. karn is here,
and has been feeling quite badly
for the last couple of days. The
sudden change Of climate seems to
have disagreed with him. l think
he will be all right though in a few
days. He takes to the business
very naturally, and everything is
running smoothly in his depart
ment. l succeeded in getting his
pay raised. He now receives $780,
90 a month and his board. You
may tell the boys that | am sorry |
did not bring John Ray down with
me, for / could have made him
wagonmaster, with pay at $500
per month aud board. | think
John would have filled the position
in good shape. | have taken care
of the Day Cunty boys wherever
there was any opportunity.
Our regiment is armed with the
Krag. Jorgensen carbine, n 40
caliber shortened Colts revolver
and a saber. Our troops have had
a good deal of target practice, and
EXHIBIT a Workmanship that is very
remarkable. The Krag Jorgensen
carbine is a great gun. They do
not make very much noise when
they go off. but they do the busf-
ness. This reminds me of a true
occurrence that took place the other
day. There were two colored men
and a mule blowing corn in a field
over a mile from where the boys
were target shooting. The boys
thought they would have a little
fun with the trio, SO they scattered
a few shots around them. No
sooner had the bullets plowed up
dirt around the colored boys than
one started for the woods, and
the other got down i'll q hole, and
the mule laid down and went to
rolling. 1t took the combined
efforts Of a squadron to induce the
fellow to come out Of the hole.
Our target practice has been re-
markably free from accident. The
first one occurred to-day, The men
were formed in line and rode past a
target on a run, and as they got
beside the target would shoot at it
with revolvers. A trooper came
along on a bucking broncho, and
just when he got his gun ready to
fire, the broncho went up In the air
about twelve feet, and came down
stiff legged. This caused the re-
yolver to be discharged, and the
bullet grazed the insideo of the troop
er's leg, went down through the
saddle and nearly through Mr..
Bronco, we'll the trooper got OFT the
horse in time to let him drop with
out IL load on him.
Lyle. Ga. the place where all
the troops IN the park receive their
supplies from, prior to the massing
Of the troops here was a place OF
about the size of Holmquist. Now
it is a thriving, rustiing burg o.
5000 inhabitants. One OF the
streets is lined upon both sides with
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-08-04

the park. All the historical battle
grounds in this vicinity are marked
by suitable monuments or inscript-
ions. Upon the hill near Lyle
stands a beautiful monument in
commemoration Of Gen. William
Il. Lytle, who was killed early III
the forenoon of September 10th,
1863. On Snodgrass Hill, a COM
manding spot, stands some Of the
most beautiful monuments in the
whole park. There is also erected
an iron tower 159 #. In .height,
with a spiral staircase reaching to
the top. Here is where Gen.
Thomas made his famous stand.
Bloody Pond, which history tells
us was dyed red with blood Of the
blue and the gray on that memor-
able September 18th. 1868, is a
very small bit of water, and is fed
by a spring, the source OF which.
no one has ever been able TO find
out. | have travelled from one
end of Rosecrans' line of battle to
the other, and do you know that 1t
was fully four miles in length, and
this understand, without a reserve
force, or endorsements in a place
where they could be utilized. Ia
it any wonder that the RI bels
broke through the Union lines?
(To BE CONCLUDED NEXT wREK.)
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-08-04

Governor General Blanco wishes
he were a younger mas SO he might
put in more years fighting tie
hated Yankees. He is not so old
but hat he can have all the time
necessary. A number of other
S~paniards have felt as he does now,
but experience has taught them that
their lives were too long, if anything,
for all practical purposes. Inter
Ocean.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-08-04
A Letter From x. w. Parliman.


BRIGADE, CANT GEORGE FL. Tho
MAS.
Chickamauga Park, July 1898.
w. S. d. Adams, Esq,
Webster, s. D..
FRIEND WILL
/ have promised myself nearly
every day since | have been here
that | would write you a letter, but
each time something would arise to
interfere. 1t is now eight O'Clock
IN the evening as | SIT myself down
in a very comfortable chair, with
my feet up as high as my head, and
dictate this letter to the stenogra-
pher.
l thought this terrible climate
would raise the dickens with my
health, being of a somewhat weak
physique naturally, and it has. |
now weigh 202 pounds: but without
joking, | have no fault to find with
the climate. The first three weeks
1t was very unpleasant, but sioce
that time we have had from two to
four nice showers every week. We
expect TO accompany Gen. Brooks
OH his Porto Rican expedition
against the Spaniards. | do not
believe it was the original intention
of the department to send us, but
by a little strategy / think | am
safe in saying that we are IN it. Ii
anything should happen that we
did not go, it would be very disap-
pointing. / do not believe there
Is half a dozen men in the regiment
but what are anxious to take an ac-
tive part in this trouble. Our re-
giment is fully equipped and we'll
drilled. / tell you, Will, it is a
pretty sight to see a cavalry
regiment of 1920 men get out on a
field and execute the drill maneu-
vers, and our boys are good riders
and do the work up to perfection.
/ am very nicely and pleasantly
situated, and have just enough
work to do to keep me out OF mis-
chief. For the first three weeks
my work was very laborious, and |
was in the saddle every day from
sun up to shutdown, but since the
brigade was organized | have heen
furnished a sufficient amount of
help to take off my shoulders a
large portion of the work.
The Day County boys are all well.
Will Mahaney aud John Knott run
the officers mess. They get $1,000
a month from the government, aud
$500 a month from the officers,
so you see they make $4,000 a
month and their board and clothes,
and there is 10 reason why they
should not keep in their positions
durinq the rest OF the val. Martin
6iblln has the measles, but is get.
ting along very nicely. ALI the
rest Of the Day County boys are
doing well, and appear to be we'll
satisfied with their conditions and
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-08-04

There is something sublime in
the act of President Mckinley, in
the midst of the cares of the war,
when he pauses to issue the extra
ordinary thanksgiving Proclama-
tion.'' In line with this act of pub
lie acknowledgment of u obliga-
tons to a Divine Power is the fact
that Dewey, the hero of our Pacific
feet, and Hobson. the hero Of
Santiago harbor, are devoted Chris
tians, and Captain Phillips at the
moment of victory over Cervera's
ships ct Santiago, commanded every
mar on board his ~battleship to bare
his head and lift his heast in silent
prayer to Almighty God who giveth
The victory. Yet there are some
people who profess to think that
Christianity is a symptom of weak
ness in men.-Northwestern Agri-
culturist.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-01-06

her little pupils was sick, went TO visit
her. The teacher had been to Katie's
home before, and so had no difficulty
in finding the two little rooms at the
top of tenement house where Katie
and her mother lived. The mother was
absent and Katie. we'll wrapped up, was
sitting up in bed. After the usual in
Quiries and condolences the teacher
noticed that the little girl seemed to
speak with some difficulty, and said:
Katie, I am going to examine your
lungs" "Yes'm," responded the child,
dutifully, and Miss C. began to loosen
the child's waist. After removing it
she found layer after layer of flannel,
which she unfastened with some diff
ficulty. Satisfying herself that there
was no danger of pneumonia, she be-
gan to replace the child's, dress, when
Katie began to cry. my mother'n be
awful mad at you when she gets home
and finds what you've DONE" "Why.
Katie, what have 1 ione?" you've
unfasteneed all my fiannels and ma had
just got me sewed up for the winter"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-01-06
A SURGEONS DILEMMA.
Electric Light Went Out During Seri
Ous (DDerRtfOn.

Electric Light Went Out During seri-
Gus Operation.
A Lewiston physician tells q story
about surgical operation and an cleo
trio light, says the Lewiston (Me)
Journal. 1T was Il o'clock at night"
says he, when l heard a thunderous
knocking at my door, and going to it
l found a man walking up and down
the steps in pain. He had an abscess
under his left arm, and was suffering
intensely. 1t needed lancing and we
proceeded to do it. I got my instru-
ments ready, placed the man in chair
under the electric light and made an
incision. The armpit is very danger
Gus place, as many large and small ar
teries gather there. l had just time to
see that l had lanced it and had also
severed a good-sized blood vessel, when
the electric light went out. 1 had no
kerosene lamp or gas light in the room.
1 could hear the blood falling in the
little pool on the floor and my patient
was terribly excited. was scared.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-01-06

The experience of an animal from
the time it leaves its owners ranch
on the plains ct the province Of Buenos
Ayers are varied and unpleasant At
ter being selected and driven to q rail-
way station, it is entrained In cattle
trucks which are arranged upon the
plan of a vestibule train. When the
train is loaded with its proper num-
Der of closely packed animals. they are
taken down to the corrals at Buenos
Ayres docks. From the corrals they
are run one by one into boxes, which
are lifted by cranes and slung onto the
cattle boat. Here the cattlemen pen
them, and a head-rope ties each beast
to its place in its pen. Here It must
stop unalterably until Europe Is reach
ed. The sheep are run on board up
inclined gangways, their pens Delng
over those of the cattle. A decoy sheep
is used in Buenos Ayres, and 1t is quite
interesting to watch the clever animal
leading a happy and docile following
of its fellows to their places on board.
Between the Argentine Republic and
Europe, and also between the United
States and England, a large cattle
trade is carried on, but. generally
speaking, it is only the western
Ocean or North Atlantic boats that
are properly fitted with closed iron
pens, properly ventilated by mechan-
ical means and properly drained. The
scene on board after gale such as
described is too revolving for descrip-
ton. It is something like battlefield
and a railway collision mingled.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-01-06
HOW ACTORS LEARN PARTS.
Peculiar 1{seheds Are Adopted h He.
oraslng The WordA

Peculiar Asthods Are Adopted h Mem
srasing TIE Werda
Actors methods of studying the lines
of q part vary. Some memorize quick
~. After a few rehearsals with the
book in hand they know the lines. and
no further effort in that direction II
necessary. Others burn much midnight
oil in acquiring the authors woros'
Some never learn them. Others pace
up and down the stage, repeating the
words monotonously, and q few 80
through every action of the play while
studying. Each gesture and movement
suggests line. After few rehearsaIs
the stage manager notifies the actors
that they must be trough perfect by
the next time. The actors respond by
knowing about one line out OF hve.
They walk around, holding the books
behind them, like bad boys at school.
When the stage managers back is
turned they take a peep. In this man
ner they get through the ordeal. Some
times the stage manager discovers the
deception. He is wrathy, but the ac-
tors take the matter good-naturedly.
When the actor is playing at the same
time that new part is to be learned,
rehearsed and costumed he has little
time to spare. Learning part is hard
for a woman than for a man. The
actress returns from the theater about
midnight. She sits up late, studying
the lines, and in the morning she goes
to rehearsal. In the early stages OF
preparation Of a play the rehearsals
last from about II o'clock in the morn
ing until 4 or 5 in the afternoon. The
remainder of the day is devoted to the
cCstumer. When the hours of rehear-
sal have been reduced the afternoons
are spent fitting on dresses and in the
selection of bonnets and the various
articles of an actress attire. These
matters occupy the afternoon usually
and allow only time for hasty dinner
before the actress must hurry of to the
theater. Added to the physical strain
IS mental one. The actress is in a
state" as she expresses it, just prior
to a production. The role is disap-
pointing, the dresses do not fit, 1.-THE
bonnet is a fright and the stage man
ager is insolent."
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-01-06
TITLE BOAT AT SEA.
low LIVE STOCK IS SHIPPED
TO EUROPE,
nA . Heavy Storm Arises the Scene
Beard Il Too Revolving for De-
Hsttleaeld.

mere are many of us, perhaps, who
DICK up the daily paper to look at the
heading Mercantile Shipping News"
ana unless we have some passing in
terest In ships and shipping, the terse
summaries under Wrecks and Casual
Ties" convey hardly news or meaning
70 us. Here is a brief paragraph, for
instance, which seems hardly more in
teresting than the dull quotations of
Stocks or shares, or more exciting than
the movements of the mining market.
steamer arrived at Liverpool from
Buenos Ayres, reports having expe-
renced heavy gales on March - 15o
miles north of Cape Finisterre. Ship
ped heavy seas, which smashed cabin,
port ifeboat and jolly-boat, and doing
much other damage. On March -
heavy seas were shipped which smash
ed Sanctions, bulwarks and stanch-
ions on bridge, etc. The gale contin-
ued for sixty-two hours. Steamer bad
~ strained fore and aft on deck, cargo
damaged below" But that dry para
graph summarizes an amount of hard
ship, danger and suffering which none
}Sut seafaring man would be likely to
picture. A glimpse of the reality is
furnished by the accompanying three
column illustration of cattle boat in
heavy weather The drawing has been
completed from sketches made on the
steamer which suffered the experience
tersely described in the Wrecks and
Casualty" report. The steamer, in adj
dition to it's ordinary cargo below
decks of grain, ETC., carried cattle.
There were a hundred head of cattle,
and about 700 sheep, which were &C
commodated on the steamers upper
decks in what are called the fittings"
In these temporary woodwork pens
the animals pass as best they may the
thirty-five days or more which are oc-
cupied by the voyage from the River
Platte. They manage fairly well in
fine weather. but in real heavy wealth
er. when the ship is either rolling
heavily or shipping water, the animals
get sometimes very rough usage. The
gale which swept down on the steamer
was an unusually bitter one. Several
ships were lost in it, and the cattle
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-01-06

seized a towel, made a wad of it and
chucking it under the mans arm. told
him to hold it down at his side. Then
I ran to the telephone and called up
the power station. It'll be an hour be-
fore We can get the light on again. A
belt has broken they said. But have
just cut a man and he is bleeding to
death in the dark here Sorry, but
can't help it, came the answer. then
remembered a kerosene stove, and
lighting this, l caught up the blood ves-
sci with thread. and dressed the
wound by its failing light. 1t was the
most startling and precarious opera
ton l ever performed"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-01-06
Special Police In japan.

In Japan special policemen may be
employed by any citizen on payment Of
a sum amounting to 81 per month.
There sre two classes of detectives
those who work solely on state matters
and those VINO look after criminals.
The superior detectives confine them
selves to political intrigues, the actions
Of political organizations. treason, etc.
The majority of them have served as
constables. They never wear a uni
form dress. Their pay is almost the
same as that of the common policemen.
but their expenses are paid. and when
they perform good piece Of work they
receive extra compensation. They are
allowed to employ their own assist
ants. These assistants are usually
semi-criminals. ex-convicts, keepers Of
restaurants, brothels. etc. They are al
ways trained athletes and are espe-
cially taught fencing. They rarely go
armed, h0wever.-Exchange.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-01-06

hat herself was in measurable dis
lance at one point Of giving up the
struggle At such a time the scene on
deck of a cattle boat is piteous. Inc
wooden pens creak and groan with the
rolling and pitching movements OF tue
boat. The sheep and cattle slip ABOUT
giving occasional means OF distress
and water rushes underfoot in all d.
rections. carrying fodder, buckets. ma
mrs etc about with it. When, how
ever darkness sets in, and II the seas
coming aboard are heavy enough 10
hreak M the woodwork. 1t becomes
a.nrerous even to get about the deck
- one of these steamers. A landsman
an irving to imagine the scene must
a,.r,;ss from his mind the previous
rnovledge of the build OF a regular
passenger liner. On the cattle boat are
m bandrails or electric lights. or otner
safeguards to locomotion. Inc mar
rovest of passages run between the
r.rs and it is hard enough to ee'
along them in daylight and hne "eatn,
Ar But when timbers are Dent anu
.nlintered. and some OF the anlmais
have broken loose, and tons OF water
come Jumping over the laborins SNIP
then getting from the cabin ART 10 tne
er,Are becomes a journey full OF peril.
At night only the greatest strength. anu
ABILITY will enable one to move ABOUT
a. All. and then at the risk OF ones
m. In such a smashing gale. sheep
ma cattle, some MANNED. with broken
,,mbs or horns, are sliding and bump
ING shout on their fest. But no ,o soonsa
as they find some foothold than an
,sner lurch of the ship sends the1
,raline or staggering against the nrst
etacie they may encounter. In sae
;Sle depicted the chief and second o..
Ss1i vSere disabled BY Injuries OUT
s5zunt 100 cattle hfty-nine were els
$1,000 overheard or killed. ana 49,
dnoep were lost.