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Iron County register., 1898-03-03

the door and looked out with an air of
seeing nothing. 81 beg a thousand
Pardons," he said, gently, presently
turning back, seeming very big and
| broad-shouldered as he stood looking
down at her, ''but the fact is, your "a
Their has a lawsuit on-you spoke of it
a moment ago; and in such cases even
trivial things admissions that might
seem almost nothing might really
make grave mischief. Especially un-
| der the circumstances-well, I should
be very sorry to take an unfair advan-
tage by letting you say anything you
might afterward be sorry for, you
| know"
"But I have not said anything" the
girl protested, looking wholly bewil-
dered.
mo; you have not said anything"
he said, soothingly, his eyes seeming to
her entreat forgiveness. "Only-pardon
me for offering advice-if I were you,
Miss Meredith, would never speak to
stranger of your fathers movements.
Of course, in nine cases out of ten no
harm might be done; but then, again
you might regret it,
81 think my error in the present case
was in assuming that you were not-a
stranger" her face flushed an angry
red, frank modification in her eyes.
But has it not stopped raining? 1
thought as you opened the door that it
seemed almost clear"
''Blundering chump that l am, l have
made YOU hate mel" he impetuously ex-
claimed.
''Oh, by no means" her chin very
hate strangers"
"But it was a mere question of time,
suppose" he gloomily went on, hard
ly addressing the remark to her. "Soon
or late you were bound to have it in for
me-"
There was startled questioning in the
girls swift glance, and then she looked
away. did you say it had stopped
raining?" she asked, stif1ly, after mo-
ment.
81 believe it has," he duly rejoined,
going to the door to look out again.
YES; it has stopped. I suppose 1
would better go for the horses"
The spirit OF frank good-fellowship IN
which they had renewed their uncon-
ventional acquaintance in the shelter of
the old hut seemed to have been lost in
its shadows. In almost suIlen silence
they rode along over the rough trail,
making toward the turning to the Mas
cot mine. At first she coldly protested
against his coming with her, but he said
that it had grown too late for him to
ride on then to the ranch for which he
had started out; ne would have to make
the trip another day; and now, if she
really did not mind, he would prefer to
go back. With chill indifference Miss
Meredith assented, and then they rode
along with the silence scarce broken
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Tn. parting of the Paths.

We see the good-a way that may
have to be reached, as one fights with
tempests on the mountain top, but
which, when reached, is path of pleas
antness and peace. We see the wrong
"a way too often adorned with spe-
cious promises of ease and plenty put
which leads at last into doubt and dis
appointment and despair. We see the
human soul here on this earth placed
forever at the parting of these paths,
where it must choose its way and abide
the consequences of its choice, however
angels may plead or demons may ca
iole. We see these paths reaching out
into an endless future; and, though we
dare not predict to what depths OF in
fanny and woe the one course may or
NAV not at last descend, we dare to say
that whoever, through the way of sac
rifice, has climbed the heavenly sleeps
shall receive as his reward gifts worthy
to he carried throughout eternity with
solemn gratitude and sacred awe.-De'
Eroit Free Press.
Iron County register., 1898-03-03
PITH AND POINT.

-He-''I am told that your admirers
name is legion" She (blushingly)-
"Oh, no; his name is Williams. Tit.
Bits.
Her FamiIy.-Old Resident-'An'
how mony chiider how yez?" New
Neighbor-''Foive; tree by me hus-
binds foirst wolfe, an two by me foirst
husbind's sicond Puck.
-Patient-"Doctor, is it dangerous
for person to go into the water after
a hearty meal?" Doctor-"No; but
there is no occasion for it. There's
plenty of restaurants on dry land."-
Chicago News.
Dangers of Small Talk.-''I had a
narrow escape last night" What was
it?" II asked Miss Zoozelbarun, if she
favored annexation and she thought
was proposing to her."-Chieago Rec
ord.
-Infantine Philosophy. - Tottie
(aged five)-"I wonder why babies is
always born in de night time" Lottie
(aged seven, little wiser)-''Don't you
know? It's cos they wants to make
sure of findin' their mothers at home.'
Harlem Life.
-Content.-"I can trace my ances-
tors back to hundred years before
William the Conqueror." well, 1 can't
trace mine that far, but 1 haven't the
slightest doubt that some of them were
living even earlier than that."-Cincin-
Eati Enquirer.
onsolation.-"And so my old
flame, Lottie Lightfoot, has become a
queen of comic opera! To think that
/ might have married Lcttie ten years
ago! All! if I had-if had! Oh, well!
il had, it isn't at all likely that we'd
be married now!''-Puck.
Mrs. Smilax-"Henry, really be-
lieve Freddy is going to be doctor
when he grows up. 1 heard him tell
Mary that she must be careful of her
health, and that pie was considered
hurtful." Mr.. Smilax-"It looks to me
as though he is more likely to become a
lawyer. I noticed that he had two
pieces of pie at supper last evening"
Boston TRANSCRIPT
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a REMARKABLE TOMB.
Always Faithfully Guarded by
Strange People.

Strange People.
Some 600 miles west of Picking, the
Tartar capital of the Chinese empire,
under the great bend of the Hoang Ho,
or Yellow river, in the country of the
| Ordos, a strange people hitherto but lit
| tie known, stands the tomb of the once
mighty Mongol conqueror, Ghenis
Khan.
The spot was visited some months ago
! by the famous French explorer, NJ.
Banin, in the course of his remarkable
| journey from Tonking across the upper
valleys of the Yangtse Kiang and
Hoang Ho to Aurga, in southeastern ST.
IBERIA. Besides travelling over more than
| 1000 miles of entirely new routes
through regions heretofore almost un-
known to the outside world, NJ. Banin
was able to achieve the distinction Of
being the first European ever received
| by the Ordos and allowed to visit the
sacred spot where rest the remains of
| the great Tartar chieftain.
The place is called "Etjin Karo,"
''The Palace of the Lord" and lies about
so miles south of the city of Khoukou
Khoto, on the Hoang Ho, down the val
ley of which the explorers route laid.
The Ordos are strange people, trans
planted by an accident, as it were, from
another land to place not of their own
choosing. They are the descendants
of the Tartar hordes whom Ghengis
Khan was leading from the wilds of
Mongolia to the assault of the Greut
Wall of China, when he was assassinated
at the instigation of his third wife,
''Bagha Etjin,' ''The Little Sultana."
Here at "Etjin Karo," where he died,
far from his seat of power at Samar-
cand, his remains were placed in 1927,
under the care of his immediate fol-
lowers, the soldiers of his bodyguard.
To this date the descendants of his
bodyguard keep constant watch over
the tomb, ever expecting his awakening
to new and grander career of conquest,
as predicted by the Mongol legends.
Under huge canopy or tent of white
felt rests the coffin of silver containing
all that remains of the "Great Khan"
Beside it are his saddle of gold, his
two-bladed sword and his bow with his
arrows, planted feather up in the
ground. The Ordos revere him as a god,
and recognize no other. Their chief,
the king of Djoungar, is his thirty-sev-
enth and last direct male descendant.
He lives with his five wives and his
niece, the nearest to him in the line of
descent, in a wonderful palace built of
bricks that were transported on the
backs of cameIs across the wide desert.
In this lonely place far out in the
desert from where any people would
choose an abiding place these people
have lived for nearly 700 years, genera
tion after generation, with no other OBJ
ject than to guard the slumbers of him
whose career was, as they believe, but
interrupted for a time, expecting him
to arise and again lead them on and
finish the great work he began in di-
recting the destiny of the nations of the
world.-St Louis Republic.
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where Is John sherman.

There is notable absence of the name
of John Sherman in the current dis
patches, though the counsel and ac-
ton of the head of the state depart
ment are now of more moment than at
any time since the Inauguration of the
president who placed him at the head
of the department. The work is done
by the first assistant, Diplomat Day,
and not well done. John Sherman is
superannuated and incapable. But that
was known when he was appointed only
to make room for the money backer of
the administration in the senate of the
United States. That at this important
juncture the state department is with
out capable head is the result of Nc
Kinley's effort to pay his debt to Mark
Hanna.-Chicago Chronicle.
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GENTLE MANNERS.
rReHnement Indicated by Tone and
Gesture.

sReHnement Indicated by Tone and
Gesture.
There is little doubt that in this push
ling world of ours the courtesies of life,
those indefinable nuances of voice and
manner that indicate good breeding
land refinement, are in danger of being
largely curtailed. So keen is the rival
nv, SO intense the strain, so bitter the
losses and disappointments, that the
savage elements seem to come into play,
and most of us have neither the time
nor tIse temptation to attend to graces
of behavior The word, the tone, the
gesture betray the man or woman of re-
finement. The true gentleman, for in
stance, is even-tempered, never loud OF
speech or dress. He possesses the quail
itv of self-control. He is not boastful
e or vain. He will not prate of himself.
He will not insist always upon his
rights, but can gracefully waive his
privileges He will be scrupulous of his
word. He is modest, deferential, care
full to avoid offense. There is no reli-
gion without gentleness. The kindly
temper. the thoughtful act, the cour-
8 teous deed, the gentle manner, are as
much part and parcel of religion as
the mechanical repetition of prayers
and listening to a sermon. What hypoc-
7.isv to be soft-voiced in our petition to
God and cruel-tongued in our inter-
course with our neighbors! - Detroit
Free Press.
Iron County register., 1898-03-03
Paris as a Financial Center.

That Paris is and has for two cen.
turies been by far the greatest intel
lectual center in the world is, of course,
true, but she is a great money center
also; she has the power of the purse.
She contains the ministry of finance
and the Bank of France, and she con-
scquently wields a supreme power in
France quite apart from the fact that
she is the greatest artistic and literary
center in the world, and that, political
ly, she often stands out as the repre-
sentative of all France, as she did in
1913, in 1880, in 1848 and in 1870. Take
from Paris the power of the purse,
transfer the Bank of France and the
haute finance to Lyons or Toulouse, and
we should find (if the transference
could be made permanently that Paris
had declined greatly in the esteem of
France. and of the world. While Paris
is a grade below London in its power
as a financial center, Berlin, is perhaps
q grade below Paris; not because it is
not a very influential center of finance,
but because it shares that position with
Frankfort, which still, though no
longer a capital, maintains its old rep,
utation, and will probably continue to
On so.-London Spectator.
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orado home. And now suppose shall
be here more" Her face clouded over,
as after a brief hesitation she added:
My mother died last spring."
Indeed" he murmured. Seeing that
he seemed casting about in his mind for
| further comment, the girl hastened to
add, with kindly garrulity: ''We Were
to have gone abroad this summer, papa
and I, but just at the last minute we
were stopped by a wretched lawsuit
here at Windy Gulch. Perhaps, by the
way, you know my father, Col. Mere
| dith?"
ayes; know him." the young man
admitted, rather dryly as it seemed,
dragging his box little farther from
the fire, which brought his face mora
into shadow; irrelevantly adding, in a
tone which somehow struck the girl as
odd: 'And so it was this lawsuit which
| brought you to Windy Gulch, and gave
me the pleasure of meeting you again ?
"Yes. It is strange how things turn
out, is it not?'' She looked at him with
rather baff1ed feeling, conscious OF u
vague sense of irritation. For her own
part, she had been so cordially frank;
there was even a ranking suspicion in
her mind that she had been more friend
" than the conditions might warrant.
Only by reciprocal confidence could he
relieve the situation from awkwardness
now. "And do you live here-at Windy
Gulch?" she went on, curiosity in her
glance.
THAT is my post Office address," he
said, devoting himself to putting more
wood on the fire, with rather an inscru-
table smile. 81 live-so far as it can be
called living-up at my mine. Which
reminds me-" starting up abruptly
contrition in his air, 81 promised you
I would ride over to the Grubstake and
let your father know that you are all
right. I had almost forgotten it; but
would you like me to go now?"
what! and leave me alone here? ~
Dorothy cried, in tone of sharp pro-
test.
"Not unless you like, of course"
''The fact is, have been thinking
papa might not be there himself" she
went on. ''He rode over to Tomtown
this afternoon to see a surveyor there.
a Mr.. Brigham. It is bad road, you
know, and, with a storm and all, it
seems as though he might have been de-
tanned, does it not?"
'I should think it quite probable" "
| the young man returned, looking at her
with an expression of keen interest.
''He rode over to see Brigham, did you
say?" And then, the odd, shamefaced
look upon his face, he added, prefacing
the hurried explanation with a note OF
laughter that seemed strangely forced,
Brigham is rather friend Of mine,
YOU see"
''Is hep" Miss Meredith returned,
looking at him in vague surprise. Il
fancy papa does not know him very we'll
! In fact he"
"Don't, Miss Meredith! You must
not!" he brusquely interrupted. "Iwas
cad to let you say word about him;
but" He rose hurriedly, leaving the
sentence unfinished, while he went to
Iron County register., 1898-03-03
REPUBLICAN kNAvERY.
Legislative Corruption for Organised



Wealth.
Conservative men and conservative
newspapers hitherto affiliated with the
republican party are beginning to rec
ognize the corruption of that organi-
zation. Gov. Pingree has given his
views OH the situation and has been
attacked fercely by the subsidized
press as a republican renegade. Now
the United States Investor, one of the
most influential of the financial pa
pers in this country, speaks serious
words of warning. In an article dis
cussing the political situation the In
vestor has the following to say con-
cerning the republican party:
Here we have knavery pure and
simple. In word, legislative corrup-
ton in the interests of organized
wealth! Where is the person who will
venture to deny this? Was it many
years ago that one of the leading busi-
ness men of Boston-the promoter of
large schemes for the public benefit
frankly admitted under investment
that he had spent large sums in OBJ
tanning necessary legislation from the
legislatures of Massachusetts, excusing
himself with the plea that such course
was absolutely necessary"
Remember, this is not the utterance
of partisan newspaper. 1t is not even
an argument made by the editor of the
Investor. It is statement of historical
fact proved by the records of a court
of law. But this is not all the Investor
says, 1t points the moral in the fol-
lowing strong and vivid words:
How much longer can the republic
tolerate such state of affairs with
impunity? The concentration of
wealth in few hands and it's employ
ment in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are phe-
nomena which have been carefully
studied in the past. The history of the
Roman empire affords an interesting
study in this direction. Or perhaps the
career of France prior to the revolu-
ton would be more pleasing"
When financial newspaper, natural
ly inclined to favor the party pledged
so serve the money power, sees the
danger which threatens this country,
is it not time for the people to assert
their power? Indeed, the time is ripe,
and the people are not closing their
eyes. In 1900 there will be a revolt
against corruption and the republican
party will be swept out of power.
Iron County register., 1898-03-03
RouTELL.s WILD SCHEME.
Would Forever Deprive silver OF Its
Money Value.

| Would Forever Deprive Silver OF ItR
Money Value.
Congressman Boutell may be of that
intellectual fiber which places him in
the same class with former President
Harrison, Justice j. Brewer and Bishop
c. Potter, but his speech at the Chicago
Marquette club banquet on Chicago
Political Storm Center" gives little
proofs of that fact, if it be fact. How
ever, Congressman Bouten added to the
hilarity OF the occasion by proposing a
new" system of coinage which he ex-
planned as follows:
81 suggest the establishment of q
monetary system based upon the unre-
stricted coinage of gold and silver by
weight according to the metric sys-
tenn, and / would like to venture the
prediction that within the lives of many
of us who are here tonight this viii be
the generally accepted mouey system
of the world. 1t can be adopted at any
time by any nation without waiting for
the cooperation of other countries, and
foreign exchanges can be adjusted to
such system more readily than our
fathers adjusted their outstanding con-
tracts under our present system when
it was adopted century or more ago.
Under this system we would have q
universal coinage. Each coin would
express on one side it's national charac-
ter and on the other it's universal char
acter. On the diverse side of the coin
would appear the arms, insignia and le-
gend of the nation that issued it, and ON
thereverse side would appear the simple
story of it's weight, told in the uni
versal language OF the metric system"
This new" scheme was old to the
ancient Greeks, as it is proved by the
terms they used in characterizing
their money. The talent, the nina and
the drachma are all measures of
weight, though drachma means literal
ly handful. It must have appeared to
the banker secretary of the treasury
that Congressman Boutell had too large
a grasp on the financial question, when
he advocated the free unlimited coin
age of gold and silver at gold mono
metallist's love feast. OF course, the
objection to such a method of coinage
is self-evident. No man could tell just
how much his talent, his nina or his
drachma was worth until he had con-
sidered the market report of gold and
silver bullion. But Congressman Bou-
tells heart is in the right place. He de-
nounces the "40-cent dollar" with due
republican scorn, and he appeals to 'na-
tional honor" with true republican
gush.
Iron County register., 1898-03-03
PRESS COMMENTS.

How will Mckinley manage to
keep Hanna's Ohio reputation at parity2
Atlanta Constitution.
In case war should break out
Lieut.. Mark Hanna could be depended
upon to guard the guests room of the
white house.-Kansas City Times.
The Dingley deficit is now peg
ging along in the fifty millions, with
respectable chance OF making a century
before the year is out.-Binghamton
IN. W Leader.
No doubt Senator Hanna will feel
tickled to death when he hears that
Gov. Bushnell has reappointed Col. A.
L. Conger a member of his military
staff. Col. Conger is the talented Ohio
republican who advised his fellow re-
publicans to throw the harpoon into
Hanna.-Columbus (O.) Press.
One result of the Hanna-Foraker-
Bushnell-Kurtz vendetta opened by the
recent fight on Hanna in President Nc
Kinley's state will be that of causing the
country at large to entertain profound
distrust of Ohio republicanism as fac
tor in the production of the more desir-
able types of American public men,
ST. Louis Republic.
Senator Hanna, who has been confined
to his apartments at the Arlington for sew
eral days with severe cold, was able to
transact business yesterday and expects
to resume his duties at the capitol to-mor-
row.-Washington Dispatch.
His duties" consist of waylaying his
fellow senators and begging them to
vote for the confirmation of malodorous
heelers who have been nominated to
public Office because they Swung" DEL
egations to Mckinley in the st. Louis
onvention.-Chicago Chronicle.
We will probably reach the stage
after awhile, if such men as Hanna con-
tinue to dominate our affairs, when
seats in the United States senate will
be auctioned off to the highest bidder,
like pews in some of the fashionable
churches in our large cities. Rome
reached a stage of degradation in her
decline where the right to rule was
auctioned off to the highest bidder, and
we are travelling on the same road
Louisville Dispatch.
1t is known at the national can-
ital that the secretary presumably
holding his place merely in order that
Mr.. Hanna may occupy a seat in the
senate OF the United States is physical
ly infirm, that age and long service
have abated his vigor and his interest
in affairs, and this has been permitted
for so many months that it excites lit
tie or no comment when great concerns
OF state are not even communicated to
him. 1t is both melancholy and scan
dalous. Honorable service should not
be SO requited. and it seems almost i'm
credible that high-minded executive
should so calmly disregard the dis
not loud, but deep. with which
such indifference to public opinion iS
Y. Times.
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DINeLEY's JANUARY TRIUMPH.
Republican Statements Which Are
Intended to MiSIead.

Republican Statements Which Are
Intended to MisIead.
The faithful little band of Dingley
defenders are rending the air with wild
huzzas over the treasury statement of
our January exports. mine millions
and half larger than under the Will
son law last year!" they shout. "Who
dares say that Dingley is not budding
up our foreign trader"
1t is a pity to interfere with these
sights and sounds of glee where gloom
has reigned ever since the New Eng
land strikes were announced.
But
An examination of the figures shows
that there was an increase in two items
of food products of more than $11 ,O00,-
600. And even the most devoted Ding
leyite admits that Dingley is not chiefly
the author of the shortage in the Eu-
ropean and Asiatic food supply.
If Dingley is to be credited with the
general increase of nine and a half mill
lions, and if he is not the author of tho
crop failures abroad, then on the show
ing of his friends he must be response
BILE for the decrease of about two mill
lions in exports of products other than
breadstuffs and provisions.
The January statement seems to call
for more of those Dingley explana-
tions that do not explain.-N. Y. World.
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INTERNATIONAL ACTION.
Republican Scheme to Help the GOLD

Republican Scheme to Help the Gold
Power.
Those who still have lingering faith
in the myth of international bimetal-
lism will do well to read the dispatches
received from London recently. That
England will never consent to an inter
national agreement looking to an en-
larged use of silver has long been ap-
parent to the best friends of silver, and
it has become perfectly apparent that
the republican party has used this plea
of international bimetallism to keep
silver republicans in line and thus keep
the gold clique in power. In the dis
patches from London, the following
statement is made: "Replying to a
question of Mr.. Field in the house of
commons as to whether the government
intended to cooperate in promoting an
international conference to consider the
currency question, Mr.. Balfour, first
lord of the treasury and government
leader, said he was happy to say the
government would be very glad to see
an international agreement regarding
currency, but that he had nothing to
add to the information already in the
possession of the house," Thus it will
ever be with England. The true friend
of bimetallism in that country can
never overcome the influence of Lom-
bard street, and while government
leaders may express and even feel de-
sire for an international agreement, that
desire will never find expression in ac-
ton. Silver men in the United States
should drop all consideration of inter-
national action. It is a delusion and
snare.-Chicago Dispatch.